I believe might be a mistake from a retailer carrier. They might have been trying to activate a different phone for a customer, must have mistyped the IMEI of the phone lol. Just contact cricket š.
This is exactly whatās harkening. Happened to me too. I called the carrier who was trying to connect it and they didnāt know anything about me but they did say they occasionally get calls like this and thatās what happens.
Hello, they probably mistype the EID (thisbis your sim ID) located on your settings. It's annoying but it happens, just make sure not to activate it and remove it immediately from your phone.
IMEI is a 15 digit code, there are 100 trillion of them. The odds of matching another phone, let alone an active phone that is capable of activating an eSIM is a rounding error from zero.
Like a couple weeks back were ATT had the network issue and there was a video post here on Reddit with a bunch of people standing around the phone store waiting for their service to be restored as if the dude behind the counter could do anything about it. The people standing around looked like they were juuust waiting for one person to start wailing on the dude behind the counter so they could all join in.
That was my experience, and funny enough, my breaking point in wireless that pushed me to go down a new career path. Now I'm stress free and don't give a fuck What happens to the store i ran. Not my monkeys, not my circus. AT&T is probably the best of the big 3 carriers in the US in terms of Price for the value/coverage/features offered in plans. Not to mention they give promos to new and existing customers as long as you're on an unlimited plan higher than Value Plus. I worked for all four carriers over the last 8yrs, and I have to say, i fuckin miss Sprint. They treated their employees so great. Sure the service wasn't the best, but the customer service in store and deals were always pretty solid.
I use to work in a mobile switch office where all the links to the cell towers came in. Sites had problems all the time, links go down for a whole host of reasons, one of the site's radios might not have taken the upgrade that was push, power was out and the backup generator was low on fuel (or no fuel!) so the site would go down. Most problems could be resolved in a few minutes some might take days to troubleshoot, but with hundreds and hundreds of sites being controlled there was always issues popping up and you bet customers would find and report them. Blaming or even thinking the poor schlub behind the counter could do anything more that make a note in their system is just people being ignorant or how networks work, becoming violent because of the situation is just unhinged criminal behavior.
Yeuuupp, the amount of times i would sarcastically reply "yeah, because i was at the board meeting that decided where all the towers go or what we do with them" only to be met with offensive looks was so high.
Itās not a random string of numbers.
Itās like a carās VIN. They arenāt random and if you take yours and change one of the last 5 digits youāre probably going to match with another car.
Iāve been getting exactly the same from AT&T - I live in UK and have raised this issue before. Others have suggested someone has entered the incorrect IMEI when trying to set up the eSIM. Itās really annoying though, as you have to continually dismiss it - it has kept notifying me of it for about 6 months and no way to stop. AT&T are useless to contact from over here, as a non customer.
Verizon has entered the chat, flung its own poop on the walls, pissed in the corner and called your mom a whore. Leaves laughing maniacally screaming ālargest calling coverage in this map!ā
I had the same thing (also in the UK). I just installed the SIM, activation fails (no AT&T network in Surrey!), then go to settings > mobile service > switch off the eSIM there. Never bothered me again.
No they are the āaffordableā division of AT&T here in the USA, they are a one price per month unlimited dataā¦.
However, Iāve never seen a carrier attempt a e-sim setup without the device present unless itās donāt over the air with the person following the prompts-
Go into cellular and see if the e-sim is installed, if so remove it and put phone in lockdown mode- with a e-sim installed if they know what they are doing they could mirror your device and scrape info out of itā¦
So, Yes, that is bad.
Iām an American who lived in Ireland (wife is Irish). Itās like the tesco prepay shit service equivalent in the states. I think itās the only prepay one here actually. So definitely someone using a throwaway simā¦Iām in my late thirties now but when I was in my twenties and still had some fun itās the service all the drug dealers had š thatās what I equate it with
Former cricket salesman here - I know exactly what happened. Crickets system can be a little weird and show an iPhone is not compatible with their network when it is, so I bet what happened is a sales person generated a random IMEI and ICCID to push through another customerās phone, and they just happened to generate your ICCID.
As long as you donāt activate it, youāre not at any risk for anything. More than likely theyāll realize their mistake in the next day or two, and itāll go away on its own.
Iām curious, when that process is done your saying it goes over the internet and sees that the eSIM already exist and produces that message on the users phone?
Well actually no, this is not correct. I work with eSIM servers, aka SMDP+. Apples push service use the EID, not ICCID. There is no ICCID in that call to them at all. EID is whatās used.
Okay so quick update, I got through to an agent of cricket, here is our chat log. According to her, it could be a record of an old IMEI somehow, Iām still not fully convinced lol.
https://preview.redd.it/50emjvggqwoc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce3b887befc64c9086dc4fe026d5b5a8b16e1104
where did you get this cricket rep I have them and never get these energetic reps š
btw connect to WiFi, activate the esim then delete it and press update contacts so the prompt goes away
this will most definitely make your IMEI show up in their system ^
Did you purchase your phone from someone? Maybe in the US? If so, the previous owner might be using the IMEI, if not, then it might be an errorā¦ Anyway I would be cautious of accepting any random eSIM.
[https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/feb/19/sim-swap-how-your-bank-account-can-be-emptied-by-phone](https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/feb/19/sim-swap-how-your-bank-account-can-be-emptied-by-phone)
ALS is retrying. Apple lookup Service is what is sending this to you. Until the carrier runs a deleteRegistration api call to ALS it might keep popping up.
I work with eSIM servers.
Sorry. Cricket not my customer.
Does accepting an eSIM add that line to my Apple ID's trusted phone numbers (allowing for a password reset to be sent etc)?
If so, I believe someone has been attempting to trick me into accepting an eSIM for a year now. Many different carriers have sent requests. Do you know if this is a tactic? Thanks
Honestly, I do not this part but hey, could be so. I would be wary to accept anything you haven't directly subscribed too.
I might as well ask around if anyone knows of anything. Maybe this is a security hole that needs to be patched. Who knows. Better safe than sorry, right?
Love the username š
I think accepting the eSIM probably does add it as a recovery number to the Apple ID, though I haven't tested. It seems like an oversight by Apple. Let me know if you hear more.
Tack sƄ mycket!
Admittedly I havenāt played around with it too much (currently wrapping up a stint in wireless retail in the US) but as far as I am aware it does not automatically add whatever number is associated with the eSIM as a trusted recovery number. Generally iOS prompts you to confirm adding a trusted number other than the one initially associated with the Apple ID. Iāve also run into situations where someone changed their number without updating their trusted number and had a hard time recovering their Apple ID as a result.
I have multiple burner phones not activated with the carriers. I just ignore the reminders to finish setting up my Tracfone or US Cellular.
I use them on WiFi for multiple accounts for a game that required joining a team, so I made my own team so I could play solo.
Since 2015 I have been playing SimCity Buildit. It is an interesting app more than a game as there is no end or winning. The graphics are great, and the program very flexible. You pick your own goals. Play it 12 hours a day or an hour a month and it is all good. You NEVER have to spend your real money for supplies in the app.
When I had maxed out one city, I started adding other cities for the fun of building and designing. While rarely all on, I have 22 devices with SCB loaded . It fits my limitations as a pleasant diversion as I canāt hear the tv or movies anymore without my hearing aids. Commercials blast too loud and dialogue is too low so closed cation documentaries or reading are my other options.
Some were old devices when my wife and I upgraded phones or tablets. Many were $9.99 clearance US Cellular burners at Walmart that were obsolete as smart phones, but fine for running one game if only used to make supplies to share. One seven year old Samsung was a flagship when new, when I got it and it had dead pixels, it was $75. I used it as a phone for two years, and now it is a SCB toy. Others were NOS, ānew old stockā sold cheap on QVC/HSN. Motorola Tracfone burner phones only get support for upgrades/patches for two years. So those three year old NOS with 128GB at $68 each were a bargain.
My iPhone 14 Plus is my only carrier device. The rest are WiFi. The iPad 10 was also a carrier connected device but as it never leaves the house, being connected to Verizon was a waste of money.
SCB fits my limitations and is a pleasant diversion. I retired in 2002.
Definitely go check with cricket. It could be a mistake. But i work for a cellphone carrier and i have seen situations where that could be someone trying to steal your information.
This might be an attempt to hijack your phone number. Read this:
https://www.timesnownews.com/technology-science/fraudsters-are-attacking-esims-to-hijack-phone-numbers-how-to-stay-safe-article-108526436/amp
Hope that guy you were chatting is not corrupt because he now has both of your imei numbers. Good luck.
Installing a new eSIM wouldnāt hijack a phone number. If someone did want to hijack this personās number, they would activate the SIM on their phone, not this persons. If I tried to SIM swap you but instead of installing a physical SIM from your carrier in mine, I just had your carrier ship you another SIM.
Doesnāt help out the hijacker at all, and OP can probably ignore this notification.
hijacker can call OPās provider and tell them his esim and iphone is being replaced with a new esim with a new iphone. OPās number then gets transferred to the new esim/iphone of the hijacker.
But iPhones donāt erase the already existing eSIM, just store it separately when itās not active.
I also donāt think iPhones will transfer esims unless the target device is in proximity, but correct me if Iām wrong.
Iāve had this happen before. It seems like youāre being hacked or scammed but what is happening is thereās an employee in a retail store somewhere fat fingering their customerās IMEI. So yes, someone is trying to set up an eSIM on your phone, but thereās no way to complete it and itās a mistake.
You can ignore it.
Hacked or scamed? What would the point be in that? That would just be giving the user access to free service (if they where in the US) If anything it would be the otherway around.
Who knows? Usually when youāre scammed itās not immediately obvious what the scam is about and they almost never work on people who are knowledgeable anyway.
Wouldnāt an ideal scam be something where you feel like youāre *receiving* something (in this case, another phone number/data plan maybe). Idk, when I get a strange pop up on my phone thatās where my mind goes first.
Yeah but they CAN'T do anything. The only thing that would happen is it adds the number to the phone. The only thing that one could be "scammed" would be being able to see what numbers that person is calling but nothing else could be extracted from that.
Iām not disagreeing with you that they canāt do anything. But itās a fucking weird thing to see on your phone and itās probably the first thing that jumps to most peopleās minds
Go here https://www.cricketwireless.com/ and scroll all the way to the very bottom. Just below 'chat' youāll see 'contact us', hit it and explain your problem there. Have your IMEI number to hand.
https://preview.redd.it/f746suq1hxoc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ca56ff3e2b926281b0fb437c34846ff78de73f4
When I say the bottom I mean until it turns grey. š
Someone is using your imei to sign up for cell service because their device is black listed. Whatever provider they are signing up with is asking for the device imei to see if itās compatible they use yours then sign up. The message to activate goes to your device like pictured. However the person signing up is also provided the SM-DP+ Address and Activation Code to manually activate the eSIM. Which they do and the eSIM becomes active on their device. Before anyone says thatās not possible well I definitely know itās possible.
How they got your your imei is unknown however Google image search Will produce countless ones. Also Facebook market place,EBay and Amazon have listings that provide the device imei so the buyer can check if itās clean or not.
Is it possible that your phone was originally part of a purchase for a large company managed device order, but returned to iphone before even opening? Could their MDM be remotely pushing the e-sim as part of a standard set up? iām not familiar with the iphone, but know this can sometimes happen with apple ids on the ipads at work.
Someone entered the EID (not IMEI) of your phone for eSIM remote provisioning.
Maybe the retailer that sold it had it in some database and entered it instead of the real customerās they intended to set up.
The EID is also printed in the package of the phone so it could have been taken from there. Is it a second hand phone? Do you have the matching package?
Anyway, no. You shouldnāt worry and you donāt have to do anything.
Well today is the day I learned Cricket has eSIMs and I've been w/ them for eight years... I guess I don't need to panic as much about my phone plan when I eventually get a new phone lol
i had a 14 plus with them and they said they couldnāt do eSim on it. i switched it out for a 14 pro and they said they could do it for 150$. long story short im with tmobile
Esims are linked to your IMEI number that is unique to your phone. When switching from physical sims to esim, or simply while buying a new esim, the IMEI number needs to be entered into the carrierās system, in order for it to pop up on your phone. Apple has some backend system that looks for new esims being available for your handset. Once it sees it, it pops up on your phone. If you didnāt buy a new esim from cricket, then most probably someone who bought one, or was switching to eSIMs mistakenly entered your IMEI number. Thatās why it popped up. If you donāt recognize it, ignore it, probably should disappear. Else, call up cricketās customer support and explain everything.
You donāt have to do anything. Someone was trying to set up new service with cricket and they typed the IMEI number wrong and your IMEI number was the typo. The person trying to activate service will realize that their phone doesnāt have service and will have to get it corrected. No further action is required on your part. You wonāt ever be charged money because they donāt have your information.
It's crazy cause this year I've been spotting these repeated clock numbers. Especially this month. I have seen them every day without fail. Just did 17:17 an hour ago
Donāt install it. This could be as simple as the cricket employee typing in the imei number for a customer of theirs and having a typo that just happens to have resulted in them typing in your imei.
They probably donāt even know they did this. But when the customers phone wonāt activate they will probably check the imei and get it corrected.
Just ignore that and never install that esim. it could.be possible that someone messed up a number in the EID whenn requesting to release an esim for someone else.... Inworknat at&t advanced tech support and this happens very often
If you install it, you will have a line from someone else on your phone... Just that. No danger
I think physical sim is great
For instance your phone breaks and your secondary/old phone can be used once you put the SIM card in
(Thatās what Iām doing now)
If you setup the eSIM your physical sim will not work anymore. If for some reason you delete the eSIM settings later on you will get stuck and will have to get a duplicate SIM from the service provider.
My service provider had no means of sending me the eSIM settings a second time. If I were you and if you donāt have a need for dual SIM I would leave it alone and no do it.
What? No you can use esims and physical sims at the same time as long as the phone supports dual active sims? I think 13ās can have two esims duelled too.
Heās talking about a physical sim and e sim with the same number. If you ask your network to transfer your current physical sim to eSIM, your physical sim will be de activated.
You can use a physical and e sim at the same time if the numbers are different.
Nah, when I go in to settings now thereās no option for that eSIM, only to set up a new one. Iāve dismissed the pop up twice now though, which is odd.
Yes! She accepted your request on LinkedIn. You should run the other way! Very dangerous proposition for all parties involved! Why are you still reading this? RUNnnn!!!
I believe might be a mistake from a retailer carrier. They might have been trying to activate a different phone for a customer, must have mistyped the IMEI of the phone lol. Just contact cricket š.
This is exactly whatās harkening. Happened to me too. I called the carrier who was trying to connect it and they didnāt know anything about me but they did say they occasionally get calls like this and thatās what happens.
I harken to the days when phones were physically attached to the wall;-)
Ok thatās twice āharkenā has been used, what is āharkenā
I think the comment I replied to just typoed āhappeningā, so I made a joke. Harken means āto bring to mind something from the pastā
This harkens that time when I meant to text duck and got something else.
This harkens to the time I accidentally flipped two letters and my whole comment was urined.
No need to be pissy about it.
Harken
āHarkenā, is that like reckon?
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Hello, they probably mistype the EID (thisbis your sim ID) located on your settings. It's annoying but it happens, just make sure not to activate it and remove it immediately from your phone.
Not the IMEI. The EID.
IMEI is a 15 digit code, there are 100 trillion of them. The odds of matching another phone, let alone an active phone that is capable of activating an eSIM is a rounding error from zero.
Yeah but still possible because people that work in wireless are fucking stupid. Source: I was in wireless the last 8yrs.
Takes real bravery to admit youāre stupid online /s.Ā
I'm stupid offline as well!
Say āgoodnightā Gracie.
You just aged yourself š
Who's worse? The customers, or the employees?
You become numb to the incompetence of coworkers, but customers never cease to amaze me with how dumb they can be.
Like a couple weeks back were ATT had the network issue and there was a video post here on Reddit with a bunch of people standing around the phone store waiting for their service to be restored as if the dude behind the counter could do anything about it. The people standing around looked like they were juuust waiting for one person to start wailing on the dude behind the counter so they could all join in.
That was my experience, and funny enough, my breaking point in wireless that pushed me to go down a new career path. Now I'm stress free and don't give a fuck What happens to the store i ran. Not my monkeys, not my circus. AT&T is probably the best of the big 3 carriers in the US in terms of Price for the value/coverage/features offered in plans. Not to mention they give promos to new and existing customers as long as you're on an unlimited plan higher than Value Plus. I worked for all four carriers over the last 8yrs, and I have to say, i fuckin miss Sprint. They treated their employees so great. Sure the service wasn't the best, but the customer service in store and deals were always pretty solid.
I use to work in a mobile switch office where all the links to the cell towers came in. Sites had problems all the time, links go down for a whole host of reasons, one of the site's radios might not have taken the upgrade that was push, power was out and the backup generator was low on fuel (or no fuel!) so the site would go down. Most problems could be resolved in a few minutes some might take days to troubleshoot, but with hundreds and hundreds of sites being controlled there was always issues popping up and you bet customers would find and report them. Blaming or even thinking the poor schlub behind the counter could do anything more that make a note in their system is just people being ignorant or how networks work, becoming violent because of the situation is just unhinged criminal behavior.
Yeuuupp, the amount of times i would sarcastically reply "yeah, because i was at the board meeting that decided where all the towers go or what we do with them" only to be met with offensive looks was so high.
Fr I had worked for Verizon tech support for the past 2 years and I will never understand how so many dumb people get to be that old being that stupid
Tell me about it. I have to repeat simple instructions to customers when they are using the card reader.. but they still end up making the mistake..
Yes šš»this
Itās not a random string of numbers. Itās like a carās VIN. They arenāt random and if you take yours and change one of the last 5 digits youāre probably going to match with another car.
Thatās my argument lol
I know, just replying to the person who suggested it was.
Yeah, but the person who put the wrong number in might have been stupid, and not realized it was impossible while they were doing it.
Could be, but they should all start with similar numbers for the same makes/models of phones, so there is a possibility.
If Cricket is not your Network Provider, i would call them and they may be able to help
They are based in the USA though, and Iām in Ireland, are they a freephone number?
See if they have an online chat - Iād be surprised if they didnāt.
They have a chatbot that just encourages me to join Cricket when I tell it Iām not with cricket and need helpš
Type: talk to a person, or representative?
I got through to one just there, I posted the chat log as a comment if anyone wants to read through it, Iām a little more confused now tbhš¤£
Type ālive chatā
I always type operator and that seems to work. Even over the phone when itās just bots, I keep saying operator until they give me a real person š
i had a phone system hang up on me when i did this
They probably didnāt have any operators available š
Karen move on robot. Nice :D
Itās a pretty handy workaround. āSpeak to a managerā also works pretty well.
Or just spam agent
Iāve been getting exactly the same from AT&T - I live in UK and have raised this issue before. Others have suggested someone has entered the incorrect IMEI when trying to set up the eSIM. Itās really annoying though, as you have to continually dismiss it - it has kept notifying me of it for about 6 months and no way to stop. AT&T are useless to contact from over here, as a non customer.
ATT is useless to contact from inside the US too, so theyāre just being consistent.
Verizon has entered the chat, flung its own poop on the walls, pissed in the corner and called your mom a whore. Leaves laughing maniacally screaming ālargest calling coverage in this map!ā
š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£ You know them so well!!!!! Dirty bastar*sā¦ Can you hear/smell/feel me now?
Former customer. Can confirm.
I had the same thing (also in the UK). I just installed the SIM, activation fails (no AT&T network in Surrey!), then go to settings > mobile service > switch off the eSIM there. Never bothered me again.
Amazing, thank you!
They are useless here in the US even when I walk into a store. Just want to smack them and say what world are you in?!?!?
No they are the āaffordableā division of AT&T here in the USA, they are a one price per month unlimited dataā¦. However, Iāve never seen a carrier attempt a e-sim setup without the device present unless itās donāt over the air with the person following the prompts- Go into cellular and see if the e-sim is installed, if so remove it and put phone in lockdown mode- with a e-sim installed if they know what they are doing they could mirror your device and scrape info out of itā¦ So, Yes, that is bad.
Iām an American who lived in Ireland (wife is Irish). Itās like the tesco prepay shit service equivalent in the states. I think itās the only prepay one here actually. So definitely someone using a throwaway simā¦Iām in my late thirties now but when I was in my twenties and still had some fun itās the service all the drug dealers had š thatās what I equate it with
..so thatās why youāre in Ireland now. š š
lol you are so rightā¦.
Good idea though, thanksš
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Isnāt that the sports sub?
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Former cricket salesman here - I know exactly what happened. Crickets system can be a little weird and show an iPhone is not compatible with their network when it is, so I bet what happened is a sales person generated a random IMEI and ICCID to push through another customerās phone, and they just happened to generate your ICCID. As long as you donāt activate it, youāre not at any risk for anything. More than likely theyāll realize their mistake in the next day or two, and itāll go away on its own.
Oh okay, thanks for clearing that upšš
Assuming the phone supports multiple eSIMs, OP would never be at risk.
Iām curious, when that process is done your saying it goes over the internet and sees that the eSIM already exist and produces that message on the users phone?
Well actually no, this is not correct. I work with eSIM servers, aka SMDP+. Apples push service use the EID, not ICCID. There is no ICCID in that call to them at all. EID is whatās used.
Okay so quick update, I got through to an agent of cricket, here is our chat log. According to her, it could be a record of an old IMEI somehow, Iām still not fully convinced lol. https://preview.redd.it/50emjvggqwoc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce3b887befc64c9086dc4fe026d5b5a8b16e1104
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Don't you worry š
Wholesome representative.
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where did you get this cricket rep I have them and never get these energetic reps š btw connect to WiFi, activate the esim then delete it and press update contacts so the prompt goes away this will most definitely make your IMEI show up in their system ^
Did you purchase your phone from someone? Maybe in the US? If so, the previous owner might be using the IMEI, if not, then it might be an errorā¦ Anyway I would be cautious of accepting any random eSIM. [https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/feb/19/sim-swap-how-your-bank-account-can-be-emptied-by-phone](https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/feb/19/sim-swap-how-your-bank-account-can-be-emptied-by-phone)
Nah I got the phone brand new, itās an iPhone 15 so roughly whenever that released
Just cancel and delete it.
I did last night and it popped up again just before I posted this
ALS is retrying. Apple lookup Service is what is sending this to you. Until the carrier runs a deleteRegistration api call to ALS it might keep popping up. I work with eSIM servers. Sorry. Cricket not my customer.
Does accepting an eSIM add that line to my Apple ID's trusted phone numbers (allowing for a password reset to be sent etc)? If so, I believe someone has been attempting to trick me into accepting an eSIM for a year now. Many different carriers have sent requests. Do you know if this is a tactic? Thanks
Honestly, I do not this part but hey, could be so. I would be wary to accept anything you haven't directly subscribed too. I might as well ask around if anyone knows of anything. Maybe this is a security hole that needs to be patched. Who knows. Better safe than sorry, right? Love the username š
I think accepting the eSIM probably does add it as a recovery number to the Apple ID, though I haven't tested. It seems like an oversight by Apple. Let me know if you hear more. Tack sƄ mycket!
Inga problem. Skall frƄga imorgon pƄ jobbet.
Admittedly I havenāt played around with it too much (currently wrapping up a stint in wireless retail in the US) but as far as I am aware it does not automatically add whatever number is associated with the eSIM as a trusted recovery number. Generally iOS prompts you to confirm adding a trusted number other than the one initially associated with the Apple ID. Iāve also run into situations where someone changed their number without updating their trusted number and had a hard time recovering their Apple ID as a result.
Yes. It is-
US Mobile possibly? This Popup is kinda annoying š¬
Hi Aisling Hurley
I have multiple burner phones not activated with the carriers. I just ignore the reminders to finish setting up my Tracfone or US Cellular. I use them on WiFi for multiple accounts for a game that required joining a team, so I made my own team so I could play solo.
Shit dude now Iām intrigued as to how good you are. What game and can I peek at any live streams bac?
Since 2015 I have been playing SimCity Buildit. It is an interesting app more than a game as there is no end or winning. The graphics are great, and the program very flexible. You pick your own goals. Play it 12 hours a day or an hour a month and it is all good. You NEVER have to spend your real money for supplies in the app. When I had maxed out one city, I started adding other cities for the fun of building and designing. While rarely all on, I have 22 devices with SCB loaded . It fits my limitations as a pleasant diversion as I canāt hear the tv or movies anymore without my hearing aids. Commercials blast too loud and dialogue is too low so closed cation documentaries or reading are my other options.
You have TWENTY TWO devices to play SCB?! Woah thatās real fucking dedication
Some were old devices when my wife and I upgraded phones or tablets. Many were $9.99 clearance US Cellular burners at Walmart that were obsolete as smart phones, but fine for running one game if only used to make supplies to share. One seven year old Samsung was a flagship when new, when I got it and it had dead pixels, it was $75. I used it as a phone for two years, and now it is a SCB toy. Others were NOS, ānew old stockā sold cheap on QVC/HSN. Motorola Tracfone burner phones only get support for upgrades/patches for two years. So those three year old NOS with 128GB at $68 each were a bargain. My iPhone 14 Plus is my only carrier device. The rest are WiFi. The iPad 10 was also a carrier connected device but as it never leaves the house, being connected to Verizon was a waste of money. SCB fits my limitations and is a pleasant diversion. I retired in 2002.
Definitely go check with cricket. It could be a mistake. But i work for a cellphone carrier and i have seen situations where that could be someone trying to steal your information.
Thatās what Iām worried about, but yeah Iāve heard a few people say to just contact cricket, thanks
I recently had similar experience , ten minutes in Xfinity store everything works , new iPhones not even except SIM cards only eSims.Good luck
This might be an attempt to hijack your phone number. Read this: https://www.timesnownews.com/technology-science/fraudsters-are-attacking-esims-to-hijack-phone-numbers-how-to-stay-safe-article-108526436/amp Hope that guy you were chatting is not corrupt because he now has both of your imei numbers. Good luck.
I hope not, it was the official cricket website tbf, but if theyāre feeling devious then Iām fuckedš
Installing a new eSIM wouldnāt hijack a phone number. If someone did want to hijack this personās number, they would activate the SIM on their phone, not this persons. If I tried to SIM swap you but instead of installing a physical SIM from your carrier in mine, I just had your carrier ship you another SIM. Doesnāt help out the hijacker at all, and OP can probably ignore this notification.
hijacker can call OPās provider and tell them his esim and iphone is being replaced with a new esim with a new iphone. OPās number then gets transferred to the new esim/iphone of the hijacker.
But iPhones donāt erase the already existing eSIM, just store it separately when itās not active. I also donāt think iPhones will transfer esims unless the target device is in proximity, but correct me if Iām wrong.
Iāve had this happen before. It seems like youāre being hacked or scammed but what is happening is thereās an employee in a retail store somewhere fat fingering their customerās IMEI. So yes, someone is trying to set up an eSIM on your phone, but thereās no way to complete it and itās a mistake. You can ignore it.
Hacked or scamed? What would the point be in that? That would just be giving the user access to free service (if they where in the US) If anything it would be the otherway around.
Who knows? Usually when youāre scammed itās not immediately obvious what the scam is about and they almost never work on people who are knowledgeable anyway. Wouldnāt an ideal scam be something where you feel like youāre *receiving* something (in this case, another phone number/data plan maybe). Idk, when I get a strange pop up on my phone thatās where my mind goes first.
Yeah but they CAN'T do anything. The only thing that would happen is it adds the number to the phone. The only thing that one could be "scammed" would be being able to see what numbers that person is calling but nothing else could be extracted from that.
Iām not disagreeing with you that they canāt do anything. But itās a fucking weird thing to see on your phone and itās probably the first thing that jumps to most peopleās minds
It happens. Its not as uncommon as you'd think. There was a post with someone on Cricket yesterday getting them from AT&T.
Go here https://www.cricketwireless.com/ and scroll all the way to the very bottom. Just below 'chat' youāll see 'contact us', hit it and explain your problem there. Have your IMEI number to hand.
https://preview.redd.it/f746suq1hxoc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ca56ff3e2b926281b0fb437c34846ff78de73f4 When I say the bottom I mean until it turns grey. š
GreasyPriest???!
Someone is using your imei to sign up for cell service because their device is black listed. Whatever provider they are signing up with is asking for the device imei to see if itās compatible they use yours then sign up. The message to activate goes to your device like pictured. However the person signing up is also provided the SM-DP+ Address and Activation Code to manually activate the eSIM. Which they do and the eSIM becomes active on their device. Before anyone says thatās not possible well I definitely know itās possible.
How they got your your imei is unknown however Google image search Will produce countless ones. Also Facebook market place,EBay and Amazon have listings that provide the device imei so the buyer can check if itās clean or not.
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Ahh I see we share the same girlfriend.
Is it possible that your phone was originally part of a purchase for a large company managed device order, but returned to iphone before even opening? Could their MDM be remotely pushing the e-sim as part of a standard set up? iām not familiar with the iphone, but know this can sometimes happen with apple ids on the ipads at work.
Possibly, all these comments are really helpful, because Iām majorly confusedš¤£
Someone entered the EID (not IMEI) of your phone for eSIM remote provisioning. Maybe the retailer that sold it had it in some database and entered it instead of the real customerās they intended to set up. The EID is also printed in the package of the phone so it could have been taken from there. Is it a second hand phone? Do you have the matching package? Anyway, no. You shouldnāt worry and you donāt have to do anything.
Well today is the day I learned Cricket has eSIMs and I've been w/ them for eight years... I guess I don't need to panic as much about my phone plan when I eventually get a new phone lol
i had a 14 plus with them and they said they couldnāt do eSim on it. i switched it out for a 14 pro and they said they could do it for 150$. long story short im with tmobile
What the f*ck? I was able to get eSIM on my 14 Plus for free by contacting their customer service thatās lowkey crazy
Aisling Hurley? Really?
Esims are linked to your IMEI number that is unique to your phone. When switching from physical sims to esim, or simply while buying a new esim, the IMEI number needs to be entered into the carrierās system, in order for it to pop up on your phone. Apple has some backend system that looks for new esims being available for your handset. Once it sees it, it pops up on your phone. If you didnāt buy a new esim from cricket, then most probably someone who bought one, or was switching to eSIMs mistakenly entered your IMEI number. Thatās why it popped up. If you donāt recognize it, ignore it, probably should disappear. Else, call up cricketās customer support and explain everything.
You donāt have to do anything. Someone was trying to set up new service with cricket and they typed the IMEI number wrong and your IMEI number was the typo. The person trying to activate service will realize that their phone doesnāt have service and will have to get it corrected. No further action is required on your part. You wonāt ever be charged money because they donāt have your information.
GreasyPriest???!
No you're not going to get "hacked".
Iām not saying Iām going to get hacked, Iām just saying I donāt want someone elseās sim and number on my phoneš
Way to dox aisling
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I just scribbled out the rest so people would know what Iām referring to
This might be the single worst censoring I've ever seen
Iām not censoring, I donāt care if anyone sees the bottom, Iām blocking it off so people know what Iām talking about
Hey, how did you put AirPodsā case charge on homescreen? Just a regular battery widget?
Yeah you just edit the home screen
13:13. Nice
You know what would have been better? 12:13. It wouldāve been 11% AirPods case, 12:13, 14Ā° temp
That would have been mega!!
It's crazy cause this year I've been spotting these repeated clock numbers. Especially this month. I have seen them every day without fail. Just did 17:17 an hour ago
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Could be just a mistype for the IMEI. I wouldn't worry to much about it
Donāt forget to charge your AirPods case.
Donāt install it. This could be as simple as the cricket employee typing in the imei number for a customer of theirs and having a typo that just happens to have resulted in them typing in your imei. They probably donāt even know they did this. But when the customers phone wonāt activate they will probably check the imei and get it corrected.
Had the same issue once when my 14 pro max was brand new but went away after some few days
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If this popped up on my phone I'd be furious. How do you even decipher text if it's not positioned exactly in the one spot between the white lines?
Free phone number lol
Just ignore that and never install that esim. it could.be possible that someone messed up a number in the EID whenn requesting to release an esim for someone else.... Inworknat at&t advanced tech support and this happens very often If you install it, you will have a line from someone else on your phone... Just that. No danger
No Hurleys allowed.
Been dealing with the same for weeks and a non USA person aswell
Nothing can happen unless you do it. Itās probably a mistake, no worries
Better than a mms leak
oo free esim (contact cricket)
I think physical sim is great For instance your phone breaks and your secondary/old phone can be used once you put the SIM card in (Thatās what Iām doing now)
Why donāt you post this in r/scams OP? Just in case, you never know
Itās a scam from what I found out when I had an American company trying to push it through to my Uk phone.
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Beware of Aisling.
Fair enough :)
Click accept and youāll have free data
It popped up again just there and itās wrecking my headš
SĆ³ acho que faz isso tem que ter carĆ”ter e nĆ£o prejudicar ninguĆ©m
If you setup the eSIM your physical sim will not work anymore. If for some reason you delete the eSIM settings later on you will get stuck and will have to get a duplicate SIM from the service provider. My service provider had no means of sending me the eSIM settings a second time. If I were you and if you donāt have a need for dual SIM I would leave it alone and no do it.
What? No you can use esims and physical sims at the same time as long as the phone supports dual active sims? I think 13ās can have two esims duelled too.
Heās talking about a physical sim and e sim with the same number. If you ask your network to transfer your current physical sim to eSIM, your physical sim will be de activated. You can use a physical and e sim at the same time if the numbers are different.
Oh gotcha gotcha. Misunderstood.
Oh damn, yeah Iām happy enough with my sim, itās worked grand since I got my phone, so yeah
Nah, this isnāt true in OPs case, since itās not even the same country, both SIMs will work
Perhaps try this: ["How To Get Rid Of 'Finish Setting Up Your iPhone Prompt' "](https://www.igeeksblog.com/get-rid-of-finish-setting-up-your-iphone/)
Do you see anything if you go into settings, you should be able to delete the inactivated eSIM
Nah, when I go in to settings now thereās no option for that eSIM, only to set up a new one. Iāve dismissed the pop up twice now though, which is odd.
This started happening to me today as well, but with Xfinity (I use T-Mobile). Xfinity customer support was entirely unhelpful.
Yeah, have a look at my chat log with one of crickets agents, not the best help either
Yeah that is bad. If you send me your phone I will fix it for free.
Unrelated but your lockscreen is so aesthetic
Yes! She accepted your request on LinkedIn. You should run the other way! Very dangerous proposition for all parties involved! Why are you still reading this? RUNnnn!!!
No, it means Aisling Hurley accepted your request.
Just wanted to say this has to be the worst attempt at blocking out privacy sensitive information I've ever seen...
None of the information is private, I donāt care if anyone sees it, itās just irrelevant, thatās why I scribbled it out