I finally figured how to open it: DO NOT try to open at the bottom try the top instead. The entrie back comes off, with the power button and camera button attached. See where the screen has a slight lip there on the top? Put your nail there and slide it left or right. The battery goes in text up. The sim goes in sliver chip down. Hope this helps
Mine arrived today I can't see any groove can you give me an idea where to look...I have been in every corner of the phone, is it near the camera, the bottom, the top, Help please!
For anyone wondering theres a small groove on the side of the case look at it sideways and youll see it, theres where you pull the back off. - Its in his video
Happy this service was available to help my senior citizen, hearing impaired and bi-polar sister. She can barely afford the residence she's living in. And can't afford to support her. But she does need to communicate with me far time to time. This was a means to a end situation. Happy it was available.
I love when he said "You may feel it's beneathe me and if you feel that way thats probably why you're in the position you're in in the first place" LMAO. TRUE. And clever. Awesome review too!!
This year 2024 is the first time I own a smartphone. Yes, my wireless phone service carrier is Assurance Wireless. The installation was very hard only when I tried to open the case to install the battery and later on the SIM card in the evening. In the next morning, I discovered that I had to remove 2 more pieces from the SIM card before I inserted it into the card slot. Afterwards, the phone worked a bit more without lots of effort.
@@ianwest1624 thank you, it was so confusing trying to get information on how to open it, plus the instructions were so vague , they say you must open the back but oddly don't detail how to do it, plus on top of that they sent it without a chip, but thank you again, I thought i was going to break it trying to get it done lol
3:20 NO, YOU ARE 360% CORRECT ABOUT THIS! I've had this EXACT phone from Assurance Wireless 5+ yrs ago by alcatel or whatever that company is, and it was trash then and it's refurbished trash now! 💩🗑🚮🤦🏾♂️😑
I just got the phone from AW . I just wish that I could install the widget for the clock and weather. I wouldn't buy it but I get the service for free. It is what it is
I have this phone and I was quite happy with until this morning. It shut off and then just keeps blinking on/off. I can't even shut it off. What happened 🤷🏽♀️ I tried to remove the back to get to the battery..... No dice. 😠
Does anyone sell these retail? Is there a way to buy them from Assurance Wireless? Client's was broken during an assault. Trying to find new phone. AW says they have a BOYD (Bring Your Own Device but it has to be unlocked. Cheapest is $59.99 that I have found. There must be a way to get ANOTHER one of these for the homeless and destitute.
Lol, Flip it over face down with the charger facing you. On the left of the phone toward the bottom, you'll see a very slim groove there. Peel that back, and you're in the phone. Worse case if you can't find it I'll do a short for you. Let me know
I had this phone and for a welfare phone it was not bad at all. Camera was decent it did the job and the battery didn't run low quick. I bought another one
My neighbor has it and if your not self absorbed and SM likes are your addiction, if calling someone is breaking the law, if your phone is the single most important thing you own it's not for you buuuut if you need a simple phone to actually Talk to people on its great.
6:22 Most apt description!😁😂🤣 I used to think of those like oversized dominoes, but your comparison is better 🍫 When l used to drop mine, l used get an anxiety attack cause if it landed the wrong way, l was assed out!
I was thinking when they were sending me a new phone it would be a upgrade over the one assurance I had 2 years ago. The vividness is the same and its just as slow. But, hey i need a back up. You NEVER KNOW. I came here to figure out how to get the back off!! I sacrificed my phone bill. For gas money and insurance. Just got approved for unemployment after a month and a number for job leads in one day 😉
You say if you can't afford another phone? this will be fine ? however I can afford a more expensive phone , I just choose to use one out of my McDonald's Happy Meal box😅
No way to unlock bootloader, OEM unlocking toggle is missing/hidden from developer options. No firmware available, no scatter. Smh wouldn't be too bad with root and mods etc
He's talking to everyone as if he's never known someone on hard times. I know it's hard to hear him from his ivory tower and hopefully none of his family are in jail, section 8 or welfare because I'm sure they are.
My intention wasn't to insult people who may be in a financial bind. Sadly, it was your intention to insult me, though. I hope that made you feel better
I cannot see or their is no groove on the side... where is it supposed to be, which corner it arrived today, dead and I need to put the battery in, help please!
HEY NOW I HAVE ALLOT OF RESPECT FOR SOMEONE WHO LIKES CATS I WOULD DIE FOR A CAT SO MUST RESPECT BROTHER SORRY ABOUT ALL MY OTHER MESSAGES EVEN THO I DONT SAY ANYTHING I DONT MEAN
I finally figured how to open it: DO NOT try to open at the bottom try the top instead. The entrie back comes off, with the power button and camera button attached. See where the screen has a slight lip there on the top? Put your nail there and slide it left or right. The battery goes in text up. The sim goes in sliver chip down. Hope this helps
Big Thank you ❤
❤thankyou
Just got mine today took me your video to figure out how to get the back cover off
Mine arrived today I can't see any groove can you give me an idea where to look...I have been in every corner of the phone, is it near the camera, the bottom, the top, Help please!
He friend I see this dude hasn't responded to our question but still waiting 😮
I did a short showing how to take the back off
@ianwest1624 Thank you
For anyone wondering theres a small groove on the side of the case look at it sideways and youll see it, theres where you pull the back off. - Its in his video
Happy this service was available to help my senior citizen, hearing impaired and bi-polar sister. She can barely afford the residence she's living in. And can't afford to support her. But she does need to communicate with me far time to time. This was a means to a end situation. Happy it was available.
I love when he said "You may feel it's beneathe me and if you feel that way thats probably why you're in the position you're in in the first place" LMAO. TRUE. And clever. Awesome review too!!
Good review. This phone gives a vintage feel for sure but with updated features.
Like 2010 😆
Updated like a dial telephone with a wire📞🤣
This year 2024 is the first time I own a smartphone. Yes, my wireless phone service carrier is Assurance Wireless. The installation was very hard only when I tried to open the case to install the battery and later on the SIM card in the evening. In the next morning, I discovered that I had to remove 2 more pieces from the SIM card before I inserted it into the card slot. Afterwards, the phone worked a bit more without lots of effort.
I like the removable battery, but that camera isn't just bad by 2023 standards. It's unusable.
Simple question, how the Heck do we Open the Back cover ?
Watch this short
ua-cam.com/users/shorts07HwV37eKqA?si=JC10ldj5OyW-cZrQ
@@ianwest1624 thank you, it was so confusing trying to get information on how to open it, plus the instructions were so vague , they say you must open the back but oddly don't detail how to do it, plus on top of that they sent it without a chip, but thank you again, I thought i was going to break it trying to get it done lol
How do you put the sim in? No instructions on how to do that
Once you life the back there's a sim slot by the memory card slot
3:20 NO, YOU ARE 360% CORRECT ABOUT THIS! I've had this EXACT phone from Assurance Wireless 5+ yrs ago by alcatel or whatever that company is, and it was trash then and it's refurbished trash now! 💩🗑🚮🤦🏾♂️😑
I have this same phone. It's cool. You can't add widgets though
Seriously? I didn’t even try widgets, that’s a basic feature
I just got the phone from AW . I just wish that I could install the widget for the clock and weather. I wouldn't buy it but I get the service for free. It is what it is
❤thank u!
How do you power this phone down?
Slide the menu down from the top then look for the power button and tap it the physical buttons don't power it down like most phones
@@mattmc5069 oops wring hold the power button and volume up instead of volume down
Power and volume up at the same time
@@EricCarrington-dz3vg that works too It took me a few minutes to learn how to power off lol just found it in the menu while exploring
Can you add widgets to the home screen?
I have this phone and I was quite happy with until this morning. It shut off and then just keeps blinking on/off. I can't even shut it off. What happened 🤷🏽♀️ I tried to remove the back to get to the battery..... No dice. 😠
It does all that I need.
Did you remove the battery or try rebooting your phone? I have that exact same phone.
Okay so when were you going to show how to insert the SIM card ??
Thought it was self-explanatory, but I'll do a short for that
Does anyone sell these retail? Is there a way to buy them from Assurance Wireless? Client's was broken during an assault. Trying to find new phone. AW says they have a BOYD (Bring Your Own Device but it has to be unlocked. Cheapest is $59.99 that I have found. There must be a way to get ANOTHER one of these for the homeless and destitute.
You just find a different provider. There’s a ton of em. You can have up to 6 phones at a time
How the Heck do you get the back cover off!!! Beats me, bout ready to throw it in the trash
Lol, Flip it over face down with the charger facing you. On the left of the phone toward the bottom, you'll see a very slim groove there. Peel that back, and you're in the phone. Worse case if you can't find it I'll do a short for you. Let me know
Thanks! Found it. I was setting it up for someone, looks like a phone from 2005 now that I got it going
@@devolinski cool, it is super old looking 😆
I had this phone and for a welfare phone it was not bad at all. Camera was decent it did the job and the battery didn't run low quick. I bought another one
how do you power down the phone. When I hold the power button I get Google assistant...smh
Try volume down and power or volume up and power. One of the two will power it down and the other is screenshot
How to check minutes
My neighbor has it and if your not self absorbed and SM likes are your addiction, if calling someone is breaking the law, if your phone is the single most important thing you own it's not for you buuuut if you need a simple phone to actually Talk to people on its great.
I still cant add widgets
Charging it now going to test that out if I get it done
6:22 Most apt description!😁😂🤣
I used to think of those like oversized dominoes, but your comparison is better 🍫
When l used to drop mine, l used get an anxiety attack cause if it landed the wrong way, l was assed out!
I just received my phone in the mail and the SIM Card is too big. This is the one they sent with the phone. Do you have a suggestion?
I was thinking when they were sending me a new phone it would be a upgrade over the one assurance I had 2 years ago. The vividness is the same and its just as slow. But, hey i need a back up. You NEVER KNOW. I came here to figure out how to get the back off!! I sacrificed my phone bill. For gas money and insurance. Just got approved for unemployment after a month and a number for job leads in one day 😉
JOE BIDEN got us 40 million new jobs, bruh. Good pay too.
This phone lags when using UA-cam it has low ram highly unrecommended.
It's a government phone so it's for basic calls and text really
I'm on UA-cam on this same phone right now and I've had no problems with It all day got for a backup phone bought it on Facebook for 10 bucks
I use shizuku to disable tons of apps and overlays and it really helped
How can i setup my voicemail
You say if you can't afford another phone? this will be fine ? however I can afford a more expensive phone , I just choose to use one out of my McDonald's Happy Meal box😅
How do i remove the sim card
There's a groove on the back of the phone. Lift that back off and you'll see the battery, sim card and memory card slot.
Tnx friend im old and coud'nt figure how to remove the back. good job!
Only reason I knew because I am actually old lol. Had phones like this all the time
No way to unlock bootloader, OEM unlocking toggle is missing/hidden from developer options. No firmware available, no scatter. Smh wouldn't be too bad with root and mods etc
Where do you go in the settings to change to fine quality for the video? I've looked and don't see. Thanks.
Camera quality or my video quality. Wasn’t sure which one you wanted
The foodstamp phone 😂
It's true 😆
Sounds like your just wanting to put the phone down ,look at the price difference. Its better than nothing
12:10 EXACTLY! ✅🎯☑
Is so cool🤠
Govt phones just give them a way yo s oop into uour life
Business phone
What kind of business you talking about 😂
I have the phone to😅.
It's all good
He's talking to everyone as if he's never known someone on hard times. I know it's hard to hear him from his ivory tower and hopefully none of his family are in jail, section 8 or welfare because I'm sure they are.
My intention wasn't to insult people who may be in a financial bind. Sadly, it was your intention to insult me, though. I hope that made you feel better
Awful video.
What was bad about it? Feedback is a good thing
LOL FOR MY FIRST PHONE IN OVER 15 YEARS LOL ITS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME SINCE I DONT EVEN USE THE DAM THING LOL I ONLY HAVE IT FOR EMERGENCY
I cannot see or their is no groove on the side... where is it supposed to be, which corner it arrived today, dead and I need to put the battery in, help please!
I'll do a short one sec
@@ianwest1624 Thank you very much! I need this for my emergency phone. Thank you!~ 😃
@ravensantos4189 sorry for the wait her you go. Link below
ua-cam.com/users/shorts07HwV37eKqA?feature=share
HEY NOW I HAVE ALLOT OF RESPECT FOR SOMEONE WHO LIKES CATS I WOULD DIE FOR A CAT SO MUST RESPECT BROTHER SORRY ABOUT ALL MY OTHER MESSAGES EVEN THO I DONT SAY ANYTHING I DONT MEAN
The man whom you mention as a brother is a true gentleman like yourself.👌