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1. Summary: This is prepaid. No need to cancel. Just stop paying. Most will pay the forced first monthly fee (that comes with initial order) and then simply stop paying. best to use a virtual credit card like from citi for example or a privacy virtual card. initial order cost will be ~150 phone +~40 plan+ ~$15 tax= ~$205. create account on boost or get the app. make sure auto pay is off.
2. Phones are locked to boost,
must provide the seller imei of your phone. send the imei in "message for seller" when u pay.
after u pay, u should get the code back pretty quick. as soon as ~10 minutes.
Then put in a non boost sim. phone will ask for code. enter code u bought from ebay seller. u will be unlocked.
you can find many sellers for $2-4.
search for these seller:
dr.unlock or desbloquealord is quite popular and proven .
[posting direct link violates sd term. dont be lazy. search]
once unlocked, should remain unlocked, even if u run updates, factory restore, etc
the package will have phone and sim in same box. but sim is outside of phone box . No need to ever put in boost sim. infact, if u have no intention of using boost, it is probably a good idea not to insert the boost sim ever. do not sell the boost sim. it has your information on it.
8/19: users reporting ebay sellers that sell unlock code are no longer listed on ebay.
2a. Assuming unlocked. Phone has the bands to communicate with AT&T, T Mobile, and Verizon in the US. Your carrier may need to add the phone's IMEI number to their database before it can interface with the mobile towers.
5. after u place the order. in 2 days, the sim card will auto activate. while in transit to you. many folks are upset because this makes u loose 2-3 days while the phone comes to you. shipping time varies. some in CA take 1 week from order date to receive day. in east coast it may be as short as 1 day. once the item is shipped. u can create a account using computer. then get the app on a spare phone. login. then u can see the exact imei they are sending you.
6. Boost, Ting, and Dish TV are now one company. so do not need to unlock if using them
7. only 1 order per email address. if u want more. need new account w new email addy
8. after unlocking.
i. Work:
t mobile
Verizon
Tello
ii. NOT WORK:
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x. TBD
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good summary :
When ordering from Boost, the choices are getting a new number or keep old number. Should you choose getting a new number, Boost will ship the sim and phone pre-activated meaning you will lose service days when the item is in transit. So for people who want to get a full month of service, they will select keep old number but then go through setup for activation. During this setup, the user can choose either a new number or keep old number.
In order to transfer your At&t number to Boost, you would have to give Boost your At&t phone number, account number, and pin number. If you did that, then the process of number transfer has started. If you did not give that information to Boost, it would be impossible to have your number ported.
Even if you selected keep old number during the order process and chose not to activate the sim, Boost will likely activate the sim eventually. If you selected the keep number option at ordering and have no intention of activating the sim, it might be a good idea to keep monitoring the status of the sim in case it gets activated.
Also be aware that by default Boost enables autopay. Metro for instance has autopay disabled by default.
Activating the sim + disabling autopay is what I would suggest rather than just discarding the sim or trying to cancel the service.
Autopay status can be seen in 2 places. One is on the boostmobile.com site. The other is in the Boost One app. Disabling it in either place is fine.
Be aware that should you disable autopay and then decide to replace the payment method with a different card (like one with a low balance), Boost will re-enable autopay. Whenever there is a change in payment method, autopay will be re-enabled
PSA: Extra 21 dollars back at Boost on Capital one Cards YMMV
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Major benefit to the a54 is that it's going to be updated for a lot longer.a54 we'll get Android 13 and 14 and 15 and this will probably just get Android 14. And it won't get security patches for as long.
Personally I would go with the Motorola but if I was recommending a phone to a casual user like my mom or my sister I might lean with the a54 just cuz it'll be secure for a longer period of time and they probably wouldn't make use of the flagship features like the desktop mode or the stylus.
The Motorola also has stylus support with an external stylus you can buy, an amazing desktop mode with a dock. Definitely a more premium piece of hardware
Was thinking of getting one but
Slow Moto Android upgrades, no dual sim, avg cam, large size stopped me.
Was going to get it for $50 with in store port in...but boost stores charge MSRP tax, activation fees, and higher plan... Similar to metro stores...so I didn't go that route.
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WJGB...tails
That's very anticonsumer of them, but not really unexpected since this issue is documented in the wiki under point #5. It is amusing, however, that they stated to you that this is their "policy". Since doing this makes no logical sense, I can only assume that Boost's "policy" is to screw the consumer.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WJGB...tails
I've tried 3 times to actively, once online and twice over the phone to no avail. They said they're having system outages today but they're not having wholesale activation issues
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WJGB...tails
Like this: https://www.motorola.co
seems quite expensive for just a stylus and case. Are there any cheaper alternatives just for the stylus at least?
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https://mirrors.lolinet
Check Boost there vs another folder, like RETUS (Retail US) variant of the phone, which has many additional updates and has been moved to A13.
Now, the lolinet mirrors are user maintained so it is possible that Boost maybe dropped an A13 update and no one has uploaded it yet. What we need need is people getting the phones in this thread to report back if they OTA update to A13.
https://mirrors.lolinet
Check Boost there vs another folder, like RETUS (Retail US) variant of the phone, which has many additional updates and has been moved to A13.
Now, the lolinet mirrors are user maintained so it is possible that Boost maybe dropped an A13 update and no one has uploaded it yet. What we need need is people getting the phones in this thread to report back if they OTA update to A13.
1. my question was in regards to the date of latest patch. not android version
and
2. the average joe/jane is not gonna be able to make sense out the info in the link u posted
i mean...what the heck is lolinet [dont answer]
1. my question was in regards to the date of latest patch. not android version
and
2. the average joe/jane is not gonna be able to make sense out the info in the link u posted
i mean...what the heck is lolinet [dont answer]
The latest "update" for Boost is from March 2023 and is still A12. Literally every other version there shows many updates since then and all of them are A13.
There's nothing complicated about the site, each folder is named for a variant of the phone. International variants are included (India, Mexico, Canada, etc.).
I'm still holding out hope that maybe the Boost folder just isn't updated on lolinet and maybe Boost really does have an OTA. But, it seems unlikely given that all the other versions have it except for Boost at this point.
Anyone with this Boost version phone getting updates? Would you mind reporting back or even screenshot the firmware version on the phone?
I've manually looked for a a system updated, and it tells me I have the latest version.
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But I want the display to be always on, so interested if this one has that feature
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