[Android Central Question]

Hi, fellow Android users.

Total Wireless, a Verizon reseller, claims to lock their phones to their carrier only.

I have read that Verizon doesn't lock their 4G phones, and Page Plus is part of Tracfone as well as Total Wireless.

So, can I use a Total Wireless 4G phone on another carrier like PagePlus Cellular, or is there really a software lock on the phone by Total Wireless?

Thanks in advance for your responses.

[mustang7757]

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[DoctorHarp]

I must not have been logged in, although I thought I was,

but I DO have an account, and am now logged in.

[mustang7757]

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Hi, welcome back
I've been hearing Verizon locks their devices now 45 days , might be possible Total wireless does also

[DoctorHarp]

I find the biggest problem with cell service as well as internet service is that the providing companies seem to want to

keep the subscriber "ignorant" (non-informed/gaslighted). It's extremely frustrating.

[mustang7757]

I find the biggest problem with cell service as well as internet service is that the providing companies seem to want to

keep the subscriber "ignorant" (non-informed/gaslighted). It's extremely frustrating.

I agree there , they all that way

[DoctorHarp]

Thanks, Mustang. I'm the person who had problems with the screenshot about a month ago. Looks like I finally have full access--screen shot:

Works now!

[mustang7757]

Thanks, Mustang. I'm the person who had problems with the screenshot about a month ago. Looks like I finally have full access--screen shot:

Works now!

Yeah I remember the name now , awesome

[Rukbat]

Total Wireless and Page Plus are both locked to the same settings - MCC 311, MNC 480, so just changing the SIM should do it.

[DoctorHarp]

Thanks, Rukbat. Also, I have a phone running Pix Wireless Silver (Verizon). Typically, if something works on Page Plus, it would also work on Pix Silver. Would you concur?

[B. Diddy]

Total Wireless still has an unlock policy, so you have to meet their criteria in order to get the unlock code: www.totalwireless.com/termsandconditions

[DoctorHarp]

Thanks, Diddy. Question then: I know it's all owned by TracFone/America Movil, as is Page Plus, but it you look at purchasing a Total Wireless phone from eBay (being sold by TracFone itself), it suggests add-on of "1 year service from TracFone".

If it truly IS locked, how can TracFone suggest such an add-on?

[B. Diddy]

Hmm, that's a good question. I'm not sure how the unlock policy works among all of the different subsidiaries of a larger whole -- you may want to speak to a customer service agent about that (if you haven't already).

[DoctorHarp]

I was on the Chat with TracFone. They tried to "gaslight" me. They are the SELLER on eBay of a Total Wireless phone, offering a month's service on Total Wireless, and then an ADD-ON of 1-year of TracFone for $49.99.

They told me in the chat that they couldn't guarantee that the Total Wireless phone would work on TracFone. My response: "The SELLER is listed as TracFone. Are they falsely advertising?"

Unbelievable gaslighting. As I told Mustang the other night, cell companies and internet/cable providers TRY to keep their subscribers IGNORANT.

[B. Diddy]

You may also want to take this up with eBay: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...er%3Fid%3D4022