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Family Account settings not taking effect.
Family Account settings not taking effect. I've setup allowed numbers and I've blocked all time access and even tried to disable the phone but data still works. The phone I've set it up on can still access everything can call numbers not on the Allowed list.
Hmm. That's interesting it doesn't just keep you within the app when you try to make changes. 😕 I believe we're at a point where we'll need to have you Community-2153 and have our Care team file a Help Desk Ticket. That'll get our web team to take a look at your Family Allowances on the back end.
I have done it over and over & like a nut, I save it twice in a row to be sure. Sometimes it works great & she’ll be on the phone at 11:00 when it will cut right out. People will get a message saying calls are not allowed on that line. Other times, calls will go on all night no matter what I do. I’ve turned the phone off online & nothing. I’ve spoken to reps & they said “looks good from here.” I don’t know what else to do. There has to be something that can be done about this. I’m tired of relying on the Family Allowances to shut down the phone & then hearing her talking at 1:00 a.m. & not on WIFI either. And no, taking the phone at night isn’t an option as she listens to music to sleep.
Same issue….WTF TMO????
I have done it over and over & like a nut, I save it twice in a row to be sure. Sometimes it works great & she’ll be on the phone at 11:00 when it will cut right out. People will get a message saying calls are not allowed on that line. Other times, calls will go on all night no matter what I do. I’ve turned the phone off online & nothing. I’ve spoken to reps & they said “looks good from here.” I don’t know what else to do.
Same issue. This feature is broken and useless.
I am having the same issues. I set up the lines for the time frames I didnt want my kids to use their phone or internet. These settings never went into effect. I contacted tmobile and they suggested I reboot the phones but that didn't help either. Anyone have any other suggestions on why this is not working.
I’ve been experiencing the same thing - very frustrated! I want to be able to block my child from using the phone overnight and this feature does not work as advertised!
Please help fix this issue.
I agree- not really sure what I'm paying for, as "disabling" the child's phone appears to have no effect whatsoever. This "add-on" seems to be just a donation to T-Mobile that provides no benefit to the customer.
We are discovering that Family Controls are a Joke, a SLAP IN THE FACE to all Parents! it's useless. In my opinion T-Mobile should want to be LEADERS in this arena. You should be able to hire code writers that can handle this BASIC parental need. If a PRE-TEEN can circumvent your parental controls, you are failing us all.
It is simple really. If we choose 9PM- 11PM and 11PM to 6AM and click save settings it should effectively render the phone USELESS. Whatever code you have written to shut ALL ACCESS down when a customer is delinquent in paying you.....CONNECT IT TO THE PARENTAL CONTROLS for the allowable use hours Parents set.
This is RIDICULOUS. Be the HERO for the Parents, we need one, these SCREENAGERS are out of control.
Hmm. That's interesting it doesn't just keep you within the app when you try to make changes. 😕 I believe we're at a point where we'll need to have you Community-2153 and have our Care team file a Help Desk Ticket. That'll get our web team to take a look at your Family Allowances on the back end.
I originally used the app on my phone which made me sign into a browser version of the portal to make the changes. I've enabled everything, waited until I verified it all worked, then disabled the phone which should have blocked everything. But data was still allowed. I ended up having to buy a flip phone to use interim since I can't seem to use family allowances to block data.
