Warranty questions (tmobile) - Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)

I was just wondering do I have any warranty on my phone if I bought the phone for full price from tmobile? Tmobile won't do **** for me if anything happens right? But I still have Samsungs warranty for hardware and stuff right? (would just have to unroot and send it in?)
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circuit.007 said:
I was just wondering do I have any warranty on my phone if I bought the phone for full price from tmobile? Tmobile won't do **** for me if anything happens right? But I still have Samsungs warranty for hardware and stuff right? (would just have to unroot and send it in?)
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It shouldn't matter where you bought the phone. Hell, you could have gotten it on craigslist, but as long as you can activate the phone under your plan, and pay for the protection plan each month, you should be covered.
Assuming that it is a phone that TMobile sells that is. TMobile just offers the coverage as a feature, Asurion is the one that covers the claims. If it was something that was a manufacturer defect/issue, then you would go through TMobile for either a repair or replacement.

Okay well I'm on a monthly 4G prepaid plan. I talked to a representative and asked if I could get and pay for the monthly insurance plan and he said no not for prepaid. That's why I was wondering. I'll try looking into 3rd party insurance then I guess
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Upgrade to EVO 4G LTE by buying out contract

My sister wants to get this phone and she is still on the EVO 4G.
I told her she could just buy out her contract if she wants the full discount. It's only $50.00 (she's a few months out).
The Corporate Sprint store said she had to hand in her old EVO 4G to do the Buyout. She wants to keep it and sell it (she already got offered like $130.00 for it).
She called Sprint and she said she had to go to a Store to do it.
I thought you could just call up sprint, payoff contract and then buy and Sprint phone after full discount from any authorized dealer with a 2 year renewel.
And sell your old phone any old time you want.
I bought out of my contract no problem...they never asked for me to return anything back....besides that she paid for her of EVO with her money I would call again and speak to a diffrent service rep....
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I called sprint retention and bought out my contract over the phone. Kept my phone too (sold it back to best buy for like $200)
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You were most likely given bad information. Call again.
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No point in calling again. That info is correct. Sprint modified the program. It is no longer being performed thru customer care. It is now being done in the stores and a buyback of the old device IS required. You were told correctly. Customer care can't offer this anymore. It must be done in the stores. This was done to reduce issues from the previous program.
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Unless that changed in the last couple of months, its nonsense. Or unless my situation was different. I had three lines on my account and terminated two of them for $50 each over the phone and didn't have to give them a thing.
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Couldn't a person just buy some piece of junk on craigs list, activate it on the line and give them that? (moment old blackberry etc) My kid has an epic touch with a crack in the screen that only can be seen with the screen off and they want to give him 40 bucks for it, i don't think so.
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No point in calling again. That info is correct. Sprint modified the program. It is no longer being performed thru customer care. It is now being done in the stores and a buyback of the old device IS required. You were told correctly. Customer care can't offer this anymore. It must be done in the stores. This was done to reduce issues from the previous program.
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^this is fact...and yes, it is new as of June I believe
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OdayAllDday said:
Unless that changed in the last couple of months, its nonsense. Or unless my situation was different. I had three lines on my account and terminated two of them for $50 each over the phone and didn't have to give them a thing.
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Completely different. This discussion is about essentially buying an early upgrade, not terminating lines
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I called customer care last week and bought out contract for 100 and got a new phone the next day, they never said anything about wanting the old phone, they even fixed it for me so I could get all the contacts off of it
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You were most likely given bad information. Call again.
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You may need to do a little checking yourself. Both my parents and sister did this. 2 paid $50 and my mother payed $100.
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A couple of internal docs regarding the new buy-out program were posted on Inside Sprint Now, which of course doesn't exist any more. Yes, starting in the second half of June early buy-outs are only supposed to be done through corp stores and yes, you have to turn in the phone that Sprint gave you in the previous upgrade cycle. The fee depends on the age of the current phone. It is a new program though, so you might still be able to do it the old way by calling customer service and without trading in your current phone, just depends on CSR's knowledge and luck.
Wow, just another reason to leave Sprint I guess. I think that's pretty dumb, as you essentially loose the money you paid for the device. Unless the money you paid to get the device is somehow subtracted from the price you pay to buy out the contract.
yeah this is bs, why would i pay off the rest of the fone just to turn in the fone and buy a new contract.... if sprint keeps this, they are gonna use alot of business....
You people are ridiculous....
How about you wait until your contract is up then? Then you can upgrade and keep your phone. If u want to upgrade early this is how you have to do it. Otherwise don't do it. Simple. Yet another reason to leave sprint? Lol. That sounds silly. Please explain to me how other providers run their buyout programs.
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.. if sprint keeps this, they are gonna use alot of business....
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Highly doubt THIS will be the reason Sprint loses business......
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Guys you get PAID for the phone you turn in
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She had an old flipphone she activated and handed that over.
They do buy back the old phone so it's not a bad deal.
I never let a "contract" sway when I do anything.
I think it's ridiculous when folks say I can't do X because they are under contract.
ok so i guess we're pretending that they didn't just take away the premire upgrades. you should be able to buy out the rest of your contract and not have to turn in the phone too, thats not a good deal, say you pay 165 to end your contract and then have to turn in a 500+ plus phone just do get a new one, might as well just pay the etf and keep the phone, u could actually make more money to get a new phone this way.
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ok so i guess we're pretending that they didn't just take away the premire upgrades. you should be able to buy out the rest of your contract and not have to turn in the phone too, thats not a good deal, say you pay 165 to end your contract and then have to turn in a 500+ plus phone just do get a new one, might as well just pay the etf and keep the phone, u could actually make more money to get a new phone this way.
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Just depends on the phone you have.
This is one specific program.. there are others
The push with buyback of the current phone in this specific program is the increased need for phone recycling, which sprint currently leads in.
The crying over contract changes that happened 6 months ago or more is just silly. Premium customers received one last upgrade to be used by end of year.
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Where can I buy HTC DNA in NYC or LA?

whats up guys?
next week I will arrive to NY and later to LA.
Is there a store that I can order online or local store that I can get Unlocked HTC DNA?
I found this one
http://shopamerica.htc.com/cell-phones/shop.htm?tNav=4
605 USD with shipping , But I saw this
"You currently want a prepaid phone and plan and do not want to sign up to a contract for a particular length of time."
What is it mean?
Thanks Alot!
Try Verizon stores or BestBuy.
You can also try radio shack or wallmart
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I looked online but I cant find it in walmart, bestbuy, newegg, radioshack
Can you refer me to a link?
Thanks
Yeah you walk into retail stores and buy it.
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Do you know how much it cost for the unlocked version in walmart or radioshack?
Thanks
thereupemi said:
Do you know how much it cost for the unlocked version in walmart or radioshack?
Thanks
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Iirc its around 599
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I spoke with the Verizon's customer service
I ask them about buying the DNA, and if I can put a T-Mobile for example.
Basiclly that told me that the phone is just for Verizon, even the one without a contract.
Matty: That's the same phone, at full retail price. The only difference between that and the cheaper one, is that there would not be a contract attached. The only phone we have that is unlocked is the iphone 5.
You: so why should I buy it on the full retail price if its not unlocked?
Matty: That would be for someone who did not want a contract.
You: but he still have to stay Verizon?
You: can he put T-Mobile sim?
Matty: Correct, it'd only work on verizon
Still cant find a place that sells unlocked one
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I spoke with the Verizon's customer service
I ask them about buying the DNA, and if I can put a T-Mobile for example.
Basiclly that told me that the phone is just for Verizon, even the one without a contract.
Matty: That's the same phone, at full retail price. The only difference between that and the cheaper one, is that there would not be a contract attached. The only phone we have that is unlocked is the iphone 5.
You: so why should I buy it on the full retail price if its not unlocked?
Matty: That would be for someone who did not want a contract.
You: but he still have to stay Verizon?
You: can he put T-Mobile sim?
Matty: Correct, it'd only work on verizon
Still cant find a place that sells unlocked one
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ALL droid dna's are factory unlocked. That guy was lying to you.
I can put a t mobile SIM in my DNA that I got from a vzw corporate store on contract and it works.
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Ok i see
Thanks Alot!

Question about sprints TEP plans

I pay the 11 some dollars a month for the TEP plan on my phones line, and I love the benefits. Since my first samsung moment dropped, I've probably had
3 replacement Samsung Moments
5 replacement EVO 4G's
5 replacement EVO 3D's
2 Replacement Blackberry Bold 9650's
I realize that's a lot of phones, but when you send out refurbed phones that were broken and then "repaired" what can you expect. I've honestly NEVER physically broken a phone to date (knock on wood), they've all suffered from software issues, or charging ports detaching etc.
Here's my question. I was talking to my friend last night, and he wants a new GS3 because of a superficial issue with his screen. I've had one or two phones replaced for some silly reasons, so I understand why he'd want a new one, but to date I've NEVER been charged for a phone replacement. They said it's a 150.00 fee for any kind of issues, and that's part of his TEP plan (He pays the 11.00 also).
Am I lucking out because I'm friends with all of the reps there? If there's a problem I walk into the store, ask for a replacement phone, they order one and I'm out of the store in 5 minutes and then the phones there tomorrow by 2pm. Can anyone chime in on this?
He will ONLY have to pay the 150 deductible if is physical damage.
via eVo.
Blackcircle said:
He will ONLY have to pay the 150 deductible if is physical damage.
via eVo.
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Okay. That would explain why he has to pay, and why I've never paid. Thanks!
I knew a guy that took his dirty tennis shoes back for new one because of a stupid return policy. Doesn't make it right.
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rbeavers said:
I knew a guy that took his dirty tennis shoes back for new one because of a stupid return policy. Doesn't make it right.
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Yes, and the thousands of people with 4G / LTE phones who live in areas WITHOUT 4G / LTE are still forced to pay that 10.00 a month, what's right about that?
Thanks for your concern though, ironically between the ages 18 and 19 I worked at my local Kmart as a loss prevention associate, and shoes were always the easiest to catch.
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Yes, and the thousands of people with 4G / LTE phones who live in areas WITHOUT 4G / LTE are still forced to pay that 10.00 a month, what's right about that?
Thanks for your concern though, ironically between the ages 18 and 19 I worked at my local Kmart as a loss prevention associate, and shoes were always the easiest to catch.
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I wouldn't take moral advice on policies from people who void their warranties by rooting their phones. It's like taking financial advice from a hobo. However, yeah, doesn't surprise me that 1) they'd be easy to catch and 2) that people would steal shoes from that K-Mart. Aaaah, good times at K-Mart...miss the K-Cafe
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Yes, and the thousands of people with 4G / LTE phones who live in areas WITHOUT 4G / LTE are still forced to pay that 10.00 a month, what's right about that?
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That fee doesn't exist. I wish people would let that go.
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NaterTots said:
That fee doesn't exist. I wish people would let that go.
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True but there is the premium fee which if you cant get over 500k why make them pay the fee
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Its a smartphone data fee. I've never had 4g or LTE in my area. Don't care either.
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ckoadiyn said:
True but there is the premium fee which if you cant get over 500k why make them pay the fee
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Even with the $10 added fee it's still cheaper than anyone else for unlimited data. It's not a big deal.
I see the fee as one for unlimited data - way cheaper for me than the other business models. So I'm willing to pay.
Unfortunately when you get less than 200kbps at best you still pay a premium data fee and who cares about unlimited data when your speeds are pathetic. My phone is basically useless unless I'm on WiFi. Sprint won't cancel your contract unless you're roaming excessively and costing them money.
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We dish out 50.00 a month to sprint for that "premium data" fee lol. That's a lot of money we just give sprint for the hell of it imo.
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I'm sorry but premium data is for all smart phones because they use data all the time.
Still cheaper than what anyone else offers.
Everyone that complains about spotted with sprint, didn't you check coverage before committing?
I have great coverage everywhere I go. Hence why I have Sprint.
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NaterTots said:
I'm sorry but premium data is for all smart phones because they use data all the time.
Still cheaper than what anyone else offers.
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A quick story about the fee being for smartphones. My daughter's EVO had a software issue that I couldn't fix so we went to the Sprint store and switched her temporarily to her old LG Optimus. The Rep was able to remove the $10 fee. So tell me how is this possible if you can still have a non 4g capable smartphone on the plan? I do agree though that it is cheaper than the alternatives.
No clue. I just know they add it to all smartphones whether they have 4g or not. As of over a year.
Last year the only android phone that didn't get the fee was the Samsung replenish which is a piece of crap of a phone.
Sprint changed the 4g fee in August 2010 to a premium data fee for Android, wp, and BB phones.
You must have gotten a good Rep then.
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saboture said:
Yes, and the thousands of people with 4G / LTE phones who live in areas WITHOUT 4G / LTE are still forced to pay that 10.00 a month, what's right about that?
Thanks for your concern though, ironically between the ages 18 and 19 I worked at my local Kmart as a loss prevention associate, and shoes were always the easiest to catch.
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He was not stealing the store policy was if ANY thing was wrong with your purchase they would exchange it. Needless to say they have gone out of business.
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Chyrux said:
I wouldn't take moral advice on policies from people who void their warranties by rooting their phones. It's like taking financial advice from a hobo. However, yeah, doesn't surprise me that 1) they'd be easy to catch and 2) that people would steal shoes from that K-Mart. Aaaah, good times at K-Mart...miss the K-Cafe
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If you pay for it you can do what ever you want with it.
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NaterTots said:
Everyone that complains about spotted with sprint, didn't you check coverage before committing?
I have great coverage everywhere I go. Hence why I have Sprint.
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The problem is I had decent coverage until I moved to a more urban area and now my coverage absolutely sucks.
Spent a half hour on the phone today with a "technical support" rep who was just reading off her computer how to update my profile and other pointless things. Trying to blame my poor speeds on my phone. She wanted me to take my phone to a repair center until I told her it can't be my phone because all four of my phones are just as bad. She finally told me she would pass it down to the service techs in my area and call when they figure something out. They keep blaming it on an outage, but it has been this bad for over a year.
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there would also be a deductible for loss/theft, although I realize that didnt happen here.

[CARRIER] In contract T-Mobile or Orange on i9300?

If you are on contract with T-Mobile or Orange and are sick of the network speeds and they ate doing nothing about it. I heard a little God today that give me some advice.
They will migrate you over to EE for 4g services.
How it works;
1 Visit EE shop
2 Take your i9300 with you
3 They will exchange it for i9305
4 You will enter into a new contract
I'm thinking of doing this but I will be asking the following questions;
1 Why are they actually doing this?
2 Is it a strict swap to i9305
3 Have I not paid for the phone already?
Obviously more questions will arise I will post back once I have been in store.
P.S This can only be done in store.
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They could very well do this as a normal upgrade, in that case you will have to pay an early upgrade fee.
If they aren't they will be doing it to get everyone on their rip off LTE tariffs before they are heavily undercut (EE will charge more for 1GB when Three will charge £34 for unlimited data)
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delsus said:
They could very well do this as a normal upgrade, in that case you will have to pay an early upgrade fee.
If they aren't they will be doing it to get everyone on their rip off LTE tariffs before they are heavily undercut (EE will charge more for 1GB when Three will charge £34 for unlimited data)
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True was speaking to a UK operative last night who said everything would stay the same apart from my data would be 500mb! Ha, joke in today's modern society.
I think with every network it's a haggling game.. See what I can get
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f0xy said:
3 Have I not paid for the phone already?
UK Network contract the phone was a gift or an inducement for you to take out the contract .
You owned the phone from day one .
A shrewd guess says you may get a new phone but will have to extend the contract or take a new one out .
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here you go - the T&C's of the deal... http://help.ee.co.uk/system/selfser...ONE_OFFSET=&CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=27893
As I read it, you basically dont have to pay an early upgrade fee. I could be wrong.....
You will have to enter into a new minimum term on EE;
You can only sign up to a new minimum term on EE which is the same length or longer than your current minimum term on T-Mobile or Orange
You will have to pay any applicable upfront handset cost as part of your new plan on EE; and
can only swap to 4GEE from consumer plans on T-Mobile or Orange if you have the iPhone 4S, Samsung Galaxy SIII, HTC One X or Blackberry 9900. You can swap to eligible 4G phones which can be found on our website. (Please note, as part of the swap to EE, you will be required to pay the upfront handset cost as part of your new plan on EE).
Old unit .
The handset must be in perfect, working condition and be capable of being switched on. We will not accept handsets that do not turn on or are damaged; that have cracked or scratched screens; or that have cracks to the device casing. Our retail staff will decide whether to accept your phone based on its condition and their decision is final
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here you go - the T&C's of the deal... http://help.ee.co.uk/system/selfser...ONE_OFFSET=&CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=27893
As I read it, you basically dont have to pay an early upgrade fee. I could be wrong.....
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EEs plans still cost too much, I cannot justify the increased cost except to rip people off and laugh when they are forced to drop their prices due to competition.
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EEs plans still cost too much, I cannot justify the increased cost except to rip people off and laugh when they are forced to drop their prices due to competition.
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Yep, I entirely agree with you Delsus. Plus, where I live, 4G won't be available for a long time to come and I'm very rarely somewhere where I can't get a wifi signal....
Doesn't appeal to me personally.
mikep99 said:
Yep, I entirely agree with you Delsus. Plus, where I live, 4G won't be available for a long time to come and I'm very rarely somewhere where I can't get a wifi signal....
Doesn't appeal to me personally.
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I wouldn't mind 4g but I would wait until it comes to Three, they have announced they will charge no more for a 4g service, all you need is a 4g phone and you can access their 4g on any plans. Whether they will have PAYG sims that work on 4g is a different matter though.
delsus said:
I wouldn't mind 4g but I would wait until it comes to Three, they have announced they will charge no more for a 4g service, all you need is a 4g phone and you can access their 4g on any plans. Whether they will have PAYG sims that work on 4g is a different matter though.
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This is what I'm waiting for and hope that they are going to roll it out soon.
EE sucks! Orange is sloooow and have bad reception since EE launched, problems, problems.... No thanks! Even if they pay me for using it I'll say NO!
I've got i9305 hooked up with 3 - The One Plan (DL up to 25Mbps!!) so I'm ready for it and just hope to get real 4G (50Mbps+) in same price. My second contract is with Orange but happily it's about to end. In June swapping to Three as well....
Am with t- mobile but when on orange network my Internet soooo sloooow.., it's absolute disgrace. Tried cancelling my Contract (9mnts) left but they won't have it.
What are the options? I was thinking of 3 network also...
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alien_jiggy said:
Am with t- mobile but when on orange network my Internet soooo sloooow.., it's absolute disgrace. Tried cancelling my Contract (9mnts) left but they won't have it.
What are the options? I was thinking of 3 network also...
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Your options are to pay up your existing contract in full .But first ask the network for a settlement figure to end the contact .
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f0xy said:
3 Have I not paid for the phone already?
UK Network contract the phone was a gift or an inducement for you to take out the contract .
You owned the phone from day one .
A shrewd guess says you may get a new phone but will have to extend the contract or take a new one out .
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So I could possibly get away with keeping my phone anyhows got a mate that works in EE in the Trafford centre so gonna see if I can get hid discount etc make it reasonably priced!
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f0xy said:
JJEgan said:
So I could possibly get away with keeping my phone anyhows got a mate that works in EE in the Trafford centre so gonna see if I can get hid discount etc make it reasonably priced!
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UK network contracts you own the phone from day one .
Its a gift or inducement to buy the contract .
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What i dont understand is why when on Orange network the internet is really slooow??? i mean it' using same APN settings as T-Mobile?

Verizon no longer allowing out-of-contract phone purchases?

I apologize if this is in the wrong forum.
I called Verizon to purchase a new phone out-of-contract. The sales rep told me that Verizon no longer allows out-of-contract purchases, their only option is month-to-month. She confirmed that this would take away my unlimited data.
I'm not sure if she's right so I'm asking folks here. Is this true, does Verizon no longer allow you to buy their phones without giving up unlimited data?
You can still buy phones full retail, but you do need to have service with Verizon - perhaps the rep thought out-of-contract meant you didn't have service anymore.
I had to buy mine at best buy when I bought off contract
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You can still buy phones full retail, but you do need to have service with Verizon - perhaps the rep thought out-of-contract meant you didn't have service anymore.
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I thought so too, but I clarified with her that I have an existing service with Verizon; that's how she saw my unlimited data plan.
I would try either going to a Verizon store or another rep. I can't see how they can deny you from giving them more money.
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The sales rep told me that Verizon no longer allows out-of-contract purchases, their only option is month-to-month.
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Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't month-to-month the same as buying a phone off contract?
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Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't month-to-month the same as buying a phone off contract?
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It is but they shouldnt remove your unlimited data. Month to month is when your contract is up and you are eligible for an upgrade. I have heard a few rumors they are getting rid of unlimited next year and its final but they can't force you to upgrade.
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Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't month-to-month the same as buying a phone off contract?
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I thought so too, but evidently not. She said I would lose my unlimited data which sounds like it's a brand new contract, albeit month to month.
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I thought so too, but evidently not. She said I would lose my unlimited data which sounds like it's a brand new contract, albeit month to month.
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In theory you should be able to pop your sim card out of your old 4G phone and put it in a new, off-contract phone and have it work without issue. Maybe since you're trying to buy it through Verizon, they're pushing their shared data crap.
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/2...-retail-with-no-hassle-use-the-iconic-portal/
Try this out on Verizon's site and see if it works.
**Keep in mind if your after the note 3 you can't reset the flash counter :'(
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ricecake2000 said:
It is but they shouldnt remove your unlimited data. Month to month is when your contract is up and you are eligible for an upgrade. I have heard a few rumors they are getting rid of unlimited next year and its final but they can't force you to upgrade.
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Wait, getting rid of unlimited data for everyone? Even legacy contracts?
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Wait, getting rid of unlimited data for everyone? Even legacy contracts?
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That's just a rumor floating around. I am not sure it has any steam or how they would go about doing it.
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This might be somewhat related to the topic but I try to do a device exchange for my wife who lost her phone. She went from an Android to an old iPhone4 and when I try to do it online the website was forcing me to upgrade my account meaning I would lose my unlimited data so instead I just called over the phone and did it OTA device change. It worked.
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shobon said:
In theory you should be able to pop your sim card out of your old 4G phone and put it in a new, off-contract phone and have it work without issue. Maybe since you're trying to buy it through Verizon, they're pushing their shared data crap.
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Not 100% certain, but I believe that would cause issues if the phone needed to switch to the 3G CDMA network.

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