what i did was mod my 8525 which got rid of my internet, well i did this twice and complained and they aren't smart enough to fix this so i told them to give me 2 free iPones( which i wouldnt accept if they were free) they told me no as i knew they would told them i would only keep my service if i could have the 8925 so they gave me a crappy noki to hold me over till the 8925 comes out. and thats about sorry if the post is in the wrong section, thought it would help
It's not really that it's in the wrong section... It's more that it's utter rubbish.
They clearly saw you coming.. you've basically swapped a Hermes for a Nokia. How unsmart are they!
sambartle said:
It's not really that it's in the wrong section... It's more that it's utter rubbish.
They clearly saw you coming.. you've basically swapped a Hermes for a Nokia. How unsmart are they!
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I was clearly thinking the same thing...
Sorry Mr_shalant, when you get that new "Kaiser" type "BADBERT SUCKS" on it, with the date and time, and do a screen cap, post it here and I will put the link in my signature...
I really mean no offense, I am just completely cynical, since dealing with AT&T for the past twelve years. The best deal I ever got from them was my Wizard for $50 and it was refurbed and they were discontinuing it. Hell I had to pay $200 for my refurbed Cingular 8525! I hear these stories all the time, but I have been up three levels in Customer Retention, and the supervisors, supervisor wouldn't give me a break on my Herme's.
Seriously, Good Luck though!!
Uh huh...
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told them i would only keep my service if i could have the 8925 so they gave me a crappy noki to hold me over till the 8925 comes out.
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I think you got the subject wrong... should be "Trade up your 8525 for a POS". I sure hope you got that in writing, pal.
Actually...
I managed to get a great deal on my 8525 back in December 2006.
I was coming up on the end of my 2 year contract and called them to see if I could get the 8525 for a deal since I had read other people managed to do so from HowardForums.com. I read a post that you will get the best treatment if you go through the cancellations option and deal with the retention department.
Here is what happened for me:
- $67 credit for roadside assistance I had been paying $2.99 a month for almost 2 years and never used. Told them I didn't know it was on there and they credited my account on the spot.
- Negotiated the price of the phone to $300 with a new 2 year contract and was informed that the phone came with a nice leather case (which I knew it didn't, but the lady insisted that it did).
- Was told that they would send the phone overnight for no extra charge and put the amount on my bill so I could pay it later, but after 3 days of (going crazy) waiting I called and they told me they were waiting for a credit card number from me in order to send it. I told them that wasn't what I was told and that I was a bit upset about it. Got escalated to someone else.
- The new person confirmed that it would be sent and charged my credit card for $250 (rather than $300 - I just remained quite when she said the amount) to get the phone sent and informed me that they would credit my account $100 for the trouble.
- I asked the new lady I was dealing with about the leather case and she told me that it didn't come with one. I let her know that I was told it did so she credited my account another $35 to go to a local Cingular store to buy a new leather case.
- Plus there was a $50 rebate for that phone as well at that time.
- And to top it all off 200 bonus anytime minutes every month. I can't remember exactly how this happened, but I know I asked for it at some point in the dealings and they gave me 200 extra minutes every month for no charge. Shows up as a feature on my Rate Plan & Features page online:
200 Bonus Minutes $0.00
So here is the breakdown...
$250 for the phone
$67 credit for roadside
$100 for the confusion (offered, didn't ask for)
$35 credit for a case
$50 mail-in rebate
$12 waived for overnight shipping
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Grand total for a brand new 8525 Dec '06 = -14$ and I got those additional 200 anytime minutes a month to boot... So... sometimes you can catch AT&T (in my case Cingular) on a good day.
Mark
lmfaooooooooo oh man i only pray to the guy who did the supposed trade that once u realize how stupid u are and how bad u got huslted u dont commit suicide. ATT customer srevice doesnt even know wtf an 8925 is only a few of them do and they cant even put in there computer for a trade, did they send u a piece of paper saying IOU on it loll
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what i did was mod my 8525 which got rid of my internet, well i did this twice and complained and they aren't smart enough to fix this so i told them to give me 2 free iPones( which i wouldnt accept if they were free) they told me no as i knew they would told them i would only keep my service if i could have the 8925 so they gave me a crappy noki to hold me over till the 8925 comes out. and thats about sorry if the post is in the wrong section, thought it would help
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lol....lol. lolololololo.... let me know how it goes man. lololololo
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Lol.
Play nice fellas. You really don't want me to get all medieval on your asses. It won't be pretty.
V
Sorry man, ATT doesn't give out HTC phones due to operator error, you traded "up" to a Nokia.
And as far as best deals on a phone, try $100 for a Hermes.
I kinda like the deal I got. My wife wanted an 8525 (She had just had a new Pantac c300, Talk about extremes) So she tried to get on referbed on the web site but couldn't get the referb discount to work, the phone was discounted to $99 with a 2 year re-up. So I tryed. Got it to go. set it up on her account. 2 days later the phone arrived with an invoice for $0.00 and 2 weeks later she got an invite to come into a store an pick out a free phone if she Re-Uped.... heh like it never happened... Now she dosent want to pay for a data plan so the hermes is mine....
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Gotta say I was pretty happy with my deal - paid $100 for an 8125. Had to go through 2 more refurbs(one kept freezing up and the other was VERY buggy - missed calls, white screen, etc). I called after the second and said for the amount I spend on my phone bill each month, I want a phone that works. I was fortunate enough to get someone on the line that was willing to work with me. She looked at my account and started with the whole "you need to go through three of the same device before we can swap for another" but without me even saying anything, SHE suggests that she upgrade me to the 8525. Free express shipping, etc. Got the phone brand new in box! I would gladly pay $100 for another one!
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Lol.
Play nice fellas. You really don't want me to get all medieval on your asses. It won't be pretty.
V
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Sounds like fun big boy!! Just don't tell my wife!!
Xero said:
Sorry man, ATT doesn't give out HTC phones due to operator error, you traded "up" to a Nokia.
And as far as best deals on a phone, try $100 for a Hermes.
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How about $0 thru ATT Premier?
I paid a big fat £zero for my Vario II. I only pat £30 per month for £180 worth of calls/texts/whatever I want plus £12.50 for w'n'w. Bloody brilliant!
Will be the same for when the Vario III comes out. Already got the store lined up to do the deal for me. All about the bargaining!
Well, actually...
I got ATT to trade my 8125 up to an 8525 for free. I don't want to go into the gory details, lest it not work the next time I attempt to trade up, but here's the basic story.
I'm under contract and I wanted an 8525 to use 3.5G internet with my laptop. EDGE is worthless, so I figured it couldn't hurt to try and get ATT to give me one. In the past I've had to swap 8125's for new ones because of some hardware issues. So I went to the service center and told them I was promised a new 8525 in exchange for my 8125 because it's been buggy and i'm losing business and blah blah blah. They couldn't actually do it, but they gave me some helpful info on how this process would actually be done by ATT. Then I proceeded to call ATT and tell each tech i talked to that the people at the service center told me that they would swap me a 8525 but that I had to call up to get it through the mail. Then theyd pass me off to a new tech somewhere else and I'd tell them that someone down the line had promised me the 8525 and I'm just trying to get it. The key to this little social engineering exercise is to know that every time you contact ATT, through the service center or phone, they add a little paragraph to your account summarizing what happened. Each time i talked to a tech theyd add a new paragraph stating I was promised an 8525, and like a game of telephone, the message got a little more garbled and a little more true each time. After an hour or 90 mins I was transferred to the actual department that does this, transfered to a supervisor, and viola. "Ok we'll mail you out the 8525". They mailed me a brand new (i think) 8525 and asked that I mail back my 8125 in the same box.
No ****.
fluxist
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I got ATT to trade my 8125 up to an 8525 for free. I don't want to go into the gory details, lest it not work the next time I attempt to trade up, but here's the basic story.
I'm under contract and I wanted an 8525 to use 3.5G internet with my laptop. EDGE is worthless, so I figured it couldn't hurt to try and get ATT to give me one. In the past I've had to swap 8125's for new ones because of some hardware issues. So I went to the service center and told them I was promised a new 8525 in exchange for my 8125 because it's been buggy and i'm losing business and blah blah blah. They couldn't actually do it, but they gave me some helpful info on how this process would actually be done by ATT. Then I proceeded to call ATT and tell each tech i talked to that the people at the service center told me that they would swap me a 8525 but that I had to call up to get it through the mail. Then theyd pass me off to a new tech somewhere else and I'd tell them that someone down the line had promised me the 8525 and I'm just trying to get it. The key to this little social engineering exercise is to know that every time you contact ATT, through the service center or phone, they add a little paragraph to your account summarizing what happened. Each time i talked to a tech theyd add a new paragraph stating I was promised an 8525, and like a game of telephone, the message got a little more garbled and a little more true each time. After an hour or 90 mins I was transferred to the actual department that does this, transfered to a supervisor, and viola. "Ok we'll mail you out the 8525". They mailed me a brand new (i think) 8525 and asked that I mail back my 8125 in the same box.
No ****.
fluxist
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Did you do this when the 8525 first came out? or months later?
I just got an Kaiser for free.
I went to the supermarket and had someone steal a pack of Kaiser rolls, and they gave me one. beat that!
Madcap180 said:
I just got an Kaiser for free.
I went to the supermarket and had someone steal a pack of Kaiser rolls, and they gave me one. beat that!
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This is the best story, ROTFL
I paid $80 for an 8125. then turned around and sold it to my brother for $150+$100 luggage so $250 off my 8525....
this topic makes me giggle
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Hey guys, I ran into quite a predicament today. As I was walking to work, I fell something fall out and slide half way across the parking lot. I felt me phone case (the crappy one that came with the phone), looked down on the ground and noticed it was my AWESOME Sprint Touch Pro. With the site of my phone moving in a hockey-like manner, I finished cursing and decided that I don’t want to have such an amazing phone looking like a piece of crap.
So here is where I am at. I need to get this phone fixed. I think that I might have a few options, but I want to know what you guys think. Originally, I bought this phone from a guy of Craigslist; it was $240, if you can believe it. Now, the phone had never been activated, so it was as if I was the original owner. Additionally, I never got a phone from sprint, but I am under contract. That means, according to sprint, that I am eligible for a new to get a new phone at anytime. Thus, I reach my questions and request for opinions.
Option 1 (least likely): Since the phone was never activated, can I still claim the 30-day phone guarantee from sprint? Meaning, can I return the phone as if it was defective?
Option 2 (What I will probably have to do): Should I buy a phone, get the equipment protection plan, and then process my touch pro as a defective phone. This seems like a relatively good idea, because I can get a phone pretty cheap (like the rant) and sell it on Ebay. So in the end, I make money off of this idea. The only down side is that my contract restarts, but I have only been with sprint for about four months. Also, I was going to save my free phone upgrade for next year so I could get a brand spanking new phone.
Option 3 (Don’t want to do this): Suck it up, and get a silicon case that covers the scratches. The scratches are only around the shiny part on the perimeter of the screen, which, by the way, says a lot about the quality of the screen.
Option 4 (Too much trouble): Sell it on eBay for as much as I can, and since it’s probable less than $300, put the rest out of pocket and buy a brand new touch pro from sprint.
Option 5 (Does it exits?): look for replacement housing. Since the phone is new, I don’t know if it’s even out there yet.
Thanks for all your input guys. I really hope to hear from some Sprint Reps or something. Meanwhile, I am going to try to sucker Sprint into helping me out.
P.S Yes, I know what I am doing is unethical, and that the phone is not really defective, thus I should not be returning it as defective.
I think I am having trouble understanding what happened. You have scratched your touch pro that you bought from someone else, I got that.
You never activated the phone on sprint? You should go ahead and put the phone one your account and get insurance immediately!
If you have only been with Sprint for 4 months how are you eligible for an upgrade?
If it is only chrome scratched my TP came like that. Look at the chrome around the keyboard section. At all 3 corners, excluding the Stylus one check for a "Seam" in the chrome, if it has this you can take it in and exchange at a Sprint store.
A scratched phone on Ebay will go for MUCH less than a regular one.
I am not here to tell you whether you are ethical or not, but you should exhaust all options that seem less unethical first before trying to make someone else pay for your mistake. That being said, I think everyone in the world would try to get a new phone for free, so I wouldn't feel too bad.
The phone is activated on sprint, but the person that sold it to me never activated it. It has been only a few days since I activated, can I still add the TEP? And are they going to charger a deductible, cuz they'll charge me $55 to fix it.
I am eligible for an upgrade cuz I never got a phone from sprint.
So if it has some defects I could take it back, even though I have no TEP? Unfortunately, the phone is flawless other than my stupid scratches.
TBH, I don't fell doing this to sprint. They have screwed me over many times over. This would just even it out.
If it is activated just go ahead and get insurance. You can add it anytime. They will charge deductible normally, but instead of telling them its because of scratches tell them you are experiencing poor battery life and that you can't hear anything in the speaker because it sounds like a tin can.
Oh, you never purchased a phone when you switched. I was confused. Thanks for clarification.
Look for those seams, almost every TP has them and they will switch for free without TEP. They are hard to notice but mine has em and I am going to switch soon.
They have screwed me repeatedly and I would be doing the same thing. Haha, I wasn't trying to preach in my post before.
Is there a grace period to get it? I thought it was like 30 days. Yea, I can lie to them, no problem. Though my bat life is amazing. play with it all day and never has died on me.
Can you direct me to a link to where this seams thingy is being discussed, or where the sources where u got this is at. I want to read some on it. Or maybe some pics, I didn't really know where to look.
Yea, well, they decided to renew my contract, and it said they had returned my deposit...I'm definitely going to use that against them.
To be honest, they have messed up so many times, I have only paid my full bill about 2 times.
I Heard my Sprint Rep. say that the insurance can only be added within the first 30 days.
So here is the rub....How do they know when you purchased it? Unfortunately logic would say that the insurance only applies to devices purchased directly from the carrier, but I hope I am wrong.
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I Heard my Sprint Rep. say that the insurance can only be added within the first 30 days.
So here is the rub....How do they know when you purchased it? Unfortunately logic would say that the insurance only applies to devices purchased directly from the carrier, but I hope I am wrong.
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Unless they changed the policy, that's not true. I had a phone for 6 months before I added the insurance online through the My Account feature.
But it's possible that has been changed and no longer do able.
Guys Thanks for all your responses, they are very informative.
So Basically here, I am leaning towards trying to see if I can get insurance added. I don't know how hard of a task this will be, but I hope that they can be persuaded into helping me out.
If not, I will just get a cheap phone and sell it.
Again, I am aware of the ethical lines being crossed, but wit sprint, those lines seem almost unreal.
update (Sorry about the double post):
So to my surprise srpint sent this in an email:
Regarding the call from the technical department, I have forwarded your
concern to the appropriate department.
The handset on the account is under 30 day return period. You can visit
the nearest Sprint store and replace the handset.
Thank you again for contacting Sprint. Have a great day!
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its 30 days from the day you activate the phone...so you can go to a sprint store or call customer service and add insurance
as a tech in a sprint affiliate store i WOULD NOT swap you out for free because of cosmetic damage. So you are looking at paying 50 through Asurion(the insurance company)
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update (Sorry about the double post):
So to my surprise srpint sent this in an email:
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they are full of crap lol
you cant return a phone you never purchased from a sprint store lol
Well, well see. I am going to request a return kit from them, as they said that they would do. If not, then what ever.
BTW, the phone doesn't look like its been dropped or has any cracks. The excuse, "Its been in my pocket with my keys," would fly without a hitch.
We shall see what happens.
Sorry man, haven't been around the Computer. I had insurance on my touch I bought off of ebay. I had ins on my phone before and when I activated the phone it just went ahead and switched it over to my touch. So you should be fine adding it.
You can probably send it to them, but what are they going to give you back? You paid them $0 for the phone, so be careful, that may be what they give you.
Here is the site you requested talking about the chrome seams.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=44217&highlight=cracked+chrome
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Sorry man, haven't been around the Computer. I had insurance on my touch I bought off of ebay. I had ins on my phone before and when I activated the phone it just went ahead and switched it over to my touch. So you should be fine adding it.
You can probably send it to them, but what are they going to give you back? You paid them $0 for the phone, so be careful, that may be what they give you.
Here is the site you requested talking about the chrome seams.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=44217&highlight=cracked+chrome
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Yea, as I thought, I don't have that problem on my phone.
So if I understand your correctly, you bought a phone from Ebay, and added insurance to it?
Sorry about double post. I just added TEP, took it in. Told them about some errors, no lies. Just some stuff that happens with the phone. Of course I know its normal, but they didn't know that. They gave me a brand new TP, and let me keep the old battery.
So I popped into my local sprint store today to check out the phone in person and I am wondering from some people that actualley have it. It was a half hour before closing and all the reps were busy so I didnt have a chance to talk to them. I am also wondering what kind of deal everybody got on this phone cause I know sometimes it depends on who u talk to with what they can do for you.
The floor model the buttons on the bottom felt really cheap and clicky, was this because its an abused floor model or is that just how it feels ?
I thought this phone auto flipped when you tilted it like the iPhone and that other verizon PPC ?
And what is up with the dpad ? are you able to just slide your finger over it ? Cause clicking it next to the other buttons felt weird and akward ?
Until I played with it in person ( a floor model though) I was really sold on getting this phone espicalley with all the cool 6.5 roms for it. The touchflo interface didnt feel very smooth either but that could be a number of things.
I guess I am just wonderng from some of the fans here who use the phone regulerly if these concerns I have are just some of the negatives of it or what ?
Obviously I would love a touch HD but that isnt an option at this time.
I am currently on boost mobile and ive gone from using a tytn back in the day to this w385 flip phone piece of garbage. But for 50 a month unlimited I cant complain much, but I called sprint and to my amazement with my credit I was approved for no deposit and 150 spending limit and I just want teh unlimted eveyrhting plan. Which I am also wondering if that includes tethering the phone ?
Hopeing some of your Touch Pro Sprint gurus can answer my questions so I can feel better and become one of the family and finally get posting again back on XDA I sincerly miss hanging out here but since my tytn died and I left atnt I havent been around much.
Thanks everybody!!
1. I got the phone from Best Buy on a price drop for $150 2-weeks after release.
2. I got $100 mail in rebate from Sprint (This is hit or miss from what I hear, but for .40 cent stamp try it).
Phone itself:
D-Pad is weird, yes.
Buttons and slide keyboard feel cheap, yes.
(Coming from a Mogul)
It's a cheap phone, for a cheap price, with some pretty descent insides.
Now at this point and time, personally...I would wait a couple months for TP2, which has reported on engadget coming to sprint 3rd Q, so I would guess 4th Q for real. Always late it seems.
And supposidly the Instinct 2 is literally an iPhone killer (potentially) according to reviews, but that is probably inappropriate statement without literally playing with it personally.
Contract speak.
Check this unless you have corporate deal (they seem to be better):
http://delivery.sprint.com/m/p/sprint/epc/epclanding.asp
E-Mail: [email protected]
CID: 383
$59.99 Everything 500
Not as good as the old SERO deal, but still descent compared to EVERYONE else out there...
Sprint will tell you, YOU can't teether. But you can get PDA Net or other's and do it, just keep you streeming bandwidth under there alloted contract amount and you shouldn't get dropped.
Most of the current ROMs and such the flipping of the phone (Accelerometer) works. There are plenty of applications in which you can define what can flip via gyro and what can't and utilities to set it up. In the Stock Sprint ROM, it's very finnicky as to when it will do it or not.
I've had my TP since December, it's good, I like it. Droped it a couple times, still runs like a champ, no dents or dings suprisingly tough for how cheap it feels. So I guess my fingures are decieving me...
But it's really up to you on if you want to hold off until TP2 Rhodium, or Diamond 2 Topaz, come to sprint later this year or not...
Hopefully this was enough info...!!!
L8R
Just buy it!!!
There will be no dramatic improvements in the mobile device industry to early to mid 2010. The latest on the touch pro 2 is that they are still under contract negotiations and there is no expected US release dates yet. The touch pro is a solid phone and buttons work great. Dpad takes a little getting used to. Interface is snappy and hardware keyboard is fast. Instinct 2 will be out of date before it is released. $250 after rebates at alltel.
Hey thanks for all the great info man I really appreciate it a lot!! Sprint has quoted me at 399 for a new signup and a 100$ mail in rebate. It just seems a bit pricey for the phone. Im jealous u got it for so cheap thats it much more reasonable for the this phone. I used to have a TyTn er whatever the second generation one was and then the company I worked at I had a Palm (those are just aweful) and now I have this w385 flip thru boost and I am having serious PPC withdrawls latly. I really would like to go ahead and get this phone but if something cooler is in the wings maybe I should wait I really dont know, I was even looking on ebay to see about picking this phone up and going with sprint and if I bring my own phone I shouldnt have to sign a contract and I could just bail on them if I wanted to. just for 99 unlimited everything I really am leaning towards sprint as I am paying 50 unlimited for everything with boost on my current phone.
I am checking out your referral link now, it shows the touch diamond as having the touchflo but I thought the touch pro did too ? Or maybe just with a Rom upgrade. it also has teh touch diamond for 50 bux cheaper guess that having a real keyboard counts. I would be all for the touch diamond if it had a bigger screen but having such a small screen with what seems like such a waste of space on the bottom of the phone that I need to have a hardware keyboard to make much sense of it all.
So with this referral the 500 minutes includes unlimited everything else ? thats not too bad of a deal I really will need unlimited minutes too eventualley but not quite yet so I could save some cash in the time being.
If I were to buy this phone on ebay and singup with sprint I wouldnt need a 2 year contract anymore would I ?
Oh wow the touch pro 2 looks AMAZING! I wish I could get a definite timeframe on this phone oh man I hadnt seen any pics of it and its all I need in a phone for a while how cool.
Coming from the Mogul as well, it was a major let down not having as many buttons on the side. That said, it's a whole lot faster, and worth the money. The buttons *are* clicky I guess.......suppose that's subjective.....but it never felt cheap to me. As for waiting for the TP2.... having used the TP1, I wouldn't wait I didn't get the cool deal that chAz15 got, but Ebay has them. I think I paid $379 for mine, and I didn't have to extend the contract. Just go to your Sprint acct web page and activate the new phone.
FYI, Sprint quoted me at $399 *with* a $100 rebate - meaning it was $400 after everything was said and done. Also, at the store they wanted to hit me $20 as a "conversion fee" or something. Did the one raised eyebrow thing, and put my money away. Jury is out on the TF3D. It screams "Aero" to me every time I use it: It looks really nice, but the phone is simply faster when it's off. I keep turning it off and on again, depending on how I'm feeling that day.
Coming back full circle - if you liked the Mogul, you'll love the TP....except for the buttons thing It's worth it to me to have gotten it.
Hope that was helpful.
Thanks for the info. I am actualley not a sprint user currently I am on boost mobile and am wondering if I signup for sprint and bring my own phone if I will have to still sign a 2 year contract ?
If you are going to get it, I say go to Best Buy and pick it up. They take off the $100 MIR already for you.
Nice info bro, I didnt know best buy sold sprint phones! So even if I bring my own phone "Jessica" on there chat told me I still have to sign a contract. last time I spoke to there live chat there name was Jessica too, and the person totally blew me off just now haha
wow the bestbuy website says 749 for the phone haha
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...h+pro&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1218014505438
I see the whole best buy mobile thing I never knew they started doing this, so paying 299 plus tax on the spot sounds good to me much better then 399 lol what about the SAVE50 code I prolly cant use that at bestbuy though but I get my 100 right there. Hmm decisions decisions, I am getting close to finalley do this deal!
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I see the whole best buy mobile thing I never knew they started doing this, so paying 299 plus tax on the spot sounds good to me much better then 399 lol what about the SAVE50 code I prolly cant use that at bestbuy though but I get my 100 right there. Hmm decisions decisions, I am getting close to finalley do this deal!
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Hey before you do - go out and look for a SERO Plan to purchase off someone. Got to PPCGeeks or SprintUsers.com. I purchased a $30/month 500 minute plan (I don't use it to talk all that much)+unlimited data and text messaging for $110 dollars. The guy called Sprint and conferenced me in and it was done in around 20 minutes. I used to be with Verizon paying 60/month with no data and no texts. What's great is I got my bill and there is also a $5 discount taken off every month - so it's more like $25/month I am paying. I added in TEP (Total Equipment Protection) and now I pay around 35/month. It'll have paid for itself in a few months! IT'S SO WORTH IT! PM me if you need any tips.
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Thanks for the info. I am actualley not a sprint user currently I am on boost mobile and am wondering if I signup for sprint and bring my own phone if I will have to still sign a 2 year contract ?
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To my knowledge you DO NOT have to sign a new contract. Boost is a part of Sprint/Nextel and the contract shouldnt need termination in order to switch to a different section [if you will].
I did something rather sneaky without noticing. I bought a bought a Mogul from ebay for $40..only thing wrong? (nothing) LOL! the seller somehow thought it was bricked because it got stuck on the loading screen. all i did was hard reset it again and it worked perfectly. I called Asurion to get it replaced because it was scratched up, I paid $50 for my deductible (now $100 after the 19th) and they sent me a BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED TP instead =0
Total= $90+ sooo worth it lol.
THANKS TO EVERYONE HERE FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO ALSO.
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Hey before you do - go out and look for a SERO Plan to purchase off someone. Got to PPCGeeks or SprintUsers.com. I purchased a $30/month 500 minute plan (I don't use it to talk all that much)+unlimited data and text messaging for $110 dollars. The guy called Sprint and conferenced me in and it was done in around 20 minutes. I used to be with Verizon paying 60/month with no data and no texts. What's great is I got my bill and there is also a $5 discount taken off every month - so it's more like $25/month I am paying. I added in TEP (Total Equipment Protection) and now I pay around 35/month. It'll have paid for itself in a few months! IT'S SO WORTH IT! PM me if you need any tips.
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The SERO plan is officially DEAD. you cannot get the 30$ sero plan anymore the cheapest they have i think is 45 or 55 for their lowest tier sero plan. the plan was changed last year on july 13. i got my phone plan on the 11th
sorry to burst your bubble
i have every sprint htc device and by far the touch pro is the worst. imo it is a pos. the only reason i have one is because assurion didnt have any titans left and they sent me a touch pro. I hate this device for soo many reasons. The screen is lifting on one corner and if i wanted to i could peel the screen off easily with my fingernail. The stock roms and customs roms ive flashed all have bugs. Im really close to smashing this phone just for the enjoyment i would get from all the time ive spent trying to get it to work the way its supposed to.
If you havent bought this device yet, dont. wait for the touch pro 2, and hopefully HTC has stopped eating Big Macs and fixed their sh|t.
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The SERO plan is officially DEAD. you cannot get the 30$ sero plan anymore the cheapest they have i think is 45 or 55 for their lowest tier sero plan. the plan was changed last year on july 13. i got my phone plan on the 11th
sorry to burst your bubble
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While that's true the plan is dead, I stated that he could purchase the plan itself off someone else (i.e. not directly thru Sprint), who currently has a SERO plan that they'd like to transfer. So while you can no longer purchase these plans from Sprint - you can still find them out there...
The touch pro did seem a bit cheap feeling to me, I have had alot of HTC devices as well but I have no time frame on the touch pro 2 and I have this POS motorola flip phone and I cant stand it anymore I gotta get back to PPC land where I belong. Ugh what to do what to do...
So I was just on the HTC site and went to the HTC store to purchase this phone for sprint and have a 99 unlimited sprint plan. It is saying I will be paying 299 today and still have a 100 MIB ? Can anyone else check this out and let me know what they think if this is true I might just go ahead and do this today. 200 bux for this phone is pretty dam good. It mentions something about LetsTalk I dunno if that is some sort of third party that handles these transactions or what ?
I took a screenshot of the deal, I wonder if its legit, or am I just looking for excuses to buy this right now lol
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@twist,
I am not sure where you might be located, but let me tell you a couple of things regarding this phone and Sprint. I'll put it as highlights and will give you a nice site that has much more users than xda-devs for the cdma version of this.
*The battery life sucks. No matter what you do (data off, unlock and put a different rom, disable TF3D) it will eat battery like there is no tomorrow.
*Overheat. The phone will get crazy hot even after talking for only 5 minutes. Also, it gets hot while charging and syncing as well.
*The volume (speaker) stinks as well. You can barely hear the person on the other end. There is a fix for this (audiopara3), but even with this, it is still pretty bad.
*There is the chance that an oil spot looking rectangle will start developing in the middle of your screen, which will get bigger as you use your phone. I believe that this is due to the overheating, but it can render your touchscreen useless after a while.
*Half the time, you will get missed calls. I literally stood in one place monitoring the bars in my phone for a couple of minutes and I saw them ranging from 0 to 3 to all (I live in Miami and most providers have very decent networks around where I live). You will only realize that you missed the call because you will get new voicemails as the callers will be directed there. I have tried changing polling parameters so that this phone would poll the towers more often, but no dice.... I have read that this is Sprint's fault and not the phone since I have seen comments from people with various devices (Blackberries, regular phones, etc) reporting similar issues.
Long story short, the $99 (the one I have) is pretty good, but if you cannot communicate with the rest of the world is kinda pointless. I am telling you this because I bought one for my wife about 2 weeks ago and I am going to return it tomorrow (and break my contract with Sprint). Save yourself some time and don't do it.
Take a look at this site and you will see a lot of people complaining as well regarding similar things to what I just described.
Good luck and I hope I helped you some
I dont know what to do then bro, I need a new PPC I want to go with sprint cause of there unlimted plan, I am currently with boost paying 50 a month unlimited with this POS motorola w385 flip phone and I need my email and browsing and all that good stuff back.
Honestly, like I said... I am not sure where you live, but GSM providers are normally a little better (and for the most part cheaper) than CDMA. Sprint's everything plan is really cheap for what you get, but alternatively you could try going with one of the following:
*If you get MetroPCS where you live, they have a $50 all-inclusive plan (and yes, there are way of doing tethering with most of their phones too!). You can get a CDMA PDA phone (used or new without contract) and get the people at Metro to flash it into their networks for you. I have seen lots of people with the Touch Pro flashed on the network. I know that the internet can be a little sluggish but I heard that they are in the process of upgrading to something very fast. They have the Samsung Finesse if you don't want to go through the trouble of flashing a phone to their system. I know it doesn't have M$ OS but...
*AT&T offers the Fuze (GSM version of the Touch Pro). I actually have this one from my work and the worst thing that I can complain about is the battery life. All the other points in my previous post are not applicable to this one. The cons? The same (than the one from Sprint) plan costs $20 more.
*T-Mobile finally has 3G in many areas and you could try going with the Android, which has 3G capabilities. Most of their other phones suck (considering that they have heavy emphasis of the Sidekick). At this point, the only M$ OS capable phone that they carry is the T-Mobile Wing, which in essence is a Wizard painted blue. The Android (G1) is actually cheaper than the Wing too!!
*Don't even bother with Verizon... they are expensive as hell...
Hopefully, this will help you make a decision. Good Luck!
So I got an early upgrade of 6 months ahead of my original upgrade a week later, the phone line that i got still says that i have an open upgrade, if there any reason why ? Billing cycle ends in 9 more days btw
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
That's weird, but I'd take advantage of it. Buy another phone and sell it or use it on another line.
jgalan14 said:
So I got an early upgrade of 6 months ahead of my original upgrade a week later, the phone line that i got still says that i have an open upgrade, if there any reason why ? Billing cycle ends in 9 more days btw
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
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I had the same situation. DON'T SAY ANYTHING!! I let it go through one billing cycle to make sure it was still there and it was. I was able to use it again and they never caught it
more then likely, whoever set ur phone up at the sprint store did an ESN swap and not an upgrade.. i used to work for a sprint retailer and i've seen associates do this so many times..
if u don't see an $18 upgrade fee on ur next bill then thats exactly what happened, and i wouldn't worry about it at all...
yeah, leave it be and enjoy an error in your favor.
i've got just the opposite and have to go back to re-enable my upgradabilty since they forgot to turn it back on after returning my evo 3d. but i may end up getting it again since sprint has fixed the data problem in my area and is now better than it used to be.
Thanks for the replys guys , it looks like I will have an upgrade for the nexus phone if it comes out on sprint lol
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
I would snag the GS2 whenever it drops lol
bk718 said:
more then likely, whoever set ur phone up at the sprint store did an ESN swap and not an upgrade.. i used to work for a sprint retailer and i've seen associates do this so many times..
if u don't see an $18 upgrade fee on ur next bill then thats exactly what happened, and i wouldn't worry about it at all...
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Every rep knows not to do that or their employer would be out the cost of the phone. You must have worked with some real idiots.
What happens is, OP might have accepted some type of deal or credit...
Then they go in and manually change the eligibility... OP, check your contract... What does it say for term? 24 Months? or NC? I suggest using it before you lose it. They do this thing called a audit you know...
Well this is what I see in my account so I think I won't be able to use
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jgalan14 said:
So I got an early upgrade of 6 months ahead of my original upgrade a week later, the phone line that i got still says that i have an open upgrade, if there any reason why ? Billing cycle ends in 9 more days btw
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
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You're a SERO/Everything Plus Plan customer aren't you? On the store's end, they did the upgrade correctly. Now when you go somewhere else to use the "second" upgrade (not a corporate store, go to Best Buy or something), they're going to notice that your end date is 2 years from now even though you're upgrade eligible. 95% chance they give you the upgrade anyways because it's money for them. The people at the first store are going to get their report back saying that the upgrade actually DIDN'T go through. So they call up their own support line, which gives them credit for the error, but then the second store you went to gets screwed out of their commision. So for example, if you used your second upgrade towards a Nexus S 4G, they just sold you a $550 phone for $150. Get it? Don't ask how I know. I never did this, but I'm friends with a manager at a Sprint indirect store who explained it to me. He said the second store you go to won't come after you because Sprint has a "customer is always right" policy (don't quote me on that). He said he's done it for the same customer 3 times and nothing has happened.
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You're a SERO/Everything Plus Plan customer aren't you? On the store's end, they did the upgrade correctly. Now when you go somewhere else to use the "second" upgrade (not a corporate store, go to Best Buy or something), they're going to notice that your end date is 2 years from now even though you're upgrade eligible. 95% chance they give you the upgrade anyways because it's money for them. The people at the first store are going to get their report back saying that the upgrade actually DIDN'T go through. So they call up their own support line, which gives them credit for the error, but then the second store you went to gets screwed out of their commision. So for example, if you used your second upgrade towards a Nexus S 4G, they just sold you a $550 phone for $150. Get it? Don't ask how I know. I never did this, but I'm friends with a manager at a Sprint indirect store who explained it to me. He said the second store you go to won't come after you because Sprint has a "customer is always right" policy (don't quote me on that). He said he's done it for the same customer 3 times and nothing has happened.
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Mm i see, I well thanks for the info I wouldn't get the nexus s I have already maybe an evo 3d I would activate it tho just sell it on eBay or give it to my brother
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its an error in the system they use, think back, did the rep say anything unusual
like, hmm it didn't apply your upgrade price, or bare with me I've had a system error
happens all the time, now the rep should have gone back into your account and manually applied the upgrade, but more then likely didn't
it's an in house violation on the rep, and the corp system IT guys are trying to fix it
I wont go into anymore detail as to what it is or how I know
pm me if you want any further info
gabemeyers said:
its an error in the system they use, think back, did the rep say anything unusual
like, hmm it didn't apply your upgrade price, or bare with me I've had a system error
happens all the time, now the rep should have gone back into your account and manually applied the upgrade, but more then likely didn't
it's an in house violation on the rep, and the corp system IT guys are trying to fix it
I wont go into anymore detail as to what it is or how I know
pm me if you want any further info
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So can I use it?
LOL well yeah since they moved my upgrade 6 months as soon as it appears on my account I went to get the phone it took them a second time to activate it cause the first time didn't go thru
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
jgalan14 said:
So can I use it?
LOL well yeah since they moved my upgrade 6 months as soon as it appears on my account I went to get the phone it took them a second time to activate it cause the first time didn't go thru
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
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You can use it but you'll get the rep in trouble if you do. They would have to pay the difference of the retail price of the phone and the price they gave it to you for. So if it's a NS4G and they sold it to you for $150, $550 - $150 = $400 out of their own pocket, plus a slap on the wrist.
Product F(RED) said:
You can use it but you'll get the rep in trouble if you do. They would have to pay the difference of the retail price of the phone and the price they gave it to you for. So if it's a NS4G and they sold it to you for $150, $550 - $150 = $400 out of their own pocket, plus a slap on the wrist.
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Oh man I'll just leave there then
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
chrischoi said:
Every rep knows not to do that or their employer would be out the cost of the phone. You must have worked with some real idiots.
What happens is, OP might have accepted some type of deal or credit...
Then they go in and manually change the eligibility... OP, check your contract... What does it say for term? 24 Months? or NC? I suggest using it before you lose it. They do this thing called a audit you know...
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wow.. amazing how u can speak for what "every" rep knows about.. are u in the minds of every rep??? I used to to do training sessions in different areas for employees, and u would be surprised at what "every" rep knows and don't know..
ie: employee does esn swap and not an upgrade.. employee still gets paid commission on following check.. 3-6 months later store gets hit with price of phone, not employee.. depending on how retailer operates, employee losses that commission in 3-6 months, not pay for the phone..
like i said.. i worked for sprint retailer for years and have seen this NUMEROUS times..
retailer is to corporate, like night is to day.. complete opposites..
I think I might get the free nexus s 4G lol is free and i could get it at best buy look
http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...nly-ball-and-cha/&category=classic&postPage=1
What you think?
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jgalan14 said:
I think I might get the free nexus s 4G lol is free and i could get it at best buy look
http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...nly-ball-and-cha/&category=classic&postPage=1
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Use it asap. Because eventually the first store is gonna call corporate because the first upgrade didn't go through correctly. They check their upgrades are the end of every month.
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Use it asap. Because eventually the first store is gonna call corporate because the first upgrade didn't go through correctly. They check their upgrades are the end of every month.
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Ok will do i was gonna wait for the damn galaxy s 2 and sell it but for the nexus s I would keep just to play around with it lol
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Use it asap. Because eventually the first store is gonna call corporate because the first upgrade didn't go through correctly. They check their upgrades are the end of every month.
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On a side note can you make the gingerbread and myns theme that you make for the evo a while back but for the 3d if possible just as skin since I haven't rooted yet I would really appreciate it and i'm pretty sure a lot people will too
If you don't have an Evo3d well you don't have an Evo3d
My confirmation email says the device will ship as of 11/9/12 Anyone else see this?
*Edit* Oh nevermind I read my email wrong..lmao..I guess that's what happens when your overwhelmed...
wish777 said:
My confirmation email says the device will ship as of 11/6/12 Anyone else see this?
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You might get yours today, some people got them yesterday as a surprise!
A little birdie suggested to wait till black friday
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A little birdie suggested to wait till black friday
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Or cyber monday
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man..no phone for me...Confirmation email says 11-9-12 or before...so nothing yet..I read it wrong..lol..
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man..no phone for me...Confirmation email says 11-9-12 or before...so nothing yet..I read it wrong..lol..
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Ltilt2 not funny..lmao
http://www.youtube.com/user/samsungmobileusa?v=Ie0mAnjz1Oc
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A little birdie suggested to wait till black friday
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usually new products wont go on sale on black friday!! but keep in mind you always have 30days policy so even if you get it now and tell them you got your phone 20 days ago and you want the same deal as everyone else.... they should take care of you!...
wish777 said:
My confirmation email says the device will ship as of 11/9/12 Anyone else see this?
*Edit* Oh nevermind I read my email wrong..lmao..I guess that's what happens when your overwhelmed...
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Congrats on getting a Note 2 man! Hopefully we'll still see you around every once in a while.
Mind if I asked where/how you got it?
My upgrade isn't available for a while, and I'm not sure adding a line and then paying the extra 10 bucks a month for it to get the subsidized fee is worth it. What's the most economical way? Is ATT selling it off contract for $599 like they do with most if their phones?
Hey james...Actually me and my wife signed up for AT&T in March 2012...I've had a few problems with my phone...But I called 611 and got through a sales rep...I asked politely since am having some phone issues if could receive a early upgrade...He asked his supervisor and whalaa..The phone is 299.I received the upgrade for my line but not my wifes....(she has a s2) And that was it...I had to use a credit card to put the phone on a hold until it ships then they charge the credit card...Its worth a shot if you had it...the worst they can say is no..But if so..Sell your current device in CL for 300 or 350 and use that for your upgrade..so your not using anything....Try it ..Can't hurt :thumbup:
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Hey james...Actually me and my wife signed up for AT&T in March 2012...I've had a few problems with my phone...But I called 611 and got through a sales rep...I asked politely since am having some phone issues if could receive a early upgrade...He asked his supervisor and whalaa..The phone is 299.I received the upgrade for my line but not my wifes....(she has a s2) And that was it...I had to use a credit card to put the phone on a hold until it ships then they charge the credit card...Its worth a shot if you had it...the worst they can say is no..But if so..Sell your current device in CL for 300 or 350 and use that for your upgrade..so your not using anything....Try it ..Can't hurt :thumbup:
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I'm in the same situation with my RF and SD issues. I'll give it a shot asap.
what kind of sd card do you have?..I just realized mine is a 16gb class 2 sd card...That's a very slow read/write speed ..
There was a sd card fix somewhere I would try First though before deleting anything I'll look for it .
Here is some info on classes of micro sd cards and there read/write speeds I found this...Am getting a faster one for the note2....
http://samsunggeeks.com/2012/05/20/micro-sd-cards-smartphones-speed-class-explained/
I was also having trouble with my Note and finally after speaking to a supervisor, he said I could get any other phone for the upgrade price (except the iphone). I told him I wanted the Note 2. He told me the system would not let him order that since it had not come out yet. This was last Friday. I told him I would wait then. He said he was putting the offer in my case notes. So I plan to call back this Friday and hopefully get the Note 2.
wish777 said:
Hey james...Actually me and my wife signed up for AT&T in March 2012...I've had a few problems with my phone...But I called 611 and got through a sales rep...I asked politely since am having some phone issues if could receive a early upgrade...He asked his supervisor and whalaa..The phone is 299.I received the upgrade for my line but not my wifes....(she has a s2) And that was it...I had to use a credit card to put the phone on a hold until it ships then they charge the credit card...Its worth a shot if you had it...the worst they can say is no..But if so..Sell your current device in CL for 300 or 350 and use that for your upgrade..so your not using anything....Try it ..Can't hurt :thumbup:
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rvb1 said:
I was also having trouble with my Note and finally after speaking to a supervisor, he said I could get any other phone for the upgrade price (except the iphone). I told him I wanted the Note 2. He told me the system would not let him order that since it had not come out yet. This was last Friday. I told him I would wait then. He said he was putting the offer in my case notes. So I plan to call back this Friday and hopefully get the Note 2.
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Awesome...Better call them..
rvb1 said:
I was also having trouble with my Note and finally after speaking to a supervisor, he said I could get any other phone for the upgrade price (except the iphone). I told him I wanted the Note 2. He told me the system would not let him order that since it had not come out yet. This was last Friday. I told him I would wait then. He said he was putting the offer in my case notes. So I plan to call back this Friday and hopefully get the Note 2.
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What was wrong with your note?
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What was wrong with your note?
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Having trouble with calls. I keep fading in and out and my wife is so frustrated she won't answer my calls. I can hear the other party, but they can't hear me and it happens no matter what location I am at.
Mine is up on CL but I'm gonna go the nexus 4 route.
Love my note but I'm ready for vanilla android with speedy updates.
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I'm with wish on this one...My note 2 will be in my hands tomorrow. I hate to leave this little community. It's always hard leaving when I upgrade because of all the cool people on here. The plus side is that usually most the people get your next phone also. Well, time to travel on...
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I was also having trouble with my Note and finally after speaking to a supervisor, he said I could get any other phone for the upgrade price (except the iphone). I told him I wanted the Note 2. He told me the system would not let him order that since it had not come out yet. This was last Friday. I told him I would wait then. He said he was putting the offer in my case notes. So I plan to call back this Friday and hopefully get the Note 2.
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This is a rather long narrative, but it illustrates the inconsistency of dealing with AT&T. I know we have all have read posts in these forums and thought to ourselves that they must be lying, because I tried the same thing, but I did not get that result. So anyway I called this morning to get my upgrade and was told I must have misunderstood, because I had owned my phone for only 8 months and it is impossible to get an upgrade. I said there were supposed to be notes on this, and they said there were, but it was unclear whether it was a standard upgrade or just an early upgrade, and that they were not able to contact the supervisor who I spoke to. They said they still wanted to help and the fourth person I spoke to came up with this elaborate plan. I would add a dummy line for $10 a month and they could have my new phone added to this number. They would give me $150 credit and also credit 6 months of email ($90) so the $10 for the 24 months of my commitment would be a wash. I told him that I did not want any of my plan to change, since much of it is grandfathered rates. He said he could code it so it would stay the same. So right before he was to confirm, he said sorry, I would have to change to a family plan. I said no, and asked him why he could code in this complicated plan, but couldn't do some code for an upgrade. He said he couldn't and after a 2 hour phone conversation I was back at square one. So this afternoon I called back to find out what it would cost me to discontinue service and decided I would switch to another carrier and get a new Note 2. The guy asked me why I was canceling my service, I told him and he said he looked at my account and I have really been put through the wringer. He said he could help, and I said I have heard that line before. About ten minutes later he came back on the line said he had authorized an upgrade and for my inconvenience will deduct $50 from the price and charge me $249.99. He also said he will throw in free priority shipping and I will receive it Monday. After giving him my credit card number and thanking him he said wait, I see your last statement has just come out, to keep you as a valued customer, we will pay that also, I am marking that as paid right now. You could have knocked me over with a feather. As I was typing this, I received my email confirmation that it has already shipped. What a crazy deal.
VZW LG V10 - $172 (with DPP, TIV, Port-in and Rebate)
http://slickdeals.net/f/8294323-vzw-lg-v10-172-with-dpp-tiv-port-in-and-rebate
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Verizon LG V10 (64 GB latest model from LG) - $172 after rebate, Trade-in and port-in....
http://www.verizonwireless.com/smartphones/lg-v10
Retail Price - $672
Smart Phone Trade-in - $300
Black Friday (port-in discount on purchase of android phones > $400) - $100
LG Rebate (11/23 - 12/25) - $100 (http://www.lgphonerebates.com/holidayrebate)
Bottom Line cost: $172
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NOTE: Anyone can get this deal, it's for new lines only, get $300 trade-in credit in store applied instantly. Must port in a number.
Get it will it's HOT! YMMV
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Has or is anyone gonna try for this? I read also price will be dropped to $272 in stores on black friday.
Vzw come sim unlocked and work on att and tmo gsm. Ymmv.
In stores you can have them apply all credits towards the phones cost instead of opting for the vzw visa credits..
It doesn't support band 12 for tmo
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seniorstew said:
It doesn't support band 12 for tmo
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It doesn't? According to the specs it does. Besides my tmobile v10 on tmobile sits on band 4
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=9116&view=1&c=lg_vs990_v10_lte-a_lg_hpf
I'm in! I purchased mine yesterday, online. They dropped the retail price by $100 which brought the Edge price down accordingly. I did not have a phone to trade in, as that would have given me another "up to" $300 bill credit.
(I did take advantage of that particular promo for my wife, however. I upgraded her HTC M8 to a Droid Turbo 2 64GB that she got to customize. VZW gave me $200 for her M8, so I took it. The Droid Turbo 2 was also $100 off).
They are set to be delivered to me Monday. Looking forward to playing with my V10 in the coming days and I will hit the LG holiday rebate page as soon as I get my IMEI.
emtownsend said:
I'm in! I purchased mine yesterday, online. They dropped the retail price by $100 which brought the Edge price down accordingly. I did not have a phone to trade in, as that would have given me another "up to" $300 bill credit.
(I did take advantage of that particular promo for my wife, however. I upgraded her HTC M8 to a Droid Turbo 2 64GB that she got to customize. VZW gave me $200 for her M8, so I took it. The Droid Turbo 2 was also $100 off).
They are set to be delivered to me Monday. Looking forward to playing with my V10 in the coming days and I will hit the LG holiday rebate page as soon as I get my IMEI.
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Nice grats at least someone has taken advantage of the deal. I would have taken the deal too if I didn't already get what I wanted outta the TMO deal.
Edit. They didnt give or offer you the full -$200 black friday deal? Perhaps you can call in. I hear verizon cs is supposed to be good.. After handing in two rather decent phone both for total $300 credit doesnt sound fair. According to the thread, but those people might be just talking trash.
I got $100 off the retail price plus $100 from LG but my Note Edge I turned in on upgrade. My wife got $200 for her M8 plus $100 off retail like me. Was there more that I missed? If so Verizon is pretty good about things like that.
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did you guys see the new deal! $50 bucks! http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-v10-...less/4634500.p?id=1219785906409&skuId=4634500 anyone want to trade UDP upgrades for this phone? PM me LA county or Orange county
emtownsend said:
I got $100 off the retail price plus $100 from LG but my Note Edge I turned in on upgrade. My wife got $200 for her M8 plus $100 off retail like me. Was there more that I missed? If so Verizon is pretty good about things like that.
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Not sure thought there was more for actual black friday, but looks like you got great deal(s)?
I picked up mine this weekend. Paid $114.40 for the down payment, $53.76 for the tax, got $300 trade in for a $30 phone, and still owe $157.60. Already submitted the documents for the $100 credit as well so I'm happy with the purchase so far. It all adds up, incase anyone wanted to avoid doing the math.
So in case anyone is wondering, they will take any working phone and still give you the $300
http://i.imgur.com/JnFc6FS.jpg
I got this phone for $30 on black Friday.
The main issue was having to get a new line of service. I'm OK with a new number, but for anyone wanting to keep theirs all you need to do is pay $20 to port it into Google voice. Once you have it in your Google account,you should be able to port it back to Verizon to replace the "new number" without any problem . The whole porting process might take a few days, but if you want the discounts and keep your number this seems like a decent option.
cadcamaro said:
I picked up mine this weekend. Paid $114.40 for the down payment, $53.76 for the tax, got $300 trade in for a $30 phone, and still owe $157.60. Already submitted the documents for the $100 credit as well so I'm happy with the purchase so far. It all adds up, incase anyone wanted to avoid doing the math.
So in case anyone is wondering, they will take any working phone and still give you the $300
http://i.imgur.com/JnFc6FS.jpg
I got this phone for $30 on black Friday.
The main issue was having to get a new line of service. I'm OK with a new number, but for anyone wanting to keep theirs all you need to do is pay $20 to port it into Google voice. Once you have it in your Google account,you should be able to port it back to Verizon to replace the "new number" without any problem . The whole porting process might take a few days, but if you want the discounts and keep your number this seems like a decent option.
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emtownsend said:
I got $100 off the retail price plus $100 from LG but my Note Edge I turned in on upgrade. My wife got $200 for her M8 plus $100 off retail like me. Was there more that I missed? If so Verizon is pretty good about things like that.
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See above quote? That's what people were getting, so it was strange you had to turn in two really pricey phones to get $300, when others got the full $300 for under $100 phones. Also on Black Friday they gave you -$200 instead of -$100.
Has anyone received their gift card from the promotion in the OP? I called today and they are strict on reviewing claim submissions in order received, unlike the promotion for the microSD & battery bundle.
GreatestUnKnown said:
Has anyone received their gift card from the promotion in the OP? I called today and they are strict on reviewing claim submissions in order received, unlike the promotion for the microSD & battery bundle.
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I haven't head anything, mine is still just showing documents received.
I somehow ended up walking out of the verizon store with one last Friday the 4th. :silly:
I just went to dreamily check out a Turbo2 and a V10.
Verizon gave me $300 for a extra working rezzie that I got off eBay (a must read http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-rezound/general/worst-phone-ive-t2827048) a month ago for $20. They also knocked $100 off the v10's $672 price. Bringing the price down to $272. They only required 90 days of carrier service instead of the advertised 2year contract deal requirement. I paid the $272 and went home.
The next day I googled "v10 promos" and BAM I got this link!! http://www.lg.com/us/promotions/mobile-deals#carriers-verizon
There are 2 currently valid promos on that page. Be sure page loads fully before scrolling and scroll all the way down.
That brought the V10 down to $172 for me with only a 90day "contract" requirement with Verizon and Plus a free shiny new 64gb sd card, spare 3000mah battery with a standalone charger OTW to me. :laugh:
Rofl but yet I still am wondering if I should have went with the Turbo2 instead
...if I never had gotten that "broken" old rezzie off of eBay last month...I know that I would of never had gotten so interested in learning about the latest and greatest that's out there now and the deals.
Lmao that old rezzie managed to land me something I thought I could not have anytime soon <3 yet it co$ted me some while it saved me bunches :laugh:
BTW here is another currently valid promo I keep overlooking, for those who are interested http://www.lg.com/us/mobile-phones/google-play-music
ǀcey said:
I somehow ended up walking out of the verizon store with one last Friday the 4th. :silly:
I just went to dreamily check out a Turbo2 and a V10.
Verizon gave me $300 for a extra working rezzie that I got off eBay (a must read http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-rezound/general/worst-phone-ive-t2827048) a month ago for $20. They also knocked $100 off the v10's $672 price. Bringing the price down to $272. They only required 90 days of carrier service instead of the advertised 2year contract deal requirement. I paid the $272 and went home.
The next day I googled "v10 promos" and BAM I got this link!! http://www.lg.com/us/promotions/mobile-deals#carriers-verizon
There are 2 currently valid promos on that page. Be sure page loads fully before scrolling and scroll all the way down.
That brought the V10 down to $172 for me with only a 90day "contract" requirement with Verizon and Plus a free shiny new 64gb sd card, spare 3000mah battery with a standalone charger OTW to me. :laugh:
Rofl but yet I still am wondering if I should have went with the Turbo2 instead
...if I never had gotten that "broken" old rezzie off of eBay last month...I know that I would of never had gotten so interested in learning about the latest and greatest that's out there now and the deals.
Lmao that old rezzie managed to land me something I thought I could not have anytime soon <3 yet it co$ted me some while it saved me bunches :laugh:
BTW here is another currently valid promo I keep overlooking, for those who are interested http://www.lg.com/us/mobile-phones/google-play-music
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Yeah I'd look more into that. I work for Verizon and that info is not correct. If you leave after 90 days you will be charged the balance on the phone. After your line access discount you technically pay that but there is an agrreemt for 600$+ on the phone. The 90 days is just so the rep doesn't get charged back on the sale.
seshaz said:
Yeah I'd look more into that. I work for Verizon and that info is not correct. If you leave after 90 days you will be charged the balance on the phone. After your line access discount you technically pay that but there is an agrreemt for 600$+ on the phone. The 90 days is just so the rep doesn't get charged back on the sale.
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I received the $300 gift card for my trade-in in my email faster than I got home on the day I purchased. The following day I applied it to my new phone which paid it off.
So I hope I will indeed be freed from all requirements when the 90days are over.
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ǀcey said:
I received the $300 gift card for my trade-in in my email faster than I got home on the day I purchased. The following day I applied it to my new phone which paid it off.
So I hope I will indeed be freed from all requirements when the 90days are over.
sent with Hugz from my new fully stock, non-rooted VZW LG V10 VS990 which an old faithful still working Rezound helped me to afford to get
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Ok, cool didn't know you applied it to the phone. You don't need to stay 90 days, that's just for the reps commission charge back
seshaz said:
Ok, cool didn't know you applied it to the phone. You don't need to stay 90 days, that's just for the reps commission charge back
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Waaaaaa Seriously?!?!?!!!! I can terminate with them right now????
Sheeze that would be awesome cuz I been worrying about having that money when needed alot. If so, it will such a huge relief for me esp with Xmas coming on so fast[emoji15]
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I just called and canceled my service with no probs. Seshaz if you were in the same room with me right now I would give you a big bear hug and a niiice cold beer <3 You saved me a few hundred on bills. Plus lots of worry on paying them.
I will indeed recommend you as the bestest Vzm Rep to all if I can. If you ever need some help to get what you are looking for on the net or with your PC just lemme know <3
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When I bought mine, I was told I had to stay for a year in order for the deal, and trade in credits to apply, otherwise I would have been charged the balance of the phone. I don't plan on leaving, but technically I could... cancel this line>open a new one to get the $300 credit +$100 off instant and more gift cards? Could potentially land a Turbo 2 for next to nothing if that's the case.
cadcamaro said:
When I bought mine, I was told I had to stay for a year in order for the deal, and trade in credits to apply, otherwise I would have been charged the balance of the phone. I don't plan on leaving, but technically I could... cancel this line>open a new one to get the $300 credit +$100 off instant and more gift cards? Could potentially land a Turbo 2 for next to nothing if that's the case.
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Lol or another v10 which can be sold on eBay for around $500 then do it again to keep one for urself then lmao...do it again [emoji57]
Hmmm but the lg promos may have limits to one per address, etc...
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