I have an iPhone from T-Mobile. Yes, it is locked but what I’ve done is use a service called Digits. It is from T-Mobile and costs ten bucks a month. I use this for my mobile number for my job. I also use it to give out to those who I don’t want having my private number.
Sent from my iPad Air 5 > On Oct 19, 2023, at 2:40 PM, Carolyn Arnold <2carolynarn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My phone was locked with AT&T, because of a deal that they offered on my > iPhone 14 Pro. > > So, when I moved to a more rural area, and AT&T did not provide adequate > coverage, I had to change to Verizon, which involved: > > 1. Paying off my 14 Pro. > 2. Getting AT&T to unlock my phone. > 3. Getting AT&T to give my phone number clearance for porting to Verizon. > > It took about 24 to 48 hours for each step to be cleared, but I now have > Verizon with adequate coverage and good quality phone calls, which I did not > have here with AT&T. > > I will say that AT&T was very cooperative. > > I got a text from Visa, wanting to make sure it was a valid withdrawal to pay > off the phone, and they asked three security questions: > > Give my birth date in two digits. > > Give the middle two digits of my Social Security Number > > I forget the third security question, but I texted them all back > satisfactorily. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2023 12:42 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Question: Is Anyone Using two eSIM Cards in an iPhone? > > Hello Kathy, > > If you have a phone which is locked to AT&T then you will not be able to have > a second SIM in the phone from a different provider. > I am in Canada, but do carriers in the United States even still lock phones > these days? > Here in Canada that has been illegal for some years now and it's really a > mute point since a locked phone does nothing to force you to stay with one > carrier; contracts do that. If you buy an iPhone for example from AT&T and > you have a contract in place where you pay a certain amount each months to > pay off the phone, then you can't really leave that obligation whether the > phone is locked or not unless you paid out whatever balance is remaining. > I also understood that even if you are in a contract of some sort in the past > and you had your phone for a certain amount of time, like 3 or 6 months, you > could then request for the phone to be unlocked. Locking phones is the most > ridiculous thing a carrier can do if they in fact still do it given how many > people want to travel these days and potentially use a SIM from a provider in > a different country for a few weeks. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Kathy > Brandt > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2023 9:19 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Cc: M. Taylor <markthew...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Question: Is Anyone Using two eSIM Cards in an iPhone? > > I had asked yesterday: does the phone have to be unlocked in order for you to > use two cards like that? > > > >> On Oct 19, 2023, at 11:27 AM, Cory Jackson <coryl.jack...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am currently using 2 ESims on my iPhone 14. >> >> You can have them both active at once. They are from 2 different providers. >> You can program them both to ring differently and play different message >> alert tones. I can see both connections at the top. >> >> It is working very well. >> >> Regards, >> >> Cory Jackson >> >> >>>> On 10/18/2023 1:21 PM, M. Taylor wrote: >>> Hello Everyone, >>> >>> Is anyone currently using two eSIM cards on an iPhone? You know, >>> using one telephone number as a primary and a second number as a secondary >>> number? >>> >>> If so, how is that working for you? >>> >>> Also, If you do have 2 eSIM cards currently installed, are they from >>> different wireless providers? >>> >>> All replies greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu. 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