[G2 and Desire Z General] magddaa:
Hey guys... I got a MyTouch 4G Slide as a replacement..

My G2 has been messing up since the day I got it (I pre-ordered it, being already a T-Mobile customer). I hoped the software updates would fix the minor bugs like the Gallery app totally not cooperating and not always displaying pictures, and some of the other small bugs like random freezes and slow responses. However, the first update that the G2s got (the one that made the notification bar black instead of the original grey) made everything worse.. Since then, the Gallery app has not been working any better, it actually started not showing my most recent pictures at all and only would show them after a reset. The Google Sky Map app also was unable to update (which a later OS update fixed, but it did not fix any of the important issues!)

The worst thing that started happening was the fact that my phone would randomly shut off and reboot several times a week after the first update, and then say in the notification bar that my phone has experienced a system crash and if I would like to notify HTC about it ... I did that a few times but after a few months of this issue I got fed up.

I was at the mall one day and I decided to stop at a T-Mobile store, where the employe told me to install the Automated Task Killer app and it should solve the problem. It did not, so the next time I stopped at a different store, and they just sent me a replacement G2 for a $5 charge (I have insurance). The phone arrived the next business day and I was more than excited about it finally working right, but naturally it did the same thing as my old one, none of the less it was refurbished and it was very cheap-looking. The keyboard backlight was dim and yellow, the film around the keyboard wasn't flat and hard like my original, rather it was thin and easy to dent.

I called and complained, they sent me another one.

It came all cheap too. I called again, they offered me the G2x which I refused because I like having a physical keyboard. I requested a brand new G2, but they told me they cannot guarantee it being new or refurbished. I agreed and they sent me a 3rd G2 which came in the next day.

OF COURSE, it was the refurbished kind and I refused to accept it as well because my original phone was in much better condition aside from these software issues which all 4 of the G2s had.

I called back, and they offered me a T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Slide, but it Khaki color, which I'm not complaining about. That phone is much much better than the G2 and hopefully doesn't have the same issues. And won't be discontinued in the next 6 months!

So for all of you that say this was impossible, two trips to T-Mobile and three phone calls got me a brand new $500 phone, and I wasn't due for an upgrade till another 6 months. So it saves me the money because I was probably going to get the MyTouch 4G Slide anyway, and it would cost me about $300 at an upgrade price.

My friend had the same issue, and the first time she she was first offered a Sidekick 4G and denied that, and they sent her a replacement G2 which also rebooted itself whenever it pleased, and when she called back, she took the G2x offer.

I suppose that third replacement is what changed their "replacement options" for me.

Don't get me wrong I love my G2, but I wish they would have fixed all these issues it has. They're clearly not minor, because no one wants a phone that randomly reboots, even during calls.

BUT..

My new MT4Gs is coming this Tuesday. Can't wait :cool: !