*228 do or don't

[dms76]

I was in best buy the other day and seen a sticky note on their counters. Do not do a *228 on LTE phones or it will brick. The Verizon rep never mentioned anything about this. Verizon preaches you do this twice a month or more. If this was a true issue wouldn't the rep mention this?

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[JediJesus95]

I don't know if it will brick your phone but I do know that it wont work with the 4g phones.

 

[Rem]

A lot of the reps just don't know - some have even told Bolt owners to do it. The phone is supposed to know better and disconnect you if you try it, though. I think it just ruins your SIM card, not the phone itself.

 

[broadwayblues]

*228 is a no-no on LTE. It was included in a note in the Thunderbolt box, I think in the activation instructions.

 

[ToddL]

I was told multiple times by the rep to never do a *228 when I got my phone.

 

[Icon]

I was in best buy the other day and seen a sticky note on their counters. Do not do a *228 on LTE phones or it will brick. The Verizon rep never mentioned anything about this. Verizon preaches you do this twice a month or more. If this was a true issue wouldn't the rep mention this?

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It wont brick the phone, but burn the sim card.

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[FrankXS]

It simply doesn't work on the TBolt (or any LTE phone). They are programmed via the SIM, not *228.

I tried it, just auto hung up on me. No fanfare. Simply inop. As it should be.

-Frank

 

[PJnc284]

yeah, it should immediately disconnect when you try to dial *228. Apparently that wasn't necessarily the case when the Thunderbolt launched though which caused problems.

 

[FrankXS]

yeah, it should immediately disconnect when you try to dial *228. Apparently that wasn't necessarily the case when the Thunderbolt launched though which caused problems.

I think that's a myth. I tried it on Launch day about 10am with no issues. 'Cept that it doesn't work, of course.

I do believe some CSRs messed up SIMs on that first day, but not due to this.

-Frank

 

[dms76]

Thanks all!

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[the one and only M]

Same as others have said, I've heard it corrupts the sim.

 

[pheatton]

The *228 is now done by pulling the battery and SIM. As the phone boots back up it does the same thing a *228 does.

 

[Mortiel]

Actually, the LTE equivalent of *228 is done simply by rebooting the phone. Thats it. No battery/SIM pull necessary.

Aside, there *were* a few SIMs that got fried on the first week after launch from dialing *228. It would essentially program the phone as 3G and render the SIM as an UN (unusable) status. The SIM then had to be replaced.

There is also the delayed activation issue that stores reps compounded where it was taking a while to activate an LTE phone, so the store reps would keep replacing the SIM, which would make the process even longer.

 

[NotJustAPhone]

Before I knew better, I tried doing a *228 update sometime during the first few days I had my Thunderbolt. It didn't work obviously and just disconnected. Soon afterwards I learned that it wasn't needed or advisable from a post right here at Android Central.

 

[obidos]

what if you travel outside of the country? Mexico for example?

 

[FrankXS]

what if you travel outside of the country? Mexico for example?

Still no. I just got back from Mexico. Phone worked great.

-Frank

 

[Joe the Insider]

Lte phones don't activate that way, because of the sim card. It won't brick your phone, it just won't do anything. I work for vzw.

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[obidos]

Still no. I just got back from Mexico. Phone worked great.

-Frank

we will be going soon for vacation and was reading the VZW site and we do not want to be surprised with a big bill when we get back.

did you get an temporary international plan? I've been told you have to disable data?

I'd like to still be able to check email.

 

[stockandroidguy]

Was wondering this as well thanks for the info

 

[MegaSoundwave76]

I remember I tried *228 also just for the heck of it and it didn't do anything. It does not burn your Sim Card. But my wife threatened to burn me alive when I came home with a new TBolt. LOL