Lyca (O2) 3GB Data, Unlimited Mins and Texts 1p a month for 6 months (£4.75 thereafter) at Lycamobile

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Hi All,

Thought I would write information on activating the plan when you want to. I found the process confusing and the literature from Lyca useless. However this is what I did and it worked.

Before doing anything I popped the new SIM into my phone and waited for all the setting to download. Then I went online and registered an account (you need the PUK number on the SIM card holder. I did not top up or do anything with plans at this stage.

If you have a dual SIM make sure you do the below from your Lyca Sim (I disabled my other one to make it easier).

Then you need your Lyca pin number. When I ordered I was sent an email which had activation PIN code in it (starting ORD). It seems you can ignore this and should be sent a separate email (possibly when SIM is delivered) which has a Pin Number in it. Mine was 8 digits lets say 12345678.

Then the only way I could find to activate the plan was to dial *116*Pin# so for example say *116*12345678# . I then pressed the call button and it came up with something (didn't manage to capture sorry) and said I would get a text message to confirm. As of yet (about 30 mins) I have not had a text but the plan is showing online as an active plan and Auto Renewal is on.

So when I go to account manager and then click on Auto renew plan I see the below (I went for the 4GB at £0.05 a month).


On the letter with my SIM it stated 'you can activate your plan through your phone, online (via My account' ....'. I had a look online and could not find anywhere on the UK site to do this (I could on USA). I didn't want to ring so was left using the text method.

I must say the whole process seems needlessly complicated compared to Lebara/Asda/Three and does not fill me with confidence going forward. I want to port my number in but am going to leave this a few days while I try it out. Hopefully someone will find the above useful.

Off topic but does anyone know if I can still activate the SIM card that I ordered from the Lebara 1p deal from last year?

Do i ask Lebara for my Pac code before I activate my Lyca sim? If I change my mind and dont want to keep my no , does the act of asking for the Pac code end my Lebara contract?

Does anyone know if your plan will be activated from the day you signed up for the plan or from the time you insert the sim to your phone? I'm still using lebara mobile atm and want to use the remaining monthly allowance before activating this sim

How long do they give you before the sim has to be activated?

Do Evri need somebody to be home, or do they just put the SIMs through the letterbox?

I think I've been ripped off!! - Only just signed up to Lyca but overpaying at 5p a month for 6 months

Signed up with Lyca 2 months ago (switched from Lebara). I ignored the negative comments here as I thought it can't be that bad. It is as bad as all the negative comments suggest, I'm waiting for my SIM to switch back to Lebara. Don't waste your time.

So I signed up, it took the money from my bank account and then popped up saying Transaction Failed??

I've had no email confirmation either...

All these negative comments is persuading me to stay with Lebara but my sim is ending this month. Do you think Lebara will have another 1p offer or shall I switch to Lyca Mobile and vice versa

Since taking up the offer and transferring my number from Lebara to Lycamobile, I am receiving spam and scam calls on a daily basis. Not many people are aware of this number so I am pretty annoyed with the constant bombardment of scam calls. I never had this issue with Lebara.

How much is roaming in Japan?

Avoid Lyca, I was on the lebara 1.99 a month promo for 6 months, it was about to expire and Lyca had a 99p promo for 3 months which I ended up purchasing, the actual SIM came fairly quickly however when I popped it in my phone and tried registering it they said it was a PAYG SIM and not the 30 rolling contract plan that I signed up for. I called up Lyca customer service but they were extremely unhelpful and ultimately did nothing. It was only 99p so I am not to bothered about the cost, more so about the fact that I paid for a service which was not provided and because the SIM did not activate the correct promo I effectively had to go without a phone for about 4 days or so while a got a new SIM only contract sorted (which was Lebara by the way and worked perfectly). Lebara might be a bit more pricy per month but I have never had any issues with them.

What happens after 6 months? Can you switch to the next deal on offer or are you contractually obliged to stay for a further 6 months at £4.75?

Awful experience.
Have tried this but whilst Lyca has already deducted the funds from my bank account, I've received no email communication to confirm or notify me about my order.

I got the "Transaction Failed!" notice on the Lyca website after hitting the PAY button.

Money was taken though.

No way to speak to an advisor on the phone.

Emailed Lyca but no response

My advice is to AVOID

After reading all the horror stories above I expected the worst but my experience was straight forward and smooth. Sim arrived on time and activated with the 8 digits code provided. Then transfered my number over the next day and my bill is correct 1p. So far so good.... (edited)

Has anyone noticed their data allowance getting used up extremely quickly with Lyca with limited use?

My average monthly usage is 3.5-4gb of data, my Lyca data ran out in 5 days...

Think this is the last day for the 1p deal? can anyone confirm, TIA.

Sorry have another question too, have they phased out the Active PIN code that you get from the email? as I've just purchased one and this time on the email it didn't have it, can anyone confirm this too, TIA. (edited)

@fahimmi10 looks like the deal is still available, when I clicked on the link, might wanna unexpire the deal, for more heat

It's back! Now your turn lebara

So, let me understand this...6 months for 1p thereafter full price. But it says you can cancel anytime! So what stops me from cancelling after 6 months?

Does anyone know of requesting a PAC code from Lebara and transferring to Lyca will cancel my Lebara plan? E.g. when the number is transferred then I don't have anything with Lebara and will it close?

This has probably been asked before, but how long do I have to activate the sim? can I wait like 120 days?

Now this is scary, after reading the comments . I wish I never ordered it

I had a problem trying to activate the sim using the pin they send you by email to set you up for the right Lyca plan. Tried 3 times using the 8 digit activation PIN code in the email. So it failed to work as my phone had 2 sims in it, it was defaulting to the Lebara sim everytime so stopped it in settings and did the *116* PIN Number# and it activated the plan finally. Horrible way of doing this, Lebara is so much easier to activate and use. Now I have to create an account and stop auto renew as I am porting my old number to Lyca for a few days then porting out back to a new Lebara 6 month contract - 85p for 5gb plan, all this hassle just to keep my old number.

I purchased the 4gb for 5p per month plan for my daughter. I noticed she sometimes uses more than 5gb's PM. She knows she have to use less but is there a way to cap the amount of GB's you can use per month on the Lyca website account.

For those that have activated the sim have you had any issues? Arrived today and activated the sim and registered. I can get incoming calls but if I try and make one it just says 'you have insufficient credit please top up' so doesn't allow my to make any calls. Any ideas?

how easy is it to stop the auto renew with lyca? With lebara it's as simple as toggling a switch on main page of account.

Ordered a few of these.

My experiences with Lyca, as a first timer with them.

Their customer service has been ok for me. Was a bit concerned with some of the comments.

Pin emails were going to spam folder.

Had a problem with first SIM, as couldn't make voice calls after activation.

Contacted CS, who logged it with tech. Sorted within 24 hours. No problems porting across. (edited)

Will the port in to Lycamobile still work if my contract expires on Tuesday 7th Feb with Lebara. As I need to keep my existing number not the new one from Lyca. As its Friday I heard nothing happens over the weekend. I don't want to be without service as I only work weekends and need the service running. Would the expired plan effecting port out of Lebara to Lyca.

Does anyone receive an order confirmation email or something? I have been trying but it always fails at the payment, but I see few transactions on my card processed £0.01, and no emails so far... (edited)