[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dougroundup:
Rant

This might be bumping an old thread but I just need to rant and maybe someone might even have some positive good advice or suggestions.

I also had a SII T989 that I had to really go through alot of difficulty and hard pressed negotiating with Tmobile in order to get a fairly decent deal and subsidy on last April. After well over thirteen of steady full tier patronage on their fledging system and a worn out G1 that I have had since the very first day android was officially released.... and no current contract in several years,,,,, I finally was able to negotiate a subsidized SII for a couple of hundred bucks and a new unl prefrd data web contract with numerous discounts rebates and monthly credits. FUll 3yr contract with full unlimited talk n text for $59 + $20 unlimited data with 5GB speed cap. I also recieved a one time $80 dollar credit adjustment on first statement. and for the following 20 months recieve automatic $10 credit adjustment on each months bill.

Complicated bunch kerchunjking and working the numbers hard and of jumping though hoops just to get any subsidy I was able to finally get a new phone for subsidized price of just under 2 Benjis and stay with Tmobile..... Just as suddenly the S3 comes out on the scene! HA I fukn laughed at my dumb assed self ! I paid normal everday subsudized price on a phased out model> Bastards still worked me!

Ok so the phone is just ok for a phone but as a mini android system I dig it alot, until six months down the road it starts having poor audio until the only way I can be heard is if I use a bluetooth or wired external headset. Both onboard mics completely dead no audio on phone or apps. regardless if factory reset . I use this phone for another two months on a bluetooth because I was told by a store flunky that Samsung cant be repaired. Well that motivated me to dig up the owners manual and other docs only to find Samsung may not fix em (whatever?!!!! ) but does indeed warranty them for a whole year. A call to customer service at Tmobile kinda goes around and around about not having their insurance and finally told that IF the twerp at the local corporate store inspects my faulty phone and makes a determination for warranty , He can place the order for the replacement,,,, but since I have no insurance I will have to either take a lower model G2 slide or wait for up to two weeks until my order is processed and ships out to my residence.. So opt to wait and recieved a stripped down Korean manufactured or perhaps .remanufactured unit in a plain white box that is to be reused to ship my chinese defective returned unit less the batt and rear cover. There is a threat that failure to return a decent core unit will result in an immediate charge of over $500 full retail price. Immediately I noticed when swapping the batt and cover that the newer refurbed Korean built clone wasnt as refined in the fit and finish and Chinese seemed more solid with a little more hefty feel. But the newer Korean seemed to have a bit brighter and sharper more tack to the displayed image and also had the much spiffier and faster ICS firmware! Intially I liked it better until I kept having the thing automatically go into a wierd reset when the power key was sometimes accidentally depressed when screensaver would shutdown. Normally you just depress the power key to redisplay the screen but if the power menu popup was displayed there was no way to exit the popup.. Normally you would just hit the back arrow or clear key and the popup should revert but nope every annoying time it goes into a funky pulse reset cycling the power and pulsding the vibe until yeah reboot manually yourself. At times this goes on and ya dont know it missing half the days worth of telephone calls! Then there is a major issue where you can dial out or recieve a ring but the phone had no audio whatsoever until you reboot and find a stronger signal even if you use wifi calling. Seems like it stuck betgween wifi sig and weeak gsm signal but makes for very unreliable calling I got my bill last week and to add insult to injury They charged me a $20 service fee for Warranty exchange....no insurance issue! i HAVE BEEN TOO BUSY TO FULLY DIAGNOSE AND CONTINUALLY FACTORY RESTORE AND ELIMINATE ALL MY APPS FOR POSSIBLE CONFLICT SO i CONTINUE WITH THIS P,O,S, PHONE UNTIL HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE TO STORE FOR RETURN AUTHORIZATION . JUST MY MESSED UP LUCK ..... SOMEONE AT MY CONSTRUCTION SITE BROKE MY SCREEN AND LEFT MY PHONE HIDDEN ON THE COUNTERTOP FOR ME TO FIND IT ..... SO I HAVE A DEFECTIVE PHONE WITH A DAMAGED SCREEN AND NO WAHY TO COMMUNICATE. NOBODY WILL WARANTY THIS NOW!