Swapping between two smartphones online

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I just put in the order for a Droid3 to replace a Pre +.
I can see instances where I would want to switch back to my old Pre + every once in a while (3 or 4 times a year maybe.)
Is it realistic to go onto the VZW webpage and ?swap? (using the ?Activate or Switch Device? option within the MyVerizon page) from the D3 to the Pre+ as the active phone on the line then swap back to the D3 a day or two later without any hassles or syncing issues?
I?ve swapped feature phones online before, but I?ve never tried it with smartphones.
Do smartphones ?swap? and become active on the network within minutes of doing it like feature phones do?
Thanks.
-Suntan

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Yep. I do it frequently too. No issues so far

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An even easier method is to dial *228 and select option 1 on the phone you want to activate. Follow the prompts and voila!

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An even easier method is to dial *228 and select option 1 on the phone you want to activate. Follow the prompts and voila!Exactly... Prior to buying the Thunderbolt, switching phones was a relatively quick (and automated) process. I've heard conflicting stories as to whether switching from an LTE phone to a 3G phone deactivates the SIM card... so I'm not exactly sure how that process works.

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IF you swap from a LTE phone to a 3G phone, the SIM card deactivates itself at midnight EST on that day and you then need to get another SIM card to be able to reactivate your LTE device.
I realize how idiotic that sounds, and no - I don't know why it's set that way. But it is.

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I realize how idiotic that sounds, and no - I don't know why it's set that way. But it is.Thanks for the info... My next question was going to be "Why?"... At some point, I hope that most of VZW's phones will use SIM cards. There are few things I miss about GSM... A SIM card is one of those things.

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IF you swap from a LTE phone to a 3G phone, the SIM card deactivates itself at midnight EST on that day and you then need to get another SIM card to be able to reactivate your LTE device.I wonder why as well. AT&T does the same thing. I once took an old SIM into a store to activate service and they said they can't reactivate SIMs and issued a new one.

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An even easier method is to dial *228 and select option 1 on the phone you want to activate. Follow the prompts and voila!So if my Droid 3 was currently my active phone, and I wanted to switch over to using the Pre+ I could just dial *228 on the Pre +, press 1 and then follow the prompts?
How would it know what account to activate it on? Do you just type in the corresponding phone number or something?
-Suntan

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So if my Droid 3 was currently my active phone, and I wanted to switch over to using the Pre+ I could just dial *228 on the Pre +, press 1 and then follow the prompts?
How would it know what account to activate it on? Do you just type in the corresponding phone number or something?
Yes, exactly. It knows because it has you enter your phone number and then your account password.

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IF you swap from a LTE phone to a 3G phone, the SIM card deactivates itself at midnight EST on that day and you then need to get another SIM card to be able to reactivate your LTE device.
I realize how idiotic that sounds, and no - I don't know why it's set that way. But it is.
This is not what I was told by @vzwsupport on twitter today. They said you take the sim out and put it back in and it reactivates. I specifically asked if I would have to get a new sim and they said no.

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