Activating a feature phone on smartphone line & ETF's

Ok if I activate a feature phone on my current smartphone line and then I want to cancel that line, how much would the ETF be $175 or $350? I have another line that I am going to use and don't need the extra line any longer. Oh almost forgot, is there a waiting period before canceling the feature phone line?

It doesn't matter what phone is on the line that is canceled; the ETF is based on the phone that was purchased at the time the line was activated or the contract was renewed.
If the current contract for that line is based on a smartphone purchase, the ETF will be $350 less $10 for each completed month of the contract.
You can cancel the line at any time.

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Activate feature phone on smartphone line question

Hi
I just broke my smartphone, and for the few days while I'm getting it fixed I wanted to activate my old feature phone to fill in. However, when I went to do that, Verizon says I need to change my data plan. I have two questions.
1. If I do this am I going to get charged an early termination fee on my smartphone line?
2. In a few days when I get my smartphone back will I still have my old data plan? I'm grandfathered in to one that isn't available anymore.
Thanks

So, if I get this correctly - you can activate a data package on a line with a feature phone, BUT, you can't activate a feature phone on a line that has a data package? That doesn't make sense...Have you actually called VZW and spoken with a human?

Are they not making any new feature phones anymore?

I know the craze is smartphones but there are many of us that still buy feature phones. Is this the end of feature phones?
Eric

No, in fact, it means the end of the "3G multi-media category". The website now shows 15 "simple, feature" phones, and only 5 3G phones, one is the Reality in two colors. And only 2 of those 5 are in stock. Your choices are simple feature phones or smartphones.
There are several of the feature phones now with 1.3 or 2.0 mp cameras and qwerty keyboards.

Upgrade non-smartphone line to iPhone 4S and then transfer to different phone line on family plan

I am on a family plan where I have a smart phone and my father and mother have normal non-data phones.
My line is not due for an upgrade until June 2012.
A verizon rep told me that I could use my father's upgrade to pre-order and activate an iPhone 4S and then re-activate my father's non-smartphone on his phone # and activate the iPhone 4S on my own phone #.
Once activated on his phone number they will add the Data plan; but once I reactivate his old non-data phone I will no longer need the data plan.
Will this work? I'm not sure the rep I spoke to understood that my father has a non-data phone when she explained this procedure.

If you have an online account with Verizon Wireless, you can transfer the upgrade from one number on your account to another number on your account (for example, transfer the upgrade from your father's phone to your phone).
Sign on to verizonwireless.com. Log in with your user ID and password. Click on My Verizon, and select Upgrade Device. Below each phone on your account, there will be an upgrade device date, and a link to Transfer Upgrade. Click the link and it will ask you which line you want to transfer from, and you can transfer the upgrade to your phone. You won't need to switch the data plan on your father's phone at all.
I just did the same thing on my account to be ready for the new phone tomorrow. Hope this helps!

Added 3rd line, my own feature phone, to NATIONWIDE LOYALTY SHARE 550 plan. Penalty for early termination of that line?

I went to a Verizon store to activate, on a pay-as-you-go basis, an old feature phone I owned so I could use it for a month or two while I am selling a house. The Verizon agent said the best thing would be to add it as a 3rd line on my existing NATIONWIDE LOYALTY SHARE 550 plan, where it would only cost the $9+ monthly fee and use minutes from the pooled 550 plan minutes. I made sure he understood that I may only need the additional phone/line for a month or two, then cancel it when the house is sold. He said I could easily delete the line and phone at no penalty. HOWEVER, when I got home and looked at my online receipt for the new line, it states "Date of Activation: 9/06/2013, Contract End Date: 09/06/2015, Early Termination Fee: UP TO $175." I am looking for a written reply from a Verizon representative why the receipt states an early termination fee when I was told that there would be none because I am using my own phone?

I was able to contact my Verizon agent at the local store and he said the 3rd phone was incorrectly added as being subject to a 2-year contract. He went into my account and changed that 3rd phone to a one day-contract so it now shows as a month-to-month phone with no termination fee. Unfortunately, he said he cannot re-print a corrected receipt with the change. I asked him to make a screenshot of my account showing the 3rd line and had him email it to me. Hopefully, that will suffice when I terminate the line in a month or two.
This is a good reason to always check the written agreements and receipts when you buy anything. Never just take what is taken verbally as binding. It is what actually gets entered into the system and what the contract terms state in writing.

Would porting a month-to-month feature phone line out cancel my unlimited?

Hi,
I have the following lines in my family plan.
1 = Unlimited
2 = Unlimited
3 = feature phone, month-to-month
4 = feature phone, contract
I want to port #3's phone number out to a different carrier since the user wants her own independent line.
I heard porting out a number automatically closes the line.
In my case, does it simply close the #3 line and leave everything else in tact?
I do not want to lose the UL lines because of this.
Thanks in advance for your help.

Porting out the month to month line #3 would simply cancel that line only, and the other 3 lines would not change. Your bill will be reduced by ~$10-15 a month (depending on taxes and fees for that line) and the remaining 3 lines will share the minutes (and texting if applicable).
You will not lose the unlimited lines - only upgrading those lines will result in loss of the unlimited data.

Older feature phones that can be activated on $50 unlimited prepaid

I get lots of mixed information from forums (Verizon and non-Verizon sites) on what older feature phones can be activated on the new $50 unlimited talk and text plan. Can someone confirm if the below plans can be activated on this and if they can have a data block placed on them? Thanks a lot for your help.
1) LG enV2
2) LG enV3
3) LG Voyager
4) LG Touch
5) Samsung SCH-U450

I'm checking out more info on this but this is what I have so far.
What is Dashboard?
Dashboard is a flash-based application that served as a launch pad for access to Verizon Wireless data products and services. On September 30, 2010, Verizon Wireless discontinued the Dashboard service, including the Dashboard service blocking feature.
Which devices have Dashboard?
Dashboard is an embedded application on the following mobile devices.
This is the link to the site: http://support.verizonwireless.com/clc/faqs/Dashboard/faqs.html
Casio® EXILIM
Casio® G'zOne Rock™
LG Chocolate® 3 in Black
LG Chocolate® 3 in Light Blue
LG enV®3 in Maroon
LG enV®3 in Slate Blue
LG VX8360
Motorola
Barrage™
Motorola Barrage™ Non-Camera
Motorola Entice™ W766
Motorola Rapture™ VU30
Nokia 7205 Intrigue with Pink Keypad
Nokia 7205 Intrigue with Silver Keypad
Samsung Convoy™
Samsung Renown™
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R there any 3g phones or smartphones to use the $10 data packg

I have two upgrades but cant seem to find a phone ...I currently have the samsung rogue...I cant find a new phone that seems equivalant to it except for smartphones and i never use all my 75mb data ..are there some retired 3g or smartphones that can be activated with the small data pack....the basic phones available dont look as good as my rogue....is there a listsomewhere?

Which features in particular are the most important ? And does it need to be a touchscreen non-smartphone or can it be a non-smartphone with a physical qwerty keyboard ?
Because of its AMOLED screen in particular, I'd consider the Rogue to be THE top of the line touchscreen non-smartphone. The only other one with a comparable quality screen is the LG enV Touch, but in my opinion SO many of the customer reviews are so poor that I think a person is taking too huge of a risk in buying one.
The other touchscreen non-smartphones that are RELIABLE and just about as good as the Rogue as far as the rest of the features of the Rogue:
the LG Dare, the LG Versa [which is a touchscreen but has a separate add-on keyboard], the LG Voyager, the Samsung Reality, and the Samsung u370 which is a re-release of the Samsung Reality but without the data-plan requirement
In my opinion, those are the only reliable touchscreen non-smartphones worth considering that I can think of. Sadly, the Samsung Rogue is most probably the last high end top of the line touchscreen non-smartphone that Verizon will allow to be released. phonearena.com has two articles saying that there is supposed to be a successor to the u370 coming out soon called the Samsung Brightside or the Samsung u380. Unfortunately there's been no further word about its release. There's a relatively new basic-feature touchscreen non-smartphone the LG Extravert; now that there's a software update out, the customer reviews at verzion's website make it sound like a reliable phone.
In my opinion, the rest of the touchscreen non-smartphones have way too much probability of being unreliable and buggy:
Microsoft Kin one and two
LG Cosmos Touch
LG Chocolate Touch
LG enV Touch
Motorola Krave
any touchscreen non-smartphone released by Pantech
Samsung Glyde
If you've been pleased with the Rogue and have found it to be reliable enough, maybe you ought to stick with that model and buy another Rogue on ebay
To research any of the discontinued phones, check out cnet.com , phonescoop.com , and phonearena.com
As far as reliable qwerty non-smartphones:
Samsung Alias 2 / Zeal [re-release of Alias 2 but no data plan requirement]
LG env3 and maybe the Octane
The env3 has the potential to have a problem of the battery being loose enough to cause reboots; solution is to place an index card between battery and battery door
Octane: when the phone is flipped closed, the speaker for the ringer is in the inside of the flipped phone which has made the ringer hard to next to impossible for some people to hear

Replacing a feature phone when contract has ended

If I buy a couple of 'back up' feature phones like Verizon Lg Vx8575 Chocolate, not to add a line or change my service, is it an easy thing to do?
The reviews on the two feature phones offered on Verizon don't seem to have very good reviews, and I don't care about having a smart phone. I certainly don't want a data plan. I fear that Verizon will stop offering stupid phones very soon, and want to know if I can just continue on in my benighted phone world using the same number. The vendor says the LG chocolate is new and is guaranteed on Amazon.
Any thoughts? Or recommendations for a different easy to read/handle phones that are not uhm...Jitterbug? I'm using an Octane now, and am getting sick of it. Turns itself off all the time. Poor reception. Dropped calls.

Hey there BessieLil! I'm glad to see you're considering getting a back up device. Activating a Basic function device is actually very easy. If you're within the VZW service area, you need only turn off your current phone, turn on the replacement, call *228, and then select option1. The automated system will walk you through the steps from there.
I can't say that the LG VX8575 (AKA the Chocolate Touch) that you're looking at may be in new condition (perhaps never owned by another customer), but not new to the market (the model was introduced November 2009). My stepson has one and he's very fond of it (though he's eager to get a smartphone). If you have other questions about that or any other device, we have some support videos you can view at this link: http://bit.ly/y5iuoj. You're also welcome to return here. Take care!
DionM_VZW
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Can you upgrade an non smartphone line to the iPhone 5, than move it to an unlimited data line?

Here's what I'm trying to do:
We have three iPhone 4's and two basic phones (5 lines total). I want to upgrade the basic phones to the iPhone 5 with a 2gb option, then when they come, move those phones to the lines that currently have unlimited data, then move the basic phone back to the other lines, and then cancel the 2gb option.
Would that work?
I've been told it would, but then a csr told me it wouldn't. That the data option travels with the phone.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!

Here's my scenario and what I was told.
If anyone is on an older family plan like I am, here's the solution that came straight from Verizon customer service. You can call them to verify.
I'm currentyly on the 1400 minute family plan. Have 2 smartphones (with Grandfathered unlimited data) and 2 basic phones on the plan. We wanted to upgrade and of course like everyone did not want to lose unlimited data. So I called Verizon 3 or 4 times and threatened to leave when finally I got to the right person.
First, you have to be eligible for upgrade. Transfer or use the upgrade for one of the basic phones on the basic phone line. You'll have to go through the whole process of selecting data for that phone etc... Select the minimum for everything. If you order online your total should come to $349 for the 32gb i5 after taxes and fees. Once you receive the iPhone, you'll activate it on the basic phone line. Then turn straight around and reactivate the basic phone on that same line. The plan will go back to a basic plan for that phone and will leave the i5 open to use on any other line on your plan. Then just transfer your phone line to that phone and you're all set. No change in that lines plan, just a change in phone, thus your unlimited data remains.
Double bonus for me, I'm on a promotional $9.99 per month for unlimited data on my line. It doesn't end until Feb. 2013 so I don't loose that either!
Only question I have now after reading other posts and forums is do I actually activate the phone to the basic phone line or once I receive the phone do I activate it on my smartphone line? Seems to be conflicting opinions on this!!
***UPDATE: 9/20/12 9:54am EST
Just had a chat with Verizon online. Below is what I was told:
info: Please hold for a Verizon Wireless sales
representative to assist you with your order. Thank you for your
patience.
info: You are now chatting with 'Faith'
Faith: Hello. Thank you for visiting our chat
service. May I help you with your order today?
Chris: Hi I recently received advice from customer
service about a method to use to keep my unlimited data for the smartphone
lines. After reading some of the forums i'm seeing conflicting info. I'd like
to verify with you what I was told
Faith: The only way to keep that unlimited data
will be to buy the phone at full retail price
Chris: I was told by 2 different reps that i could
update one of the basic phone lines on our plan to the iPhone 5
Chris: then when i get the phone activate it on the
basic line
Chris: then, reactivate the basic phone on that line
and it would open up the i5 to use on any other line
Faith: Yes you can do that as well if that line
has an upgrade you can put it on the line that has the unlimited data and
keep that
Chris: the conflicting comments i see is do I activate
the i5 on the basic line once i receive it and then switch it over to the
unlimited data line?
Chris: Or when i get the phone can i just activate it
on the unlimited data line?
Faith: You will activate the phone on the line with
the unlimited data when you get the phone however you will need to call into
customer service to do so
Chris: and in doing that i will NOT lose my unlimited
data? Because i'm not changing that lines plan. Just the phone. Is that
correct?
Chris: Still there?
Faith: Yes I am here and no you will not lose the
data that is why you need to call in once the phone comes and let customer
service activate it for you
Chris: Gotcha. Thank you so much for the help. Last
question. Once i activate the phone on my unlimited data line, do i have to
do anything on the basic line or will nothing change for it since the i5 was
not activated on that line?
Faith: That line should remain the same since it
will not be activated on that line. Are you ready to begin and I will help
you?
Chris: I haven't received the i5 yet. Status says it's
scheduled to ship Oct. 5th. I've already ordered based on the other reps
telling me about this process to keep the unlimited data. I just wanted to
make sure this was acurate prior to activating the phone when i receive it.
Faith: Do you have any further questions today?
Chris: No you have been very helpful. Thank you for
all the help!!
Faith: It has been my pleasure to chat with you
today! Please feel free to re-open the chat session if you need further
assistance . Thank you and have a great day!
Faith: Sorry

New feature phones anytime soon?

Are there going to be any new feature phones anytime soon? I haven't seen any that I like, and am just wondering if there will be any new ones in the near future. Most of the ones sold now are absolutely worthless and the rest (theres only 1 or 2 of them) don't really line up with my tastes and I'd be better off keeping my old phone then get a new phone that will fall apart in a few months or getting one I don't want.
And please don't just give me the link to the feature phones , I'm completely capable of looking there myself and also please don't tell me to sign up for updates, as I'd rather be told by an actual person than being sent a generic email that doesn't really give me the information I'm asking for.
I'm just curious if anybody has any information about new feature phones coming out this summer. I'd like a phone with at least some of the capabilities of a smartphone, or at least a phone that looks nice and works well, but I'm unable to have a data plan since all my money is going towards a college bill and my parents are in control of my phone bill.

Appearently new phones running MP Brew are in the works but I don't suspect they will be out until late this year. This question has been posted more than a few times and Verizon is unwilling to give an answer. The fact that no one is previewing a phone should also be telling as to when the new phones will ship.
Here is the link to the article: http://mobile.engadget.com/2011/06/03/qualcomm-ships-one-billion-brews-verizon-thirsty-for-more/

New Feature Phones in the Future?

I have been looking at the feature phones that verizon has currently on their website and they haven't changed for some time. As of Feb 1 the data packages have changed and was wondering which of the feature phones currently on the list would require a $10 data charge? My son's line is up for an upgrade, but there are not any phones on the current list that are as good as the EnV Touch. What is bad is I am probably going to have to play the $10 to get him a phone that is like the EnV Touch and before Feb 1, I could have gotten him a Vortex for free and pay $15. I know we are all in the same boat and really don't have a clue what plan is next and when it will be, I am just a little frustrated.
Are there any new feature phones on the horizon that are not a flip, Ozone or Cosmo like phone? Are there any phones that might come out that are like the LG Dare or the LG Versa? Any phones like the HTC Smart for AT&T?
All the news on any of the blogs or boards are about smartphones, where is the love for us who have family plans already and can't afford a $29.99 data fee on our phones?
Thanks
P.S. - Someone might say, "Hey how about the Kin Two m?". Well, the there are problems with that phone and it seems the Verizon Wireless salesmen/women try to steer you away from it. Is there a $10 data package on that phone? It does not say on the website when you view that phone.

Thank you everyone for your responses. All of our Feature phones listed, can select the pay-as-you go $1.99/MB plan or a MB package. If you are looking for a non-slider all touch screen phone, the Pantech Crux is an option. Even though we do have any new information about new phones being released, I would like to invite you to sign up for email updates to be among the first to be notified of new phones and services. You can click this direct link: www.verizonwireless.com/emailupdates
I hope this is helpful.
GinaH_VZWSupport
Thank you everyone for your responses. All of our current Feature phones listed on vzw.com, can select the pay-per-use $1.99/MB plan or a MB package. If you are looking for a non-slider all touch screen phone, the Pantech Crux is an option. The Comos Touch offers a touch screen and slide out keyboard.
Once you select the phone and add to your cart, you will then be presented with data plan options to select.
Although we don't have any new information about new phones being released, I would like to invite you to sign up for email updates to be among the first to be notified of new phones and services. You can click this direct link: Email Updates
I'm sure we will be releasing new phones very soon. Thank you for your patience.
I hope this is helpful,
GinaH_VZWSupport

Upgrading from a feature phone to smart phone

I have a feature phone with a 75mb data plan that is pre share everything plan and we are not interested in switching to the share everything plan. I'm wondering what I have for options for a data, if anything, if I want to upgrade to a smart phone. I will not be upgrading my line, just buying a phone second hand. Any insight would be helpful.

You can stay on your old plan even with an upgrade. The only ones that had to buy a phone at full price are the ones on Unlimited. Anyways the data options for smartphones with the old pricing are 2 GB for $30, 5 GB for $50 and 10 GB for $80. Overages are $10 per GB.

Will be released any A200-based feature phones?

It's a pity that Sony Ericsson stopped development of A200 feature phones. This platform has not now any alternatives on the mobile devices market (except for Nokia's S40 but Series 40 does not support neither multitasking nor access to the internal filesystem nor system-level applications). Google Android is not an alternative for A200 because:
1) it's written in full on Java and causes fast battery discharging, slowdown interface, wasteful use of hardware resources;
2) the system does not draw the line between third-party and system level applications, so, it's opened for viruses;
3) user can't set permissions of applications, it can do everything if installed (on A200 user can prohibit for any application, for example, to send SMS, if he is not sure that the application is not a trojan), so, special software and root access for blocking unwanted operations is needed;
4) the phone functionality in Android is realised too bad, even to send or correctly view EMS is a big problem;
5) Android has a very bad support of hardware buttons's navigation, it does not support hot keys.
So, I do not understand the reason (except of temporary financial problems) of why Sony Ericsson suddenly stopped development of A200 and replaced it with really budget Arima- and PNX-based phones, and later all phones, including low-price models, were released with the Android on-board. It's a very strange politics. Java Microedition has not died, it's still used in the budget phones of other companies, so why you can't revive a good-old A200, develop some new API's for Java ME (for example, NFC support)? It's cheaper to support an OSE-based native code platform and sometimes add to it new functionality than permanently optimize every new version of Android for low-power hardware, why you do not understand it? Not everybody wants a touchscreen phone, the keyboard control is more fast and easy if the user know the hotkeys, it's not needed to permanently see where he is pressing (screen does not have a haptic difference).
I hope that my lone voice will be heared. There was a similar petition in the last year, and it was signed by tens of thousands of people. But the directions of the company has not changed from that time. So, I'll end with a new popular meme: "Sony, what you're doing??? ahahahaha... stop it".

I know there still are people out there who don't want an android/smartphone. This has, just as you mention, been up here and on other places as well. At least here in Sweden it's still possible to buy some of the A200/OSE-models like Cedar, but most retailers seems to choose not to have them in stock and I guess that's because the majority of customers right now want smartphones. As I'm sure you understand I can't promise anything in terms of releasing a new A200/OSE-phone, but I will however forward this feedback internally.
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Upgraded primary line, phone not connected yet, want to use phone on 2nd line instead

I renewed my primary line (new every 2) and received a Convoy today. My husband doesn't want to use this phone and wants to stick with the Boulder which is the current phone on the primary line. How can I activate the new phone for my secondary line (which is on a month to month basis ie no contract basis, but not a prepaid phone)? A Verizon support person told me I could do this if we didn't want to use the Convoy on the primary line. I hope she was right.
Thanks!

She would have been correct. If you dial 1-877-807-4646, punch in your husband's number when it requests it (it may request the account's password/last 4 of SSN as well). There will be an automated system that will ask you to accept the Terms & Conditions for the upgrade that was done on your husband's line. Note: this will extend the contract on your husband's line by 2 yrs which is a result of you getting the new phone at discounted pricing, but it will not effect your line's contract at all. Once you say you agree (by pressing option 1) it will ask if you would like to activate this device on your husband's line now. You're going to choose the option to do it later meaning you will not be activating it on your husband's line. Once it confirms your selection, you will hang up.
Before you activate the phone on your line, make sure your contacts are backed up from your previous phone so you can transfer them to the new one. Backup Assistant, a free app offered by BUA, will be excellent for this purpose. Once everything is backed up, you will first want to turn off your old phone and then dial *228 from the new phone (choose option 1). When it asks for you to input a number, you want to enter yours and then it will ask you to enter the account's password/last 4 of SSN. Afterwards it will activate the new phone on your line. You would just need to re-download BUA and follow the prompts to transfer the contacts. Then you'll be all set!

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