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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kal*El:
100% agree with this comment. I use to be a manager with at&t and you are right phones are NOT free nor do they cost under $100. I hate apple but look at what they do. They don't give rebates or much discount. You either buy or don't buy. This country is built on free, cheap, and hand me outs ....the reason so many great companies like Nokia does so well in other countries. Phones are mini computers. If the U.S didn't start the penny phone back in the day ppl would stop looking for cheap/free. Its true cell phone providers don't make a huge profit its actually longer than 6mths and that depends on the person. Ppl buy stuff BC other ppl have it to impress. So they get on low rate plans which is another reason why if you can't upgrade the reason: you're not enough profit. It doesn't matter if you have 2-3 phones on your account. Take your rate plan divide by the total number of phones and that's how much each line is worth to a cell phone provider. If it doesn't run over $60 then you're not a profit ...so ppl need to understand business and profit. I suggest if you're within 30days take it back and return it. No one is going to pay you full price or even close to full price on the street doesn't matter what you paid. I don't buy retail. I let ppl like you buy, item depreciates then I scoop up and buy. Street value is a wonderful lesson in life just wish more ppl understood it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ayedlin:
Whoops, I didn't mean 6 months (got distracted by Law and Order) I meant 18. That's a year and a half people.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phyba:
i know they have to make money. what im saying is i had an evo since launch. ive never had sprint before then was new to the "30 day" return policy. at&t didn't have this. so when i switched and got the evo, i was eligible for an upgrade a year later due to being a Gold premier customer, and coming from at&t, this was great. so of course i jumped at an opportunity to upgrade after only a year. the manager said "if you dont like the phone, bring it back and everything will go back to how you had it before you upgraded" and that was after i specifically asked about going back to the evo and she said that was not a problem.

well when my 30 days was up, i took the evo 3d back, but was then informed i "sold" my evo to them and if i wanted, i could use my upgrade to the get the EVO back. i was shocked. so basically i had no phone to return to if i returned the 3d, so i was stuck borrowing a samsung instinct for the time being. she said i could come back and get the photon and try it for 30 days, i really didn't want a photon, but the instinct i borrowed was ****ed and couldn't recieve calls, and i really didn't think spending $400 on a temporary phone was logical. didn't want to waste my upgrade to go back to the phone i upgraded from.

manager supposed to call me back tomorrow about possibly just letting me return the photon even though its beyond the 30 day trial period because of being misinformed about how the 30 day return policy worked and the manager telling me id go back to whatever setup i had before i upgraded to the 3d.

yea yea its my fault and i admitted that i should have read all the fine print but at the same time, if sprint is about customer service, they shouldn't tell me one thing and then go back on it later. so yea, that is why i asked if i could get out of a contract to get a new phone because i got stuck with a photon thjat i didn't want in the first place.

if i could of went back to the evo, then i would have until this phone came out, but i couldn't.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kal*El:
Then you need to speak with a regional manager. Sprint should not have taken your equipment. Its your equipment. Why did they take your phone in the first place ...carriers don't take phones and hold them ransom ....so I would talk to a regional manager. That doesn't sound like something they would do and I wouldnt give tthem my phone either ...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ayedlin:
It sounds like he used the buyback program. As soon as you sell the phone back to Sprint it is their property and are under no obligation to return it. Buybacks are final.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phyba:
not really holding it for ransom, but i feel i was misinformed about how the buyback program worked considering i was with at&t for 10 years and they never offered anything like that. but what threw me off was the fact that she said i could return the evo 3d within 30 days and go back to what i had no questions asked so in my mind meant i could atleast get another EVO when i returned my 3D. but i learned after i brought back the 3d that that is not how the buyback program works. no mention of this before hand but then i was stuck with a samsung instinct and it didn't work so i had no choice but to get another phone which ended up being the photon....its not a bad phone, but its not what i wanted and there were no other phones in sprints lineup that were better than the evo in my opinion...

the 3d was returned because it was defective and i exchanged it 3 times with the same issues on all 3.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ayedlin:
What was the issue? Key words: 30 days, not 31 days.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phyba:
The issue was being told id return to my original plan and phone if I wasn't satisfied, but they said I can have my EVO back if I used my upgrade....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
I opened up the new line first and then did this so there is no waiting. I just made sure to swap my E3D line to an old flip phone line so it would be deactivated for trade in at Best Buy (love that buyback program).

Ported the old number to google voice so in 2-3 days I'll have both numbers on the ET4G.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bubby323:
You could just get the Photon replaced three times with signal issues, then they have to offer you a new phone or an upgrade. Of course, I haven't really heard of any sort of signal issues with the Photon, but the NS4G does have them alot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] smoke423:
Thats wht im going to do. I'm tied of doing this with sprint
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] LexLuger82:
You still gotta sign a contract though
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jaewang:
@phyba - I see where your problem is, either you misunderstood how the programs work or sprint misinformed you. The buyback program and 30 days return is two separate programs. The buyback program is final. This is the common sceanrio for many customers out there. Majority of the time, I tell my customers I'm sorry I can't do anything else for you. They cursed the **** out of me. File closed. As for you, you have the option to use the admin fee increase to get out without ETF. Transfer to a prepaid and come back to us after 60 days. Sign a new 2 yr contract and get the E4GT. Sprint will welcome you back.

Edit: And of course your other option is to buy E4GT out right.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phyba:
U are right. I misunderstood bow it worked. But they have escalated my issue to some "higher ups" lol. Not sure that will do anything for my cause. I may just end up selling the photon and buying it outright just to avoid the new $350 ETF fee....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] QWIKSTRIKE:
This country was not built on free hand me outs...you sound like a tea party kind of guy, but before joining the party learn your history!:cool::rolleyes:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] firmbiz94:
Its amazing how this thread turned out..I hate reading posts with people preaching morals etc when all the guy was doing was asking what his options were. Go patrol another forum we don't need this place to turn out like the rest of xda with arguing and people on there pedastals BC of their post counts
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattykinsx:
No, its amazing that people are so nonchalant about stealing especially when the impact is on you.

People need to start looking at the bigger picture.

Everything is interconnected.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
Anyway, there is nothing morally wrong with adding a new line for the GS2 and then canceling your old line. That is why there is an ETF. If you are willing to pay then you can go.

Sprint's main goal is to make as much profit as they can. The customers main goal is to save as much money as they can. There is nothing wrong with either side as long as nothing is illegally done.

Morally wrong would be Sprint telling people to sign up with the $69.99 plan or the equivalent shared plan to become a Sprint Premier Gold member with 1 year upgrades to only learn later they will now become silver members and have that taken away from them. Now Sprint is completely removing the program. Illegal, no...morally wrong, hell yeah!

So it is fair game here and rules are written to protect both parties, usually more on the companies side though, so if you can do what you need to do without breaking the law to save yourself money, then go for it.

Can't believe how many moral police came out in this thread. I love how people on the internet think they are angels. People, get over yourselves because you are not that perfect.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phyba:
I thought stealing was when u took something without paying? Getting out of a contract and buying a new phone at subsidized pricing sounds like normal person trying to save money.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phyba:
Finally!! Someone who has logical sense lol. All these people talk about stealing is nuts. Sprints ****s every customer over as well as the other carriers. So we're wrong if we wanna try to save a few bucks?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] muzicman82:
I was tempted to buy the Photon but resisted for the Galaxy S II. Glad I waited.

If you have another line on your account, you could take it's upgrade credit. That's what I did because the other person on my account just wanted an EVO 4G. So using the $150 upgrade credit on a phone that is new for $220 on eBay wasn't worth it. So I did it that way. My thought is to use the upgrade credits on phones you can't get for under $250-$300 on eBay.

Not sure how long you have had the Photon, but return policy is 30 days. If over, you could try to sweet talk a Sprint rep.

If Motorola had enabled unlocked bootloader you could have unlocked and rooted the phone to get more value out of selling it used for people that don't do it themselves.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] LexLuger82:
How much is it with upgrade credit?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rgallius:
RE: Administrative fee increase to get out of contract.

I'm looking to do this because I'm absolutely fed up with sprint for a variety of reasons. I plan to leave for the Nexus (Droid?) Prime with Verizon.. which isn't out yet.

Can I get my contract voided but keep monthly service till the Nexus comes?

What do I need to tell them?

Also, I have the Original Epic.. I'm not "stealing" anything.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
This thread is a treasure trove of information on the subject: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1226343&page=34

But from the looks of things it may be nearly impossible to pull this off now....which means that you just have to hang up and call back until you find someone who didn't get the memo or doesn't know better....which is still probably a very viable route.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] QWIKSTRIKE:
How about me finding out here is no such thing as unlimited roaming while in Florida in August 2011. I found out that the roaming plan that was listed on their website, and that was listed on all of their advertising brochure was a lie.

In bold print it said unlimited roaming, and many people changed carriers for this. Well guess what....roaming is unlimited to 800 minutes in the unlimited plans, and the smaller plans roaming is limited to the amount of land line minutes that you have.

I got into it with a supervisor of a customer service rep that clued me in. The conversation paraphrased was "I singed for unlimited yet the rep told me my minutes for roaming are limited to at most 800 minutes for unlimited plans and are tied to land line minutes for lower plans. He said yes you have the 69.99 plan, and your roaming is only 400 land line minutes. I said ....that's not what is listed on your website or when I signed up. He said it's in small print in the back of the contract, and maybe you may want to think of upgrading and paying more if you want unlimited upgrade to the unlimited plan. I said the rep told me that plan has a 800 minute limit on roaming . He said yes that's true, I said then there is no unlimited plan then. He said yes its unlimited until you use the 800 minutes then you must pay overages.

I hen said then the unlimited roaming is misconceiving, and fraudulent in contract law, because in contract law money exchanged for goods and services must be written explicitly clear for the consumer with no ambiguity.

He went on to try to quote how it's in small print, and I will be liable, and I let him know that Since I make million dollar contracts with the city of NY I know the law in contract matters. I tell him that since the Sprint advertises unlimited roaming, and I expected and signed for that , that if I go over without knowing this that I wouldn't be forced to pay in a court of law because of the ambiguity in the terms in the said contract. Furthermore; I let him know that because of the ambiguity in this contract I can cancel with no ETF fees because of Sprints deception if I so choose to. He then shut up and said I see;is there any thing else I can do fro you, and I said yes, shut the hell up and get off of my line.

The website now says unlimited roaming on their network.....Explain how you can roam on the very same network that you reside on. Lame, and still deceptive trying to dupe people. So if you go over now they will say it says unlimied roaming on our network only....WTF:eek::mad::cool::rolleyes:

They then upped my 400 land line minutes to 700 land line minutes for ever for their part in this little misconception(lie). So tell me who's gaming who why dont you since Sprint still tries to insinuate unlimited roaming when clearly it is not.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] LexLuger82:
Lmfaooooo classic
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rockky:
Have to say I'm with this position.

Contracts a contract. If I'd felt as screwed over by Sprint I wouldn't sign a contract with 'em.

Hated Sprint service back in the Treo days...went to Cingular....came back to Sprint for the Evo. They are worlds better. I have no problems with them and certainly don't feel compelled to circumvent the system by what happened 10 yrs ago lol.

I just bought this retail. Sold Evo for $350. Cost me $200 bucks. Great deal given the phone quality.

Sprints made great effort to step upntheir game.

I don't feel screwed one bit by elimination of premier.

Its BUSINESS....it'll help keep unlimited data...their biggest perk.

Working around the system, and people rooting there way to hotspots tethering will eventually change that, then I will be pissed.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] LexLuger82:
This
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingsway8605:
Just stay with the photon, they are so similar.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nabbed:
Yes, but you will lose your current phone number because your photon is associated with it.

if you can sweet talk a sprint rep to do a switcharoo with the phones and lines, you can keep the number, but I've been told that's fraud technically.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sevenvt:
Transfer the number to google if you really want the number, wait, then sign up again. Or buy full price.

From my SGS2E4GT
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] n00b1269:
Could do what i did, find a friend that has an upgrade and trade. I had to throw an otter defender in for the deal, but worth it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Vega:
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oh no i will sell thhe photon for maybe 350 300 on craiglist and use that to pay for the epic. plus 200 or 300. and you keep your upgrade. or google voice your number pay the etf an go to boost for a month or two and get back on sprint with your same number. just port back your number through google voice
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] LexLuger82:
Too much ****
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gotmilk702:
If you are gonna cancel just port it out and then back in. theres even the 125 port in credit.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gotmilk702:
Geez its unlimited with an aup. do you expect them to want you so bad theyll just lose thousands per month on you? unlimited means unlimited pricing...they can still refuse your business. a contract lawyer doing millions in business should know this.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] QWIKSTRIKE:
You are too intelligent for me...so I refuse to answer this question. You figure it out....If there was no ambiguous misleading statement they wouldn't have changed it from unlimited roaming to unlimited roaming on their network now would they. You need to pull your head out of your ass! Wake up!

Don't sell me on the thought that I have unlimited roaming then tell me it's limited months after I signed. There is, and was no debate when I told them I could legally cancel my contract because of this ambiguous bull crap. I also told them if I told anyone else about this ambiguity they could cancel also with out any ETF charge too. Now since then they have changed this tune.....again wake up!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] LexLuger82:
Ha
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abrcrmdl23:
When you activate a new line of service regardless if you buy the phone full price or not sprint does now require you to sign a 2 year contact, but if you do buy full retail you will be instantly eligible for a new phone at the lowest price if you renew it for 2 more.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] LexLuger82:
Stupid ****
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
Let me start by saying that yes, the statement "unlimited roaming" is misleading, I agree with you completely.

That being said, I'm sure their definition of "roaming" is making or receiving calls anywhere outside of your "home" service area. This has been the standard definition of roaming since cell phones came out... We've just been spoiled by the national providers having "free" roaming.

So yeah, you can be in Miami on the Sprint network and you are roaming, but Sprint doesn't pay anything because it's their own network. Then drive somewhere in the Keys where you roam onto Bob's Cellular Network - that's why they give you the little triangle warning - they are letting you know you are roaming OFF network.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imsraj:
Recently my gs2 is taking too much time to charge up. Yesterday from 10% to 85% took abt 5 to 6 hours. Previously it would do it to 100% in abt 3 hours.

Anyone else having this problem?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poch_1421:
are you using it while charging?

i always turn of my s2 when charging, and it always takes me ~3h from about 15 to 100%
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stian230:
If you overcharge several times you will frye the battery. If you got root try BatteryCalibration http://market.android.com/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonny68:
Mine has never taken more than 3 hours from 0% to 100%, sounds like you need to calibrate the battery.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imsraj:
No i dont use it at all.

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mine used to be like that but now for last three charges its taking that long.

How do you calibrate the battery?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dan@msx:
Didnt think it was required as the batterystats.bin is regenerated at 100% charge.... I was told to calibrate by charging full while on then switch off and charge again to full, then on to full then use normally
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yooyo3d:
How do you charge battery.. using charger or using USB port on computer? By some rule, if device sense data connection on USB it switch to 500maH charging levels. If there is not any data connection, it will charge as much as it can.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imsraj:
I use the main charger, very rarely i charge my phone using usb port.

today it took 4 hours to charge from 15% to 60%. then i disconnected it and downloaded a battery widget from the market and connected it again to the charger and it took abt 1.5h to 2h to charge from 55% to 100%. at the moments it looks ok. i will see how it goes on my next charge.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Chris Stewart:
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[Xoom Themes and Apps] gqstatus0685:
My best friends name is Chris Stewart.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] arrtoodeetoo:
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[Xoom Themes and Apps] Chris Stewart:
Haha, yes, I've heard that once or twice. :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Vistaus:
Looking very nice, but I wonder: does it have an homescreen-widget? Or if not, is it planned?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Chris Stewart:
I've been working on a widget and it's mostly working. The problem with a widget is that it's very limited in that you can't provide an EditText control where you'd enter your status message. So you kind of have to fake it a little bit, like the official Facebook app's widget does. When you select the text box in that widget, what it really does is pop up a dialog that lets you send your status. So anyway, long answer made short is yes, I'm working on one. :)

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[Xoom Themes and Apps] Vistaus:
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[Xoom Themes and Apps] Chris Stewart:
SocialBlast 1.1 - Released 9/16/11

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- LinkedIn profile picture support.

- Notification should say SocialBlast, instead of Blast for Android.

- Authorization added for Google+ accounts (in background, not available yet).