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Existing Metro By T-Mobile Customers: Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite or TCL TAB 8 LE

from $20
$219.99
(w/ New Tablet Line Activation + 30 Days of Service)
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Metro By T-Mobile offers Existing Smartphone Plan Customers: Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite or TCL TAB 8 LE + 30 days of service w/ New Tablet Line Activation with prices starting from $20 when you follow the deal instructions below. Shipping is free (if available, otherwise choose in-store pickup).

Thanks to Community Member xlnc for posting this deal.

Note: Availability for shipping may vary, 32GB Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite appears to currently be In-Store Only.

Deal Instructions:
  1. Select your tablet:
  2. Purchase tablet above and pay the applicable sales tax on the pre-credit price at time of purchase. Instant rebate will be applied to the full retail price.
  3. Activate a new tablet line on a qualifying $20 or higher rate plan to your existing Metro smartphone plan.
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Metro By T-Mobile offers existing customers the Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite [metrobyt-mobile.com] for free when you add a new tablet line. Expired (Now $19.99)
How to get this offer online:
  1. Purchase a new Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite and pay the applicable sales tax on the pre-credit price at time of purchase. Instant rebate of $199.99 will be applied to the full retail price.
  2. Activate a new tablet line on a qualifying $20 or higher rate plan to your existing Metro smartphone plan.
Limited-time offer, subject to change. While supplies last. Existing Metro smartphone plan required. Purchase a new Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite and receive an instant $199.99 rebate off the full retail price. Applicable tax due at sale. One-time $25 activation fee may be required in-store. Limit 1 tablet instant rebates per household.
Alternately, Metro By T-Mobile offers existing customers the TCL TAB 8 LE [metrobyt-mobile.com] for free when you add a new tablet line.
How to get this offer online:
  1. Purchase a new TCL Tab 8 LE and pay the applicable sales tax on the pre-credit price at time of purchase. Instant rebate of $159.99 will be applied to the full retail price.
  2. Activate a new tablet line on a qualifying $20 or higher rate plan to your existing Metro smartphone plan.
Limited-time offer, subject to change. While supplies last. Existing Metro smartphone plan required. Purchase a new TCL Tab 8 LE and receive $159.99 rebate off the full retail price. One-time $25 activation fee may be required in-store. Limit 1 tablet instant rebates per household. Rebate applied as credit against regular purchase price and has no cash value.
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Last Edited by soloma March 17, 2024 at 11:03 AM
crazycool:
You can bypass that by tapping four corners from top left, top right, bottom right, bottom left, do it for two more time in the same order, so total 12 tap, then press volume down, after that you will able to connect to wifi and set up without SIM.

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Just FYI, if you want this tablet unlock after 180 days and you don't intent to keep your metro phone number , it's better to activate your tablet with metro sim as soon as possible. Otherwise this could happen:

1. It's time to pay your next metro phone bill, metro will charge you $40, it will charge from the $20 which you have paid for the tablet first, but of course that's not enough, so you still have a $20 due on your account.
2. After this point, you can't activate your tablet since you don't have $20 to pay the first month tablet charge any more...
3. Then your stable could be locked to metro forever since it never get activated on metro.

Credit to daredayo:
Turn OFF RAM plus under Device Care-> Memory
ENABLE "Reduce transparency and blue" under Accessibility--> Vision enhancement

This sped up my tablet a lot.
EDIT: A7 lite


As per Samsung: Remove animations: Tap this to negate screen effects from apps if your eyes are sensitive to animations. It can also help speed up your device a little.

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https://adbappcontrol.com/en/

This can un-install any app
I got the same error and figured out how to get around it. Don't use the links above. Login to Metro with your phone line and PIN. Then, go to Phones & devices >> Tablets & devices. I was then able to select the Samsung tablet and added a line and paid $20. Hope this helps you out.
It did not work for me. It said, I could not add a new line.

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JaTaN
03-06-2024 at 05:31 PM.
03-06-2024 at 05:31 PM.
Quote from SilentView :
Quick question: I bought 2 A15's that came with 2 SIM. I did not put the sim on 1st A15 and activate but i already trade in that with spectrum. I called the customer care, they activated the 1st A15 and im trying to use sim card on 1st A15 with the 2nd A15, but the phone is not recognizing the 1st A15 sim however it works with the SIM it came with. Is it the case, respective sim card works only with respective phones while ordered?
You need to register the phone's IMEI with the line in order for it to work -- don't think you can use same IMEI for both active lines (change IMEI to another phone on 2nd line then change IMEI on 1st line to your existing phone)

You can't just swap sims like on other carriers -- your online account or Metro app should have option for "switch phone" for free (you can phone their CS but they'll charge a service fee)
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I just found my Galaxy A14 5G sealed in a box from the metro deal from Jan 23
It won't let me sign in. Should I open the box and activate the phone to get the tablet deal?
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If you haven't paid for service in over a year then that line is dead -- you'll need new phone service and sim card (you can still use the Metro phone)

You can try activating it to see if it still has unused service (doubt it) -- I think you'll need an active line to get tablet deal
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SeriousCable480
03-06-2024 at 06:44 PM.
03-06-2024 at 06:44 PM.
Has anyone got their tablet shipped yet?
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3pinephrine
03-06-2024 at 06:47 PM.
03-06-2024 at 06:47 PM.
Can anyone help? I went through the signup process for a byod line so I could add this tablet line to it: I went all the way up until the payment page (including entering my byod imei), switched tabs to do a few things, and (in true iOS fashion) my tab refreshed and I lost progress.

Except now I can't use the imei to sign up again because it's associated with an account now, and I can't get into said account to pay because I never paid or got a phone number to login with.

Any tips?
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3pinephrine
03-06-2024 at 06:50 PM.
03-06-2024 at 06:50 PM.
Btw - I found the same TCL tablet for sale on eBay, new and sealed, and seller said he got them via the same deal 8 months ago but thinks they're still locked because he only maintained 1 month of service. Ordered one, and hoping I will be able to unlock it since it's been 8 months.

If this works out, it may be worth finding these and buying those if they're >6mo old, so you can have an unlocked tablet off the bat. Mine only cost $55 which is nearly the same as a month of phone and tablet service.
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03-06-2024 at 06:56 PM.
03-06-2024 at 06:56 PM.
Quote from SeriousCable480 :
Has anyone got their tablet shipped yet?
Ordered it about 8pm on 3/5 and just got my shipping notice tonight.
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03-06-2024 at 07:30 PM.
03-06-2024 at 07:30 PM.
Quote from Jaggsta :
Samsung A7 Lite has four years of software updates released in 2021 it has android 14 update with support till 2025
Do you have one? Mines didn't get the 14 update yet had it since last year.
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03-06-2024 at 08:14 PM.
03-06-2024 at 08:14 PM.
Quote from CarlosSantana2022 :
How many lines are active in your plan? I got same message. We are 4 in our plan, which means the maximum amount allowed

Where did it say the max plan allowed is 4?
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03-06-2024 at 11:45 PM.
03-06-2024 at 11:45 PM.
Quote from SeriousCable480 :
Has anyone got their tablet shipped yet?
Quote from DallasGG :
Ordered it about 8pm on 3/5 and just got my shipping notice tonight.
Received email about shipping

03/5 - ordered
03/06 - shipping
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03-07-2024 at 02:07 AM.
03-07-2024 at 02:07 AM.
Truth is these aren't even worth $20. You're better off buying one of the $0 phones with $40 first month service. Sure the phones aren't tablet sized, but at least you can use them without wanting to smash it to pieces.

Do not buy one of these tablets.
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03-07-2024 at 02:16 AM.
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I just got a new samsung phone and installed the Samsung TV app.. pretty slick for free and might work on sammy tablet too. Or in chrome with your samsung account or you can use chromecast with it. ... Thinking of pausing Youtube TV on the football off season.
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03-07-2024 at 03:23 AM.
03-07-2024 at 03:23 AM.
Quote from slinson :
not able to add a line. no idea why.

Sorry, you are not eligible to add a new line. Please contact support to discover the reason for ineligibility. 1-888-8metro8

Did you get a Metro phone and you haven't yet activated it? If so, that's why. I was waiting on an iPhone 11 i got for $40 by adding a line to my Moto Stylus 5G phone, and since I hadn't yet activated the iPhone 11, it wouldn't let me get the tablet for $20. Once I received the iPhone 11, I activated it, and then went back to get the tablet and bam, I was able to add it to cart and buy it for $20 no problem
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03-07-2024 at 04:42 AM.
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Has anyone got their tablet shipped yet?

Yes mine did today.
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03-07-2024 at 08:31 AM.
03-07-2024 at 08:31 AM.
I tried ordering the A7 tablet using my prepaid account from the Samsung A15 deal. No dice. I got the dreaded "Sorry contact store to complete the order"...
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03-07-2024 at 11:12 AM.
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Is there a lot of bloatware included? My Galaxy phone from Metro was full of it. Weeping

For Samsung devices from Metro (or any other US carrier), you need to flash U1 firmware when possible or set the CSC to XAA if you can't. I can flash the Galaxy A15 5G to U1 firmware and it removes the bloatware but on the Galaxy Tab A7 Lite I must set the CSC to XAA and keep the SIM card removed.

If you want all the bloatware after you've unlocked your tablet, simply insert a SIM from each carrier and let it reboot and install everything 😆
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03-07-2024 at 11:23 AM.
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Not sure why I'm getting this message. Any ideas?
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Sorry, you are not eligible to add a new line. Please contact support to discover the reason for ineligibility.
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