Activate online or by phone, does it matter?

[OcalaFlGuy]

I'll try and have this be my last DA nOOb question for awhile and I appreciate everyone's help.

So my Motion's all set up like my DX just like I wanted it.

I'm going to activate tomorrow. I already have an on-line acct at Metro.

Which method is the post painless, Less Likely To Screw Up?

I could barely understand the Cust Svc people so unless the Activate people actually you know, Comprende' Frickin' Engleese, I think I might do better with a machine. I went as far online as to clear my area for coverage and clear my ESSN before I punched out. That all looked straightforward enough.

Reliability is an issue too. I need it to work for sure. The deadline for the $55 plan is Close and I don't want to get bit being hung up in some black hole of not fully activated limbo.

Thanks yall,

PS; despite asking EVERYWHERE, I still have no idea if I'll get any choices in my new number depending on which way I activate. If anyone knows this, please do tell. (So far as I know, I only get to pick if I pay at a local auth. dealer or make the 70 mile roundtrip to a corporate store for free.)


Bruce in Ocala, FL

 

[Gman9831]

Online if you have any problems after that then call CS, thats what i do

 

[Joshb101]

What Gman said for activation. You don't get a choice in number if you do it online or call. If you absolutely need a certain prefix then just go to a store and pay extra.

 

[AndroidDroidOne]

Activate it by calling *228 unless you want to do it online and not have a 4G signal.

 

[OcalaFlGuy]

Activate it by calling *228 unless you want to do it online and not have a 4G signal.

First I've heard of that.

If you sign up online for a 4g plan, why wouldn't it hook you up that way?

Bruce in Ocala, FL

 

[AndroidDroidOne]

First I've heard of that.

If you sign up online for a 4g plan, why wouldn't it hook you up that way?

Bruce in Ocala, FL

The SIM needs to be activated and MetroPCS website doesn't ask for such info for some odd reason. That was my experience four months ago. All you'll be seeing is a unstable 1x unless things have changed since then.

 

[Joshb101]

Can happen when you call too. So even if your UICC card (the LTE "SIM" card) isn't activated the best way to get it activated is to just chat with someone on Metro's website and they'll get activated super quick for you and then you can enjoy all that LTE goodness.

 

[ktchong]

If you activate your phone online at the MetroPCS website, you get a chance at winning $1000.

If you activate your phone through phone, you get to keep your old plan (if it is no longer available the website was supposed to let us keep our old plan as well, but I tried it, and the website had a problem and would not let me activate/upgrade my phone without picking a new plan (and giving up my old one.)


Either way, it's way better than paying $15 to get it activated in a store.

 

[Fuzzy13]

The SIM needs to be activated and MetroPCS website doesn't ask for such info for some odd reason. That was my experience four months ago. All you'll be seeing is a unstable 1x unless things have changed since then.

Every metro phone I've ever had, was activated online. 3 of them where LTE phones. Never one issue with data activation or keeping my old plan. So nice not having to deal with morons.