How Can I Setup My T-Mobile ID for My Home Internet Account...???

Bad news. I did finally manage to get a T-Mobile ID and logged into my T-Mobile. Now, if I try to see or do anything there, I need to associate a phone number with the account where they can send a verification code. When I do, I am asked to make sure I entered my "T-Mobile number" correctly. I don't have a T-Mobile phone and they can't send verification code for me to the gateway number.

The gateway is able to receive text messages but for some reason the t-mobile system is not able to send these messages. Gives the uh oh something went wrong error.

My problem is that my email account was previously associated with a t-mobile phone number… like years ago. So it wants me to verify that phone, which I do not have. This is simply absurd. And I cannot set up a new id because it wants me to use the email that I used to buy the home internet. and around and around we go!

tomwil wrote:

AGReklaw_XX73 wrote:

How Can I Setup My T-Mobile ID for My Home Internet Account...???

 

 

Doesn’t the following link work to create an account?

 

https://account.t-mobile.com/signup/v2/createaccount

 

It gets the process started but apparently if you don't have a T-Mobile cell phone you get stuck at the step when it asks you to link a phone number. When I enter the "virtual" phone number associated with my router it gives the following error message:

We're sorry, we don't recognize this email. Please provide the email you used when purchasing your T-Mobile service, or contact Care by dialing 1-800-937-8997 or 611 from your T-Mobile phone.

When I enter a non-T-Mobile cell phone, I get a different error:

Revisa que tu número telefónico T-Mobile de 10 dígitos sea correcto.

I've spoken with a few different support reps and they acknowledge that there's a problem but act like it might be fixed in 24 hours or so and I've been instructed to keep waiting/trying. Almost humorous to see posts describing the same situation from a couple years ago.

No, that doesn't work.  I just spent another 2 hours and 20 minutes in T-Mobile's chat box.  This after numerous phone calls.  I now have my 4th complaint code and a promise of a return phone call from "Engineering" in three business days.

LawyerGal wrote:

I am having the same problem. It keeps saying it does not recognize the email address when trying to set up the ID...even though I received emails regarding my order at the same address. The welcome email only lists the router and the router's phone number.

This seems to be a persistent issue for T-Mobile. Luckily, this is not our only ISP. I'll give it a month and then cancel if this issue is not corrected. 

Edit: I have solved my problem at least. When you create an account for the forum, you are basically setting up your T-Mobile ID. If you log-in to the main page, it will ask you to link your phone. I used the phone number for the router, entered the last 4 of SSN and now my account is linked. 

For the prepaid folks, maybe there is an option to add phones to your account. If so, just use the number for the router and add it. Best of luck!

I tried this but it will not let me link my gateway/router phone number to my account.  I keep getting "Service Unavailable… F451: Un-oh, it looks like we have our wires crossed.  Intenta nuevamente más tarde".

On one hand, I am glad I am not the only one having this issue, on the other hand, this even makes the situation worse in my eyes as a System Administrator, these issue ‘should’ be basic.

Guess my next route is to see if I can be escalated to a tier2 person as these people answer the phone aren’t getting it...

gregorynyssa wrote:

I don't have a T-Mobile phone and they can't send verification code for me to the gateway number.

The gateway is able to display text messages / verification codes through its phone number.

AkiraMusicAdmirer wrote:

rhkheel wrote:

acousticbiker wrote:

LawyerGal wrote:

I am having the same problem. It keeps saying it does not recognize the email address when trying to set up the ID...even though I received emails regarding my order at the same address. The welcome email only lists the router and the router's phone number.

This seems to be a persistent issue for T-Mobile. Luckily, this is not our only ISP. I'll give it a month and then cancel if this issue is not corrected. 

Edit: I have solved my problem at least. When you create an account for the forum, you are basically setting up your T-Mobile ID. If you log-in to the main page, it will ask you to link your phone. I used the phone number for the router, entered the last 4 of SSN and now my account is linked. 

For the prepaid folks, maybe there is an option to add phones to your account. If so, just use the number for the router and add it. Best of luck!

Thanks for the forum account tip! I was able to do that but then when I enter my number in the page asking to link phone number, I get a Service Unavailable page/error.

Has anybody figured out how to get past the error message? I'm having the same issue, and when I called customer service, they transferred me to tech support. Tech support claimed to do something it claimed fixed the issue and then transferred me back to customer service to "finalize" the fix, but customer service then said tech support didn't do anything. After some "research," customer service said the error is because the site is undergoing maintenance, and when I said it's unlikely that's the reason since people on the community forum have been having the same issue for months, she didn't really have any response and just offered to call me back tomorrow. I am not hopeful tomorrow is going to go any better.

My experience may be relevant (or not).  I ordered the internet service by calling up and talking to a rep who set up the account; I was a new internet only customer.  Gave them my e-mail address and they used it to send confirmation of the order so it definitely was in their system somewhere.  I suspect they have several internal computer systems that aren't talking to each other.  Like others, I had trouble setting up a T-Mobile ID.  Said they didn't have a valid e-mail address when they obviously did (or at least one of their systems did).  I called them at 800-937-8997 and they were able to help.  Turns out my account was set up from the get-go so that I would receive a paper bill each month.  Because of that the "billing" side of their system apparently didn't have a valid e-mail address in their database???  Why it didn't auto-populate from the "orders" side of their system I'll never know.  Anyway, I suspect the billing side needs to have a valid e-mail address in order for the system to be able to create a T-Mobile ID. Long story short after they switched me over to e-bill with a valid e-mail address I was immediately able to set up my T-Mobile ID online.  That's my story.  Good luck everybody!

I just tried this, but apparently I was already enrolled in e-billing, so that doesn't seem to be the underlying problem. Thanks for the tip, though. Anyone else got any other ideas to get past the "Service unavailable F451: Uh-oh, it looks like we have our wires crossed.  Please try again later." error message?

F451 Service etc is the exact message I got when I keyed my gateway phone number into the link field.

As I mentioned in my post today, the tech "TOGGLED THE HARD LOCK SET" and that resolved my issue. After she performed that action, I keyed in my phone number into the link field and I'm into my account. It MAY be a solution for you. Find a tech that understands what her action involved and you MAY have a fix.

can they not try changing your number to your router and seeing then if it will work? I know there used to be only certain numbers recognized as legit (as in tmobile vs wifi app number) where it recognized 870 or 501 as legit arkansas number now finally recognizes 479 which was added after so many people got mobile phones they were low on numbers. maybe they could change your number and it will be recognized as a "real" number as where some newer numbers are recognized only as temporary numbers like those you get assigned in apps you download such as text free and talkatone and text plus apps,etc.

shuaaalon wrote:

https://account.t-mobile.com/signin/v2/enterPhoneNumber?redirect_uri=https:%2F%2Fwww.t-mobile.com%2Fsignin&scope=TMO_ID_profile%20associated_lines%20billing_information%20associated_billing_accounts%20extended_lines%20token%20openid%20vault%20role%20consent&client_id=MYTMO&access_type=ONLINE&response_type=code&approval_prompt=auto&prompt=select_account&state=eyJpbnRlbnQiOiJMb2dpbiIsImJvb2ttYXJrVXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudC1tb2JpbGUuY29tL2FjY291bnQvZGFzaGJvYXJkIn0&loginId=&fp_client=eaf302caaf588456f21e4101c5fe0c18
try that link and capitalize the first letter of your email address. That worked for me yesterday 

Doesn't work for me. When I enter router's phone number it says unauthorized request. Opening a BBB ticket. Maybe it will help them fix their years long issue!