Carrier Support Question

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Can someone please confirm with evidence that the Google Pixel 6a works with Tello Mobile and US Mobile?
I currently have Verizon. My phone isn't locked to this Verizon SIM right? I can change it freely?

Happiness-Craziness

f98c7a98e7f6a Hi, Tello mobile here! Just a head up with you that Tello works perfectly on my Pixel 7 Pro running GrapheneOS.

LordDrakkon

Try putting in another SIM and see if it allows you to use it. AT&T or T-Mobile. Verizon Pixel's usually don't allow you to unlock the bootloader. Do you have the toggle in Developer Options and can you toggle it?

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LordDrakkon OEM unlocking? "Allow the bootloader to be unlocked" That checkbox? It's disabled but I can enable it. It asks me for my password, so I assume it'll work.

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So does anyone have experience with Tello or USMobile carrier? I've seen a reddit post saying they don't work, but then I see a YT video seeing Tello as recommended for GrapheneOS?

treenutz68

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US Mobile 100% works. I'm using it on and off myself currently.

One thing I can't figure out how to do is visual voicemail. Its the stupid old thing where you dial into a number, enter a password, and press buttons to go through and listen/delete/etc...

I don't know if there is a way to solve that, but I would love to hear if anyone knows!

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treenutz68 Thanks for the feedback! Going with USMobile right now for sure.

treenutz68

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Good deal. I don't know how much visual voicemail matters to you, but I have not yet figured out how to get that to work. Not even talking about transcriptions not working, but just the modern day voicemail where it shows you a list of voicemails that you can listen to also doesn't work. Just want to make sure you know so you aren't dissapointed!

ErnestThornhill

treenutz68 Visual Voicemail works perfectly fine for me on Patriot Mobile (Verizon).

treenutz68

Just to follow up on this. I got tired of the old fashioned way voicemail was defaulting to the last few months so I just got on US Mobile chat. Tell them your visual voicemail doesn't work and they will do some 'magic' provisioning on their end, you go into airplane mode for 1 minute, and then come out. Then attempt to activate it again in the voicemail tab of the dialer. It didn't work the first time I did that, but I tried to press it 2 more times and magically it started working. Who knows what did it, but just want to let you know there is some way to get it working in US mobile

treenutz68

ErnestThornhill

That's good to hear. BTW, I hadn't heard of Patriot Mobile but just looked up their plans. I'm not sure if you're grandfathered into a different rate structure, but their prices seem quite high compared to other MVNOs like US Mobile for example. Just throwing it out there in case you're looking to save a few bucks while getting more data than those guys are giving you!

ErnestThornhill

treenutz68 I don't use much data, so I'm not paying all that much compared to other providers.

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Can't use USMobile actually, unfortunately they have issues processing my card... Any suggestions that 100% work on GrapheneOS that aren't super expensive for physical SIM? Any information regarding Tello?

treenutz68

ErnestThornhill

Cool, you do you, just trying to help! Just an fyi, US Mobile is $8/month (including taxes/fees) for 2gb/month if you prepay a year. Looks like Patriot is $26/month (+ additional for taxes/fees) for 1gb/month.

I use the $8/month plan as I don't use more than 2gb/month of data either. Something to think about and if you ever do wanna check it out let me know and I think if I give you a referral we both save some more.

ErnestThornhill

treenutz68 I'm fine. Thank you.