since several days I cannot connect to Lycamobile network anymore. If I try to call it says ""your SIM is not registered, please register your SIM before using". It began with 4G not working anymore, I could still get SMS and now nothing more.
I contacted several times the support, but they just told me that I have to register again my SIM card in a shop. OK fine, let's go to a shop but with COVID it's not that easy. After trying 3 places, I found one but the guy says that he doesn't register old cards...
I call again Lycamobile and they tell me that there is no other option. Great, I cannot connect to my bank account anymore, etc.
Then I called another retailer and he tells me the same thing, only new SIM card can be registered...
So my question: if I buy a new SIM, then I should be able to move my existing number to it right? Do you think all my credit will also be moved back? I had quite a lot of money there (like Fr. 280)...
Second question: it's apparently quite often that it happens with Lycamobile, is that true? Any such experiences?
OK, I know Lycamobile is cheap and therefore such problems can happen but still!
Are you sure it doesn't simply mean "not registered on network"? This is different to your card not being registered in their system (but I guess could also be the case) and can happen when you move out of range. We never had much luck with Lyca as it often wouldn't register on the network.
Is there an online customer portal where you can see your balance etc? You need maybe a replacement SIM not a new one with a new number. You'll lose your credit otherwise. Ask them for your money back if it doesn't work.
We’ve used Lycamobile for over 5 years now on 2 phones and never experienced any problems...
If you move away I very much doubt you’ll your CHF280 again. I’ve never lodged more than CHF50 with them and now pay monthly on my credit card as the bonuses are next to useless....
Thanks for your advices. The problem is that I cannot even connect anymore to their portal with my number. It says "unknown number".
Today I went to another retailer but he didn't want also to re-register my existing SIM. Only sell a new one.
So I am kind of stuck. Because I am afraid as you said that if I buy a new one, they will somehow manage to delete my credit...and re-assign my existing number.
And the Fr. 280 is because at the beginning I thought that the SURF options would be taken from that credit. But it's taken directly from the credit card and as I nearly never call then I have this "stupid" credit on my account.
Have you called back support to explaire their resets are refusing the service they have suggested and asked them to fix it? You are the client and something is broken - don't give up.
For the last point, it depends how you buy them. If you buy them on the website it is a new charge, but if you buy the data packages by typing whatever code is needed in your phone, then it is credited from your balance.
I don't know if this may be the case, but I have a prepaid card from another carrier from my home country to keep my "since forever" number there, and I have to recharge every six months or they threaten deactivating the line. I do not know if Lyca has such a policy, and if you have been buying data packages it would make no sense, but I wonder if not having made "proper" recharges may be the reason why they deregistered the number.
I suppose you already tried changing the settings to connect manually to the network and all that.
Actually I did buy a new SIM card to have a least a number...
It would be OK for me to make these steps but the chat "support" tells me that they cannot transfer the credit. Funny enough I tried today the USSD code on my old SIMcard and it works... So I see now that I "only" have Fr. 152 left.
And I checked on another phone, it's the same.
I sent an Email to them, saying that they should give a solution to this problem otherwise I will contact some Ombut organism. Let's see if it does something.
My sim card inexplicably stopped working after perhaps 4 years. I just ordered another one from the website, registered it remotely (if I recall correctly this required downloading an app and submitting a pic of my ID which irked me somewhat), and then requested a transfer of my number to the new sim card. Works fine now. As others have mentioned, beware of inactivity.
I had the same problem at the beginning of january.
Before calling support, i tried the sim card in another phone, problem is the same.
I contacted support per email ([email protected]), they replied and asked that i tried a manual search of networks, then restart phone and check if everything is ok, if not ok, I had to call them.
I called them to explain the manual search didn't work. The next step was to order a new sim card on their website, register it with the same name as the previous card, and then call them again to transfer the number and the credit to the new card.
I received the new card, registered it using a rather shady app with my passport, and then called them again.
Once they checked that I was the owner with many questions like the amount of the last topup, favorite phone numbers etc., they said the transfer will be effective within 24 hours.
24 hours later, i restarted my phone and it was done.
If it can help, the faulty sim card was detected as defect on an iphone with no pin code asked, and on an android phone, the pincode was asked and then no network.