Buying phone from friend affect my upgrade status

If i buy a phone from my friend will i have to wait another year before i can update again? Buying this new phone from her would make me have to switch to a data plan but i think that's it. Please help

If a phone is flagged as lost or stolen, I believe that only the owner calling in and reporting that they have retrieved the phone can remove the flag. If the ESN is blocked because money is still owed on the account, the owner paying up would remove the issue. You can always check an ESN with Verizon by calling their CS, and you should do this before you pay for ANY used phone.

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I bought an iphone3g from ebay and then i tried to upgrade it but it was locked by apple store now what can i do?as it is not my fault and it is not illegal to buy phone from ebay.

i bought an iphone3g from ebay and then i tried to upgrade it but it was locked by apple store now what can i do?as it is not my fault and it is not illegal to buy phone from ebay.

caveat emptor
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Upgrading without buying phone from verizon?

I currently have a standard phone and plan, and i have a smart phone that i want to upgrade to. I already have the smartphone. I want to simply add data to my plan without making a new contract or anything like that. Is this possible, to simply upgrade to the next price without making a new contract, or to at least not be locked into the two year contract if i already have the phone i wish to use? Thank you for any help.

Hey there googmike,
That's awesome that you are thinking of adding a smartphone to your account. They are fascinating devices and they make your day to day life a bit easier.
If you already have the phone you can add it to your account without extending the agreement. All you'll have to do is add a data plan. Visit http://vz.to/12m2lHL for steps on how to activate your device via My Verizon.
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Question regarding buying phone from Amazonwireless

Hi, I have two questions regarding amazonwireless.
I have a nationwide 700 family plan and my phone is eligible for an upgrade now.
Amazonwireless has a good basic phone ( Samsung) that verizon don't have. If I buy it from Amazon and extend contract for 2 more years, does this work? Will I be moved to new share all plan or keep my old family plan? Or is there a catch?
My other question is the AmazonWireless Instant Discount Policy, if another line on my family plan upgrades to iphone in a few month ( when it's eligible for upgrade) and adds data plan ( we currently don't have any data plan), would this violate Amazon's policy since the contract is changed? I attached their policy below for reference.
I know it's a long read, but thank you for helping!
AmazonWireless Instant Discount Policy
When you purchase your device with service from AmazonWireless.com, we automatically pass along an instant discount from the carrier to you. This discount has been provided to you based on your agreement to (a) activate a new, or extend an existing, line of service for this device with the carrier, and (b) maintain this service in good standing for a minimum of 181 consecutive days. If you do not activate or extend a line of service in connection with this device, or if your service is canceled/disconnected before 181 consecutive days, AmazonWireless.com will charge you $250 per device, plus applicable taxes.

From the Amazon Wireless FAQ:
I need a new phone, but my line isn't eligible for an upgrade. Another line in my family account is eligible. Can I get a new phone for my line by using the upgrade of the other line in my family account?
While carriers may offer the option to swap upgrades between different lines on the same family account, this option isn't available through AmazonWireless. Phones purchased from AmazonWireless must remain on the line upgraded for 181 days. If you move the device to an alternate line within the first 181 days, you'd be subject toadditional charges by AmazonWireless of up to $250 (per phone), plus applicable taxes.

WARNING---do NOT buy phones from BestBuy

I attempted to purchase a phone online ans was referred to the customer service line to purchase, it took over an hour to purchase. I spoke with two different people one that took all the order information which I then had to repeat over and over and over to the person who was to place the order. As soon as I was transferred to him I received a call form an 888 number to which I did not answer. After the order was finally completed, I recievd another call form said 888 number, I called the number back and it asked for an 9-digit order number (BestBuy's order number is longer then 9-digits) and said to go to whereismyphone.com(NOT a bestbuy website). Either:
BestBuy is sharing customer's information
BestBuy is still using the wire fly affiliate for phone orders or
BestBuy's system is being hacked
No matter which it is, I am not pleased!!!! An hour after receiving said call form the 888 number I received a txt msg asking for my acct # or last four of my SSN so that my number can be ported over. Funny thing is that all that information was given to BestBuy over the phone several times! I called the number that was in the txt and they claimed to be sprint (the carrier I was getting a phone with) and were asking for the same information but as stated before they would have that information already becuase bestbuy would of provided to them. The guy could not give any proof that he was with sprint and was ignoring half of what i said, he even brought another person on the line to activate a phone and get personal information for a phone I clearly stated I JUST purchased hours ago and that I did not have! Sounds sketchy!!!! I have tried to cancel my order, have called BestBuy and BestBuy Mobile and have been on hold for 40min. and 20 min. I finally spoke with a woman from BestBuy Mobile and she said I would have to decline the package (which I can not do because I live in an dormitory) or return it for a refund...we will see how that goes. She also stated as well as her manager, that they are not affiliated with who ever called and txted me...sounds like there is a leak in BestBuy's system how else did they receive my information? All this just to purchase a phone...ridiculous! I will only being purchasing phones directly from the carrier from now on and I suggest you do the same!

It's not unheard of that the carrier would need more information to complete a number port from another carrier. They may have needed some information in order to put it through, such as your old account number. This should have been done automatically when you ordered the phone through Best Buy, but sometimes it does need to be done manually.
As for the rest of your situation, I have no knowledge of those events, but you forgot a fourth possibility: there was no relation between ordering a phone from Best Buy and receiving unsolicited phone calls.
Dan K. | Mobile Specialty Stores
Any opinions expressed in this post are those of
the author and do not represent Best Buy Co., Inc.

Just got a used i-phone from friend but she doesnt know her password how can i reset it so i can put my own id and password in

hi im new ti i-phone so can anyone help me please

what password exactly. locked iphone or itunes password. if locked iphone than just restore it. if itunes password then go to settings-itunes/store/or app store then hit sign out then sign in with yours.
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I'm looking into buying a prepaid phone from verizon on the website..do you think prepaid is good? how is it different from contract?

right now i'm with sprint.i really hate sprint..there service isn't good at all.my contract is up in 2 months.so ive been buying phones from all these prepaid carriers and there service isnt reliable at all.i just buy them to see how there service are..i know it sounds dumb.so anyways that's why i come here...verizon is known for being reliable..so my point is,do you think i should go with verizon prepaid?are there prepaid services good? do you think its a good idea to go with verizon? i just need some advice cause i was gonna port my number from sprint to verizon..so i just need people's opinions..
i am done with 'contracts' so i wanna go prepaid..i dont feel like signing another contract...plus i travel so thats why im considering verizon.

In a roaming network, your "main" router is the device that would require port mapping/forwarding to be configured in order to access the IP camera from the Internet. This router is also the one that would be provide the private IP address for the camera which you will want to be a static one.
So as you described your network, the IP cameras should be getting an IP address or you assigned it a static one and this is the address that you would enter in the Private IP address (or equivalent depending on the router used) field when setting up port mapping.
If you are not able to access this camera from the local network, then this should be troubleshot first.

Bought a phone from craigslist

Hi i bought a iphone 5 for 150 on Craigslist and it was locked to at&t i sent a unlock request it was denied due to it being reported lost or stolen, will at&t help me or are the strict with their requirements

Chino209 wrote:
Hi i bought a iphone 5 for 150 on Craigslist and it was locked to at&t i sent a unlock request it was denied due to it being reported lost or stolen, will at&t help me or are the strict with their requirementsYou wasted your money! Never buy phones from Craigslist, you will get ripped off! AT&T blacklisted the iPhone 5, never will "unlock" it!

Do I have to pay the upgrade fee if I buy my phone from apple?

I can't find anywhere where the upgrade fee is explained fully. I know if I buy my phone from apple, it is a "verizon" phone -- will they charge me the upgrade fee, will verizon charge it when I activate the phone, or does it not apply if I buy it via the apple store?

If you are buying the phone at full price (or Verizon EDGE), there won't be any upgrade fee. If you are getting a subsidized phone (2-year contract) there will be an upgrade fee.

Buying a phone from another supplier, as an upgrade

This question is two fold.
First, my line is not the line with the upgrade. I am transferring it from another line to mine. I have read that my line's upgrade, which will be up in Feb. will now be the upgrade date for the other line. Is this true?
Second, I am buying a phone from walmart, the Droid x2. I went through all of the steps, saying that I'm buying the phone as an upgrade. Before I actually buy it, I would like to know what the activation process is. Do I just order it, it's delivered, and I call the activation number? Or do I need to do something further. I find it hard to believe that it's that simple.
Thanks!

JuliaW wrote:
This question is two fold.
First, my line is not the line with the upgrade. I am transferring it from another line to mine. I have read that my line's upgrade, which will be up in Feb. will now be the upgrade date for the other line. Is this true? I don't think you can do this online with Walmart(or any other online vendor). It does not change your upgrade date, the other line gets a new 2 year contract not yours. This is refered to as an alternate upgrade, the only other vendor I've found that has done this for me is in store at Target.
Second, I am buying a phone from walmart, the Droid x2. I went through all of the steps, saying that I'm buying the phone as an upgrade. Before I actually buy it, I would like to know what the activation process is. Do I just order it, it's delivered, and I call the activation number? Or do I need to do something further. I find it hard to believe that it's that simple. It's that simple, usually.
Thanks!

I have changed my apple id, and its ok when i sync my Iphone with Itunes, but ON my Iphone still my old apple-ID is there. I can NOT buy things from Itunes or Upgrade anything now, how to fix this?

I have changed my apple id, and its ok when i sync my Iphone with Itunes, but ON my Iphone still my old apple-ID is there. I can NOT buy things from Itunes or Upgrade anything now, how to fix this?

I recently changed my email address and want to change my Apple ID account to match. I have created a new Apple ID to match the new account but now I can't sign into iCloud on our phones or computer with the old Apple ID. I can't make any changes on iCloud on our phones because it directs me to the old account, which I can't sign into. I also can't sign me in on my computer to make any changes. Help!!! Now I have two addresses and can't access the one that directly affects my devices.

Why do I need to re-authorize my iphone after upgrades for songs given to me from friends? It requires me to put in their password.

It seems like after every iphone upgrade when I go to sync the phone I get a message stating that their are songs that will be deleted without a new authorization. These are songs that I have gotten over the years legally from friends. In order to authorize I need their passwords. This does not seem to be fair that songs I got 5 years ago I need to supply a password from someone who I may no longer keep in contact with. And if it is Apple's way to get me to buy the song from the apple store I don't even know what songs they may be; the message may name one or two songs and there may be 12 to authorize from that particular friend. Is this normal? Is there something I can do? Thanks.

You are wrong:
http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/us/terms.html
USAGE RULES
(i) You shall be authorized to use iTunes Products only for personal, noncommercial use.
(ii) You shall be authorized to use iTunes Products on five iTunes-authorized devices at any time, except for Content Rentals (see below).
(iii) You shall be able to store iTunes Products from up to five different Accounts at a time on compatible devices, provided that each iPhone may sync tone iTunes Products with only a single iTunes-authorized device at a time, and syncing an iPhone with a different iTunes-authorized device will cause tone iTunes Products stored on that iPhone to be erased.
(iv) You shall be authorized to burn an audio playlist up to seven times.
(v) You shall not be entitled to burn video iTunes Products or tone iTunes Products.
(vi) iTunes Plus Products do not contain security technology that limits your usage of such products, and Usage Rules (ii) – (v) do not apply to iTunes Plus Products. You may copy, store, and burn iTunes Plus Products as reasonably necessary for personal, noncommercial use.
(vii) You shall be able to manually sync a movie from at least one iTunes-authorized device to devices that have manual sync mode, provided that the movie is associated with an Account on the primary iTunes-authorized device, where the primary iTunes-authorized device is the one that was first synced with the device or the one that you subsequently designate as primary using iTunes.
(viii) An HDCP connection is required to view content transmitted over HDMI.

I want to buy new iPhone 4s from friend...

Hello,
I currently own a Droid X and have a plan with Verizon. A friend of mine just signed a plan to get her daughter and her each a new iPhone 4s. She doesn't want her phone anymore and is interested in selling it to me. I'm all over this chance if there won't be any issues.
I would think that all she would have to do is cancel her phone from her plan, so I can then activate it on my plan, right?
If that is correct then I also need to confirm that I'm able to switch my phone number from my Droid X to the new iPhone 4s.
Also, will doing any of this add to my bill? Will doing any of this add to her bill or than maybe a cancellation fee?
Thank you to anyone that is able to assist with these questions.

BluePanda wrote:
Hello,
I currently own a Droid X and have a plan with Verizon. A friend of mine just signed a plan to get her daughter and her each a new iPhone 4s. She doesn't want her phone anymore and is interested in selling it to me. I'm all over this chance if there won't be any issues.
I would think that all she would have to do is cancel her phone from her plan, so I can then activate it on my plan, right?
If that is correct then I also need to confirm that I'm able to switch my phone number from my Droid X to the new iPhone 4s.
Also, will doing any of this add to my bill? Will doing any of this add to her bill or than maybe a cancellation fee?
Thank you to anyone that is able to assist with these questions.
in order for you to use a phone you buy from her her plan must be paid in full and up to date
if ther eis any ballance due, then the phone will not be able to be activated
it should nto change your bill
if she cancels her line then there will be the etf of @ $375 due plus any usage fees that are owed

Cannot get phone upgrade status

Everytime I try to get upgrade status of my phones online I get a page that says this service is not available at this time. This has been going on for over a month. Can anyone help?

RANDERSO2 & HelloKitty
As Leiko27 posted, you can dial #UPG to check your upgrade date.
As for trying to verify it via My Verizon online, have you tried to access the page from a different computer? Did it give the same response? Do you have problems accessing any other links/pages on our site?
If so, please PM me and I would be happy to get some details from you in order to get the online portion working for you.

HT1311 Have changed my Apple id to a new email address. its all working fine on my pc and also comes up with the new id on my icloud page on my iphone, but when i tryto buy something from i tunes on the phone the sign in box still has the old id. how do i

Have changed my apple Id to a new email address. its all working fine on my PC and also on come up with the new ID on my icloud page on my iphone but when i try to buy something from itunes etc on my phone, the log in box still contains the old id.
how do i change this?

The Apple Support Communities are an international user to user technical support forum. As a man from Mexico, Spanish is my native tongue. I do not speak English very well, however, I do write in English with the aid of the Mac OS X spelling and grammar checks. I also live in a culture perhaps very very different from your own. When offering advice in the ASC, my comments are not meant to be anything more than helpful and certainly not to be taken as insults.
It doesn't sound like you "changed" your Apple ID, sounds like you created a new one. Bad idea. All content bought with an Apple ID is forever tied to that ID. The ID that bought the content is the only ID that can update the content. Apple does not merge IDs not does Apple transfer content from one ID to another.

Buying phone from friend affect my upgrade status

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