Interesting Scenario I have

[clucernoni]

So I picked up my TBolt this afternoon and the store worker activated it for me etc. I got home and I Started playing with it and so far I am loving it. My original droid, which I am coming from, was just thrown on the bed until I went looking for it to go for a run with. I noticed, that the 3g icon was still at the top of the screen there, and as I have noticed before, when you activate a new phone, that normally goes away. So I Try to surf the web with it and it still works! So currently I have a TBolt on 4g, and my old droid on 3g. I go into my verizon wireless account management and it has the TBolt on my number, and doesn't mention the old droid anywhere. So somehow, my old phone still has a data connection, but it isn't on my account at all. I didn't give the guy at the store this phone either, so I now have 2 activated phone. How is this possible? Could this be a bug in the LTE activation process for Verizon?

Thanks all.

 

[terrain]

Perhaps your TB was activated on another line? Perhaps this is a LTE wrinkle but I have never seen this on 3G. Once you activate (MOVE ESN's) your old phone's ESN has been deactivated.

 

[clucernoni]

Perhaps your TB was activated on another line? Perhaps this is a LTE wrinkle but I have never seen this on 3G. Once you activate (MOVE ESN's) your old phone's ESN has been deactivated.

And that's what I have seen in the past when I have activated a new phone. But my TBolt is def on my line, and the other lines on my family plan have their normal phones...my droid is no where to be found. lol

 

[Dgomez242@comcast.net]

You must have gotten lucky. I got a TBolt today also and just checked my old phone and the data is turned off. So it is nothing to do with the 4g activation, more likely a screw up by your verizon rep.

 

[mclarryjr]

Mine did the same thing until I tried to make a voice call from my old dinc then I lost service with it.

 

[jtmeyers]

I have the same issue and have been trying to figure out why and how. I started a thread in the "How To" forum addressing it:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/general-help-how/68829-upgrade-thunderbolt-droid-still-active.html

With my Droid I can't:

• Make or receive calls
• Send or receive texts

With my Droid I can still:

• Use the browser
• Send and receive email and Gmail
• Receive calendar updates

I have double checked and the Wi-fi is OFF on my Droid. The above functionality is via 3G.

What is up with this? It's crazy. How long should I expect this to last?

 

[prakash99]

I did factory reset on my DInc... I can still the bars with a little triangle over it but it makes the phone unusable until it is activated

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[RkyMtnHigh]

Is your wifi on? I can use any of my phones still on wifi. Just can't make a call. Well never mind then...I see a couple posts up that the wifi's are off.

 

[jamesbecker79]

It will only work until you restart/ battery pull.