can existing t-mobile customers get the rebate? does new activation mean yhou have to switch from one carrier to t-mobile, or does it mean new service contract? any thoughts?
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I have a business account with T Mobile. With this offer they have effective said to churn to another service. I have 5 phones two BB 7290 and three razor 3's. The best they could do for me is 150.00 initial cost 35 activation fee and keep the other services. as of Jan 23 my contract date.I will drop them like a hot rock and move on by buying phone seperately. Then pick up service I need and want. I dont have time to put the pencil to it maybe one of MBA's here can give a good review of what is the best plan of action cost wise. I am doing it all on gut feel at this point.best, jr in Texas I have a business account with T Mobile. With this offer they have effective said to churn to another service. I have 5 phones two BB 7290 and three razor 3's. The best they could do for me is 150.00 initial cost 35 activation fee and keep the other services. as of Jan 23 my contract date.I will drop them like a hot rock and move on by buying phone seperately. Then pick up service I need and want. I dont have time to put the pencil to it maybe one of MBA's here can give a good review of what is the best plan of action cost wise. I am doing it... » Read More I have a business account with T Mobile. With this offer they have effective said to churn to another service. I have 5 phones two BB 7290 and three razor 3's. The best they could do for me is 150.00 initial cost 35 activation fee and keep the other services. as of Jan 23 my contract date.I will drop them like a hot rock and move on by buying phone seperately. Then pick up service I need and want. I dont have time to put the pencil to it maybe one of MBA's here can give a good review of what is the best plan of action cost wise. I am doing it all on gut feel at this point.best, jr in Texas « Show Less
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If you're already a T-Mobile customer, it requires activating a new line of service that is completely separate from any other lines you might currently have with them.
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I find that when you call and say that you're calling to cancel your account, that you get switched to a new person who has more authority to cut deals. About a year ago I had Cingular and wanted a new phone to move to their GSM network. I tried without success to get a decent price on the Razr phone (expensive a year ago). I gave up and called to cancel. The cancel person offered me the Razr phone free if I'd stay with Cingular. My guess is that all of the services have these same "save the account" people.
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You can call T-Mobile after you activate and have them unlock it. If you have a contract you must wait 40 days.
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Not in my case. I had a prepaid T-Mobile phone already. I just transferred the SIM card to the new phone.
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i have an existing t-mobile line...can i just insert and use the sim card on this phone? Im confuse about the word prepaid - im thinking it wont work if i will use the sim card of my existing line on this phone - anybody knows?
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Hello,The one that I ordered *did* come with a SIM card - I don't know if there is a guarantee that all of them will ship with a card, but I think it probably should. The card is the new "micro" size, I believe, so I couldn't just stick my old one into this phone. However, t-mobile makes it super easy to activate the new SIM (or "update" your SIM information into a new card...same phone number and stuff). Search for "activate tmobile sim" on google, and it's like the third link. Here's the link (hopefully Amazon doesn't remove it) - http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4677. Hope that helps :) Hello,The one that I ordered *did* come with a SIM card - I don't know if there is a guarantee that all of them will ship with a card, but I think it probably should. The card is the new "micro" size, I believe, so I couldn't just stick my old one into this phone. However, t-mobile makes it super easy to activate the new SIM (or "update" your SIM information into a new card...same phone number and stuff). Search for "activate tmobile sim" on google, and it's like the third link. Here's the link (hopefully Amazon doesn't remove it) -... » Read More Hello,The one that I ordered *did* come with a SIM card - I don't know if there is a guarantee that all of them will ship with a card, but I think it probably should. The card is the new "micro" size, I believe, so I couldn't just stick my old one into this phone. However, t-mobile makes it super easy to activate the new SIM (or "update" your SIM information into a new card...same phone number and stuff). Search for "activate tmobile sim" on google, and it's like the third link. Here's the link (hopefully Amazon doesn't remove it) - http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4677. Hope that helps :) « Show Less
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You have to buy it. Cheapest one is at T- mobile. $20 to buy and activate and $10 a month.
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So...You didn't get the sim from AT&T;?As far as I know, that sim only has info pertaining to the service provider.It contains no info regarding the phone itself.I've also had my same card in three different phones, with no probs.I'm not sure I'd be OK trying to cut my card, as I've heard things about this also.Anyone had any luck getting a new (free) card, regular or micro?
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If you are using T-Mobile currently, all you have to do is to take the SIM out of your current phone and put it in this phone, and it is good to go. No need to even call T-Mobile. Because the service goes with the SIM.
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I have a t-mobile sim card from 2006, can i use it on this phone? If not, what sim card should i order? Does it need 2 sim cards to work? If so, do you end up with 2 different phone numbers?
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This version of the phone indicates that it is locked for use with T-Mobile. You can buy an unlocked version, but it will probably cost $50 to $60 more. I doubt T-Mobile will unlock the phone for you unless you have subscribed to their service. There may be other ways to unlock, but probably it is less of a hassle to buy an unlocked phone in the first place. And at $260, there are probably other phones (like a Galaxy S III Mini) that are preferable.
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Hi,I am also wanting to upgrade 3 phones and obviously have a family plan. When I try to buy this, it is forcing me to take a plan also for each phone, which I do not want. Any ideas if I will be able to keep my existing plan. I called up Cingular and they had no clue. Amazon says that they will cancel the plans that I am buying.Also will I be eligible for the Cingular and Amazon rebates.
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I bought the phone from amazon. I already had a sim card in my previous phone I got from T-mobile and just put the card in this phone. You have to go into a store that handles T-Mobile if you are not already signed up. They will sell you 1000 minutes for $100 or smaller amounts of minutes for less. Look at T-mobile website for "no contract" info. No minutes come with phone from amazon. Tmobile will assign you a phone # when you purchase minutes.
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You have to unlock this phone to use the SIM card other than T-mobile. I go oversea often and always use T-mobile prepaid phone, so I know that every T-mobile prepaid phone has to be unlocked in order to use other SIM cards. You can make a request to get a FREE unlock code for your phone as long as you meet the following requirement. I made an unlock request to T-mobile for my previous phone and got the unlock code after one week. You will need to provide T-mobile the IMEI code of your phone which can be found on the box or just dial " *#06# " then it will show up on your screen. **For customers with a Prepaid Plan, T-Mobile will provide the SIM Unlock Code upon request to eligible customers, provided the requesting customer has a minimum of 60 days of active service with T-Mobile and either a Prepaid Plan account balance of at least $10.00 or a prior refill within the last 30 days.** from the T-mobile website--- http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-1588
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I was running mine on ATT...it was unlocked. If it says T-Mobile on it don't get it. Unless you are getting a real bargain on these now you are better getting something else
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which are you trying to activate?...if its the t-mobile sim card i would take it to the t-mobile store or call them (1-800-866-2453 ). there is just a internet service plan for 39.99 per month.
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Just to let you all know I purchased this phone last night and today I recieved and email giving me my NEW number which I dont want. I was told by Amazon I could change over my old number since I was renewing my contract. CAlled t-mobile today and they were like no you cant because Amazon started you a new account!
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Just go to the website and activate it or you can call tracfone. If you have a current provider that you are discontinuing, they even tell you they will handle that. It's nice we didn't even have to call T-Mobile to cancel our service. It's nice to never get a bill again! You can also transfer your current phone numbers to your new phone.