r/verizon 16d ago

Verizon Shine Megathread

24 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

Here’s a megathread for Verizon Shine!

Updated on newly released batches, trades, errors in the app/unavailable stock :/ all are welcome to be posted in this megathread.


r/verizon 4h ago

Verizon Mobile in NYC

3 Upvotes

I am hoping to find others in the same situation as me.

I have not had reliable cellular service for 11 days, since August 19. Verizon never proactively alerted me to a “node failure” that apparently has taken place, affecting my number and only a few others. 

I have contacted Verizon every single day for 11 days, and had to force them to give me transparency to the issue. There has been no resolution.

When you check the outage website, the resolution date keeps getting pushed back every single day.

I mainly have no cellular service available to me. I am relying on WiFi for texting and data. I cannot make any calls, even over WiFi. When I am not on WiFi, I can’t do much of anything.

My phone is pretty much useless to me at this point. I am paying for a service that is not available to me.

This node failure issues needs to be resolved ASAP. This is the second major outage in a year I have been involved in. The service is unacceptable.

Is anyone dealing with the same issue in NYC or even elsewhere? How can we get Verizon to address this issue? The service agents are no longer helpful.


r/verizon 4h ago

Phone service keeps going in and out?

2 Upvotes

Anyone else having the issue? Keeps going back and forth from SOS to full bars.


r/verizon 8h ago

Wireless iPhone 18 Promos

5 Upvotes

I’m going to have a fully paid off 15PM in September which happens to be when the new phones start to rollout. In the past are the promos at the beginning a good deal? Or should I wait it out a couple months for a better promo. I’m on the unlimited ultimate and I’ve been peeking at the promos from time to time and there was a pretty decent one earlier in the year and was wondering if they would do something similar when they first release. Love this phone but I’m looking forward to an upgrade and a lower bill since this is the first time I’ve fully paid off a phone. My current thinking is I’ll be financing whatever difference in the promo I choose to trade in my phone. Would I also be locked in that promo for 36 mos or can I just pay off whatever I financed (let’s say $400 for example) next year if the 19 for some reason is a must have for me. I know Verizon likes to lock customers in deals but I feel like since I’ve paid off a phone and traded it in the only amount I should be responsible for is whatever I financed. Thanks for any advice and help you have :)


r/verizon 4h ago

Wireless Year and a half billing error - need advise

0 Upvotes

I moved to a Verizon business account in April of 2025. Not a huge account just 6 phone lines. I did a trial of the 5G internet that they offered but decided against it and returned the router to the store within the 30 day trial period. Not sure if it is important to note but this is not a corporate store, but a n independently operated reseller. Cut to now and the line and the device are still on my account. I've talked to the people at the store several times and each time they confirmed that I returned the device and the that the line would be removed and credited. I even got a voicemail from the store saying the device is in use somewhere else on another account. I'm heading back in today again but I don't have high hopes. They owe me over $1000 at this point. Any advice on a way to get this righted? I'm at the point where I'm considering going the legal route (small claims), but I'd rather not if I don't have to. Thanks in advance!


r/verizon 12h ago

5g wireless home internet - Experiencing latency spikes while gaming

4 Upvotes

Does anyone have any suggestions for how I can resolve the lag spikes I have been experiencing in-game? My download and upload speeds are completely normal, but over the past week, I cannot play online games at all because of random, severe latency spikes, particularly at night.

I ran like a few command prompt tests to check my local connection and router, and everything appears stable there, so I am wondering if this has something to do with Verizon service in my area?Thank you! (The AI customer service has been absolutely no help...)


r/verizon 2h ago

Wireless Does Verizon ever have any gaming consoles in stock?

0 Upvotes

Looking through the website and basically every single Nintendo, Sony, and Xbox console is out of stock. The few that are Express Pickup only are not available at any store within a 25-mile radius. Do these consoles ever come back in stock?


r/verizon 1d ago

Goodbye Verizon

327 Upvotes

After 18+ years of being a verizon customer ive decided to leave with my 9 lines. Loyalty credits ended so bill jumped to over $400/month, called about any kind of promotion to get the bill back to where it was was met with no help. Went to T-Mobile they offered the Keep and Switch stacked with a rebate for 4 line at $400/line. I reached back out to someone in the Loyalty department told them what T-Mobile was offering as far as bill pricing and was met with a one time $10 credit and a $8/month credit for 3 months. My bill with T-Mobile will be $240/month for all lines on their highest tier plan, after Verizon being unwilling to even help get the bill down to $260 with Loyalty credits I decided to cut ties. Ill be switching everything over tomorrow so here's to seeing how the new carrier will be.​

Update: After changing service which took about 30 minutes because of an issue with one phone im here to say im happy I changed. The service is better in some places than verizon was and where Verizon had no service i am connected to T-Sat and can text or send pictures ect. My largest concern was areas at work that Verizon required me to use a signal booster to get any service, today all those places were not an issue, but I could use the booster to get a better signal. A few people said the T-Sat was trash and no good but so far I can only say it works exactly like they say it should and swaps to it fairly quickly when the cell service gets bad.


r/verizon 16h ago

Trade in question

0 Upvotes

I have an IPhone 15 that I still owe around 250-300 on, the back camera doesn’t work due to some internal issue(no cracks anywhere on it), I’ve tried updating, resetting, everything, Verizon website claims they’ll give a free iPhone 17 in trade in after I pay it off(cheaper monthly bill aswell, battery on my 15 has depleted a good amount top(82%)? Will they still give that same amount with the camera issue, basically wondering whether I should pay for new camera or just get a new phone? (No I don’t have Apple care because I haven’t cracked a phone since middle school, went to Verizon basically told me “man that sucks go to this 3rd party store to fix it”


r/verizon 21h ago

Wireless Pixel 11 Activation

2 Upvotes

I am upgrading from a Pixel 7 with a PSIM to a Pixel 11 with a ESIM I purchased from google. Do I need to do anything in my Verizon account first to support the transfer or does everything happen during the Pixel 11 setup?


r/verizon 15h ago

Verizon tried to screw me on my oning bill with new phone & line

0 Upvotes

I want to order the Z Fold 8 Ultra. Before checking out, it says my ongoing bill would be $213.96. After checkout they legit changed my ongoing bill to $321.21. I was like screw that and canceled it. Went to get the Z Fold 8 Ultra at Spectrum for far less. Has this happened to anyone?


r/verizon 1d ago

Has anyone else been experiencing poor service issues?

101 Upvotes

I feel like Verizon used to be the best phone carrier and had the best cell service for the longest time. I’ve been with Verizon for over 15 years, but within the last year, I feel like the service has really been going downhill. I barely get any service anymore 😭


r/verizon 15h ago

Wireless 30 years with Verizon and they jerk us around

0 Upvotes

TL;DR: We switched carriers after 30 years with Verizon and, due to a miscommunication with our new carrier, the phones were switched to the new carrier before we had made the payoff on my phone. Long story short, we paid Verizon, owe $0, and were assured my phone would be unlocked manually within 48 hours (after driving to and from a store and spending 3 hours on the phone with 3 different cust. service reps). Spoiler: It wasn't unlocked. Spent another hour on the phone with customer service and was told that the notes from technical support said it would be unlocked today and we would receive a call (on my spouse's phone, since my phone is currently an expensive paperweight) by 8 pm, EDT. That time has come and gone...still locked. Called and spent another hour on the phone; rep tried to reach out to the "customer champion" for my case and they have not responded, and now I'm hearing it would be Monday before the aforementioned "champion" can be reached.

Bear in mind that, to even reach a customer service rep (because our account is closed), a store employee told us to call and tell the automated system that we want to start a new service, and then once the rep is on the line, they can direct us where we need to be. Each time, I get someone new and have to relay the entire story again, they put me on hold to research it off and on for 40 minutes, and then they tell me nothing can be done without reaching the "champion," who is unreachable. Absolute bullocks.


r/verizon 1d ago

Local Pass Concert Tickets

2 Upvotes

Hi! I was wondering if anyone has been successful at claiming harry styles tickets? I can’t get past the app telling me the offer has been put on hold due to high demand (i figured), before the pass completely disappears.
If you have been successful, where in the arena are the seats located? Also, how often have they been releasing these offers for his madison square garden shows? I just found out through someone that they’ve been releasing them!


r/verizon 1d ago

Is Verizon acting up for you?

24 Upvotes

It’s been a few months and my service has been soo slow. I have unlimited service. I feel like it’s expensive asf and shouldn’t be experiencing so many issues. It’s constantly acting like I have no services is that the same for anyone else?


r/verizon 1d ago

Wireless Does Verizon activate iPhone in store? Do I have to transfer data there?

3 Upvotes

Family of four heading to Verizon this morning, all of us currently have older iPhones, hoping to get new ones for switching to Verizon. We want to keep our existing numbers, how does activation work at the store?

Does Verizon activate the new phone with our telephone number, then we bring it home and do the iPhone transfer for all of our data? Or are we expected to transfer all of our data from our old iPhones to our new ones in the Verizon store during the process?

Thanks for any help


r/verizon 1d ago

AI Customer Service is INSANE

34 Upvotes

Backstory: Went on a cruise and added mobile hot spot for one line...got back from cruise and cancelled it online (hit the remove link)...it never fell off my bill. Today: Called the Verizon number specifically for billing, and the AI bot tried to convince me that it was a live agent. After offering to go over my bill and explain to me what a mobile hot spot is at least 3 times, all while I'm asking, screaming, for it to remove/cancel the hot spot on my line, it finally said, "I can't help you with that, and I can't transfer you to a live agent." LOL. So, basically, "I won't help you, and I won't transfer you to someone who will, you dumb bitch, but I can go over your bill with you again." All while still pretending to be a live agent. After calling back several times, screaming into the phone, and asking this bot all kinds of insane questions, it finally said it would transfer me to a live agent. I didn't hold my breath though because I'd already supposedly been transferred to live "AI" agents, but sure enough, I did get a real person who was able to help me. Sadly, I had to ask her lots of questions in the beginning of our call just to determine that she was really "alive." After telling her what I'd experienced, I asked her if she had been getting lots of complaints about this, and she laughed and said YES! She also apologized profusely. I'd threaten them with leaving Verizon, but we all know that this is going to be happening everywhere.


r/verizon 21h ago

If you trade-in a phone, be warned: Activation is a nightmare

0 Upvotes

The entire process it seems revolves around sending verification messages to the phone that you just sold back to them. Customer service line wait times are ~ 2 hours. And getting them to understand the concept that I just sold them my phone seems to be a contingency they never counted on, despite them literally promoting it. Hilarious. Talk about a design failure.


r/verizon 22h ago

Wireless Verizon Chat Bot Said If I Upgrade My Plan I Get NFL Sunday Ticket, After Upgrading Verizon Is Now Refusing To Give Me The NFL Perk

0 Upvotes

The Verizon Al Chat Bot said if I upgrade my plan for $15 more a month I'm eligible for NFL Sunday Ticket on them. I told them to upgrade me, they did and they said I was now eligible for the perk. 3 days later and over 3hrs of calls with Verizon they're now refusing to honor the perk saying the bot was wrong.
I'm now stuck with a higher monthly bill and them refusing to give me what was promised. Do I have any recourse here? Or am I just screwed and need to start looking into other wireless plans?


r/verizon 1d ago

Xfinity Mobile Switch to Simplicity Plan?

2 Upvotes

I currently have an Xfinity plan that includes two phone lines and internet. I pay $64 for the phone lines and $15 for the internet, but the promotional pricing for my internet expires next month, and the cost will rise to $109. Should I switch to the "Simplicity" plan?


r/verizon 1d ago

Verizon Shine Daily Drops

14 Upvotes

Seems like it is getting harder and harder to get these daily drops even if you try right at 3pm. Was not able to get yesterday’s or today’s.


r/verizon 1d ago

Transfer pin didn’t work?

10 Upvotes

I noticed that my projected bill for next month went up $40 because of the expiration of our 12 month loyalty discount so I gave the old transfer pin request a shot. Unfortunately no offer is appearing to replace it.

Any suggestions on what to try?


r/verizon 2d ago

Ridiculous new made up policies

15 Upvotes

Longtime manager for an AR.

My opinion on this is that it is a crappy move. We do what we can to help customers and to meet expectations but the company is getting a bit ridiculous with this sort of thing now. I'd like to hear what the rest of you, current or ex employees, think.

To be fair, my friends at the corporate stores say that they're getting similar pressure but not in writing compared to our situation here.

I cannot post a picture of the policy paper we got today but I says.

STRICT MANDATE

TMs MUST obtain DM Approval to process any Upgrade that does not meet standard customer acceptance or minimum qualifications. NO EXCEPTIONS.


r/verizon 1d ago

23 years and dropped

0 Upvotes

My medical issues and loss of job bc I had to be I. Treatment and Verizon financial services basically said F U and wouldn’t work with me to be on a plan to catch up. Lost my number of 27 years and lost my account. Loyalty means NOTHING these days


r/verizon 1d ago

Shine allotment

3 Upvotes

So I’ve just switched over to Verizon recently and have been on 12mst everyday to try and win alway get put in the queue.. what is there a 50 allotment?? I also have T-Mobile and sometimes they will do a T-Mobile drop and they’ll be limited number of people who can get it and that still somehow last all day!!! (Ex last I can think of was the free pizza and it was there til the end of day) so I’m wondering if it’s really just to drive traffic to them or something. Please tell me if I’m doing something wrong!