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Tuesday, September 19th, 2023 9:34 PM

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Bring your Own?

Hey y'all! 

I have had and used Xfinity Mobile just shy of 3 years, and have had no issues with it, until now. I am wanting to upgrade one of my lines, but it says "Bring your Own", while all the others say "Paid in Full". All the phones were purchased from Xfinity Mobile, and I am unable to upgrade the one that says "Bring your Own" online. That one was converted to E-Sim, if that matters. Before its E-Sim conversion, it said "Paid in Full". I am wanting to upgrade this line, but it does not show on the upgrade section.

I'd really like to avoid having to go to the store to upgrade that line, so if anyone knows of a way I can do this over the phone, or get it changed, please let me know. 

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1 year ago

Hello, thank you for reaching out today! I do have to apologize, our team here does not have access to Xfinity Mobile accounts. I recommend reaching out to our Xfinity Mobile experts. I am confident they will be able to help you with this matter. Thank you.

 

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1 year ago

Was the phone pictured bought through Xfinity or someone else and ported in?  The “Bring Your Own” label in that spot normally means that is that status of the phone.  Since BYOD devices are bought elsewhere, as long as the system allows for Xfinity to properly adopt the device into their network, “Bring Your Own” is the most apt label.  “Paid in Full” is a status a cell provider will use only when they can fully track the purchasing/transaction history for a device.  That is almost never possible unless the provider is also the retailer selling the device.

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@sraym5​ I obtained and paid off this phone entirely from Xfinity mobile. 

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@sraym5​ If I look hard enough, I can probably find the purchase record.

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@sraym5

sraym5​ I was looking for the purchase record, and I found something interesting. The day I converted it, it sent this email:

Great news! You're ready to start using your new phone with Xfinity Mobile.

 
You've officially activated your Xfinity Mobile number, (phone number) on your iPhone 12 Pro Max. You can find the steps to download your eSIM here. We hope you enjoy your new device and that everything is working smoothly. However, if something's not quite right, check out our troubleshooting guide for eSIM activation.

If you believe you received this email by mistake or you did not recently activate a new phone, please call us at (888) 936-4968.

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It’s likely the eSIM conversion that did it then.  Most carriers (I cannot speak to Xfinity) don’t convert your nanoSIM card into an eSIM, they issue a new eSIM and reassign everything that was provisioned to your nanoSIM to the new eSIM.  They do that because the system for reassigning to a new SIM was already in place, they just had to update it (if they chose to do so) to interface with their new eSIM system.  Much cheaper implementation and much easier for personnel to adapt to.  Instead of looking at a new nanoSIM card for the info, they just request an eSIM be generated through a different window on the same computer and copy/paste the new eSIM’s identifying information into their familiar SIM updating process.  If Xfinity is set up the same way, the backend of the computer programs might not be able to reprovision the transaction history.

Of course, it might happen even if you are going nanoSIM to nanoSIM, too.  I have had to replace a physical SIM before, but my device was already “Bring Your Own”, so I wouldn’t have seen any difference.

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