I was talking to Verizon about this earlier. They send their phones out preprogramed.
On 9/21/15, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > I was kind of hoping that I would be able to take the phone out of the box, > and connect it to my Mac, where the backup of my old phone is encrypted. > Then I can restore from that, and then fool with upgrading the Sim card. Or > I should say programming the Sim card. Or whatever you call it. The store > has always done it in the past, but I stayed on the same carrier then. > Mary > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 21, 2015, at 8:27 AM, John Diakogeorgiou <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I forgot about that. I've always started by programing the phone >> first. I don't know if that varies from carier to carier though. >> >>> On 9/21/15, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >>> No, I am changing carriers, and I had to turn in the phone as part of >>> the >>> deal moving to the new carrier. But I will have the the old phone until >>> I >>> get the new phone up and running of course. >>> Mary >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Sep 21, 2015, at 7:45 AM, John Diakogeorgiou >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Are you planning to keep the old phone active? >>>> >>>>> On 9/21/15, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> I got the word from T-Mobile that my new iPhone should be here today. >>>>> Of >>>>> course I still have my old one. The question I have is how to get from >>>>> the >>>>> old one to the new one, including installation and activation of the >>>>> Sim >>>>> card, and specifically when that happens. I'm not expecting anybody to >>>>> tell >>>>> me how to activate a Sim card, as that would be done with the T-Mobile >>>>> website. But when do you do that? Is that the first thing you do >>>>> before >>>>> you >>>>> turn on the iPhone? 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