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• Save $100 with any $45 or higher Plan Purchase Required
Straight Talk raised the price to $99 from $49
-This means you can no longer use the loophole of buying it via the Straight Talk website.
It is still $49+ instore
So the steps would be:
1. Buy the phone instore, activate on Straight Talk (any 30 day plan). The online activation process has not worked for many, it's recommended to activate by phone. Instructions to activate through an automated phone service are HERE.
2. Text UNLOCK to 611611 to confirm the Automatic Unlock Date it will reply with exact date. (You will likely need to send this message twice, as it often doesn't reply the first time)
3. Don't have your account on auto-renew, plan cancels after 30 days
4. Wait for 61 days after your activation date
5. The iPhone SE is now unlocked automatically
Walmart In-Store
The Promotion price isn't automatically taken off at normal checkout in-store it rings up full $149 price even with Plan. Need a Straight Talk rep instore to get the discount. They needed to enter the phone and plan on their terminal to get the discount to apply. Then they will scan the sku on the Walmart POS to check out.
If none above works ask for Manager to override it show them the listing on walmart.com if still won't sell it at promotion price tell them its false advertising since they lured you to store and won't honor the promotion price.
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Website shows non-instock online at local walmart stores but they did have them in Electronics. Back of Phone Cardboard says ST SE3.
Link to Walmart Website [walmart.com] (All stores show OOS, so you'll need to go in the store to check stock).
In-store activation requires providing your first name, last name, and a unique email address for each phone. You cannot use an email address from an existing Straight Talk account. Thank you to cvesper, Orang3Beard, LCL121, and Impulse_shopper for the information.
Make sure you provide your email address and the Walmart/ST rep does not input a random one, otherwise your phones will not have a ST account, which could be problematic if need to check the status of your phone's setup online or if you run into any difficulties (like with the service plan not being included with your account due to an error by the Walmart/ST rep). Thank you to llenrad for the information.
In-store checkout flow, according to MrSlickitySlick:
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Warp computerCreate new order Straight talk Purchase with activation Next New customer 1st name,last name New email $35 plan Asks for device imei Print documents and then check out at regular Walmart register Ps mobile rep and Walmart electronics rep are 2 different associates, most Walmart reps won't know what they are doing, some mobile reps don't even know what there doing, try your luck |
Got my order for 2 phones delivered today, and got them both activated to start the countdown clock on the unlock. For anyone who bought one just to activate for the one-month plan you purchased and unlock, the easiest way is the automated phone service (the online process wasn't working for me):
1) 1-877-430-2355
2) Press 2 to Activate Device
3) Press 2 for a New Number
4) Follow voice prompt to enter IMEI, ZIP code, create PIN, etc. When asked by the prompt if you want to "add to an existing account", say "No". If you purchased a plan with the phone, it will recognize this and automatically activate the SIM for the plan.
If the wireless rep has having difficulty, try this (thanks, busbeepbeep):
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I spent 2 hours in my local Walmart as the wireless rep wasn't familiar with doing straight talk transaction.Passing this one in case it helps, once they generate the bar code from the Warp, my person was having issue cause she'd bring that to the walmart register and it would only show up as "special order, ST 35 plan" and not the phone. Then she'd scan the phone UPC, which would show $149. After much back and forth, we figured out needed to scan the WARP barcode and then scan the 2nd barcode on the phone, not the top UPC barcode, and it showed up as $49.99. Total after tax for me was like $99. |
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1) 1-877-430-2355
2) Press 2 to Activate Device
3) Press 2 for a New Number
4) Follow voice prompt to enter IMEI, ZIP code, create PIN, etc. When asked by the prompt if you want to "add to an existing account", say "No". If you purchased a plan with the phone, it will recognize this and automatically activate the SIM for the plan.
When the voice prompt tells you to power on the device, the instructions were incomplete and unclear. If you've never activated a phone before here are the steps:
1) Attached to the box for your phone is the associated SIM card in a pouch; remove and punch out the nano-SIM.
2) Using the SIM tool in the iPhone box (or a small paperclip), pop out your SIM card tray and insert the nano-SIM.
3) Re-insert the SIM tray into the iPhone and power on the phone.
4) Go through the setup process; I recommend connecting to WiFi when prompted to make things go faster.
5) Your phone should be activated within a few minutes of being powered on with the SIM inserted, assuming you went through all the steps in the automated phone activation.
I'm not going to waste my time going there, but thought I'd help others. Be sure to call the local Walmart you are going to, ask if they have the phone in stock (both stores said online they didn't have stock, but both stores did have them in stock) and ask if they have the WARP system for activation. Good luck everyone.
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Lots of people who activated their phone following the wiki don't see the lines on their online accounts which they used to place their orders.
Another way to check ?
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Shipping notification Thurs 11/9 @ 6:15pm
Received Mon 11/13 @ Noon
Activated using phone # on SIM packet, instructions here: https://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=
Make a call or two
Text "UNLOCK" to 611611 (had to text twice, got a response the second time)
Phone unlocks 1/13/24
Doesn't show up on online account, probably becasuse I selected "No" according to the instructions linked. Will need to verify AutoPay is off in a week or two,
Thanks!
Hopefully can get another in-store.
Speed test: 11 / 5 in SE MI on this SE 3 (2022)
With Boost its 38 / 1 on a SE 2 (2020)
Try going to ST website and click the little user icon at top right. Then when it asks you to log in, enter either your phone number or IMEI and hopefully, it should then guide you through setting up the online account.
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Found the OSL rep - People who sell wireless services in Walmart.
He took all of 90 seconds to get me out the door with Phone, simcard, ST Service printout with my email & ST pin for $84.
Was turn down in another store few days ago. Then, I Called a Supercenter and Electronics rep mentioned they don't activate.
So key is to find a OSL rep for wireless in Walmart.
For this I meant port one of these Straight Talk numbers over to Metro to get the S23 FE. I see posts saying Metro instore is horrible, but I have not been able to catch the S23 FE in stock online.
Metro is an MVNO of T-Mobile and ST is an MVNO of Verizon so their unlock policies are different
A54 is another option if you are looking for a basic Android phone from Metro
Maybe activate esim on TF & wait till phone unlocks then later activate the ST physical sim to use? Haven't tried but seems like it might work.
Care to speculate what will happen if I get TF CS involved? Interestingly, trying to go through the activation Wizard at ST says that the device is already activated with another carrier. And repeating with TF says that it is already active as well.
Update 1: Called TF, got escalated, and was told that the iPhone SE 3 is not yet supported for eSIM by TF! They couldn't explain how I was able to complete the activation wizard...I was then told I need to use a physical SIM card with this phone. I had a kit on hand, but as I was about to ask if this would be considered BYOD or not, the call was dropped! I called back and am now told I will receive a callback from Tier 2 support.
We are not able to process your request at this time, please call customer support." after clicking on "add a line" in "manage lines" in my account without any active line.
they're saying they never got my payment even though my credit card says I paid. order is still "Status: Pending remote fulfillment".
I dont even think I got half the people that posted this but count me in to the party. Was on the phone with ST today and after being transferred, I got disconnected. I mean crap if they dont want o deliver the order then they should just cancel them and not leave us in freakin limbo
I had a tracking number created on a non-first-Monday order which I was referring to above and it went from arriving today to label created, UPS waiting for item
We are not able to process your request at this time, please call customer support." after clicking on "add a line" in "manage lines" in my account without any active line.
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