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Yes, but you are unlikely to have your PUK code (its on the card you got your sim with) if you have also lost the sim.

Its a much more losable bit of plastic, and without it (or a contract) why would an operator give you the PUK code for a number they can’t prove you used to have access to? It would be impossible to tell if you are trying to steal someones number.





you walk into the shop with your passport or driving licence....

Try it


Please continue up the line to find the context.

The grandparent does not have his sim card.


> The grandparent does not have his sim card.

which is not necessary for transferring your number to a new SIM. when you lose your phone here, you don't lose your number.


Depends. Google was not able to recover my Google Project Fi number because I was abroad. And when I was back in the US it was "too late"



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