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    6 hours ago, natjay said:

    I've been on Reliance since 2005-2006. I remember back in 2005 during the week-long Mumbai floods, I was traveling back home by train & on foot. I was trying to call up but all networks were down... except for Reliance (it used to be called Reliance India Mobile back then).

    RIM was a new entrant on the mobile scene dominated by the likes of Airtel, Hutch and even Garuda (MTNL). The fact that RIM was still moderately functional during the floods when all other networks were down, helped solidify Rcom's image of a reliable network. It even made it to the newspapers. RIM capitalized and leveraged the story to increase their user base. I've been a loyalist even since. Well, how things have changed.

    On a side note, it's actually a little ironic that at the beginning of the 2nd digital revolution (4G, cashless transactions, digital bank and so forth) a telecom company is shutting down.

    Those were the CDMA days. The downfall of RCom started with the forced switch to LTE.

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    11 hours ago, Openyard said:

    I completed port out from Rcom to Jio but got zero balance (no data or voice balance) though I paid Rs.650 to the gallery fellow. Is this normal?

    I called up Jio cc at 198 but they said they couldn't find any recharge in my number and that I'll have to recharge again. If so, what was that 650 for? Confused :huh:

    You are not supposed to pay anything at the time of initiating porting. You are to recharge only after the number has been successfully ported.

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    1 hour ago, natjay said:

    I've been getting "No service" on my Jio number since this afternoon (Mumbai circle). Is anyone else also facing a similar situation?

    Two other Jio numbers of a relative are also showing the same message. Both are fresh numbers got a few months ago (not ported).

    I have faced this problem in certain locations of Guwahati. Jio signals will go all of a sudden. But if I initiate manual search, Jio 4G signals are available and SIM gets registered again.

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    2 hours ago, inception said:

    This is kind of offtopic, but need some opinion from members. 

    Isuue #1. My parents have 2 MTS connection. Now we all forget the SIM cards were taken by whose documents. Can we port these numbers to Jio by giving probable IDs? 

    I meant to say a SIM was taken with my id, can I port to another operator by giving another person's ID? 

    Issue #2. my brother has left India and requested for port out to airtel from jio before leaving country. Interestingly airtel sims which were given to him, are yet to be active and Jio SIM continues to work fine. Is Jio blocking port out? 

    Here the same question arrives again, as the Jio SIM of my brother lies with me, can I port the SIM to airtel with my documents? 

    Issue #3. What are the dual 4G supported handsets available in market? 

    (airtel 4G/Jio 4G both access needed)

    #1

    One of my RCom postpaid no was in the name of my late mother. For obvious reasons her documents or fingerprint was not possible to be provided. Ported to Airtel postpaid in my name by quoting the porting code and giving my adhaar and biometrics without any issue. Did not even tell them that it was not earlier in my name.

    #2

    If porting request was already initiated, no fresh port request can be initiated unless the earlier process has been completed, successfully or by rejection

    #3

    No handset in market supports dual active 4G. Some claim dual standby 4G (i.e. both SIM can support 4G individualy) but work only in active 4G + Active 2G mode. Only few works in Active 4G + Active 3G mode. I found RN3 and RN4 supporting this. Call clarity of second SIM is better if it supports Active 3G. But Jio does not support 3G. So if you switch to 4G in second SIM, Jio will stop completely.

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    1 hour ago, vishalmcp said:

    Hi Guys,

    Can anyone please guide me on the process to redeem vouchers (50*8) which I had got part of the cashback offer from Jio.

    I went into Myjio App --> voucher section --> I can see vouchers there, but there is no option to redeem it.

    Also, I tried recharging the number, but do not get any option to select Rs. 50 voucher.

    They were supposed to be available for use from today. May be you need to wait a few hours.

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    2 hours ago, praveenwarrier said:

    Just recently ported to Jio. For last few days, data speed has drastically reduced to 2-3 Mbps from 15-20 Mbps. Contacted Jio call centre and their standard reply was that the current speed is considered as good and they would take my feedback to erect more towers in the area !! RCom 4G speed was above 15 Mbps consistently.

    Rcom 4G had very few number of users. Jio 4G has too many number of users.

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    3 hours ago, Hejmady said:

    is JioFi2 Device @ Rs.999/- better than mobile-hotspot?

    I have Jio, Airtel & BSNL SIM & Two Dual SIM 4G VoLTE handsets. I use JIo+BSNL in one handset and Airtel in the other

    my Queries:

    • if I buy JioFi2 device for Jio SIM & use the Airtel+BSNL SIMs in one of the Dual-SIM handsets - will this handset become a "Triple-SIM" with Jio4G Voice app via JioFi2 Hotspot?
    • Is Jio4G Voice app better than native VoLTE support of Dual-SIM VoLTE Handset?
    • is JioFi2-hotspot better than mobile-hotspot?

    1 > To my understanding, Jio4G Voice does not work on VoLTE phones. Also remember that Jio4G eats too much RAM, extremely buggy and will data mine everything in your phone.

    2 > No

    3 > Yes. Android hotspot has certain inherrent limitation.

    Depending on which SIM you use more extensively, rather you can buy a regular "dumb" phone with long battery backup and put either BSNL or Airtel SIM in it.

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    On 11/11/2017 at 9:28 AM, KAPILKDEV said:

    If it is a ported number, FRC is not necessary, you can do any top up recharge. Rs 5 talktime will be added to your number at the time of SIM activation.

    FRC was necessary for Vada. Before FRC, all of the online portals returned transaction failure for Etopup. After I did FRC, online Etopup was possible immediately.

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    12 minutes ago, ajay16 said:

    I missed that yours is a postpaid number. Your porting requested could be rejected if any amount is unpaid. You should find out nearest rcom office, pay the final bill and take a no-dues slip form them. Then start porting procedure again.

    My both numbers were postpaid. For one, I had paid extra last month so there was a credit bill with small amount. In the other, about 400 was the last bill generated as per instacare which I paid before initiating porting process. Both numbers are now successfully ported.

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    10 minutes ago, nitink said:

    coz mine is a corporate connection, the same will be changed to my name and also ported

    its an airtel outlet with the board saying airtel express.

    One of the number I ported was in the name of my late mother with a different address, though personal connection. I changed it to Airtel postpaid in my name with only Adhaar PoS / biometrics. Airtel express is possibly a mini-franchise and not main outlet.

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    45 minutes ago, nitink said:

    aadhar + photo

    Why they should take photo? now even photo is pulled from Adhaar database. that was my experience with porting 1 number to voda and 1 to airtel. only told them the porting code and my adhaar no and did biometric verification in their machine, 2 times in case of airtel and 3 times in case of vodafone. all data entry was done at PoS and thereafter details were processed at the backend. I specifically asked and both of them confirmed that it is purely online process there would be no requirement of physical transfer of document at any stage. they did not even ask for final bill of RCom. I was already having porting code. is your address different from the Adhaar address? otherwise, even address is pulled from Adhaar.

    did you go to main outlet or local neighborhood shop?

     

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    On 11/12/2017 at 2:46 PM, commonman said:

    I initiated porting of  2 numbers last week. Delhi postpaid to Vodafone Kolkata prepaid and Kolkata postpaid to Airtel Kolkata corporate postpaid.

    Even at vodafone store, the guy first tried to push postpaid saying the RCom to prepaid has problems. But when I said that then I will try some other operator, he quietly went ahead with prepaid. The he also advised to do FRC of 177 after activation. But as indicated by someone  in another thread, apparently MNP numbers does not need FRC and can directly go for regular recharges.

    The Airtel guy came to my home for doing the formalities, benefit of corporate connection. He said that for RCom number MNP they are given extra money and so they are working even on Saturday and Sunday and they get more for postpaid. When I match the two experience, clearly, the sales guys are just trying to maximize their income by pushing postpaid, saying  one thing or other.

    In case of Vodafone, got SMS that my request has been received. In case of Airtel got multiple SMS, the last one saying that my porting request has been sent o RCom for approval.

    Porting experience

    RCom Delhi postpaid to Vodafone Kolkata prepaid

    10-11-2017 4 PM Request submitted.

    10-11-2017 6 PM Received SMS in alternate no about submission

    15-11-2017 5 PM Received SMS from Voda in RCom SIM that request has been approved by RCom

    15-11-2017 11.30 PM Recevied SMS in alternate no that voda SIM is now active

    16-11-2017 3 PM RCom SIM stopped working

    16-11-2017 5 PM Inserted Voda SIM. Manually searched and selected Voda IN network. CAlled 59059. IVR option for selection of language and activation of data. On selection, Vodafone SIM active.

    17-11-2017 1 PM Some bank OTP SMS problem in new SIM. ICICI OTP did not come but account debit SMS came for txn done by UPI. IRCTC bought 2 tkts but SMS came for only 1

     

    RCom Kolkata postpaid (in the name of my late mother) to Airtel Kolkata postpaid (in my name)

    11-11-2017 4 PM Request submitted.

    11-11-2017 6 PM Received SMS in alternate no about submission

    17-11-2017 4 AM Received SMS from Airtel in RCom SIM that request has been activated

    17-11-2017 5 AM Received 3 SMS from Airtel in RCom SIM about details of services activated along with plan details and billing cycle.

    17-11-2017 8 AM RCom SIM still working. Removed RCom SIM and inserted Airtel SIM. Called 59059. IVR language selection. Then had to go through lot of unnecessary bull**** about hello tune selection. Airtel SIM active. Yet to check about call receiving and SMS.

     

     

     

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    27 minutes ago, ajay16 said:

    Yes, you are right. But see, aadhaar was brought as 'all-india ID'. It is not issued by any state government either. So, compulsion to provide a local address everywhere you go is an unnecessary practice. Like operators can have pan-india licenses, subscribers should also be allowed to have pan-india UID.

    Adhaar is "portable". The linked address can be changed from one State to another. The process takes about 7 days. Once changed, all Adhaar authorization request returns the new address only. I have personally changed it from NCR to Kolkata 1 year back.

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    16 hours ago, me_saket said:

    It doesnt offer Cash load feature. only Option to load,via UPI and debit card. but Airtel/paytm/india post allow all 3 mode including cash to load wallet.

    Airtel PB charges money for withdrawing cash. Digibank gives free access to all ATMs of all banks. For most people it would not be the only bank. They already have some other bank. So UPI based transfer is never an issue.

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    9 hours ago, me_saket said:

    Off-topic- Airtel payment bank is now good option , as we can connect it via UPI into Phonepe, and having more cash load points( virtually every retailer) compared to PAYTM bank and INDIA POST Payment BANK.

    JIO Payment bank may again BANG market with "DHOOM MACHA LE" type entry.

    DBS Digibank is better than any payment bank with additional benefits.

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