For the people who bought a Verizon phone and are using it on AT&T, did you call to update the IMEI on your account with AT&T? Is it necessary? Would it even work or will they say the phone is not one of theirs?
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People on AT&T using a NON-AT&T phone (like Verizon), did you register your IMEI?
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Ok so seems it shouldnt be a problem.
Now is there a point to registering the IMEI with AT&T? Does it actually do anything?
If you have an IEMI on your account for an only 4G phone without LTE you'd need to have the IEMI updated, otherwise it doesn't matter.
I registered the IMEI with AT&T to update the device on record for insurance coverage I suppose.
New iPhone 6 from Verizon registered on AT&T? And they didn't say anything like "Hmm, looks like that's not an AT&T phone"?
AT&T doesn't care. A big part of GSM is that carriers can't dictate what phones are and aren't allowed
They know the IMEI as soon as you pop the SIM in. The only thing they might not know is what kind of phone it is.