Hey guys my mom is offering me a phone on her upgrade so basically that means that I'll be getting her phone #(if the following doesn't work out) so let's begin. Is it possible to get the Evo on HER line(#) then call sprint and ask them to put the Evo that was meant for her # to MY #? The reason is that I have tons of peoples numbers and I don't want to stir confusion with my contacts. Another question is that I have a Nexus S, so let's say I can't put the Evo on my # so I just get her #. Is it possible for me to downgrade from a Nexus S to a dumb phone so my mom has no trouble with battery life and touch screens? Thanks guys, they probably sound like stupid questions since sprint just wants your money but I'm just trying to make sure I can. Anyways thanks!
Sprint will happily flip flop numbers between lines. In fact that's what they call it "flip flop". All you have to do is ask them. They didn't even charge me. Took like 3 seconds.
So the Evo that will be upgraded with her line can easily be switched over to my line?
Also can she keep using the flip phone she had before upgrading? Customer service would probably be wondering why she upgraded but is till using her old phone lol
They don't care. You have to have a data plan to get the LTE but the flip phone will still work on it.
they can and will just switch the upgrades. so basically she has an upgrade right now. you take that one and then whenever the date is for your upgrade that will become her upgrade.
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So the Evo that will be upgraded with her line can easily be switched over to my line?
Also can she keep using the flip phone she had before upgrading? Customer service would probably be wondering why she upgraded but is till using her old phone lol
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I did the same thing. Upgraded on my mother line. When i received the phone, i just activated on my phone #. My mother still using the phone she was using and that upgrade has no bearing on the plan or anything else.
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Okay thank you guys! Awesome community we have here!
If all else fails, just activate it on her phone, then swap her phone back to her old phone immediately, then you will be free to use that one as it will clear the ESN.
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If all else fails, just activate it on her phone, then swap her phone back to her old phone immediately, then you will be free to use that one as it will clear the ESN.
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That's what I was thinking of doing at first. Lol but if I can just "flip-flop" then it wont be necessary
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I did the same thing. Upgraded on my mother line. When i received the phone, i just activated on my phone #. My mother still using the phone she was using and that upgrade has no bearing on the plan or anything else.
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So as long as I don't activate the phone on my moms line it won't be charged with the 10$ data fee?
I used my wifes upgrade, no problem. Her contract gets reset instantly and you can activate the phone on any number.
You can't flip phones numbers around without sprints assistance. Account has to be tagged LTE or not. I can no longer activate my old evo through the web site, when could before it was tagged LTE.
One catch if you activate the phone on a line that is not your moms you waive the 30 day return policy. That is, you instantly own it.
You also lose mail-in rebates if not activated on your moms line, but that's not an issue this time with the lte, since it has instant rebate.
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So as long as I don't activate the phone on my moms line it won't be charged with the 10$ data fee?
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I did this exact thing. They call it a "Cross Upgrade" and it is allowed. My Mom's plan was actually charged the $10 premium data fee but I called in and they removed it.
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I did this exact thing. They call it a "Cross Upgrade" and it is allowed. My Mom's plan was actually charged the $10 premium data fee but I called in and they removed it.
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As logo mentioned above, you now have no way if returning if you aren't satisfied? That's what is worrying me. If I do the Cross Upgrade and I don't like the Evo then I'm stuck with it lol. Anybody know if I can activate it on my moms line first then deactivate and put it on my line an it'll keep the return policy?
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I thought you couldn't upgrade an Airwave but long story short I went to sprint to buy another phone and they wouldn't sell me one off contract due to store policy. But he said my Airwave had an upgrade and if I order the phone he would upgrade it without me changing phone numbers.
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is it a corprate store because if so that doesnt sound right they get payed commision for selling contracts and he might have been trying to swindle you
You can't upgrade an airave line. Since they have to give you a phone number to give you the device, yes it does show up on your account as another line. However, any rep with 1/10th of a percent of a brain will realize that it's an airave line, and thus cannot be used to upgrade a phone.
If they do upgrade your airave line, sprint will find out about it, and charge you the full amount of the phone.
No it wasnt corporate store. I ordered the phone said it would be there in about 3 days. He said they don't do it often but sometimes there are exceptions.
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This has been done many times before and there are threads about how to do it. Last I knew of, Sprint was buckling down and closing this loophole. But evidently it can still be done.
On a lot of accounts it shows a message that we can't upgrade airrave lines, but on others they haven't posted the note yet, my manager did one the other day
I just tried to do it at bestbuy.com and it will let me....but now idk, I'm having second thoughts since I'm not digging it that Sprint could catch on and bill me full retail when my regular line is eligible on June 1
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I got an airrave couple months ago and notcied on my account that I could upgrade the line right away. This is on top of my current line with the evo3d having an upgrade credit right too. I tried to upgrade that Airrave line for a Nexus S but the store didn't have any in
Can someone who has done this confirm Sprint never charged full price later on? Additionally, it seems lime doing this makes you sign up for a data plan for that 'line'
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Can someone who has done this confirm Sprint never charged full price later on? Additionally, it seems lime doing this makes you sign up for a data plan for that 'line'
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I can confirm that as a customer there are no negative repercussions except the loss of any mail in rebates. They are systematically flagging accounts to warn reps not to do it, and threaten reps about doing it. But the risk is all on the reps side.
At what store would doing this upgrade be most successful at? Best buy or sprint store?
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You can't upgrade an airave line. Since they have to give you a phone number to give you the device, yes it does show up on your account as another line. However, any rep with 1/10th of a percent of a brain will realize that it's an airave line, and thus cannot be used to upgrade a phone.
If they do upgrade your airave line, sprint will find out about it, and charge you the full amount of the phone.
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I've upgraded my airwave line (more than once). Any poster with 1/10th of a percent of a brain will realize that they don't know everything.
I went into best buy and they didn't seem to be able to....however, on their website you can... I just need to figure out how to not sign up for a data plan...
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I know people who have had it done at Radio Shack. The reality is, you need a rep who knows what the Eff they are doing.
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I went into best buy and they didn't seem to be able to....however, on their website you can... I just need to figure out how to not sign up for a data plan...
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I've always just signed up for the data plan in store (Radio Shack) and then later taken it off when I did the ESN swap back to the Airwave.
What did you have to say to sprint to take the data plan off? I guess I'm basically looking for a step by step... Thanks bro
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What did you have to say to sprint to take the data plan off? I guess I'm basically looking for a step by step... Thanks bro
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I didn't say anything. I just reactivated my Airwave ESN. I didn't even wait a few days. Activated the phone at Radio Shack. Called from a 3rd device and did the ESN swaps.
Ok, I have an upgrade available on an extra line that is used, but rarely used. Pretty much when the kids go spend the night somewhere I send that phone with them.
I don't want to upgrade that device, it never gets used and I don't want to waste an upgrade on a feature phone.
Sprints online support said that I could order the phone with that upgrade and activate it on whatever line I wanted too.
I called Best Buy earlier today, as I have several gift cards I'd like to go ahead and burn on this. But the guy there said the phone had to be activated on the line the upgrade is for. I was planning on picking it up tomorrow morning, but I don't want to spend cash on it, would rather blow the gift cards.
Anyone know if BestBuy Can/'t use an upgrade for a different line, and activate it on my line? I'm hoping the guy I talked to was just a moron.
Just activate it on the line and go home and have Sprint switch the numbers.
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I do this all the time and yes they always had to activate it on the line that is eligible then u can switch it to whatever line u want after that
BAAAHHH!!!!
I'm too damn lazy for this.
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BAAAHHH!!!!
I'm too damn lazy for this.
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You have over 3k post, you obviously root phones and now you're to lazy to make a number switch, which only takes a few minutes.
Whats more crazy is you couldn't figure out you could do this on your own?
You can do it online too.
I did this with mine. Asked the guy not to turn it on to activate in best buy because I was in a hurry. Got home and had sprint move esn to my number so the phone on the lone I upgraded wouldn't be deactivated. Sprint did it and I turned it on and it updated profile with my phone number data.
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You have over 3k post, you obviously root phones and now you're to lazy to make a number switch, which only takes a few minutes.
Whats more crazy is you couldn't figure out you could do this on your own?
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Yeah, ya see way back in the hero days, we did a whole lot of bull ****ting. 99% of those posts are useless.
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You have over 3k post, you obviously root phones and now you're to lazy to make a number switch, which only takes a few minutes.
Whats more crazy is you couldn't figure out you could do this on your own?
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I agree. I did this as well, took sprint all of 20 minutes to swap the lines on the phones and all is well.
Have done this at both the BB and local sprint store on a number of occasions with no problem. HOWEVER, be warned that you can no longer to this with an "Airave" line even if it is showing up on the computer as eligible for an upgrade.
Sprint apparently figured this one out and put and end to it according to my local Sprint guy.
So, as I've said a ton of times (hopefully I haven't gotten on anyone's nerves yet) I finally decided to buy this phone and it's coming to me middle of this week.
I'm on a family plan with my father being the primary holder (just works out to be significantly cheaper that way). He gets very, very....let's just be nice and say "grumpy" when it comes to any sort of plan changes or extra costs incurred. It's not a huge issue, but it's something I'd rather not deal with.
So this question is directed at all you guys who bought your Evo LTE's off contract and are coming from previous WiMAX devices (basically, any of the original Evos or Epics/Epic Touches). How simple was it to activate your phone? Were you charged anything? Did the process take a long time?
Again, I apologize for the new issues, I'm not new with this, but I generally have a lot of questions near the beginning of getting a new Android phone and then I get comfortable with it.
Thanks in advance, guys.
If you buy the phone at full price the only additional charge you should see is Sprint's $10 premium data fee (if you're already on Sprint's Everything Data plan). Sprint's insurance plan has gone up. If you decide to go with their insurance it's $11 a month and I believe $200 to file a claim.
Activation should be fast but there is a known issue with the hands free activation which in some rare cases that I've seen it won't activate right out of the box and may result in resetting the device. After that should be smooth sailing.
Don't have mine yet (holding out to see if HTC releases a white version) but I've been working with this phone sine pre orders were delivered and I know Sprint's plan pretty good too!
Enjoy the new phone!
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If you buy the phone at full price the only additional charge you should see is Sprint's $10 premium data fee (if you're already on Sprint's Everything Data plan). Sprint's insurance plan has gone up. If you decide to go with their insurance it's $11 a month and I believe $200 to file a claim.
Activation should be fast but there is a known issue with the hands free activation which in some rare cases that I've seen it won't activate right out of the box and may result in resetting the device. After that should be smooth sailing.
Don't have mine yet (holding out to see if HTC releases a white version) but I've been working with this phone sine pre orders were delivered and I know Sprint's plan pretty good too!
Enjoy the new phone!
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I'm already on Sprint's Everything Data plan with the Evo 3D (and by extension, paying the $10 premium), so I assume that my activation (excepting the hand free activation part) should go off without any cost and without any hitch?
Thank you for the response!
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I'm already on Sprint's Everything Data plan with the Evo 3D (and by extension, paying the $10 premium), so I assume that my activation (excepting the hand free activation part) should go off without any cost and without any hitch?
Thank you for the response!
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I didn't have any problems, or additional fees, when I activated mine. Hands free didn't work properly, but I eventually got everything set up.
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When I tried to activate my phone, it told me I needed to pick a new plan that was compatible with the phone. For some reason it didn't think it could be activated on the family plan that I am on. I'm not the primary line, my mother is. I purchased the phone at full retail price and was not able to activate it without calling Sprint and having them go through it manually.
So if you try to activate the phone and it says that you have to pick a new plan, don't freak out. A quick call to Sprint will solve the issue and you'll be fine.
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When I tried to activate my phone, it told me I needed to pick a new plan that was compatible with the phone. For some reason it didn't think it could be activated on the family plan that I am on. I'm not the primary line, my mother is. I purchased the phone at full retail price and was not able to activate it without calling Sprint and having them go through it manually.
So if you try to activate the phone and it says that you have to pick a new plan, don't freak out. A quick call to Sprint will solve the issue and you'll be fine.
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! Another familiar face. I'm quite glad to see you here
And yes, that's what I was worried about, but if it's just as simple as a phone call, I should be fine.
LiquidSolstice said:
! Another familiar face. I'm quite glad to see you here
And yes, that's what I was worried about, but if it's just as simple as a phone call, I should be fine.
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It's nice to see someone else with some sense show up.
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You'll probably have to call sprint to activate because the LTE billing codes are different than the WiMax ones are... At least that's what they told me when the website told me I had to call the 800 number.
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And for my 1000th post I wish to impart upon you all the knowledge I have just gained this afternoon.
If you upgrade you can keep your unlimited data if you add a home phone line for $20/mo. according the the guy at the Verizon store today.
Went in there to try to get my phone replaced under warranty, which they wouldn't do since it has a cracked screen, threatened to leave VZW and was offered an early upgrade. After I asked if my plan would change he said yes, it would go down to 2gb, but then he told me if I added a home phone line I could have unlimited. I have a home phone with AT&T so I'll just port my number over and I'll be set. (I did buy a Magic Jack that I keep forgetting to hook up but I can sell that and hopefully get a refund for the months of service I paid for.)
EDIT: The phone service is a wireless service. According to jayochs it's called Home Phone Connect.
You mean a land line?
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You mean a land line?
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EDIT: Nope. It's wireless phone for your home, you use a regular phone on a wireless thing.
I will have to do that next time
Last upgrade (when I upgraded to the rezound) my unlimited data carried over, and the lady said that she had never seen that happen before, but I will have to try this if they try to take it away)
I call fibs
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That's some shady **** right there. I have unlimited and had my phone replaced under warranty with no issues. Don't go into the store when doing warranty stuff.
I wonder if Verizon is offering incentives to their store employees to get people off unlimited data. This isn't the first time I've heard of them telling ppl they won't warranty a phone if they don't switch off unlimited
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All you need to do is an alternate upgrade then put the new device back on your line.
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I dont believe it!!! I work for verizon communications (non wireless) and never heard of that. The only thing wireless does for us is fios. Was it a copper landline or fios? Either way if you kept your unlimited data, thats great! Did they give you a contract on the landline?
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That's some shady **** right there. I have unlimited and had my phone replaced under warranty with no issues. Don't go into the store when doing warranty stuff.
I wonder if Verizon is offering incentives to their store employees to get people off unlimited data. This isn't the first time I've heard of them telling ppl they won't warranty a phone if they don't switch off unlimited
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Sorry, didn't mention my screen is cracked. He said if he did it I'd just get charged for it later so they don't do it anymore.
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I dont believe it!!! I work for verizon communications (non wireless) and never heard of that. The only thing wireless does for us is fios. Was it a copper landline or fios? Either way if you kept your unlimited data, thats great! Did they give you a contract on the landline?
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I'd have to buy a wireless router/receiver(?) for $12 and the phone service is wireless. So technically I guess it isn't a land line... it's home phone service, $20/mo., call waiting, caller ID, nationwide calling...
Still thinking it through and wondering if that's better to pick up a new phone with new contract or buy a used one and keep unlimited without adding the home phone line. Plus I have to decide between the 2 phones he offered me for the same price but I don't want to hijack my own thread.
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Sorry, didn't mention my screen is cracked. He said if he did it I'd just get charged for it later so they don't do it anymore.
I'd have to buy a wireless router/receiver(?) for $12 and the phone service is wireless. So technically I guess it isn't a land line... it's home phone service, $20/mo., call waiting, caller ID, nationwide calling...
Still thinking it through and wondering if that's better to pick up a new phone with new contract or buy a used one and keep unlimited without adding the home phone line. Plus I have to decide between the 2 phones he offered me for the same price but I don't want to hijack my own thread.
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that's called home phone connect. it's a little box that you can bring anywhere and it uses verizons network to make calls, but you can plug normal landline phones into it.
lol my store gives those boxes away for free. you just have to pay that 20 a month, and you get the reciever for nothin
That makes more sense than a land line! They have an ETF if you cancel before 2 years on the home phone connect right?
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That makes more sense than a land line! They have an ETF if you cancel before 2 years on the home phone connect right?
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yeah i think so..it's added like another line to your acct, just like a tablet/jetpack etc
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that's called home phone connect. it's a little box that you can bring anywhere and it uses verizons network to make calls, but you can plug normal landline phones into it.
lol my store gives those boxes away for free. you just have to pay that 20 a month, and you get the reciever for nothin
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Well why don't you come open your damn store in Los Angeles then???
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That makes more sense than a land line! They have an ETF if you cancel before 2 years on the home phone connect right?
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yeah i think so..it's added like another line to your acct, just like a tablet/jetpack etc
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Well there goes my plan of trying to do that cancel thingy like on the hotspot and keep my unlimited. Doesn't sound like it would've worked anyway, seems any change triggers the loss of unlimited from what I've read.
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All you need to do is an alternate upgrade then put the new device back on your line.
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I don't understand. Can you explain what an alternate upgrade is?
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I don't understand. Can you explain what an alternate upgrade is?
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they mean if you have a family plan and another line has the upgrade, you take that, but you upgrade it on that other line...then just do an ESN change to put it to your line, thereby keeping unlimited data, but f'ing up our commissions. lol
i don't do that for customers because then i lose ALL of the commission i would've made. verizon wants you to do alternate upgrades instead of just ESN changes. my store would get charged back all that commission money from verizon at the end of the month because it's not a technical upgrade. if you can find someone who's dumb enough to do it for you, then so be it.....but when you order yourself online, you don't have this problem. only when you goto a store with a physical salesman.
I have read so many threads on unlimited data. Things about being able to keep unlimited on a non family plan, being able to keep it if you pay full retail, this, etc. I am confused. How do I keep it. I certainly don't want this useless box to connect my land phone to lol.
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a store with a physical salesman.
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If my salesman gets physical he's gonna lose a hell of a lot more than his commission.
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If my salesman gets physical he's gonna lose a hell of a lot more than his commission.
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Something tells me you can get very scary .
On a side note, I have one of these, works great. I keep a cordless phone plugged into it and I backfed it into my house wiring for another phone I have.
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I have read so many threads on unlimited data. Things about being able to keep unlimited on a non family plan, being able to keep it if you pay full retail, this, etc. I am confused. How do I keep it. I certainly don't want this useless box to connect my land phone to lol.
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Don't do anything that modifies your contract and they won't take it away from you. Any other way will be depending on some type of promotion or special allowance. Buy a phone without using an upgrade (either by paying full price or buying used) and you'll keep unlimited data. Using an upgrade discount triggers a contract modification and you lose it.
So I saw a post the other day about a loophole where I can keep my unlimited data. I have 2 plans. Plan 1 is my plan which is eligible for a upgrade and has unlimited data. Plan 2 is wife's which is eligible and has 2gb data plan. What I did was pre order the g3 on mine and changed to share everything ande lost my unlimited. I called Verizon and they said if I returned the phone by mail it would undo everything and I would get my old plan back. I didn't touch the phone, it's still in the box going back today.
My question is can I go to Verizon tonight, purchase another g3 on the wife's line, activate on the wife's line, switch it over to my line, and then when the pre ordered g3 gets back to them my plan goes back to unlimited like before. I feeling that should be fine, I just don't want to screw anything up.
I called cs again and they said it could complicate things if I activate another phone attached to the plan I'm temporary on. I guess I will just wait then
Stop doing it through Verizon. Don't activate the sim 3rd party provides.
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Stop doing it through Verizon. Don't activate the sim 3rd party provides.
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I have no idea what you are trying to tell me. Buy the phone through a 3rd party? What does that get me I still have to pick a plan.
Yeah. Check your PM.
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Yeah. Check your PM.
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I read that option but honestly I would rather do my method. It's not as sketchy as that and completely within Verizon policy to switch phones between plans. Best buy and Verizon could suddenly make that method not work. Since my wife doesn't have unlimited I might as well upgrade her with the g3 and move it over to mine.
I couldn't even buy the phone at best buy now because my plan isn't even unlimited data until they get the phone back. Thanks though.
Ok, here's what you do (I just did it on TWO lines yesterday).
Go to Best Buy. They're more helpful and aren't as stickler as VZW people are. Tell them that you can't upgrade your line since you don't want to lose unlimited data (and you always buy your phones used off Craigslist now), but your wife REALLY wants the LG G3. You want to surprise her with a new phone, so you would like to transfer the upgrade to her line and get her a new phone. Make sure that they understand you want your unlimited and DO NOT WANT TO LOSE IT.
They'll process the upgrade and everything.
Now take that phone back to your wife, put the SIM from the NEW phone (since it's her SIM now) into her phone, then put YOUR SIM into the new LG G3.
Boom. Doesn't fux with your unlimited data because you're using your old SIM.
Source: I've done this exact thing on my line with an S4, S5, and the G3 now. Works like a charm
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Ok, here's what you do (I just did it on TWO lines yesterday).
Go to Best Buy. They're more helpful and aren't as stickler as VZW people are. Tell them that you can't upgrade your line since you don't want to lose unlimited data (and you always buy your phones used off Craigslist now), but your wife REALLY wants the LG G3. You want to surprise her with a new phone, so you would like to transfer the upgrade to her line and get her a new phone. Make sure that they understand you want your unlimited and DO NOT WANT TO LOSE IT.
They'll process the upgrade and everything.
Now take that phone back to your wife, put the SIM from the NEW phone (since it's her SIM now) into her phone, then put YOUR SIM into the new LG G3.
Boom. Doesn't fux with your unlimited data because you're using your old SIM.
Source: I've done this exact thing on my line with an S4, S5, and the G3 now. Works like a charm
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Can I not switch the phone from her line to mine after I get it? Since her line doesn't have unlimited I'll just buy it on hers and switch it to mine. Am I missing something? I'm just not understanding why I can't just do it through Verizon. I'll use her upgrade to buy the g3,switch the phone to my line, then transfer my upgrade to hers later.
here is what you do. transfer your upgrade via my Verizon wireless to her line. upgrade to G3. When you get it put her sim out of her current phone in it. Make sure it switches to G3 on her line on my Verizon. Take sim out put back in her old phone and put your sim in the G3! Boom! keep unlimted intact on your line and still have her upgrade. Only thing I don't know is you may have to use her upgrade. never done when two lines both have upgrades
Ok. If the upgrade is already on her line, it's no problem. Use the upgrade online (after Verizon gets your order back and your bill reverts to unlimited for your line), go in and have them swap the devices around and you'll be fine. Heck, you may be able to get by with just swapping out the SIM cards, no store trip needed. At least, that's how it worked for me:
Moved my upgrade over to my mother's dumb phone line. Pre-ordered the G3 online. When it arrived, I removed the pre-installed SIM and popped the one from my S4 in. The phone now shows up on my line on My Verizon. Swung by the store today to make sure I didn't need to do anything else. Rep I talked to (thankfully a guy into mobile tech) said everything looked good and we didn't have to do anything further...that my unlimited line wouldn't be touched now.
In short...Order online, do everything you can do yourself. Don't call CS or deal with store reps unless you absolutely have to.
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Can I not switch the phone from her line to mine after I get it? Since her line doesn't have unlimited I'll just buy it on hers and switch it to mine. Am I missing something? I'm just not understanding why I can't just do it through Verizon. I'll use her upgrade to buy the g3,switch the phone to my line, then transfer my upgrade to hers later.
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Ahh, ya. I missed that part. If she has an upgrade, just buy the phone with HER upgrade and pop your SIM into it. Tell them that you're using her upgrade for yourself though, otherwise they'll deactivate her SIM for the new one that they're putting into the phone. Then you pop it in and have them activate her phone. She shouldn't be without service for more than a few minutes.
The way that I described it is how you'll use your upgrade WITHOUT losing your data plan.
I don't think she has a sim. She has an iPhone 4s. She doesn't want a new phone, that's why both lines are open. I'll just activate it with the new sim on her account and switch it to mine right after.
Back to my first question though lol, can I go in and get the phone now with her upgrade and switch it before the other phone gets back to them? I'm worried that upgrading her line while my plan is still not unlimited until the phone gets back to them will keep the plan stuck even after they get the phone back from my account. I'm just being impatient and want the phone now and don't feel like waiting for the return to process
SightSeeker said:
I don't think she has a sim. She has an iPhone 4s. She doesn't want a new phone, that's why both lines are open. I'll just activate it with the new sim on her account and switch it to mine right after.
Back to my first question though lol, can I go in and get the phone now with her upgrade and switch it before the other phone gets back to them?
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Just wait! Honestly dude, consider yourself extremely lucky that they're even giving you your unlimited data back. That rarely ever happens. I would definitely not push it. Just be patient.
Also, you said in your post that you and your wife have separate accounts. Do you mean separate lines on this same plan or two separate plans completely? If it's too seprate accounts I'd very careful about switching the phone from 1 account to the other. Technically they can charge you full price for the phone if it leaves the account that it was bought on. I believe you have to wait 6 months or maybe a little bit more. that rule may have changed from a year ago when I worked there, but you might want to double check cause that phone cost a lot of money.
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