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Apparently, the TMobile unlocked iPhone will work on Verizon, sort of... Date: September 23, 2014 02:25PM |
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well. i tried to go to my account and i tried to tell verizon to change my phone from a iPhone 5 to the iPhone 6 plus i bought today. they wouldn't accept the imei, because it is not a verizon phone.
but guess what. if i take my pre-activated sim card out of my iPhone 5 and put it in my iPhone 6 plus, it works. it turns on the CDMA radio. and i can make calls. and i can send texts and i can browse web pages
it seems the iPhone 6 plus is just like the iPad air and iPad mini retina. and its universal.
The only gotcha seems to be, that you have to have an already Verizon activated LTE SIM card. Verizon will not recognize the device in its system, as far as showing it is active on your account, but apparently the phone works for talk, text, & data, out of the box. Just a heads up for you guys.
Roswell, GA (Atlanta suburb)
well. i tried to go to my account and i tried to tell verizon to change my phone from a iPhone 5 to the iPhone 6 plus i bought today. they wouldn't accept the imei, because it is not a verizon phone.
but guess what. if i take my pre-activated sim card out of my iPhone 5 and put it in my iPhone 6 plus, it works. it turns on the CDMA radio. and i can make calls. and i can send texts and i can browse web pages
it seems the iPhone 6 plus is just like the iPad air and iPad mini retina. and its universal.
The only gotcha seems to be, that you have to have an already Verizon activated LTE SIM card. Verizon will not recognize the device in its system, as far as showing it is active on your account, but apparently the phone works for talk, text, & data, out of the box. Just a heads up for you guys.
Roswell, GA (Atlanta suburb)
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Re: Apparently, the TMobile unlocked iPhone will work on Verizon, sort of... Date: September 23, 2014 02:49PM |
Be advised, I am not advocating this, just pointing out that it is possible.
I think Verizon can't close the loophole, because it is a technically possibility that they can't prevent. They can, and do, refuse to acknowledge the phone in their system, and will not let you access the rogue phone from your online account maintenance, so you have to have an already active SIM and forgo the online account maintenace, but this is about all they can do, as far as I can tell.
Roswell, GA (Atlanta suburb)
I think Verizon can't close the loophole, because it is a technically possibility that they can't prevent. They can, and do, refuse to acknowledge the phone in their system, and will not let you access the rogue phone from your online account maintenance, so you have to have an already active SIM and forgo the online account maintenace, but this is about all they can do, as far as I can tell.
Roswell, GA (Atlanta suburb)
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Re: Apparently, the TMobile unlocked iPhone will work on Verizon, sort of... Date: September 23, 2014 02:59PM |
Aren't all the Verizon iPhones sold unlocked anyway? I thought that was a new thing that started with the 5 or 5s. Verizon bought some spectrum or something and part of the deal was that their phones are unlocked from the getgo.
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Re: Apparently, the TMobile unlocked iPhone will work on Verizon, sort of... Date: September 23, 2014 03:48PM |
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Aren't all the Verizon iPhones sold unlocked anyway? I thought that was a new thing that started with the 5 or 5s. Verizon bought some spectrum or something and part of the deal was that their phones are unlocked from the getgo.
Yes, it has been possible to use Verizon phones on ATT/TMobile, but not the other way around. Apparently, now it will work, sort of, either way.
Roswell, GA (Atlanta suburb)
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Re: Apparently, the TMobile unlocked iPhone will work on Verizon, sort of... Date: September 23, 2014 05:04PM |
"VZW is really picky about their network."
Sounds like somebody at Apple has to spank Verizon again.......
I doubt Tim Cook is up to the job.
Sounds like somebody at Apple has to spank Verizon again.......
I doubt Tim Cook is up to the job.
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Re: Apparently, the TMobile unlocked iPhone will work on Verizon, sort of... Date: September 23, 2014 05:24PM |
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"VZW is really picky about their network."
Sounds like somebody at Apple has to spank Verizon again.......
I doubt Tim Cook is up to the job.
Or Verizon could, you know, obey the rules they agreed to in order to acquire spectrum. This is more than an Apple problem, unfortunately.
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Re: Apparently, the TMobile unlocked iPhone will work on Verizon, sort of... Date: September 23, 2014 11:51PM |
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well. i tried to go to my account and i tried to tell verizon to change my phone from a iPhone 5 to the iPhone 6 plus i bought today. they wouldn't accept the imei, because it is not a verizon phone.
but guess what. if i take my pre-activated sim card out of my iPhone 5 and put it in my iPhone 6 plus, it works. it turns on the CDMA radio. and i can make calls. and i can send texts and i can browse web pages
it seems the iPhone 6 plus is just like the iPad air and iPad mini retina. and its universal.
The only gotcha seems to be, that you have to have an already Verizon activated LTE SIM card. Verizon will not recognize the device in its system, as far as showing it is active on your account, but apparently the phone works for talk, text, & data, out of the box. Just a heads up for you guys.
Very interesting news, thanks for posting.
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