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https://www.mintmobile.com/devices/google-pixel-10-2/13354142/

Just saw this deal, this was too cheap not to get even as a secondary line and I was wanting another phone anyway.

With all the fees it was $363

Mint Mobile also has a decent unlock policy, it's only 60 days if you want to add another SIM to it

I’m going to split off my parent’s T-Mobile Magenta Max family plan - and we’ve also seen prices creep up. Didn’t get a text from T-Mobile about the price increase but it’s going to happen eventually. I’m going to switch them over to Xfinity Mobile(also going back to Comcast for home internet, TMHI is great… when it works, we’ve seen some throttling and lag). I‘m going to split off, I was looking at Visible+ Pro, it‘s on the highest priority on VZW, includes smartwatch data and up to 15Mbps of personal hotspot, which I do use quite a bit with the iPad or when the home internet is down. It’s $45/month before the $10 promo. Yes, I do know about Verizon Simplicity, I would pay $40 (including the watch add-on) before taxes. USM is offering a hell of a deal but I’ve heard they’re hit or miss. Cricket and Metro I would also need to pay $10 on top of whichever plan I choose. Is Visible as good as it gets, or I can do better? The MVNOs/prepaid plans don’t usually offer Apple Watch plans, Google Fi covers Android Wear devices.

I have an offer for $23 back on $100+ purchase on Mint Mobile via Capital One Shopping. This would bring down their current $15/month unlimited offer to $13.08 if I paid the $180 upfront.

I am currently on T-Mobile Experience More and really like the network and seems to be the best in North Texas as far as speed reliability. I’d like to stay with T-Mobile for the network, but not pay T-Mobile prices. Currently looking at unlimited plans at Metro by T-Mobile, US Mobile, Optimum Mobile (have them for Internet) and Mint Mobile. I would like to have hotspot, but definitely don’t need a huge amount. Any recommendations?

I have usmobile

I need to upgrade my phone since 64gb is no longer working for me. I like the button of my se3 and I was considering paying $200 for a 128gb I found but idk if I should just go 16e and even then, I have To switch to eSIM and I am afraid of losing info or my number

Is this a good deal at all for 25.00 per month.▪︎▪︎ 30gb /mo. at max 3Mbps, then speeds slowed to max 1.5Mbps. Online only. Req. new single line. Taxes and fees extra. Terms & restr’s. apply.▪︎▪︎

Is 3mbps fast at all.

If you’re a USM user, and use “Data Waster Mode”, on device do they still punish you? I know they will on Hotspot.

For years, my service has been cut off (data and/or call/text) on my tracfone before the stated end date. That means before any date stated under my plan in account settings on the website, or when texting BALANCE or DUEDATE to 611611. So there's no way to reliably look up and know when your service is going to actually end. This means that regardless of how often this isn't an issue for others, the date they provide still isn't reliable.

There's also no warning before you lose service, or notification when you do lose service, let alone an explanation why. Terrible business practice even for a budget provider. (The differences in types of dates doesn't matter, as none of them have been the actual date the service ends.)

The details:

In my account on the website, under my plan, it says ends: 2/19/2027, 81 GB left, other plan benefits (talk and text): ends 8/20/2026. Yet my data ends today and the customer service rep says that my plan expiration date was today. This is all contradictory and incompetence on their end.

When I text BAL and duedate to 611611, it tells me 2/19/2027 are the dates for unlimited plan expiration date and payment due date. That's the only date they give me through text.

I encourage everyone to write a BBB complaint about this for Tracfone, which I've already done: https://www.bbb.org/us/fl/miami/profile/prepaid-phone-card/tracfone-wireless-inc-0633-21000362

Says it runs until July 31st and valid for new customers and for new lines added.

Skip to bottom for easy summary.

I currently use AT&T on my paid for iPhone I have used this number for work, texts come in 24/7 phone calls 24/7. I resigned my position and went back to the field.

I bought another phone for personal use a little while back Galaxy Flip and put it on ST. This phone gets just the important calls and friends and family.

I don’t think I need two phones anymore. I also want my personal phone to be in the Apple ecosystem (don’t judge, I tried android for a year)

I want to get off my AT&T account as Cricket looks to save me close to 100$ a month (wtf is that about anyways)
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Is this the correct way to accomplish what I want.

Work number is on AT&T and I do not need it anymore. Cancel AT&T
Get my Flips IMEI text NTP make sure of the zip code
Go to Cricket online create account bring device port in number enter the above information
Wait X hours and my IPhone will be my personal number and my Flip will be on Facebook marketplace

Is that about how it goes?

Does straight talk auto cancel at that point even with autopay on?
Any guesstimates on the X hours for my iPhone to have service on cricket?

After listening to feedback from new sign ups and our existing customers we have decided to make major updates to our current plan offering.

These plans are to reward those who have been loyal to us from the beginning and those who have wait-listed from my previous post. You now hold the keys to who will join Lexvor from now on and in the future.

We have decided to upgrade the $10/mo plan and the Pool Party $15/mo.

The $10 Plan will now include

100GB of High Speed Data with Hotspot Including before throttling the plan down to 5MBPS.

The $15 Plan will now include

200GB of Priority Network Data before throttling down to 100MBPS.

— The $60 is an AiR service for Ai and not a traditional Lexvor (MVNO) plan — ( I will not go into detail on that plan as it is designed with very different purpose in mind. )

Referrals are NOT needed for any of these plans. These offerings will be the default plan setting.

After a deep review we decided that we will reward those who have believed in us and supported us from the very beginning. Because of this, we want to provide all of our loyal supporters a plan that no other MVNO can compete with and we will continue to keep these plans very competitive.

IMPORTANT NOTE*

( Lexvor Will No Longer Sell or Activate New MVNO Customers Directly ) - You must gain access from an existing Lexvor customer ONLY.

If you have not signed up, registered your email or added yourself to the waitlist for Lexvor before this post - you will not be eligible for this plan*. This plan is to reward those who supported and believed in us from the beginning.

For those who do qualify, you will be provided premium customer service as we will now put our minds towards providing you the best experience we can. You now hold the access to bring new users to the network. The URL for sign ups will be provided to you all soon to activate/upgrade your existing plans to the new offers.

As we continue to focus and grow AiR - Lexvor will benefit and those benefits will trickle down to you and your experience.

Lastly, I do not want to forget about those who supported us on here. If you have not signed up for Lexvor but have posted positive things about us in the past and want this plan. Send me a screenshot or a link to the post of showing support so that I can provide access for you if you choose to switch down the road.

Thank you for being loyal and supporting us through all these years.

I want to get this phone for my teen, yes I'm one of those strict parents, but still feel the need to simply call or text when needed, what companies are good? Compatible? With this specific phone??

Thanks!!

If you ported your number from Verizon postpaid to a Verizon MVNO (like US Mobile Warp, Visible, or Total Wireless) and completely lost your Visual Voicemail (VVM) or voicemail notifications, you are likely trapped in a known sync glitch.

The Root Cause: The Verizon "Death Grip"

When you request a line re-provision from your new MVNO, it sends a standard configuration sync to the backend. However, because Verizon often retains stale routing history on legacy port-out numbers, the automated sync gets ignored or swallowed by the core vendor database. Customer support agents will run the same re-provisioning loop endlessly, and it will never stick.

To fix this, you have to bypass standard administrative channels and force a high-priority state change in the carrier's security layer.

The Workaround: Forced Security Exception

Instead of begging support to fix it, you can engineer a controlled crash of your mailbox profile to force a complete database flush. Here is the exact sequence to get it working:

Trigger a Hard Lockout: Dial into your standard voicemail box manually from your phone keypad.

Fail the PIN Interrogation: Intentionally enter the wrong PIN repeatedly. Keep guessing incorrectly until the carrier's automated system completely flags the account and locks you out for security reasons.

Contact the MVNO Support: Reach out to your new carrier's support chat. Do not ask them to "fix visual voicemail." Instead, simply state: "I locked myself out of my voicemail box by entering the wrong PIN too many times. Please send a hard reset/clear to my voicemail password."

The Database Flush: When the agent executes the password reset command against a hard security exception, the carrier's core system drops the active session state entirely, flushes the stale authentication token, and completely rebuilds the voicemail profile metadata from scratch.

Re-provision Your Device: Once the password is reset, open your Android/Pixel Phone app settings, navigate to Voicemail, toggle Visual Voicemail off, wait 60 seconds, and turn it back on. Within 24 hours, the new routing tables will permanently stick, and your saved messages will download automatically

I tried to use visible but they require a credit card to auto-enroll once the trial is over.
Phone: GrapheneOS

Uses: Mainly for SMS text messages

What happen to the cheaper prices ?

After having RCS not working for over 2 weeks; error code 4002, I finally switched primarily line to Google Fi using 75% off for first year. RCS stopped working after I changed to Galaxy S26 Ultra from S24 Ultra.

I wanted to try T-Mobile network, so Metro BYOD plan and Google Fi with 75% off were the only good option. I like month to month, so mint was not an option.

RCS worked immediately after switching over.

Switching was super smooth, took about 5 minutes in total.

Still have Total Wireless on other lines, they've been working great but lack of RCS on primary line affected my daily work. Missed messages on all work related RCS group chats.

I like Tello, but I don't get tmobile towers where I am at and need to go through Verizon towers. Want to find something similar to Tello

Maybe they just received a new supply of esims or some reason similar. That might be why that app installed fine but the esim part would not. This had been going on for at least a month.

When leaving T-Mobile for Visible+ Pro or Total BYOP Max 5G+, be sure that the countries that you are interested in have international roaming. There is a difference.

I created a Google Sheets table that compares the international roaming countries of Total & Visible versus T-Mobile postpaid and Verizon postpaid: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z7tpZIIHzIS-VIvbpL9UgEOpCqDLoH-z9mCvecLMMHQ

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We have been tmobile customers for more than 10 years now ( we have our own iphone). But due to the recent increase in their rates for their legacy plans thinking of switching to a different plan or provider. We were earlier in a family plan of 4. People moved and now its just 2 of us ( spouse and me). We were paying$100 plus taxes and now its increased to $122+ plus taxes i guess.

We have basic requirements with no add on needed.

Data ( used only while we are out and traveling)

Calling/texting ( 1-2 times in a week)

Hardly used hotspot but will be good to have in case of emergency ( not necessary)

We travel out of country ( Asia) and Europe once in 2-3 yrs so would like to have data/text and call access for otp/ emergency calls.

Are there any options/plans or carriers that could be suitable based on our needs and less than what we are currently paying?

Curious if there are any decent plans giving student discounts..
I am in Boost mobile and my SO on Mint and we are fine with these. Getting a 3rd connection for high schooler and wondering if we should just got the Mint $180 offer or is there anything similar / better lurking around.
Did not find much better with my search so asking the experts here

So, I used to be on AT&T on my parent's plan, and everything was fine, and then I switched to Mint when I moved out.

I have no complaints with Mint itself. 5GB/month is all I need, and $180 per year is a great price for it. However, I do have some complaints about the underlying T-Mobile infrastructure. AT&T's towers could penetrate into my office at work last time I used them. T-Mobile's towers just can't. I couldn't get ANY signal in my office with my old phone, and I can't get any signal in my office with a phone I got a few months later. Thankfully, this new phone is an unlocked phone which wasn't bought from a carrier itself.

It turns out that a coworker who is in an office next to mine who uses Xfinity (which uses Verizon towers, IIRC) can get cell signal in HER office, but it just suddenly disappears once she enters my office. That's fine by me, as I have some long-standing grudges against Verizon.

So, what's the closest equivalent to Mint but with AT&T's network.

Here are my requirements:

• 5GB of data per month for ideally $15 per month or less. $20 per month is the absolute maximum.
• I must be able to use the hotspot feature on my phone.
• Must use AT&T towers.
• I must be able to keep my phone number
• "Unlimited slow data" would be preferred.

Here's what I'm considering:

US Mobile: 5GB for $15 a month, plus I can switch network without switching out of US Mobile just in case I realize that T-Mobile is actually better. But data stops once I hit the 5GB.

Lyca: Their "$19 unlimited International Plan" seems to indicate that it's only $10 per month if you pay for a full year, which would make it cheaper than Mint.

Gen Mobile: It looks like they offer AT&T or T-Mobile, and they list an 8GB per month plan at $20/month or $192 per year.

Unreal Mobile: $240 per year for 10GB per month. It seems like they used to have a 5GB plan, but not anymore.

AT&T Prepaid: 16GB for $240 per year, plus priority, but I don't like in an area where priority matters much.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.

My Galaxy S21 has had esims and physical Sims before no issues. I swapped it from Verizon to Mint last month, disliked the service and discontinued with Mint which had an Esim, then I bought a Sim from Walmart for MobileX. Pricing seemed good and had what I wanted for my child's first cellphone plan. Plugged the physical Sim into the tray and would not recognize the Sim being inserted. Contacted customer care and the representative swapped it to an esim, but every time I tried to download the esim the download progress would get to 86% stall out and say "Cannot connect with esim at this time. Please try again later". Then had a replacement physical Sim sent to my address because the Walmart Sim was scratched and representative thought that could be the problem. But now I'm sitting with the new Sim and it still is not recognized when inserted.