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Other Global - Pick Up In Store - Excitement Thread
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I did it in about 5 minutes last week using this guide not sure why Verizon makes it so complex. On my work ATT iP13 it was one button in iOS settings.
I just saw that thread predicting there could be some serious pain tomorrow with an overabundance of users trying to move from physical to eSIM. I have no idea if that will actually be much of a strain... but, better to be safe than sorry I suppose.
I went ahead and logged on to T-Mobile's web site and moved my line to eSIM on my 13 Pro in just a few minutes. No pain... now hopefully Apple's device migration process will take care of just moving that eSIM to the 14 Pro without much pain tomorrow 🤞🏼
I’m trading my phone in store wondering if I should hang around there and do device to device data transfer from my old phone or just take the new one home and restore from iCloud backup. Both options will take a while as I have a lot of data. The advantage of doing device to device transfer is you don’t have relogin to every app and authenticators. iCloud backups only keep you signed in if the app supports it and many do not and make you manually sign in and wait for 2FA codes etc.
Yeah I didn't even look for a guide... just a little poking around to find an option to update the SIM on a device. I am surprised it was that discoverable and easy-- and that there were no issues, given past experiences with their web site / system.
I usually do delivery but with the Tmobile issues dates slipped so quickly so I was able to get an instore pickup on Saturday at 1:15. However I have my nieces birthday party is during that time so won't be able to get it till like 3/4pm ahhhh
Yeah even I was surprised how quickly it worked! Especially after reading so many comments that many support reps do not know how to convert it and people spending hours trying to get it done.
Yeah, mine was supposed to be quick. There were just some issues. It SHOULD be fast. Glad it was for you!
To my understanding it will continue to show processing until tomorrow or possibly tonight when they all get scanned into the database at the Apple Store
Me too. The worst experience I had was the year my phone was showing ready for pickup launch day, and early launch day there was an email it was delayed.Well aren't you the bearer of good tidings.
I hope for those who are waiting will have an experience like yours.
Yes I did that last year with the 13PM... Store was open an hour earlier than the normal time here in NYC... They were only doing phone pick ups though and were turning away any customers coming in to browse or buy anything else.
Personally I would say it depends on the 2 factors. The first being how fast your home internet is and 2. if you have time to wait in the Apple Store. If you don't have very fast internet at home and don't think you could get all your stuff downloaded from icloud in a timely manner then your best bet is device to device transfer since that will be faster
I wonder how long device to device will take in-store.... that'd be my preference for the reasons you stated. Now I can't remember what I did last year. (I thought I remembered doing device to device at home, but if I traded in my old phone in-store, how would that even work? Hmm...)
When do they start letting in browsers? I want to see the Black and Purple in person before I pay off my 13PM next Friday.
Maybe it depends on your chaos tolerance: if you enjoy the frenetic atmosphere of launch day, hang around, do your transfer there.
Two thoughts:
1. Might you not trade in your old phone tomorrow so you can do the device-to-device at home and take the old device back to Apple before your 14-day period is up?
2. I still also backup to a computer and love how everything transfers from there.
Good luck!
Possibly someday you can tell your niece this story, and she’ll understand the depth of your love for her and family.
Hmmm that might be a store-specific issue. Although I do know if you order something, maybe a case, sometimes they let you wander the store while you’re waiting.
My pickup time is 8:30Am - 8:45AM tomorrow morning, and the status still showing processing, so if tomorrow morning still no change should i still go to the store by the time frame that locked in for me?
hopefully thats the caseMine says the same thing. I think they will change later today or overnight. At least i hope...