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Phone number and text numbers different

Boarddrifter
Investigator
Investigator

Morning. 

 

I have a hauwei p30 Pro and just ported my number over from 3 this morning. 

 

I had a text from EE to say the number had been swapped, however my phone number has been ported and is the one I wanted to bring me. 

 

Texting, however, is the sim card number I received with the phone, not my ported number. 

 

Does anyone have any ideas what's going on please.

 

Tried contacting EE with no joy. 

 

Thank you. 

 

7 REPLIES 7
James_B
EE Community Support Team

Hi @Boarddrifter,

 

Welcome to the EE Community. 🙂

 

Have you restarted your phone since your number ported?

 

Thanks

 

James

Hi. 

 

Yes I have, a number of times. They can text me on my ported number but any texts I send are from the sim that came with the phone, not my ported number. 

 

 

Bizarre

James_B
EE Community Support Team

Hi @Boarddrifter,

 

Is chat enabled in your messaging app settings?

 

If it is, can you try turning it off and restarting your phone before turning it back on.

 

Thanks

 

James

 

 

Hi James. 

 

Thanks for the reply, just tried it and it made no difference. 

 

Like I say, I can be texted by friends on the ported number OK, it's just if I text them, the supplied sim number comes up. 

James_B
EE Community Support Team

Thanks for trying that @Boarddrifter

 

Please leave it for 24 hours to make sure your port is fully complete.

 

If the issue persists, please get in touch with Customer Care so we can raise it to our porting team for investigation.

 

James

Interesting I have this same issue.  chat is not enabled. And I re-start my phone every morning.  what is the best resolution

James_B
EE Community Support Team

Hi @l180yd,

 

Have you ported your phone number from another network?

 

Thanks

 

James