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I want to get the Galaxy SII but my phone is not due for an upgrade till next year. There is a phone on my family plan that is upgradable right now. Now I know I can go to the AT&T store and they will let me use that upgrade for my phone but can I do the same from other places as in Costco, Walmart or even online places?
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I want to get the Galaxy SII but my phone is not due for an upgrade till next year. There is a phone on my family plan that is upgradable right now. Now I know I can go to the AT&T store and they will let me use that upgrade for my phone but can I do the same from other places as in Costco, Walmart or even online places?
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i've done it several times, at different stores including best buy, i've also cancelled the data plan on the phone after buying it by calling at&t. Keep in mind if you don't have a 4g data plan on the line you are going to use it on you may need to call them to switch it.
I used my Wife's upgrade to get my Captivate. We just told the guys at Best Buy we had an upgrade for line x, but we are using it for line y. was not a problem. Plus when you buy the phone and put the sim for your phone in it AT&T will detect the IMIE of a smartphone and put a data plan on your line. My Wife's line wasn't even bothered.
fafik90 said:
I want to get the Galaxy SII but my phone is not due for an upgrade till next year. There is a phone on my family plan that is upgradable right now. Now I know I can go to the AT&T store and they will let me use that upgrade for my phone but can I do the same from other places as in Costco, Walmart or even online places?
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Yeah. It's called a cross-ugrade. They'll process the upgrade on eligible line, then reverse that line to it's original IMEI and do an IMEI change on your line.
Yes, as others have stated this is a cross upgrade. Just did this at Radio Shack. Just waiting on the my phone to be transferred from one store to another.
Yeah, we've done this several times on our plan too.
Strange though, at best buy, we upgraded one line from a captivate to a note and they made the upgraded line (not the new note) change to the new 4g sim card...no harm done but it was just odd. I wonder if they would have done the same thing at the att store.
fafik90 said:
I want to get the Galaxy SII but my phone is not due for an upgrade till next year. There is a phone on my family plan that is upgradable right now. Now I know I can go to the AT&T store and they will let me use that upgrade for my phone but can I do the same from other places as in Costco, Walmart or even online places?
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I just got my brand new GS2 from Sam's Club online with upgrade/ extension for $49, they didn't even ask for proof of membership. You can get it from anywhere that works with the cell companies. I actually encourage you to shop around, you can get a better deal that way.
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I also did the same thing at Walmart. You will love this phone for 49 bucks.
I got the White GS2 yesterday and this morning I got txt message that my $10 data plan was removed and got put onto a $25 - 2Gb blackberry plan. Is there anyone got their GS2 - IMEI detected as a blackberry curve phone on the AT&T OLAM? How can I get it back to my grandfather $10 data plan...need help ASAP. Thanks in advance.
Odd... perhaps call them up and give them the IMEI (or just the make and model if they dont ask for the IMEI) of your old feature phone and tell them it was a mistake and they need to switch it back.
I did...they switched me back..but their system flag me again and see my GS2 as a blackberry...and auto put me on a blackberry plan again.
is this a euro gs2 or the att version..
It is a white gs2 unlocked, the phone is from Germany..I got it off amazon.com.
what are the first 4 and last 4 of imei i wish to compare to my black euro version. never got flagged yet.
if you are going to pay the extra fee i would sell it on ebay anyway and get one of their versions.. at least make some money that way.
or the t mobile version once unlocked should work ok also.
It is 3553 xxxxxxx2358. I put it back onto my old phone now. I might just do your suggestion sell it to someone, but should I buy another GS2? Thanks for the contribution.
jackykli said:
It is 3553 xxxxxxx2358. I put it back onto my old phone now. I might just do your suggestion sell it to someone, but should I buy another GS2? Thanks for the contribution.
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not good mine is 3553 xxxxxxxxx 4988 , but i have not been using it on at&t lately .. i have been using my sgs i, wonder if i start using it again if i will get a msg.
I posted in the other thread but tell them you no longer have a blackberry but a RAZR and give them some made up IMEI if they ask. Or even buy some cheapo Razr from eBay and use that. Then when everything is set move the SIM back to your SGSii.
Igkahn, you shouldn't worry... dunno why the phone I got that the IMEI got into the AT&T system as a blackberry.
aldo37, I did call them two times. They change me back to my old data plan but once I pop in the sim, turn it on...The at&t system switched me back to that $25 blackberry plan...the at&t guy told me that I have a blackberry...it made sound like I lie....the fact is that the IMEI on the GS2 in somehow showing that it is a blackberry. I think I just have to sell it and buy a black one.
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Igkahn, you shouldn't worry... dunno why the phone I got that the IMEI got into the AT&T system as a blackberry.
aldo37, I did call them two times. They change me back to my old data plan but once I pop in the sim, turn it on...The at&t system switched me back to that $25 blackberry plan...the at&t guy told me that I have a blackberry...it made sound like I lie....the fact is that the IMEI on the GS2 in somehow showing that it is a blackberry. I think I just have to sell it and buy a black one.
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Buy some cheap $10 razr on ebay and take it to the store and show them you do not have a blackberry. That'd be better than having to buy a whole new phone.
My black one is 3553xxxx1921. So far does not have problem yet. Will get GN if it get flagged....
This is actually a very good thing. You can use this to negotiate some kind of a retention plan.
I don't know about the us. But in canada without retention plan, the plan/price is just a joke.
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I'm sure many of you, like myself, are sick of paying the $37 activation phone every time you upgrade your phone.
Well I just had an idea, to maybe, perhaps, get the fee waived.
What if we just go to Sprint/Bestbuy, use the upgrade to buy the phone.. and then tell them NOT to activate it?
THEN.. once you're home, call Spring from your device and say "hey, I just bought a new phone that I'd like to use on my account please" (like how you would do with a phone bought from Craigslist.)
Since they don't charge you anything for swapping phones, maybe they won't charge you here either?
What do you guys think?
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I'm sure many of you, like myself, are sick of paying the $37 activation phone every time you upgrade your phone.
Well I just had an idea, to maybe, perhaps, get the fee waived.
What if we just go to Sprint/Bestbuy, use the upgrade to buy the phone.. and then tell them NOT to activate it?
THEN.. once you're home, call Spring from your device and say "hey, I just bought a new phone that I'd like to use on my account please" (like how you would do with a phone bought from Craigslist.)
Since they don't charge you anything for swapping phones, maybe they won't charge you here either?
What do you guys think?
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Impossible. No such thing as a $37 activation fee.
Impossible. If you buy at BestBuy they have to activate it for you.
arozer said:
I'm sure many of you, like myself, are sick of paying the $37 activation phone every time you upgrade your phone.
Well I just had an idea, to maybe, perhaps, get the fee waived.
What if we just go to Sprint/Bestbuy, use the upgrade to buy the phone.. and then tell them NOT to activate it?
THEN.. once you're home, call Spring from your device and say "hey, I just bought a new phone that I'd like to use on my account please" (like how you would do with a phone bought from Craigslist.)
Since they don't charge you anything for swapping phones, maybe they won't charge you here either?
What do you guys think?
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I believe they have to activate it in the store. Not certain, but I'm pretty sure that's a requirement. Also, I ordered min thru telesales and i was informed it came with a free activation! Maybe they can do something for you
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arozer said:
I'm sure many of you, like myself, are sick of paying the $37 activation phone every time you upgrade your phone.
Well I just had an idea, to maybe, perhaps, get the fee waived.
What if we just go to Sprint/Bestbuy, use the upgrade to buy the phone.. and then tell them NOT to activate it?
THEN.. once you're home, call Spring from your device and say "hey, I just bought a new phone that I'd like to use on my account please" (like how you would do with a phone bought from Craigslist.)
Since they don't charge you anything for swapping phones, maybe they won't charge you here either?
What do you guys think?
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would that work though? Because your account may have been flagged once the phone is shipped/picked up that there is an upgrade pending. When you call in to sprint for 'swapping' they might see that its a new model and charge regardless.
Your plan might work though. That's what I was planning to do just pick it up from BB and call when I'm home. I didnt know you have to activate it there.
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I believe they have to activate it in the store. Not certain, but I'm pretty sure that's a requirement. Also, I ordered min thru telesales and i was informed it came with a free activation! Maybe they can do something for you
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lilbitz_1018 said:
would that work though? Because your account may have been flagged once the phone is shipped/picked up that there is an upgrade pending. When you call in to sprint for 'swapping' they might see that its a new model and charge regardless.
Your plan might work though. That's what I was planning to do just pick it up from BB and call when I'm home. I didnt know you have to activate it there.
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I'm 100% certain you don't have to activate in the store because last time I used 2 upgrades to get the Evo 3D and the Galaxy SII (Epic Touch or whatever), and I never got the Galaxy activated. I just sold it on Craigslist immediately.
Unless of course.. they changed it in the last half a year or so.
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I'm 100% certain you don't have to activate in the store because last time I used 2 upgrades to get the Evo 3D and the Galaxy SII (Epic Touch or whatever), and I never got the Galaxy activated. I just sold it on Craigslist immediately.
Unless of course.. they changed it in the last half a year or so.
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Best Buy won't sell you a $550 phone for $200 just because they are so nice. They get commissions from Sprint that cover the difference and few bucks for the store. In order to get commissions, they need to extend contract and activate the phone with their dealer code. So, activating the equipment is a requirement. If someone lets you walk away without activating a phone, they just made $400 mistake.
I think I may be able to clear this up. Anytime you upgrade with Sprint at a third party retailer (Radio Shack, Best Buy, Sprint Indirect Retailer, etc) they will use a system called SNAP.
In SNAP, when an upgrade is processed a $36 upgrade fee is automatically triggered on the account, or at time of purchase if it is ordered. This cannot be waived manually by any rep. The system just forces it. Whether the phone is activated or not, your still going to get charged the fee.
For example, if you ever order a device from a Sprint Indirect dealer and have the phone shipped to your house and never activate, you will still get that upgrade fee. Even if you were to throw that phone in the river as soon as UPS hands it over to you and never active it, ever.
So: the actual activation of the device does not warrant the upgrade fee, the fact of you using your upgrade and resigning the 2 year agreement does. Thats why it is officially called an "upgrade" fee. An activation fee is when you initially sign up with Sprint.
Hope that helps.
I called Sprint retention department recently before I preordered from Amazon and asked them specifically about the activation fee and she was willing to waive it for me. What she did tell me though was they could not pre-emptively waive it. It needs to go through and to charged to my account first, then I can call in again and have them take it off.
arozer said:
I'm sure many of you, like myself, are sick of paying the $37 activation phone every time you upgrade your phone.
Well I just had an idea, to maybe, perhaps, get the fee waived.
What if we just go to Sprint/Bestbuy, use the upgrade to buy the phone.. and then tell them NOT to activate it?
THEN.. once you're home, call Spring from your device and say "hey, I just bought a new phone that I'd like to use on my account please" (like how you would do with a phone bought from Craigslist.)
Since they don't charge you anything for swapping phones, maybe they won't charge you here either?
What do you guys think?
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Hate to break it to you, but this will NOT work. The reason you can swap other phones w/o charge is that they have been active on atleast one other account prior to yours. I can tell you this from exp I fought them on 3 fees for a week due to this. The phone had been on a friends account prior. now if you were to buy it from CL or Ebay, after it has been active on another acct first then you would not be charged.
Will
Azralag said:
I think I may be able to clear this up. Anytime you upgrade with Sprint at a third party retailer (Radio Shack, Best Buy, Sprint Indirect Retailer, etc) they will use a system called SNAP.
In SNAP, when an upgrade is processed a $36 upgrade fee is automatically triggered on the account, or at time of purchase if it is ordered. This cannot be waived manually by any rep. The system just forces it. Whether the phone is activated or not, your still going to get charged the fee.
For example, if you ever order a device from a Sprint Indirect dealer and have the phone shipped to your house and never activate, you will still get that upgrade fee. Even if you were to throw that phone in the river as soon as UPS hands it over to you and never active it, ever.
So: the actual activation of the device does not warrant the upgrade fee, the fact of you using your upgrade and resigning the 2 year agreement does. Thats why it is officially called an "upgrade" fee. An activation fee is when you initially sign up with Sprint.
Hope that helps.
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this is spot on and worded perfectly. Also, Bestbuy now uses BEAST only for processing new activations and upgrades instead of SNAP (i believe to track margin) but still has access to SNAP for other changes.
arozer said:
I'm sure many of you, like myself, are sick of paying the $37 activation phone every time you upgrade your phone.
Well I just had an idea, to maybe, perhaps, get the fee waived.
What if we just go to Sprint/Bestbuy, use the upgrade to buy the phone.. and then tell them NOT to activate it?
THEN.. once you're home, call Spring from your device and say "hey, I just bought a new phone that I'd like to use on my account please" (like how you would do with a phone bought from Craigslist.)
Since they don't charge you anything for swapping phones, maybe they won't charge you here either?
What do you guys think?
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You want to avoid the activation fee here is how. Buy the phone at full price, or ebay price from a reseller. Once you get the phone go on your Sprint account and do the online activation.
If you want that $199 price you are going to pay the activation fee, it'll get charged to your bill.
Open a credit union account, credit union discount waives activation fee.
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I called and asked them to waive it due to the delay in shipping, and they did
I called in account services as recommended else where in this thread.
What they offered me was a credit equal to the base rate - my employee discount if I extended the contract for another year. This extension is for the contract only and does not affect my equipment upgrade dates. Once I do upgrade the equipment, the date then gets pushed back another year from the time of activation (so the usual 24 months after activation). I only have one line with them with a MRC of $69.99+10 (no discount on the $10 though). I still have ~6 months on my current contract too.
I decided to go ahead with the offer since they're still the cheapest around here, and hopefully once lte roll out is completed, data will improve too. This credit cancels out the activation fee and a little more.
ymmv, but at this point I think they'll be making concessions to most customers, even those who in the past may not have qualified.
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I called and asked them to waive it due to the delay in shipping, and they did
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That was my plan after I got my phone. Ask for a refund due to the hassle. Shouldn't be too difficult to get someone to credit it.
i dont pay activation fees. its part of my corp. discount w/ accenture.
it doesnt matter where i buy the phone. i got an evo3d via amazon 1 cent sale and a second one at radio shack for 49.99. they didnt even attempt to add it to my bill. the guy at radio shack mentioned it, but when i got the bill, there was no fee.
some others offer this too. aaa for example.
www.aaa.com/sprint
arozer said:
I'm sure many of you, like myself, are sick of paying the $37 activation phone every time you upgrade your phone.
Well I just had an idea, to maybe, perhaps, get the fee waived.
What if we just go to Sprint/Bestbuy, use the upgrade to buy the phone.. and then tell them NOT to activate it?
THEN.. once you're home, call Spring from your device and say "hey, I just bought a new phone that I'd like to use on my account please" (like how you would do with a phone bought from Craigslist.)
Since they don't charge you anything for swapping phones, maybe they won't charge you here either?
What do you guys think?
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This is a good idea but if you have worked for Sprint you know that just placing the phone on the account will generate that $36. It's just labeled an activation fee. It literally takes nothing to activate a phone. Just a simple "hey let me use your connection" from your phone to the Sprint Network and then Sprint replies with a "well let me make sure your on an account via your dec number" then boom! the phone is connected.
that though sadly is not what generates the fee its the simple act of placing the phone on an account. Seriously go buy a phone via upgrade then dont activate it till after you recieve your bill. you will still see that fee on there even though your phone is still in the box. (not that anyone will do this) haha
Whenever you purchase a new phone that has never been activated before, you ALWAYS pay a one time activation fee. After that you can swap it from phone number to number and you will no pay it again. Is a one time thing.(I called Sprint twice and both reps said the same thing)
I just got my fee waived via a "promotional" discount the CS rep said they had. Not sure if that's true. I also used some info found in Ramit Sethi's scripts. Worth a call or two to get it waived.
I ordered my phone online, activated it online, and was still hit with the activation fee. Their bullsh!t excuse when I emailed them wad that they have to do such things to keep the subsidized prices on the phones low... to which I replied that I paid full MSRP and if I had bought it second hand, there'd be no activation fee. I concluded saying that I may never buy a phone through Sprint again. It has been escalated and I've been playing phone tag with someone higher up. I'll post back with how it turns out.
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Hello fellow Xda members. I was hoping to get some advice from the community on how to go about my pre order dilemma. So I am a current Verizon wireless subscriber and currently have 4 lines with Verizon. All of our lines had 1 more year remaining before contract was fulfilled and we were up for full upgrades. We received an email saying that they were going to offer 2 of our lines a limited time promotional upgrade. This was due to those lines still having basic phones. (Mother and Father in law) So my mother in law was so gracious to allow me to pre order the note 2 on her line so that I can have it. According to Verizon we have to keep the note 2 on her line for 2 weeks, before we can switch it over to mine. Is there a way to avoid this? Obviously cause I don't want to wait another 2 weeks, well and my mother in law wouldn't know what to do with it. LOL Also my other reason for wanting to avoid her having it for 2 weeks, is because I know verizon is going to charge us for a data plan on her line for the whole 2 weeks she would have it. I am not sure if it would work like this, but since they are shipping it to my house, I figure I can just call them and have them switch the IMEI and just purchase a new sim card for my number?
Thanks!
Was wondering the same thing. I have a flip phone on one of my lines and ordered the note 2 also. So you are saying I have to keep the phone on that line for 2 weeks then I could switch it to my phone. Did they say if you could downgrade the plan back to a no data plan.
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Bern612 said:
Was wondering the same thing. I have a flip phone on one of my lines and ordered the note 2 also. So you are saying I have to keep the phone on that line for 2 weeks then I could switch it to my phone. Did they say if you could downgrade the plan back to a no data plan.
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Well to be honest my situation may be a different exception than your situation. They said it had to stay on my mother in laws line for 2 weeks because it was a promotional offer for the full upgrade. Since they were offering her upgrade a year only because they were still on "basic" phones.I haven't asked about downgrading the pan to a no data plan yet. I just want to try to avoid having to add a data plan for just one month, considering my mother in law would not make use of it.
Don't worry, when you get the Galaxy note 2 just follow these steps:
1. Activate Galaxy Note 2 on the line you upgraded (your mother in law.) Let it get signal and settle for a couple minutes.
2. Now reactivate the phone that was previously on that line. If that happens to be a basic phone, as soon as you activate it, the data plan will be dropped since you can't have data on a basic phone. You will be charge the prorated price of a dollar if you had the 2GB data plan for $30 since it is considered to have been active for one day.
3. Basically the Galaxy Note 2 is unlocked to any Verizon line or account now. The reason you must activate it first on the line you purchased it for is due to the shipping security procedure to ensure you received the phone.
I've done this a couple of times it literally take about 5-10 mins, and is really simple.
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Don't worry, when you get the Galaxy note 2 just follow these steps:
1. Activate Galaxy Note 2 on the line you upgraded (your mother in law.) Let it get signal and settle for a couple minutes.
2. Now reactivate the phone that was previously on that line. If that happens to be a basic phone, as soon as you activate it, the data plan will be dropped since you can't have data on a basic phone. You will be charge the prorated price of a dollar if you had the 2GB data plan for $30 since it is considered to have been active for one day.
3. Basically the Galaxy Note 2 is unlocked to any Verizon line or account now. The reason you must activate it first on the line you purchased it for is due to the shipping security procedure to ensure you received the phone.
I've done this a couple of times it literally take about 5-10 mins, and is really simple.
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Well thanks for the information, so once I remove it from her account all that i would need to do is purchase a sim card for my line to put into the note 2, right? I am currently using a loaner HTC Rezound until I get my note 2, can I just use that sim card? Once again, thanks for all your help!
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Well thanks for the information, so once I remove it from her account all that i would need to do is purchase a sim card for my line to put into the note 2, right? I am currently using a loaner HTC Rezound until I get my note 2, can I just use that sim card? Once again, thanks for all your help!
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I have a Rezound as well right now, you can't use that sim card since you need a micro sim and the Rezound use a standard sim. You could try cutting it, but it would be simpler just get a new one.
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I have a Rezound as well right now, you can't use that sim card since you need a micro sim and the Rezound use a standard sim. You could try cutting it, but it would be simpler just get a new one.
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That's what I figured! I just hope they hurry up and finish building that Verizon wireless store near me. LOL I live on the oregon coast and the nearest Verizon wireless at this time is 60 miles away.
m4tt.03 said:
That's what I figured! I just hope they hurry up and finish building that Verizon wireless store near me. LOL I live on the oregon coast and the nearest Verizon wireless at this time is 60 miles away.
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Damn that's far, I think you can get them to mail you one, I'm gonna call Verizon later today and see because I'd like to have the sim as soon as I get the phone, but there luckily is a store close by if not. I'll let ya know though later.
Today, I called Verizon to request a sim card for a Nexus 6P that I just ordered.
I was expecting problems; however, after I provided the IMEI number that was on the Google order confirmation (It is actually the "Device ID number minus the final zero.), which the phone rep looked up, and saw that it was a Nexus; he then said I could pickup a sim card at any retail Verizon store for free, but that if they sent me one by mail, there would be a $6.99 fee for shipping and handling. I replied that I would prefer to pay the S/H fee rather than wait in line for more than 1 hr at a store. He then said that not only would they send the sim card, but that they would increase my data allowance an additional 12GB/month, making the total 30GB/month for an entire year, completely free of charge, and with no catches. Of course, I was very pleased, and quite surprised to say the least.
Knowing Big Red, I really wonder if there are truly "no catches".
What do you think is going on here?
You have a phone that can be used on any carrier. Verizon has to treat you like a human once they don't have you on a leash. You can move to any carrier at any moment.
PrevailNow said:
Today, I called Verizon to request a sim card for a Nexus 6P that I just ordered.
I was expecting problems; however, after I provided the IMEI number that was on the Google order confirmation (It is actually the "Device ID number minus the final zero.), which the phone rep looked up, and saw that it was a Nexus; he then said I could pickup a sim card at any retail Verizon store for free, but that if they sent me one by mail, there would be a $6.99 fee for shipping and handling. I replied that I would prefer to pay the S/H fee rather than wait in line for more than 1 hr at a store. He then said that not only would they send the sim card, but that they would increase my data allowance an additional 12GB/month, making the total 30GB/month for an entire year, completely free of charge, and with no catches. Of course, I was very pleased, and quite surprised to say the least.
Knowing Big Red, I really wonder if there are truly "no catches".
What do you think is going on here?
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18GB/mo how much are you paying for that? Is this on Verizon's "new" plan? Agreed with the other comment, they need to play a little bit nicer now to keep their customers.
Guess they don't have much of a choice since T-Mobile just announced yesterday that they're doubling everyone's data for free.
I did this online and got a new nano-sim sent to me for free, no S/H fees.
I walked into a Verizon store and said I needed a nano sim for my new phone. After waiting a bit, the guy entered my IMEI into the computer and grabbed a new sim, and then I was on my way. Probably the least painful experience I've ever had at a Verizon store.
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Any advantage to them entering your IMEI into their system? I just took my SIM card out of my other phone.
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Breezer23 said:
Any advantage to them entering your IMEI into their system? I just took my SIM card out of my other phone.
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I'm using 1 that I cut down from micro sim to nano sim, out of my Note 2. Because back then it was such a hassle dealing with Verizon. They would refuse to help you at the store, if you had a Nexus. After an hour on the phone with tech support you could get 1. Or you could just cut 1 down to size. It's a tight fit & I've always wanted an official nano sim. But if I had a real nano sim I would just put in.
PrevailNow said:
Today, I called Verizon to request a sim card for a Nexus 6P that I just ordered.
I was expecting problems; however, after I provided the IMEI number that was on the Google order confirmation (It is actually the "Device ID number minus the final zero.), which the phone rep looked up, and saw that it was a Nexus; he then said I could pickup a sim card at any retail Verizon store for free, but that if they sent me one by mail, there would be a $6.99 fee for shipping and handling. I replied that I would prefer to pay the S/H fee rather than wait in line for more than 1 hr at a store. He then said that not only would they send the sim card, but that they would increase my data allowance an additional 12GB/month, making the total 30GB/month for an entire year, completely free of charge, and with no catches. Of course, I was very pleased, and quite surprised to say the least.
Knowing Big Red, I really wonder if there are truly "no catches".
What do you think is going on here?
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Pretty much sounds like my experience getting the sim card. Didn't have to provide a IMEI though and the rep waived the shipping fee. Wasn't offered any plan changes but the other companies hadn't just changed their plans either. Activation also ended up being very easy as well FYI.
I called him up two weeks ago and ordered one on the phone without an issue. I didn't have the phone yet so I didn't even have those numbers. Not a single problem. They even overnighted it to me and didn't charge me a thing. When my phone showed up I put the card in and it didn't automatically activate so I called them up and they had me shut down my old phone and this one read them the IMEI and then start this one back up and it worked perfectly fine. I'd say between the two phone calls I spent maybe 15 minutes on the phone, only 5 to activate it and 10 to order it.
Just switched my 6p order from Huawei to Google last night as I didn't want to wait another month and I'll be receiving it tomorrow (that's crazy fast). I was going to get the nano sim ahead of time since I had so much of it, but now I think I'll just go tomorrow to my local verizon corporate store as it's less than 5 minutes from the house and I'll let them install the nano sim and activate it after I receive the phone.
I know others have done this with great success and I expect the same. Glad you had a good experience.
RED ZMAN said:
I called him up two weeks ago and ordered one on the phone without an issue. I didn't have the phone yet so I didn't even have those numbers. Not a single problem. They even overnighted it to me and didn't charge me a thing. When my phone showed up I put the card in and it didn't automatically activate so I called them up and they had me shut down my old phone and this one read them the IMEI and then start this one back up and it worked perfectly fine. I'd say between the two phone calls I spent maybe 15 minutes on the phone, only 5 to activate it and 10 to order it.
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Sorry to drag this up from last month, but I'm curious to know how the phone shows up when you're looking at the account on the My Verizon website. Is the IMEI truly in their database, or does it show up as a generic Non-VZW Device? It was months before they added the IMEIs from the non-VZW Nexus 6 purchased from Google/Motorola to their database. The IMEI must be in their database for you to get the month to month (off contract) discount, which is $25/mo if you've got a 6GB plan or more.
It sounds like from the comments here that they've improved their internal processes and can actually manually add the IMEI over the phone, which would be great news.
My device (and my husband's) both show up as HUAWEI-H1511 under My Devices on Verizon. I didn't even need to contact them. Just switched the SIM card from my old Droid Maxx and it updated the model on their site immediately.
kappadappa said:
My device (and my husband's) both show up as HUAWEI-H1511 under My Devices on Verizon. I didn't even need to contact them. Just switched the SIM card from my old Droid Maxx and it updated the model on their site immediately.
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That's encouraging, thank you.
kappadappa said:
My device (and my husband's) both show up as HUAWEI-H1511 under My Devices on Verizon. I didn't even need to contact them. Just switched the SIM card from my old Droid Maxx and it updated the model on their site immediately.
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Mine shows up the same way but no image.
tech_head said:
Mine shows up the same way but no image.
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No pic for me either
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No pic for me either
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Same here. Came from a Note 3 which used a micro sim. Got a nano sim cutter, cut the sim, and popped it into the 6p. Up and running in less than 5 minutes. Couldn't be simpler