There are new data points from 9/14/23 on which seem to indicate that the BYOP SIM trick below no longer works. (i.e. Even though the deal is still available to people who have been Fi members for a while, someone who just activated a BYOP SIM won't see the instant discount and only see the 24-month credit offer). Therefore, I'm crossing out the info about the BYOP SIM trick.
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* Added on 8/1/2023 by hpham_53: It's still 3-4 months away until people doing this deal will be close to completing their promotion. But I'll go ahead and add the info below on how to verify that your promotion was Earned, and how to Cancel/Pause Fi service after that.
* How to Verify that your S23 promo was Earned:
There's a countdown in your Billing-->Fi Savings-->In Progress that shows how many more days your Fi service has to remain active. The countdown will never say zero day. On the 120th day, it will stay at "1 more day". On the morning of the 121st day, the countdown should say "Stayed (past tense) active on Fi for 120 days in a row". Then later in the day, the In Progress column disappears, and the promo discount gets moved to the Earned column. At that time or later, it's safe to Cancel or Pause your Fi service.
You can use this Date Calculator: https://www.timeanddate
Enter your activation date as the Start Date, select Add 121 days and it'll show the date when it's safe to cancel/pause your Fi service.
* How to Cancel your Fi service:
In your Fi account, click on Account-->Your Plan, scroll down until you see "Leave Google Fi". Click on that and follow the on-screen instructions. You'll have the options to Let Go your Fi phone number, or Transfer To Another Provider. (There used to be an option to port it back to Google Voice, but I think it's no longer available). If you choose to let go your Fi number, your Fi service will be cancelled IMMEDIATELY. If you choose to port out, your Fi service will remain active until your Fi number has been ported out to another provider.
* How to Pause your Fi service;
In your Fi account, click on Account-->Your Plan, scroll down until you see "Pause Service". Click on that and follow the on-screen instructions. Your Fi service will be paused and Automatically Resumed after 90 days, unless you cancel it before 90 days are up. Once it's Resumed, you can leave it Active, or Cancel it, or Pause again (I don't know how many times you can Pause). If you have a lot of remaining referral Fi credit (which is not refundable), you can choose Pause instead of Cancel to wait and see if there will be new Fi promotions in the future to use up your Fi credit.
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I am planning to port to GoogleFi tomorrow and then take this phone after 2-3 days.
Once the S23 SIM has been activated and the countdown started, you can remove the Fi SIM, uninstall the Fi app, delete your Google account from the phone. Then add your wife's Google account to the phone and sync it with her current Google account to get her apps, contacts, calendar, etc downloaded to the S23.
BTW, if you bought this phone as a current Fi member with an active line, the Fi app will transfer service from your "old" phone to the S23 at activation.
Once the S23 SIM has been activated and the countdown started, you can remove the Fi SIM, uninstall the Fi app, delete your Google account from the phone. Then add your wife's Google account to the phone and sync it with her current Google account to get her apps, contacts, calendar, etc downloaded to the S23.
BTW, if you bought this phone as a current Fi member with an active line, the Fi app will transfer service from your "old" phone to the S23 at activation.
Also, they are shipping another sim card to me, do I cancel it?
I didn't get the option to select "I already have a sim" on the app.
Regardless I can see the deals on the app, I will wait a few days before ordering.
The S23 will cost 399.99 + 80 - 20 (referral bonus).
So basically $460 excluding taxes, which is a decent deal.
Also, OP should edit the S23 storage details, I thought it was 256GB for 400 before ordering the sim.
I called up the customer care to check what should be done for this . So they said that since we had purchased it from a retailer we should be getting a 10 $ credit to cover the SIM cost in the first statement.
For the additional sim card being shipped it is free and there are no charges to it and can be ignored. The customer care said this can be used in the future if you want to add another member to the group
When to expect your monthly statement
In most cases, your billing cycle is set on the day you activate your service plus two days
However, if that date (activation plus two days) falls on the 1st, 28th, 29th, 30th, or 31st of any month, your billing cycle will be set to the 2nd of the month. For example, if you start your service on June 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, or 30th, your first billing cycle will end on July 2nd, your next on August 2nd, and so on.
I have purchased the S23 Ultra today and hopefully the rest of the process remains seamless as well .
The people who are activating the FI SIM from 26th July onwards need to be careful that their first statement will only be generated on 2nd August 2023.
The people who are activating the FI SIM from 26th July onwards need to be careful that their first statement will only be generated on 2nd August 2023.
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In my case , the "finalizing bill" got displayed in 2 days from activation . On the third day ie today I have received the bill on email and post that the status changes on the FI app or website.
I have purchased the S23 Ultra today and hopefully the rest of the process remains seamless as well .
The people who are activating the FI SIM from 26th July onwards need to be careful that their first statement will only be generated on 2nd August 2023.
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I called up the customer care to check what should be done for this . So they said that since we had purchased it from a retailer we should be getting a 10 $ credit to cover the SIM cost in the first statement.
For the additional sim card being shipped it is free and there are no charges to it and can be ignored. The customer care said this can be used in the future if you want to add another member to the group
Link to the terms, https://fi.google.com/about/promo...eBZxpAA
Link to the terms,
See this post on how to become an active Fi member and do the deal:
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I am planning to port to GoogleFi tomorrow and then take this phone after 2-3 days.
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