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URGENT: PUK Codes Given Don't Work!
Hi, Background My phone broke and I tried to use my husband’s phone with my ID Mobile SIM, briefly. The phone stated that I needed to provide a SIM PIN code. I entered one and it was incorrect, so I used Live Chat to get help with my SIM’s PIN code. What happened 30-min wait for an agent to respond and afterwards, every message took up to 5 minutes to come through. 1st agent gave me the wrong PINs twice. Locked me out. Then, she gave me 2 wrong PUK codes. Next, she asked me to try my SIM on another handset, which I didn’t have. She conveniently got disconnected at this point. 12-min wait for another agent. 2nd agent incorrectly told me that the phone telling me “SIM network PIN blocked” and that I needed a “SIM network PUK” meant that the handset was locked, not my SIM. I highly doubted that and questioned her further. She insisted on the veracity of her statement. I went away and this whole thing had taken around 1.5h by this point. I called my husband’s mobile service provider (Vodafone, who gave me a code in under 4 minutes) and tried their PUK code on the handset. This of course didn’t work, because it’s a SIM problem. This means that I’d unsuccessfully tried different PUK codes 5 or 6 times by now. I’ve very few further attempts before I get completely blocked. My ask PLEASE will someone from ID Mobile give me the correct PUK code and solve this straightforward issue for me? You issued the SIM. You should have the PUK code. I need my code very urgently, as I have had no access to phone service for 48h now and am in the middle of some important matters. And next time, when ID Mobile sends out SIMs, please include a short letter to state that we should not throw out the plastic frame within which the SIM is encased. Who knew that leftover plastic would contain crucially useful information, especially when customer service is so utterly inadequate. Thank you.
I am really tired of poor network coverage
I have complained about the network coverage for my area before. Today, yet again, I have been unable to use my phone properly because of your poor network coverage. And before you ask, Yes, I did check your network coverage before I signed up with you via a link from Money Saving Expert. That link reported that the coverage for my area is ‘OK’. Whatever that is supposed to mean, it obviously indicates that the coverage is working. I have also checked the 3 Mobile coverage and that too implies good coverage for my area. But that’s not the case. A more realistic view of your coverage can be found here: https://mastdata.com/resources/coverage-map.aspx?mnc=20&gen=4&lat=51.527434&lng=-0.908808&z=14 By selecting ‘3’ from the icons on the top left corner you can get a better idea of what network coverage is actually like in my area. It’s basically non-existent. Today, while at work, my phone went from ‘No Network - emergency calls only’ to H+ to 4g. While H+ and 4g barely worked if at all. And Yes, I did restart my phone and no, it didn’t make any difference. To add to this from Friday 30th June 2023 until Tuesday 2nd July 2023 we were unable to make or receive phone calls. We were told by your support online chat on Sunday 2nd of June 2023 to wait for 48 hours ! It’s a good job we kept our landline. To be honest I would lie to end my contract with ID Mobile but I don’t see why I should have to pay the estimated final bill because the performance has been so poor.