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Friday, May 1st, 2026 7:42 PM

My Phone Number is Being held Hostage: 16+ Hours in Retail Stores & Still No Service

I am reaching out here because I have exhausted every possible traditional support channel. For the past 7 days, my phone number has been "held hostage" by an internal Xfinity Mobile system error, and I am currently left with zero cellular service.

The Issue: My number is reportedly "stuck" in a back-end provisioning ticketing system. This glitch is preventing my eSIM from downloading. Because the line is stuck in this "provisioning limbo," I am unable to:

  1. Activate my phone.

  2. Get a temporary number.

  3. Receive a replacement device.

  4. Port my number out to another carrier (the system won't release it).

The Effort:

  • Time Spent: I have spent over 16 physical hours inside Xfinity retail stores across five separate visits.

  • The Result: Store remains unable to override the backend ticket; phone support is stuck in a loop of "re-escalating" a ticket that never moves.

I am a professional who relies on my device for daily operations, and being completely disconnected for this long is unacceptable. I need a Tier 3 Technical Supervisor or someone from the Executive Resolution Team to manually clear the stale provisioning profile and force-push the activation.

Has anyone else dealt with a "stuck" backend ticket that retail couldn't fix? To the Xfinity team: Please help me resolve this before I am forced to file a formal complaint with the FCC.

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Official Employee

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753 Messages

23 days ago

Hello there @user_r7k1ak it's been a couple of days since your post, have you been able to get your number port complete?

Visitor

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6 Messages

I was able to get in touch with the executive resolution team but I still have not gotten my issue resolved. 

Official Employee

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753 Messages

I see that you did say there was a ticket created. What did the executive resolution team tell you was the next steps into getting your issue resolved? 

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Visitor

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6 Messages

My issue started April 24. It is now May 3. 9 DAYS AND COUNTING without service. 

Visitor

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They elevated the ticket to an engineering team but the ticket provisioning system is “stuck”. 

There needs to be some serious root cause analysis done by the system architects. This failure is catastrophic.

Official Employee

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753 Messages

I will be more than happy to help with your issues. To begin, would you mind sending me your name and the address to your account in a Direct message?

 

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