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I'm good so far I'm good I've been switching back in fourth every 3 to 4 days from note 7 to note 5

GiveitUP wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2017 2:00 pm I'm good so far I'm good I've been switching back in fourth every 3 to 4 days from note 7 to note 5

That's pretty much what I'm doing. I kept the Note 7 on Verizon for 5 or 6 days, switched sims w/ my Galaxy S6+ on Straight Talk for 2 or 3 days, and back again.

I switch Sims regularly. Better to keep them jumping through hoops, than Us. Don't you think?

Ok I'm basically having same troubles. Sooooo a new simple card does the trick if I'm understanding everyone

jimmy.edwards wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:38 pm I switch Sims regularly. Better to keep them jumping through hoops, than Us. Don't you think?

Agree, agree... but what I had hoped to do (and have not accomplished) is to discern some type of pattern, a recent one, anyway. For example, when they first started hotlining, it seemed a bunch of folks were hit in a short number of days. Then, it seemed like there was a week or so where there were no new hotlines. Then a second wave of people getting hotlined. Since then, it has been hit and miss. I can't determine if it is because so many people have left Verizon, or given up? Or if Big Red is growing tired of hunting us down? (Of course, I'm hoping it's the latter.)

rr2beast wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2017 4:48 pm Ok I'm basically having same troubles. Sooooo a new simple card does the trick if I'm understanding everyone

Not necessarily... it doesn't hurt though. One thing for sure. Do not use the original sim that you had service on your Note 7. They will pick that one off relatively quickly, it seems... Activate a different phone with a new sim, and then swap sims. But it's hard to say how effective this simple ruse is in reality. Verizon is a huge company, with huge resources, and it seems sometimes they have nothing better to do than hunt us down like rabid dogs in the springtime...

@Vernon.Swindell: how did you reactivate your service online? And what did you tell the rep to get a note put in your file, protecting you from having it happen again?

coachmontague wrote: Tue Mar 07, 2017 9:30 pm @Vernon.Swindell: how did you reactivate your service online? And what did you tell the rep to get a note put in your file, protecting you from having it happen again?

I never actually got hotlined. I was scheduled to be hotlined on 1/31. On 1/30, I took an S6 Edge + into a premium reseller store, and I told them to take the Note 7 off my account, give me a new sim card, and activate it on the S6 Edge+, and move my phone number over to this new device. They asked for the Note 7 back. I said, "They sent me a box. I'll return it when I'm ready." He grinned at me, and said OK. So, if you log into my Verizon account online, you do not see the Note 7 anymore.

On the other hand, I've filed a previous FCC complaint, and had numerous chat sessions where I made it "appear" that I was looking for specific information for a lawsuit. I'm definitely tagged as a problem customer. I have also put it in writing in numerous chats that I wanted to PAY the balance of the phone. Verizon won't refund me because I put a cash downpayment to the reseller, who will not refund me unless I give back the phone... Stalemate.

I still think there will be another wave of hotlining near the end of the month. I'm going to switch sims again as we get closer.

I am just guessing on all of this...

So you were able to still use your Note 7 with the new sim card?

coachmontague wrote: Tue Mar 07, 2017 10:12 pm So you were able to still use your Note 7 with the new sim card?

yup. for about 2 weeks now