핸드폰 번호 변경It may be possible. If it is difficult to memorize, contains a lot of numbers that are considered socially unlucky, or you receive too many spam messages, you may not want to change your number.
There are also cases to consider.
If you receive too many spam texts or calls, consider changing your cell phone number.
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These days, mobile phone users often continue to use the phone number they were given when they first activated their mobile phone. Until the early 2000s, other
When you change your mobile carrier, your number would also change, but these days, number portability services where you only change your mobile carrier while keeping your number as is have become common.
That’s why the number doesn’t change for a while.
But in fact, it is surprisingly easy to change your cell phone number. This is because each mobile carrier offers a number change service. Of course the plan
There is no need to change, sign a new contract, or pay additional fees. All you have to do is go to the website of each mobile carrier and apply for the number change service.
The method below is based on the PC web environment, but can be done in almost the same way on the mobile web.
Change number on SKT homepage
Menu < Change number on SKT homepage
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In the case of SK Telecom (SKT), after logging in, go to the number change menu through my T → my T full menu → change → change number → change mobile phone number.
You can go in. For KT, after logging in, go to My Page → View/Change → Number Change. For LG U+ (LGU+), after logging in, go to Personal → My.
You can use the same service through the following path: Information management → Subscription service inquiry and change → Subscription information change → Number change.
Change number on KT homepage
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Change number on LGU+ homepage
Menu < LGU+ homepage
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All three mobile carriers require an authentication process to prove your identity before changing your number. SKT uses SMS (text message) authentication, KT uses
This is done through ARS authentication, and LGU+ also offers a variety of other services such as simple authentication using the PASS app, universal public certificate authentication, and i-PIN authentication.
Support method. For reference, SKT begins the identity verification process after searching for the desired number, while KT and LGU+ begin with identity verification first.
You can search for your desired number.
LGU+ uses various methods of identity verification.
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Provides a means of self-authentication>
For reference, when searching for a changeable phone number, the range that the user can specify varies depending on the mobile carrier. The last 4 digits of the number are for the user of all three companies.
It is possible to specify directly. However, in the case of the 4-digit number immediately following 010, SKT cannot be specified and searched, and for KT, only the first 2 digits are used.
You can search only LGU+ by specifying all 4 digits.
KT searches for a changeable number by specifying the first 2 digits and the last 4 digits.
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< KT can search for the number to be changed by specifying the first 2 digits and the last 4 digits>
If you search by specifying a range like this, examples of phone numbers that can be changed will appear. If there is a number you want, select it and complete the change. if
If you don’t find a number you like, you have to search again, but SKT limits the number of daily searches to 30, KT 50, etc. And once the number
Once you complete the change, you cannot cancel it or return to your previous number, so choose carefully.
You can change your number online only once per day and twice per 90 days. And even after changing your number, the person who called you with your old number
There is also an additional service that notifies you of the newly changed number via text or voice and automatically connects you. In the case of SK Telecom and LGU+, for one year immediately after changing the number
You can use the number change information/connection service for free, and after that, you can extend it by paying 3,300 won per month. In the case of KT, it is extended by one year.
Just apply and you can continue to use it for free.
Naming process after changing the number of SKT terminal
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After completing the number change, turn the user’s mobile phone off and on once or twice and the process of registering the new number to USIM (naming) will be automatically started.
It will start, and once completed, you can use your mobile phone with the changed number. If the new number is not applied automatically, you must manually name it.
do. The method varies depending on the mobile carrier. On the phone dial screen, for SKT, enter #758353266#646#, for KT, enter 147359682*,
For LGU+, pressing #5487587#682# starts naming. In some terminals (overseas phones, etc.), naming may not work properly.
Contact your mobile carrier’s customer service center or visit the sales office directly for consultation.
Written by / IT Donga Kim Young-woo (pengo@itdong.com)
