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So... my wife has been hating her Samsung Moment.
I have an EVO that I got on day one, but for some reason my account was tagged as eligible for an upgrade. This weekend, after chatting with sprint online who said I could get a new phone for my line, activate it, then switch it to her and switch back to my EVO.
So I bought her an Epic through Radioshack who was selling them cheap. It came in today, and says that they MAY charge me $300 if I switch the phone to another line after activating it, due to sprint reporting it as being deactivated.
Has anyone had any experience with this and Sprint before? I'd really rather not pay another $300, when I thought this wasn't going to be an issue.
never had any troubles like this
CheesyNutz said:
never had any troubles like this
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Does that mean you have done what im trying to do and not had an issue?
Ie, buy a phone using one lines upgrade, activate, then transfer numbers back around?
To get the upgrade price, and/or the rebates, you need to keep it on the line for 30 days I believe. It may be 60 days, I'm not positive. But they do this for exactly this situation, so people cant use their update and immediately give it to another line.
Return the phone to RS so they can reverse your upgrade if you're worried about the fee. Call Sprint and see if they can give you a good price on the phone. You always have to read the fine print on those 3rd party vendors.
Never had issues like that. I have used my girls upgrade and activated the phone directly on to whatever line I wanted without ever having it on the eligable upgrade line. Done this several times, never a problem. Also, sometimes Sprint will do your mail in rebate for you instantly if you call in, as long as ur a premier member. Its nice not waiting for that check.
Hey... I think this thing makes phone calls too!
JTNiggle said:
Never had issues like that. I have used my girls upgrade and activated the phone directly on to whatever line I wanted without ever having it on the eligable upgrade line. Done this several times, never a problem.
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Through which vendor though, sprint directly? Or a reseller like Best Buy/Radioshack?
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Through which vendor though, sprint directly? Or a reseller like Best Buy/Radioshack?
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The first time, I ordered the phone from Sprint online with an upgrade from my fathers line, which I provide to him, and activated it on my line. That's the only way I was able to afford getting the Evo on launch.
Second time, I ordered an Evo from Wirefly using my upgrade and activated it on my girls line.
Third time, I ordered from Sprint online again for my friend who's on my family plan, and activated on his girls line. I have a maxed out family plan to save cash, communism rocks and so does unlimited mobile to mobile!
On all three of these, Sprint gave me zero trouble. On the two ordered directly from Sprint, they did my rebate instantly and applied the credit to my account. Also, on all three occasions I called Sprint directly to activate. I know you can do it online, but I find that you can get more out of it if you call in or go to the store. Case in point, instant rebate goodness.
Well, I did this same thing when I got the evo on launch day......used my wifes upgrade,from radioshack and within ten minutes of that purchase I switched the phone to my line and put wife blackberry back on her line,all while inside radioshack.....
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I just did this, back when the evo came out, I used my wife's upgrade and transferred it to my line (done at the sprint store). In December, my line was eligible for an upgrade, so I used that upgrade to get my wife an evo (done at radio shack). They did all the switching right at the store. No problems and no extra charges.
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I just did this, back when the evo came out, I used my wife's upgrade and transferred it to my line (done at the sprint store). In December, my line was eligible for an upgrade, so I used that upgrade to get my wife an evo (done at radio shack). They did all the switching right at the store. No problems and no extra charges.
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I did the exact same thing as above but did it all at Wal-Mart as it was the only place around that had the phone in stock. I used my wifes upgrade to get the evo, and they switched the numbers around within 5 minutes.
Thanks for all the responses. I ended up getting scared of Radioshack online (Wirefly) and did it in store at a best buy, who did it all no problem.
Hey guys. Basically my stepdad has an unused phone upgrade, but does not want to use it.
I would like to own the new HTC EVO 3D.
Can we extend his lines contract, get the phone and then put it on my line?
Also, I understand now that an additional $10 fee is on each smartphone for "data" now. When we signed up only my phone had this fee due to being a 4g phone, the other smartphone including his did not get charged because they signed up and got their phones the month before the change (my stepdad bought his phone online which is why he has an upgrade). Would my plan add a $10 fee to his line?
Any input appreciated. Thanks.
Nope, only the person using the phone has the $10 fee. But make sure sprint knows that you're switching phones and he will not have the Evo3d
Depending on what contract/plan he is on and if your also on that plan. If you are already on that plan and do not have a 'smart' phone, then it will only be the extra $10. However, with it being 'his' upgrade, you will have to have him upgrade 'his' phone and then activate his 'old' phone under you. If you are not on 'his' plan and you are going to add the line, then it will be $20 plus the $10 ($30) additional per month. But I'm pretty sure you can't use his upgrade for a different account. Great, now I'm confused....I think this is right, but a good rep in the store or him calling may be a better option. There are also some sprint guys on here that could answer it better.
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Nope, only the person using the phone has the $10 fee. But make sure sprint knows that you're switching phones and he will not have the Evo3d
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So this is in fact a tangible plan for myself to obtain an HTC evo?
Thanks
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Depending on what contract/plan he is on and if your also on that plan. If you are already on that plan and do not have a 'smart' phone, then it will only be the extra $10. However, with it being 'his' upgrade, you will have to have him upgrade 'his' phone and then activate his 'old' phone under you. If you are not on 'his' plan and you are going to add the line, then it will be $20 plus the $10 ($30) additional per month. But I'm pretty sure you can't use his upgrade for a different account. Great, now I'm confused....I think this is right, but a good rep in the store or him calling may be a better option. There are also some sprint guys on here that could answer it better.
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I'm not going to lie. This has me confused as well.
We are all on a family plan.
He has a smartphone, I have a smartphone and we both have our own lines. I pay $10 because I had the htc evo, he does not pay the additional $10 currently.
I want to lengthen his contract, get the phone and NOT activate it on his line, instead, take it home and call and have it activated on mine.
If you are doing this anywhere that offers "Instant Rebates" you can get away with this. Just don't activate the phone on his line at all, otherwise he will be stuck with the $10 fee when he re-activates his "smart phone". Either order it online or at a store, just be sure they do not activate it at the store. Once you are home go online and activate it on your line, or via Sprint chat.
Yeah I did it the last year with the evo4g, you will be fine as long as he activates it with his and makes like two calls and then you call sprint to change ESNs, when you change them tell him to make sure they're taking off that $10/month charge. I'm pretty sure he'll never have to pay it but I guess they might have him pay it for one month. I guess you could look at it as a tax for getting a Evo3d
With the instant rebate he shouldnt have to activate it on his line. If he does he is boned. Assuming he had any smartphone that is on the systematically enforced list. There is no override, the system will from then, on force the $10 fee on any applicable smart phone, blackberry, android, wm etc etc. doesn't matter that its not 4g.
Trust me plenty of people have got jacked on this. The only exception is if its a TEP/ warranty replacement. It sucks, but it is what it is now. Co-worker activated her old Sanyo flip for a 3 day camping trip, came home and activated her BB curve again...boned with the $10 fees now. Only way it will go away is if she uses a non smartphone from now on. Soon as she activates any smartphone, the fee is back.
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Action B said:
Hey guys. Basically my stepdad has an unused phone upgrade, but does not want to use it.
I would like to own the new HTC EVO 3D.
Can we extend his lines contract, get the phone and then put it on my line?
Also, I understand now that an additional $10 fee is on each smartphone for "data" now. When we signed up only my phone had this fee due to being a 4g phone, the other smartphone including his did not get charged because they signed up and got their phones the month before the change (my stepdad bought his phone online which is why he has an upgrade). Would my plan add a $10 fee to his line?
Any input appreciated. Thanks.
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YES YOU CAN. Goto a best buy store... and say this
Ok. my dad is due for an upgrade on his contract. he doesnt want the phone though. can we please do a hardware swap after upgrading the contract.
i just did it yesterday to get my mom an evo while upgrading dads lol
leo72793 said:
YES YOU CAN. Goto a best buy store... and say this
Ok. my dad is due for an upgrade on his contract. he doesnt want the phone though. can we please do a hardware swap after upgrading the contract.
i just did it yesterday to get my mom an evo while upgrading dads lol
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What kind of phone does your dad have? Is it a smartphone. I wonder if they begin implementing the $10 fee if you upgrade your line but keep the same smartphone.
once he upgrade to a new phone he will
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You cannot upgrade a line and not activate the phone. I tried at multiple stores and if you purchase it online it activates when you first turn it on upon receiving it.
Anyhow, there is the basic answer if anyone knows a way around let me know
Ok heres what you do upgrade your dads phone to whatever phone you want then activate it like you would regularly do on his line then make like 2 calls then call sprint and ask them to switch each phone to the account you want it on.
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Ok heres what you do upgrade your dads phone to whatever phone you want then activate it like you would regularly do on his line then make like 2 calls then call sprint and ask them to switch each phone to the account you want it on.
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Thanks for your input but I think you are missing a critical detail regarding this thread.
My dads phone is grandfathered into no $10 fee for his current smartphone, swapping to any other phone even for an instant will result in the $10 fee on his account for having a smartphone.
Your suggestion includes the idea of activating the upgrade phone on my dads account. I wanted to know if it was possible to upgrade and NOT activate so that he would not be charged $10 on his line AND I would get an upgrade phone. The end of this story is
TO MY KNOWLEDGE IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO UPGRADE A LINE AND NOT ACTIVATE THE PHONE AT ALL ON THAT PARTICULAR LINE.
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THIS ONLY REALLY MATTERS IF THE LINE BEING UPGRADED IS GRANDFATHERED IN TO NOT PAYING $10 FOR A SMARTPHONE AND THAT PERSON CURRENTLY HAS A SMARTPHONE.
He will only get charged once unless the phone that gets swapped with his upgrade is a smartphone that gets charges the 10$ then he will get charged every month
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He will only get charged once unless the phone that gets swapped with his upgrade is a smartphone that gets charges the 10$ then he will get charged every month
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That's what he's trying to do. Dad has a smartphone and this guy is trying to get the 3d for himself. Activating the 3d on dads line, even for a minute, will trigger the $10 smart phone fee for for dad. Since he said dad already has a smartphone currently.
Some brick and mortar stores will do this, like best buy or radio shack. I bought a phone as a gift using an upgrade and held it for over 2 weeks before activating. Just call in and have them activate it on your line. Should be fine. Even from sprint.com should be ok. Just call in and have them release the phone from that line first, account owner may need to make the call. Then have it activated on your line.
Key is to not power it up until they are activating it to your line. Since if it's tied to his line, it will try to auto activate. When it connects to the network the first time, it will try to activate on whatever line sprint originally programmed it to. That line is changed when you call them in to activate it, after having it released from his line first.
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KB112 said:
That's what he's trying to do. Dad has a smartphone and this guy is trying to get the 3d for himself. Activating the 3d on dads line, even for a minute, will trigger the $10 smart phone fee for for dad. Since he said dad already has a smartphone currently.
Some brick and mortar stores will do this, like best buy or radio shack. I bought a phone as a gift using an upgrade and held it for over 2 weeks before activating. Just call in and have them activate it on your line. Should be fine. Even from sprint.com should be ok. Just call in and have them release the phone from that line first, account owner may need to make the call. Then have it activated on your line.
Key is to not power it up until they are activating it to your line. Since if it's tied to his line, it will try to auto activate. When it connects to the network the first time, it will try to activate on whatever line sprint originally programmed it to. That line is changed when you call them in to activate it, after having it released from his line first.
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First, I would like to thank you for understanding my thread and posts and posting something that makes sense.
I'd like to mention that I have a 3d now and I just bought it on craigslist. This thread is really just informative at this point as I do not have a problem to solve any longer.
When I went to radio shack I tried to tell them it was "a gift for my dad". They told me that basically they could not give me the phone without activating. The guy there is older and not really very savvy so it could just be that or the policy has changed. How long ago did you do the gift thing?
FYI asurion is out of evo4g now replacing claims with the evo3d so basically $100 to upgrade to evo3d
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FYI asurion is out of evo4g now replacing claims with the evo3d so basically $100 to upgrade to evo3d
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You certain about that?
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Action B said:
First, I would like to thank you for understanding my thread and posts and posting something that makes sense.
I'd like to mention that I have a 3d now and I just bought it on craigslist. This thread is really just informative at this point as I do not have a problem to solve any longer.
When I went to radio shack I tried to tell them it was "a gift for my dad". They told me that basically they could not give me the phone without activating. The guy there is older and not really very savvy so it could just be that or the policy has changed. How long ago did you do the gift thing?
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The last time I did this was last Christmas. But I just spoke to a Sprint rep least week about this. I activated an old flip phone for my son, as he trashed his phone (which is why he won't get a nice phone). The rep was telling me he had an upgrade (which I knew) and I could get myself the iPhone using his upgrade. Plus on Sprint users forum, lots of people bought iPhones and sold them with no issues. Just had to call in and release the phone from their account if anything.
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Ok, so this question is for people that used an upgrade and bought the SGS2 @ Walmart. Or any other phone at that.
Story -
I upgraded one of my lines(my sisters') and got the SGS2. The line I upgraded didn't have a data plan on it.
I knew that once upgrading I was gonna at least have to pay a minimum of $10 for the 4G plan even though I was gonna use the phone on a different line(my own).
I told that to the Walmart girl, she activated the phone, she said I was gonna get billed for the activation fee, did all the paperwork and went about my business. However she never did link the new sim card to the upgraded line.
So once I got home I activated the new sim card on (my line) and started using the SGS2. Not once did I put in the sim card of the actual line (my sisters') on the phone.
So now two months later, I still have an upgrade on the same line, I haven't had an upgrade fee or been charged for the data (which I don't even know if it got activated because the phone on that line is just a basic Samsung Gravity) and haven't tried to use the internet.
Question?
So how long did it take you to finally see it (fees)on your phone bill?
Do I not have any fees because the phone got linked to a different line than the one purchased on?
At this point it seems I bought the phone at Walmart at the full upgrade price without actually upgrading the line and no added fees (data fee, upgrade fee)
I'm curious because I thought by now I would of had those fees on my bill and that line would no longer be eligible for an upgrade.
Has anyone else had this experience at Walmart buying a phone?
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Actually sounds like a Tmobile mistake. My little sister and her husband got an upgrade on both of their lines a few months ago. The upgrades never showed on their account and they still both have an upgrade. And, they got an upgrade mid last year, which also never showed on their account. So they've had 2 upgrades in a year and still have a full upgrade on each line. I wish they would eff my account up like that lol. But yea, it doesn't surprise me a bit.
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Actually sounds like a Tmobile mistake. My little sister and her husband got an upgrade on both of their lines a few months ago. The upgrades never showed on their account and they still both have an upgrade. And, they got an upgrade mid last year, which also never showed on their account. So they've had 2 upgrades in a year and still have a full upgrade on each line. I wish they would eff my account up like that lol. But yea, it doesn't surprise me a bit.
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Lucky them, lol. Well sounds good to me, this way I'll actually use the upgrade for my sister and give her a new phone for Christmas.
Looks like I'm gonna do all my upgrades at Walmart, lol.
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The funny thing is they've told Tmobile about the mistakes and they don't seem to care. So I doubt its something that would come back on you.
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Don't talk about it anymore lol u got away with a free upgrade.. it happens sometimes even in the corporate stores
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mbernusg said:
Don't talk about it anymore lol u got away with a free upgrade.. it happens sometimes even in the corporate stores
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Ok I won't, lol. I just couldn't believe it, lol.
#Havingablast w/ my SGS2
Hi,
I am really getting sick of my data never actually working on my Sprint SGII. I was thinking about switching to Verizon. I really love the SGII & when at home on wifi, its a great device. My concern is that when I want to use data, it never works.
My work buddy has an Iphone (not for me) on Verizon & anytime I want to check something quickly, I have to borrow his phone to look something up.
While the sprint price is great, the data never works (voice is actually OK).
I heard the Nexus is not as good as the SGII in terms of the Exonus (sorry about the spelling) processor. I dont mind if its a little slower as long as the data works.
I am very interested in CM9 & had that on my sprint Evo.
Any advice would be great now that the Nexus & any bugs are out there.
It will cost me another $50 per month but if it works, then I guess its worth it?
Thanks,
Rich
I read the newest update for the CDMA Galaxy Nexus (though not official), gives it really strong data signal. All is great on my Nexus on T-Mobile.
I was a E4GT user, got it a few days after launch. It was a HUGE improvement over my EVO 3D #FAIL. Anyway, to answer your question I left sprint for the same reason you are thinking about leaving, DATA. Sprint is always talking about how they are fixing this and upgrading that, to me its to little to late. They are behind, the rush to be first with 4G clearly did not last beyond the EVO 4G, even then complaints about DATA were everywhere! What broke the camels back for me was the iphone, since its release sprint has taken away the main reason I stayed, yearly upgrades. I was a loyal 10+ year customer and because apple told sprint I cant have a yearly iphone (I dont even want the damn thing, a little conceded apple?). We ALL lost the yearly upgrade, that was sprints ONLY perk, IMO. So moving my 2 lines over I am paying about $50 more per month for the two, it is well worth it. I have had only one dropped call in the last month, I have NEVER been without DATA when I tried to use it. That alone is worth the extra $50 per month for me! Its one of those "you get what you pay for" things with sprint. If unlimited/limited speed and connectivity DATA is OK with you then sprint has what you need. I was real nervous about leaving, a 10+ year customer and all. But when I called them and used their change of contract to null/void the contract I had with them, account services asked me if I wanted to leave over the $3 the change was costing me. I told him YES, and that was it, no offers of credit or nothing. I was shocked! I read where others were given upgrades, $100 credits per line, I didnt get ****, LOL. Not that I would have taken it, but its the thought that counts, after 10+ years they didnt give a ****! Make the move if you haven't already, you wont be sorry! Oh and the Double DATA deal is back now, even more the reason to hope aboard
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I was a E4GT user, got it a few days after launch. It was a HUGE improvement over my EVO 3D #FAIL. Anyway, to answer your question I left sprint for the same reason you are thinking about leaving, DATA. Sprint is always talking about how they are fixing this and upgrading that, to me its to little to late. They are behind, the rush to be first with 4G clearly did not last beyond the EVO 4G, even then complaints about DATA were everywhere! What broke the camels back for me was the iphone, since its release sprint has taken away the main reason I stayed, yearly upgrades. I was a loyal 10+ year customer and because apple told sprint I cant have a yearly iphone (I dont even want the damn thing, a little conceded apple?). We ALL lost the yearly upgrade, that was sprints ONLY perk, IMO. So moving my 2 lines over I am paying about $50 more per month for the two, it is well worth it. I have had only one dropped call in the last month, I have NEVER been without DATA when I tried to use it. That alone is worth the extra $50 per month for me! Its one of those "you get what you pay for" things with sprint. If unlimited/limited speed and connectivity DATA is OK with you then sprint has what you need. I was real nervous about leaving, a 10+ year customer and all. But when I called them and used their change of contract to null/void the contract I had with them, account services asked me if I wanted to leave over the $3 the change was costing me. I told him YES, and that was it, no offers of credit or nothing. I was shocked! I read where others were given upgrades, $100 credits per line, I didnt get ****, LOL. Not that I would have taken it, but its the thought that counts, after 10+ years they didnt give a ****! Make the move if you haven't already, you wont be sorry! Oh and the Double DATA deal is back now, even more the reason to hope aboard
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Damn, this sounds like my exact story! I just switched from Sprint and the E4GT to Verizon and the GN a day ago. I have been with Sprint for about 15 years and the yearly upgrade was continuing to keep me with them. I added a new line last year and was told and had my account noted I would receive 1 more yearly upgrade on that new line in 2012 after the line has been active for 3 months. Well it never showed up that I will be eligible in Sept 2012 so I called to discuss.
After 2 hours on a phone w/ a supervisor who actually saw the note on my account and read it back to me that it said they told I would get 1 more yearly upgrade on my line in 2012. His answer is they gave me the wrong information and he cannot honor it. His response was he would normally let someone out ETF free for this but I can get out free anyway this month so really there is nothing he can do.
So in order to get an upgrade on my line, I simply canceled the line then added a new line with my E4GT I was already using and then had a discount I could use on the line whenever I wanted. So sure, Sprint did me wrong but in the end I still got a discount available on a line...I really wanted to go to Verizon but the capped data plan was killing me, that was until they ran the double data promo! I said peace out Sprint and ported my number within 14 days to Verizon...
First impression of the phone was the screen felt small compared to the E4GT. The bottom buttons didn't make sense because they took up screen real estate. I ran my E4GT in a 160 screen density so the resolution wasn't a big change for me. Anyway I need to run...Bottom line first day didn't like the phone as much but really started liking it as the day went on. When I have more time later I will add some more comparisons for you.
As far as speed, take away what the papers say the GN is fast and I do not experience any lag what so ever. From my quick experience I would not know it was less powered then the E4GT.
Eman - I am debating going for the 10gb for $50. I know its more than sprint but whats the point of unlimited data if it doesnt work?
I left sprint for the same reason. I came from the nexus s. But I was able to get out of contract with sprint with no ETF. And I couldn't be more happier now. Verizon has super fast data. You wonr be disappointed.
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I have a fun question. Me and my wife have decided that $160 a month and mediocre data speeds aren't worth it anymore, so we're thinking about making the jump to AT&T which seems to have pretty good coverage and speed here in Tampa Bay. I'm out of contract, she still has a year left, but we'll be breaking hers since it'll cost us like a month of service, which we'll get right back. Her parents are on an AT&T family plan and can add us on for like $20 bucks or something insignificant like that. Even with an upgrade in the data limits, it'll still save us like $100 a month.
Now that i've wasted your time with background, here's my question. I want to port my number, but my Sprint acct is in my name and they told me the name has to match the AT&T account (under her dad's name) in order for it to go thru. And in order for me to change the Sprint acct, he would essentially have to have a COFR done (which requires a credit check, which I'm not even going to ask him to do).
Does anyone have a creative idea on how to get my number over to AT&T? Perhaps porting it to some MVNO like Ting and then getting the account changed over to one of their names? Do MVNO's run credit checks? Is a name change simple? Can you port from an MVNO to another carrier without issue? Are these all stupid questions?
Help.
Could you port to google voice then over to AT&T?
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I thought about that, but since it's tied to gmail, do I have to go and change all my account info? I wonder if Google will even allow that... Also wonder how easy it is to port a number FROM Google
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According to google voice help page...you can port out your g voice number for $3
I'm currently in the process of porting to boost. I've been researching this nonstop for the better part of a week.