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Oct 4, 2024 2:36 PM

Moto Razr 2024 $ 99 and Samsung S24 fe $99 plus $75 plan at MetrobyT-mobile $274.99

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Razr 2024 flip phone
https://www.metrobyt-mobile.com/c...-razr-2024
Review: https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/...024-review

Samsung S24 fe
https://www.metrobyt-mobile.com/c...axy-s24-fe
Review: https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/...ch-cheaper
Both are locked for one year. Only need to pay for first month.

Note: S24fe appears to work out of the box with a T-Mobile sim as reported by multiple people in the thread.
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Razr 2024 flip phone
https://www.metrobyt-mobile.com/c...-razr-2024
Review: https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/...024-review

Samsung S24 fe
https://www.metrobyt-mobile.com/c...axy-s24-fe
Review: https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/...ch-cheaper
Both are locked for one year. Only need to pay for first month.

Note: S24fe appears to work out of the box with a T-Mobile sim as reported by multiple people in the thread.

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Oct 4, 2024 2:43 PM
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TrollingByOct 4, 2024 2:43 PM
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Can anyone confirm if Metro locked phones can be used on T-Mobile or not. I have seen some comments saying yes and some saying no.
Oct 4, 2024 2:44 PM
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BarefoothannibalOct 4, 2024 2:44 PM
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resudsOct 4, 2024 3:08 PM
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Quote from TrollingBy View quoted comment :
Can anyone confirm if Metro locked phones can be used on T-Mobile or not. I have seen some comments saying yes and some saying no.
This might be a ymmv thing, but I just got a Samsung Galaxy a35 delivered yesterday that I bought as a backup device from metro online (for the $35 add a line deal). I didn't activate it through their website and before even turning it on I put in my T-Mobile prepaid SIM card. Then when I booted it up it registered to T-Mobile's network (and not metro's) and worked perfectly. I then updated everything (apps, os, etc) and it still worked with tmo. And I'm sure it wasn't using metro's network because the month that I paid for with metro had expired the day before. Weird thing is that it never had (or tried to install) the metro esim. When I took the TMO sim out, it didn't show anything indicating it was a metro phone. I will add though that when I checked it's locked status, it said it was still locked. My concern is though, that since I never activated it on metro's network, that it won't unlock after 365 days (or whatever time period it is nowadays), but for a $35 backup phone I don't really care.

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I'll add that when I checked the sims on this phone, there isn't a metro esim installed (or any esim) and when I log into my metro account, the phone isn't even listed on my account, which really makes me wonder what's going to happen to the Google voice number I ported over to add this line.
Last edited by resuds October 4, 2024 at 02:49 PM.
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Quote from resuds View quoted comment :
This might be a ymmv thing, but I just got a Samsung Galaxy a35 delivered yesterday that I bought as a backup device from metro online (for the $35 add a line deal). I didn't activate it through their website and before even turning it on I put in my T-Mobile prepaid SIM card. Then when I booted it up it registered to T-Mobile's network (and not metro's) and worked perfectly. I then updated everything (apps, os, etc) and it still worked with tmo. And I'm sure it wasn't using metro's network because the month that I paid for with metro had expired the day before. Weird thing is that it never had (or tried to install) the metro esim. When I took the TMO sim out, it didn't show anything indicating it was a metro phone. I will add though that when I checked it's locked status, it said it was still locked. My concern is though, that since I never activated it on metro's network, that it won't unlock after 365 days (or whatever time period it is nowadays), but for a $35 backup phone I don't really care.
Yes, this is so true. I did the same for the Motorola phones and the Samsung tablet with TMO SIM; both work. Unfortunately, when I bought the iPhone 12, it came with eSim which prevented me from doing it for the iPhone.
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Quote from TrollingBy View quoted comment :
Can anyone confirm if Metro locked phones can be used on T-Mobile or not. I have seen some comments saying yes and some saying no.
The S23 FE i bought last week can be used on Tmobiel (physical sim card)
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Quote from resuds View quoted comment :
This might be a ymmv thing, but I just got a Samsung Galaxy a35 delivered yesterday that I bought as a backup device from metro online (for the $35 add a line deal). I didn't activate it through their website and before even turning it on I put in my T-Mobile prepaid SIM card. Then when I booted it up it registered to T-Mobile's network (and not metro's) and worked perfectly. I then updated everything (apps, os, etc) and it still worked with tmo. And I'm sure it wasn't using metro's network because the month that I paid for with metro had expired the day before. Weird thing is that it never had (or tried to install) the metro esim. When I took the TMO sim out, it didn't show anything indicating it was a metro phone. I will add though that when I checked it's locked status, it said it was still locked. My concern is though, that since I never activated it on metro's network, that it won't unlock after 365 days (or whatever time period it is nowadays), but for a $35 backup phone I don't really care.
Thanks for the detailed input. I'll give it a shot then.
Oct 4, 2024 3:13 PM
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ocean_slkOct 4, 2024 3:13 PM
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Quote from hvtran4 View quoted comment :
Yes, this is so true. I did the same for the Motorola phones and the Samsung tablet with TMO SIM; both work. Unfortunately, when I bought the iPhone 12, it came with eSim which prevented me from doing it for the iPhone.
iPhone from Metro never worked on Tmobile. It's more like a Samsung thing.
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Oct 4, 2024 3:15 PM
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ocean_slkOct 4, 2024 3:15 PM
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Quote from TrollingBy View quoted comment :
Thanks for the detailed input. I'll give it a shot then.
please come back and report after you confirm, thanks!
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TrollingByOct 4, 2024 3:17 PM
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Quote from ocean_slk View quoted comment :
please come back and report after you confirm, thanks!
Will do.
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AuyuttayaOct 4, 2024 4:48 PM
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Quote from TrollingBy View quoted comment :
Can anyone confirm if Metro locked phones can be used on T-Mobile or not. I have seen some comments saying yes and some saying no.
My s23 fe and 2024 moto edge locked to meteo works with tmobile.
Oct 4, 2024 5:29 PM
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LarsionOct 4, 2024 5:29 PM
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Quote from TrollingBy View quoted comment :
Can anyone confirm if Metro locked phones can be used on T-Mobile or not. I have seen some comments saying yes and some saying no.
Just got my A35 4 days ago. Popped T mobile sim in and it take the service just fine. Note that metro now ship their phone with Esim preinstalled so u don't have to look for the physical sim in the box anymore
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MusicSharkOct 4, 2024 5:44 PM
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Quote from Larsion View quoted comment :
Just got my A35 4 days ago. Popped T mobile sim in and it take the service just fine. Note that metro now ship their phone with Esim preinstalled so u don't have to look for the physical sim in the box anymore
This actually is a bad thing. Because Sometimes you don't want to turn on your phone with the sim in it.
Oct 4, 2024 5:53 PM
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resudsOct 4, 2024 5:53 PM
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Quote from Larsion View quoted comment :
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Note that metro now ship their phone with Esim preinstalled so u don't have to look for the physical sim in the box anymore
I'm not sure you're right, the esim might be downloaded/installed at the initial boot up (though I actually don't know for sure either way). And this might vary between androids and iphones.
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Oct 4, 2024 7:05 PM
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King_CiKiOct 4, 2024 7:05 PM
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Total wireless has the same deal, are their phones locked?
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3pinephrineOct 4, 2024 7:18 PM
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Quote from TrollingBy View quoted comment :
Can anyone confirm if Metro locked phones can be used on T-Mobile or not. I have seen some comments saying yes and some saying no.
When I tried about a year ago I was not able to. The phone had a TMobile startup screen and everything, but the actual service would not work.

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