1. Trade in device and use that credit to pay off phone in 36months while keeping phone plan. For UU on verizon this comes up to (100avg x 36) - 300 Walmart GC
2. No trade in, but pay off phone immediately within 3 days of receiving to avoid activation fees. For the iphone 15 pro, this comes up to be 999- 300 Walmart GC regardless what plan you choose.
Follow steps included this wiki to port out your locked device to other carrier.
I have no horse in this race but here is the email you get from Walmart. Watch your SPAM FOLDERS.
FROM: Shopping Card Gift on behalf of eshoppingcard
SUBJECT: You have a Walmart eGift Card!
Same for 2021 and 2022.
AT&T details
Order/cancel? Activation starts on ship date (or store activation date). AT&T does not prorate after 3 days, so if you don't receive the device by the 3rd day you have to pay for the entire month of service.
To get the activation fees waived (if you're not cancelling within 3 days) be sure to sign up for AARP. It can be free or almost free
https://slickdeals.net/f/17039080-aarp-1-year-for-free-or-4-capital-one-offer-or-chase-card-offer-and-maybe-make-money-see-details-and-free-power-cord-charger-or-trunk-organizer
- Contact AT&T over chat and ask them to waive your activation fee since it's an AARP benefit. This will save $35/line.
- Set up autopay from att.com or MyAtt app to save $10/line/month (debit; or credit -$5/month).
- Do you have AT&T fiber home internet? Contact AT&T over chat to "bundle" home internet plus wireless for a $20/month discount. You can also sign up for home internet after getting wireless to receive the same $20/month discount. There are loads of sign-up offers include $350 gift card back for new customers https://slickdeals.net/f/17073514-new-at-t-fiber-customers-purchase-at-t-fiber-internet-plan-300mbps-get-up-to-350-in-reward-cards-or-logitech-g-cloud-gaming-handheld-device-6-200-reward-card
- Pay off installment plan from MyAtt app or at att.com. You can do this as soon as activated/device ships.
- Turn on iPhone and let it activate with the pushed AT&T eSim (should be automatic once connected to wifi). Make a phone call.
- Transfer the AT&T eSim to another unlocked iPhone. "Use eSIM Quick Transfer on iPhone" Procedure https://support.apple.c
om/en-us/HT212780
- Make a call on the unlocked iPhone. Check in myAtt or att.com and check every few minutes until the unlocked iPhone shows up in your account as your device.
- Request unlock https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/ as a non-ATT customer, with non-ATT phone# and email for the new iPhone
- Check email and click to acknowledge unlock request. May take a few minutes to receive this.
- Wait for unlock approval email. It could take only a few minutes or up to a day
- new iPhone will be unlocked once you try a different provider eSIM. You can either use a new eSIM or transfer one from your other iPhone.
- If you want to, cancel AT&T service over chat or phone so that you don't go beyond 3 days post activation. If you instead want to keep the service, do everything I mentioned above to bring your monthly cost down.
Edit: AT&T chat is closed on the weekend I called reseller support and they refused to cancel the line and said I had to wait 30 days. I had to port out to another carrier.- Call *PORT on the new iPhone to get a porting pin. You also need your wireless account number (displayed when you login to att.com).
- I had a great experience porting to usmobile.com for their 50 day free trial. Just sign up and fill out the details including port (AT&T Postpaid, account number, port pin). Transfer completed in minutes!
Verizon details
- check out the recent iPhone 13 community wiki on unlock (60 days on iPhone 14/15!), pay off, 3 day rule etc. for Verizon
https://slickdeals.net/f/17028796-verizon-or-at-t-128gb-apple-iphone-13-new-or-added-line-8-30-mo-for-36-months-299-total-more-free-s-h
- We haven't found a way to unlock the iPhone 14/15 like we did the 13 because it has an eSIM assigned that gets activated on boot, and no physical SIM card. Also the phones are showing Verizon locked and not flex reseller policy. It will automatically unlock 60 days post activation however.
Leave a Comment
Top Comments
Ya didn't think of mentioning that OP?
This black friday starts from November 22, 2023 at 12PM ET with Walmart+ Early Access or 3PM ET for all.
Available (prices do not include activation/upgrade/service fees):
Link [walmart.com] to walmart offer.
$300 Gift card offer
iphone 15 Pro Max 256GB
AT&T [walmart.com]$1200
Verizon [walmart.com] $1200
iphone 15 Pro
AT&T [walmart.com] $999
Verizon [walmart.com] $999
iphone 15 Plus
AT&T [walmart.com] $929
Verizon [walmart.com] $929
iphone 15
AT&T [walmart.com] $829
Verizon [walmart.com] $829
$350 Gift card offer
iphone 14
AT&T [walmart.com] $729
Verizon [walmart.com] $729
$400 Gift card offer
iphone 14 Pro Max
AT&T [walmart.com] $999
Verizon [walmart.com] $999
iphone 14 Pro
AT&T [walmart.com] $899
Verizon [walmart.com] $899
$500 Gift card offer
iphone 14 Plus
AT&T [walmart.com] $829
Verizon [walmart.com] $829
Samsung Galaxy S23
AT&T [walmart.com] $799
Verizon [walmart.com] $799
Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus
AT&T [walmart.com] $999
Verizon [walmart.com] $999
2,618 Comments
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
I tried calling the main AT&T wireless number and it said we purchased through a reseller so have to call them.
Then I tried the walmart AT&T reseller 855-516-2800, trying to cancel the account there.
Does anyone have advice for going through chat to cancel AT&T? (or is the answer obvious, call 611 on the phone to speak with cs to cancel?)
I tried calling the main AT&T wireless number and it said we purchased through a reseller so have to call them.
Then I tried the walmart AT&T reseller 855-516-2800, trying to cancel the account there.
Does anyone have advice for going through chat to cancel AT&T? (or is the answer obvious, call 611 on the phone to speak with cs to cancel?)
Yes. Have you gotten yours unlocked? I currently have a callback scheduled from customer service to try and switch my service back to Iphone 14+ temporarily - my account is locked from doing transfers online and they want me to go to store each time, what a pain in the a$$.... too bad I dont have an unlocked iPhone to do esim transfer, only have unlocked android
Sign into the myAT&T app.
Choose More and then Manage profile.
Select People & Permissions.
Scroll to Transfer phone number and select Request a new PIN. Your Number Transfer PIN will display on the screen.
Good to know: Don't see People & Permissions? You may have to sign in to myAT&T from a browser.
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
Im on phone trying to activate the iPhone again with customer service.. She says its locked out for 72hours. I am already past 3 days but hopefully I can get this all done within first month of service
I received my ATT iPhone 14 today. I followed the instructions to pay off the bill as soon as the phone arrived on my AT&T website. After that, I moved the eSIM to an iPhone 11. I can confirm that the iPhone 11 shows up in my AT&T.
Then I went to the unlock site. It asks "Do you have a mobile number from AT&T". I say No. It then asks to input the IMEI number. It finds the IMEI as an iPhone 14 plus.
When I click submit I get the following error message:
"You can't unlock your device until your installment plan is paid off. If you pay off your device as part of your monthly bill, wait until the start of your next bill period to unlock it.
Want to pay off your device early? Make sure your number has been active on the device for at least 60 days. Then, sign into your account to review and pay off your installment plan. Wait 48 hours after you make your final payment to submit a new unlock request."
I don't know what to do. Should I wait 48 hours (I have tried twice already)? Or should I move the eSim back to this phone?
so i think there is the difference between activation and transfer devices. When i call CSR they said activation costs $35 to activate the IMEI that tight to the number you open. And transfer the device is just manually putting the IMEI on the eSIm so you can use it.
You are awesome man... I exactly followed your instructions like below..... it worked for me.... both phones (iphone 14 plus ATT) unlocked... more or less similar timeline like yours... now I need to cancel the ATT lines. Thanks.
Here is my process and step with ATT
Nov 24th 11 AM: Bought iPhone 14 plus at store
Nov 24th 11:30 AM: Log into MyATT and pay off the phone
Nov 24th 2 PM: Perform the eSIm swap, i transfer the eSIm from my Ip14+ to my Ip13. make a couple calls and ensure it show up under my new line in myATT portal
Nov 25th 10 AM: Request unlock as NON-ATT member and got apoproved. dont forget to click confirm email then wait 2 minutes, the approval should go thru.
Or you can ask them you want to activate the iPhone and they will happy to help. Since you already pay $35 activation fees for the line anyway
Sign into the myAT&T app.
Choose More and then Manage profile.
Select People & Permissions.
Scroll to Transfer phone number and select Request a new PIN. Your Number Transfer PIN will display on the screen.
Good to know: Don't see People & Permissions? You may have to sign in to myAT&T from a browser.
I received my ATT iPhone 14 today. I followed the instructions to pay off the bill as soon as the phone arrived on my AT&T website. After that, I moved the eSIM to an iPhone 11. I can confirm that the iPhone 11 shows up in my AT&T.
Then I went to the unlock site. It asks "Do you have a mobile number from AT&T". I say No. It then asks to input the IMEI number. It finds the IMEI as an iPhone 14 plus.
When I click submit I get the following error message:
"You can't unlock your device until your installment plan is paid off. If you pay off your device as part of your monthly bill, wait until the start of your next bill period to unlock it.
Want to pay off your device early? Make sure your number has been active on the device for at least 60 days. Then, sign into your account to review and pay off your installment plan. Wait 48 hours after you make your final payment to submit a new unlock request."
I don't know what to do. Should I wait 48 hours (I have tried twice already)? Or should I move the eSim back to this phone?
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
I received my ATT iPhone 14 today. I followed the instructions to pay off the bill as soon as the phone arrived on my AT&T website. After that, I moved the eSIM to an iPhone 11. I can confirm that the iPhone 11 shows up in my AT&T.
Then I went to the unlock site. It asks "Do you have a mobile number from AT&T". I say No. It then asks to input the IMEI number. It finds the IMEI as an iPhone 14 plus.
When I click submit I get the following error message:
"You can't unlock your device until your installment plan is paid off. If you pay off your device as part of your monthly bill, wait until the start of your next bill period to unlock it.
Want to pay off your device early? Make sure your number has been active on the device for at least 60 days. Then, sign into your account to review and pay off your installment plan. Wait 48 hours after you make your final payment to submit a new unlock request."
I don't know what to do. Should I wait 48 hours (I have tried twice already)? Or should I move the eSim back to this phone?
The reason you get that error because you just pay off the device today. Give the system 24hrs to process the payment before you can submit request to unlock.
Leave a Comment