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What can I do if my phone is not recognizing the SIM card and can't make calls?
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70%
Absolutely, yes. Yes, it will work.
70%
I checked, yeah, I checked it with Verizon. It's not locked, no. So this will come up as an iPhone 8, okay? And yep, that's it. It will work right away.
70%
Absolutely, yes.
45%
I would say if you can come into the FIG store so we can test out the phone with another SIM card. See if there's issues with the phone itself or the SIM card itself.
45%
356, 741, 086, 014, 064. That is correct.
45%
I can help you with that. Can you give me three to five minutes so I can generate the IMEI for you, please?
45%
Please, give me three to five minutes. I will make sure that they work with Verizon.
45%
So, again, try one more time, okay? Try a few more times, and if it's still not good, then please let us know, and we'll help you to make a factory reset to see if that will help your phone to get through, okay?
45%
The new IMEI is going to be 356080094242437.
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Please stay on the phone while I verify it on the Verizon website.
45%
Hang up the call with them, start another call, and this should work right away.
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Right now, hang up the call with them, give it five minutes, and make a call again so they can activate the sim card.
45%
Hang up the call with them and start another call. This should work right away.
35%
We have to check the phone to see exactly what's going on.
35%
Are you close to the Borough Park location, so that we can, um...
35%
Wait on the phone, please.
35%
You're going to need the IMEI number of the last phone that had that SIM card in it.
35%
It could either be on the back of the phone, inside the back of the phone, or it could be in the phone settings, whatever last phone you had.
35%
So it would be in phone settings, some sort of about phone, or phone description.
35%
You can also take out the battery and put it in the back.
35%
Unfortunately, there's nothing else we can try to do, okay? We did all the trouble so that it was possible. If you told me that you put the same card in a phone and it didn't work, then the only thing that I can suggest you is just to make a factory reset to see what happens, okay?
35%
Please stay bear with me on the phone.
30%
Sure, no problem. Thank you. Do I have the number for you? My phone number is 347-939-6944.
30%
So does it show that you have bars currently on the phone? Um, it shows like the... No, no, there's so many bars. It shows bars, but no, but they're empty. Like, there are the bars, but they're not white.
30%
What time do you close today? 6 p.m.
30%
No, there wouldn't be anything else we can do. We would have to test to see what exactly isn't functioning properly. If it's the SIM card or the phone. That's why we have to test them both in different ways.
30%
So tomorrow we open at 10 and we close at 1 p.m.
30%
It sounds like, yeah, it may be the phone. That's the issue. And how long have you had this phone for?
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Sure, I do. Can you give me three minutes? I have to make one actually.
30%
I'm not going to put you on actual hold. I'm just going to have you three minutes on the line, okay?
15%
The phone may not be reading the SIM card. Do you have another phone that you can put the SIM card in?
15%
I will suggest you to initiate a different call. I'm going to give you another IMEI, and I'm going to verify it first.
5%
If you're activating the sim card with Verizon, I can give you another IMEI number.
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Are you ready to take notes? I have it ready for you.
How Customers Ask This
"The phone does not work with the SIM card and shows no service."
"The customer is trying to activate a Verizon SIM card but is facing compatibility issues with their IMEI number."
"The customer is trying to transfer services to Verizon but is facing issues with a locked device and needs assistance with the IMEI number."
"The customer is experiencing issues with their phone not turning on after inserting a SIM card."
"The customer is experiencing issues with their phone not turning on after inserting a SIM card."
"The customer is experiencing issues with their phone not working after inserting a SIM card."
"The customer is experiencing issues with their SIM card not working properly in their new phone."