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Can somebody help me out
i have a mytouch 3g but dont have any data plan
how do i register it without a data plan
help! I know how to do it w/o a data plan on g1
but not this one
I don't know of any way to register without a data plan, but you can pay for just 1 day of the data plan. Sign up for the data plan, register, and then send an email to [email protected] saying you don't need the data plan any longer. They will remove it no questions asked by email.
enable wlan?!
btw, there is no need to register with google if you dont have a data plan.
this feature just enables online content.
how do i ENABLE WLAN
Can't you register through a wifi network?
It is what I did on my Vodafone Magic. Hope it helps.
my magic asked me when i started for the first time whether i want to enable wifi.
afterwards it asked for reg.
mytouch actually requires you to have a data plan to register or login to gmail account before you can use access anything. I see no one is able to bypass the register/login screen on the mytouch 3g.
Ask someone for their SIM card who already has the data plan, put it in your phone and activate it with a new gmail account or sign in if you already have a gmail. Then put your SIM card into the phone and you will have access to the phone. Hope that helps.
i got an unlocked mytouch that was factory reset...when i boot it with a sim that has a data plan and set the apn for my country (i live in Caribbean) i get a little "E" icon on which i think is the Edge or GPRS symbol , but the sign in fail...saying that the 'its unable to connect to google servers" yes the setting are correct and the sim has the data plan cause it works with other phone where i live
also... from what i read there is now way to bypass the activation screen using wifi like you can do with the G1? is that true or am i looking in the wrong places
Help...frustrated....
SLEZ said:
Ask someone for their SIM card who already has the data plan, put it in your phone and activate it with a new gmail account or sign in if you already have a gmail. Then put your SIM card into the phone and you will have access to the phone. Hope that helps.
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Is this the only way? I am currently on AT&T Wireless without a Data Plan and got myself a T-mobile Mytouch 3g and it's unlocked and I can't get passed the activation login screen either.
help anyone...
dinvisible1 said:
i got an unlocked mytouch that was factory reset...when i boot it with a sim that has a data plan and set the apn for my country (i live in Caribbean) i get a little "E" icon on which i think is the Edge or GPRS symbol , but the sign in fail...saying that the 'its unable to connect to google servers" yes the setting are correct and the sim has the data plan cause it works with other phone where i live
also... from what i read there is now way to bypass the activation screen using wifi like you can do with the G1? is that true or am i looking in the wrong places
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Im having the same problem...im on at&t wireless without a data plan and cannot get pass the login/activation screen...this sucks I can't even make a simple phone call...
I've got the same problem, anybody figure it out?
go to a T-Mobile store. Ask if you can borrow the sim from one of their demo phones for a minute. once registered you can use it all you like.
If I already have a sim with an iphone data plan on it shouldn't the connection work to register?
So it has to be a T-mob data plan to register the phone and get past the activation? I would like to know as I had to master reset mine and I live in Trinidad and Tobago. Thank you.
First of all, you need tmobile data plan if it is a mytouch 3g because the APN settings are factory set to tmobile APN. You can't change those until you have signed into google and have access to settings and other features.
If you are a tmobile customer, then just log in to tmobile.com and sign up for data plan. it'll take anywhere from 30 mins to a few hours to get data plan. sign on to google and then cancel the data plan.
If you are NOT a tmobile customer then find someone who is a tmobile customer with a data plan or go to one of those tmobile stores at the mall and politely ask them to use their sim to register your phone. Or find a friend. I don't know if there is any way around it.
Finally, ROOT your phone so you don't have to worry about this crap!
Just a note of caution. If your phone has donut on it then you will have to downgrade to cupcake before you can root and that will require you to login to google one more time, so don't cancel the data plan until you do this if you intend on rooting your phone.
OK, so as I mentioned before I am from Trinidad and Tobago so the option of "going to a T-moble store" or "borrowing a friend's sim" is out of the question. Even if I do get it to the US it would be to get it registered and after I root I would be back to square one.
Another thing I saw mentioned in your post was that the APN is set to Tmobile but in my APN entries there aren't any. Does this affect any thing?
sp44 said:
I've got the same problem, anybody figure it out?
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It's easy! Just skip the whole registration process and from there you will go to the home screen. From there, you can setup your wifi and then register your device! At least this is for the Google phones.
MT3G does not allow you to skip the registraiton process.
try getting a bmobile sim card with a data plan or a data sim as wee call it in trinidad and use that to register the phone, bmobiles APN settings are simple, just type in Internet as the APN and leave everything else blank, that should work...
Hello,
I have an ATT data plan that I use with a wireless card. My question is can I just take the SIM card out of my wireless card and insert it into my Galaxy tab? Thanks in advance for your help.
geebee1932 said:
Hello,
I have an ATT data plan that I use with a wireless card. My question is can I just take the SIM card out of my wireless card and insert it into my Galaxy tab? Thanks in advance for your help.
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I don't think it's that hard to find out. Just pull it out and insert it in.
I think he is asking for permission
Actually I should say that I don't have the tab yet but wondered if this would work. Anyone try it?
I have the tmobile version. I popped my sim card in and got 3g but redirected. I think that there isnt a restriction you can pop in your sim and start using it. If you want to use it as a phone you need to flash the firmware. check the att thread
No... This did not work effectively for me when I took the Samsung Galaxy Captivate (SGH-I897) SIM from AT&T and inserted it into the Tab... After talking to AT&T for several hours and even asking them to validate with Samsung we determined the following:
1. Audio calls using the 3G network is not possible at this point in time.
2. Needed to enable a separate data plan with AT&T and a new phone # using the SIM for 3G data (2GB/mo = $25 + I added the unlimited messaging = $15 /mo).
Jeff
geebee1932 said:
Hello,
I have an ATT data plan that I use with a wireless card. My question is can I just take the SIM card out of my wireless card and insert it into my Galaxy tab? Thanks in advance for your help.
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It will work just fine. At least it does on my AT&T Tab with Euro JK5 ROM.
jeverton said:
No... This did not work effectively for me when I took the Samsung Galaxy Captivate (SGH-I897) SIM from AT&T and inserted it into the Tab... After talking to AT&T for several hours and even asking them to validate with Samsung we determined the following:
1. Audio calls using the 3G network is not possible at this point in time.
2. Needed to enable a separate data plan with AT&T and a new phone # using the SIM for 3G data (2GB/mo = $25 + I added the unlimited messaging = $15 /mo).
Jeff
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Well, if you have hours to spend for AT&T rep, why don't you spend some time reading up from this forum? Here is a good place to start http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=847273
Of course, it's not supported by AT&T but then why buy the tab if you can't do sh*t about it? If that the case, I would prolly buy an iPad and feed Steve Jobs so he could be wealthier
What the heck is wrong with some of you? Why don't some of you think for yourselves? I didn't even hestitate, I asked the sales rep if I could pop my SIM into their display model and she said ok. It downloaded data immediately on my account. And I have unlimited data plan and the SIM normally sits in my Tilt 2.
It works. I had the common sense to just do it then and there.
Sure, it doesn't make calls. That's a ROM issue. But then that's also heavily documented here on this forum and the info to defeat that is there, too.
Sheesh.
Hi,
I am trying to get an AT&T data plan only for my Note. SO I was trying to get the data plan for a tablet and AT&T gave me a SIM card but they wouldn't activate it. They said I need to put it in my tablet to activate it. Does anyone know if I can just call AT&T and ask them to activate it for me over the phone???
Any other way to get data only plan on the Note?
I made a thread about this last week and never got a answer. I plan to be doing the same once I get mine. I have my Micro SIM from my iPAD(unlimited Data)
I know with the iPhone the only APN I had to change was the wap.cingular. I typed "Broadband" instead, and my iPhone works with the Data only SIM.
I used that same sim with a converter in my ATT Galaxy Tab with no modification.
See if you can find the normal ATT APN then do what I did, subtract the "wap.cingular" for "broadband"
If you are waiyting and just want to activate it...maybe try and fone some one with a 3g ipad that will let you activate your plan? Once you do, they can pop their sim back in and it wil be as if you never did anything.
Spartan2x said:
I made a thread about this last week and never got a answer. I plan to be doing the same once I get mine. I have my Micro SIM from my iPAD(unlimited Data)
I know with the iPhone the only APN I had to change was the wap.cingular. I typed "Broadband" instead, and my iPhone works with the Data only SIM.
I used that same sim with a converter in my ATT Galaxy Tab with no modification.
See if you can find the normal ATT APN then do what I did, subtract the "wap.cingular" for "broadband"
If you are waiyting and just want to activate it...maybe try and fone some one with a 3g ipad that will let you activate your plan? Once you do, they can pop their sim back in and it wil be as if you never did anything.
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right, except I can't find anyone with neither non wifi only android tablet or ipad
Hey, just wanted to let people know that I took the T-Mobile sim from my phone with the $30/month 5gb plan, popped it in my new VZW Gpad, set the APN, and bam, I had 4G T-mobile service. Not sure if it will last or if T-mo will get mad, but it's a prepaid plan so I can't imagine they'll care.
Well, tmobile's 200MB free data plan works too (for now).
Couldn't activate a unused Sim directly on the tablet (redirected to T-Mobile site when Sim is inserted, but said "device not supported"). A pre-activated Sim works
Since I have postpaid tmobile as well, I have the 1GB free plan, and it throttles to 2g when I go over(free 200mb users get hard cut off instead of throttle)
Verizon's prepaid data plans obviously works too, but its very hard to get a Verizon Sim to use ( they get deactivated after 6? Months of no active plans, need to get one from fleabay. Most Verizon stores refuse to give out Sim cards , or would activate you for postpaid even if you asked for prepaid ). $30 for 2GB
My postpaid T-Mobile -phone- sim works great on my Verizon sold N7; T-Mobile must not recognize them.
I was able to successfully add my T-Mobile sim. Once APN was modified, worked like a charm...however, received notification that "Tablet Activate not complete". Once restarted, the radio was no longer picking up signal. Had to do a factory reset and tried again with similar result.
Thoughts?
mindstream98 said:
I was able to successfully add my T-Mobile sim. Once APN was modified, worked like a charm...however, received notification that "Tablet Activate not complete". Once restarted, the radio was no longer picking up signal. Had to do a factory reset and tried again with similar result.
Thoughts?
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Are you on the new KitKat update?
razgriz8426 said:
Are you on the new KitKat update?
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Yep, tablet was received with the Kit Kat updated already installed.
With that, not sure if I have to have the tablet first activate on a verizon sim?
mindstream98 said:
Yep, tablet was received with the Kit Kat updated already installed.
With that, not sure if I have to have the tablet first activate on a verizon sim?
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It's entirely possible that Verizon has disallowed the use of other sims, which would be a shame, but I could definitely see it happening. I don't have experience with it as I'm now on Verizon, but I'm sure there are other people that are trying to find a work around. I'll post if I hear of anything.
razgriz8426 said:
It's entirely possible that Verizon has disallowed the use of other sims, which would be a shame, but I could definitely see it happening. I don't have experience with it as I'm now on Verizon, but I'm sure there are other people that are trying to find a work around. I'll post if I hear of anything.
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try flashing the modem from 4.2.2 (need root)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54584896&postcount=5
Some people have no problems with T-mobile SIM in KK4.4.2 VK810. I (and some other people) have problems, need to roll back the modem firmware
paperWastage said:
Well, tmobile's 200MB free data plan works too (for now).
Couldn't activate a unused Sim directly on the tablet (redirected to T-Mobile site when Sim is inserted, but said "device not supported"). A pre-activated Sim works
Since I have postpaid tmobile as well, I have the 1GB free plan, and it throttles to 2g when I go over(free 200mb users get hard cut off instead of throttle)
Verizon's prepaid data plans obviously works too, but its very hard to get a Verizon Sim to use ( they get deactivated after 6? Months of no active plans, need to get one from fleabay. Most Verizon stores refuse to give out Sim cards , or would activate you for postpaid even if you asked for prepaid ). $30 for 2GB
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How do you preactivate a sim card? I got a sim card from tmobile online and it didnt work so i had to call them and i had to pay to get service.
T-mobile yes and no.
10.00 Walgreens SIM card.
Local T-Mobile store rolled eyes.and told me I was mistaken "T-Mobile doesn't offer free data if you don't have a Tmobile account"
Even the 200mb free advertised on the T-Mobile website (more rolling of the eyes!)
Asked to speak to manager and store manger said yeah we did that for a short time but no longer.
"what website says we still offer it?"
*T-Mobile" ok lemme check, can I have your drivers license to do a credit check?
UH NO...
Called in and after 20 minutes (explaining same stuff again.) the rep says the T-mobile recognizes the VK810 IMEI number as a Phone so I can't qualify for free 200MB tablet data. Sorry.
Funny I added 10.00 when I was trying to activate it myself so I had them apply that to 1GB 1 Week plan and it worked flawlessly.
But no they wouldn't activate it as free tablet 200mb plan.
TL:dr
has anyone had luck activating the free BYOT 200mb plan on the VK810?
GPad on ATT
Does anyone know if this tablet has the bands to support ATT LTE? I'd like to buy one from Verizon, and use on ATT. Thanks in advance.
xMutant said:
10.00 Walgreens SIM card.
Local T-Mobile store rolled eyes.and told me I was mistaken "T-Mobile doesn't offer free data if you don't have a Tmobile account"
Even the 200mb free advertised on the T-Mobile website (more rolling of the eyes!)
Asked to speak to manager and store manger said yeah we did that for a short time but no longer.
"what website says we still offer it?"
*T-Mobile" ok lemme check, can I have your drivers license to do a credit check?
UH NO...
Called in and after 20 minutes (explaining same stuff again.) the rep says the T-mobile recognizes the VK810 IMEI number as a Phone so I can't qualify for free 200MB tablet data. Sorry.
Funny I added 10.00 when I was trying to activate it myself so I had them apply that to 1GB 1 Week plan and it worked flawlessly.
But no they wouldn't activate it as free tablet 200mb plan.
TL:dr
has anyone had luck activating the free BYOT 200mb plan on the VK810?
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activate it over the phone or borrow an LTE iPad/... to activate it
hkk said:
Does anyone know if this tablet has the bands to support ATT LTE? I'd like to buy one from Verizon, and use on ATT. Thanks in advance.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53217241&postcount=13
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53606129&postcount=19
paperWastage said:
activate it over the phone or borrow an LTE iPad/... to activate it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53217241&postcount=13
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53606129&postcount=19
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Thanks paperWastage
paperWastage said:
activate it over the phone or borrow an LTE iPad/... to activate it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53217241&postcount=13
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53606129&postcount=19
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Does anybody successfully run T-Mobile after 4.4.2 update?
TIA.
Maine_Coon said:
Does anybody successfully run T-Mobile after 4.4.2 update?
TIA.
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Just did this morning, used the "Android phone" settings, needed to reboot a couple of times, and added the TMobile app as well.
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-2090
pliablemoose said:
Just did this morning, used the "Android phone" settings, needed to reboot a couple of times, and added the TMobile app as well.
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-2090
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Thanks for the link. I have LTE working in my tablet, but can't get internet sharing to work. Could anyone get internet sharing to work with a tmo sim?
Rooted or Unrooted
I have a rooted G Pad that I reverted back to 4.2.2 in order to try my tmobile sim in. I entered all the APN settings in both 4.4.2 & 4.2.2 and nothing.
Maybe I should try to unroot?
Just an update for anyone who is interested in this still.
I bought an almost brand new LG G pad from Verizon. Saw this thread and decided that I was going to try it.
I got the device with 4.4.2 android. Haven't done any modifications. No root. No downgrading. Build: KOT49I.VK81022B. Software: VK81022B.
Went into the TMobile store. Asked for a sim with a tablet plan activated on it. I had taken the sim tray out of the Verizon tablet to show him the size of the sim. Wasn't sure of the correct size. The guy started giving me the speil on how it must be unlocked, I really should buy a device from them etc. I told him not to worry. Sell me the sim. He finally obliged. Before leaving the store I asked to try it out on a TMobile branded tablet to make sure data was coming through. It was.
Came home. Put in the sim into the device. It wanted to be rebooted. I did, thinking that maybe it would be that easy. It wasn't. I needed to set the APN. Settings> More> Mobile Networks> Access Point Names.
I only set 3 things in there.
Name: TMobile
APN: fast.t-mobile.com
MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc
Everything else was left unaltered.
Rebooted and BAM. Net access. Yes. Wifi was turned off. After reboot there is a notification that the tablet couldn't be activated. I just cleared it out. No affect on the device's net access.
Not sure if I'll be able to get the 200 mb free net access. We'll see.
I signed up for Google Voice using the wife's phone. Using hangouts I can send/receive text messages. With the hangouts dialer added on top of that I can send/receive phone calls. I was getting my text messages coming to hangouts and my email too but after playing around with some settings in Google Voice I finally got things sorted.
Gpad 8.3 - 5GB LTE - Google Voice? Yes please.
Awesome!
This is exactly what I am HOPING to do with my Verizon 8.3/Tmobile 5GB LTE/Google Voice combo.
I will see if I can get the same result with my sim.
candohome said:
Awesome!
This is exactly what I am HOPING to do with my Verizon 8.3/Tmobile 5GB LTE/Google Voice combo.
I will see if I can get the same result with my sim.
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Those settings worked for me as well! 5GB LTE on the LG 8.3! Now to fix what isn't broken...
Anyone check to see if other gsm sim cards would work in the Verizon version of the moto e4?
Also will this verizon model work on Jio network (850 band available in this set) in India?
I can confirm it works with AT&T Freedompop GSM SIM after buying a $2 unlock code on ebay. Noted it picks up LTE bands 2,4,5,17. Band 5 is the 850 Mhz frequency.
Whyzor said:
I can confirm it works with AT&T Freedompop GSM SIM after buying a $2 unlock code on ebay. Noted it picks up LTE bands 2,4,5,17. Band 5 is the 850 Mhz frequency.
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You able to place calls??
juggamonkey said:
You able to place calls??
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I use T-Mobile and after buying the SIM unlock on eBay, I am able to use both voice and data.
That's crazy cricket doesn't allow voice calls for me .I ordered unlock code from eBay also
juggamonkey said:
That's crazy cricket doesn't allow voice calls for me .I ordered unlock code from eBay also
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You may need to change the settings to use T-Mobile/GSM network or something like that. Some people mentioned it in the slickdeals forum:
https://slickdeals.net/f/10418732-verizon-moto-e4-prepaid-39-88-walmart
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That's crazy cricket doesn't allow voice calls for me .I ordered unlock code from eBay also
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When I first inserted the cricket sim, it wont allow the voice calls. I switched the preferred network from 4g to 3g, the calls worked. Switched it back to 4g and they still work. Try doing this, it works..
EDIT: Remember, it switches from LTE to 3G when making the calls. I got the unlock code from ebay for $2.09.
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When I first inserted the cricket sim, it wont allow the voice calls. I switched the preferred network from 4g to 3g, the calls worked. Switched it back to 4g and they still work. Try doing this, it works..
EDIT: Remember, it switches from LTE to 3G when making the calls. I got the unlock code from ebay for $2.09.
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Hey thanks ! That worked
so, 100% sure that it works to make calls, data and sms when try unlock code from ebay? is yes, i´ll buy one to try in México
I unlocked mine with a code off eBay. I am currently using it on Cricket(At&t). Everything is working fine..data, calls, texts, MMS. Just had to find the correct APN settings. From my understanding...it should be usable on Sprint/Boost but who would want to.
Hi, anyone know how to dial special numbers like *611 or *264 when your using another sim (from other carrier, nota Verizon) ? Because im trying but always appear +1 simbol before i dial
My friend bought the Verizon prepaid version and isn't able to connect to many WiFi networks, like the airport ones (he tried in a couple different airports and none worked), any ideas how to fix that?
I unlocked my verizon E4 through ebay and checked it works with Jio in Mumbai -
4G was working without setting up the APN - just put the sim
I unlocked mine for $2 on ebay and my at&t sim works. sms does have a slight delay sending at times but lte and calls work.
This might sound like a stupid question, but this could be used with a Verizon post-paid SIM, correct? My son has the HTC 10 and it got dropped in water but he is away at school. He should be able to just run to Target, grab one for $40, and take that nano SIM out of his bad HTC 10 and pop it in the Verizon Pre-paid Moto E4 and that's it, correct? No need to call Verizon or anything?
acejavelin said:
This might sound like a stupid question, but this could be used with a Verizon post-paid SIM, correct? My son has the HTC 10 and it got dropped in water but he is away at school. He should be able to just run to Target, grab one for $40, and take that nano SIM out of his bad HTC 10 and pop it in the Verizon Pre-paid Moto E4 and that's it, correct? No need to call Verizon or anything?
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I believe that is correct from what I've read here.
Supposedly, already activated Verizon post-paid sims are good to go. It's when you try to activate the Verizon prepaid phone that you run into problems because the prepaid IMEI is NOT whitelisted. Of course, 'm only repeating what I've read. I don't use Verizon, so YMMV.
acejavelin said:
This might sound like a stupid question, but this could be used with a Verizon post-paid SIM, correct? My son has the HTC 10 and it got dropped in water but he is away at school. He should be able to just run to Target, grab one for $40, and take that nano SIM out of his bad HTC 10 and pop it in the Verizon Pre-paid Moto E4 and that's it, correct? No need to call Verizon or anything?
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Also not a Verizon user here, but as I understand it, putting postpaid VZW sim in a prepaid device that hasn't been active on a prepaid account will result in a lock being put on your postpaid account. This will necessitate a call to VZW customer service to 'reactivate' the account - no calls messages or data until you make that call (from another line)
This is what I recall from discussion around similar use case in the Moto e 2015 forums. Ymmv.
dandrumheller said:
Also not a Verizon user here, but as I understand it, putting postpaid VZW sim in a prepaid device that hasn't been active on a prepaid account will result in a lock being put on your postpaid account. This will necessitate a call to VZW customer service to 'reactivate' the account - no calls messages or data until you make that call (from another line)
This is what I recall from discussion around similar use case in the Moto e 2015 forums. Ymmv.
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Hmm... That could be a problem, at least in the short term, but he was able to come up with a Verizon LG G2 and popped his SIM in and it worked. A couple days in rice may help, but I have my doubts.
In the mean time, since Target had these on sale for $39.99, I picked one up (my local store had about a dozen in stock) in case the phone is dead and he decides not to get it repaired under the service agreement by paying the deductible (which is $150 I think). Not going to open it for the time being, but will see what happens as time goes on.
I am a little concerned when you say "will result in a lock being put on your postpaid account", since this account has 3 lines in it and neither of us is the account holder. :/ To you have a link back to that information?
I read that they freeze your account and won't let it work with the prepaid phone (on Slickdeals)