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[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kawika:
BLN needs to be supported by the kernel your running. If it does simply turn on BLN in the app and set the blinking setting if your interested in that. Also notifications needs to be turned on in the messaging app as well. Good luck!:)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kevho00:
I'm not a noob, I'm on a gb rom with bullet kernal, its on bbut when I receive a messgae my screen turns on and when it turns off my lights don't turn on. But other notifications work too
[EVO 4G General] austin420:
i also posted this in the epic forum, but since im sure a lot of you dont frequent it, i thought id post it here too. flame on!

title says it all. the admin fee is going from .99 cents per line to 1.50 per line.

all you have to do is call and (2 options) 1.) cancel and move on to a different company with no early termination fee, or 2.) try getting out of the contract and go month to month so you have more leverage to bargain for a better phone in a few months as you are now out of contract.

this is the notice that should be included in your next bill

And per their terms and conditions.....

THIS LINK NO LONGER GOES TO THE OLD TERMS AND CONDITIONS

THIS LINK IS NOW GOES TO THE NEW TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

http://shop2.sprint.com/en/legal/legal_terms_privacy_popup.shtml?ECID=vanity:termsandconditions

YOU CAN FIND AN OLDER COPY OF THE CONTRACT BY COPY AND PASTING THE ADDRESS ON ARCHIVE.ORG

if you do want to cancel but want to save your phone number, try going about getting month to month, then porting out your number to a prepaid or gv, then wait 30 days, and port your number back to sprint getting new customer pricing on phones. (perhaps 3vo, sgs2 or photon for 99 bucks.)

For those of you who are considering doing the port out/ port in method you can port your number to Google Voice for free since Sprint and GV are partnered up (Thanks nkdumb24 from slickdeals.net )

personally, i wont be jacking with this. i already have upgrades available on 3 of my 4 lines and i like the prices. just sharing with the community.
[EVO 4G General] c-had2001:
Has anyone done/tried this and been successful? I know talk like this went around with some change Verizon did a.couple of months ago and they lowered another charge to keep the bill the same so people couldn't do this. I guess if someone has done this what did you say and what did you get?
[EVO 4G General] locoboi187:
Why cancel over fifty cents?
[EVO 4G General] Jjday7:
Yes I would like to know also. Tempting but just not sure if it would be wise. Only place I would go is tmobile and we all know what road they are going down.
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
Going to try now
[EVO 4G General] c-had2001:
I'm thinking of switching to a prepaid service mainly because sprints 3g is so slow and lack of 4g except in spotty areas I rarely go to here.
[EVO 4G General] c-had2001:
Let me know how it turns out if you don't mind. I have been pretty disappointed with Sprint for a couple months now.
[EVO 4G General] iwin2000:
I'm interested in getting out of the contract, let me know if it works if anyone else tries it...
[EVO 4G General] alnova1:
I didn't read thru all of this but I cancelled my contract only after 4 months..not because I was unhappy but I flashed my nexus to boost to save money. I was ready to pay the ETF but when I got off the phone with the woman at Sprint she said I had a hundred and some odd dollars credit..I had know idea what she was talking about but I kept quiet. When I got my final bill it was nine dollars and some change..and thats the last bill I got! I have know idea what the credit was.

Edit..I original had purchased an Evo on the account..dont know if that matters.
[EVO 4G General] sitlet:
This isnt really cancelling JUST because of the price increase. This is just a way for people who wanted to get out of their contract without paying the etf, since the contract changed.
[EVO 4G General] jietzer:
im really considering doing this , im so tired of horrible internet. I rather pay more to have internet that isnt so damn slow . but i really dont want to leave sprint....
[EVO 4G General] Indirect:
You're ditching over slow but unlimited internet? Let me know how that goes over. ;)
[EVO 4G General] jietzer:
unlimited means nothing when you crawl
[EVO 4G General] AZ1412:
What speeds are you getting?
[EVO 4G General] jietzer:
ill have to check when i go outside. I dont really go by speed test i go by real world exp , when im out and i need some info and it takes forever to come up is what bugs me. most my friends have t-mobile and i dont even bother looking up stuff cause they can grab the info seeked tons faster (minutes). I prob wont leave just thinking about it.
[EVO 4G General] c-had2001:
Mine are anywhere from 1-300 kbps
[EVO 4G General] jietzer:
ok ill give u this one , i just checked my data usage . i only use like 1 gig so a data cap not a big deal to me, my wife how ever uses like 5 gigs on average with her damn spotify. :D
[EVO 4G General] AZ1412:
1-300 sounds terrible. Have you tried the data fixes on xda? I'd link but on the cell at the moment. I get ~500 KB/s on 1-2 bars of 4G. Anything over that is above 800. Try searching for those fixes, they helped me a lot.
[EVO 4G General] Indirect:
When you have 4g it's a roughly 10x difference if not more. I average 7.5-9.3mb/s :3
[EVO 4G General] AZ1412:
Oh, when I first rooted my brothers phone he had bad download speeds compared to me (same ROM and kernel), but after the fixes he is comparable
[EVO 4G General] mustangboy88:
I agree to disagree on this topic. Of the 4 major carriers Sprint is the only one that has chose to outsource the 4G network. So yes AT& T and Verizon are spending money on spectrum, Sprint not so much as far as 4G. I have to think that a presence of 4G in this new data hungry environment takes precedent over a mediocre 3G network. Only reason I say this is by what the smartphones are able to do now. A front facing camera doesn't satisfy a customer, and whether techy or average consumer, if the data speeds are not there except for wifi. Take it from someone that lives is a major city that is highly frustrated that 4G is not coming here anytime soon.

Typed on my CyanoSavaged SuperEvo.
[EVO 4G General] BIGWORM:
Sprint is not letting me go month to month, according to their Retention Dept., I can only immediately cancel my lines to avoid paying the ETFs. No month to month, now?
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
It depends on how you look at it.

They "outsourced" their "4g", but they owned a portion of that company.

And now they are buying it, or at least rumored to.

Part of the reason they did what they did was to be first.

Think about what happened.

(Combined with the Evo)

For the first time in years, Sprint added customers.

And they are growing.

And by the time those customers are at the end of their contract, Sprint Vision should be done.

I see the "outsourcing" as a stop gap answer to "4g"

Otherwise Sprint would be behind.
[EVO 4G General] c-had2001:
That don't make much sense look at tmobile they didnt outsource their 4g and they are smaller than sprint as far as subscribers go.
[EVO 4G General] Tracer785:
Hello all, great news, I just called the retention line and spoke with a women. She couldn't notate my account bu stated her manager could. I waited for 15 minutes or so and finally agentean came on to assist. He offered a credit of $19 for the rest of the months pn my bill. I turned it down and kept saying that I didn't agree with the change and it adversley affected my accounts with Sprint. He gave in and waived all ETF's effective September 9. I have until October 9 to cancel or my orinigal contract is placed back on the accounts.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
The upgrade to HSPA is nothing like the upgrade to WIMAX/LTE.

Also, T-Mobile is part of a much larger company.

Sprint is the smallest of the major carriers.

T-Mobile HAS* also been banking on the idea of a merger and have been for at least a year...or more.

(Therefore less concern about network building for the future)
[EVO 4G General] markandmyia:
You have 45 days to re-instate same contract. This is an exact quote from the Rep I spoke to a few days ago. If you want it back...just tell them your within that period and they have to re-instate it.

sent from my EVO on Tapatalk
[EVO 4G General] BIGWORM:
I've just got off the phone with Sprint, and they've cancelled my ETFs for both my lines and my contract, in which the phones will be off on the end of my current billing cycle, which is 9/24. They said if I plan on porting my number, which I said yes, to T-Mobile, that I would need to have them ported by the end of the billing cycle, or they'll be gone forever. If I have buyer's remorse, and cancel with, I'll just open an account with my wife instead of my name and get a couple of MoPho's. =D
[EVO 4G General] john21511:
Nice I told it would work. My girl said the same thing if we don't like tmo she would go to radio shack and get us two new evo's for 60 with a new contract. That would be 4 brand new evos in less than 2 months lol
[EVO 4G General] draconx:
does this only apply to poeple who own evo's or anyone who is on sprint??
[EVO 4G General] ckoadiyn:
Sprint period
[EVO 4G General] paul85:
I tried to do this yesterday and got shot down...
[EVO 4G General] john21511:
There is no way you should have been shot down. What did you say to them?
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
He's supposed to be shut down the changes haven't taken effect.
[EVO 4G General] john21511:
Then why is there a hundred post including mine that have already done this and cancelled their contract with no ETF
[EVO 4G General] robcomet1:
Called Sprint about this...

I called Sprint about this last Friday and the CSR said I'd have to call back on 09/09/2011 because that is when the change actually takes effect. Then my ETFs would be waived. That sound right to you all? Anybody else get this?
[EVO 4G General] mikeyinid:
Sorry to go off topic here, but dont get the Photon. I was its biggest advocate, bought it launch day. It is a very, very buggy phone and the build is solid but the battery cover is plastic and after you take it off a few times it doesnt fit right. Id either go with the GSII, or something. NOT the Photon.
[EVO 4G General] BIGWORM:
My G2X's will be here on Thurs, and I'm excited about them. Gonna S-Off and root, and see what we can get.
[EVO 4G General] c-had2001:
Just read that sprint will be increasing the etfs on September 9th for all upgrades and new activations to 350.00. So if your thinking of getting out of contract now and wanting to get an upgrade be aware
[EVO 4G General] JDM Civic EG8:
I'm going to try this tomorrow. I moved to a area that has ****ty sprint service. I'm always roaming.... And the area I live the airave isn't available. My only option for a phone company with really good signal in the area is Verizon.

Sent From Inside My EG8
[EVO 4G General] teylew09:
and where exactly did you read this at? have proof?

On topic: I was able to call and they would not put me on a month to month of any kind. the only options I was given were: a) cancel now and service is done at the end of my current billing cycle OR b) wait until the change takes effect on sept. 9th and then I'd have 30 days after that to cancel my contract. Either way no ETF has to be paid.
[EVO 4G General] c-had2001:
http://www.goodandevo.net/2011/08/s...tml?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
[EVO 4G General] darksidejunkie:
Called today and the Sprint CSR put a note on my account so that I can port my number within 30 days after the 9/9 change takes effect without incurring an ETF. I know some people got them to end their contract and put them on month to month but I was fine with it.

Since Sprint’s building penetration sucks, I get ZERO signal at work since moving to the lower level of my office building a week ago and my co-workers with Verizon have almost full bars. So, I'm moving to Verizon and picking up a Droid Bionic once that drops in September.
[EVO 4G General] JDM Civic EG8:
Could anyone answer this one?

Sent From Inside My EG8
[EVO 4G General] john21511:
I sent him a pm on what to say if you want I can do the same for you
[EVO 4G General] MaxCarnage:
This seems like an apt story considering the crux of this thread:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/31/sprint-bumps-early-termination-fee-to-350-wants-to-play-with-t/
[EVO 4G General] JDM Civic EG8:
That would be great I'd appreciate it.

Sent From Inside My EG8
[EVO 4G General] krazyflipj:
I'm currently on a family plan. My upgrade isn't til 6/4/12. I'm interested in getting the Epic Touch and was wondering if I would be able to cancel just my line without ETF and then opening up a new line with a new #? Would they give me crap for it?
[EVO 4G General] kneeldug:
As a fairly unsatisfied Sprint customer, can someone quickly highlight the best plan that T-Mobile has for a family of 5?

I would not mind ditching Sprint if I could get 5 lines of effectively unlimited everything for $205 like I have now.

Sprint had some hoops to jump through (employee referral plan) to get the "best price" deal. If you have put in the research and gotten a "best price" deal at T-Mobile, then please share it here!
[EVO 4G General] jietzer:
Keeps getting worse , they keep raising these prices and not working on there by far subpar performance. I wish there was other options that didnt rape u on data (that worked)
[EVO 4G General] auau465121:
i'm trying that trick to :D i want to know if this is true
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Because people are dumb
[EVO 4G General] austin420:
you sir, have an exceptionaly poor attitude.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Uh, he's absolutely right.

Just because you don't like what he said doesn't mean his "attitude" is poor
[EVO 4G General] drrtydisko:
could you also pm me the same?
[EVO 4G General] john21511:
Yes
[EVO 4G General] austin420:
Why did you put qoutations on the word attitude?
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Because that's the word you used.

Sprint employees / managers that have allowed this are stupid as they are clearly not following the stipulations that Sprint has set.
[EVO 4G General] ckoadiyn:
wow just looked not only raising etf but u have to give your phone back if u decide to cancel within the first 30 days??? or pay the etf? what the **** do you get ur money back for the phone?
[EVO 4G General] austin420:
Then the quotes should have gone around poor, but what ever. Do you work for sprint also?
[EVO 4G General] ckoadiyn:
Does it matter?
[EVO 4G General] austin420:
Do the quotes matter, or the sprin question? He's quoting sprint policy, and calling people names. I just wondered if he has some sort of official capacity? Why does it matter to you ckoadiyn?
[EVO 4G General] austin420:
This has always been the policy...
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
No, I don't work for sprint.

Dirty does.

Furthermore its been shown (I believe in this very thread) that the change is within the contract rights since its below $2.
[EVO 4G General] jcaf77:
hi can you pm me too please. I'd like to get out of my contract. thanks
[EVO 4G General] ckoadiyn:
It doesn't lol wasn't trying to be a **** just lots of peoples attitudes on here are nuts Matt doesn't work for Sprint I don't think and some of the people that got it to happened lucked out just like those who got their upgrade reset two months ago or whenever it was and by lucking out basically means the Sprint reps where stupid
[EVO 4G General] ckoadiyn:
Really didn't know that that's kind of dumb but i guess I understand lol never signed a contract for a cell service n left within 30 days thanks tho
[EVO 4G General] austin420:
can you provide a contract, either physical or pdf, that says this?? the only place i have ever seen this mentioned was in the fine print on a promo mailer dated july 2011. if you can provide this clause to me in a contract or t&c's. i will gladly delete the firs post and request that this thread be closed. it assure you that i cant be found.

edit: this is the only place i can find that mentions it, and it sure aint a contract. its a promo mailer from a very specific company.

http://www.tpoam.com/files/Sprint.pdf
[EVO 4G General] john21511:
Go through the whole thread there is link somewhere or check the epic edition one I remember seeing a link with the differences
[EVO 4G General] austin420:
why dont you go through the whole thread. there is no link to any contract that shows a supposed 1.99 cap. only the ad i posted in the last post and that is not a contract.
[EVO 4G General] john21511:
i will take copy of my contract with the cap number on it
[EVO 4G General] austin420:
do you even have sprint? your sig says you use a sensation. besides, we know new contracts have a cap. they are pulling this on people who signed over a year ago, and there deffinitly was no cap then. i thought you said it was already posted anyway? couldnt find it could you? matty should remove his thanks from, your post.
[EVO 4G General] john21511:
i just left sprint and went to tmo
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
I'm sorry.
[EVO 4G General] austin420:
date please? like i said we know all new contracts have this.
[EVO 4G General] john21511:
7/21/2011 almost two months ago
[EVO 4G General] austin420:
i already said things dated july would have this. did you not read my link on the last page?

please try to keep up with the conversation junior.

http://www.tpoam.com/files/Sprint.pdf
[EVO 4G General] john21511:
Sorry for the misteak
[EVO 4G General] Vega:
just change ur prl to a sprint verizon hybrid and your good to go. look for prl hack in dev
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
I apologize, however, people releasing contracts prior to changes taking effect are not following the proper guidelines. As I stated before, if tomorrow Sprint decides to not make changes then people were released without penalty. When has anything affected anything prior to changes being made? And, as pointed out in your bill there is a $1.99 cap which means this isn't an ETF waiver change. How Sprint decides to handle it however is obviously not up to me.
[EVO 4G General] mvjunkie:
I called in too see if I could have any luck, as I have a second line they hasn't been used in months.They said they are allowed to go up to 1.99, and until it goes over that they won't waive it. The rep asked me to hold, and when she came back she said the manager was willing to do it as a one time courtesy. I really didn't have to argue at all.
[EVO 4G General] josh995:
I just called and said I wanted to cancel because of the new admin charges. The lady said that no matter what carrier I choose I will still have to pay the fee. I told her ok, and she asked if I wanted to go ahead with the cancellation. I said yes, she did a little work and told me that my line will cancel on the 10th of this month.

I know it's really sneaky, but the only reason I really did it is because I wanted a new phone but my upgrade wasn't for another year. Could I go to Best Buy right now and buy another phone on Sprint? Or do I have to wait a certain period of time?
[EVO 4G General] rushco:
If you cancel your Sprint account you will have to use prepaid for 3 months before you can get a new phone at the cheapest price.

Contract and upgrade are not the same.
[EVO 4G General] Vega:
Love it. Only thing will they make us have a deposit after we come back.
[EVO 4G General] Vega:
By the way it worked. I used the online chat with a agent. Got transferred and was easy as shot.out of the contact no etf. The only thing is that no month to month. But I can go to flash my Evo to boost for that and port my GB number back. Or I will try again to go month to month.
[EVO 4G General] rjguererro:
It worked for me too!! Spent about an hour on the phone with 3 different reps, but I waa told by an accounts manager I was waived the etfs on my 3 lines n to shop around to decide whether I stay or go. ;-p

sent from RJ's Gingerbread flavored hero
[EVO 4G General] josh995:
I don't think people are canceling because of 50 cents. They either want a new phone or different carrier. That's why I did it.
[EVO 4G General] kryptkeeper2006:
Since Sprint just announced the other day that they will be raising the ETF to $350 in the next couple weeks, is that another reason that could be given for canceling our contracts? Seems like them changing something like that would be a good excuse to give the reps.
[EVO 4G General] wmdunn:
That doesn't affect you ... it's for new and renewal contracts.
[EVO 4G General] jcaf77:
i chatted with sprint they said they are allowed to raise it to $1.99 so no go on cancel without etf
[EVO 4G General] jcaf77:
So I actually called today and they confirmed contract can be cancelled due to admin fee increase
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
All depends on if you get an employee that does their job right or if you get someone that doesn't.

You appear to have spoke to someone that doesn't....

(read below)
[EVO 4G General] jcaf77:
I called again to cancel for good and I got out without etf ...yipeee no more $300 bills
[EVO 4G General] Rev3ge07:
What did you tell then I want out?
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
$300 with Sprint?

What did you have 8 lines with the top monthly plan??
[EVO 4G General] mufc1991:
Now you might be forced to pay more with the other carriers.
[EVO 4G General] airalcorn2:
I just wanted to also confirm that this works. I called today and they cancelled my contract (effective at the end of my current billing period) and waived my ETF. Thanks for posting this!
[EVO 4G General] jcaf77:
A little exaggerated ;) but not for too much
[EVO 4G General] hoshmosh:
Metro

I'm am seriously considering this, my phone bill is always 180+. I am considering going to metro, but i want to keep my evo, and nexus s 4g is that do-able?
[EVO 4G General] john21511:
I did it again today with my girfriends friends account. I called said she wanted to cancel told them why and they said no problem. 20 minutes later I was done no ETF and she has till the 23rd to port her numbers.
[EVO 4G General] Vega:
bull i did it two days ago.

i did it under chat in the buy a phone tab in sprint.com
[EVO 4G General] Vega:
i was told that i had to wait a peroid of time. let me know if you have any luck
[EVO 4G General] a senile fungus:
My bills are regularly around $300.

6 phones.

~ I'm a fungi
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Well six phones I can understand it being around that price.

We pay $160 for our three.
[EVO 4G General] castro08:
Anyone cancel there lines and got to go month to month?
[EVO 4G General] One4mNoWhere:
I have 5 lines(family plan) pay act 230 per month and practical unlimited everything since mobile to mobile is free.

first off I want the sgsII and I was thinking about porting the whole family numbers to google voice but idk if there are going to be any complications because we all would like to keep our phone numbers. am sure we would get the same plan and pay same amount when signing with sprint again so am not worried about losing anything. Any ADVICE?
[EVO 4G General] auau465121:
if your on a family plan can u cancel just on line? or do you have to cancel the whole account?
[EVO 4G General] One4mNoWhere:
Yea you can cancel one line or in my case I can but I want to support my family cos its less money spent that way for everyone
[EVO 4G General] auau465121:
thx I'm just asking cause i have 2 lines but i was going to add another one to get the SG2 :D and just drop my line which is the primary line.
[EVO 4G General] SpaceMonky:
what exactly are you guys saying to get out of your contract?

i just tried my first time and and had no luck at all.
[EVO 4G General] josh995:
After being asked "what can I help you with?" I said "I've heard that the administration fee is going up and read that that is a way to get out of contract without paying an ETF. I'd like to take advantage of this."

She asked why I want out, I just said that I live in a full coverage area but have 0 to 1 bar inside my house and yard/pool/patio, and that I'd be switching to Verizon. (I moved recently, my old house had great coverage.)

I also mentioned that I love Sprint and have never had a problem with them, it's just that I'd like to be able to use my phone without having to go out to the street... in Palm Springs where it's regularly 115 degrees.