Offer valid through 7/20/2025 while supplies last online or at participating stores. Taxes and fees apply. In-store activation of Gold Unlimited plan or higher required at Walmart, or bundle purchase of Moto g power - 2025 and Gold Unlimited plan or higher required on Straighttalk.com. New line of service or port-in required. Limit of two phones per customer. Not available on family plans. SmartPay excluded. ©2025 VERIZON.
Unlocking Policy
Effective Date: April 1, 2025
For all cellphones Activated on the Verizon network on or after November 23, 2021,
the cellphone will be remotely unlocked automatically 60 days after paid Activation and 60 days of paid active service.
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starting 1st April, Total (and all Verizon mnvos including ST) now require 60 days of paid service
https://www.gsmarena.co
seems the newer model is slower but with more features like more cameras, water proof design, gorilla glass (the old model does get micro scratches easily), etc.
A lot of us got screwed by buying the Moto G Power in February when the conditions were to pay for 1 month of Gold service.
Just know, you are taking a risk that they will honor the 2 month agreement.
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Bottom line - paying $15 for the 2nd month through Tracfone will make you elligible.
Bad news for me was I thought I would save $15, and after my initial month of straight talk I transferred an already existing active total wireless line to the phone. And the rep said it has to have 2 PAID months attached to the phone. Since the line was originally paid through a different device I am not eligible for unlock.
**I manually activated that phone using BYOP. I saw in the total wireless "Manage Lines" menu it was showing a unidentified device. I have another phone due to unlock tomorrow that a support rep helped me transfer to a existing tracfone line. With this tracfone account, the IMEI of the device is listed, hopefully I will be able to get in unlocked tomorrow.**
Took way too long to create an account on their broken website. Keep saying technical issue and to call them. Finally created the acct after smashing it countless times. Then it said the registration email was not valid because it thought there was a space after the email. Had to backspace and retype it.
1) Can I still purchase this Moto G Power 2025 "under the same account" or do I need to "create a new account" to get this deal?
2) How would I go about activating & transferring number from Galaxy A16 to this new Moto G Power? Ultimately, I want Moto G Power to be unlocked as well after 60 days.
Please advise on the steps I should take. Planning to place an order soon for Moto G Power.
Bottom line - paying $15 for the 2nd month through Tracfone will make you elligible.
Bad news for me was I thought I would save $15, and after my initial month of straight talk I transferred an already existing active total wireless line to the phone. And the rep said it has to have 2 PAID months attached to the phone. Since the line was originally paid through a different device I am not eligible for unlock.
**I manually activated that phone using BYOP. I saw in the total wireless "Manage Lines" menu it was showing a unidentified device. I have another phone due to unlock tomorrow that a support rep helped me transfer to a existing tracfone line. With this tracfone account, the IMEI of the device is listed, hopefully I will be able to get in unlocked tomorrow.**
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You will need to ask support, call or chat, to "rebrand" the phone to Tracfone though
https://arstechnica.com/tech-poli...ock-phones
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Here was my process:
- 3/24-4/23 Straight Talk plan (paid service month #1). No service 4/24-5/24.
- 5/25 Contacted TracFone via online chat support. The agent "rebranded" the ST SIM to TF and created a TF account. The device's original activation date with ST doesn't change (this activation history can be seen in the new TracFone account) and the ST paid month still counts as one paid month of service.
- This is where it got a little messy for me. Once the CS agent rebranded the SIM and created the TF account, they asked to also enroll in a plan, but I opted to do this myself via the website, and I ended the chat support there. I logged into my TF account proceeded to try to enroll in the $15 1GB plan that discounts to $10 if you also enroll in auto-refill, but the wesbsite wouldn't successfully process my enrollment (non-specific error message when trying to complete registration). I then tried enrolling in the TF app and the app showed the error message "device is in inactive status".
- I then contacted chat support again. They attempted to enroll in the plan I wanted, but they said the $5 auto-refill discount wasn't an option on their end because the account hasn't been activated yet (??). This didn't really make sense considering the auto-refill discount was a checkbox option when enrolling on the website an app. The agent said there was nothing they could do about this (not even a manual $5 discount), so I just went ahead with the $15. It worked -- I restarted the phone, service was activated and the phone was also now unlocked.
So there you have it. A pain in the ass and very annoying about not getting the $5 plan discount, but I'm just glad it's now done. You'll have to decide for youself it the hassle of switching to TF for $15 plan is worth saving $20 compared to ST's $35 Bronze plan. You can avoid some of the trouble I had by allowing the agent to complete activation with a plan all the way through.Here was my process:
- 3/24-4/23 Straight Talk plan (paid service month #1). No service 4/24-5/24.
- 5/25 Contacted TracFone via online chat support. The agent "rebranded" the ST SIM to TF and created a TF account. The device's original activation date with ST doesn't change (this activation history can be seen in the new TracFone account) and the ST paid month still counts as one paid month of service.
- This is where it got a little messy for me. Once the CS agent rebranded the SIM and created the TF account, they asked to also enroll in a plan, but I opted to do this myself via the website, and I ended the chat support there. I logged into my TF account proceeded to try to enroll in the $15 1GB plan that discounts to $10 if you also enroll in auto-refill, but the wesbsite wouldn't successfully process my enrollment (non-specific error message when trying to complete registration). I then tried enrolling in the TF app and the app showed the error message "device is in inactive status".
- I then contacted chat support again. They attempted to enroll in the plan I wanted, but they said the $5 auto-refill discount wasn't an option on their end because the account hasn't been activated yet (??). This didn't really make sense considering the auto-refill discount was a checkbox option when enrolling on the website an app. The agent said there was nothing they could do about this (not even a manual $5 discount), so I just went ahead with the $15. It worked -- I restarted the phone, service was activated and the phone was also now unlocked.
So there you have it. A pain in the ass and very annoying about not getting the $5 plan discount, but I'm just glad it's now done. You'll have to decide for youself it the hassle of switching to TF for $15 plan is worth saving $20 compared to ST's $35 Bronze plan. You can avoid some of the trouble I had by allowing the agent to complete activation with a plan all the way through.I brought and activated on Feb. 22 for 30 days.
Rebranded on May 18 and bought 90 days on TracFone just in case.
Hoping my phone unlocks around June 18.
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What does it say when you check your device's eligibility at the bottom of this page: https://www.tfwunlockpo
Probably worth contacting customer service and have a person review your device for eligibility.
I'm already using my phone on another network, so it has 100% worked for me.
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