This is a tip for people who don't care about $3.
I got the Project Fi sim card a while ago, but I got a very stupid number that I don't like. So I figured, since we could port our number to Project Fi, we should be able to find us a good number somewhere, and then port the good number to the Project Fi account.
The way is through Google Voice.
- Sign out your current Google Account, say "myofficialaccount@gmail.com"
- You need to sign up a new Google Account, say "mydummyaccount@gmail.com"
- After registration of that account, go to https://www.google.com/voice the new account and follow the procedure to obtain a new number (you can search for the ones you want here!)
- After you get the number, go to https://www.google.com/voice/unlock to unlock this number. Notice that you need to fill in credit card info and pay $3 here
- Remember to visit https://wallet.google.com and then go to "Payment Method" to remove your credit card information
- Logout "mydummyaccount@gmail.com" and log back in "myofficialaccount@gmail.com." Then contact Project Fi "specialist" to port your beloved number into the current account.
- Done!
It's easy, right?
In fact, the Google Project Fi "specialist" doesn't really know where to unlock your Google Voice number. When I talked with one guy there, he told me trying to find the "unlock" option in the "settings" at Google Voice. But in fact, that option is not there. Should I blame Google Voice, or Project Fi on that? Hmm..
