Bringing an iPhone over from Straight Talk/Tracfone.......

craftyone
Novice II

So my iPhone X was bought at an Apple Store and I've only used Straight Talk/Tracfone since then.

From what I can remember at the Apple store I had to choose a carrier even to buy the phone so I think I just said AT&T not really knowing at the time if I was gonna go with ST or not.

I just want to use this phone as a hotspot for my laptop while travelling.  

As I think I understand it, currently, I can with Visible at 5mps speed with one tethered device.

Just making sure because I tried this with T-Mobile once and it didn't allow the phones hotspot fuction to work.

Thanks in advance for any advice!!๐Ÿ˜€

 

 

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beav
Superuser
Superuser

Welcome aboard.

 

A couple of notes:

 

-You will want to run your iPhone through the compatibility checker here: https://www.visible.com/shop/compatibility

 

-I believe Apple devices may not be subject to the one connection limit.

 

-If you have problems setting up the hotspot, I would refer to these two articles:

 

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204023

 

And 

 

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203302

 

When you join Visible, I would appreciate it if you would use my referral info:

 

Check out this page: https://www.visible.com/get/36mt7h, it has all the info you need to know about joining Visible. When you use my friend code, 36mt7h, youโ€™ll get your first month of service for only $5!

 

We both will get a month of service for only $5.

 

-Plan to join a Party Pay party, so then second month and afterwards your service will cost $25/month. Join a large party, so you don't have to worry if one person drops out your service will be more expensive.

 

-If you want to save a few more bucks, sign up for Visible via the Rakiten link. If you are a new member to Rakuten, with your first qualifying purchase you will earn a $30 rebate. And by using the Visible link on Rakuten.com to sign up for Visible, that will generate another $15 rebate.

 

Not a member of Rakuten? I would appreciate if you would use my referral link: https://www.rakuten.com/r/RAKUTE3083?eeid=28187 

 

If my reply helped, please give some kudos and approve my answer. Have a nice day.

 

 

If a post has solved your problem, please mark it as an acceptable solution, it helps others that may have experienced a similar issue get a quick resolution.

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will do. ๐Ÿ˜Š

have your referral link copied.

I'm in Thailand til 3rd week September but def joining soon as soon as I get stateside.  

 

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beav
Superuser
Superuser

Welcome aboard.

 

A couple of notes:

 

-You will want to run your iPhone through the compatibility checker here: https://www.visible.com/shop/compatibility

 

-I believe Apple devices may not be subject to the one connection limit.

 

-If you have problems setting up the hotspot, I would refer to these two articles:

 

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204023

 

And 

 

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203302

 

When you join Visible, I would appreciate it if you would use my referral info:

 

Check out this page: https://www.visible.com/get/36mt7h, it has all the info you need to know about joining Visible. When you use my friend code, 36mt7h, youโ€™ll get your first month of service for only $5!

 

We both will get a month of service for only $5.

 

-Plan to join a Party Pay party, so then second month and afterwards your service will cost $25/month. Join a large party, so you don't have to worry if one person drops out your service will be more expensive.

 

-If you want to save a few more bucks, sign up for Visible via the Rakiten link. If you are a new member to Rakuten, with your first qualifying purchase you will earn a $30 rebate. And by using the Visible link on Rakuten.com to sign up for Visible, that will generate another $15 rebate.

 

Not a member of Rakuten? I would appreciate if you would use my referral link: https://www.rakuten.com/r/RAKUTE3083?eeid=28187 

 

If my reply helped, please give some kudos and approve my answer. Have a nice day.

 

 

If a post has solved your problem, please mark it as an acceptable solution, it helps others that may have experienced a similar issue get a quick resolution.

will do. ๐Ÿ˜Š

have your referral link copied.

I'm in Thailand til 3rd week September but def joining soon as soon as I get stateside.