do you just turn it on and it works with the cell network? or do you have to get a account with a cell carrier?
830484
You have to get an acct with cell carrier, att prepaid works great, but panda has horrible customer service
830485
You have to have an account. A go phone account works well. I had to take the camera to the AT&T; store as customer service was clueless on the phone.
1674689
It uses a sim card which is fairly inexpensive it was under $10 if I remember correctly from your provider. Or if you already have a sim card just pop it in and you are good to go.
1075180
I bought the sim card first and then activate it. The sim card is very cheap tho.
295736
Once you receive the phone you will need to either go to a T-Mobile dealer or go online to T-mobile.com, set up an account and get a SIM card. You can pick from several plans with different per min costs. They will give you a phone number to use. Once you install the SIM card the phone will start working.
1917061
the phone is locked. you need to unlock it to run it on other networks than Verizon.
2157662
You need to activate the sim first with Straight Talk since it will work once activated.
1123303
how do you get it to work on a t moblie network. i just got it but i can't dial out
696313
You have to buy a plan. I've never been able to get this product to work. Even after paying. Don't buy it! My friend has a Verizon brand hotspot that actually works...perhaps look into those...
1049861
if your asking why you can't connect to T-Mobile; the sim card, has a ID number on it, that the cell co. uses, to put you on there network. you need to buy it from them, at there store or call service. you can use at&t; or T-Mobile. you will need a plan with them, service is not free. the phone let you use all that use the cdm system, and keep the phone you like and not buy there's. the active SIM card is the key. you can put it in all unlocked phones and it will work. you friends sim card will work in you phone if they you the cdm system like t-m, or att
412221
Hi, This cellphone is ready to activate . You have to call AT&T; OR CINGULAR to activate this phone.
859481
No, you don't have to activate it. You only have to activate it if you want to use it for calling and texting with the cell service provider (Boost). However, otherwise, you can use it over wifi to access internet, use apps, use camera, use music player, etc, all without activating it.
1808967
You have to buy it. Cheapest one is at T- mobile. $20 to buy and activate and $10 a month.
228273
You need a SIM card to activate it if you have a already have a SIM card you can go online and login to your Verizon account if you already have one and activate it. You can also just call from you Verizon phone *611 or just go to the store for them to activate it and if you don't have a SIM card they will give you one . Hope this helps if you have a 4G LTE phone with a normal SIM card you can put that in it and will work also.
628405
Its great. However you need to ensure you have your carriers info just in case you have to go into the setting. I found this info from settings in the actual phone provided by the carrier.
1124885
I suggest calling your carrier directly. The will be able to activate it or give the correct number to activate it.
300427
Yes, you can activate it to your account. This model does require a data plan. Verizon may charge and activation fee, I'm not sure. Ususally you can call in to activate a phone but I'm not sure if they would still charge or not.Thank you for your interest,ClaytonMobilekarma
891056
See Mar 6, 2014 by islander what he says does work. I followed his answer and it worked for me. Islander said: "Buy the phone but do not activate it with AT&T.; Have CC send you a sim card under their bring your own phone deal. Unlock this phone this way. 1)With sim card removed turn the phone on. 2) Dial *2767*3855# This will initiate a Full reset for Samsung a157v. 3)Once the phone restarts, Dial #*7337# This will remove SIM lock and reset the phone. 4) Now insert the CC Sim card and restart the phone. Call CC to activate the phone Worked for me". Since I had a working SIM card for Family Mobile I just installed it and did not need to call my provider to have it activated. See Mar 6, 2014 by islander what he says does work. I followed his answer and it worked for me. Islander said: "Buy the phone but do not activate it with AT&T.; Have CC send you a sim card under their bring your own phone deal. Unlock this phone this way. 1)With sim card removed turn the phone on. 2) Dial *2767*3855# This will initiate a Full reset for Samsung a157v. 3)Once the phone restarts, Dial #*7337# This will remove SIM lock and reset the phone. 4) Now insert the CC Sim card and restart the phone. Call CC to activate the phone Worked for me". Since I had a working SIM card... » Read More See Mar 6, 2014 by islander what he says does work. I followed his answer and it worked for me. Islander said: "Buy the phone but do not activate it with AT&T.; Have CC send you a sim card under their bring your own phone deal. Unlock this phone this way. 1)With sim card removed turn the phone on. 2) Dial *2767*3855# This will initiate a Full reset for Samsung a157v. 3)Once the phone restarts, Dial #*7337# This will remove SIM lock and reset the phone. 4) Now insert the CC Sim card and restart the phone. Call CC to activate the phone Worked for me". Since I had a working SIM card for Family Mobile I just installed it and did not need to call my provider to have it activated. « Show Less