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Basically, it’s an anti-theft system AT&T implemented. Let’s say someone steals a prepaid phone from Wal-Mart and sells it on the street (a very common problem). The buyer then puts an AT&T SIM (not from the GoPhone) in the phone… AT&T then realizes that the IMEI wasn’t ever activated, and proceeds to flag the phone as stolen.

Like I said, it isn’t supposed to happen on phones sold from att.com (since they are activated before they are shipped out). Still, it’s a good idea to always power on a GoPhone with the included SIM, and make a test call (even to 611/customer care) first.

The literature that came with the phone says that if the phone is not activated within 26 days of order, it will be deactivated.

When you say AT&T deactivates phones, is it just the account that is deactivated? (I assume they don’t want to hold onto unused phone numbers forever and need to recycle them.)

Is something sent to the phone so that it won’t ever work, even if some other valid sim card is put into it later?

As far as a test call, what call could be made if no money has been put into the prepay account yet?

Just curious, in case I order a bunch more of these, or a z750a.

I got the money in my paypal account, Thanks!!

Question: I am using the phone with my regular postpay account card. I heard that ATT can disable the phone by sending some code. Is that true?

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