vereyezuhn wrote:
mikedamirault wrote:
In my experience, that's not exactly true
2. "If your not an account manager then someone who is must be with you"
In my experience (and I have done this twice, both when getting the Eris and getting my iPhone), you can get the upgrade without the account manager available, as long as you are in touch with the account manager (by phone) and you have the last 4 digits of the account manager's SSN It depends on the store and reps. The stores in my area ID everyone who tries to do anything with an account, and it must match the account owner or manager(s)
I am a dependant on my mother's account (not an account manager myself), and I have gotten both my Eris and my iPhone without my mother present, they alway say that they are not supposed to, but they always do
3. " I think you have to do this anyway. you have to use your itunes"
I think by activate, the OP means to transfer the phone number and account to the new phone, not activating it for an iTunes account Transferring the phone number to the new phone is activating it, and it has to be done through iTunes.
It depends on the store and reps. The stores in my area ID everyone who tries to do anything with an account, and it must match the account owner or manager(s)
I have done it at two different stores, the Eris over at a "Wireless Zone" contracted Verizon store, and the iPhone at Best Buy, neither of them asked for ID, and all they asked for was the last 4 digits of my mother's SSN, I have never been to a Verizon location that checked ID
Transferring the phone number to the new phone is activating it, and it has to be done through iTunes.
I am pretty sure that is done through *228 option 1, NOT through iTunes
If the iPhone had to be activated through iTunes in order to activate the number/service (which I don't even see how that is possible), that would mean you would not get service of any kind until you activate it with iTunes
When I got my iPhone, the rep was able to get me ready and working (being able to make phone calls, text, use internet, download apps, etc.) before I even left Best Buy, and when I first got it, I didn't even have my laptop with me to sync it with iTunes when I got it, I was still able to use my phone with no problems, I made my first phone call on it at Best Buy before I even left, if iTunes is required to even make the iPhone work, how is that possible?
The only possible way was the rep would had to have synced it with a system at Best Buy before even giving me the iPhone, and I highly doubt he did that
