I have had a Pixel 2 for about six months, and I am extremely happy with it.
Anyone have any experience with a refurbished phone through a Woot deal?
So how does this work if I already have a Verizon phone. Should I just be able to move my SIM card to the Pixel 2 and thatâs it?
âVZWâ means Verizon Wireless, so you should be good to go. You can call Verizon if you want to be 100% certain.
You might want a new SIM card anyhow, if the one you have is very old⌠it may not support some of the new services. Verizon can tell you that as well.
Can we get confirmation a few things?
- Description mentions the USB-C - 3.5 mm adapter, but the âIn the boxâ doesnât include it.
- Since this is not manufacturer refurbished, and most likely that the screen/battery have been replaced, is the IP67 rating for water resistance still in effect?
- Specifically the XLâs pOLED, have the screens been replaced and color shift recalibrated to remedy the blue tint, screen burn-in, and sRGB accuracy issues?
Third party refurbished units.
The one I bought once was DOA out of the box because âwater damage detected in charging portâ was displayed with the phone off and plugging in the cord to charge.
Also, the wall adapter and USB-c cord are generic and you may get slower charging.
Or everything will be perfect and give you many years of happy use. Problem is, with the lack of quality control and warranty, you just donât know what you are going to get.
Ermm how is this a deal? A previous generation, refurbished phone with a 90 day warrantyâŚWoot pleassssseeee.
Stop lying to us, Woot! 
These are NOT unlocked. Verizon locks ALL their phones. There are two locks on an Android phone. Thereâs carrier lock (so the phone canât be moved to a different carrier), these arenât carrier locked. Then thereâs bootloader lock. THESE ARE BOOTLOADER LOCKED PHONES. You canât call a phone âunlockedâ unless there are no locks. These phones are not unlocked.
One of the selling points of Pixel phones is the ability to download and install different versions of Android. Did an update break something? You can revert to the previous version by downloading it from a Google website. BUT YOU CANâT DO THAT ON THESE PHONES, BECAUSE THEYâRE LOCKED.
Thatâs some fancy ârefurbishingâ if they didnât even bother to do the very first thing on a reputable refurber list!
But at least being a Pixel, at these are some of the very few Android phones where you can be confident youâll get more than one or two Android version updates. (The Google-connection).
Yeah, this isnât a very good deal.
This isnât a great deal IMO. You can buy a brand new Samsung SO for $519 on Amazon.
Unlocked usually only refers to carrier support. Itâs not carrier locked. Normies donât even know what a bootloader is so âunlockedâ never refers to that.
Nope. Unlocked refers to unlocked. Verizon phones are not carrier (âSIMâ) locked, and never have been. And as part of their purchase of âBlock Câ spectrum, they agreed to an FCC requirement not to do so in the future.
So, thereâs no need at all to mention carrier unlocking for Verizon phones. The only locking Verizon does is bootloader locking.
These are not unlocked phones.
To add to what mikes123 has said, if you want to root your phone, these wonât work. Thereâs no workaround for the locked bootloader. Buy one from Google if you want to root.
I love my Pixel. As a photographer I almost never used my phoneâs camera before, but thatâs all changed now. Iâm blown away at how good the Pixel camera is (and I assume the Pixel 2 is at least as goodâmy son has one).
As a person who never liked Samsungâs heavy-handed software package or the physical home button, and demanded a 5" form factor with great specs, Pixel is the golden ticket.
If this is the verizon model, then this isnât a great deal at all, especially refurbished. What is it with Woot selling verizon model phones? The normal âgoogle editionâ would be much better. Verizon models are usually cheaper than the rest and are usually have a locked bootloader to where they canât be rooted, making them useless to me.
Hopefully someone from woot can confirm. I bought a refurbished Pixel XL (vzw/gsm unlocked) from woot earlier this year and I was able to unlock the bootloader and root. Did something change with the Pixel 2XL where thatâs not possible?
everybody wants a pixel⌠look at those sales stats!!!
For the past few months/year, it seems WOOT has become the DUMPING ground for Verizon phones. And even if itâs UNLOCKED (not getting into the locked/unlocked debate), you will be LUCKY if the LTE data part of the phones banding will work with AT&T or TMO. Sure, it will work on GSM but good luck with the LTE banding compatibility. IF you want to chance the BRICKING OPTION, you can do the boot-loader/rom flash, or whatever tickles your pink, go for it. Whatâs $400+ before the holidays. 
YeahâŚBought an open box new one of XLâs with 128G for $450 on the release of the 3âŚ
Nice PhoneâŚprice should be lowerâŚhereâŚMy opinionâŚ$490 free ship no tax new on Ebay todayâŚ