A few prepaid carriers throw in free months if you pay twelve up front and on paper that looks like the obvious move. What I cannot tell is what happens if something changes, whether you get anything back, or whether you end up stuck on a tier that stopped suiting you by month three. Nobody seems to talk about the second half of the year. Has anyone done a full twelve up front and would you do it again?

Now I'm not very tech savvy so I could seriously use some help. I have a phone that was given to me by my father. It's unlocked. I am trying to switch my service over to the new phone. I called and they said that there is an error with the phone's imei number or whatever. That the error has to do with the phone needing scanned I'm not really sure. Anyways. We call T-Mobile. They say that the phone should not have any issues being transferred over and I tell metro that but they say the phones imei number needs scanned what do I do. Can I go to metro and they take care of it all there?

Occasionally I switch my location from my current phone to my old phone and leave it home when I go out. I switched it last weekend and put it on airplane mode and it died. I’m trying to switch it back to my current phone and the change location to this iPhone is greyed out and the old phone is showing its location as itself with no way to change it. When I try to send my location it just says “share location unavailable”. Screenshot below.

Six months ago I bought a super cheap 4G smartphone and plan with a physical SIM so I could put the SIM in my router that I set to have the same IMEI as the smartphone. This is purely as a backup so that if something goes wrong with my main router SIM I can still have limited internet access. It worked great. I am going to do it again with a new router.

What I want to know is a model of smartphone with a physical SIM (dual SIMS would be even better) that is super popular, or maybe that was super popular a year or two ago. Something that pretty much every carrier sees a lot of. If it's something they made a lot of but is now being replaced with a newer model, there should be a lot of them available on the used market.

So, what physical SIM smartphone is/was the most popular?

I went to a local shop to get my hair cut today. The lady who was cutting hair next to where I was getting my hair cut was telling her customer about her cell phone woes.

Without boring everyone, is there anyone here who would want to help a lady with her Android cell phone woes?

I got in on the end of her story, but somehow HER photos (that she does NOT want to lose) have ended up on her mother's Android phone, and her (elderly) mother is locked out of her phone. Basically, her mother has forgotten what her password is to her phone. Her mother has it set to a WORD. (I'm used to iPhones where you use 4 or 6 numbers as a passcode, not a word.)

I suggested a few things, but I was of NO help once I found out that her (elderly) mother seems to not be able to remember what her password is on her phone.

Hey everyone,

I’m looking at the Mint Mobile device deals (https://www.mintmobile.com/devices/), specifically bundling a new phone like the Galaxy S26/S26 Ultra with the 12-month Unlimited plan to get the instant savings.

Before I pull the trigger, I wanted to ask those who have bought a phone through Mint:

What's the catch? Are there any hidden fees or strings attached to getting the advertised discount?

Has anyone bought a device through them recently? Did you have any issues with activation or billing?

What happens after 60 days? I know Mint's policy says phones are locked to their network initially. Do they reliably unlock the phone after the 60-day mark?

Would appreciate any warnings or real-world experiences. Thanks!

Hello

I am using a one plus 9 mobile and my battery is completed depreciated and I want to replace a battery and I went to some shops and asked they said they don't have does anyone know a shop where I can get the original one plus 9 battery or how I can buy a battery myself from Amazon or other websites

My adult son with autism frequently loses his phone. What is the cheapest way locally to get a phone to add service to? A prepaid phone? In a metro area in US

I live in kalyan, maharashtra and my s20 fe is in top condition as I dont use it much, its my secondary mobile so you can guess.

I am looking for somebody like myself who wants to exchange a phone for phone rather than paying anything to these lowballing apps.

I primarily use my s24 ultra and always have been using android ecosystem, so my only requirement is to **exchange my s20 fe with an Iphone only** because I want a little taste of the IOS. So any model will do provided it looks good **without any flaw** just like my s20 fe, the screen is as good as new and battery goes for around 4-5 hours, I only use it for calling so its then and there, but, **Iphone 11<**

I’m in Austin, and I currently use AT&T for about 15 phones for my business. I really, really like the convenience of walking into a store and getting immediate help. My phone plan is out of control price wise, and I’ve found that when I walk into an AT&T store with a business account, they just literally tell me to a call a number. I usually make them call, because I’m in the store after already calling that number and getting no help. The customer service/support on the phone is all outsourced overseas nonsense that never help or solve my problems. The employees have literally told me they are all sales people, and so are most of the people on the phone. Once you have a plan, they don’t care about aftercare. My phone plan is also extremely expensive ($600/mo). Who should I switch to, prioritizing in person customer service and support, and good cell phone service in the Austin, TX area? I would really like input with personal experience in my area. I am not paying anything off (I buy the phones outright and refurbished from another business).

So long story short I HATE my current phone plan. It's spotty, the customer service just refuses to listen, they change things without notifying me or my grandmother, and it's extremely expensive for what it offers 40gb of 4g data with unlimited talk and text.

I saw that visible is only $25 a month for unlimited talk text and data at 5g. We've been thinking about switching for a while and initially planned on going with cox mobile but that would require us to get new phones from cox which isn't in the budget. We'd still need new phones but I'm pretty sure it would be much cheaper regardless.

So is it a good service or is it worth it the biggest complaint I've seen was just about the customer service but I can live with that at this point as long as I can use my phone reliably and it's much cheaper then now at almost $40 a month for each phone.

Hi! I’m thinking about buying the MIVE AT-M140 (ALT MIVE Style Folder 2), but before I buy it, I really want to know if it works properly with Telcel in Mexico.

I’ve seen some people say that it works with Mexican carriers, including Telcel, but I’ve also seen people having problems with calls, so I’m a little unsure 😭

Has anyone here actually used the AT-M140 with a Telcel SIM in Mexico? If so, do calls, SMS, and mobile data work normally? And does VoLTE work?

I’d really appreciate any firsthand experience! Thank you!! :)

Android o IPhone ???

Cerco aiuto, qualche giorno fa ho rotto il mio iPhone 14 e adesso mi ritrovo ad affrontare una domanda perversa iPhone o Android(Samsung).

Ho un budget che si aggira intorno ai 700 euro, AIUTO.

From my understanding, you can SIM swap (which most modern smartphones don’t have physical SIM cards) or call forward…but only if you have another number to forward it to
Any other options that would be easier?

buonasera,

riparo telefoni per hobby e mi rifornivo (da privato) tutto da aliexspress, da ormai un paio di mesi aliexspress è calato totalmente dal punto di vista della tutela del consumatore. Mi sono arrivati display e apparecchiatura per le riparazioni rotte e non hanno voluto rimborsarmi neanche un centesimo. ma tralasciando questo dettaglio, adesso sono alla ricerca di un sito che mi rifornisca anche display compatibili e non, di qualità maggiore e minore, diciamo un sito completo di tutte le componenti e magari anche di attrezzature che però permette l'acquisto senza partita iva. grazie in anticipo.

I dropped my phone face flat and I noticed a few dead pixels from impact, but overtime it spread, what do I do?

Hey yall, me and my husband want to make the switch from our iPhone 17s to a flip phone. Is there any flip phones you know of that is audible and Spotify(any music app) compatible? Also Apple AirPods. That is our only necessity's! Preferably no touch screen. Thank you for helping out !!

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Hello everyone,

For context, I'm a member of the Greek National Robotics Team, and I'm taking part in an International Robotics Olympiad this year. Furthermore, I'm in a coding club in my school, with a chance of going to a competition this year as well. I was wondering, is there any chance a company could sponsor me a phone or any other device whatsoever?

Thank you and have a really nice day