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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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Created 03-05-2024 at 12:12 PM by xlnc
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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.

lepton_ytht
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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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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PowerfulName4771
03-23-2024 at 03:38 PM.
03-23-2024 at 03:38 PM.
Could someone please advise on how to activate this table as WiFi only? Without the metro SIM? Also by doing this does it mean that none of the Metro bloatware will be installed? Thanks.
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redRanger
03-23-2024 at 04:49 PM.
03-23-2024 at 04:49 PM.
Quote from PowerfulName4771 :
Could someone please advise on how to activate this table as WiFi only? Without the metro SIM? Also by doing this does it mean that none of the Metro bloatware will be installed? Thanks.
Credit goes to crazycool which posted this earlier in this deal:

Quote from Gladiator2187
The tablet requires that you insert sim to activate..weird!! Are you all seeing the same?

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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michaeldinh
03-23-2024 at 10:03 PM.
03-23-2024 at 10:03 PM.
Does anyone know when the last time the Samsung tablet was in stock?
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HLBOWLAN
03-25-2024 at 02:55 PM.
03-25-2024 at 02:55 PM.
Quote from ddpp33 :
This is not true. T-Mobile sims will not work on locked Metro phones
Replying to this on my Metro-locked Samsung A15 with a T-Mobile SIM.
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vinaybhutada
03-27-2024 at 07:38 AM.
03-27-2024 at 07:38 AM.
Samsung A7 lite is not in stock anymore online Frown
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03-28-2024 at 02:21 AM.
03-28-2024 at 02:21 AM.
Quote from xsupan0va :
Oh wow. Just got the tablet last night. Did all the recommended steps. This thing is so slow... I'm going to use it as car GPS hopefully it can at least do that.

Yes. All the Metro tablets slow as molasses, irregardless of brand. LG was the only semi decent one they ever had.
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NervousNose380
03-28-2024 at 04:46 AM.
03-28-2024 at 04:46 AM.
Samsung is out of stock, TCL is available, wondering how TCL is compare to Samsung, Also can I add Canada Mexico plan on these tablets ,
Thanks in advance
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03-30-2024 at 05:16 PM.
03-30-2024 at 05:16 PM.
Quote from NervousNose380 :
Samsung is out of stock, TCL is available, wondering how TCL is compare to Samsung, Also can I add Canada Mexico plan on these tablets ,
Thanks in advance
Both Samsung and TCL tables are trash...it is sill worth of $20 .
It seems you can add CA/MX roaming service on it or you can swap the SIM to your phone (by updating IMEI) to add CA/MX roaming service for it
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thumper300zx
03-30-2024 at 07:36 PM.
03-30-2024 at 07:36 PM.
Quote from techie333 :
You're saying your tablet can connect to T-Mobile before the unlock period? What did you do exactly to make it work with T-Mobile? I tried to put in my T-Mobile sim tablet line on first boot, it restarted with T-Mobile logo but couldn't connect to their network
I'm thinking they meant the Metro T-Mobile network.

I also got activation emails after. Didn't get one when it was delivered. I neglected to check the account before my month was up on the phone, and now it says I owe $20 and account is disabled.

So unsure what exactly the status of tablet is. But it was working on 4G after I got signed in originally. Must be ok (?)

It's really slow. Every Samsung tab I've had other than S tabs have been pretty bad. Oh well. $20. Worth a shot šŸ˜‚
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03-31-2024 at 10:49 AM.
03-31-2024 at 10:49 AM.
Quote from thumper300zx :
I'm thinking they meant the Metro T-Mobile network.

I also got activation emails after. Didn't get one when it was delivered. I neglected to check the account before my month was up on the phone, and now it says I owe $20 and account is disabled.

So unsure what exactly the status of tablet is. But it was working on 4G after I got signed in originally. Must be ok (?)

It's really slow. Every Samsung tab I've had other than S tabs have been pretty bad. Oh well. $20. Worth a shot šŸ˜‚
You're saying it's working on Metro 4G data even though you didn't activate and account is disabled? Interesting, I need to try it, I put it away as it's just something I bought on impulse and because it was cheap almost as a backup for kids or family visiting lmao, SD effect lol
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03-31-2024 at 08:44 PM.
03-31-2024 at 08:44 PM.
Quote from techie333 :
You're saying it's working on Metro 4G data even though you didn't activate and account is disabled? Interesting, I need to try it, I put it away as it's just something I bought on impulse and because it was cheap almost as a backup for kids or family visiting lmao, SD effect lol
It was working until my phone line (30 days) ran out. That may also by why we got activation emails -- not for the tablet, but for the phone.

I also noticed they had an option for a one time 30 day waiver for not being current. Thought about trying it but I'd rather end up with this tablet 'useless' than pay another $40 (or even $20) Stick Out Tongue
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04-03-2024 at 01:50 PM.
04-03-2024 at 01:50 PM.
Now my line is inactive and tablet is in Wifi only. For $20 this tablet is amazing and worth every penny.

Just make sure you make changes outline in this thread otherwise you might feel tablet is sluggish. Please don't bring expensive ipad level expectation.
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04-03-2024 at 09:15 PM.
04-03-2024 at 09:15 PM.
Quote from fungame :
Now my line is inactive and tablet is in Wifi only. For $20 this tablet is amazing and worth every penny.

Just make sure you make changes outline in this thread otherwise you might feel tablet is sluggish. Please don't bring expensive ipad level expectation.
I ran mine over with my car. It's slow and very frustrating!!
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Quote from Auyuttaya :
I ran mine over with my car. It's slow and very frustrating!!
What exactly people do when they don't know how to drive
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04-08-2024 at 12:47 AM.
04-08-2024 at 12:47 AM.
Quote from 3pinephrine :
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.
I'm curious about your experience with your eBay purchase. Was that tablet unlocked?

I'm thinking about buying one from eBay too, but only if it's unlocked. I'm personally fine paying slightly more than Metro's price if I can avoid the headache of dealing with Metro.
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