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Mint Mobile: Good or Bad? (beehaw.org)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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For anyone who has tried switching over, what's your experience with them been like? Were there any hidden upsides or downsides you weren't expecting? What about coverage? It's really hard to ignore them when they keep spamming ads to YouTube, my favorite podcasts, etc.

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[–] 5 points 3 years ago

I have been very happy with Mint in the USA but as I note in a reply thread below, it is useless for international travel. Use an ESIM app instead. On my latest trip to Europe it worked for about 5 minutes upon landing and then I got kicked off the network and it never worked again. Simultaneously, my login in the Mint app was invalidated... and I cannot login now via any channel. I use a password manager so it is not user error. I'm back home now but the login issue persists and I have a ticket open for it. I can get only get into my account if I follow this path:

  • go to mintmobile.com and hit login
  • click send password
  • receive one-time verification code by SMS and enter that
  • when prompted I enter my one-password from my Authenticator
  • when prompted I pick a new password and press enter

Once I do that I drop into my account, authenticated. If I log out again, the new credentials never work.

I have to wonder if I tripped some sort of fraud control in Europe.

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