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Tuesday, January 13th, 2026 8:59 PM

Mobile Activation Mess

I feel like there are about 3 people that work at this company, with the efforts they put into keeping a huge wall of separation between customers and support. I just tried to activate my new mobile line. No easy feat given the fact that the QR code that came with the phone actually directed me to activate an internet modem and the website that the automated call I received gave me the same. I typed to the bot that I wanted a human, knowing full well it's not that sophisticated of a bot, but suddenly it gave me the correct tree of options to activate the phone. Which is to say, it sent me to another page that had a series of QR codes on it, one of which was the one I needed. 

I started the activation process in the app per the QR code for a new line with a new number. The rep that sold me the mobile service on the phone told me I'd have a selection to choose from. But the app simply assigned a number. My wife didn't like the number (it's going to be her mobile) so I backed out of the activation step to try to get another number. Now, depending on where I look I only get the option to either a) proceed, but by transferring a number from another carrier only, or b) what activation? There are no new lines to activate.

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3 days ago

I might just finish setting up "any number" you can, THEN once its working call them to change the number or get the port in.

Either that or CALL right now, I don't like their chat or messages, I CALL.

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@BobOoh​ Yeah, I can't get it to proceed in any way other than by porting a number, which I don't have one to port. I'd love to call but haven't found a number. I guess I'll dig harder now that I know one exists.

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2 days ago

Hey there, @user_wfampd! Thank you so much for taking the time to reach out to us here on the Xfinity Forums! I am sorry to hear about the experience with attempting to activate your new Xfinity Mobile device, and the troubles with the numbers. Were you able to get everything activated? Did you receive a number your wife is happy with? Please let us know. 

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@XfinityAdrienne​ I still have not been able to activate the phone. At this point we're willing to keep the number we just want to get the phone activated.

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Oh no, I am very sorry to hear that you are unable to activate the device @user_wfampd! I would be happy to dive further into the account details with you. Can you please send us a DM to get started?

 

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@XfinityAdrienne​ in that "chat" now. Wish me luck. The response time in there has been...... intermittent. It seems each person (the one person?) in chat has to deal with a number of chats at once and gets back to yours when they get back to it. This is wild.

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