Question 1 can you buy a used or refurbished AT&T branded phone from a third party and use it on AT&T prepaid? Answer yes. is there a web site where ESNs of AT&T-branded & locked phones can be checked before purchase to confirm that they're clean and eligible for unlocking? do they distinguish between AT&T-branded phones that were originally sold for postpaid, vs AT&T-branded phones that were originally sold for prepaid? Or, if it's on AT&T prepaid's list of officially-blessed phones, will it work fine, regardless of "which" AT&T it was originally sold by?įinally.
Now that AT&T Prepaid has started to (sort of) support VoLTE and wifi calling (for certain specific AT&T-branded) phones. if the phone IS locked, but would have been eligible for unlocking by the original owner, will I have any trouble getting AT&T to unlock it? Or will they just metaphorically yawn, look it up in their database, see that the original contract was satisfied & it's not blacklisted, and proceed with the unlocking without further drama or grief?
Will the phone work, with its original AT&T-postpaid SIM lock intact, on AT&T prepaid? Or will I have to get it officially unlocked first to use it with AT&T postpaid?Ĭontinuing. Suppose I buy a used/refurbished AT&T-branded phone from someone besides AT&T that has not (yet) been unlocked, but is definitely not blacklisted, and could have theoretically been unlocked by the previous owner if they'd cared enough to follow through with it. Check to See if your employer or school has a Signature Discount (FAN) with AT&T that you can take advantage of! AT&T has business agreements with thousands of corporations, government agencies, and educational institutions to offer wireless products to their employees at a significant discount.If you're out of contract and meet all of the other eligibility requirements, you can request your device to be unlocked.Travel internationally with the either the International Day Pass or AT&T Passport.with the AT&T International Calling add-on
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