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Wickerman posted:If I activate a used device on my line and my line has Wireless Phone Protection (WPP) on it for the previously activated device, will coverage extend to the new device? Or should I cancel WPP so I'm not paying 5.18/mo for insurance that doesn't cover anything? It does transfer to the new phone automatically, whether you keep it or not is your call. Keep in mind for most new smartphones it will to $7.50 (the newer standard rate). The replacement cost for any claims is either $160 or $199 depending on the value of your phone. Overall, the math is that if you are someone who takes care of your phone, it tends to be cheaper not to have it. But if you're tough on the phone, or work a job like construction, it can help there for sure. Keep in mind WPP covers accidents, including loss, but does not extend the warranty. If you want warranty extension TEC is $9 and includes warranty. The difference is in the 2nd year if your screen is defective Verizon sends you a replacement phone. Most replacement phones are refurbished. Mileage varies, some of them are fine, some definitely show issues. One last thing: Warranty replacement is through Verizon, accidental is through Asurion. For both, if they don't have the phone, they send you one model newer. That again is very much luck of the draw, but i have seen customers with a phone like the Maxx 1 get sent a Turbo 2 because there was nothing else. I wouldn't say that happens often though.
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The Bananana posted:What's the best way to avoid a restocking fee? Keep the phone. You can always ask and throw a fit, but I wouldn't expect it. Unless you add a line or something. Or buy a lot of accessories.
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Hello, i have a verizon iPhone 5S that I would like to take with me to the country of Peru. I was looking at prepaid international SIM cards, and want to be assured of this solution. The phone needs to be unlocked, which the internet tells me the 5S came so unlocked, but it is of note this handset was obtained through the Edge program. The model A1533 CDMA iPhone seems to support the proper EDGE/GSM and LTE bands, if the website GSMArena.com is to be believed. I would also be accepting of recommendations for the SIM card/service, noting that I only need service for one week, and that I'd prefer to obtain it ahead of time rather than finding something when I get down there. Thank you
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Jan 5, 2016 21:48
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The Milkman posted:Hello, The phone is unlocked. I have no idea what carriers in Peru are good. But any SIM service should work in that part of the country with your phone. Verizon would charge you $10 a day, or $70, to use your plan (call/text/data) abroad. Not cheap, but if you are feeling lazy you could do that.
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Duckman2008 posted:The phone is unlocked. I am lazy, but they don't seem to offer that travelpass deal for Peru, only pay as you go, that would've been perfect though.
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Jan 5, 2016 23:53
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A search on http://www.willmyphonework.net/ says it should work on at least 4 of the carriers.
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Jan 6, 2016 01:17
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waffle iron posted:A search on http://www.willmyphonework.net/ says it should work on at least 4 of the carriers. This is a good resource that I have now bookmarked
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I am looking at brining my own device to Verizon, and I'm wondering how corporate discounts through them work - my employer offers 20% off, is that only on the data package? Or is it 20% off the per-line access fee as well?
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Jan 18, 2016 18:33
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IuniusBrutus posted:I am looking at brining my own device to Verizon, and I'm wondering how corporate discounts through them work - my employer offers 20% off, is that only on the data package? Or is it 20% off the per-line access fee as well? If it works like the employee discount, the access fee is included.
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Short version: no, that's not right. Only the "data bucket" part gets the discount. Words are important here. Old plans had per-line access fees (where for family plans the primary line had a fee of, say, $60 and all other lines had fees of $10) and per-line data packages (usually $30 for each line). Newer plans (those with a shared data bucket) have an "account access fee" and one or more "line fees". The following is old (pre-2012-sh) plans in the first sentence, current plans in the second sentence, exceptions in the third: quote:General discount qualifications, unless otherwise noted, apply to plan monthly access fees of $34.99 or higher, and data features of $24.99 or higher, when added to a plan of $34.99 or higher. On plans with separate account and line fees, discounts apply only to the Account Access fees. Prepaid, already discounted and promotional plans are not eligible for discounts through this program. So no, in the case of a new account,, the line fee wouldn't get a discount. WithoutTheFezOn fucked around with this message at 19:41 on Jan 18, 2016 |
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Verizon changed their pre paid phone policy on the exact day I try to put a post paid sim in a pre paid phone https://www.reddit.com/r/verizon/comments/40tsbo/changes_to_4g_prepaid_phones/
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The Human Cow posted:Anyway, I've been looking into selling my unlimited account on eBay through an AOL. I know that they tried to put a stop to this a little while back, but it looks like they're still going for anywhere from $400 to $800, so I guess the corporate account-only limitation isn't affecting the market too much. If I decide to go this route, would the person who assumes my account assume the remainder of my contract as well, or does my account's contact make it more difficult/impossible to do? What does the process look like for doing something like this? Here's what I've got in my head - am I super far off? Just for posterity and in case anybody needs to do something similar, this still works. I paid $20 to transfer my number to Google Voice, but 8 hours after initiating the port I used the VZW website to generate a new number for my line. After 24 hours, the number I wanted to keep was on Google Voice, and my Verizon account had my wife's line and my unlimited line with a new number. We were able to sign up for a new T-Mobile account, port her number from Verizon and mine from Google Voice, and then I was able to sell my account on eBay once her line dropped off of it. It took the buyer a couple of calls, but he successfully assumed my unlimited account and the rest of my contract.
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If I purchase a Verizon Moto E from Best Buy, will it work on my regular postpaid Verizon account? I'm looking to use a dirt cheap phone as a GPS unit / actual telephone on my motorcycle instead of putting my Nexus 6P in harms way.
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ninmeister posted:If I purchase a Verizon Moto E from Best Buy, will it work on my regular postpaid Verizon account? I'm looking to use a dirt cheap phone as a GPS unit / actual telephone on my motorcycle instead of putting my Nexus 6P in harms way. Not anymore, unless you use it as a Prepaid phone for 1 month, I think.
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Lowen SoDium posted:Not anymore, unless you use it as a Prepaid phone for 1 month, I think. Correct
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Lowen SoDium posted:Not anymore, unless you use it as a Prepaid phone for 1 month, I think. Use it for 1 month or just pay the money for 1 month to them? "Device remains locked until first month’s payment is made on their Prepaid plan. Device is unlocked automatically upon successful first month’s payment and can be used on Postpaid plan (new SIM or SIM swap). "
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king of the bongo posted:Use it for 1 month or just pay the money for 1 month to them? For some reason I had 6 months stuck in my head. One month isn't poo poo. Thanks!
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ninmeister posted:For some reason I had 6 months stuck in my head. One month isn't poo poo. Thanks! It used to be that prepaid phones had to be on prepaid service for 6 months. Now it's 1. Not perfect, but slightly better.
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I will be in Japan for the first week of February and am trying to figure out how I can use my phone cheaply over there or if that is even possible (to use it cheaply that is). I have a Droid Turbo. I've got unlimited talk/text with 15gb shared data.
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vulturesrow posted:I will be in Japan for the first week of February and am trying to figure out how I can use my phone cheaply over there or if that is even possible (to use it cheaply that is). I have a Droid Turbo. I've got unlimited talk/text with 15gb shared data. http://www.willmyphonework.net/  Edit: on the subject of whether it's cheaper to get a burner SIM vs global roaming plans, no clue.
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waffle iron posted:Edit: on the subject of whether it's cheaper to get a burner SIM vs global roaming plans, no clue. Yeah that's kind of what I was getting at. I know the phone will work but how do I do that without having to file for bankruptcy when I get back.  Sorry if I didn't make it clear enough.
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vulturesrow posted:Yeah that's kind of what I was getting at. I know the phone will work but how do I do that without having to file for bankruptcy when I get back. Buy a local SIM card that works on one of those networks? Falco fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Jan 25, 2016 |
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Duckman2008 posted:It used to be that prepaid phones had to be on prepaid service for 6 months. Now it's 1. Not perfect, but slightly better. Yeah just 1 month. Bought a $30 prepay card from Best Buy, activated, and then swapped SIMs no problem. $30 kind of sucks when it used to be "free" if you did it right. But now you don't have to worry about "locking" the prepaid phone because you accidentally powered on with the prepaid SIM anymore. Also it is more "official" now vs. an unadvertised hack.
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WhyteRyce posted:Yeah just 1 month. Bought a $30 prepay card from Best Buy, activated, and then swapped SIMs no problem. Wait, I can just buy the WiFi only 30 dollar thing and immediately swap in my postpaid sim, or do you have to wait a month after being activated on prepaid?
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ninmeister posted:Wait, I can just buy the WiFi only 30 dollar thing and immediately swap in my postpaid sim, or do you have to wait a month after being activated on prepaid? I popped in a post-paid SIM a few days after paying and activating a prepaid account with no problems. If I take that pre-paid SIM which is still active and pop it into another prepaid Moto E, does anyone know if that phone get unlocked as well?
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WhyteRyce posted:I popped in a post-paid SIM a few days after paying and activating a prepaid account with no problems. I doubt it, it probably is one time per SIM. No way to know without trying though I guess.
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I have one of those Moto E that Best Buy had on sale for $5 around X-mas that I had not opened yet, I can throw the SIM in there if you want to try it...
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I have 2 extra Moto Es laying around (extra Android devices are always handy!). I just put the prepaid SIM into the other Moto E and it works, but I don't have a post-paid Verizon SIM right now to try and I don't want to borrow a family member's post-paid SIM since I already hotlined their account once and it took an hour for tech support to figure out what to do I just figured that it's less of a "you need one month of prepay service for the device" and more of a "get that prepaid phone activated on the network, and the 1 month $30 plan is the cheapest way to do that" thing since I was able to swap pre and post-paid SIMs almost instantly
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The time is wrong on my phone by ten minutes anyone know how to update?
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Doctor Butts posted:The time is wrong on my phone by ten minutes anyone know how to update? Toggle auto set time on and off, airplane mode off and on, keep trying things like that until it hits. If it's an iPhone reset network settings. Worst case swap sim in store.
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I assume (hopefully correctly) that Verizon gives zero fucks how many times I swap sims between phones?
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ninmeister posted:I assume (hopefully correctly) that Verizon gives zero fucks how many times I swap sims between phones? Yes. On that question: has anyone here swapped nano SIM from iPhone to Android or vice Versa? They're technically supposed to be different SIMs (NFC for Android, non NFC for iPhone) but I was curious if it still worked.
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Duckman2008 posted:Yes. Well I'm glad to see that Verizon finally joined the rest of the goddamn cell phone world. Sprint is forever doomed.
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Duckman2008 posted:Yes. Yes, I swap pretty often between an iPhone 6s and a Nexus 5x. The SIM originally came from the iPhone. The whole deal about the "NFC SIM" was only that the SIM included a secure element for Softcard/ISIS. Since that is no longer a thing, it doesn't matter anyway. Neither Android Pay nor Apple Pay requires a secure element on your SIM.
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Duckman2008 posted:Yes. I went from a Nano issued with my 5 > Droid Maxx > Nokia Lumia Icon > 5S > LG G3 > Nexus 6 > 6. Never had an issue.
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So I moved to an address that has poo poo Verizon reception. Wifi is fine, though. Can I set up Google Voice to be able to take phone calls and receive regular text messages? Is there a good primer somewhere? edit: iPhone 6
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idiotsavant posted:So I moved to an address that has poo poo Verizon reception. Wifi is fine, though. Can I set up Google Voice to be able to take phone calls and receive regular text messages? Is there a good primer somewhere? Google voice does not use data for calling. Call verizon and ask for a network extender.
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idiotsavant posted:So I moved to an address that has poo poo Verizon reception. Wifi is fine, though. Can I set up Google Voice to be able to take phone calls and receive regular text messages? Is there a good primer somewhere? It would appear that Verizon has enabled WiFi calling for iPhones (I know it did for my S6 in late December/early Jan, don't remember precisely). Maybe turn on Advanced Calling (not sure if that's required or not, but it would make sense).
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