[General Topics] farfly7:
Noob here. Screwed Over By T-Mobile, Now Seeking Help to Breath Life Back Into LG G3 until I can unscrew myself. If you wish to skip the T-Mobile story, skip to the next paragraph. I am going to try to sum this up as simply as possible. I was on an account with my wife at T-mobile. It was her account, but I was an authorized user. We have been with the company for several years because we like the data plans. Things come up, and I needed to get my own account separate from hers. I had been financing an LG STYLO 2 Plus for a monthly payment added to the bill. I could not swap this phone to the new account do to the balance owed. My wife and I both had to talk with Customer Care (together) and show up at the local store (together) to cut through the red tape, sign some paperwork, and pay off the balance on the device. I got a new SIM card because I wanted a new number, and life has been peachy with the service since July until Monday morning. My phone had no service. I waited until noon and called Customer Care who informed me my device had been blocked due to non-payment, for which I was obviously confused. My account was up to date. I knew my wife was losing her service after breaking her Samsung Note, not being able to come to any type of agreement with T-Mobile for a replacement, and not paying the bill (I'm not a douche, by the time I found out she needed assistance it was too late...she had too much pride to ask for help :crying:, which I would have gladly given). So according to "Their System" (that apparently makes it's own decisions and is ruled by no mere mortal) was telling them I still had a balance owed for my device on my wife's account (for which they had been billing her for since July 2017 until Monday, Jan. 15th 2018 unbeknownst to her). Several phone calls, store visits, message board chats have gotten me zilch except the need for an attorney, which just so happens I cannot afford. Nor can I afford a new phone at the moment, at least not for a week or 2. So here is my problem:

My phone previous to the LG Stylo 2 Plus was an LG G3. I loved this phone. It was my first true smartphone. The reason I went to the Stylo 2 Plus was because the G3 screen started to flicker and fade, and sometimes I would get some screeching from the speakers at the same time. Once, it was just a high pitched squeal until it shutdown...which is what usually happens after a minute or two of being operable. I would like to try to fix this problem, on a zero to broke budget, until I can get another phone. Has anyone ran into this before, and do you have any suggestions. The phone was not under warranty by the time it originally happened, I have never had it looked at by anyone professionally, I cannot remember if I had recently did an update on it when it happened, nor can I remember the last update it received (when I can get it to stay on long enough I will get the current Android version), it has had a factory reset done on it with no help, and it has plenty of storage space. It has never been dropped, wet, or hot. I AM STUCK USING AN IPHONE FROM WORK FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND I CANNOT STAND IT. I have always had a dislike for apple since I first got an Ipod and then realized I could not load my own, paid for music to it (CD's, remember those?) like I could the Big Box Store, Available for Cheap MP3 players and it pissed me off. But now I have an official reason once more: iPhones absolutely suck to use. Multitask? forget about it. I cant even send a message to my wife without the spellcheck causing a fight over what it put in the message Vs. what I wanted in the message. Enough rant...any and all help needed, please. If you read this entire story, you are indeed a trooper. Thank you.