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I reported my phone as stolen and in my local 02 shop the assistant arranged a sim swap into another phone. However I am unable to send texts, make calls etc from the new phone. Does a sim swap take effect immediately or is there something else I must do? Thanks.

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jonsie
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you need to contact customer service and have the lost/stolen bar removed from your account. It would have been applied when you reported it lost.

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Generally a sim swap is pretty quick but it can take anything up to 24 hours.

Have you turned the phone off then on again a few times so the network can find you?

If after that time it hasn't swapped call CS.
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you need to contact customer service and have the lost/stolen bar removed from your account. It would have been applied when you reported it lost.
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Would they not have done that in store @jonsie? Seems slack if not.
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Only cs can lift the bar - the shop can't do it.
I have no affiliation whatsoever with O2 or any subsidiary companies. Comments posted are entirely of my own opinion. This is not Customer Service so we are unable to help with account specific issues.

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Rule of thumb. A shop sells stuff not fix them. At least every enquiry I threw at them anyway. A little bit cynical perhaps however my personal experience does not reflect the performance of the company in general.

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