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Glad to hear that everything has been resolved and you are up and running.Applied for another eSIM for my primary device just after midnight and was up and running within 15mins. Nice one Afrihost!

Hi.My phone and wallet were stolen on Monday afternoon. So far Afrihost support has been the most frustrating to deal with. Requiring an selfie with my ID. But ID was in wallet.... So they said they could only help me once I had a temp ID.
Ok, it is really frustrating, but I do understand the security side of this. So I managed to get a temp ID on Tuesday and did all the selfies and what not.
Then yesterday morning I received a response to where I want the sim delivered to, which I already did when I logged the ticket.... Which I did respond to. Then eventually I got a response at 11am yesterday:
We are sorry for the inconvenience caused.
May you please note that an escalation was sent through to our airmobile team.
We will get back to you as soon as we receive feedback.
We're grateful for your support and the opportunity to serve you as a valued client.
Thank you for choosing Afrihost.
Have a lovely day.
Kind Regards
Sbonelo,S
I have asked for a status, but I get no response on the ticket, and its been 24 hours since it was "escalated". Asking for help/status and WhatsApp is basically this, we cant help you, wait for feedback on the ticket....
Everything that got lost has been replaced, temporaries ID and drivers issued, or bank card replacements are on their way. Except for Afrihost, which is somewhere in the queue, and I must sit and wait in the corner.
If this wasn't my main number linked to WhatsApp and everything else, it wouldn't be such a train smash.
@AfriGuy / @Afrigirl I'm losing all hope and trust in Afrihost at this point in a time of need.
Not supported yet@Afrigirl any news on vowifi?
[mention]Afrigirl [/mention] [mention]AfriGuy [/mention] , I'm lately experiencing serious battery drain dispite my iPhone being on standby
Switched the APN back to MTN and the battery drain stopped

Did you try the process on the Afrihost help site?What could the problem be @Afrigirl?
I have a weird issue, I moved to a new iPhone and Apple couldn't move the Airmobile eSims over when I restored the new phone from a backup, nor transfer them from the old phone like you normally can by holding the phones together and I can't activate the eSims by scanning the QR code.
I get this error:
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Hi.I'm not receiving any SMS's on my AirMobile SIM.
Really annoying as I'm trying to get OTP from my bank.
I've tried a sending test SMS from my Telkom SIM and it also doesn't go through, so definitely a problem with Afrihost/MTN.
Must be a localized issue to that user. Mine has been working without issue.Hi.
Still experiencing an issue with receiving SMSes?
Please drop me a PM with the number in question.Yes, still having this issue currently.
Used to be able to receive SMS's previously, so it's a new issue.
Thanks, I've already been through all that, it'll add the sim now but then bomb when trying to activate the eSim.Did you try the process on the Afrihost help site?
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Hi.Thanks, I've already been through all that, it'll add the sim now but then bomb when trying to activate the eSim.
@Afrigirl could you help please
Pm'dHi.
You can drop me a PM with the number in question.