Hi everyone. I'm on the Alltel U Prepaid plan, but I really want a new phone. Is it possible for me to do that without having to make a complete switch over to Verizon? I like the plan that I have now, I just want a new phone though. Thanks to anyone for their help.

I AM BEING CHARGED FOR USING AND NOT USING MY PHONE I HAD 23.00 BUCKS IN MY PHONE AND IT WAS GONE RIGHT AWAY IT SUCKS AND IM ONLY 13 I HATE ALLTEL SO MUCH

they told me my phone could not be prepaid moto q

I had alltel pre paid and i always got charge for the pic messages and it suck!!!!!! now i am stright talk and i got free everything... its a better plan i only pay $45 a month thats not bad!!!!!

Brittanni,

If your being charged for data and you have a blackberry you have to turn off data services.

Go to Manage Connections>Movile Network Options>Data Services> Turn Off

That should do it

I LOVE YOU ALLTEL!!

alltel reput voicemail on my cell and i dont want it

ALLTEL DOES SUCK. NOT ONLY IS THEIR SERVICE TERRIBLE> SO ARE THE EMOLOYEES. when I asked for a phone # to call to return my phone . THEY gave me some filthy sex # to call . # 1-800-825-5460, guess they thought this was cute , since I am a 73 year old woman. Anyway their service is terrible,I could not even get my voice mail set up .They said that Sprint was now my voice mail service and it would cost me .15cents for each voice mail that I received. Also said if I returned my phone there was no money to be returned to me.In other words I am screwed for using. Never again. I can hardly wait to discontinue my service

I still havent been able to fix things i've read all the reviews and to no avail. i had 42 dollars on my account and its all gone now because of web charges and i havent even used it plz help me

WELL IM TRYING TO DOWNLOAD THE BLACKBERRY SOFTWARE FIRST SO THAT THE COMPUTER RECOGNIZES THE PHONE AND WILL LET ME SYNC OPERA MINI TO IT BUT WHENEVER ITS THROUGH DOWNLOADING AND I OPEN IT IT JUST MAKES THE COMPUTER FREEZE. ANY SUGGESTIONS?

Read my Past Comments And it will tell you...

I REALLY HOPE ANDREW OR SOMEONE CAN REALLY BE OF HELP. I LIVE IN STATESBORO. LUCKILY VERIZON AND ALLTEL HAVENT MERGED HERE...YET!! HOPE THEY DONT I TOOK UR ADVICE TO SET UP MY BLACKBERRY AND FINALLY I CAN MAKE CALLS AND SEND TEXTS. NOW I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO USE MY WEB AND EVERYTHING PLZ PLZ HELP!!!

OKAY I BELIEVE YOU BUT FOR NOW WE STILL ALLTEL...

Shawnaa87:How did it go for you?I would like to know.Were you able to activate your phone by what I told you? I hope you did.Please respond. Calcio

YES YOU CAN GET A MOTO Q ON PREPAID AND YOU DONT NEED ANY SERVICE BOOKS EVERYTHING WORKS. AND TRY TO MANUAL PROGRAM YOUR BLACKBERRY!!!

I have a question that hopefully someone will be able to answer..I have been an Alltel U Prepaid customer before Verizon took over, and I still have my same daily rate and everything. I'm looking to purchase a used Alltel Motorola Q to activate on my plan. Will I be able to do this?

How do I get data back on my Blackberry?My phone is only showing 1x.It still shows that even after I did the *22899 update. Calcio

HA HA I GOT IT!!!!! GO TO.http://www.bbgeeks.com/quick-tips/what-is-a-service-book-what-is-a-host-routing-table-881448/ AND THERES STEPS TO RESETTING YOUR SERVICE BOOKS.. AND GUESS WHAT FREE INTERNET:) DAM ALLTEL SHOULD HAVE ME WORK FOR THEM!!!

YOU NEED NO BOOKS!!!! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IZ CALL YOU COSTUMER SERVICE REP AND SAY YOU WANT TO PURCHASE A 30 DAY ALL ACXESS PASS. AND AS FOR VERIZON THERE SYSTEM IZ MORE COMPLEX SO I HAVE NO IDEA. I AM 13 LIVING IN STATESBORO AND I ACTIVATE MY BLACKBERRY CURVE ON THE FIRST TRY AND IT WAS FULLY FUNTIONAL. EVERYTHING WORKS ON MINE BUT THE NAVAGATION. AND YES I HAVE A STOLEN DISPLAY PHONE.

Does anyone know if Andrew is still out there?I guess I need to be able to get data working on my blackberry phone and the missing service books.Sorry Earl Thomas,that *22899 idea didn't change anything for my blackberry.It did take the roaming signal I was getting,off of my Samsung flip phone. God bless, Calcio

If you read what Andrew said, he already explained all of that. It will no longer work that way because verizon took basically everyone over already. And if youre the few that still have Alltel, makes no sense to even do that because the ones verizon didn't take over will either be merged to AT&T or ATN wireless. You'll be wasting your money buying a new smartphone. He knows his stuff.

Thanks,Earl Thomas,I'll try that.Do you know if I'll still have the service books I need to have internet access.I have 2 alltell/verizon accounts.The first has just a flip phone on it.The second has my blackberry curve on it,already activated,I can only text and make phone calls on it. Andrew, in a previous post on this forum,said that the service books are taken away when you activate the phone.

IF YOUR ON U-PREPAID YOU CAN ACTIVATE ANY SMARTPHONE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IZ MAKE AN ONLINE ALLTEL ACOUNT. THEN ONCE YOU DO GO TO THE OPTION PHONE ON ENTER THE NEW ESN. THE REASON WHY THE DATA WONT WORK IZ BECUASE YOUR DALLING THE WRONG THING. THE ACTIVATION FOR SMARTPHONES ARE *22899. AND THE INTERNET WILL WORK. MY AUNTIE WORKS AT ALTEL AND I HAVE A BLACKBERRY CURVE ON PREPAID. MY SISTER HAS AN HTC TOUCH ON 75 CENT A DAY AND MY MAMA HAS AN PLAM PRO. SO IT CAN BE DONE.AND BE SURE WHEN YOU CALL YOUR COSTEMER REPESENATIVE DON'T TELL THEM YOU HAVE A BLACKBERRY BUY. OH YES AND DID I TELL YOU IM COMENTING FROM MY BRAND NEW BLACKBERRY CURVE(RED). I HOPE THIS HELP BYE :)

Shawnaa87:On your Blackberry,click on the options icon,scroll down to "status"and click on that.That screen shows you signal strength,battery life,File Free,Pin,MEID(dec),MEID(hex).the last two items are ESN numbers.Enter in the MEID(hex) number.It's letters and numbers.Let me know what you find out. God bless,Calcio

where else should i look?

Shawnaa87:You're looking in the wrong place for the number you need to enter.The ESN you should be entering has letters and numbers in it.Not the ESN that only contains numbers.

There is only one set of numbers that says ESN and its strictly numbers/no letters.
There are other sequnces of numbers but i didnt know what they meant?

Shawnaa87,It may be you are putting in the wrong ESN number.Are you putting in the right ESN number?

Once again i have tied o activate my BlackBerry and it wont let me.the ESN number is clean and when i go to do *228 it says incorrect code what else should i do?

John 2009/11/01, Did you get info on where and how to download the generic service books for your blackberry and how to add them to the phone using the desktop manager?Could you please tell me how and what you did?Thanks, God bless,Calcio

Hi Shawnaa87,I have two alltel accounts,they are both verizon accounts now.My blackberry is a verizon phone and my other phone is an alltel samsung flip phone.Both phones are active.When I was trying to activate my blackberry,it wouldn't activate.So,when I was notified by email that the phone number that my samsung was on,was going to be switched over to verizon(they told me an exact date)I tried activating the blackberry.It did it on the first try.Now,I was notified by regular mail(this was before I was sent the email)via letter,obviously,that my alltel account would be switching over in my area(there was no exact date given in this letter),that's when I tried activating my blackberry numerous times,with always the same result,which was a phone message that would tell me,"sorry but we're unable to activate at this time.So,for the heck of it,I went ahead and activated my Samsung under the other acount(phone number).Well,that worked also.I'm telling you this because if both of my phones were either verizon only or alltel only,then I would think that your phone not being able to activate,would be because it's an alltel phone.Well,I don't think that's the case here.Ironically,Shawna is the name of the person I bought my blackberry from. ;) Calcio

My account is fully a verizon account. Thats where i login to pay. The phone i am trying to activate is an alltel blackberry. because i currently have the lg scoop by alltel.its a run around. so i went to do *228 and it says code incorrect and then it says on the screen activation incomplete.

Shawnaa87,Is your blackberry a verizon blackberry?If so,did you make sure the ESN is clear?Are you sure your alltel account is definitely now a verizon account?Please read my review from 10/31/09.Read my previous reviews also.Please keep me informed about this. God bless, Calcio

So it wouldnt work... :( so i have a blackberry and i did the activation with the ESN number but when it came to do step number 2 (the *228 and press option 1) it kept saying activation incomplete.. someone pls help i have a 'dead blackberry ..'

Shawnaa87,I hope it goes well for you.Make sure you activate it through your alltel/verizon online account online,so you won't be charged the activation charge.If you go to verizon to activate it,there's a good chance they won't activate it without you having to buy one of their blackberry plans.I would suggest making sure the ESN number of the phone is clear.You can do that by going to a verizon store and only asking them that,(you may even be able to do that by calling them,I'm not sure about that though)and tell them you are not sure if you want to activate it yet,or they may try to talk you into a blackberry plan or charge you an activation fee or even tell you you can't have a blackberry as a prepaid phone.There are more reviews to look at to help you,then just on this first page.Above the last comment on this page,you will see in blue"See the rest of the 276 Alltel Prepaid customer reviews"link,click on that to see more info for your blackberry being prepaid.Let us know what happens or give us any questions,hopefully Andrew's still out there to help us with whatever. God bless,Calcio

Thanks Calico,
I get my phone today. I will let you know how it goes.

Shawnaa87,Yes,you should be able to.I have a Blackberry curve and right now I'm using it for just texting and talking and only pay $1.00 a day.Read Andrew's forums on here about this,he was a huge help for us with Blackberrys.I wonder where he's been?I still need info about using internet for my curve.Do that first,let us know if you need anymore understanding or clarification about any of it. Calcio

I hope someone can also tell me how to go abt activating my new phone from Ebay?

I am having to buy a replacement phone because my phone (LG scoop) is broken. So I purchased the Blackberry8703e. I have had my prepaid account with alltel for over a yr and a half and we were just recently changed over to verizon. i was wondering if i could still change my phone over to the blackberry when i receive it...Verizon told me they wasnt sure try again later.. Please shed some light. PS--I do not want internet i just want text and talk.

Andrew....Are you still with this forum.Please respond.You've been a great big help in the past.I still need to know what I need to do to get opera mini to work.John(from 11/01/2009 post),did you get info on how to get the generic service books back on your blackberry?

if i get a new phone and i want to keep all my stuff like my number do i have to pay the activation fee still

this phone was good at first when i got it but it only lasts 6 months never get the lg ax 155
ps the sevice was good keep alltel don't get the phone

I love allet

its better than being stuck under a contract

Andrew:Where can I see if the data feature is on?If its under"options" then under "mobile network":it's showing it as "on".I haven't been charged(I check my balance and minutes twice a day) and Its been on ever since I activated the BB.I don't see the phone say 1xev in lowercase or 1XEV that way anywhere.I assume you you mean I should see this on the front screen;what is there,is 1x(just as I typed it).I'm not seeing EVDO in any way either.I downloaded opera mini and it doesn't connect.I'm hoping it downloaded correctly;I assume it did,because opera mini will start to install when I click on it.Then it shows me:The application opera mini has attempted to access a low-level network connection.Would you like to allow this?It wants me to choose a yes or no.Either way I answer(I've done both),it asks me if I want to allow Opera mini to access server4.operamini.com.And again,either way I answer(I've done both),I get an error that says:Failed to connect to the internet:Go to http//www.operamini.com/help?version=4.2 with your desktop browser or contact your service provider for internet settings.What do I need to do?Do I need to download those service books?If so,as John recently asked,how?Thanks again for all your help.You've been a blessing,I hope you're ok or still with us here,haven't heard from you this week at all.I hope verizon didn't screw somthing up with your internet connection!
A few days ago,my other phone,an alltel,not my verizon BB,got switched to roaming.Now it's always on roaming.They're telling me that I'm not getting charged for it being on roaming,and that's true as far as it just being on roaming,however,I made a call i thought would be free,it was a 428(I assume alltel) phone number,I saw my bonus minitues plummit!I'm fightin' with verizon about that!One verizon rep insisted that I only get charged monetarily,not minutes.It seems some reps don't know how alltel prepaid worked compared to verizon prepaid.Verizon and I are not thru yet.Oh,and she also insisted that I didn't get charged for the call.I think she only looked at my monetary balance not subtracting.It seems she had no clue about my bonus minutes in any way!I'm dreading this take-over by verizon!

The phone that I got does not work half the time and you all need more then expensive phones and ones that people can aford.

Andrew

Where can I download the generic service books? How doI add them to my phone using the BB desktop manager? When you say the data usage is free for the BB brower and messenger you mean on nights and weekends right? Oh and thanks for the instructions from before.

Monique sorry to hear it didnt work for you still. I dont know what could be wrong unless that was a 'bad' phone. as i told you guys in other reviews, my verizon usb modem works on my prepaid account. when verizon took us over, i was still using my alltel blackberry. the next day everything data capable on my blackberry was disabled. i was only able to make calls and texts. knowing that my verizon usb modem works with my prepaid account, i knew any other verizon phone would also. Calcio cleared up that his blackberry now works too, but as he said his web browser doesnt. I mentioned he needs to load the generic blackberry service books for it to work again OR just get opera mini, a good smartphone web browser.

Dont be fooled- none of this is "hacked" software. and if we wanna say that it is, then your phone is "hacked", wheather t-mobile justifies it "ok" or not, because the blackberry storm wasnt MEANT for t-mobile in the first place. ..dont also forget that as a prepaid customer, YOU shouldnt have a blackberry in the first place (just clarifying stuff, no hard feelings).

I was going to get a verizon blackberry tour but seeing the blackberry storm2 just came out, I got that instead. this phone is cool!! but ya, the same as with the alltel blackberry and now my storm2, I entered the ESN hex. dialed *228 and it programed my phone the first time around. it DID delete the service books. but all I did was downloaded the generic service books and everything works just like with a contract! the blackberry browser, all the instant messengers, etc. and ALSO... the internet is FREE! its not charging me for data usage. I have no guilt because i even called verizon and the rep TOLD me that as a grandfathered alltel prepaid customer, data IS unlimited on my account. that explains why when with alltel, when our minutes ran out, web or internet would still be working. the generic service books made it possible to use that feature. why verizon would take it from us along with not allowing smartphone use, i have no idea. but as i said i called and asked and thats what i was told, so im using my features. $20 a month = unlimited nights and weekends, unlimited text and able to add unlimited mobile to mobile and unlimited favorite number, having a verizon usb modem AND a blackberry storm2! (can also be used as a modem for laptop)

as far as going to t-mobile, good luck. in my opinion, theyre worse than sprints coverage, and SPRINT is bad. i know verizon has its faults, but id rather have coverage. but as long as youre satisfied, cool. cause i am!! I hope i was able to help everyone in some way to benefit from the things i know and am able to do to get the best out of their prepaid service. see ya.

(p.s.- all a generic service book is, is an EXACT remake of the books that get taken away when you dial *228. all youre doing is putting them back on the phone..)

no need for hacked software. its opera mini.. a known company.

Calcio, hey thanks for the comment. They notified me that they were changing both, my account and my area. So I waited until I could access my account on My Verizon...when I tried it, it still didn't work for me.

I've already switched to T-mobile. They sent me a sim card and remotely programmed my phone (They were completely aware that it was a Verizon phone) for the internet on their service.

I'm paying practically the same amount and enjoy unlimited usage on my phone. So I'd definitely recommend the switch. And you can still use your Blackberry without having to download hacked software that could damage it.

T-mobile has an entire department dedicated to their customers that want to use third party phones. LOL I'm starting to sound like a spokesperson for them!

I'm glad it all worked out for you though...have a good one.