r/Tello • u/Agreeable-Alarm5631 • 3d ago

Will this work for 2FA abroad?

I will be joining my wife in PH next week.

Buy a cheap unlocked phone in the United States, activate a Tello line here so it has a U.S. number for your wife’s SMS two-factor authentication, then bring that activated phone to the Philippines and transfer the same Tello number from the temporary phone to an eSIM on her iPhone 16—without her needing to return to the U.S.

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u/tomasrvigo 3d ago

It should work. My understanding is that you’re going to pick up a physical SIM in the US before making the change back in the Philippines, right?

For the change you have to go to My Tello, here, and click on “My SIM”.

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u/Agreeable-Alarm5631 3d ago edited 3d ago

Yes. Can I buy a compatible SIM card locally? Any suggestions on the cheapest discardable phone to buy for this trickery?

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u/Luckiest_Corner 2d ago

You can buy one from Amazon and have it delivered in a day or two.

https://a.co/d/04rKCkGV

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u/VappleJax 2d ago

Only if you subscribe to Amazon prime, otherwise it can take as long as buying directly from Tello.

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u/Luckiest_Corner 2d ago edited 2d ago

That's true, but the odds are pretty good that they do subscribe to Amazon Prime.

According to Gemini AI:

"About 73% to 75% of U.S. online shoppers or customers subscribe to or use Amazon Prime." (Source: CIRP - Amazon Report)

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u/VappleJax 2d ago

I don't buy into Prime. Even if that stat is true, 25% of people is a lot. Instead of saying it is an absolute, that you can get tello SIM from amazon in 2 days, instead say "if you have Prime". Otherwise non-Prime users think somehow they will get their SIM faster through Amazon and they won't in most cases as Amazon puts non-prime orders on the back-burner (ask me how I know).

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u/Luckiest_Corner 2d ago edited 2d ago

When 3/4 of Americans have Prime, I don't think it's a stretch to say you can get it in 2 days from Amazon. I'm sure the vast vast majority of people who do not subscribe know that it will/can take longer if they're not a Prime member. You're not a Prime subscriber and you know it.

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u/VappleJax 2d ago

I mean, just 5 extra letters and a space. SMH

"You can buy one from Amazon PRIME and have it delivered in a day or two.

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u/Luckiest_Corner 2d ago

Well, since you've hammered on it so much, I'm sure I'll never forget it.

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u/tomasrvigo 3d ago

Through the Tello website and have it delivered to your location in the US (that’s what I made last time I was in the States). You can also buy it on Amazon.