virgin sim cards - the following happens.

Ellie2758

try phoning or texting another Virgin mobile from that sim. 14p will be enough then.

You can then register it with Virgin and get the free £2 credit put on it.

derrick

Call Virgin mobile on 0800 05200837,(free from a landline), it works, just tried it, they should be able to help.

Ring above number, if sim has been registered they can find number by your name.

Ellie2758

derrick wrote: »

Call Virgin mobile on 0800 05200837,(free from a landline), it works, just tried it, they should be able to help.

Ring above number, if sim has been registered they can find number by your name.

Did she register it though? If she is like me she will have no end of registered numbers :whistle: :whistle:

derrick

Ellie2758 wrote: »

Did she register it though? If she is like me she will have no end of registered numbers :whistle: :whistle:

That is why I stated "if sim has been registered"

Did you mean "registered" or "unregistered" ? because if they are "registered" they should be able to find you by the name they are registered under, well according to Virgin anyway.

before_hollywood

when a sim card says sim card registration failed it doesn't mean the owner hasn't rung the network and told them name and address and stuff, it means the sim can't get on the network, try the sim in another handset, if this doesn't work, ring virgin and query it

gaming_guy

before_hollywood wrote: »

when a sim card says sim card registration failed it doesn't mean the owner hasn't rung the network and told them name and address and stuff, it means the sim can't get on the network, try the sim in another handset, if this doesn't work, ring virgin and query it

or the phone is barred

Old_Gold

Yippee got the next one. 14P was still too low to phone even a virgin number but I phoned voicemail which is of course free. First I thought that would not work as instead of the number it came up voicemail on the screen. Then I pressed options and then view number.
Thanks for all the suggestions. Good one about registering and getting two pounds credit.
Now its to see if I can get anywhere with the registration failed one. I will try swapping phones.

Ellie2758

Old_Gold wrote: »

Yippee got the next one. 14P was still too low to phone even a virgin number but I phoned voicemail which is of course free. First I thought that would not work as instead of the number it came up voicemail on the screen. Then I pressed options and then view number.
Thanks for all the suggestions. Good one about registering and getting two pounds credit.
Now its to see if I can get anywhere with the registration failed one. I will try swapping phones.

Well done!! Though I dont understand how you got the number. You rang voicemail then what? Where are the options that tell you to view your own number?

Cant believe it wasnt enough to ring a Virgin no. though - it's 10p per minute isnt it? (It was 5p until recently)

Old_Gold

I pressed the number one holding it down. That is the shortcut to get voicemail. A voice tells me that the voicemail is not activated. I ring off. Then I pressed the green button that brings up the last number. I pressed that and voice mailbox comes up and on screen it lists options. I scrolled down and then came across view number. Bingo.
Hope it works for you.

Ellie2758

Genius! NOW I understand.

thanks