I've had a line on my T-Mobile account that I used to let people try Windows Phone. I loan them one of my backup phones with a sim for that line in it. The line is a 5th on the plan (unlimited voice, text, data - 2.5GB LTE) so only costs ~$13 a month.
That has converted several Android and iPhone users but I've pretty much gone thru the friends and acquaintances with interest and open minds. I was about to cancel the line when my son decided to switch from AT&T so I ported his number to that line and gave him the sim for it in exchange for him paying 1/5th of the total plan bill.
That's when the fun started.
The line had originally been set up using the "name" Extra Phone. The only place in the on-line account where the name can be edited is under profiles. But when I tried to save the change, I got an error saying the system is not available and to please try again later. I was a little suspicious because I could change other fields on the same screen such as e911 address. But I tried to change the name numerous times over weeks and always got the same message.
So I did a chat with support and they said they would change the name for me. They said it could take 3 days. Three days passed and still no change. So I chatted again and got the same assurance it had been changed but might not show up for 3 days. This happened so many times I lost count. Each time I was given a different apparently BS story for why this was happening.
Fast forward a month and my son's wife decided to switch to T-Mobile so I added a 6th line to my account and ported her number over after she got a new sim at a T-Mobile store. Despite assurances that the new line would have her name applied to the line, I checked and it had the account holder's name. Great. So I got on chat to start the never ending process of getting her name fixed. The rep asked if I wanted to check to also see if the caller-ID name was right. I said sure and was told it was wrong as well but that it had been corrected.
I immediately logged back onto the account to see if my son's name had been fixed since it had been 3 days since the most recent call and was surprised to see that my daughter-in-laws name had been fixed! So somehow T-Mobile could fix her name in the first try but couldn't fix my son's name in a month of tries.
I called support and eventually got to a supervisor who insisted that it would take 3 days to fix my son's name and could somehow not grasp how that contradicted the reality of what happened with my DiL's name.
I'd appreciate hearing form ANYONE who has changed the name on a line in the last few months. Please post the magic words that were used to request it.
And could someone try to change the name on a line (under profiles) to see if they get the same error message (system unavailable, try again later). Only the primary account holder can change that.
At this point, I don't know if I believe that the problem is a widespread one with their system (which they say it is). It does not seem like a problem that would take more than a month to fix. A responsible company would at least change the error message rather than keep telling who knows how many customers to waste their time trying over and over again.
TIA
That has converted several Android and iPhone users but I've pretty much gone thru the friends and acquaintances with interest and open minds. I was about to cancel the line when my son decided to switch from AT&T so I ported his number to that line and gave him the sim for it in exchange for him paying 1/5th of the total plan bill.
That's when the fun started.
The line had originally been set up using the "name" Extra Phone. The only place in the on-line account where the name can be edited is under profiles. But when I tried to save the change, I got an error saying the system is not available and to please try again later. I was a little suspicious because I could change other fields on the same screen such as e911 address. But I tried to change the name numerous times over weeks and always got the same message.
So I did a chat with support and they said they would change the name for me. They said it could take 3 days. Three days passed and still no change. So I chatted again and got the same assurance it had been changed but might not show up for 3 days. This happened so many times I lost count. Each time I was given a different apparently BS story for why this was happening.
Fast forward a month and my son's wife decided to switch to T-Mobile so I added a 6th line to my account and ported her number over after she got a new sim at a T-Mobile store. Despite assurances that the new line would have her name applied to the line, I checked and it had the account holder's name. Great. So I got on chat to start the never ending process of getting her name fixed. The rep asked if I wanted to check to also see if the caller-ID name was right. I said sure and was told it was wrong as well but that it had been corrected.
I immediately logged back onto the account to see if my son's name had been fixed since it had been 3 days since the most recent call and was surprised to see that my daughter-in-laws name had been fixed! So somehow T-Mobile could fix her name in the first try but couldn't fix my son's name in a month of tries.
I called support and eventually got to a supervisor who insisted that it would take 3 days to fix my son's name and could somehow not grasp how that contradicted the reality of what happened with my DiL's name.
I'd appreciate hearing form ANYONE who has changed the name on a line in the last few months. Please post the magic words that were used to request it.
And could someone try to change the name on a line (under profiles) to see if they get the same error message (system unavailable, try again later). Only the primary account holder can change that.
At this point, I don't know if I believe that the problem is a widespread one with their system (which they say it is). It does not seem like a problem that would take more than a month to fix. A responsible company would at least change the error message rather than keep telling who knows how many customers to waste their time trying over and over again.
TIA
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