UPDATE: From the responses, it appears that this doesn't work for Moto G prepaid Verizon devices sold at Best Buy Therefore this may not work so please take that into consideration. Good luck Given that wasn't a clear thread to document this, I thought I would share my learning. Short Backstory: I simply bought the Moto G during the Amazon 69.99 sale to replace my dying Droid 4. Disclaimer I take no responsibility if this does not work for you. ![]() Here are my conditions in order to make this work: 1. Newly purchased Moto G for Verizon prepaid from Amazon(NOT ACTIVATED) 2. Existing Postpaid Verizon account (As of today, 5/30/2014, my upgrade date is 10/1/2015) Here is how I did it: 1. Turn on the Moto G 2. Bypass the Prepaid Activation by following this youtube video: 3. Skip all the account creation options 4. Once you're on the homescreen, select the dialer app 5. Select 1 to program 7. Enter the number you want to activate the phone for including the area code (Enter your postpaid verizon number here) 8. Once the programming is complete and successful, the system will let you know Thats it! I hope that helps someone looking for a super cheap phone that doesn't want to get tied up with contracts. Makes a great replacement phone as well. Were there any other apps running? What Android version was running? Also if you don't mind me asking, where did you buy it from? I'm wondering if the prepaid detection is server based(so Verizon knows all the IMEI that are prepaid) or if it is phone based(something in the phone identifies the device as prepaid. Possibly IMEI) It also seems like some people can do it while others can't. Does anyone know if there are other models of the Moto G prepaid being sold on Verizon? Side note, my Moto G updated to 4.4.2 after I activated it on post paid. I tried the same thing, purchased the phone yesterday from Best Buy online and shipped with 4.4.2 - Tried activating it with *228 but got the same 'this phone needs to be activated on a prepaid account' message. Also tried activating it online on the myverizon account page, but once i type in the IMEI it comes back with an error saying that I need to call customer service. I also have a friend who works at a third party Verizon store and h attempted to switch his plan over to the phone using eROES (VZW upgrade/hardware change software) and it told him that it was a prepaid phone. If anyone could figure out a way around this I would be over-the-top happy. Also, i tried the *228 on a phone on my account that's currently a basic phone with no data. Has anyone tried calling customer service and trying to get them to do it for them? Verizon Wirelesswill activate compatible and unlocked iPhones. Verizon to activate unlocked, non-Verizon iPhones and Nexus 6. In terms of prepaid phones. ![]()
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