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ditch verizon for nexus with straight talk?

Im thinking about ditching Verizon and paying the $350 bucks! but i can probably make that back from selling my S3. But what are your guys thoughts about getting a nexus 4 with straight talk? has anyone used Straight Talk and is it really worth it or is it one of those deals that are either "too good to be true" or "you get what you pay for"? cause just buy switching even if i dont sell my s3 ill still be saving $500 a year. Also whats the speed difference between hspa+ and 4g lte?

Mark930 said:
Im thinking about ditching Verizon and paying the $350 bucks! but i can probably make that back from selling my S3. But what are your guys thoughts about getting a nexus 4 with straight talk? has anyone used Straight Talk and is it really worth it or is it one of those deals that are either "too good to be true" or "you get what you pay for"? cause just buy switching even if i dont sell my s3 ill still be saving $500 a year. Also whats the speed difference between hspa+ and 4g lte?
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I don't have experience with Straight Talk, but that's what I plan on doing with my N4 except I'm gonna try T Mobile prepaid instead. If I don't like it, I'll switch to Straight Talk AT&T. I have $200 to pay for my EFT from AT&T.
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I switched from Sprint [SERO Premium] to Straight Talk on my Galaxy Nuxus, & its been good so far (about three months so far). I'm in NYC, and i get about 5Mb down, sometimes slower and sometimes faster. Overall, the service is better than Sprint.
feel free to ask any specific questions.

tatical said:
I switched from Sprint [SERO Premium] to Straight Talk on my Galaxy Nuxus, & its been good so far (about three months so far). I'm in NYC, and i get about 5Mb down, sometimes slower and sometimes faster. Overall, the service is better than Sprint.
feel free to ask any specific questions.
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Did you port over your number? If so was it pretty easy. I don't know anything about gsm phones I've been on Verizon for about 7years. do you just but the phone pop in the straight talk sim and activate like you would on Verizon?
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Got 2 more questions if you forget to add more time to your account will you automatically loss your phone number and have to get a new one? Also if you decide to switch back to a carrier can you port your number back? I've been told that you can't port a number if you have a pre pay phone back to a carrier like Verizon or att.
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What about Solavei? Anyone with any experience with them? I heard they use TMO's network.

Mark930 said:
Did you port over your number? If so was it pretty easy. I don't know anything about gsm phones I've been on Verizon for about 7years. do you just but the phone pop in the straight talk sim and activate like you would on Verizon?
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The Galaxy Nexus was my first GSM phone, & I was with Sprint for over 10 years (my first cellphone was a Motorola Timeport).
I ported my number to Straight Talk, & it was simple*. My number was ported in about 24 hours, but it took about 48 hours to be 100% complete. During the process, I received a text message from at&t (I ordered an at&t compatible SIM card). I could make calls, but not receive any, & my friends couldn't receive the texts I sent. But after the second day, everything was ok. The phone showed 'no signal', for the first few hours (I started to think that my phone or SIM was defective).
Porting your number to Straight Talk effectively activates your SIM card with your old number. Just make sure you set your APN :Settings > Wireless & Networks > More > Mobile networks > Access Point Names (I left the "Proxy" empty)
*I was scared that I might lose my Sprint number to Straight Talk, so I ported it to Google Voice. Then I ported a custom number from another Google Voice account to Straight Talk.
Mark930 said:
Got 2 more questions if you forget to add more time to your account will you automatically loss your phone number and have to get a new one? Also if you decide to switch back to a carrier can you port your number back? I've been told that you can't port a number if you have a pre pay phone back to a carrier like Verizon or att.
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1. I'm not sure, you'll have to ask customer service. But I read somewhere that they'll give you a day or two to add time to your account. They'll send you text reminders two weeks before your service ends).
2. This seems odd, you should just ask Verizon if they can port a number out from a pre-paid carrier (or just port to google voice).
I had one problem with Straight Talk: I couldn't see my service end date on their website, or add time. I called customer service and they deactivated & reactivated my account, fixing the issue. The call was pretty painless.

Hey OP. Take a look at this thread from the Galaxy Nexus forum. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455014
It has all the info you would want to know about GSM Pre-Paid options.

Straight Talk sim activation for nexus 4

Hello everyone,
I am coming from Sprint and am waiting for my nexus 4 to arrive. I have to leave sprint by 6 December or I will be fined $350 dollars. My 16GB is backordered and I am not confident I will meet that deadline. In order to leave sprint I need to port my number top straight talk. Since I am new to straight talk I was wondering if I could port my number to the straight talk sim without actually having my phone yet? I am just trying to ensure I am not screwed if Google fails to deliver by within the 3 week period thanks everyone!
sent from my perfect 32GB Nexus 7

Porting is done via the ST website, you don't actually need a device at all, just the serial# of the (micro) SIM card.

I can confirm this works as well. It's pretty slick and you'll love Straight Talk.
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i was suprised when the porting took like minutes maybe cause i was with tmobile.. go ahead it will work

I have ST using an ATT compatible sim. If I had to do it again I'd port my number to Google Voice and order a TMobile compatible sim for the faster speeds. If you port your number to GV you will never have to worry about "porting" again and you can try different prepaid carriers.
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Bronk93 said:
I have ST using an ATT compatible sim. If I had to do it again I'd port my number to Google Voice and order a TMobile compatible sim for the faster speeds. If you port your number to GV you will never have to worry about "porting" again and you can try different prepaid carriers.
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I second this advice. Porting to Google voice will cost you $20 but it's worth every penny. You won't have to port again and you can switch plans effortlessly by just forwarding to your new carrier number from Google voice.
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giblesnot said:
I second this advice. Porting to Google voice will cost you $20 but it's worth every penny. You won't have to port again and you can switch plans effortlessly by just forwarding to your new carrier number from Google voice.
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I was looking into this option a few weeks ago. I was concerned with the number availability when I am deployed. Can you access Google voice in the Middle East? The only other feedback I notice for Google voice was that the messaging and vvm can get screwed up. Have any of you had this issue? Will I be able to program the phone to use the stock mma application for messaging or am I going to get stuck with the poorly developed Google voice application? Finally will Google voice use data or actual carrier minutes? I want to make sure I can get calls inside my work where I have phone signal but weak data.
Thanks for all the help. You all are awesome.:beer:
I have done some more research and found most of my answers besides the Google voice overseas. I think I am going to skip Google voice for the straight talk port... However if I need to change again I will consider it again. I just want to have a simplified experience with texting that Google voice can not offer.
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I just did tonight an etf with Sprint and have till 1/7/13 to port the number out. My nexus 4 won't be here for another 6-7 weeks but have an old flip phone reactivated with AT&T for $25 prepaid at their store, not the same as the straight talk plan since the phone has no data plan. Just ordered tonight a Tmobile straight talk SIM card. I was told at Walmart that the AT&T SIM card I got at the AT&T store won't work w straight talk and needed to order a straight talk AT&T SIM card from Walmart.com.
1-Is that correct information regarding needing a straight talk specific AT&T SIM card?
2- Do I port now my sprint number before I even have the phone and before 1/7/13 to google voice since I am going to try Tmobile and AT&T straight talk plans?
3-Do I pay $20 to port my number to google voice and then add the AT&T and Tmobile numbers to the google voice account?
4- Can I port to google voice without having an active phone?
Tia,
Ian B

I have not checked if Google Voice is accessible from foreign IPs, but if not, a VPN would be your best bet (if allowed obviously).
Porting my number to Google Voice has been absolutely worth it. However, it isn't for everyone, like Uh60m Pilot. You can have SMS forwarded to your cell number, and consequently be able to reply from your native sms app (or one of your choosing), but it will be a GV shortcode, not the other person's actual number. It's been a long time since I've done any research, but I remember coming across some sort of app that promises seamless integration. I just did a search and believe it was https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mdrtools.apps.gvintegration&hl=en
I haven't tried it personally so I can't vouch for it.
Of course, it's worth mentioning that GV does not have full support for MMS yet. I've been finding that I can get MMS from certain carriers (at least Sprint but not VZW or TMO last I checked), but they are sent to email instead of the GV app. No MMS sending though.
That said, being able to bang out SMS from the website while on the computer is extremely handy.
Mr Ian B, I don't understand how you paid your ETF yet still have time to port out your number? The convention is that the number is gone as soon as you close the account. You can port it whereever you want.. I believe you can switch between ST att/tmo by just calling in, but I'm just repeating what I read on the forums at one point. You may want to verify that.
As for porting to GV, that is up to you. Do know that they only accept ports from the major carriers-- VZW, ATT, TMO, Sprint. So if you're set on porting to GV and still have service with Sprint, that may be the easiest way.
Otherwise, you'd be looking at activating a TMO prepaid account ($0.99 per sim activation kit, limit 2 per order-- comes with $3.34 which is more than enough for you to port in and out), porting your number in, and then porting it out to GV ($20).
Since you are looking at ST, you aren't going to be worried about minutes, so it's really up to you if you want to port to GV..
edit: just realized there's a free version of GV SMS Integration: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...vintegration.free&feature=more_from_developer
may give it a shot myself..

ziddey said:
Mr Ian B, I don't understand how you paid your ETF yet still have time to port out your number? The convention is that the number is gone as soon as you close the account. You can port it whereever you want.. I believe you can switch between ST att/tmo by just calling in, but I'm just repeating what I read on the forums at one point. You may want to verify that.
As for porting to GV, that is up to you. Do know that they only accept ports from the major carriers-- VZW, ATT, TMO, Sprint. So if you're set on porting to GV and still have service with Sprint, that may be the easiest way.
Otherwise, you'd be looking at activating a TMO prepaid account ($0.99 per sim activation kit, limit 2 per order-- comes with $3.34 which is more than enough for you to port in and out), porting your number in, and then porting it out to GV ($20).
Since you are looking at ST, you aren't going to be worried about minutes, so it's really up to you if you want to port to GV..
edit: just realized there's a free version of GV SMS Integration: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...vintegration.free&feature=more_from_developer
may give it a shot myself..
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Thanks for info Ziddey. I requested the etf tonight and I have till the end of my current billing cycle on 1/7/13 to port the number out. They will send me a bill in February for the etf. I am currently on Sprint and my Sprint number is my google voice number based on some agreement between them. I just want to port my 13 year old number somewhere and not lose it. I don't want to give out a new number to all my 200+ contacts. Does ST charge to port numbers in and out?
Tia,
Ian B

No, porting is generally free. Sprint has some sort of integration with GV, which may explain why I can receive MMS from Sprint users. The $20 porting fee only applies to GV.

[Q] WIFI Calling

I have the Galaxy s5 and originally purchased one from T-Mobile (When I was leaving ATT). Unfortunately, there service did not work well at my house so I went back to ATT, 5 hours after cancelling with them. When I did have the TMobile version, I really liked the wifi calling. I was upset when I found that ATT disabled that feature as well as the download booster.
I just found how to enable to download booster using Nova Launcher. Is there a way to get the wifi calling working too? Thanks for everyone's help.
Also, this is my first Android phone. What are things that I should download, try out, modify etc.....I want to make sure I'm going to stick with this and not go back to Apple. I want to see what all the freedom there is that people tell me I was missing out on with Apple.

WiFi calling is a T-Mobile exclusive. Att does not have the feature yet and Sprint is only just working on it. It cannot be ported over unfortunately.
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eris_roote said:
WiFi calling is a T-Mobile exclusive. Att does not have the feature yet and Sprint is only just working on it. It cannot be ported over unfortunately.
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That sucks!!! Thanks for the response though!!!

scholls22 said:
That sucks!!! Thanks for the response though!!!
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Sorry I can't give you the steps, but there is a really great way to do wifi calling.
You need google voice account, hangouts, and app called sipdroid.
Some searching around the net should get you the steps.
But I would use this when I travel overseas. You can call any landline or cell phone and no one got charged. The caller ID would be your google voice number. So i guess if I were to call an overseas number they might get charged.
But this set up worked flawlessly. I made calls from Indonesia, Singapore, London, Germany, Nicaragua, and El Salvador to all my family for free. This wasn't all in one trip and it kept working each time I set it up.

Activated with Ting.com (306SHASB Sprint version)

Do we have success any stories of activating the Sharp Aquos Crystal 306S with Ting.com (Sprint MNVO)?
If so, which Device? Sprint-Prepaid (306SHASB) or Boost Mobile (306SHBBB)?
EDIT: The Sprint Prepaid version of 306SH works with Ting.com!!!
If you decide to save bunch of money and join Ting.com, you can use my referral and save even more!
https://z3hthg1gbj3.ting.com/

Well, I just went ahead and bought the Sprint-Prepaid version, Model # SH306SHASB, over at Best Buy this afternoon.
It activated with Ting.com without any problems, Voice and Data 4G/LTE is working fine; have not tried MMS yes, but SMS works.
(Did not have a chance to give it a full run, but will tonight.)
The wife absolutely loves it! (Her Epic 4G Touch was starting to bore her, and I will absolutely NOT buy her the "Fruit Phone").
#happywife=happylife
Actually, I do like the phone's look and feel. The design is very eye catching. It does not feel too light or "plasticy" in the hand, the screen is a good size.
Now my S4 looks like an old man with a grey beard...

kozmo2k4 said:
Well, I just went ahead and bought the Sprint-Prepaid version, Model # SH306SHASB, over at Best Buy this afternoon.
It activated with Ting.com without any problems, Voice and Data 4G/LTE is working fine; have not tried MMS yes, but SMS works.
(Did not have a chance to give it a full run, but will tonight.)
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Does the Sprint prepaid version have the built-in tethering or a mobile hotspot app pre-loaded and does it work? From what I read on another site, those are missing in the Boost version.
I'm seriously considering getting a Crystal for my next phone, just waiting on some decent cases, hopefully Lolipop, and I'm already on Ting.

Haven't tried tethering; will have a look at it when the wifey gets home this afternoon ...
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tweak42 said:
Does the Sprint prepaid version have the built-in tethering or a mobile hotspot app pre-loaded and does it work? From what I read on another site, those are missing in the Boost version.
I'm seriously considering getting a Crystal for my next phone, just waiting on some decent cases, hopefully Lolipop, and I'm already on Ting.
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I just checked and did not find any tethering apps installed.
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kozmo2k4 said:
I just checked and did nit find any tethering apps installed.
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Thanks for checking.
Did you also check under the Settings > Wireless & Networks > More ? That's where the Moto G on Sprint Prepaid has it, and it's also running a fairly stock android load.

tweak42 said:
Thanks for checking.
Did you also check under the Settings > Wireless & Networks > More ? That's where the Moto G on Sprint Prepaid has it, and it's also running a fairly stock android load.
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That was the first place I checked, nothing there...

My brother was able to activate the Boost edition on Ting with no issues.

typolad said:
My brother was able to activate the Boost edition on Ting with no issues.
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Did he activate on Boost first or just open the box and straight to ting?

Activated with rokmobile.com
Bought the Sprint prepaid version at BestBuy and activated with rokmobile.com
What a treat!
Now just waiting for root.
-Karl

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Did he activate on Boost first or just open the box and straight to ting?
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What I did, was just open the box and went straight to Ting.com to activate. No Sprint involvement whatsoever.

sprint version works, extra steps
Bought a sprint prepaid version (SH306SHASB) from Amazon.com during their $130 sale.
Followed reviewtechnica instructions for activating the boost version on ting.
It would not automatically activate through Ting until I turned on WiFi and updated the PRL and Profile (Search "ting Initiating a PRL Update")

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Did he activate on Boost first or just open the box and straight to ting?
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No prior activation; took it right to Ting.
Doing a review of the phone right now.

The way I understood it...is that for a newly released phone to be compatible with Ting... it must never be activated on Sprint Post Paid. Otherwise you are going to have to wait about 1 year until Sprint white lists the ESN for Ting/MVNO use.
Not 100% sure if that would apply if you had activated it on Sprint Pre Paid or Boost, but it is very possible. So if you want Ting, do not activate it anywhere else than Ting first.

good. Thanks for share !

Just looked into their plans. They would cost me more money. I only pay $40
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Thanks
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My brother was able to activate the Boost edition on Ting with no issues.
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Me too. Got mine from Boost Wireless and activate it with Ting. I am enjoying the $65 phone and $100 credit now.

Network Provider shows Chameleon instead of Sprint
Activated Boost Mobile Aquos in Ting.com, phone works, but the network provider shows Chameleon instead of sprint. Updated PRL and Voice setting, no change.
I found that the same problem has been reported by others for Aquos and other phones.
Anyone here has the same issue? How to solve it? It may not be an urgent problem, since I can still get voice, message and LTE connection.
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kozmo2k4 said:
Do we have success any stories of activating the Sharp Aquos Crystal 306S with Ting.com (Sprint MNVO)?
If so, which Device? Sprint-Prepaid (306SHASB) or Boost Mobile (306SHBBB)?
EDIT: The Sprint Prepaid version of 306SH works with Ting.com!!!
If you decide to save bunch of money and join Tin.com, you can use my referral and save even more!
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I don't think it is an "issue", who cares. You can root your phone and change it to everything you want.

As soon as we get root, that is.
Meanwhile I'm here to offer a few words of caution. The Sprint Prepaid/Boost versions of the Aquos Crystal don't seem to support off-network roaming. If you'll be in areas where you might need to fall back on Verizon for voice and text, you'll need to buy the postpaid model, which costs a bit more.

Oneplus 6T and Verizon?

Should I or should I not get the Oneplus 6T I'v have read on the net and see that there are some problem's here and there. I see lot's of fixes but is it all worth it or there just to many problem's. Or are these problem's overstated.

Works fine with Verizon. You will not get 3g or 1x if that means anything to you. Apparently Verizon will be all 4g by the end of 2019. When the 6t first came people were having lots of issues due to how Verizon handles phones with cdma. You had to call or contact live chat and request the phone line be cdma-less. However this has changed . I got mine about a week ago and I was able to put my sim card in 6t, login to my Verizon account, click activate phone on existing line and the cdma-less feature was added to my like automatically and I immediately started getting text messages. It's been smooth sailing since. I actually get better reception with this phone compared to my OG pixel XL.

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Works fine with Verizon. You will not get 3g or 1x if that means anything to you. Apparently Verizon will be all 4g by the end of 2019. When the 6t first came people were having lots of issues due to how Verizon handles phones with cdma. You had to call or contact live chat and request the phone line be cdma-less. However this has changed . I got mine about a week ago and I was able to put my sim card in 6t, login to my Verizon account, click activate phone on existing line and the cdma-less feature was added to my like automatically and I immediately started getting text messages. It's been smooth sailing since. I actually get better reception with this phone compared to my OG pixel XL.
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By going to your account and activating where you charged a activation fee?

bcltoys said:
By going to your account and activating where you charged a activation fee?
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I wasn't. Had mine since release day. I did have to do a few online chats to get SMS to work. But no big deal.

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By going to your account and activating where you charged a activation fee?
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Nope I just double checked. No fee

Thank's

Works for me. No fee. Just swapped SIM.

tech_head said:
Works for me. No fee. Just swapped SIM.
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I'm interested in buying a 6T as well and I'm on Verizon. So you're saying you just put in your SIM from your former working Verizon phone and all functions are working correctly on your 6T? Mms,sms, incoming and outgoing calls, etc? Wasnt sure if I would still need to contact Verizon to get everything set up correctly. Only reason I ask us that I see a lot of mixed statements about the 6T working on Verizon.

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I'm interested in buying a 6T as well and I'm on Verizon. So you're saying you just put in your SIM from your former working Verizon phone and all functions are working correctly on your 6T? Mms,sms, incoming and outgoing calls, etc? Wasnt sure if I would still need to contact Verizon to get everything set up correctly. Only reason I ask us that I see a lot of mixed statements about the 6T working on Verizon.
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You will still need to contact them to get SMS to be received correctly. You will need CDMA_LESS or LTE only set up. It took me two minutes on chat.
No issues since.

I activated my new phone using my old phone so that Verizon could send me a security code. The CDMA-less was already checked once they activated the 6t. Then swapped the SIM cards from old phone to new. No issues, no fees. It works great and I'm in a very rural area usually on Band 13 

What about Verizon prepaid? Verizon doesn't offer same chat based support for prepaid.

You guys aren't saying whether that is prepaid or postpaid. My EMEI comes up properly when doing a BYOD for postpaid, but it says "incompatible" when I use the BYOD tool for prepaid.
I would like to use prepaid - it is substantially cheaper than postpaid, and obviously anyone here doesn't have to subsidize the phone, so it doesn't seem like there is any advantage, and only disadvantages, to going postpaid.

I just got mine yesterday. I set it up using the following fix / process from Verizon. Had zero issues and everything worked from the start.
Verizon tells us that an easier fix than calling into support may be to login to your account, then head to My Verizon>My Device>Activate or Switch Device>Activate On an Existing Line, and then follow the instructions that pop-up.

scott45333 said:
I just got mine yesterday. I set it up using the following fix / process from Verizon. Had zero issues and everything worked from the start.
Verizon tells us that an easier fix than calling into support may be to login to your account, then head to My Verizon>My Device>Activate or Switch Device>Activate On an Existing Line, and then follow the instructions that pop-up.
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This is the process I did when I got mine.
I also took out the SIM from my old phone and made sure both were turned off before I started.
I think the instructions on Verizon say something like this also.
**This was also a NEW SIM CARD** old one was over 3 years old
No problems been working great.

tech_head said:
You will still need to contact them to get SMS to be received correctly. You will need CDMA_LESS or LTE only set up. It took me two minutes on chat.
No issues since.
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This. Just log into my Verizon and do the chat with a representative, and tell them you need CDMA_LESS and tell them your pin and Wich line. Also use Sim slot two.

zakkyzombie said:
This. Just log into my Verizon and do the chat with a representative, and tell them you need CDMA_LESS and tell them your pin and Wich line. Also use Sim slot two.
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Sim slot 2 in particular, mines gonna be here friday. In the same boat. Pretty excited

aer0zer0 said:
Sim slot 2 in particular, mines gonna be here friday. In the same boat. Pretty excited
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Be good to have you on board.

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Be good to have you on board.
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Looks like a party 256 8 coming Friday.

Tried both sim slot, and doesn't seem to matter. I have mine on slot 1 and no issues.

I'm on prepaid and I was with the second wave of users who had to go through the fiasco of not getting SMS and MMS. took me 4days to make it finally working.
now I live in a semi rural area and a lot of times signal drop to 3g. I was skeptical about this phone. but it worked out well for me. I still have volte symbol. I just have to be a tad careful about not dropping to 3g. if the following 3 things are very important to you than this phone is not for you.
1. WiFi calling
2. 3G service
3. notification light
I don't know if visual voicemail works or not because i don't use it.