It is currently quite difficult to imagine a person who does not have a mobile phone with him. Mobile technologies have become so firmly entrenched in our lives that even grandfathers and grandmothers already have a poor understanding of how they could do without them before. Calls, SMS messages, MMS, Internet are just a small list of the capabilities of mobile phones. And there is no doubt that these small (and sometimes not so) electronic devices greatly facilitate our existence.
In our country, mobile communication services are provided by several operators at once. One of the most popular is the megaphone.
So, you bought yourself a mobile phone. What to do next? And then you need to contact one of the mobile communication centers and buy yourself a SIM card. By the way, if you purchased a mobile phone in one of the company stores, then you don’t need to go anywhere, you can buy a SIM card on the spot.
Well, you have a mobile phone, a megaphone SIM card too. What to do now? And now employees of the Megafon branch should help you. They can masterfully activate a SIM card! But it often happens that a SIM card is bought elsewhere. Then you need to find out on your own how to activate the Megafon SIM card, which this article should help you with.
Why do I need to activate a SIM card?
The fact is that not a single phone will work without an active card, and there are no other ways to make it work, except to activate the Megafon SIM card. This is because each SIM card is attached to a specific person. This is done in order to reduce the amount of fraud using mobile phones.
How to activate a megaphone card
To do this, you need a computer with the ability to access the Internet. You need to go to the company website, go to the "Authorization" section and enter the username and password in the required fields. The login here is your phone number, which is indicated on the packaging of the SIM card, the password is the PUK code, which can also be found on the package under a protective coating layer. After that, you will be asked to enter your personal passport data in the appropriate fields. Do not be afraid, the site administration will in no case allow this data to fall into anyone’s hands. If you did everything correctly, you will be informed by a message that the card has been successfully activated and registered.
By the way, when asked about how to activate a Megafon SIM card, there is one more answer, but this information will be useful only if you already have an activated SIM card.
How to activate a megaphone SIM card using a second SIM card
You need to dial the combination * 121 * PUK * NUMBER # from the activated card, where PUK is the same PUK code, and NUMBER is your phone number. Now you should press the call key. If all the actions are performed correctly, then both phones will receive messages confirming the activation of your second number (the passport data that you specified when activating the first will be attached to your second SIM card).
Everything is very simple! The main thing is the desire to understand the intricacies of the process!