Gmail is a throwaway email. I lost my SIM and hence can't log in anymore.

Never ever rely on Gmail.

Huh? Are phone numbers tied to physical sims in your country? You can't just ask the phone company to give you a new sim with the same number?

	▲	dijit 34 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		If you’re on a contract that can work. If it’s a PAYG sim card then you’re out of luck without the PUK code, which, if you’ve lost the sim then you have most assuredly lost (or never had). PAYG is a lot more common in parts of western Europe than contracts. People associate contracts with “overly expensive” phone deals.