Under Settings > Account > Google Voice number, make sure to 'Unlock'
Account # is your GV phone #
Pin you have to create in your GV account settings by toggling on "Call to listen" under voicemail settings.
later during activation/port at Total site, use "other" as your current provider.\
Based on info in this thread as well as info found on google, it is recommended to use google's address if you are porting a GV number and are asked for an address when providing port info for your 'old carrier':
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If your new carrier asks for an address, you can provide them with Google's Address: 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043. That's it! Once you've provided your new carrier with the necessary information, they should be able to port your Google Voice number over to their service.
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Once activated, Text UNLOCK to 611611 (send it twice, it wont work first time) to confirm your unlock date. (approx. 60 days) The unlock is automatic and sent from apple servers. And it will unlock from anywhere in the world.
Bypass port in requirement for activation
YMMV Bypass port requirement After getting device activate on total website at top click Activate>New Phone One you've purchased through Total Wireless>I want a newer number. Plan was tied to phone IMEI on activation.
YMMV, you can activate your phone on tracfone.com with new number directly to bypass port in requirement and the cost is $10 But please be reminded, after you input the imei on tracfone.com, you prepaid balance for your total-by-verizon will be lost and your phone will be rebrand to tracfone and you can't activate it on total-by-verizon wihout rebranding it back to total-by-verizon
You are NOT required to pay for a second month of service!
**Confirmed it doesn't work with a Verizon prepaid SIM card inserted 24 hours after activating the phone on Total VZ sim card.
Chase 15% Offer Details (YMMV / Targeted)
NOTE - this deal is YMMV / Targeted. I have several chase credit cards, but the offer only appears on 2 of the cards.
1) Log into chase.com account
2) Accounts tab -> (top left of screen)
3) On the right hand side of the screen you will see a "Chase offers" panel, click it
4) Top right corner there is a "choose account" drop down. If you have multiple chase cards, you will have to cycle through all of them and check the deals below that appear. not all of them will have the Verizon offer (hence YMMV)
5) If you see "Total by Verizon" deal then click on the "+" to add the offer to your card. NOTE - Remember which card you added it to (i.e the last 4 digits of the card)
When checking out on TotalByVerizon.com, use the Chase credit card that you added the offer to, to pay for the phone.
You will get an email notification a few days later, if successful (Subject "Congrats! You've successfully redeemed one of your Chase Offers")
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I had an iPhone 11 up until 2023 and the main issue was that the chip would get crazy hot. Battery was also affected by that
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Total/Tracfone are often YMMV & deviating from standard usage can sometimes have unfortunate results.
I activated the iPhone 4 days ago and confirmed the unlock date by texting UNLOCK to 611611. I then moved the SIM card to another (unlocked) phone for 3 days.
The other phone works fine. In the other phone, yesterday the UNLOCK response was "you are using your own phone".
After restoring the SIM to the iPhone, the UNLOCK response was again "You are using your own phone".
I powered the iPhone down for the night and the next day the UNLOCK response was with the same date as before.
So, based on a single data point, it's fine to move the SIM.
I activated the iPhone 4 days ago and confirmed the unlock date by texting UNLOCK to 611611. I then moved the SIM card to another (unlocked) phone for 3 days.
The other phone works fine. In the other phone, yesterday the UNLOCK response was "you are using your own phone".
After restoring the SIM to the iPhone, the UNLOCK response was again "You are using your own phone".
I powered the iPhone down for the night and the next day the UNLOCK response was with the same date as before.
So, based on a single data point, it's fine to move the SIM.
I activated the iPhone 4 days ago and confirmed the unlock date by texting UNLOCK to 611611. I then moved the SIM card to another (unlocked) phone for 3 days.
The other phone works fine. In the other phone, yesterday the UNLOCK response was "you are using your own phone".
After restoring the SIM to the iPhone, the UNLOCK response was again "You are using your own phone".
I powered the iPhone down for the night and the next day the UNLOCK response was with the same date as before.
So, based on a single data point, it's fine to move the SIM.
When you texted UNLOCK from the new phone when it was first activated (before any SIM swapping), did it give you an unlock date or did it say "using your own phone" or did you get no reply?
When you texted UNLOCK from the new phone when it was first activated (before any SIM swapping), did it give you an unlock date or did it say "using your own phone" or did you get no reply?
A short summary is, moving the SIM out and back resulted in the UNLOCK response to be negative for some time, and the response later returned to the positive response.
Of course we won't know for sure until July 20, the unlock date given me.
A short summary is, moving the SIM out and back resulted in the UNLOCK response to be negative for some time, and the response later returned to the positive response.
Of course we won't know for sure until July 20, the unlock date given me.
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Even if you don't use the plan it's still way cheaper than the TF refurbished model which costs 3 times as much and also requires buying a plan. This phone new at Tracfone is $239 so $50 is a steal - it's exactly the same phone.
1. they work well
2. you get a fresh battery
3. your "insurance policy" is that they are cheap
thus if the phone breaks or gets lost you're out ~$100 so no huge biggy. in a year or two you simply upgrade to a model 1-2 years newer for the same price. in a few more years it will probably be the iphone 13s that start showing up around this price.
the $100 phone used for 2 years is $4/month. i combine that with prepaid service that is ~$15/month for a grand total of $19/month per line. Not much more than some people pay for their phone insurance alone.
A big THANKS and Reps for speaking to the Herd.
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