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Transfer number to SIM-only?

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 14:38:10 GMT

Fairly simple question- have been on my existing phone and tariff for nearly 4 years and am looking to upgrade to a Galaxy-S5.

After doing some intensive research, the best deal I could come up with was a combination of a SIM-only one (3rd party seller offering better deal than O2 directly), while buying the handset separately. This looks to save quite a bit of money

My question is, can I transfer my number from my old phone without issue? Keeping in mind that whether I get a new contract through a 3rd party seller or SIM only, I'll be switching from one O2 deal to another. I'm hoping that as it's within the same network it'll be easier than transferring to/from someone else.

Re: Transfer number to SIM-only?

MI5 — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 14:45:55 GMT

Yes, once you have your phone and sim just call CS on 202 or pop into an O2 shop and they will be able to request a number transfer for you.
Your old tariff will then be cancelled and you will stop paying for it.

Re: Transfer number to SIM-only?

jonsie — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:12:59 GMT

Very easy to do with a simple phone call. I would advise anyone to go this route if they can buy the phone outright.

Re: Transfer number to SIM-only?

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:19:56 GMT

Thanks for the quick reply, now I just need to find the best handset deal I can- I've been using a spreadsheet to calculate the TCO!

Re: Transfer number to SIM-only?

Cleoriff — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:27:56 GMT

I did exactly the same. Bought my Note 3 sim free and changed my tariff to sim only in January. Took new phone into the local O2 shop and they transferred everything onto my new sim. Done and dusted in 10 minutes

Re: Transfer number to SIM-only?

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 17:49:22 GMT

I'm glad I took the time to check which size of SIM card the S5 takes, which seems to be the micro-size. Hopefully this doesn't derail things...

Re: Transfer number to SIM-only?

Cleoriff — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:00:46 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I'm glad I took the time to check which size of SIM card the S5 takes, which seems to be the micro-size. Hopefully this doesn't derail things...

Actually when O2 sent me my new sim......it was a nano size. (They seem to send these out all the time now)

When I took it all instore they changed it and transferred everything over as I said

Re: Transfer number to SIM-only?

MI5 — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:08:42 GMT

Sim swaps are free with o2 as many times as you like or you can just cut down your old sim if you are careful.

Re: Transfer number to SIM-only?

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:42:32 GMT

Do I need to purchase the sim-only deal directly from O2 to swap the sizes for free, or will they do a swap if I purchase through a retailer like:

http://www.moneysupermarket.com/mobile-phones/brands/sim-only/sim-card/

In the meantime I'll see if I can find a deal that does the micro-sim. I did find a youtube video on cutting the sim down to size, obviously I'll make that a last resort!

Re: Transfer number to SIM-only?

MI5 — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:50:19 GMT

Doesn't matter where you get the deal from.

Re: Transfer number to SIM-only?

perksie — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:53:37 GMT

As long as it's an O2 sim it doesn't matter.

Cutting them down is a bad idea.

Re: Transfer number to SIM-only?

MI5 — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:58:22 GMT

Understandable on networks that charge for sim swaps but makes sense to get the correct one for free from O2.
I've cut down sim cards before and had mixed success with them

Re: Transfer number to SIM-only?

Cleoriff — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 20:20:32 GMT

Cutting sims down?? Brave person to do that. If I tried I have no doubt it would be an unmitigated disaster

Re: Transfer number to SIM-only?

jonsie — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 20:30:29 GMT

You can actually buy a sim cutter but unless you make a habit of cutting sims down it isn't very cost efficient.

You could do the sim swap far quicker than awaiting delivery of a cutter

If you make a mess of doing it manually then you are struggling for the code sent to the old sim to get the number swapped to a new sim.

Re: Transfer number to SIM-only?

Anonymous — Sat, 18 Jul 2015 18:08:03 GMT

I see the cutters are only a few quid if need be. The best O2 sim-only deal I could find was from mobiles.co.uk. Has anyone had any problems claiming the cashback that is on offer?

If all else fails I'll just play it safe and get the £8.50 deal. Thanks all for the advice!

Re: Transfer number to SIM-only?

MI5 — Sat, 18 Jul 2015 18:09:45 GMT

As long as you follow the rules for claiming cashback it's no problem, but make sure you check as sometimes you have to make claims at 3, 6 and 9 months to get the full cashback.