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  1. #1
    Leebehr
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    How long is it taking these days to get a new phone activated? I
    bought a new Motorola C290 yesterday and now 24 hours later I'm STILL
    getting "Your account cannot be validated" when I try to make a call.
    Can't send any text messages either...




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  2. #2
    TL Mitchell
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    Re: Provisioning time

    "Leebehr" <[email protected]> wrote

    > How long is it taking these days to get a new phone activated? I
    > bought a new Motorola C290 yesterday and now 24 hours later I'm STILL
    > getting "Your account cannot be validated" when I try to make a call.


    Mine was usable within 15 minutes after porting my number. Your mileage may
    vary...

    TL





  3. #3
    Leebehr
    Guest

    Re: Provisioning time

    I can remember being able to use my PREVIOUS phone just as I was
    leaving the store. It's not that I'm coming from another carrier--I've
    been a Sprint customer since 1999. But by now I'm so dependent on my
    mobile I feel like I've been amputated. If I took the new one back
    would they be able to reinstate my old clunker?




  4. #4
    David G. Imber
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    Re: Provisioning time

    On 14 May 2006 11:52:27 -0700, "Leebehr" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >How long is it taking these days to get a new phone activated? I
    >bought a new Motorola C290 yesterday and now 24 hours later I'm STILL
    >getting "Your account cannot be validated" when I try to make a call.
    >Can't send any text messages either...


    I've never had it take more than an hour.

    DGI





  5. #5
    David G. Imber
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    Re: Provisioning time

    On 14 May 2006 12:02:32 -0700, "Leebehr" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >If I took the new one back
    >would they be able to reinstate my old clunker?


    They would, but you'd be the worse for it. My guess is that
    somewhere in the provisioning process someone entered a wrong digit.

    Just a guess, but it shouldn't take so long ever.

    DGI




  6. #6
    Steve Sobol
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    Re: Provisioning time

    David G. Imber wrote:
    > On 14 May 2006 11:52:27 -0700, "Leebehr" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> How long is it taking these days to get a new phone activated? I
    >> bought a new Motorola C290 yesterday and now 24 hours later I'm STILL
    >> getting "Your account cannot be validated" when I try to make a call.
    >> Can't send any text messages either...

    >
    > I've never had it take more than an hour.


    I was told four for the porting process itself. Sprint sent an incorrect
    address to Verizon the first time -- my Victorville address, which was no
    longer valid since I had moved to Apple Valley. I called and they resent the
    info to Verizon (the correct info this time), and the port itself was
    complete within the four hours. They tell you it'll take up to six hours
    after the port is complete to actually have the phone completely activated
    (at least that's what they told me), but it wasn't very long before I could
    use my phone. Definitely not six hours after the port went through.


    --
    Steve Sobol, Professional Geek ** Java/VB/VC/PHP/Perl ** Linux/*BSD/Windows
    Apple Valley, CA
    Resident of Southern California -
    the home of beautiful people and butt-ugly traffic jams



  7. #7
    Skorkles
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    Re: Provisioning time

    I do this for my company often, Its usually minutes....

    "Leebehr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > How long is it taking these days to get a new phone activated? I
    > bought a new Motorola C290 yesterday and now 24 hours later I'm STILL
    > getting "Your account cannot be validated" when I try to make a call.
    > Can't send any text messages either...
    >






  8. #8
    willy
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    Re: Provisioning time

    A month ago, took a minute or 2 to switch to a new phone in the store.

    "Leebehr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > How long is it taking these days to get a new phone activated? I
    > bought a new Motorola C290 yesterday and now 24 hours later I'm STILL
    > getting "Your account cannot be validated" when I try to make a call.
    > Can't send any text messages either...
    >






  9. #9
    Leebehr
    Guest

    Re: Provisioning time

    Found the issue...sales rep had installed a second line! The new
    handset was programmed for THAT. I don't NEED a second line and have
    no use for it. Spoke with someone in Retention (a first for me) who
    deleted the superfluous line, then reprogrammed my new handset (again).
    Still waiting for it to take.




  10. #10
    Leebehr
    Guest

    Re: Provisioning time

    It took. All of my incoming text messages and voicemails hit all at
    once. No longer feeling amputated!




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