Burner Phone
- Thread starter Celticman
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So.
Am I able to still buy a prepaid phone with a top up card and use it without showing id?
Am I able to still buy a prepaid phone with a top up card and use it without showing id?
Chatr Mobile told me that $100 per year is for 400 calls and 400 texts regardless of whether they are incoming or outgoing. The customer service person persuaded me to go with their $150 per year plan which is unlimited calls and texts.
When I agreed to go with the $150 plan, I found out that my Pixel 4A was not compatible. As a result, Chatr Mobile is not an option unless I decide to buy a newer burner phone.
Hey Guys, so little off topic but still in regards to burner phone...I'm a little older here so not tech savvy at all, but if I have an old phone and purchase a 7-11 sim card with cash and set it up, if I delete everything as in a system reset (phone back to original purchase mode) will this clear everything? Even on the sim card? Just wondering as my plan is to set up a date and then clear everything back to original on phone. Want to make sure incase better half finds it won't have anything on it.
Thank you in advance
Thank you in advance
Should I remove SIM card before or after factory reset?
It's been a couple of months now, but I bought a sim card for my backup burner phone. A Samsung that is compatible with what they say is required now. I didn't bother with the factory reset cause I don't really need to. Nobody else sees my phone and I have all my contacts and photos on the phone. Anyway it is past the witching hour of September 1'st and to my surprise, both my burner phones are able to text my regular phone. Surprisingly, because the old Alcatel phone is meant to be defunct now. Who the frigg knows?
Somebody was saying you could get a new sim card from 711 free during the week of September 8th and carry on. I will probably switch to CHATR because the yearly unlimited text and talk is probably cheaper than topping up every couple of months from Speakout.
My phone still working as well. I popped my 7-11 sim into an older phone that is not supposed to be compatible, and it still works too. Feels like the day after Y2K so far but I am guessing the decommissioning of 3G infrastructure takes a bit of time and unlikely to get all done on Labour Day.
Right. Just a little confused about the September 8th free sim card replacement. Don't really know what the hell they are doing. Oh well. At least we have other options.
I will wait until after September 8th and investigate before deciding to switch to another carrier.
Well it is Sept 2nd and my phone still works. The main thing was that I have a recent sim that can connect to 4g.
Hmm so then all of us will have to wait (old or new sim card) until Sept 8th to see the final outcome....
that's my guess but I really don't know for sure. Could just be that the 3g shutdown is delayed a bit or a gradual thing so older cards or some older cards still working for now.
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I visited 2 stores yesterday and they had no clue when these new replacement SIM cards were arriving
I am travelling right now. Will give it a try when I return. 2 days ago my phone with old card still worked
