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40 days to get phone unlocked? Well, always wanted to experience small claims court
A few years ago, T-Mobile had a "5G for free" promotion. All our DDs were 5G already, but promotion just asked for any working phone to be sent in and T-Mobile would ship a 5G phone. I traded in a 4...
fireguy_6364 wrote:so was it in service for 40 days or no? you mentioned a year ago was a promo but did you take said promo then or are you just bringing it up for content?
The answer is in the original post. I have never had it in service and never intended to.
It was a provisional backup phone in case any primary phone of a family member on my T-Mobile plan failed. And if any had failed, it would only have been in service for a few days until the primary was fixed/replaced. It would have worked fine for that.
I have 7 family members on my account, but I also have relatives who are not on T-Mobile. So, for example, if my Nephew (not on T-Mobile) breaks his phone, He should be able to use my fully paid for A32.
I could understand a 40 day period that let T-Mobile prevent some weird scam. But 2 years after the sale even that doesn't make sense.
My complaint is not waiting for 40 days. The complaint is that T-Mobile is saying I have to take my flagship daily driver and put it in a drawer for 40 days while I use a bare bones phone for 40 days. They are saying the phone can NEVER be unlocked until I do that.
