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Official MetroPCS BYOD discussion thread

I would think very carefully about buying that phone from Ebay.
First, you haven't provided a link so we can't see who you're buying it from. Is it from a domestic US dealer with a good reputation, or someone from China? Does it have a US warranty? It may not, being an international unlocked version, so if anything goes wrong with it you may be out of luck and that will cost you a lot more than the $100 or so you saved by not buying the official Metro version.
If you buy a version that does not support the same bands as the 920T you may be disappointed in the results depending on how solid the supported bands are in your service area. I'm in a major city with good LTE service and I still find my phone frequently switches to 4G/HSPA. This isn't a problem with a phone that has those bands as it's still fast but without those bands your data would either get very slow or drop out altogether if you lost the LTE signal.
Finally note that the Metro/T-Mo versions of the phone (or any of the current phones they sell) will include native WiFi calling which is a very useful feature. Other versions of the same phone, even if 100% compatible with the right bands, will not have this feature and it is not possible to add it later (not even by rooting, AFAIK there are no custom ROMs that include it).
So please bear all of the above in mind when making your purchase and think whether the lower up-front cost is really a good deal. If paying the full price is a problem for you perhaps you may want to consider the S5 or even the S4 which are still perfectly good and up-to-date phones. You can still get a brand-new S5 from Metro for much less than the S6 and don't forget about the removable battery and SD card slot which the S6 doesn't have (don't know if those things are important to you but they are to some people).
 
The total for the phone directly on metro is $720 taxes and activation/sim card fees, but as you mentioned in the long run I can save what I am actually trying to save by buying from metro.
 
I'm glad I found this place. Metro PCS is making me upgrade to a new phone because I had a LG Motion which was CDMA or whatever, and now it is not going to work anymore. Annoying because I had all my photos on there, and no SD card. I do NOT want to trade in my phone, I want to keep my phone. Therefore I am not eligible to get a free phone.

On a side note, I recently bought a refurbished LG Optimus F3 from T Mobile when I was going to Spain for 2 weeks and signed up with them for just 1 month of service for their Global plan (text/internet worldwide). The phone was about $75 with SIM and all that. It is GSM. I canceled my service, but obviously cannot return the phone.

SO my question is, can I take this Optimus F3 to MetroPCS and use it as my new phone? Do I even need to take it in or can I just swap out the TMobile SIM card with my current MetroPCS SIM card? The reason I stay on MetroPCS is it's a lot cheaper, I barely use any data or talk at all.

Thanks, I don't know much about phones! I am trying to save money.
 
Well Dang. I just searched some more and found out about the MetroPCS Keep Your Phone page. It seems they do not support the Optimus F3. :*(
 
you could just buy the lg optimus f6 from metro for $50 plus $10 for a metro sim...or they have the lg optimus L70 for $29...
 
That's strange because Metro used to sell the F3. I have one that I used for over a year. The currently available F6 is very similar just bigger.
I suspect their posted list of eligible phones is just incomplete, pretty sure you can use your F3 with a Metro SIM. You will need to purchase a new SIM from Metro (they are $10), what you have in your old Motion is NOT a SIM card.
 
When you register the new SIM your # will remain the same, it will now be registered to that SIM and the IMEI of the new-to-you device. You just call customer service and they do it over the phone.
 
As many of you know......almost always....your phone warranty from manufacture is only included from the country of original sale. If you have a UK model, someone on eBay unlocks it.....sells in the US, you are sol for warranty. Even if you are lucky enough it has the correct frequencies for local service.

It may be authentic, and brand new, but you wont get any warranty.
 
Available versions:
SM-G9200 (Hong Kong)
SM-G9208 (China)
SM-G9208/SS (China)
SM-G9209 (China)
SM-G920A (AT&T)
SM-G920F (Global)
SM-G920FD (Pakistan, Philippines)
SM-G920I (LATAM, Singapore, India, Australia)
SM-G920S (Korea)
SM-G920T (T-Mobile)
 
Here is a great ebay international unlocked phone, and their warranty disclaimer


Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920F 4G LTE Black 32GB INTERNAL FACTORY UNLOCKED 5.1





We sells international factory unlocked phone, not US phones, all items (except phones were specified as US version) are imported from other countries and do not carry any US warranty.

We do not offer any warranty service. Buyers can consider purchase warranty from a third party company called "Squaretrade". For details, please visit squaretrade official site.
 
Hey guys

So I got my nano sim and tried calling *228 but when I chose to switch phones it said there was a problem. The only other number I can find on metro's website just takes me to the same set of options.

Can anyone give me a customer service number or tell me what number they called, and if they called it from the new phone or old phone and just what the general process was? The phone I'm trying to switch to is a tmobile 5S so it should work

I'd take it to a store but theres none around me
 
Hey guys

So I got my nano sim and tried calling *228 but when I chose to switch phones it said there was a problem. The only other number I can find on metro's website just takes me to the same set of options.

Can anyone give me a customer service number or tell me what number they called, and if they called it from the new phone or old phone and just what the general process was? The phone I'm trying to switch to is a tmobile 5S so it should work

I'd take it to a store but theres none around me

It's been a while so forgive me if I am wrong but I know I called from my new phone. I probably called 888-8metro8. Whole process took about 5 minutes.
 
I switch my LG F60 to T-Moblie G3. I had to call the 1-888-8me-tro8 from different phones. I tried the online system to change device imei number on my account & G3 IMEI was rejected. When I called MetroPCS the only questions the nice lady asked about the BYOD was both devices turned off? BYOD SIM unlocked? & for IMEI number? Then she asked if I had a SIM card? She asked for SIM card number? Which was F60 SIM on account. She said that If my SIM is the right size she had switched devices. I made called to test activation. She never asked anything about my BYOD; brand? model? or carrier? Switch took 5mins super easy. It was more trouble for F60 SIM unlock code. The first call I made I was told F60 unlock code was previously requested & MetroPCS would email me in 2 days. 6 days later I called back & they said I need to call back in 2 hours for code. I was waiting to unlock F60 before I switch devices. Swiching was the easy part.
 
Since AndroidForums doesnt have the ability to search a specific thread... can anyone tell me; If I have a T-Mobile S6 and bring it over to MetroPCS; will I get T-Mobile OTAs? Metro OTAs? No OTAs?
 
Since AndroidForums doesnt have the ability to search a specific thread... can anyone tell me; If I have a T-Mobile S6 and bring it over to MetroPCS; will I get T-Mobile OTAs? Metro OTAs? No OTAs?

You will get T-Mobile OTAs. It's still a T-Mobile phone even if metro is the one providing the service.
 
question: i participated in a verizon device recycle program and netted myself a good chunk of change. ive spent most of it already but have enough for a 200-300 phone off their website. the one im looking at is the samsung galaxy prime core.

its a 4gLTE factory unlocked phone. it has band 4, which i believe is required for LTE.

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_core_prime-6716.php

what issues will i have, aside from maybe having to input the APN for metro/tmobile?
 
I have a Sony Xperia Z3c unlocked and it has band 2 & 4.

What do I have to do just take it to the Metro store and they'll hook it up for me or what. I'm just trying not to have any issues you know. Do I have to do it myself? IDK! :D
 
I have a Sony Xperia Z3c unlocked and it has band 2 & 4.

What do I have to do just take it to the Metro store and they'll hook it up for me or what. I'm just trying not to have any issues you know. Do I have to do it myself? IDK! :D

yeah, with metro you do, as they need to register the IMEI onto their network. thats what they told me earlier today when i took them the core prime i got today.
 
I have a Sony Xperia Z3c unlocked and it has band 2 & 4.

What do I have to do just take it to the Metro store and they'll hook it up for me or what. I'm just trying not to have any issues you know. Do I have to do it myself? IDK! :D
yeah, with metro you do, as they need to register the IMEI onto their network. thats what they told me earlier today when i took them the core prime i got today.
You can check online in the MPCS website if you can activate it. It's has to b gsm phone they are not doing cdma's n you can activate online too... Or over the phone
 
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