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[General Topics] Delakit:
Development isn't really falling. The tough stuff is in the works now for most devs. But this has worked and isn't suppose to be difficult but Sprint is making it as hard as possible. I haven't succeeded yet.
[General Topics] Psilowin:
I doubt they would do such a thing, unfortunately.
[General Topics] Delakit:
Like I said, it has worked. I've seen many success stories. It just takes a lot of time and effort.
[General Topics] joshuaw84:
Sometimes, the hours spent working with customer service are worth more than paying an etf. But on the flip side, the hours worked with a customer aren't worth getting the etf paid.

It's a game of poker, both sides have a line, guess you have to know where the line is and know whether it's really worth it or not. Cs reps may drag it out simply because they've had a bad day.

I don't make a huge amount per hour but I wouldn't spend 15 hours to avoid an etf either.

Food for thought.
[General Topics] trsix:
That dog don't hunt

T:eek:hat dog don't hunt
[General Topics] Delakit:
I have yet to understand a single post of yours.
[General Topics] syaoran68:
its not super hard if you refer to my posts before. it took me about an afternoon if calling and standing firm on my grounds. just dont wait for them to "call you back" they never do. after you hang up on them just call back. and tell them i cant wait for a return call since i work / school, etc etc, or call back saying i was hung up on. that'll set a small fire under their asses.
[General Topics] trsix:
etf

An obviously faulty endeavor; also as ~ /won't hunt/, predictive of failure.
[General Topics] trsix:
When pigs fly.

a rhetorical phrase used to indicate that an event or action is unlikely to occur
[General Topics] Delakit:
I knew you'd come around eventually. Lol.

Pigs CAN fly by the way. ;)
[General Topics] trsix:
IF

If i was under contract i'd try it also. Mine ended months ago so i bought the evo lte off craigslist for 160.
[General Topics] Delakit:
Nice. So you can conform that activating a new phone purchased by ways of no contract (ie CL, EBAY, ETC...) will not extend the contract another 2 years as Sprint states it would?
[General Topics] trsix:
yep

I just called sprint and had it activated and sold my old evo shift online. Still paying $69.95 like i had been but no contract. I thought they might hit me up for an activation fee but they didn't. That was 3 months ago.
[General Topics] Delakit:
Nicely done. I don't blame you for the switch either. Lol.
[General Topics] mulhiny:
Why don't you try it before calling bull****? I don't recall where I read about it, but I've used it a number of times. You email, will get a confirmation email, then they will call you.

Edited for rudeness. Apologies to Delakit
[General Topics] Delakit:
I wasn't "calling bull****." I'm not sure how you perceived that questionmark in context or why you would get angry but to each their own. I have the right to ask questions before following through with something someone told me to do. I was asking the relevance of the address so I would have an idea as to what I'm in for. For example: Sprint usually contacts customers using Sprintpcs.com so I wasn't sure if that is even a valid address for who I'm trying to connect with. If you've used it a number of times then give more info as I asked instead of assuming I'm shooting down a suggestion or means of help when I clearly wasn't.
[General Topics] mulhiny:
Please accept my apologies..not sure why I was so cranky last night.

When you send an email to that address someone from about the highest level of customer service will call you to resolve your issue. They will call from a direct line that you can even call back..they will call, not email. The rep will only email a summery of your conversation. These reps claim to be right from the CEO's office. That's the relevance to the email address...whether they actually are or not really doesn't matter as they seem to have a significant amount of power beyond a standard call rep. Plus you get personalized service.

My suggestion would be to email a very clear and literate email that's well thought out and concise. I included my name (that's on the account) and my number. They've always called me within 2 business days.
[General Topics] Delakit:
That's more like it. I will be contacting that E-Mail today since I just talked to a corporate rep who wasn't going to budge and I'm still on this bogus service. I appreciate the info. I'll detail back what happens but I don't see getting off my contract happening and unfortunately I don't have the $340 to terminate. Thanks again.
[General Topics] Asadullah:
I don't know if its been mentioned but I believe that sprint will allow you to pay an etf over a couple months period. When I paid mine a couple years back they gave me a couple months to do so but they also locked me out of my account which led to me not paying nothing for awhile and they sent bill collectors to bother me. But the whole time wouldn't let me pay it. Eventually after a very hard headache I was able to get it paid. Funny thing is they didn't tell the bill collector until a week or so and that assh0le called me and started to talk trash to me because I wouldn't tell him my name.

Lesson learned never go green or sprint
[General Topics] Delakit:
They won't. I asked the rep that and he said it needs to be paid by next billing cycle or the services will be suspended. I can't do that on my patents family plan. I'll definitely be leaving Sprint as soon as possible.
[General Topics] Asadullah:
It sucks to be bullied like that. Too bad you can't talk your parents into leaving. Unfortunately your parents are probably like mine set in their ways. I tried to talk my mom into leaving at&t and she won't because they have worked great for ten years or whatever.
[General Topics] Delakit:
She doesn't because my father just got his phone last month and they don't want to deal with it. I'm getting off Sprint somehow either way. They pissed me off and disrespected me beyond belief. **** em.
[General Topics] bennyboy78:
My exact feelings and exact same thing happened to my family. Except my family is willing to switch, just don't have $1000 to get out of contract
[General Topics] Delakit:
Damn. That'd be brutal.
[General Topics] Asadullah:
If everyone is willing to get out of contract then I would stop any automatic payments with them and then let them know your in charge. Look if they can get you by the balls they will.For instance delakits parents don't wanna leave so if he wants to then they get screwed and they know this. But if everyone in his family wants to leave they can't do nothing to you and they will work with you at least I most people have worked with me. I buy most of my stuff outright and I don't really have any debt so when they say I'll have a billing company call me or run it against my credit I kindly let them know that it doesn't affect me I buy all of my stuff out right. They usually figure out a way to work with you.
[General Topics] trsix:
in charge

Solid advice! Anytime I'm under contract for now on I'll try that. You should be a credit counselor!
[General Topics] yanxizao:
Not working for me

I was talking with an account service representative from Sprint and they are saying if it is an adverse change to the customer. Then you can get out of the contract, ETF free. But based on this change, it is decreasing my monthly charges by about 10 cents or so. Is it legit? Does anyone else have any success?

Our Right To Change The Agreement & Your Related Rights

We may change any part of the Agreement at any time, including, but not limited to, rates, charges, how we calculate charges, discounts, coverage, technologies used to provide services, or your terms of Service. We will provide you notice of material changes—and we may provide you notice of non-material changes—in a manner consistent with this Agreement (see "Providing Notice To Each Other Under The Agreement" section). If a change we make to the Agreement is material and has a material adverse effect on Services under your Term Commitment, you may terminate each line of Service materially affected without incurring an Early Termination Fee only if you: (a) call us within 30 days after the effective date of the change; and (b) specifically advise us that you wish to cancel Services because of a material change to the Agreement that we have made. If you do not cancel Service within 30 days of the change, an Early Termination Fee will apply if you terminate Services before the end of any applicable Term Commitment.
[General Topics] Delakit:
I literally just got off the phone with a corporate representative and she wouldn't budge along with the numerous other methods of contacts I used to contact representatives. I've probably spoken to more than 20 people within' 2 weeks and the end result is my still being on my contract until October of 2014. I highly doubt any of the 'success' stories on this website or any other website stating they were able to successfully get out of their contract through any of these means were accurate. I tried absolutely EVERYTHING and nothing worked. Not one single thing. Therefor, I believe those posts were bull****. There's literally no further action I can possibly take. It is over and done with. As for the excessive roaming; a customer needs to roam excessively, and I mean EXCESSIVELY, in order for their contract to be terminated. Supposedly it'll take about 3 months and you really need to get your download on within' that point. My 9gb in one month won't do the trick. 30gb the second month won't do the trick, and I can't imagine what the 3rd month would need to be at all around.

Best piece of advice: Know you're not getting out of your contract until it is over. The terms and conditions do not matter.

Enjoy.
[General Topics] bennyboy78:
Damn that sucks. No light at the end of the tunnel then I guess :,(
[General Topics] orangekid:
Moved to General forum because this doesn't have anything to do with the Evo LTE, just Sprint in general.
[General Topics] jwalkinc:
Running modded PRL..

I will be moving (GF's house) to an area that has terrible Sprint coverage (if any). I use the modded PRL to get service when I am there and have pretty good success. I racked up 6gb of roaming data last month but so far not a peep from Sprint. I even called to complain about their lack of service in this 'supposed' urban area and they looked into it, but didn't have any real answers.

I've left the modded PRL on my phone now permanently and will see if they say anything. Will post if they do.
[General Topics] Delakit:
If you don't get service there then you can get out of the contract ETF free. There's no point in you paying them for something you don't get. Having to use custom PRL's isn't a Sprint advised solution. Tell them you're in a dead area, they'll look to make sure, and cancel your contract if so (so they claim). Give it another try.
[General Topics] jwalkinc:
Moving in August...

I was told a specific set of dates in June is when LTE is supposedly being activated. I don't move til August, so I thought I would wait and see if they come through. I never thought I would be looking at AT&T as a service -they used to SUCK in the South - but the GF has it and is getting a 3mb LTE connection at her house.

I've had Sprint for 13 years , used to sell for them WAY back in the day and would like to stay with them. Just want to see them get their stuff up to par.
[General Topics] tygger:
Anyone successfully able to keep their numbers and port out after getting their acct terminated?
[General Topics] Jordanh8:
I kept my number when I bought out of my contract a few months ago.
[General Topics] LaShizzle:
Ways to Avoid Sprint's Early Termination Fee (ETF)

Whenever Sprint makes and adverse material change to your account, you can get out of your contract early and avoid the ETF. Most Sprint representatives won't allow you to do this UNLESS you read your contract "verbatim". Meaning, if you call and say, "I think I can cancel my line w/o ETF because Sprint's charges just increased which affects my ability to pay", then Sprint will say, you can't do that. But if you specifically state that Sprint has made a "material change" that adversely affects your account and then ask to speak to a supervisor or someone from account services, they'll fix it. I know because when Sprint decided the would no longer support Nextel phones and my bill was increasing $10 then $20 a month, I called multiple times and everytime I called, they said I couldn't not avoid the ETF and tried to get me to get one of their free phones which would then add another 2yr contract. I refused, found my contract, and then called Sprint a 3rd time. They still refused, but when I read my contract to the rep, she then referred me to account services and the lady in account services informed me that the previous three Sprint reps I'd spoken to over the past three months were WRONG! A material change can be anything Sprint does that adversely affects your line, like no longer supporting a phone, charging more, or pretty much anything they change that affects your account in an adverse way. Read your contract because apparently, either Sprint employees aren't reading it OR they want you to be ignorant so they can hold you to the ETFs/lock you into another 2 year contract.
[General Topics] tm7170:
California residents can cancel without ETF?

California residents have an easier time canceling due to the contract changes? Or just that the contract changes were rolled out there first?
[General Topics] Neckross6207:
Like you said in your AREA.... Sprint it's the worst nightmare for slow networks, the internet its so bad sometimes you can't even get a 1MB less than 500KB...it really sucks. Any other company you name it, ATT, T-mobile, Verizon, Metro or Cricket, Simple or Boost Mobile, has better internet and much faster than ****ty Sprint. I'm not against you, I have a contract with Sprint and I still have 6 months left to go. I can't wait to get out of it!
[General Topics] wcherin:
Sprint Cancelling my Airrave

Got a letter the other day that as of August my Airrave will no longer work. my question is since they cancelled it what are my chances of getting out of my contract for all 3 lines?
[General Topics] yakatoy:
Wish there was something like this for Tmobile! :eek:
[General Topics] MclJas:
New way out!!!!

First off. Love this place!!! Signed up just to spread the good word. I am on hold while they contact the legal department to make sure I am accurate. Sprint changed the terms and conditions as of 7/1/2013 you have 30 days to dispute and get out of your contract with no etf!!!! They changed the arbitration terminology at the end of the contract. Quote Subsection 1-b. It states right in there

"Arbitration Terms, Process, Rules and Procedures

(1) Unless you and Sprint agree otherwise, the arbitration will be conducted by a single, neutral arbitrator and will take place in the county of the last billing address of the Service. The arbitration will be governed by either: (a) rules that we mutually agree upon; or (b) the JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules & Procedures (the "JAMS Rules"), as modified by this agreement to arbitrate, including the rules about the filing, administration, discovery and arbitrator fees. The JAMS rules are available on its website at jamsadr.com. Notwithstanding any JAMS Rule to the contrary or any other provision in arbitration rules chosen, by agreement, to govern the arbitration, we each agree that all issues regarding the Dispute are delegated to the arbitrator to decide, except that only a court (and not the arbitrator) shall decide any disagreements regarding the scope and enforceability of this agreement to arbitrate" All I pointed out was the part that says "as modified by this agreement to arbitrate" It did not say that in the past one. Get out while you can. I will post an update and let you know how it all turns out!!!!
[General Topics] darkness22:
Really appreciate the effort, looking forward to your update. After 12+ yrs I've finally had it with Sprint. Must. Get. Out.
[General Topics] MclJas:
After an hour and 25 minutes. I got hung up on. First guy had said yes he will take care of it. Was going to get the waiver started. Sat on hold so long it auto transferred me to CS again. Talked to another lady that said she wasnt seeing what I was saying. Then transferred me to a supervisor that told me there was no way they would let me out. And asked me the real reason why I wanted out. After trying to explain for a while. He told me he would have someone call me back in 24-48 hours and said goodbye then hung up on me.
[General Topics] bennyboy78:
Sorry to tell you, but trust me, they won't call back man. I've had first hand experience.
[General Topics] MclJas:
I know thats why I called back right away. I will call em till they close, and start again in the morning. At least piss them off as much as they piss us off.
[General Topics] NinjaGrinch:
So will this actually work? I want to switch to a carrier that offers better family plans at a cheaper price and frankly it's becoming too expensive each month to stick with Sprint. Wanting to get out without the ETF. I assume the down-payment I put in goes bye-bye as well with this.
[General Topics] bennyboy78:
Here it is in lay man's terms

http://www.pocketables.com/2013/07/...et-you-out-etf-free-but-good-luck-trying.html
[General Topics] AllanonMage:
I called last night and read them the 4 items in that article. John from retention said Sprint could already do all 4 of those things. John and his supervisor refused to allow me to cancel, though my intent was actually to just get information. Seems Sprint will be giving you a hard time if you want out of your contract.
[General Topics] MclJas:
Have not Kept everyone informed. My bad. I did finally end up getting out without an ETF. Unfortunately it was not for the contract change. I got out due to the fact that customer service was so rude to me, and the fact that in a POSTED 4GLTE area, I had multiple dropped calls. All I can say for anyone that has sprint is I am so sorry you have them. Worst company I ever dealt with.
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] indycar:
you mean wisepilot ? if so get it from market
[Xperia Z Themes and Apps] mathen:
Wisepilot is just trial version,so for full version one need to buy from playstore.
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doctor5:
Hello,

Just purchased 2 Nook HD with the intent of running the 'double boot' CM 10.1, so we could choose on startup. In one of them, it seems to work fine, but the other one never displays the boot screen of CWM. This is a a bit of a problem since one cannot see what to boot. I eventually made a sd card which would only boot 10.1 (i.e. without the dual boot possibility) which eventually will boot cm 10.1. Upon searching the development thread on the dual boot card, I saw that there are different screens on the nooks. I saw a post about checking the options passed to the kernel (msprag13 and some replies as well) Since I could boot both machines I did check and the one where CWM gives us the boot screen is AUO and the one that shows nothing is a LGD. Just curious to know if there is any progress on this? The problem seems to be in CWM and not CM 10.1

I know unix quite well but his android hacking is a bit new to me...

Jonathan
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leapinlar:
Bokbokan is on vacation so I will answer for him. The last I talked to him, he was not able to fix it. He does not own the LGD device so he can't test it. It is an issue in uImage which is the 2nd bootloader and also is what displays the menu. Maybe someone wants to loan their LGD device to him so he can fix it.

But you can accomplish the booting between the ROMs by installing an app from Play Store. Get Quick Boot by Sirius Applications. With that you can select bootloader and it will boot to stock. And if you are rooted on stock you can install it there and choose reboot to go back to CM.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doctor5:
thanks

Hello,

Thanks for the hint. We'll try that too, but it will probably be in CM10.1 most of the time. We're in Sweden and don't have US credit cards so stock isn't that useful, though we are able to read ADE protected books from the library with the stock ROM.

If you want someone to compile and test things in the LGD device we can probably give it a try. I generally use Linux (gentoo) so I am familiar with compiling things though I'd probaby have to update gcc to handle other architectures. But I'm not afraid of looking at source code (I've had to do that for some programs that gentoo didn't have) , so if I can help let me know.

Jonathan
[Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leapinlar:
He has his source for the u-boot.bin posted on his OP. This is what eventually gets built as uImage. If you want you can download it and look at it. The files of interest are in /board/bn_hummingbird.

And you can still have the Hybrid without the menu. It boots Hybrid automatically. And using his power off menu in CM10.1, you can get to recovery.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
[General Questions and Answers] khink:
The thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460 looks very promising for rooting my device (Star B94M Quad Core).

But there is no instruction on how to get it to run from Linux, and i can't figure it out. There are some .sh shell scripts and things that look like linux binaries (no extension name), but nothing that says what to run when. There's a readme.txt but it's full of characters my locale can't deal with and it doesn't specify which one it's in (but i'm guessing it belongs to a language i wouldn't understand).

├── RunMe.bat
├── stuff
│** ├── adb
│** ├── adb.exe
│** ├── AdbWinApi.dll
│** ├── AdbWinUsbApi.dll
│** ├── busybox
│** ├── busybox-armv6l
│** ├── busybox.exe
│** ├── checklt30.bat
│** ├── fakebackup.ab
│** ├── fastboot.exe
│** ├── install-recovery.sh
│** ├── libservicemenu.so
│** ├── onload.sh
│** ├── ric
│** ├── rootkittablet.tar.gz
│** ├── RootMe.tar
│** ├── script1.sh
│** ├── step2.sh
│** ├── step3.sh
│** ├── su
│** ├── SuperSu.apk
│** ├── Superuser.apk
│** ├── tabletS.ab
│** └── Term.apk
└── z_rootkit
├── getroot.sh
├── onload.sh
├── readme.txt
├── src
│** └── onloadhook
│** └── jni
│** ├── Android.mk
│** └── onLoadHook.c
└── usbux.ab

Also i can't post in that forum, that's why i'm posting here. I will try sending the OP of the thread a message to attract his attention to this.
[General Questions and Answers] Bin4ry:
ACtually you have to translate the bat file to sh or just wait for v26, i will add a unix compatible script into that one.

Regards
[General Questions and Answers] khink:
I tried running the adb binary, but

$ ./stuff/adb wait-for-device

never returns it prints

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

And then i killed it after some time.

$ ./stuff/adb pull /system/app/Backup-Restore.apk .

Gives "error: device not found"

Is this an indication that i need to use one of the other options from RunMe.bat?

I'll keep fiddling...
[General Questions and Answers] khink:
In v29 it's still the same: daemon started succesfully, then nothing happens.

PS The RunMe.sh contains Windows line ends, if anyone reads this it's easily fixed with vim, ':set fileformat=unix'
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] percy5911:
Hi guys I hav a note 2 since past 3months now & I haven’t rooted it lately I m thinkin off rootin it as I cannot move my games on the memory card which is the main android draw back. Ive seen many posts on the internet sayin that if I root my phone the warranty will get void this is the only reason y in not rootin it & thinkin it over & over again that is it worth it?? Or is there any app which can move my games on memory card without rootin it????

Plz help

Thanks..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kremata:
Root WILL void your waranty, there are many good reasons why people root their phones but if your only reason to root is to move apps to the sd-card you should try APP2SD on google play ->https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.a0soft.gphone.app2sd&hl=en