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Hiya, SIM card activations can take up to 24 hours , after that the customer services team can raise with a department to get this resolved so your call sadly shouldn't take 5 goes unless it was before the 24 hours.
Have your phone been activated through itunes also ?
If its just the sim card activation that you need done then speak to customer services, ultimately if you are being given differing information after the 24 hour period then ask to speak to someone who can help (shouldn't be necessary).
Alternatively if you are near a Vodafone Store they can assist you, and also rule out the small possibility that it is a faulty sim card which can ocassionally happen
Hiya, SIM card activations can take up to 24 hours , after that the customer services team can raise with a department to get this resolved so your call sadly shouldn't take 5 goes unless it was before the 24 hours.
Have your phone been activated through itunes also ?
If its just the sim card activation that you need done then speak to customer services, ultimately if you are being given differing information after the 24 hour period then ask to speak to someone who can help (shouldn't be necessary).
Alternatively if you are near a Vodafone Store they can assist you, and also rule out the small possibility that it is a faulty sim card which can ocassionally happen
In that situation you would need a moderator to get your post and look at it, I can totally agree with you that you shouldn't need to go to a store etc In terms of resolution it can be done and thats what I hope you achieve today.
Like I said customer service would normally ask you to wait 24 hours, after this it can be raised with a specialised team who can individually look at your sim card number and why it is not connecting properly for the first time on the network. Issues which need to be rules out are incorrect sim number, faulty sim in terms of the card itself and lastly a network error. Its the network error part which takes the 24 hours part so its looking less likely, though still possible.
As I said after 24 hours this can and should be resolved, I would always give the customer services person a chance to solve your issue, but if not ask for it to be escalated to a team leader to look at
Was it through Vodafone telesales that you took the connection as sometimes through 3rd parties they can sometimes be responsible for a short delay
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Hiya, I hope you got it sorted, sim activations do very ocasionally go wrong and it can be frustrating because of what the norm is, it can also be frustrating because what I would like if I was a customer was that if I spoke to a person in hour 16 of my wait and was told that it would take 24 hours, that if hour 24 was a practical hour that, that person, or someone would then check it, raise it and call back, sadly I realise it doesn't work like that. It also helps if its made clear it does take up to 24 hours, very ocasionally things do go wrong in the mobile world, from wrong SIM card numbers noted, to physically faulty card to network errors which can be related to the profile of SIM cards and "stuff".
I hope its up and running and your enjoying your new phone !
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