I just wanted to report on the last part of this unwanted adventure. I bought an unlocked Samsung Galaxy A35 yesterday from Best Buy, popped my sim in the new phone, and now have 5g coverage. Side notes: 1. Samsung to Samsung transfer was quick and smooth. 2. After being told I just used 2 gig of data, I realized that Speedtest is not a great thing to repeatedly run in 5g when you have a cap of 30 gig. My thanks to those who helped me here. I hope nothing else pops up.
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Just one piece of unfinished business if I may. In your other post, you mentioned you were using a Republic My Choice plan when migrated to Boost. If that’s accurate, your SIM should be T-Mobile rather than AT&T.
Would you be willing to indulge my curiosity as follows:
- From the Phone app, dial
*#06# - What are the first 5 digits of your SIM’s ICCID (89014 = AT&T, 89012 = T-Mobile)?
Hi, Roland,
I’m always happy to share information that will help add to the general pool of knowledge or solve an enigma. The *#06# code, oddly enough, doesn’t display the ICCID. But it shows an EID starting with 89043. (My eSIM isn’t activated.) But in my setting, for SIM status it does show 89014. But I do have one new piece of information that might help. I dug a bit more into my emails, and it turns out I did get a SIM from Dish in May of 2022. So I might be wrong referring to it as a Republic SIM. Though Dish was calling it Republic.
David
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For Republic 5.0 (AT&T network) SIMs, the only difference was the branding on the packaging. The SIM itself was the same whether enclosed in Boost branded packaging or Republic branded packaging. This is why those coming from Republic 5.0 didn’t need a new SIM.
For My Choice (T-Mobile network) SIMs, there is a difference between a Republic SIM and a Boost SIM, so Boost shipped new SIMs to those using My Choice plans. Those shipped SIMs, however, were supposed to be T-Mobile rather than AT&T network SIMs. Of course, it’s possible Boost screwed up and shipped AT&T network SIMs to some former Republic members using My Choice plans, which would explain some of the activation challenges during the migration. 
" Of course, it’s possible Boost screwed up and shipped AT&T network SIMs to some former Republic members using My Choice plans, which would explain some of the activation challenges during the migration"
Yes! That makes a lot of sense, based on my experiences during the transition. I just couldn’t get messages to work. When I talked to customer service, they told me that some people weren’t activated properly, and they were doing something by hand. It took several days before they got it fixed. Interestingly enough, when I mentioned getting the DISH SIM to the Boost CS I talked with a few days ago, he told me they had a problem early on with people sending the wrong SIM. However all of this happened, it looks like I have good service now.