Q: How do I activate my phone with Verizon/AT&T?
A: Nobody knows. It seems like Walmart didn't send the account info to the carriers for them to set up our accounts. Unless someone has an insider connection with Walmart's mobile phone division, your guess is as good as anyone else's. Some people have been able to activate on an existing line, but so far only one person has confirmed that they were able to complete their Verizon account based off of the Walmart order.
Q: What do I do with the phone and SIM card?
A: You can unlock the iPhone using the AT&T trick, then use it AT YOUR OWN RISK on the carrier of your choice while we all wait to see what will happen with Walmart/AT&T/Verizon.
Q: How do I pay off the phone?
A: At this point nobody knows. If you ordered a Verizon model, there are some steps here if the billing info ever gets set up appropriately:
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Q: What, so I just unlock it and start using it? After only paying the taxes? How do I know this is safe and I won't get billed for something later?
A: You don't. None of us know anything at this point. Anybody who says otherwise is just speculating.
Q: How do I unlock with the "AT&T trick"?
A: There are a few steps:
- Acquire an inactive AT&T SIM (DO NOT ACTIVATE SERVICE)
- Put the inactive AT&T SIM in the iPhone and complete the setup process
- Visit https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/ and click "submit an unlock request"
- Under "Do you have a mobile number" select "No", enter the device IMEI, and complete the process
- You should get one email right away asking you to confirm and another one shortly afterwards to say that the unlock was complete after your confirmation
- Insert a SIM from a different carrier to verify the phone is now unlocked (the settings might still say "SIM Locked" until you complete this step)
Q: I already put in Verizon SIM that came with the phone. Can I use the "AT&T trick" to unlock phone?
A: No. You SIM-locked the phone when you connected to Apple servers with Verizon SIM in phone. If you never connected to the Internet with Verizon SIM (unlikely), then "AT&T trick" should still work in theory.
Q: Walmart is a really big company. Don't they have processes in place to catch this sort of thing?
A: Maybe we'll find out at some point, but nobody knows except Walmart.
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$200+$35 activation fee+$65 x 2 plan cost for 60 days = $365 + tax on device paid to walmart at checkout
$365+$12.44 = $377.44 for TX
information can be found ON THIS PAGE [verizon.com]
"You may terminate service for any reason within 30 days of activation. You will remain responsible for your Activation Fee unless you terminate service within three days of activation."
So at least $300 if you cancel. That's half off the price from apple.com.
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My understanding is the phone needs to be activated with Verizon. Then, so long as phone is paid off and account not in collection status VZW will unlock at 60 days automatically.
I see AT&T model as OOS. Maybe it's a location thing?
Collection status, how do you mean?
Sounds like it may not be possible to pay off this phone as soon as possible and cancel the Verizon account/line?
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oos ..
Is the battery life better than the SE 2020 model? Mine doesn't make it through the daytime
Sounds like it may not be possible to pay off this phone as soon as possible and cancel the Verizon account/line?
Collection status would mean whatever bill you have with VZW isn't paid.
I only know this from what I've read and not from actually doing it so I can't be 100% on this. As long as you activate the line with Verizon, and pay off your payment plan and aren't in collections the phone will unlock after 60 days.
So that should mean a person could activate, pay off phone and then same day do a disconnect and just pay whatever they charge for that day of service. 60 days later make sure you are at least on Wi-Fi and phone unlocks.
I would venture a guess that it's similar. Mines in year 1 almost made it the 8 hr work day and year 2 definitely doesn't make it.
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