Samsung Galaxy compatible?

[jmj123]

I have a friend with my same phone, purchased from same retailer on the same day. Yet his Samsung Galaxy S21 five g is visible compatible (IMEI yes) and my S21 five g isn't (IMEI no). According to Visible website, Samsung S21 should be compatible. Only the S21 Ultra is not. Anyone having the same issue?

[Anonymous]

FWIW, my S21 - 5G shows as incompatible now despite showing as compatible when I activated my new plan back in September.

It sure would be nice if Visible simply defined what specific features or software make a phone compatible. I've got a couple older phones that "aren't" but work with the SIM.

[jmj123]

BobT, does your current S21 - 5G work ok with Visible? I wonder what would happen if I put a Visible sim card in my phone anyway?

[Anonymous]

Yes it's working fine on the new base plan ($30) - I've even swapped it back and forth between my A42 on TMO with no problems trying to determine which is better config for me.

S21 works better on Visible for me.

[Anonymous]

My issue is I bought a Motorola G Power(2021) from Visible last year and even that shows not compatible. I think Visible has a blacklist for most android phones and want you to buy a new one from them. 

There is a way around getting a card even though what BobT said it will work in a non compatible phone but I have yet to read if someone actually activated a SIM card in a non compatible phone yet. Even though I am holding out on the old plan to save $5 a month and waiting for Visible to tell us to upgrade to a new plan I bought a like new used phone from eBay that was sold by Visible earlier this year so I would have a phone I can activate the new card on.

To get a SIM card you could use your friends IMEI number and just change a few of the last digits or Google IMEI number generator and generate some numbers and find one that will let you get a card. You could probably activate it in you friends phone if he will let you borrow it and move the card once it is activated.