How to get a PUK Code to Unblock Your SIM
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The PUK code, the Personal Unlocking Key, is a security feature unique to every SIM card used on mobile phones, tablets and other devices. It6 is a code in the SIM pack alongside the PIN, and it is a code you can use to unlock or unblock your SIM if it is blocked.
Your SIM card may be blocked because you entered the incorrect PIN many times, and to unblock it, you need this PUK code.
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Because you do not use it daily, you may have forgotten the code and lost the SIM pack, which bears the code. Your SIM is blocked, and you are looking for the PUK code to unblock it. This post will help you take care of that. All you have to do is read on!
How to get a PUK Code to Unblock your SIM
You can get your PUK code using three methods, which are easy to do here. They are listed below:
- Get your PUK code through the SIM pack
- Get your PUK code By calling your mobile network provider.
- Check and get your code through your network provider’s official website.
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In either of the three methods you wish to use, here are the steps you have to follow:
Get Your PUK Code Through the SIM Pack
This is the easiest way to get the code which you will use to unlock your SIM; during the SIM registration, you receive your SIM with the pack intact, and in that pack, there is an area that bears the inscription PIN and an area that also bears the inscription, PUK. In those two areas, there are numbers written below that inscription; copy out the numbers under the PUK inscription and use them to unlock your SIM.
Sometimes, you have to scratch the area below or beside that PUK inscription to reveal your PUK code, but if you do not have access to your SIM pack now or have misplaced it, do not worry. There are two more ways to get your PUK code.
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Get Your PUK Code By Calling Your Mobile Network Provider.
You can also get your code for unlocking your SIM by calling your mobile network provider.
For MTN: Dial 135
For Airtel: Dial 111 or 08021500111
For Glo: Dial 300 or +2348050020121 or +2348050020200
For 9mobile: Dial 300 or +2348090000200
Check and get Your Code Through Your Network Provider’s Official Website.
To get the code through this method, you have to follow these steps:
- Visit the website for your network provider
- Log in to your account on the website
- The PUK code should appear in your profile, or you can initiate or request it if it doesn’t appear.
Yeah, you don’t have to worry anymore about unlocking your SIM since you now know how to get the PUK code.
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