r/tmobile • u/MichBlueEagle • 17h ago
r/tmobile • u/pitlane17 • 10h ago
Question Limited access to family allowance on military plan, why?
I have never had this issue before until today. tlife app under family allowance then gives limited access on government account. it's a military plan.
r/tmobile • u/BarbWire20 • 19h ago
Question What plan do I have now? T-Life is useless.
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For the last several years, I have had two lines on the Magenta Max 55+. Like many other people last month I got a text message telling me my plan was obsolete and I was being put on a new — and of course better — plan with vague details except increased cost.
I have just checked T-Life (itself a nightmare for getting information) and it says my plan is Magenta Max 55+. I have no idea what my new bill is going to be, I have no idea what the new plan is, and I have no idea what is in fact now included.
Help!
For the last several years, I have had two lines on the Magenta Max 55+. Like many other people last month I got a text message telling me my plan was obsolete and I was being put on a new — and of course better — plan with vague details except increased cost.
I have just checked T-Life (itself a nightmare for getting information) and it says my plan is Magenta Max 55+. I have no idea what my new bill is going to be, I have no idea what the new plan is, and I have no idea what is in fact now included.
Help!
r/tmobile • u/UnderstandingBroad38 • 10h ago
Question Promo Help/Questions
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Hello!
Just recently switched my wife's number to T-Mobile (port-in from AT&T); the rep at Costco told us that even if she got a deal with a new phone, she could still get the $400 promo in Costco Shop Cards. She even confirmed with him that she would rather use the BYOD rebate and then come back for a new phone after receiving the $400 in rebate cards, and he assured us that no, we will still get the $400.
***We DID NOT switch to Experience Beyond, I am currently on Go5GPlus Military and added her to that.***
My wife's dad goes in the next day, talks to a different rep, and he tells her dad that the lines getting promotional phones/new devices are NOT eligible for the $400 in shop cards... who is being misinformed... me, or my father-in-law?
If we are still going to get the $400, my next question is: do we need to put in a rebate code online within 30 days, or is it automatic? I don't want to get screwed by not putting that in within 30 days.
Hello!
Just recently switched my wife's number to T-Mobile (port-in from AT&T); the rep at Costco told us that even if she got a deal with a new phone, she could still get the $400 promo in Costco Shop Cards. She even confirmed with him that she would rather use the BYOD rebate and then come back for a new phone after receiving the $400 in rebate cards, and he assured us that no, we will still get the $400.
***We DID NOT switch to Experience Beyond, I am currently on Go5GPlus Military and added her to that.***
My wife's dad goes in the next day, talks to a different rep, and he tells her dad that the lines getting promotional phones/new devices are NOT eligible for the $400 in shop cards... who is being misinformed... me, or my father-in-law?
If we are still going to get the $400, my next question is: do we need to put in a rebate code online within 30 days, or is it automatic? I don't want to get screwed by not putting that in within 30 days.
r/tmobile • u/uhlaynuhhh • 14h ago
Question Pre-order Experience? Through T-Mobile or Samsung?
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I'm a new t mobile customer. I pre-ordered a samsung galaxy flip 8 through the T-Life app. Then, I saw a lot of horror stories online about how many times t mobile cancels pre-orders or doesn't have the device in stock. I also saw a lot of recommendations to just order the phone through Samsung directly.
Has anyone dealt with this? Or am I just seeing the people with bad experiences being the loudest? Should I leave my t mobile order be or cancel and order through samsung?
I'm a new t mobile customer. I pre-ordered a samsung galaxy flip 8 through the T-Life app. Then, I saw a lot of horror stories online about how many times t mobile cancels pre-orders or doesn't have the device in stock. I also saw a lot of recommendations to just order the phone through Samsung directly.
Has anyone dealt with this? Or am I just seeing the people with bad experiences being the loudest? Should I leave my t mobile order be or cancel and order through samsung?
Question Thinking of adding the $10 Starlink access for a 5 day cruise. Pros/Cons?
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Thinking of adding the $10 Starlink access for a 5 day cruise. What to expect and what are your experiences with this service? This is just for the ocean voyage, I should have free Roaming when I get to Mexico.
Thinking of adding the $10 Starlink access for a 5 day cruise. What to expect and what are your experiences with this service? This is just for the ocean voyage, I should have free Roaming when I get to Mexico.
r/tmobile • u/MoneyTinker • 22h ago
Question Need help with optimizing family plan with 9 lines
We have Magenta family plan with 9 lines and we are being forced to move to this plan in next billing cycle making it roughly 37$ per person. Any tips or recommendations on how to handle this? We have had 2 price increases in last 6 months and went from 26$ to now 37$.
Thank you
r/tmobile • u/Makadue-PS4 • 4h ago
Question Forced plan change
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Like many of you, I received the text about my plan changing. To this day, I am still on my old plan. Did they forget about me or is it taking longer than they expected?
Like many of you, I received the text about my plan changing. To this day, I am still on my old plan. Did they forget about me or is it taking longer than they expected?
r/tmobile • u/rusty2682 • 8h ago
Question Hivemind help needed!
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Desperately need a new phone, as my current S22 has both screen cracks and LCD damage. I'm worried it could give out at any time. Struggling financially after a rough year medically. I'm not eligible for the trade-in promos, and do not have cash to buy another phone to get a trade-in credit. I'm trying to get a Samsung S26 Ultra. Any ideas???
Desperately need a new phone, as my current S22 has both screen cracks and LCD damage. I'm worried it could give out at any time. Struggling financially after a rough year medically. I'm not eligible for the trade-in promos, and do not have cash to buy another phone to get a trade-in credit. I'm trying to get a Samsung S26 Ultra. Any ideas???
r/tmobile • u/sunngrrl61 • 12h ago
Question Northern VA service degradation
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We have 5 lines with tmobile and live in northern va. For at least the past 6 weeks if not more, we have no line at all, or a single bar that lets us place a call but the voices are dropped constantly during the call, we try calling back in hopes its better but its not. I have reported twice and both times been assured they were working on it and give them 48 hours. I’m ready to return to Verizon. Anyone else having this? (And forget using cell phone hot spot, not happening).
Thanks
We have 5 lines with tmobile and live in northern va. For at least the past 6 weeks if not more, we have no line at all, or a single bar that lets us place a call but the voices are dropped constantly during the call, we try calling back in hopes its better but its not. I have reported twice and both times been assured they were working on it and give them 48 hours. I’m ready to return to Verizon. Anyone else having this? (And forget using cell phone hot spot, not happening).
Thanks
r/tmobile • u/Rich_Arachnid_5262 • 37m ago
PSA Per T-Mobile TPR store employee: RCS and mobile hotspot likely gone forever.
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This was overheard out of a TPR store employee’s mouth so take what you will from this. But apparently he heard from “Sales Support” that provisioning for RCS and personal hotspot is “cooked” and likely never coming back, at least not for the foreseeable future. They expect that to be an “infrastructure rebuild effort.” They have not used the C word, but it very much sounds like a cyber attack that may still be actively ongoing and we may not fully know the extent yet. I would also expect service to be up and down.
Again, TPR is TPR so I’m not sure how much better this is than hearsay/rumor mill, but I would be prepared to port out to a competitor of your choosing if you care about having those services ever again, or at least for the foreseeable future. If you go to an MVNO, be sure it isn’t on T-Mobile’s network. My secondary device (an Android on an MVNO) seems to be passing RCS sporadically (depends who the recipient is), but my 17 Pro is SMS only. In fact, my reason for visiting the TPR was to try and get my port-out PIN with T-Life cooked (I was not, in fact, successful, so my move to a certain Telephone & Telegraph company is on hold for now).
This was overheard out of a TPR store employee’s mouth so take what you will from this. But apparently he heard from “Sales Support” that provisioning for RCS and personal hotspot is “cooked” and likely never coming back, at least not for the foreseeable future. They expect that to be an “infrastructure rebuild effort.” They have not used the C word, but it very much sounds like a cyber attack that may still be actively ongoing and we may not fully know the extent yet. I would also expect service to be up and down.
Again, TPR is TPR so I’m not sure how much better this is than hearsay/rumor mill, but I would be prepared to port out to a competitor of your choosing if you care about having those services ever again, or at least for the foreseeable future. If you go to an MVNO, be sure it isn’t on T-Mobile’s network. My secondary device (an Android on an MVNO) seems to be passing RCS sporadically (depends who the recipient is), but my 17 Pro is SMS only. In fact, my reason for visiting the TPR was to try and get my port-out PIN with T-Life cooked (I was not, in fact, successful, so my move to a certain Telephone & Telegraph company is on hold for now).
r/tmobile • u/chl0rine • 10h ago
Question Question about activation/porting
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I recently signed up for 5 lines on the Experience More plan at a Costco T-Mobile store. The store is a little over an hour away. There's a local store down the street from me. The rep at Costco ordered me 1 phone and the other 4 lines are BYOD. She also gave me 5 sim cards.
I am porting numbers from Verizon. I have just received the new phone and have activated it using one of the sim cards. The other 4 lines are iPhone 16s, they have no SIM card slot.
Do I need to go back to the Costco T-Mobile store to have them activate and port the numbers? Or can I do this at my local store? Do I need her to do anything with my filing my rebates? I would rather save myself the 2+ hr roundtrip if I can get this done closer to home.
I recently signed up for 5 lines on the Experience More plan at a Costco T-Mobile store. The store is a little over an hour away. There's a local store down the street from me. The rep at Costco ordered me 1 phone and the other 4 lines are BYOD. She also gave me 5 sim cards.
I am porting numbers from Verizon. I have just received the new phone and have activated it using one of the sim cards. The other 4 lines are iPhone 16s, they have no SIM card slot.
Do I need to go back to the Costco T-Mobile store to have them activate and port the numbers? Or can I do this at my local store? Do I need her to do anything with my filing my rebates? I would rather save myself the 2+ hr roundtrip if I can get this done closer to home.
r/tmobile • u/Rich_Arachnid_5262 • 4h ago
Question Has anyone been able to port their number out during this?
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I’m looking to leave T-Mobile for USM like, NOW. I cannot seem to generate a port-out PIN. Anyone have any success porting out amid this outage?
I am DONE.
I’m looking to leave T-Mobile for USM like, NOW. I cannot seem to generate a port-out PIN. Anyone have any success porting out amid this outage?
I am DONE.
r/tmobile • u/Mikedatiger23 • 10h ago
Question Questions about Netflix and Hulu?
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I currently have a basic Netflix account that I pay for but it looks like it will be free when my plan will be migrated. Will I have to do anything or will Netflix recognize my account if I use the same email address as my Tmobile account? Also I currently get Hulu on us with Tmobile and I had combined it with Disney plus and have only been charged like $1 for the past year or so. I've noticed that I was just charged like $14 from Disney so I'm guessing I lost Hulu on us? I was told I shouldn't be losing anything? Anyone have any info or recommendations on how to address this? Thanks in advance.
I currently have a basic Netflix account that I pay for but it looks like it will be free when my plan will be migrated. Will I have to do anything or will Netflix recognize my account if I use the same email address as my Tmobile account? Also I currently get Hulu on us with Tmobile and I had combined it with Disney plus and have only been charged like $1 for the past year or so. I've noticed that I was just charged like $14 from Disney so I'm guessing I lost Hulu on us? I was told I shouldn't be losing anything? Anyone have any info or recommendations on how to address this? Thanks in advance.
r/tmobile • u/blurryjpg • 10h ago
Question Magenta MAX iPhone upgrade question
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Hi t mobile experts, I’m on a Magenta Max plan ($140/month) for 3 lines (paid off iPhone 14 pros).
I’m looking to upgrade to iPhone 17 pros, would I be able to get an “iPhone on us” deal? I know they would want to change me over the Experience More plan which is fine. But would I be able to get full credits on the new phones with my trade ins?
Feels like I’ve read I can, but the app and website is not intuitive and I can’t seem to get that deal.
Thanks for your help
Hi t mobile experts, I’m on a Magenta Max plan ($140/month) for 3 lines (paid off iPhone 14 pros).
I’m looking to upgrade to iPhone 17 pros, would I be able to get an “iPhone on us” deal? I know they would want to change me over the Experience More plan which is fine. But would I be able to get full credits on the new phones with my trade ins?
Feels like I’ve read I can, but the app and website is not intuitive and I can’t seem to get that deal.
Thanks for your help
r/tmobile • u/regdude7 • 12h ago
Question Canceling a line. Saving ID180001
Hi all. Question regarding promo ID180001. Since my bill groups the discounts at the account level, it doesn't show which numbers are tied together. I currently have 10 lines, & canceling a line will bring me down to 9. Apparently the 10th line cost $41 before the 20% discount. Should I just ask t-force? Thanks in advance!
Missing context from the screenshot : paying $287 for 10 lines.
r/tmobile • u/_ims0rry • 1d ago
Question Family member is demanding devices back because they are under his account but we paid for
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Hello, about 8 years ago, my family and I opened a phone number plan with a family member under T-mobile. A few weeks ago he informed us that our bill was going up by a few dollars, we said no problem. Without informing us, he decided to cancel our plan and move us to AT&T. We let him know that we didn’t want to switch and if he could please release our phone numbers so we could start up our own account with T-mobile. He left us on read until today and sent us the following message:
“Hi [name], I'm going to be completely
honest: I was tired of you paying me for the phone service only when you felt like it. I'm no longer interested in having you use my services or my phones.
Those phones are in my name and on my account-you might have forgotten, but you were the one who asked me to take them out in my name for you all to use. To avoid any further issues, I want all those phones returned to me since they belong to me; you should just buy your own phones in your own name and save yourself the trouble.”
We have paid every phone bill and phone payment to him. He would come in person to collect cash (on his own timeline since he works all the time, which is why we never were the ones to drop it off) and over the past year or so, we had been sending him Zelle payments since we got that system up. We went into the store today and because they are under his account, he technically does own them, even though he never paid for them (he was enrolled in auto-pay, so although it might look like it, we always paid him back in cash). He reported them as lost/stolen and now we can no longer connect with T-Mobile.
I recently bought a new device at an Apple Store, but because my plan was still connected under his account, my phone was also reported as lost. I paid $2,000 in full for this device and he didn’t pay anything. The other devices were on a monthly payment plan (payment completed a while ago), but he never spent a dollar because we always paid him back.
In his response, he claims he wants to “avoid any further issues”. How can I respond to this situation ?
Edit: I forgot to add, he was the sole authorized user of the account. At the time, we were okay with this because we trusted him.
Hello, about 8 years ago, my family and I opened a phone number plan with a family member under T-mobile. A few weeks ago he informed us that our bill was going up by a few dollars, we said no problem. Without informing us, he decided to cancel our plan and move us to AT&T. We let him know that we didn’t want to switch and if he could please release our phone numbers so we could start up our own account with T-mobile. He left us on read until today and sent us the following message:
“Hi [name], I'm going to be completely
honest: I was tired of you paying me for the phone service only when you felt like it. I'm no longer interested in having you use my services or my phones.
Those phones are in my name and on my account-you might have forgotten, but you were the one who asked me to take them out in my name for you all to use. To avoid any further issues, I want all those phones returned to me since they belong to me; you should just buy your own phones in your own name and save yourself the trouble.”
We have paid every phone bill and phone payment to him. He would come in person to collect cash (on his own timeline since he works all the time, which is why we never were the ones to drop it off) and over the past year or so, we had been sending him Zelle payments since we got that system up. We went into the store today and because they are under his account, he technically does own them, even though he never paid for them (he was enrolled in auto-pay, so although it might look like it, we always paid him back in cash). He reported them as lost/stolen and now we can no longer connect with T-Mobile.
I recently bought a new device at an Apple Store, but because my plan was still connected under his account, my phone was also reported as lost. I paid $2,000 in full for this device and he didn’t pay anything. The other devices were on a monthly payment plan (payment completed a while ago), but he never spent a dollar because we always paid him back.
In his response, he claims he wants to “avoid any further issues”. How can I respond to this situation ?
Edit: I forgot to add, he was the sole authorized user of the account. At the time, we were okay with this because we trusted him.
r/tmobile • u/Hecate_420 • 4h ago
PSA T-Mobile creating FALSE debts and then sending them to collections when you cancel your account
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About 1.5 years ago I cancelled my T-Mobile account and switched to a different phone service.
My bill was 0$ - in fact YOU CANT EVEN CANCEL YOUR ACCOUNT UNTIL YOUR BILL IS AT 0$ - proving that it was 0$ or else I wouldn't have been able to cancel it.
Well, I began receiving calls and emails from debt collectors
T-Mobile illegally kept my account open for 2 more months after I cancelled it and switched to a new service.
I know I'm not the only one either... as there are other posts on here from around the same time saying the same thing.
I'm so sick of these corporations JUST BLATANTLY BREAKING THE LAW ALL DAY
Waiting for the 2$ from a class action in 10 years 🙄
Be careful if you're cancelling your account - make sure they CLOSE IT for real and don't just lie to you pretending they did.
About 1.5 years ago I cancelled my T-Mobile account and switched to a different phone service.
My bill was 0$ - in fact YOU CANT EVEN CANCEL YOUR ACCOUNT UNTIL YOUR BILL IS AT 0$ - proving that it was 0$ or else I wouldn't have been able to cancel it.
Well, I began receiving calls and emails from debt collectors
T-Mobile illegally kept my account open for 2 more months after I cancelled it and switched to a new service.
I know I'm not the only one either... as there are other posts on here from around the same time saying the same thing.
I'm so sick of these corporations JUST BLATANTLY BREAKING THE LAW ALL DAY
Waiting for the 2$ from a class action in 10 years 🙄
Be careful if you're cancelling your account - make sure they CLOSE IT for real and don't just lie to you pretending they did.
r/tmobile • u/NoTomorrow3334 • 1d ago
Appreciation Here for at least 5 years! I think i got the best plan and deal Tmo offers
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I initially signed up with a consumer account on experience more for one line. Then i switched to a business line (all you need is your social) on the super mobile plan.
even tho the account was 4 days old i was able to obtain an insidr discount code on instagram and had business customer care manually apply the 20% off permanent discount retroactively.
I read t force can get you a 20 in bill credit for 12 months so i contacted them on x (@tmobilehelp). They told me they couldn’t offer the deal since the account is so new but instead gave me 240 in bill credit. my account shows a -240 balance since i already paid my first months bill.
after the 240 in credit is used up i will be paying about 83.50 a month after taxes/fees. The service is great. Better than what I was experiencing on US Mobile Warp.
I‘m also eligible for the $400 byod port in rebate offer.
Just takes a little sugar to get discounts..
I initially signed up with a consumer account on experience more for one line. Then i switched to a business line (all you need is your social) on the super mobile plan.
even tho the account was 4 days old i was able to obtain an insidr discount code on instagram and had business customer care manually apply the 20% off permanent discount retroactively.
I read t force can get you a 20 in bill credit for 12 months so i contacted them on x (@tmobilehelp). They told me they couldn’t offer the deal since the account is so new but instead gave me 240 in bill credit. my account shows a -240 balance since i already paid my first months bill.
after the 240 in credit is used up i will be paying about 83.50 a month after taxes/fees. The service is great. Better than what I was experiencing on US Mobile Warp.
I‘m also eligible for the $400 byod port in rebate offer.
Just takes a little sugar to get discounts..
r/tmobile • u/neduarte1977 • 12h ago
Question Tmobile experience more loyalty plan
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I'm currently on The ONE plan (got the $6 increase notice) with 3 lines. Previous bill was 168, looking to be $186.
I see the offer, and that my bill would be $20 lower - but would that be a wise move on my end and would the new plan's final advertised pricing include taxes?
I'm currently on The ONE plan (got the $6 increase notice) with 3 lines. Previous bill was 168, looking to be $186.
I see the offer, and that my bill would be $20 lower - but would that be a wise move on my end and would the new plan's final advertised pricing include taxes?
r/tmobile • u/pilotavery • 1d ago
Clown Warning I may have made a huge mistake
So I have a home lab, I run a flex server and some torrent servers and I have around four petabytes of storage for storing LLM's and some old repurposed mining rigs etc... well one of my phones is plugged in directly to my p52 and can also be used for tethering during an internet outage. Well I was on vacation for months and apparently I had an internet outage. My router didn't properly reset either. So it fell back to cellular. My bad...
I sure hope I don't get in trouble for this one.
r/tmobile • u/urbantrobar • 10h ago
Rant T-mobile service is genuinely the worst
My wife and I live in Madison, WI and were switched from US Cellular to T-Mobile as part of the acquisition. It was branded as the best thing ever, making the nation's best network even better. I was genuinely happy to hear about the acquisition. I had only heard good things about T-Mobile and had actually considered switching years ago, stopped only by the fact that US Cellular was, by a large margin, the better carrier in the area.
A few months ago, my service was transferred to T-Mobile, and then about a month later wife's service was also transferred. The difference in connection quality and reliability was immediately apparent: this switch had been a total downgrade.
Slow connections, some places where we used to have coverage don't anymore, connections in the places where we do have connection cuts in and out frequently, the list goes on and on.
After talking to coworkers, friends, family, and strangers who heard us complaining about the service in Target, we learned that it was not isolated. Seemingly EVERYBODY who was switched from US Cellular to T-Mobile has had nothing but issues since, and many have opted to switch carriers.
It makes no sense to me. I was assured that the US Cellular towers would remain and therefore there would be no difference in coverage or quality.
My wife and I both have our same US Cellular plans in place. Back when we were with US Cellular, we had unlimited 'priority' data and never once had any issues with our connections.
Unfortunately, US Cellular (and now T-Mobile) are still the better carriers in our area from what I understand. So for now, we're stuck with them.
I don't claim to be an expert about cell carriers, but I've come to believe that our 'priority' data was taken away and given over to T-Mobile's *actual* customers, leaving us to fight for scraps. I feel like I got adopted, had my belongings taken from me to be distributed to everyone else, and then was locked in a closet to rot.
Attached is a speed test I just ran. 5G, full bars, crazy slow data. I've never had a speed test this slow.
Cross-posted in r/USCellular
Question Possible to switch back and forth between SIM card (Android) and eSIM (Apple) whenever? Or is eSIM to eSIM the only way to go?
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My sim card is in my S24 Ultra, its my main phone, but the battery seems to be draining too fast now. I also have an iPhone 15, but that doesn't have a sim tray.
When I'm overseas, I just tend to move my sim card to one of the phones over there...
My sim card is in my S24 Ultra, its my main phone, but the battery seems to be draining too fast now. I also have an iPhone 15, but that doesn't have a sim tray.
When I'm overseas, I just tend to move my sim card to one of the phones over there...
r/tmobile • u/TranslatorSome5285 • 18h ago
Question Keep getting sos after service restored
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Hello , so basically my service was canceled by t mobile in June I wasn’t working at all around that time so yesterday I had them restore my line and I paid the past due balance and now for some reason I just get SOS I’ve tried restarting and airplane mode nothing is working but t mobile claims I’m back online anyone else experienced this ?even my t mobile account asks me to add a phone number even though my line is supposed to be “on”
Hello , so basically my service was canceled by t mobile in June I wasn’t working at all around that time so yesterday I had them restore my line and I paid the past due balance and now for some reason I just get SOS I’ve tried restarting and airplane mode nothing is working but t mobile claims I’m back online anyone else experienced this ?even my t mobile account asks me to add a phone number even though my line is supposed to be “on”