4G S8 to be disconnected with 3G shutdown - here is what you can do

As has been stated many times, the issue is not the 3G shutdown, which they heavily advertised.  The issue is the VoLTE requirement which they did not advertise at all.  And then many customers were notified with very little time.  To make matters worse, customer service reps would tell people that their phones were fine when they were not.  No reasonable person would say the customer could make an informed decision in an environment where ATT is giving incorrect information.

My wife has the g95ou1 model and got all of the text alerts and a new phone shipped to her from AT&T.   As of TODAY - day after they shut off service the phone still works.  Is it going to stop working in the future?

My wife has an S8 SM-g95ou1 - got the text messages from att that it will stop working, was sent a new very low end phone.   Today, the phone still works - fully functional.   When will it stop working?

@bikerag

Dont look a gift horse.  

@bikerag My wife got text message yesterday saying that, if she didn't do anything on her own, they would deactivate her phone and automatically activate the <sarcasm> very nice </sarcasm> replacement phone they sent her.

When she got home yesterday, I had her replacement phone from tmobile waiting and I had the tmobile rep transfer her number from att to tmob. As of this morning, she doesn't have to worry about anything in this thread any longer.

And, as to the comment above mine just now....many of the "replacement phones" are NOT gift horses.  Due to some things she does with the phone, for work, the replacement they sent would have caused performance issues for her and been a problem.

Oh, and I took a closer look at the replacement they had sent....the lcd screen was not even flush with the case.  I was able to push it in so it was...some "gift"

Enjoy your new service and phone.

Oh, and I took a closer look at the replacement they had sent....the lcd screen was not even flush with the case.  I was able to push it in so it was...some "gift"

Sounds like it was worth every penny you paid for it.

@JefferMC 

Almost.  I asked about returning it and they said keep it. So, now it is on me to properly dispose of it. It's worth LESS than free (to me).

@NotChurMama

There are more than a few places that would really appreciate a donated phone. Phones are given  to battered women's shelters or similar types of shelters because they don't need a SIM card to call 911.

I can't believe this thread is still going but yeah. I took the free phone from Tracfone and it is not horrible. The big confusion for me was everytime I heard about 3G going the way of the dinosaur I thought it only applied to a flip phone I had more than six years ago. A fairly new A51 -- even if it is Mexican -- did not sound like a 3G phone to me (and I would never have known by looking at the serial number). It's done and I am over it. The Argentinian phone is now a camera running the lightroom app on wifi only. Just don't tell me I should have known by looking at a serial number in tiny print somewhere on the box. So thanks to whoever pointed that out to the smug @#0les on this board.