Deal requires purchase of an AT&T PREPAID phone from either a Walmart store or from walmart.com. It does not have to be a smartphone. The Cingular Flip 2 also works.
If you have no intention of using the Walmart phone and want to swap to a different phone, verify the Walmart phone you buy has the same size SIM card as the phone you want to use (most use nanoSIM cards these days). To be safe, use the Walmart phone until your bonus data appears on your account.
Online activation does not give you an option to port your number. It will only give you a new number based on the zip code you enter during activation. Try calling customer service to activate if you wish to port your number over.
If you activated your phone with a new number and wish to port your old number over to it after the fact, read the warning below:
Warning about porting after activation: YMMV Several users are reporting that they aren't receiving the 17GB of bonus data after porting their number over and only receiving 8GB of bonus from the regular AT&T deal. Many are getting the runaround and being told to wait the entire 10 days to see if the full 17GB shows up. At least one user has so far and still hasn't received it. AT&T has escalated their case and they're waiting to hear back (https://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=
Phone numbers:
AT&T customer service: 1-800-901-9878 or 611 on any AT&T mobile phone
AT&T's Port Activation Center: 1-888-898-7685
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from ThriftyLake7039
Yes of course. That is the whole point. Btw the rep told me that this offer expires at the end of october.
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from knightrider93
This deal is valid until first week of September. Spoke with a ATT rep last night, she said this is a new deal and she will be following my account to see if I get 17 GB bonus or not because I changed the sim, phone and port in my number on the same day (7/3) I bought the prepaid cards. Still waiting for 17 GB bonus data to kick in
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- Buy the prepaid phone from walmart
- Activate the phone over the phone by calling the number on the Wiki?
- Port your number over the phone
- Use the prepaid phone and don't switch the SIM card until the data posts to the account
- Finally, throw the prepaid phone away and use your favorite iPhone/Android or whatever
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She told me to call back after monday so this can be done properly (porting and activation for 17 gb bonus). She told me I have till september to make use of this offer.
From the looks of it may be July 1st (new month) has something to do with it.
I plan on calling tuesday to the same ATT porting number, and try again.
She told me to call back after monday so this can be done properly (porting and activation for 17 gb bonus). She told me I have till september to make use of this offer.
From the looks of it may be July 1st (new month) has something to do with it.
I plan on calling tuesday to the same ATT porting number, and try again.
She told me to call back after monday so this can be done properly (porting and activation for 17 gb bonus). She told me I have till september to make use of this offer.
From the looks of it may be July 1st (new month) has something to do with it.
I plan on calling tuesday to the same ATT porting number, and try again.
Sounds like a bunch of BS to me, even though the rep is nice. Even if they are on a backlog, they should see who activated via Walmart phone promo / SIM, and still give them the bonus data. I don't understand the logic of making people wait (without any warning) until July 1 to activate. Backlog or no backlog they can't make a live deal dead until another date in the future without any communication to the customers.
I also had a CSR tell me that July 2nd ATT will be imposing a new $9 prepaid fee for porting in numbers...a real nice CSR as well. LOL... don't see this mentioned anywhere else.
I think these CSRs have a ton of FUD to throw around.
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