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Saturday, August 22nd, 2026 9:41 PM

Nightmare trying to transfer mobile phones from Xfinity to T-Mobile

I am in the process of un-bundling my packages - internet, land-line phone, mobile phones, television - that has been in the hands of Xfinity for 2 decades.  They call me a Diamond member but I have been treated like [Edited: "Language"].  I started with transferring my mobile lines (2) and home internet yesterday.  I had no trouble setting up the All Home Internet from T-Mobile.  I was on the phone with T-Mobile customer service as I began the process of transferring the two mobile phones.  This was after I got the Pin # from Xfinity which notified them that I was switching carriers.  Issue #1 - my phone appeared to be transferred to the T-Mobile account with the same phone number but was incompatible according to my T-Mobile account because it was LockedIssue #2 - my grandson's phone transferred over to T-Mobile account but his number and watch remained on the Xfinity Account.  Issue #3  my phone is now working at all.

I have spent over 5 hour yesterday and all day today talking to customer service on the phone from both Xfinity and T-Mobile as well as visiting both physical stores.  Issue #2 was resolved,  Issues #1 and #3 are still with me and both companies are pointing the finger and saying "it's the other company's issue."  The phone was completely paid for and should not be locked at all.  I have tried everything and been more than patient but this is ridiculous.  Also, the person who I talked to at Xfinity store was rude and after telling me there was nothing he could do for me (without even looking into the matter), he said it was a T-Mobile issue and I probably let one of my grandchildren put a lock on my Sim card.  Like, why would I do that?

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8 days ago

Correction:  My phone is NOW NOT WORKING AT ALL

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6 days ago

We're sorry to see you go @user_ec9535! Moving multiple services at once is a complex process, and getting conflicting information from different companies only adds to the difficulty. If you're still experiencing issue 1 and 3, let us know. You reached the right place for help!
 

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11 hours ago

After about 72 hours of walking into both Xfinity and T-Mobile stores and talking to customer service in both companies, I finally got results.

What I did not know (and it seems the frontline sales people at Xfinity did not know either), a lock is placed on the phone hardware and a code has to be sent by email before the phone can be transferred to another carrier even though the phone is paid in full.  I finally got the email with the code and instantly after entering the code, my phone transferred.

It took a lot of frustrating hours but as in anything in this life, LESSON LEARNED with more trials and problem solving to come!  Thanking God my brain keeps working.

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