Reply With QuoteGuess we'll need to wait and see if you start getting Vzw migration notices.
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I see from time to time people asking about activating AT&T and T-Mobile BYOP SIMs in present-day Verizon owned TracFone. It's still possible. I just transferred off a TF Verizon SIM in an iPhone I bought directly from them to an AT&T BYOP SIM. The transfer did not complete on its own after initiating it online so I had to have the porting dept push it through. It took a while on the phone but everything is up and running, balance transferred perfectly. Only issue is the Pixel 2XL I had the SIM in would not work for voice. Not sure if it's a configuration issue or not so I put the SIM in my iPhone 13 mini and voice calls work so I'll just leave it there. According to AT&T's VoLTE whitelist the Pixel 2XL is approved so maybe I'll mess around with the APN later.
I wanted it on a Verizon TF eSIM but it wouldn't transfer so I opted to just transfer to an AT&T BYOP SIM. Doesn't really matter to me, all the carriers have good service where I am.
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Guess we'll need to wait and see if you start getting Vzw migration notices.
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I was getting them on my Android which I switched to a Verizon SIM. My iPhone has never gotten a message like that though. The SIM has been active for about a year maybe. We’ll see if this new SIM gets messages.Originally Posted by rpz1
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In the other thread I reported internal transfer from branded TF VZW to TF BYOP TMO sim. Same experience, transfer kinda just sat there -- I even got a text saying I needed to chat. When I chatted, they told me to just wait -- but they must have done something because five minutes later it was done. They said they'd schedule a call back, but I never received a call (nor do I need one, as it all just worked).
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At any point did you have to provide an IMEI? Or were you able to simply activate with just the AT&T sim card number?
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I believe all now require IMEI. I did ATT earlier this year and it did and tmo did a couple days ago
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Earlier this year I took a new TF VZ phone & used a BYOP SIM to change the phone to AT&T. Did this online & did not provide an IMEI but used the SIM number. It may be different now, but at that time I had read if you activate with a TF agent they will probably ask for the IMEI.
It worked & all was well for a few months. Then I got a couple messages about changing to VZ. I didn't want to be caught with a non-working phone so I swapped in the original new VZ SIM and activated the phone as a new one via a TF voice call.
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Has it been 60 days or more since you activated the phone with the VZW sim?
If so have you tried to get it unlocked?
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Yes, the AT&T BYOP SIM activation requires an IMEI now - I used my Pixel 2XL IMEI which passed.
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Yes it has been 60 days since activated with the original VZW SIM.
I did get a text message to unlock the phone but haven't done it yet.
Curious - why would TF notify me about unlocking their phone? Why would they make it easy to lose a customer?
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Although an IMEI is now required to activate an AT&T BYOP SIM, I don't think TF is pairing or locking the SIM number to that IMEI yet. You can still swap that SIM into another whitelisted phone without problems.
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Could be a stipulation by the FCC in order for Verizon to acquire TF. Similar to why they went from requiring 360 days of purchased service to just 60 days and transferred service is acceptable.
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I have sim swapped my att TF service several times no problem
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Thanks for confirming!
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