T-Mobile is starting to fix the T-Life scourge, but there's still a LONG way to go

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If there's one thing T-Mobile customers like to complain about, that's definitely the "Un-carrrier's" far too frequent price hikes and multiple broken "Price Lock" promises of the last few years. If there are two things constantly drawing criticism from long-time Magenta subscribers across Reddit and other social media channels, the second is undoubtedly the T-Life "super app" the operator replaced several separate services with in 2024. Technically designed to "simplify your T-Mobile experience", the Android and iOS app that handles monthly payments, weekly loyalty offers, account security, and everything in between has received hate for... practically every aspect of its functionality, as well as many missing features, some of which are shockingly basic and some of which have been inexplicably removed over time. To the Un-carrier "Re-carrier's" credit, T-Life has also scored a number of updates packed with welcomed new tools, the latest of which seems to fix the two biggest problems highlighted by many exasperated users over the last few months. Unfortunately, the newly (re) added self-service SIM Swap function is not yet available for all T-Life users, which continues to generate nightmare scenarios like the one detailed in this Reddit threat from yesterday and summed up below.
Ok-Sir-4992 on Reddit, June 9, 2025
This is simply an unacceptable experience no one should have to go through in the year of our lord 2025, and hopefully, nobody will endure after the latest "server-side" T-Life changes widely roll out to the T-Mobile -subscribing masses.
The other big update some of you might be able to enjoy already and some not just yet is full support for business accounts, which was a pretty much equally shocking omission for Magenta's so-called "all-in-one app." To its credit, at least T-Mobile seems to have listened to your most frequent (and aggressive) complaints, which is clearly not what you can say very often about Verizon or AT&T .
Puzzleheaded_Gear622 on Reddit, April 2025
aliendude5300 on Reddit, May 2025
Look, we all realize no app can ever be completely immune to little glitches and imperfections, but the sheer number of T-Life users deeming this product unusable due to major bugs is, to quote Elon Musk, concerning. Because the "super app" integrates everything from the T-Mobile Tuesdays program to the carrier's vital Scam ID, Scam Block, and Caller ID-including Scam Shield tool set, that general instability has to raise serious concerns for T-Mo's bottom line, so hopefully, we'll see updates focused on fixing these very important issues rolled out before long as well.
T-Mobile spokesperson, May 2025 And then you have quite possibly the most contentious topic of them all, which was only discovered a couple of weeks ago, generating a frankly impressive volume of vitriol since then. Clearly, T-Mobile customers don't like to be monitored or spied on (especially without proper warning), but alarmingly, the "Un-carrier" doesn't see anything wrong with the "Screen Recording" feature (or the way it was surreptitiously introduced), with no plans to get rid of it announced as of now. Beyond the pretty obvious violation of privacy, T-Mo's insistence to employ such sneaky tactics and disguise them as necessary compromises or even as features is undoubtedly rubbing users the wrong way, reminding us all of another big problem with T-Life: the way the app is pushed on customers and employees alike as the only acceptable method to perform a device upgrade, network switch, add a line, or even buy a new phone.
cxpe15 on Reddit, March 2025 Until that policy is terminated, T-Mobile will continue to get (deserved) hate and criticism. Maybe less than before, but still far too much compared to how things were in the pre-T-Life days. Switch to Total 5G+ Unlimited 3-Month plan or Total 5G Unlimited and get a free iPhone.
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