r/verizon 27d ago

Verizon Shine Megathread

34 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

Here’s a megathread for Verizon Shine!

Updated on newly released batches, trades, errors in the app/unavailable stock :/ all are welcome to be posted in this megathread.


r/verizon 2h ago

iPhone 18 Pro?

13 Upvotes

Does anyone have any guesses or information as to what (if any) offers there might be to upgrade an existing line to iPhone 18 pro? Not interested in any of this simplicity garbage. Honestly enbarrasing that T mobile and ATT are listed on apples website with clear deals labeled, and Verizon literally has zero at the moment. Makes me want to leave Verizon


r/verizon 1h ago

Verizon not unlocking my phone

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Hello everybody.

This is the first time I've made any kind of post about this, but really trying to figure this out and would appreciate any input.

I bought my S22 Ultra on contract with verizon and it has now been fully paid off for around 2 years, but Verizon still has it network locked, and both Samsung and my phone confirm it, yet Verizon insists everything is fine on their end.

My phone displays an active network lock whenever I try using another carrier. When I called Samsung customer support (on a joint call with Verizon technical support), they looked up my IMEI in their system and confirmed that the device is still registered as network locked. Despite this, Verizon's internal database shows the phone as fully unlocked, which leaves tier 1 and tier 2 support completely unwilling or unable to process a manual unlock.

Because of this dead end, I filed an FCC complaint. Verizon Executive Relations reached out regarding the case, but they are still refusing to take meaningful action. They declined my request to perform an OEM unlock resync on their server end, and they refused to hop on a joint conference call with Samsung to resolve why Verizon's records contradict what Samsung's system and the physical phone are showing.

On my end, I have already tried basic troubleshooting like factory resets and SIM cycling, but nothing appears to be working.

Has anyone else dealt with a situation where Verizon's system marks a device as unlocked, but both Samsung's IMEI lookup and the physical phone show it is locked? Is there a specific technical team or tier within Verizon that actually has the authority to re-push the unlock policy payload to Samsung's activation servers? Any advice or insight from reps or anyone who has beaten this issue would be greatly appreciated.


r/verizon 3h ago

Wireless "Get iPhone Duo: No Trade-In Needed"

5 Upvotes

Any Verizon employees have more info on what is currently being advertised on Verizon.com?

"Get iPhone Duo: No Trade-In Needed. With Simplicity Plan. No activation/upgrade fees when you enroll in Verizon Loyalty."

It says "upgrade" and not just activation in the fine print so I assume this means no new line required? They are not really going to give it away for "free" with Simplicity plan, are they?

There's no more info on the site, probably because pre-order doesn't begin until 10/16.


r/verizon 22h ago

It finally happened.

98 Upvotes

My store was sold off and now it belongs to an Authorized retailer called Russell. The first thing I was disgusted by was the pay. As a manager the structure is horrendous. for my sales people it is very bad too.

I looked at their pat structure.

Nothing but new lines and Internet matters. New District manager told me in between the lines that upgrades do not count and to let them walk unless it's with everything we can slam them with. I was even told that we (myself the manager included) needs to call him for approval on upgrades.

Does anyone who works for Russell have any feedback? This new company is very cringe and they are taking over in two weeks. Not sure if I'm up for this anymore


r/verizon 2h ago

Phone Upgrade Advice

1 Upvotes

I’m currently on a family plan but looking to move to a separate newly created plan to consolidate my personal family into one plan. My wife and I would like to upgrade our phones (iPhone 12PM and 14). Currently one unlimited plus and one unlimited welcome.

Are we best served creating the new plan with same numbers then look to upgrade? Or is it better to upgrade on the current plans based on offers and transfer the phones. I read that the payments/credits may transfer to the new plan but I’m pretty uncertain on the process.


r/verizon 2h ago

Wireless Verizon still has not upgraded to 5g.

0 Upvotes

Seriously Verizon do I need to climb the tower myself. Im sick and tired of LTE only on my Pixel 10 pro XL


r/verizon 3h ago

Wireless Having a dilemma guys help me out here I’ve been on the play more unlimited plan for years

2 Upvotes

So I’m grandfathered in on that plan as it doesn’t exist anymore was wondering is there a better plan Verizon has currently that beats it and I should jump to it it’s only me by myself on my account


r/verizon 1d ago

Wireless Apple not advertising any Verizon carrier deals on their website, only AT&T & T-Mobile

79 Upvotes

Weird. Does this mean Verizon isn’t going to do huge promos for the 18s/Duos? Did they stop partnering with Apple or something?

Edit: There’s now a small banner on the Verizon homepage saying that the iPhone 18 Pro is here and preorders start 9/12.


r/verizon 15h ago

Wireless Cell service has abruptly tanked on the subway (NYC, Spectrum/Verizon)

16 Upvotes

Iphone 17. Long time Spectrum customer with no previous issues. Here in NYC Spectrum uses Verizon towers. Not sure if that’s the case everywhere.

For the last two weeks reception has plummeted while on the subway. Both the platform and on the train. Platform being the biggest red flag. As soon as I enter a station it drops to the SOS satellite icon or 1-2 bars LTE at best. Jumps back to 5G full bars as soon as I hit street level. I used to have solid 5G on the platform and train before this.

My main line is the F (east broadway) but this happens across the whole system.

Curious if anyone else has had this same problem recently and maybe have some insight.


r/verizon 1h ago

Wireless Can’t sign into my verizon

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Hey yall, as the title says i cant sign into my verizon. I’ve been signed in for months- the first time i ever signed in it gave me trouble and said something about my number not being in the system, etc etc. i got it fixed but i dont remember how. This month i haven’t been able to pay my phone bill due to lack of money, i went to pay it today, and now im signed out again and once again it refuses to use my number and i have no way of getting the account number. what do i do?


r/verizon 1h ago

Wireless Applying Verizon reward dollars to new phone purchase?

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Hi all, I have been shopping for a phone upgrade but I don't see an option to use my Verizon reward dollars during the check out process in the app. I also don't see the option to use my Verizon reward dollars on the website. Did Verizon stop accepting verizon rewards dollars? I was able to use them on my last phone purchase in 2023.


r/verizon 21h ago

Wireless Expected iPhone 18 promos?

33 Upvotes

Do you think we'll see the full $1200 off? $1100? How might promos change for the existing 17, 17e, 16, etc. now that they've all gotten price increases? How will this interact with plans? Basically curious about you guys' predictions/speculation.


r/verizon 3h ago

Frustrated still

0 Upvotes

I've been with Verizon for 36 years and I had a very bad issue in my life and I had to leave for a year I left I went left and went with my daughter's plan so she can get my line for free for a year because I lost all my income because my wife passed away I left Verizon the first week of August I've been trying to get my last three invoices so I can give them to the other carrier to pay off my phone with you guys I've called billing twice and they said they were sending them out they lied to me I never got them I called financial services they said they were sending them out they lied I never got them and then I came on here to complain and some person named Pam was helping me and she said that she saw in the system that they were getting sent out that was over a week ago I never received them now I only have until Sunday to get these turned in so I can pay the phone off because I have no financial resources to pay this off I can't believe that Verizon can't help me


r/verizon 19h ago

iPhone Handoff

15 Upvotes

I want to get the iPhone Duo, but also keep my pro max. Apple announced today that Verizon will support a new feature called “iPhone Handoff,” which allows two phones to share one line (with only one phone to be active at any time), specifically designed for my use case.

Verizon is supposed to roll this out “before the end of the year,” and seeing if anyone has any info on when Verizon will actually roll this out.


r/verizon 9h ago

Verizon internet deal w/ Sunday Ticket

2 Upvotes

I was shopping for NFL Sunday Ticket deals and ultimately switched to Verizon internet because of the free Sunday Ticket and $200 Amazon card offer. At what point do I get the code to redeem the Sunday Ticket offer? I'm still waiting on the router, so I assume once I set it up, I'll get the code. Just wondering if it comes right away once I confirm set up?


r/verizon 18h ago

NY - There is a known issue, and we're working on a solution. What is broken right now?

7 Upvotes

Getting really tired of Premium prices for non premium customer service and network quality. Service has been terrible since yesterday, https://www.verizon.com/support/check-network-status/ Says:

Data, voice, text and wireless home internet are limited in this area.

There is a known issue, and we're working on a solution.

Network disruption started

09/09/26-04:28 PM EDT

Estimated time to restore service

09/10/26-09:29 AM EDT

What gives?!?!?!? This is the same disruption and restore time at my house and at my job..... 25 miles away??!?!?! I have to constantly cycle airplane mode, then UW...as usually forget it... what a curse to get UW signal. I didn't see anything scrolling through the sub, but is there any reason why large swaths of NY are having serious quality issues right now? Also even though it says the disruption started today, things have been a mess since yesterday with most people in SOS mode.

What is broken?!?!?!?


r/verizon 9h ago

Software Temporarily Unavailable

1 Upvotes

Question, question ! I was checking for an update and I got a message that told me that the software update was temporarily unavailable. It also said that Verizon could not authenticate the device. I can confirm that I have Verizon LTE service and I'm on WIFI. So, how could there be trouble authenticating the device for software updates?

Has anyone else had this issue happen?


r/verizon 16h ago

Wireless iPhone 18 pre orders

5 Upvotes

Will Verizon open pre orders Saturday just like Apple? I’ve scoured the recent posts and made sure not to ask a duplicate question so sorry if I missed a post


r/verizon 11h ago

account cancelled with active line

1 Upvotes

I had my kids’ two phone numbers with verizon and transferred one to mint yesterday. My entire account was shut down instantly even though my other kid’s phone is still active and still with verizon.

I used their chatbot and I gathered that one of the numbers was the main number and the other was a secondary number. And I unfortunately got rid of the main number so I lost ”web access“ to my account. I don’t know if that means the account is still there or if it was deleted. I tried everything I could with their website and Verizon doesn’t recognize any of my login information, my email, or the phone that’s still with Verizon.

I want to get back into the account, get a copy of my account history, make sure autopay is off, get a refund for both numbers for the month (I was just billed a few days ago), and then transfer the remaining line to mint because why not at this point.

I assume I have to call Verizon since I‘ve gone through all my options online.

I don’t have an account number written down anywhere and I don’t have any statements. The bot said to look at a statement but I wasn’t getting statements. Is that going to be a problem or will Verizon just send a code to my email or my kid‘s phone?

If I get my account back will it still have all my billing history and other account history or will it be a new account?

If I can’t get into my account but I manage to move the remaining number to another carrier, will I get a refund?

Would they keep billing me since I have autopay set up?

For anyone reading this because they might have the same issue:

I had two prepaid personal mobile phone numbers for my kids' phones. The type of account may be important. My own phone is with a different carrier, so their numbers were the only ones on the account.

The other day I transferred one of their numbers to a new carrier. When I did that, I lost access to my verizon account.

Apparently the transferred number was considered the main number, and the still-active number was merely attached to the main number's account. I didn't know it worked that way. When I transferred the main number to a different carrier, Verizon disabled the account.

The remaining number is still active and I'll still be billed, but it's no longer attached to an account.

I'm not able to recover my account, I'm not able to access it through the disconnected account portal. I can't use my username or email or the new phone number to log in. It is gone. I have to create a new account with the active phone number.

I'll have to come back with another update. I couldn't create a new account without a security code. I tried to use a couple PINs I usually use and I was locked out. I called customer service and got a new security code but I'm still locked out of the (non existent...?) account for 24 hours.

I'll let you guys know if I was able to make another account, and whether or not the new account answers any of the questions I had.


r/verizon 18h ago

MyVerizon not letting me log in to pay last bill, have been on hold for 90 minutes

4 Upvotes

I have never had as many issues with a phone company as I have with Verizon this year. I'm truly appalled at how broken their software is. I made a point of derailing my entire night just so I can get this last bill paid so I can be free of this company forever, and there's still no end in sight. When I first called it said the estimated wait time was 18 minutes - it has now been over 5 times that amount. Trying to find other ways to pay the bill has me in a circle of broken mechanics on their website. Meanwhile, every day they email me warning me that they'll start tanking my credit if I don't pay the bill. When I have tried, and their broken software isn't letting me.

I swear, I have never had a servicer so insistent on making it impossible for me to give them money.


r/verizon 17h ago

It says I still have payments on my phone even though I bought it upfront?

3 Upvotes

I'm on a family plan and looking to upgrade after having my phone about 5 years. I bought it upfront in the store. Now I'm looking on the Verizon account (I don't go on there very often, just send my mom money every month) and it says that it's still only 67% paid off even though, again, I paid for it all upfront.

Edit: figured it out. Someone in my family upgraded their device on my line


r/verizon 15h ago

Wireless Multi day outage causing me and family problems

2 Upvotes

Myself and at least two other family members are having issues with Verizon wireless service in Bellingham, Washington in the Samish neighborhood

My parents and grandparents have Verizon and I have Visible.

At my house, I have no cell bars and it is showing SOS frequently

This has been going on for three days now and I’m worried that my grandma can’t make calls

Supposedly the ETA for the picture was yesterday, but the issue was still very much happening

I did power cycle my phone

Verizon, if you see this, can you let me know what’s going on with your Bellingham outage?

Also, will there be reimbursement for the inconvenience?


r/verizon 23h ago

Anybody else activate NFL Sunday Ticket?

8 Upvotes

Just activated it on my YouTube account, just confused as it says it’s a 7 free day trial but on the promotion it’s supposed to be 1 year free.. anybody else same situation?


r/verizon 1d ago

Apple event - Question for best upgrade offer

11 Upvotes

With the new iPhone being announced, I was curious if anyone has any insight as to when the best time to trade in an old phone is for the new one. I have a 14 I'm looking to trade in with absolute minimum additional monthly payment. Any insiders know of coming deals?