Do they have to nuke phones before you activate them?

[Dial_tone]

My dad's old phone is better than the one I use so I want to use it on my account now. Can I go ahead and put in contacts before Verizon activates it or will that wipe out whatever I do?

 

[chris302001]

My dad's old phone is better than the one I use so I want to use it on my account now. Can I go ahead and put in contacts before Verizon activates it or will that wipe out whatever I do?

Nothing happens to your phone physically when they activate it, its all on their network that the changes take place, so you could probably port the numbers over now.

 

[chris302001]

It wouldnt be a bad idea to do a hard reset before you put your stuff in, just to clear out any data from the previous owner.

 

[EnderJE]

Backup the phone?

 

[PICK3]

pic of my horn

 

[nangiggles]

If they are from the same carrier or unlocked AND GSM why not just swap the SIM cards?

 

[Dial_tone]

If they are from the same carrier or unlocked AND GSM why not just swap the SIM cards?

Because the Samsung sch-a650 doesn't use one.

 

[miplank]

you can do it right on Verizons website. Just go into your account and you can swap phones from there. Takes just a couple minutes.

I do it all the time.

 

[chris302001]

If they are from the same carrier or unlocked AND GSM why not just swap the SIM cards?

Verizon uses CMDA tech, not GSM.

 

[Dial_tone]

done