Hi. In the past I could always insert my Tmo SIM into a Verizon phone I bought on my wife's account. Now I can't get past the Verizon activation screen. It asks me to verify my wife's phone number and asks me for her contact info so I can activate with Verizon. This is with the TMo SIM inside. Can't I bypass this somehow?
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Help. Trying to activate iPhone X (Verizon) with TMo SIM inside
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Unless you pay in full, I think you have to initially activate with the Verizon SIM. Hopefully others chime in.
Is your SIM actually in the phone? I bought the T-mobile full price and the insert TMobile SIM message appeared and then just went away.
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This too. You may need to finish with Verizon activation if you did this.
Oh yeah you might have to activate it sim swap then
I think if you bought outright walk in it should be unlocked period. Right? Idk
I input her information even though I had the TMo SIM in. It told me to contact Verizon and click OK after I did so. I clicked OK without contacting Verizon. It let me through and appears to be working ok.
I was a little startled when the T-Mobile paid in full asked for T-Mobile info, but then it just went away. Sounds similar, but you just needed to enter her info.
Every single Verizon iPhone X is unlocked for GSM use and must be unlocked at point of purchase. For security when you order a Verizon iPhone X is ships with a verification step to easily activate the Verizon iPhone X on the Verizon line and phone number you ordered it on.
Just put in your active T-Mobile SIM before you turn on the new iPhone X. Once you turn on the iPhone X it will prompt for the information used to order the iPhone X. Just enter the information and keep hitting "Next" and it will bypass the activation check. Do Not call Verizon unless you want your wife to need to use the new iPhone X SIM in her phone.
Dave
Just put in your active T-Mobile SIM before you turn on the new iPhone X. Once you turn on the iPhone X it will prompt for the information used to order the iPhone X. Just enter the information and keep hitting "Next" and it will bypass the activation check. Do Not call Verizon unless you want your wife to need to use the new iPhone X SIM in her phone.
Dave
Well if you pre-ordered, you had to provide the information for the line, last 4 SSN, ZIPCODE for example in order to complete the order. If you purchased from Apple retail as a "Device Only" there is no data needed or required.
Just don't call Verizon to actually activate the Verizon SIM.
Dave
That’s what I mean if it’s device only I can just pop in non Verizo sim and go through prompts without account info input ?
Correct, if you did not provide any Verizon information to Apple, there is nothing tying the iPhone X to any phone number or carrier once you remove the Verizon SIM. There is no information that you could even provide.
Yes you can just do the initial Apple OTA activation with your active SIM from any Carrier.
Dave
Yes you can just do the initial Apple OTA activation with your active SIM from any Carrier.
Dave
hi, i had a similar question and the answer is to use your wife's info to get through the 'confirm number' screen, and give them the zip and the last four of her social. then, when it tells you to call verizon, just click 'next' and go on about setting the phone up. it'll work. (it did for me.)
i bought a verizon phone at the apple store using hubby's info. i'm on att. freaked me out a bit also, but other than dinging him--her, in your case--with the $30 upgrade fee, which we knew was coming, it was no issue once i ignored the message to call.
i bought a verizon phone at the apple store using hubby's info. i'm on att. freaked me out a bit also, but other than dinging him--her, in your case--with the $30 upgrade fee, which we knew was coming, it was no issue once i ignored the message to call.
I setup a reservation at the apple store for a Verizon version. Picked it up later in the day and paid full price. When I got home I turned it on to the welcome screen; turned it off; popped the sim tray and inserted my T-mobile SIM, activated. No issues, it just worked.
This is what I found worked for me. Thank you. This is the answer.
Did you buy from Apple or Verizon? If from Verizon, I believe it will only first-activate on Verizon. After that, you can put whatever sim in you want. If you purchased from Apple, then you should be able to do what you did. I did exactly that: did a walk-in buy of a Sprint model, came home, popped in my ATT SIM and everything worked normally.
It’s so weird. I bought it from apple full price under my wife’s account. I had expected Based on past experience that it would work out of the box with my T-Mobile Sim. But that was not the case for whatever reason. I had to go through the process some others described above. And now it works fine.