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Wrong/unknown device in My.T-Mobile.com
When I log into My T-Mobile (from various desktop browsers like Firefox, Chrome, or Safari), it never remembers my device.
- The home page says I have an "Unknown Device"
- The Phone tab says I have an iPhone 6s, which is incorrect.
- When I click "Not your device?" link and select the correct iPhone model/color/capacity, I see a "Confirm" popup ("Are you sure you want to update the phone for [my name] to [my model]?").
- I click "YES" and briefly see a pink spinner, but the update doesn't take effect! 😮
This is not a super serious problem, and I'm admittedly a bit OCD, but it just bugs me that the website (phone thumbnail graphic) is still wrong every time I log in.😕
The funny thing is that my wife's device (secondary line on the same account) displays just fine. And she's had the same model as me.
Hey, @magenta9998592!
This has happened to me a few times since I've had T-Mobile service (5+ years). It does drive me a little nuts because I usually attempt to change it 4 or 5 times before I get fed up with it and give up for the time being. With that said, I do see that our engineers are aware of this happening, but don't have an estimated time of when it'll be updated.
- mastershake23Newbie Caller
This is now March 26th 2020. I have been on hold for over an hour when I got a rep they hung up and didn't call back. *first frustration*
Second frustration. this has been an ongoing issue since the beginning of last year. All devices that have been "purchased" Through T-mobile directly are correct. Any BYOD is not showing correctly... I Demand that T-moble fix this issue immediately this annoying feature only takes a few codes to fix. If you don't want to fix it on the website then enable the feature in the app. Otherwise I demand a credit for this annoyance for every month this feature is not resolved. DO NOT DELAY THIS ANY LONGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- res1hzy8Newbie Caller
When is this simple problem gonna get fix.
- lukeoliveiraRoaming Rookie
It’s extremely frustrating, I have major OCD and when I log into my account it drives me crazy that it shows a different device compared to what I really have. I know this doesn't impact my services but a mobile carrier should have it right. One thing I think I came to the conclusion and the engineers might need to fix this, is if you purchase an iPhone from Apple “Sim Free” it’ll show a different type of iPhone. I used to have a “sim free” iPhone 11 Pro 256GB Space gray and online it would show that phone but say I have it the midnight green 64GB. I upgraded recently to the Max and it's doing the same thing! I get my phones from apple because with trade-in, and my friend who works for apple gets me a 15% discount it just makes sense for me to do it this way.
Just extremely frustrating that the engineers at T-Mobile can’t get it together to get this problem fixed. We used to have the option to select the device and save it, can we bring that back????
Thanks.
- magenta10403723Newbie Caller
This has been going on for years, not since September 2019. Web developers are ignoring it, and I'm trying to get a T-Mobile rep to escalate it. Probably won't happen, since they are far removed from web developers. They're ignoring browser technology in lieu of people using apps. Got the reps using the word apps for computer programs. Yikes! Not everybody is on Windows 10, which is trying to change computer technical words to phone technical words. Lazy so-and-so's. I also told this to an executive of T-Mobile, who is also dancing around getting development to take something, so simple to fix, seriously.
Anyway, T-Mobile is just lagging behind doing anything about databases. Maybe they don't even have people on the team that are efficient with database technology anymore. The second iPhone 6s Plus I had is when this problem showed up (2017). I've been complaining to various reps about it, and nothing changes. Others issues with browsers as well. Firefox won't even open my.t-mobile.com for Windows 7. I think they plan on leaving it that way, then blaming Microsoft for dropping support for anything but Windows 10. I smell it coming! Hahaha
- magenta4989087Newbie Caller
Still an issue November 2020. :-/. I’ve spoken to 3 reps, in the past 2 weeks, who have all promised that “their” solution of entering correct IMEI’s, etc will fix it & for me to wait 24-48 hours for it to update. Nope! Last one told me that 3 days ago! Still wrong! Strike 3 XXX!!!! Tmobile, if you can’t even get it together for this very minor, yet annoying problem, how are we supposed to trust you’ll be able to handle larger issues?!? #Disappointing!
- cherijoNewbie Caller
Still a thing (8/6/2021). My Pixel 3a over a year ago was picked up just fine, even though it was an unlocked BYOD. My spouse’s Galaxy A52 5G isn’t registering at all, merely as phone first. What’s fun though is that if I take the SAME IMEI from Tmo’s website that they know about, and I put it into their own IMEI checker that you can use prior to using the device, that checker knows exactly what the device is. The database may be having issues checking itself from one of these pages.
- I_Don_t_Owe_YouNewbie Caller
STILL persists as of 0i/07/21.
- Damian_GNewbie Caller
Until about 2-3 years ago, we were able to edit and modify/correct the phone ourselves through a link, but they apparently took that link away and we no longer can fix it ourselves. :( Wonderful step backward Tmobile.
- magenta10330475Newbie Caller
A similar thing is happening to me. Although it actually lists a device. It lists me as having an iphone X Silver 64 GB when I actually have an iphone 6 Silver 64 GB. Looks like a simple dictionary or sql table is screwed up (likely with the names clashing and the newest name getting chosen).
- djc65Newbie Caller
I know this thread is old but I think I figured out why this is happening. I bought a new unlocked Samsung Galaxy A52 5G at Best Buy and am having the same issue. After some digging around I found that the reason for this is most likely because the software version of android on factory unlocked units is slightly different than the T-Mobile carrier branded version that is updated by T-Mobile instead of Samsung directly.
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