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iPhone deal is dead. Only the A32 is valid.
Samsung Galaxy A32 5G upgrade
now only available via CSR or in store:
There was no way to add to cart (only add a new line) so I had to call to get the Samsung Galaxy A32 5G upgrade. CSR told me that they take any cellular device, even the bag phone, as long as it turns on and the screen isn't cracked. Tell them that website won't let you order to avoid the $20 "service" charge.
I received a text saying my trade in has $0 value for the free Galaxy A32 5G. Is that correct?
If your phone had any trade in value, say a Pixel XYZ with $100 value, you would've gotten a one time $100 credit on the upcoming bill and they would've given you the $182 balance over 24 months as monthly credits (to sum up to the $282 value of the phone, making it "free"). In your case, there's no one time bill credit because your trade-in phone had no value so you'll receive the $282 promotional value as a bill credit of $11.75/month over 24 months. You are buying the phone for $282 paid as $11.75/month and getting the corresponding promotional credit of $11.75/mo, both over 24 months, making it "free".
Similarly, if you trade in an old iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 for the half off iPhone 12 Mini, those will have $0 value also so no instant credit and $365 promotional credit will be given over 24 months.
For the free iPhone 12 with an iPhone 11 trade-in, I only received a trade-in value of $206 for the iPhone 11. Is this correct?
The trade-in value of the iPhone 11 is $206. You will receive the $206 as a one time bill credit on the first bill. Then you will receive the rest of the $830 promotional offer, which is $624, as monthly bill credits of $26/month over 24 months.
UPDATE 4/19/21
People keep asking this question. For the free Galaxy A32 5G phone, if your trade-in phone doesn't show in the dropdown list:
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In the phone selection options, choose "5G Upgrade Promo All Carriers", "5G Upgrade Promo All Makes", "5G Upgrade Promo All Models".
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They finally updated their promo page today. Looks like 3 separate promos, not a mix and match max 4 total. . .
Per needgeech's post, these are the respective three promotions [t-mobile.com]. Separate promotions means you can redeem up to 4 each if your credit allows it.
- 2021 Apple Trade P7, Promo Code: T567 (iPhone 12 Mini Deal)
- 2021 Samsung Trade P7, Promo Code: T555 (Samsung A32 deal)
- 2021 Apple Trade P6, Promo Code: T566 (iPhone 12 deal)
Multiple EIPs and recurring device credits on a single line? How Recurring Device Credits (RDC) work [t-mobile.com]
- To receive Recurring Device Credits (RDC), you must purchase your device on EIP and meet any other requirements of the promotion.
- You may have one Recurring Device Credits (RDC) promo per line at a time. To get a new Recurring Device Credits (RDC) promo and keep your current credit, you must pay off the existing EIP first.
- If you pay off your EIP early, you'll continue to receive the promised Recurring Device Credits (RDC) as an account-level credit through the remaining months of the promotional credit period (up to 24 or 36 months)
Copied from Jman_100's post on reddit [reddit.com]
UPDATE 4/18/21
The free unlimited addon is rolling out in waves today. Please be patient. Some people that cancelled their paid unlimited before today are seeing free unlimited now, but ymmv.
The iPhone promo is not currently showing up online but it is available. Order via support or in store. If online you may be able to get the support fee waived due to the offer not being available on the self serve website or app. Alternatively, get confirmation from T-Force on Twitter or Facebook that ordering online will activate the promo. Then order online as usual and do the eligible trade-in. The offer should automatically apply afterwards.
(In your account's Upgrade a Line option, you can get the iPhone promo.)
UPDATE 4/13/21
As an added bonus, all credit classes will have $0 down for the free A32 5G phone offer.
UPDATE: 4/12/21
- New info has been received about the free 5G phone upgrade. The promo isn't applicable for backorders. This means that if the phone is out of stock you can't get the promo, making this a sort of "while supplies last" type of deal.
EDIT 4/18/21: online looks like you can still order the phone even though it's backordered; just confirm your trade-in qualifies you for the promotional $282 credit and you should be good to go.
UPDATE: 4/10/21
- It seems T-Mobile is doing some annoying (imo) things regarding qualification for the free unlimited data upgrade on the 18th.
- If you are already paying for an unlimited addon, it will stay paid. You will not receive free unlimited.
- If you modify the line (remove the paid soc for example) after the 7th of april, you also will not qualify. So no removing the paid soc to get the free one later.
- Only existing customers with limited data buckets and no unlimited addon will get the free unlimited soc.
- It's a one time deal. Future lines added on a limited simple choice plan won't get free unlimited, for example.
Free 5G Phone Upgrade
- New and existing postpaid customers can get a FREE Samsung A32 5G Phone when you trade in ANY phone.
- Any phone that powers on and has no cracked screen will qualify.
- Free via 24mo bill credits
- Begins April 18th and lasts through the end of 2021
- Taxes on full price ($282) due at purchase
- Limit 4 redemptions per account.
New iPhone Promo
- Free iPhone 12 w/trade in of iPhone 11
- Half off w/trade in of older iPhones as far back as the iPhone 7
- 12, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max included
- iPhone 12 Mini is also half off w/trade in of any old iPhone
- No Add a line necessary
- Begins April 18th
- Ends May 1st
For the iPhone 12, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max :
$830 credit for trading in iPhone 11 Pro Max, 11 Pro, 11
$415 credit for trading in iPhone XS Max, XS, XR, X, 8 Plus, 8, 7 Plus, 7, 7.
For the iPhone 12 mini
$365 credit for trading in 6s, 6s Plus, 6, 6 Plus, SE1, and SE2, 5S, 5, 5c, 4S, 4, 3GS, 3G, Original iPhone (and presumably new model phones also).
Note: For iPhone offers, the trade in offer will only appear after you select the device to trade in. Login -> Upgrade -> Pick new phone -> Select trade in.
Unlimited TradeUp
- AT&T and Verizon customers on a limited data plan can switch to T-Mobile and pay the same or less for unlimited 5G
- Existing T-Mobile or Sprint customers on an older data-limited plan will be upgraded to unlimited data for free. Not a plan change, just an unlimited data add-on
- New customers switching from competitor will be placed on Magenta Essentials for 3+ lines or a unique promo plan. Unique plan will be 1 line for $50 or 2 lines for $80. +$25/mo per additional line. Customers with cheaper plans on a competitor can submit a bill to get an extra $5 off on single line plans and $10 off 2+ line plans.
- Begins April 18th
- Price will never go up due to the change
For A32 5g with trade-in, why is there bill credits for 24 months when the phone is free?
You are effectively buying the phone for $282 for which they will charge you $11.75 per month over 24 months. As long as the phone line it's assigned to remains active, they are also giving you a promotional credit of $11.75 per month over 24 months to make it net zero. That's how it's "free" as there will be a net $0 change to your month bill over 24 months as the monthly promotional credit cancels out the monthly phone charge. If you cancel the line before 24 months, the balance on the $282 you owe will be due and the $11.75 credit for the line goes away because the line is gone. Note you will pay tax on $282. If you do this in the store, you'll likely also pay the $20 assisted service fee (and possibly a sim card fee if you get a new sim card).
$9.99 renewed flip phone from Amazon for trade-in: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084GXS58R
Here is some more info on SOC Codes for people.
https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/...urce=share
https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/...&context=3
https://www.coursehero.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e...g/viewform
https://docs.google.com/spreadshe...s/htmlview
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Can we get multiple promo credits on the same line?
A: YES ! YES !! YES !!!
If you pay off the existing EIP balance fully, the promo credits move to the account level (so to speak, in "their" system) but it is still listed under that line so T-Mo can track it in case you cancel that line in future before the duration (24 months in this case)!
I have done it i.e. paid off the device from Feb-2021 promo and started the new device EIP and as you can see in the attached image, both the credits are active under the same line (although internally they call it "moved to account level" and we couldn't care less as long as we get it right? lol)
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Network Unlock through the app:
EIP has been paid up and went through the unlock app in the phone. Cannot be unlocked. Got an error code 1.
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- Download, install, and launch the Minimal ADB and Fast Boot tool on your PC.
- Download, install, and launch the App Inspector app on the phone.
- On your phone, go to Settings and tap on About Phone. Find the Build Number and tap on it 7 times to enable Developer Options.
- Enter Developer Options and enable USB Debugging.
- Connect the phone to the PC via the supplied USB cable.
- Change to "file transfer (MTP)" mode at the phone.
- You will see a prompt on your phone asking you to authorize a connection with the computer. Grant it.
- Enter the command "adb devices" (no ") at the command prompt (PC screen).
- Enter the command "adb shell" if you see the serial number of the phone displayed. If not, then remove/reconnect the USB cable, grant connection, and retype the "adb devices" command.
- Enter pm uninstall -k --user 0 <name of package> for the app that you want to uninstall as displayed in App Inspector.
For Example, to remove youtube: pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.youtube
To restore youtube: cmd package install-existing com.google.android.youtube
https://play.google.com/store/app...n_US&gl=U
https://androidmtk.com/download-m...tboot-tool
https://www.xda-developers.com/un...ot-access/
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Pay that off to get an IPhone 12 or 12 pro? I don't want to spend a lot after the $830 credit so I can settle for 256gb size.
Or don't pay off yet and don't do upgrade?
I have XS paid off but credit is only $415 and I can't even get the 12 mini for free with this trade in credit.
Hardly. T-Mo postpaid people are paying through the nose and why the monthly service more than covers the actual cost of a phone.
But many people here are getting 4 of these A32's in exchange for worthless flip phones and the tax only. . .and putting them on the 4 free lines they got last year.
If I moved all my lines to Visible party pay ($25 a month each) I would be paying over 2X as much as I am now. . .and would lose perks like these free phones or the ability to get subsidized better phone upgrades, Tuesdays, Netflix, etc
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Pay that off to get an IPhone 12 or 12 pro? I don't want to spend a lot after the $830 credit so I can settle for 256gb size.
Or don't pay off yet and don't do upgrade?
I have XS paid off but credit is only $415 and I can't even get the 12 mini for free with this trade in credit.
If you have multiple lines currently on your account, you can use that to your advantage to move one or more lines out for 3 to 4 month period and come back in as a new customer. If Visible continues to do their $100 GC for BYOD and now that Party Pay is no longer limited to 4 at $25/month, you can stay outside for free and come back, which will give you better deals for an iPhone 13. If you have Hookup and free lines currently, you will need to plan it carefully so as to not mess up those "lifetime" discounts and still able to move lines in and out.
Neither of my two phones would clear with that method, but one of them *did* let me continue when I removed the last three digits rather than the first three.
If you still need intervention by T-Force to push it through, I think they are automatically waiving the "Assist Fee" for non IMEI phone issues since you don't have a way to continue without their help. It was never mentioned and I wasn't charged for it.
I asked again this morn and guy is adamant that Costco is not supporting this promo for iP12 so oh well. Hope my EIP gets corrected soon...
If you have multiple lines currently on your account, you can use that to your advantage to move one or more lines out for 3 to 4 month period and come back in as a new customer. If Visible continues to do their $100 GC for BYOD and now that Party Pay is no longer limited to 4 at $25/month, you can stay outside for free and come back, which will give you better deals for an iPhone 13. If you have Hookup and free lines currently, you will need to plan it carefully so as to not mess up those "lifetime" discounts and still able to move lines in and out.
"you can use that to your advantage to move one or more lines out for 3 to 4 month period and come back in as a new customer."?
While "free" isn't totally free, because you are still paying tax, and trading in a device, whoopty do..what else ya gonna do with a hunk of crap sitting in your drawer. May as well get rid of it, pay about $25 and have a decent backup phone. Or some will just pay off the eip, keep getting those credits, because they are staying with tmob, and sell the phone. But these won't sell for much. maybe $125 because the market will be flooded.
I have 7 out of nine lines with eip promos attached. Some phones I sold, made some money, and two flagship phones I kept, each of those I scored $800 off in the form of bill credits.
Not crap or scam to me, because its free money, as long as you know how to play the game.
What's crap and a scam is Verizon and att with their overpriced, slow service. I've got 9 tmob lines, 6 of which I use, and my plan with netflix is around $29. Wonder how much verizon would charge me for that.🤔
Also, if I want to sell the new phone, I have to pay it off first? That allows someone else to activate it on their plan? Does it have to still be activated on T-Mobile or will paying it off allow it to be used on other networks?
Thank you
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He told me that Costco is not mirroring the trade in deal with a Mastercard like they usually do. What they can do is process the same deal you would get at T-Mobile but the phone will be shipped instead of provided in store. This opens up your choices a bit because usually their in-store inventory is quite limited.
The main benefit of going the Costco route is that they waive the activation fee plus they send you a bonus Costco Shop card. I forgot the exact value but its small. I believe the phone will not have the typical 50 dollars off retail price though. So yeah if your a Costco member it still might be worth it for the activation fee being waived plus the convenience of Costco returns.
Please correct me if you have any Costco information that conflicts with what I heard over the phone from the kiosk.
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