How do I switch cell phones on Verizon

Go to the store.....IMO

Just put the sims card in the phone and turn it on. Unless you want it registered with verizon for insurance repair reasons

I’d call the Verizon customer service and they can tell you exactly the right procedure.

Swapping the sim card may or may not be possible

Over the years SIM cards have been washed many times and since they are made from shrinkable fabric every time you wash 'em they SHRINK.. Ok, the wash is a joke but my original phone the SIM was a bit smaller than a postage stamp. Then it was about 1/4 that size. and now about 1/2 that size.

GO to the store. only takes 'em a few mintues.

I have done the online phone swap many times over the years.
Easy and pretty much immediate after rebooting phone.
The website will step you though it.


But as others have said, check that the sim card fits then new phone first.

If not, they will send you one free.

I did the SIM card swap and avoided the cost that Verizon charges to activate a new phone. I will be ordering another jailbroke iPhone soon and swapping the SIM card again. Takes about 2 minutes.

X2 for swap the SIM card. If your card is too big, two options: 1. get out the xacto knife and trim down the plastic or 2. buy a SIM cutter from Amazon or eBay, they're cheap.

If you do go to the store, don't let them charge you anything. Sometimes they try to charge $9 or 10 for the SIM that doesn't really cost anything.

Once the device transfer is complete the new phone is active almost immediately
But if the current SIM does not fit, then you will need a new one or cut this one down
I have an S5, it uses a micro SIM
Your new phone is going to be micro or nano, nothing new is using original size SIM
Open it and check first before swapping phone online

If you cut this one down, you will Need an adapter to go back to using the S5
Hopefully the new phone uses micro SIM and no alteration will be needed

Can't help you but just switched old iPhone for new one. EASY! Mostly automatic.

OP back, ok here's what happened. I wound up getting a new micro SIM from the Verizon store for my new LG, the SIM card from the old Galaxy S5 phone was too big, not a big deal.

Actually having a new SIM is fine, the old phone is ready to go as a back up, no swapping cards is a good thing.

The one issue I had was changing the phones, it didn't work on the web site. Apparently when we decided to changes plans and wait for the billing cycle to end before it took place that freezes your ability to make phone changes. Of course the web site doesn't explain that to well.

Getting a live person to help me out with that was next to impossible with Verizon, "live chat" and their new Digital Assistant makes it difficult to speak to a live tech. Finally, connected with a live person from California who knew her stuff, she overrode the web site locks and made the switch for me, she even had me go back and forth a few times so I got the hang of making the switch. AND she even corrected the incorrectly inputted plan changes we made at the Verizon store, the clerk in the store did it wrong.

I asked for her home phone number in case we had problems in the future but she politely refused :-)

Ron W.