Activating new phone

Is the LG Dare a smartphone? Does it require a data plan? I am looking to buy one from my friend and want to make sure before I get it that I won't have any problems activating it. I don't want to pay for a data plan. Also, what other phones w/the qwerty keyboard do NOT requre the data plan?

LG Dare would not require a data plan

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Activated new phone. How long to load OTA software upgrade?

I activated a brand new phone this morning that I purchased on E-bay (Verizon, Boulder C-711, made by Casio). I followed the steps on the Verizonwireless web site and dialed *228. I was told that Phone was successfully activated. However, I was advised that the phone was going to receive a OTA software update. The phone immediately went into some type of download mode and the screen on the phone shows the VerizonWireless logo.
I have been waiting over an hour for the phone to do something. The screen still shows the VerizonWireless logo and all keys (including the "END") do not respond. This is to say that I tried to depress the "END" key to shut the phone off and it would not shut off. I did this thinking the phone may have locked-up and I was trying to turn it off in an attempt to re-boot it.
Question 1 - How long shoud it take for the OTA software upgrade to load into my phone (1 hour, 2 hours, more, less)?
Question 2 - If phone is in fact locked up, where do I go from here?
Any help would be sincerely appreciated.
Thanks, Bill.

Please disregard my question. My son, who is very impatient, came home and learned that I had been waiting over hour and a half for phone to do something. He called VerizonWireless support and got a very helpful service Rep. on the line. She told hime to remove the battery then re-install the battery and turn the phone back on. The phone re-booted and the necessary software downloaded (it only took one minute for the software to download). The phone then re-booted again and everything seems fine. I have been able to make and receive calls now.
Hope this helps anyone else with similar problem.
Thanks. Bill.

IPhone stolen, can I keep it on iCloud account even after activating new phone?

So my phone was stolen a little while ago and they took my iphone along with a bunch of other stuff. What I'm wondering is if it's possible to keep the stolen iphone active on my iCloud list so I'm alerted if they turn it on, even after activating a new phone. I would just cut my losses but I want to get all my IDs and cards back if there's even a slim chance.
What happens if I activate a new phone using the same number and Apple ID? Will the old phone still be there, or will it disappear from the iCloud devices? I was thinking of setting it to "wipe" but I think just setting it to "Lost Mode" will give me a slim chance if they turn it on again. The phone does have a password and I bet they know they were being tracked so I'd be surprised if they turned it on, but you never know. the police case is still active, but I need a new phone ASAP so I can't just wait to see if anything happens with the old one.

No. The only way to retain them on the iPod after they have been deleted from the computer is to not sync. YOu also can;t add new one .

Activation: New Phone vs. back-up

I think I just made a big mistake in activation.. I chose to back-up my new iPhone4 from my previous phone. Should I have chosen "set up as new phone"? And now how do I correct this?

You did the right thing since this will put all your text messages, etc. onto the new iPhone 4. I did this also... it is the recommended procedure. You should be just fine.

HT1688 Problems activating new phone today.

I just got a new replacement iPhone 5. I'm trying to activate it (on the phone and connected to my computer) and it says it can't because it cannot reach the server and on iTunes it says there is an error connecting to the itunes store. Any ideas?

LG Dare would not require a data plan

Made the mistake of not transferring data from my old iphone 3 prior to activating new phone. I didn't have icloud, etc. Got contacts, but nothing else. What r my options?

Help

If you did not backup your "data" then you have no options.
You have to have the data in order to move the data.

HT1688 I recently upgrade my Iphone but the old one is still active. I installed the friendjectory app on my new phone but it will not open but for a few seconds ab=nd then closes. What is wrong and what do I need to do to make this app work on my new pho

I recently upgraded my Iphone. Iinstalled the friendjectory app on the new phone but it will not open but for few seconds and then closed. What is wrong and what do I need to do? My old phone is still active and working. Do I need to do something about that?

Hi stanczak53,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
See this link for some tips on troubleshooting apps on your iPhone:
Using apps on your iPhone
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/assistant/application/
Best,
Jeremy

Iphone stolen. Am I able to erase my info with a new phone activated?

My iphone 5 got stolen a few days ago and I immediately put it into lost mode with a sound to go off and a message to appear telling him/her to return it. I got a couple of locations tracked but the theif would keep the phone off. I have iOS 7 with a passcode on the phone and Find my phone activated so I know the phone is pretty much useless and they won't be able to get in. I came to terms that the phone is long gone and I probably won't be getting it back so I went to t-mobile to get a new SIM card for another phone and clicked "Erase iphone" on iCloud. Since the stolen phone is offline, it says the data will be erased once it is connected to the internet. Without much thought I put the new SIM in the phone activating it but when it asked to log in to iCloud, I thought of something that I wasn't sure of so I thought I'd ask. My question is since the new SIM is activated, if I log into my icloud restoring the new phone to whatever I have saved on there, will the information on the stolen phone still be erased? Since the SIM card on the stolen phone is inactivated now, there is no cellular network for it to connect to , and the only way it would be erased is if it was connected to wifi, correct? But if I log into icloud on the new phone, will it log out of the old one and not erase my pictures, contacts, data, etc? Sorry for the huge paragraph, I just want to make sure all my data will still be able to be erased, even if I activate and start using a new phone (which is also an iphone 5). Responses will be appreciated. Thanks!

The find my iPhone services work based on the MIME and serial number, not your carrier's data... therefore the deletion should work if the device is ever connected to a network.
You can have several devices with the same Apple ID so you also don't need to worry about unwillingly logging the other device out.

TS4268 i've backup in itunes with another phone number activation , now i want active with new phone number without losing old backups , what can i do for this problem ?? :(

i've backup in itunes with another phone number activation , now i want active with new phone number without losing old backups , what can i do for this problem ??

If I get this right, you've ported your phone number to AT&T with the purchase of the iPhone. That is considered opening your own account under your name. Your brother's account is not ported to AT&T unless you used his SS# instead of yours. Your brother still has his account under Verizon Wireless, all you did was use your cell phone number to when you opened your own AT&T account.
If you don't want to use your Verizon Wireless phone #, my suggestion is to call AT&T customer service and explain that you want a new phone number instead of the ported Verizon number.

Does roaming while activating new (old Alltel) phone matter?

Hi,
Does it matter if I activate a new phone (actually an old Alltel Razr with clear ESN/Hex) in a roaming area rather than my home area?
After the conversion, I moved ~120 miles to an area that I'm pretty sure would be roaming and has a different area code. Alltel in my old home area was converted to Verizon (obviously ) and Alltel in my new area was converted to ATT. My Alltel Motorola Hint worked fine in both areas (and nationally) until I broke it grrr.
I will call *228 option 1 from the new phone while the old phone is turned off. The question is, will there be no issues if I activate now while roaming vs waiting a couple weeks until I travel to my old home area?
I have learned alot fom reading this forum (but not enough not to ask this question lol) so many thanks to the great contributors here!
tia!

today I ended up in a Verizon coverage area though still not my "home" area. I tried *228 option 3 ("not a valid option") and option 1 (something like 'not allowed' and clicked off--I thought it answered as "Verizon" but maybe I misheard). I called customer service who did have me try the *228 option 1 (which still hung up on me) and then manually programmed the Razr. Ta da! Customer service was very polite and helpful, though still asked if we wanted to upgrade to an iPhone4 --I'm sure they have to try or they get in trouble. I did get to say that I was unhappy that there's a new tower a mile away but we still don't get coverage at home, so maybe Verizon will look into the new tower (stranger things have happened, I suppose...).
I didn't try the *22800 etc (sorry budone!) so I didn't attempt every possibility but activation on regular *228 while roaming didn't work (as Ralph said ) and activating through customer service worked. for anyone else running into this situation.
thank you Ralph and budone for your help! It was sure neat being able to make/receive phone calls again!

HT1386 My husband and I both upgraded from the 3 to the iPhone 4. When activating them, it copied all of my stuff to my new phone. Then we did my husbands....and he got all of my stuff too! Instead of what was on his old iphone 3. Help. Please.

My husband and I upgraded from the iPhone 3 to the iPhone 4. I activated mine and all was good. I activiated his and while syncing....instead of transfering his contacts, apps and ect. All of my contacts, apps and ect. were loaded on his phone as well. How do I change this. Please help. Thank you!

At this point it would be best to restore both phones. Do backups of both old phones, and restore new phones from those backups. (make you choose the correct backup for each phone or you'll back were you started).
You can use multiple devices with the same computer, and even the same itunes library. Howevever, it may be easier just to set up seperate user accounts on the computer for the future.

Will old iPhone be locked when new phone is activated?

As subject, will the old iphone be locked once you have sucessfully activated the new one. If that's the case, what's teh best way to transfer/ delete data from the old phone?

Yes, it will be locked. Best way to go about it is: hook up the old phone before you go to the store and start installing the 2.0 software. It will ask you if you want to back up the phone, say yes. When it is done pulling all the data off your phone, stop there. Then go get the new phone, bring it home, plug it in, and continue from there. I think that should work. There were instructions somewhere on the AT&T site.

How can I restore from icloud backup after activating replacement phone as new

I activated a replacement iphone 5. When I tried to restore from my iCloud backup, it said the os of the backup was not compatible with the replacement phone os so I chose the option to activate as a new phone. (Old phone was on 7 - replacement phone was sent to me with an earlier os).
Is there any way to restore my settings from my last iCloud backup?

plawatap wrote:
Yeah - guess you're right. It just took me hours to figure out what to do/not do. New to iphones and never had to restore before. Maybe Apple could at least include the very simple instructions wjosten posted. Would have saved me a lot of stress and time....
Apple does provide instructions.
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
Note that iTunes and iOS do not support installing backups of newer versions of iOS onto devices using earlier versions of iOS.
iOS: Unable to restore from backup of a newer device
Symptoms
When restoring an iOS backup to a iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch that is not using the latest version of iOS, you may see the following behavior:
You cannot see or select the most recent backup from the list of available backups in iTunes or iCloud.
iTunes displays the alert "The backup [name] cannot be restored to this [iOS device] because the software on the [iOS device] is too old."
iTunes displays the alert "No backups available."
Resolution
Update your device to the latest version of iOS to be able to restore the backup.

Forgot to transfer pics and videos to new phone before activating... HELP!!

I need to know if there is some alternative way to pull my photos and video off my old phone now that it's been de-activated. I backed up my contacts and those transferred but I completely forgot about pics and video. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
-kvan

If your phone is SD card capable then you can transfer them using it. If not you can reactivate the old phone, text them to your email, then to the new phone. Or possibly by connecting the old phone to the computer and downloading them that way.

Minimum activation time for new phone

I recently got an iPhone 4S. One of the camera apps I use frequently is busted on the 4S but works fine on the iPhone 4, which is what I had previously.
I'd like to re-activate my iPhone 4 until the developers get around to fixing the camera app (it's Hipstamatic for anyone who's curious).
My question: when you get a new phone, does it have to be active for a minimum amount of time? I know the phone has to be activated within 5 days of purchase, but once it's activated does it need to stay active for a certain number of days or weeks?

If you purchased the phone directly through Verizon, you can deactivate it immediately if you like. I don't think the iPhone is being sold through third-party retailers yet (if it ever will be), so you should be fine.
For future reference, if you do buy through a third-party (like Amazon, or Wirefly), they can ask you to sign a second contract directly with them. That contract may require the phone to stay active for at least 180 days with the same plan, or you will owe that retailer an Early Termination Fee.

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