number unknown

twhitehousescat

new sim fitted , pac code from old company applied

when you go into settings and look at own number it says number unknown

phone has been tested , it is dialing and receiving on the old number that was ported over

anyway to get my number to show in settings

Browntoa

What make and model phone

Neil_Jones

This can be normal and happens on every phone I've ever had or set up where I've ported a number to and from networks or from different sims.

But fortunately I know my own mobile number so it doesn't bother me. If you need to know your own number to give it to somebody there are other ways to find it - most networks provide their own app that will tell you or on occasion it can get added as a contact on the Sim itself.

twhitehousescat

samsung s6 , android 7 old supplier was plusnet , new supplier is virgin

old sim (from plusnet) is now dead when fitted in old phone

Chino

The "My phone number" in the "SIM status" settings for my (Android) mobile shows as the number that was associated with the SIM before I ported my old number across.

grumpycrab

twhitehousescat wrote: »

when you go into settings and look at own number it says number unknown

normal for me

DoaM

I have the same on my phone. (Huawei P9 Lite, Android 7.1, giffgaff SIM).

Every phone I've had has been the same with a giffgaff SIM - My Number is Unknown. (My work Iphone 6S with Vodafone shows My Number OK, and also provides the means to edit it).

twhitehousescat

thanks , the number was visible when i used plusnet (ee) , but new sim is devoid of number on virgin (ee)

he only difference i can see , is that plusnet and others ask you to ring up with the sim number and they allocate it to your existing number , however the virgin was pre loaded vin number and could be used immediately

Uxb1

Normal for me
Previously samsung on O2, now Nokia on O2 - all normal

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twhitehousescat wrote: »

thanks , the number was visible when i used plusnet (ee) , but new sim is devoid of number on virgin (ee)

he only difference i can see , is that plusnet and others ask you to ring up with the sim number and they allocate it to your existing number , however the virgin was pre loaded vin number and could be used immediately

I'm the same on a Xiaomi A2 Lite using Android 9.

I use 'What's My Number' https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mynumberwidget.app since I can never remember the damn thing.

Jon_01

Number doesn't show for me on Virgin either (using Mi Max 3).

Someone at V told me it's something to do with their sims? No idea if that's true or not...