hey guys and welcome back to another
forum video so big shout out to juan
lopez he actually works for like
tracfone and uh you know he's telling me
that he actually goes to walmart and
kind of helps out with
selling other phones because tracfone is
also under like straight talk and total
wireless they are both offered at
walmart
basically are the same thing guys now
total wireless if you don't know them
they are mainly verizon only versus
straight talk over here on this side
you can use i believe all three networks
there used to be all four networks but
remember spring kind of went away but
you could either get att a verizon or
now a t-mobile sim card on straight talk
so you can use any carrier that you want
on straight talk versus total wireless
is exclusive to verizon now
we're talking about how to unlock any
phone on a tracfone plan that includes
like i said total wireless and straight
talk big big shout out to uh the
associate that gave me this information
i said you know these videos could be
possible without the community so thank
you so much
so guys i don't know if you guys know
but uh tracfone and a lot of prepaid
carriers they're looking unlocking
policy is pretty horrible
boost mobile does it as well puts most
12 months cricket i think six months at
metro by t-mobile i believe is six
months now
i'm not too sure but i know boost mobile
is 12 months so you have to use a phone
on
um the network that you get especially
on prepaid for 12 months so
for example let's say you buy an iphone
13 128 gigs
if you buy that phone even though it's
out of stock you know you buy it
at full price this phone will be locked
to street talks network
for a whole year to get it unlocked this
was the old policy you had to have it
for at least 12 months on the service so
you had to pay a full a whole year of
service
on strict talk or total wireless or
whatever guys for a whole year
so that's a long time you know
especially if you bought the phone at
the full price yeah it's a prepaid price
but because you're using it
on straight talks network it's gonna be
logged in for that period of time so
like i said that was just an example in
iphone 13 any phone that you buy
now
the policy has finally changed
which is great so let's just go let's
say total wireless same thing doesn't
matter it's under the tracfone family
now i don't know if you guys know which
you should if you watch my videos
verizon now basically bought uh total
wireless or tracfone really so they have
like partnership now so
verizon is basically buying them out um
or something like that partnership i
believe it was buyout or something like
that but basically they own i believe
our eyes and owns tracfone now which
like i said under track phones umbrella
there's total wireless and straight talk
are the big ones that i know so
now if you go to unlocking policy this
is on total wireless and then we'll look
at
um
tracfone so look at that straight talk
so this unlocked policy now that i
pulled it up
look straight talk
net 10 oh nice another one clear way
total wireless tell cell tracfone simple
mobile safe link family mobile
so this is all under i believe
tracfone's uh family
um or something i don't know shown this
i guess it's the same unlocking policy
under all these people so
it says unlocking a track phone a device
refers to disabling software that would
otherwise prevent you from activating
the device on another carrier's network
so like i said let's go back to that
iphone 13. you bought that iphone 13
you know and you don't like
i don't know you don't like straight
talk you know like
how i don't know it gets congested and
the speeds are slow or something like
that you know whatever you just don't
like it and you want to take it over to
let's say
att or qriket wireless
that phone's gonna be locked guys you
will not be able to use it on 18 t's
network or qrikets network should i say
because the phone will be carrier locked
so what that means is you cannot take it
to another carrier except for the
carrier that you bought it so
it says however due to the different
carrier technologies an unlocked track
phone device may not work or may
experience limited functionality on
another carrier's network tracfone is
not responsible for any limitations of
service or otherwise resulting from the
use of unlocked device on another
provider's network so basically they're
saying
even if they unlock the phone it's not
guaranteed that's gonna work on another
carrier's network
due to it could be you know the other
network you're going to might not
support that device so
big disclaimer with them even if they
unlock the phone it might not work
it says tracfone will automatically
unlock the device when it becomes
eligible for unlocking so what's cool is
you don't have to go like with att i
believe to get the funnel lock you have
to fill out some paperwork and this and
that tracfone automatically wants the
phone's eligible to be unlocked will
just get unlocked automatically on
iphone you can go into settings general
i believe about if you scroll down
it will say similar restrictions it says
no same restrictions that phone is
unlocked
um it says for all apple devices
activated with tracfone prior to
november 23rd 2021 so about a month ago
guys if you bought a phone
before november 23rd 2021 the device
will automatically unlock after
december or until 12 months sorry of
active tracfone service
so big thing right there like i was
saying the phone when you buy a phone
from tracfone
straight talk to wireless the phone will
get unlocked after one year of you using
it
automatically and you have to pay
service for 12 months straight so that's
a whole year of service
now things uh too like a verizon
partnering or buying them out or
whatever
um it says for apple devices activated
with new tracfone service on the verizon
network
which like i said that's kind of why
like total wireless total wireless only
uses verizon's network
versus like say straight talk just make
sure you get i believe the red sim card
to get on verizon's network
it says um
if a tracfone device was activated on
new service on the verizon network on or
after november 23rd 2021 then the least
then at least 60 days must have elapsed
since the device was activated so
big big news right there guys instead of
waiting a whole year you only wait two
months and the phone will get
automatically unlocked i believe that's
the same on verizon's policy on their
unlocking policy we buy phone from
verizon after two months of using it it
gets unlocked so big big difference
going from
12 months
down to only
you know two months you're saving 10
months guys so that's pretty cool
i mean to be fair i do like that
at least two months you know if hey if
you're gonna go ahead and get the phone
from them you can't get it unlocked
through like apple or something like
that you're buying phone from like
tracfone or straight talk or whoever
two months is pretty good so that just
lowers the risk of fraud so like let's
say you get a phone on discount on
i don't know on total wireless right
they're having a christmas special
and you saved i don't know 200 off of it
and after two
two months you switch to another carrier
technically that carrier that gave you
that 200 discount is going to be losing
all money on my phone because they're
the ones that are giving you that
promotional discount to be like hey
stick with us we're gonna give you this
phone at a discounted rate so that's why
before they would do it for 12 months to
kind of at least gain some of that
profit back so it's kind of good news
for us the consumer
not so much good news for the carrier
now i do believe that if they're selling
you the the phone at full price i mean
yeah go ahead and unlock it you're
buying phone full price now to give you
a discount then it'd be a little bit
different you know
so
this is for customers with non-apple
devices so this android of course
tracfone will provide an unlocking code
to customers who request unlocking
provided they must meet the following
conditions
so basically on apple devices it will
automatically unlock after the period is
done so either if you activate it before
november 23rd of 2021 after 12 months of
you making on time payments with
tracfone service it gets unlocked
if you buy a phone that's a service on
verizon's network like i said total
wireless or straight talk on verizon's
network
after november 23rd 2021 after 60 days
or two months of service the phone gets
unlocked automatically
so it says for customers with non-apple
devices like said
once you do meet that requirement
let's say if you do the 12 months you
have to call tracfone or straight talk
or
you know total wireless whoever you have
and request them to give you an
unlocking code so once you get that
unlocking code the phone won't get
unlocked
it says the device must have been active
on tracfone servers for no fewer than 12
months of service plans redeemed in no
fewer than 12 months and have
and not have had their telephone number
recycled or reported
so
this is a big thing like i said same
thing with uh boost and other prepaid
cares
let's say you had your phone for 11
months and you ported out to let's just
say t-mobile
the phone
will stop at 11 months guys and i
believe it has to restart again you have
to have that phone service for a year
before you can unlock it remember prior
to november 20
23rd of 2021 so that kind of sucks you
better wait the full 12 months to get
unlocked
um it says if the tracfone device was
activated with new servers on the ryzen
network on or after november 23rd 2021
then at least 60 days must have elapsed
since the device was active the device
must be in working condition the device
has not been reported stolen lost or in
no indications of fraud
so big things there same thing with
android and apple big win for us
consumers like i said if you get a phone
on total wireless or straight talk and
it uses ryze's network after two months
if you buy it after november 23rd 2021
so basically from now on or 23rd and on
so let's say bot phone today you would
have to have it active on their network
for at least two months after that the
phone gets unlocked and you can use it
wherever you want which is cool
uh deployment military personnel says if
you are a track phone customer in the
military receive a relocation order
outside of the tracfone coverage area
um
a bunch of junk mail oh my god
it says
sorry if you are a tracfone because a
customer in the military receive a
relocation order outside of the track
phone coverage area so let's say let's
tell you you have to go to
i don't know
iraq or something like that and the
track phone doesn't work there this is
what's saying we will unlock your device
at your request even during the
application lock period following the
activation of your device so it's pretty
cool so let's say you bought a phone
and you're two months you're a month
into it let's say about an iphone 13
and they're telling you have to go
you're in the military you have to go
deploy somewhere where tracfone doesn't
work or verizon doesn't work or
something like that
then they will unlock it on request even
if it's within that lock-in period so
it says all other eligible criteria
apply to tracfone
customers who are deployed military
personnel customers are eligible for
this program only once every 12 months
so they can only unlock it within
the locked period once per year guys you
cannot do this multiple times
it says if you have not met the required
minimum period of
active tracfone service trifold may
unlock your device but you will occur a
charge of up to 300 wow depending on how
long your service was active prior to
unlocking requests
so that there's kind of like a clause
there guys
so tracfone might still unlock your
phone but you might have to pay 300 for
them to do it that's kind of shady
tracfone may refuse any unlocked
requests that will result in abuse of
its unlocked policy or is part of an
effort to defraud tracfone or its
customers trifold's unlocking policy is
subject to change at any time without
advise advance notice wow and then of
course you can also check the phone is
locked or verified eligibility to be
unlocked says to find out if your device
is eligible to be unlocked or eligible
for a partial refund or trade-in please
enter your phone number or serial number
wow
and then you can of course call the
unlocking
department that's the number to get it
unlocked
so wow a lot lots of information guys
so basically breakdown
if you've activated uh before november
23rd you have to wait one year
of continuous service if it's after
november 23rd and it's on verizon's
network after two months the phone gets
unlocked that's why i like iphones a
little bit more just because they will
automatically unlock after the two
months versus android you can still do
it you just have to request for an
unlocking code so
pretty cool so thank you for watching
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think same thing this is total wireless
you can see their unlocking policy it'll
take it to the same page like say
they're under the same umbrella so
pretty cool largest and most dependable
network total wireless is a pretty good
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