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Urgent - Porting Issue: Can make calls and send texts, but not receive calls or texts


My transfer to iD mobile was apparently completed on the 22nd March. At that point I was unable to make or receive calls or texts so the support team sent me a new SIM card and I did some troubleshooting steps. I can now make calls and send texts but not receive them - I believe this is called a split number port. I spent a while talking with a team member last week about this and they informed me they had passed the issue to the tech team. Today I tried to contact the iD team to get an update on this, after 45 minutes of a team member talking me through the same troubleshooting I had already done and ignoring all attempts from me to ask them to contact the tech team for an update, they finally checked my record and found no request to IT had been made. They then attempted to get me to do more troubleshooting so they could process the request, and provide evidence of the issue - I am not sure how I can evidence non-receipt of calls and texts, other than that I have received none since switching. Given this, the request has still not been made. I had 1 and a half hours of my time wasted today in this conversation, and a further two weeks wasted  as I should never have switched in the first place with these issues. Added to this, I still haven’t received the gift card for joining to even offset some of this.

 

Please can a staff member of iD mobile escalate this to the tech team so I can have this resolved and use my phone again! And secondarily, please email me my gift card for joining

Best answer by WelshPaul

Hi @JoCook, that’s not good! It does indeed sound like you have what is known in the industry as a split port. Fixing a split port isn't a quick process. This is because iD Mobile needs to liaise with your old network and this isn't done in real time. Also, porting teams don’t work weekends. So your issue isn't likely to be fixed anytime soon. 

 

In the meantime, I've highlighted your post and asked iD Mobile staff to respond to your post as a matter of urgency. They'll contact you and hopefully sort the confusion out.

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WelshPaul
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Hi @JoCook, that’s not good! It does indeed sound like you have what is known in the industry as a split port. Fixing a split port isn't a quick process. This is because iD Mobile needs to liaise with your old network and this isn't done in real time. Also, porting teams don’t work weekends. So your issue isn't likely to be fixed anytime soon. 

 

In the meantime, I've highlighted your post and asked iD Mobile staff to respond to your post as a matter of urgency. They'll contact you and hopefully sort the confusion out.


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Hi ​@JoCook 

 

We’ll shortly send you a Private Message to your Community account so we can discuss your issue further.

 

To access your messages, click your profile picture in the top right hand corner and then click ‘Private Messages’.

 

Alternatively, if you are currently logged in, you can use the following link: https://community.idmobile.co.uk/inbox/overview

 

We’ll see you there.

 

Thanks, 

 

Natalie 


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  • April 7, 2025

Thank you all, this has been very stressful and I am grateful for a very swift reply and to hopefully have this escalated to support. Fingers crossed !

 

Thank you @WelshPaul for confirming my suspicions regarding the issue and ​@Natalie W for messaging me to start the process of getting this sorted. 


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Hey ​@JoCook, no problem at all, we’ll continue to support via PM’s.

 

Thanks,

Tyler


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