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I am selling itn on Ebay, but thought I would see if anyone here on the site wanted it. It is a brand new handset that was provided by orange to me only 3 days ago. I have since had them upgrade me to another handset due to minimul to zero 3g coverage in my home. You can see my feedback, also if you Pm me I am more then happy to take any photos.
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I have also got a bluetooth gps holuz reciever if anyone wants.
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Just out of curiosity, how did you have them upgrade you again and let you keep the universal? Didn't they want the Universal back?
Are we all allowed to put links to our eBay sales in here? Genuine question (to which I would expect the answer to be no).
I spend over £600 a month on orange and no they did not want the handset back. Beacuse they simply upgraded me for free but on the basis that I renew my contact for another 12 months. Which is no real bigge as my wifes family are all on orange. I have just bought a new voda contract and see my self going that way as I get full 3g coverage. I am sick and tiredof hearing the antenas are down in your location down sir.
Out of intereset this is my 5th upgrade this year on orange.
I have seen many other links for people selling their stuff on ebay. if anyone objects I will remove the link. Please let me know.
Regards.
Out of intrest i have now ended my contract early and my number is being made int pay as you go. Who says orange are all that bad, the reason so my wife can still get her extra 50% minutes and other benifits, as long as I top up 10 a month. So I am now on Voda and loving the free live. Out of my contact and not paying anything to end 11 months early a result. Thanks orange for being understanding, so it is good note that I end my time with orange. I still pay my wifes bill so I still have an account but my main number is now voda.
Repeat thanks orange for orange for being understanding, got nothing but love for you.
So I will be looking for less for the m5000, as I simply want to put orange in the past. Plus point can use my 8800 more now, with my now pay as you go number.
gr8!!
really they give you 5 upgrades in one yr!!!
ANd then they let you walk out w/o paying the line rental for the rest of the yr.
ofcourse you pay £600 a month though I would have not expected that. I mean they want to keep customers like you, why let you walk? and why offer 5 upgrades? Amazing!
Wish the networks had smthng similar for the more humble £300pm payers.
If this is in the wrong place, sorry mods.
I called T-Mob USA today for an upgrade and was sent to a "customer retention" department after threatening to defect to another carrier. Long story short they dropped my unlimited text & MMS down to $9.95 and gave me $75 off my new wing (herald). Just thought I'd post and help some of you save a buck.
Thanks fella. It worked like a charm, got unlimited txt & mms for $9.99 for both lines. I was paying the same for just 1000, but it looks like you saved 4 more pennies then I did, lol. Also Tmobile told me you have to be a preferred customer for them to do this.
DaMyth said:
Thanks fella. It worked like a charm, got unlimited txt & mms for $9.99 for both lines. I was paying the same for just 1000, but it looks like you saved 4 more pennies then I did, lol. Also Tmobile told me you have to be a preferred customer for them to do this.
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Hi,
I notice your signature:
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The best way to become good cook in my view is just to start and read a lot. I spent a lot of time and it is a lot of hard work to become a good cook. It's not about being taught it's about reading, learning, and testing.
As stated before I've flashed my device at least a hundred times before I was able to produce a working rom. We will assist you as needed, but it will be up to you to get it working.
Main point, it takes time and some hard work and you will get there.
You can ask anybody my first few releases had issues but I had to learn how to fix the issues and now my latest version seem to be working okay..
Good luck and I know you will get there soon.
Well thanks ttran001. I'm still trying to put together my own release, but I still need a bit of help. Mostly just simple things. I've been reading alot, and I think thats one of my problems, because I take in so much information, I don't retain it all. Maybe if you get a free minute, when your not working on one of your Great Roms, you can give me some basic tips, and tricks.
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If this is in the wrong place, sorry mods.
I called T-Mob USA today for an upgrade and was sent to a "customer retention" department after threatening to defect to another carrier. Long story short they dropped my unlimited text & MMS down to $9.95 and gave me $75 off my new wing (herald). Just thought I'd post and help some of you save a buck.
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i paid 260 - $50 rebate for my wing. for a 1 year contract. I'm still paying 19.99 for unlimited text for a family plan. and I got this deal else where than a threatened tmo.
I did call tmo to cancel my old line, and they offered a wing for $360 on a 2 year contact.
Well I guess i can post how much my wing was. I used this promotion from t-mobile.
Status: Promotion still available as of 02/20/2008
Call T-Mobile Business Direct at 866-464-8662. Push 3.
Give them the promotion code "Windows Mobile" (yes that is the promotion code).
Say no to text plans, internet plans, phone insurance and accessories.
Phone is $99.99 with $50 rebate = $49.99.
Free Shipping, Activation fees waived, 1 year contract
Thanks jello for the original deal (which was for $99 after rebate). The original thread can be found here.
For people who have ordered it for $149 in last 20 days (30 days in california) can call Tmobile Business Back office and ask for the credit back (I did and got it back).
UPDATE: Lot of people (almost everyone here after I posted) are reporting that now they are not offering credit for past purchases. I would suggest to do a phone exchange in that case, as it doesn't affect the line/phone number. And yes, even people who have ordered other phones can exchange it with this offer, if they had purchased it with a new line in last 20 days (30 in CA).
I personally have this phone and can vouch that this is really great phone (MDA and all variants are blown away by the stylish wing). For the first time I have found a phone with decent camera too.
I paid $150 for it on Howard Forums. It came with all retail packaging and it was in perfect condition. I've since scraped the winkey and the left softkey a little bit. That made me sad.
But I did just get a clear hard plastic case for it for $6 yesterday. So hopefully it doesn't take anymore abuse. I <3 my Wing.
weird, my unlimited text and internet is already $10. they were running some sort of special when we signed up though
This deal sounds interesting. I pay $4.99 for 400 sms/mms. I wonder if I can get this deal if I called. My contract is not finished for another month or so, but I have been signed up for t-mob since 2003... maybe that makes me a preferred customer?
i tried calling. My father has been with them since 2002 (voicestream) (he has been with them CONSISTENTLY, i only sign up for new accounts under his name). i have had several accounts with them, i usually let my contract expire and jump on a new deal for a hot phone.
the issue is, now i use a WING with the 39.99 Myfaves 300 plan, and 9.99 for 1000 texts.
my contract ends in May ( i got the 1yr deal with the wing for 99.99)
I called complaining about iffy (staticky and echoe-y) service upstate NY (where i go to school) and the rep seemed so nonchalant, even repeating to me several times that he wouldnt want me to leave after 6 years. So i explained to him that i personally knew several people with the 9.99 UNLTD text plan (i have been going over because i use OZ IM) and i was ready to switch to Sprint in may (SERO plan) if he couldnt accommodate my request. He acted indifferent and said he could do nothing for me.
So unless it was just a rude rep, can someone please explain to me how i should go about attaining this deal? I really want it.
Thanks
I am strongly leaning on getting a T-Mobile Wing as opposed to a 8525, but I just have a few questions first.
1) You have to pay for 3G service correct? (I know that T-Mobile doesn't have 3G yet). I have heard of 3G sim cards. Is this like a PRE-PAID 3G service card, where I have fast internet access? Or is this JUST a regular sim card with the ability to have 3G service, with a monthly payment plan.
Is there such thing as a pre-paid 3G service card? (If so, I may be getting the 8525 instead). I mainly want to use wifi, but if I can get 3G via PRE-PAY/FREE then that would be good.
2) Is there a good strong wifi connection on the Wing? I heard the Wing has trouble connecting through wifi.
3) Why do people say there are troubles with the Wing running slowly? Is this because of the processor or because of the memory? But doesn't the Wing have the same amount of memory as the 8525?
Is there a way to decrease/eliminate the memory problems on the Wing?? I have heard of people installing certain roms to help with the memory problem.
4) The Wing has Push-to-talk right? So this means I will be notified when I get new emails/ messages in "real-time" correct?
5) Is the head jack a 2.5mm or is it embedded in the mini-USB??
These are some of my main questions. I am really contemplating on buying the Wing (or 8525). Could I get any quick advice as to what should I expect when I do buy it? Is there a preferred rom that I should install?
Should I get the Wing or 8525?? (On looks and feel DEFINITELY the Wing). I mainly want to use if for internet, Office suite, listening to music, and some games.
1. Not sure, someone smarter than me will have to answer that one.
2. I have never had any problems finding or connecting to a signal. Might just be the area I am in, but I have a good strong signal. Most of the time, I connect to the tmo gprs.
3. Out of the box, the wing tmo Rom is terrible. It has a horrible memory leak and runs very slowly. Multiple resets a day. If you look around the forums, there are a lot of different ROM's that can be flashed to your wing. These ROM's are cooked to speed up and make your wing more stable. There are a lot of good cooks now, and more up and coming. Also the ROM's get rid of all of the crap that tmo puts on the phone and adds some really cool apps.
4. By push to talk, I assume you mean voice command. Not sure about the tmo ROM, but there are a couple of different apps that you can install to get your voice command to work properly. Yes you are notified in real time about SMS/MMS, and email, if you set them up correctly.
5. mini-usb.
hey thanks for your response!
I guess I might as well go for the Wing (instead of 8525). I know the 8525 has the performance, but it doesn't have the looks, feel, spring-loaded keyboard, soft rubbery keys, and size.
If anyone else wants to comment I would greatly appreciate the input.
You can get the Wing for $100 w/ 1 year contract
Call T-Mobile Business Direct line at 866-464-8662
Tell them promo code "Windows Mobile"
Pick out your plan....features....
Comes with either free BT headset or car charger, no activation fee.
....if that helps you make the decision, thats how I went
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You can get the Wing for $100 w/ 1 year contract
Call T-Mobile Business Direct line at 866-464-8662
Tell them promo code "Windows Mobile"
Pick out your plan....features....
Comes with either free BT headset or car charger, no activation fee.
....if that helps you make the decision, thats how I went
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Ok, so I tried that and here's what happened..
I called the number you gave and I had to call another number instead. That was fine. If I can save over $200 doing all this, it's worth it. I eventually got in touch with the person I needed who delt with promotional codes and all that. I gave her my information and eventually the "Windows Mobile" promo code. She came back and told me the code was accepted and it worked. It was unusal though because she said every other time she's delt with a promo code, they come denied, but they DO work. In my case, it was accepted and she wasn't sure whether or not it would actually work for me.
It's kinda ****ty because I went through all this to get it for one reason. To save over $200 and not have to go to the store eventually and get this. I'm saving up for a down payment on a car at the moment and that's the reason I haven't went and got a Wing yet like I want to. But who can pass up on a deal like this? So it came to like $370-something for the phone and activation.. whatever else. If the promo ends up working, she said the money could be credited to my account.
Thing is, you have like 20 days to return the phone. Or I could refuse the package when it comes to my house and i'd be given a refund. Do I really wanna take the chance and keep the phone to see what my first bill is gonna look like? What if the promo code didn't work? Then i'm stuck with a $400 loss I don't want to take right now because I need the money for the reason I stated above. Or I could always wait for the bill and if it didn't work, I could call back and ***** to them and say the CSR said the promo code worked and it didn't take effect for me.
I'm not sure at this point, heh.
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Ok, so I tried that and here's what happened..
So it came to like $370-something for the phone and activation.. whatever else. If the promo ends up working, she said the money could be credited to my account.
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Price sounds off, with the promo my phone was $100 and plan was another $50, adding up to ~~$180 after taxes and such with no activation fee.
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Price sounds off, with the promo my phone was $100 and plan was another $50, adding up to ~~$180 after taxes and such with no activation fee.
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Well yeah, i'm paying the $300 + dollars for the phone AND activation. Once I get the phone in a couple days, i'm gonna call tmobile and tell them about what happened. The promo code got accepted, so I wanna know if i'm gonna be refunded my money and get the promo price/deal. If so, i'll stay with tmobile. If not, i'll send the phone back. From what I hear, tmobile has great customer service. So hopefully they do and they help me out or i'll just send the phone back. I took advantage of the promo offer because I wanted to save money and get a great deal. If I wanted to spend the $300 and something dollars, I would have went to the store and got a phone THAT day.
I got my wing with this promotion. it's $99 but $50 after mail in rebate. you have to order a data plan for the rebate plus you get a free bluetooth headset. it only comes up to more if you have to get a flex plan meaning your credit was kinda jacked so they want you to pay for your bill up front. either way it's a good as deal. anybody need the info on it just pm me.
So for those of you who don't know the price of the Rogers Android Phones drop to $99 on July 1st. If you are like me and got yours right when it came out you can get a credit for the difference ($50).
I got mine, took a few tries to get the “right” CSR but after he went to 2 different managers he finally got it approved for me
I bought the phone June 2nd, on a NEW 3 year contract and called today, over a month after I got the phone.
At first they didn’t want to give it to me because of the 15 day price adjustment BS policy, but being polite, friendly and stern will get you a long way. Remember most people that call customer service, yell and are upset, I know it’s hard to hold it back, but take it from me (spent 3 years working in a call center) being nice WILL make a huge difference.
Thanks for the tip Billy and Samuel M. at androidincanada.ca , $50 is a lot for a student
More info here
Awesome. Thanks so much for your post riddimmaster. At first I was disgusted when I saw this price drop. But, familiar enough with calling Rogers to try and get the best deals I can.
Anyways, I called Rogers right after reading your comment. At first the CSR said he would give me $25 back. I told him I appreciate the gesture, but I would appreciate something a little more significant then this. Explained how it is odd for a company to have such a price drop after only a month of the product being on the shelves (obviously due to Iphone 3gS coming out). He explained the 15-day policy, I commented that's fine for a store where you are buying a product, not a service. But I bought this with a 3-yr commitment + data plan.
So he said the best he could do is $25, I requested at that point he speak to his manager. He was insistent that his manager wouldn't have anything better to offer, but I requested politely that he try anyway. He came back and offered me $100 credit, obviously that pleased me.
I realize you probably were only interested in the actual $ amount I was credit. I rambled a bit there, just in case you need some guidance as to what points to bring up if you are having a hard time.
Again, thanks to riddimmaster and the androidinCanada website for posting this information.
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Awesome. Thanks so much for your post riddimmaster. At first I was disgusted when I saw this price drop. But, familiar enough with calling Rogers to try and get the best deals I can.
Anyways, I called Rogers right after reading your comment. At first the CSR said he would give me $25 back. I told him I appreciate the gesture, but I would appreciate something a little more significant then this. Explained how it is odd for a company to have such a price drop after only a month of the product being on the shelves (obviously due to Iphone 3gS coming out). He explained the 15-day policy, I commented that's fine for a store where you are buying a product, not a service. But I bought this with a 3-yr commitment + data plan.
So he said the best he could do is $25, I requested at that point he speak to his manager. He was insistent that his manager wouldn't have anything better to offer, but I requested politely that he try anyway. He came back and offered me $100 credit, obviously that pleased me.
I realize you probably were only interested in the actual $ amount I was credit. I rambled a bit there, just in case you need some guidance as to what points to bring up if you are having a hard time.
Again, thanks to riddimmaster and the androidinCanada website for posting this information.
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$100 congrats, I have to admit I'm a little jealous
I also heard the Android launch in Canada didn't go as well as expected, so that could be another reason for the price drop.
People complain about the inconsistency of Rogers and other providers, but this is a prime example of how you can use it to your advantage.
There is also the "Hardware Upgrade Rebate" you can try to get here. I know I'm not eligible because I signed a new contract but I'm keeping my fingers crossed, it's worth a shot for the price of postage.
I saw the price drop the day it happened, got $100 back on two phones (magic)though. ($100 total) But I also got them to lower my monthly bill by $14 a line so I'm really happy now. Just have to be persistant and talk to the right guy.
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Does this work if I buy the handset without any contract?
i spoke to a customer service manager, apparently it has to had been bought 15 days before the price went into effect
Gluzko said:
Does this work if I buy the handset without any contract?
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Not sure worth a try IMO.
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i spoke to a customer service manager, apparently it has to had been bought 15 days before the price went into effect
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They told me the same thing, I just kept calling till someone gave it to me.
I would give this a shot too.
My wife went from the Iphone 3G to the Focus about 2 or so weeks back.... a few days after the new windows phones were released. I myself have a tilt 2 but was ready for an upgrade. We went in to look at the new phones and at that time they didnt know about the BOGO offer that was coming up for Black friday (and presumably running through out the holidays). She went ahead and got her phone. Today we went in and asked if we could still get the free phone. As she was still in the 30 day grace period we figured it wouldn't be an issue. Sure enough.... a quick call to the manager and I had the phone in my hand. The only extra I paid for was the Zag Shield.
I'm not sure WHAT had to be done to get it. Whether you needed to add another line etc but since we already had 4 lines on our family plan we had decided to add my mom on for her Christmas. We told him we wanted to add a new line as well although he didnt actually tie the new Focus to that new line, and it didnt get tied to my number yet either. I'm not sure but I do think you need to start a new line (which luckily enough we already planned on doing) to get the BOBO deal with AT&T. He seemed to imply I could get it for free too by using my upgrade status which was also open from the original purchase of the Fuze 2 years ago.
I figure if in the new year they release some newer cooler phones (ie one with the same size screen but has a keyboard) I'll use my upgrade for that and sell the Focus off.
So anyone who did get their focus (or any other windows phone for that matter) early and wants to go in to get their free phone go and and schmooze and you'll be walking out with the second phone in your hand!
Good Luck!
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confirmed by an att rep.... if youre within the 30 day period and are eligible or you add a line, they will restock your phone and resell it to you and you get the new one... just a restock fee, but well worth the free phone.... did mine this eve, took 10 min to get it done... good deal on a solid set of phones...
Good for you guys!!
I'm stuck so no deals for me since I'm not in the upgrade timeframe. Unless someone wants to sell thier free Focus for a nice holiday discount?
I had bought 2 focuses (foci?) at 2 seperate ATT stores about a week apart from each other. I went to one store and got the money credited back to my credit card. I then received a call from the second store and they told me they would credit the account the amount of one of the phones since they noticed I had bought 2 phones within a week of each other.
If someone wants to sell the one he got for free at a fair price, please let me know
http://www.everythingwm.com/forum/threads/75-off-at-att-online.36755/
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I haven't been able to make it work, but I thought I'd post just in case.
bmstrong said:
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I haven't been able to make it work, but I thought I'd post just in case.
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That's fairly similar as to how I got my fuze... they had some promo going on and they had a programming glitch where you could put the coupon on multiple times... which I did. I got that phone for free. A year later when I got my tilt 2 my wife got it for 100 dollars upfront and then AT&T sent me a $50.00 visa gift card, so really the phone was 50 dollars. HTC at the time had this promo where they would accept ANY smart phone trade in when you bought a tilt 2 and they'd pay you 100 dollars. I sent in my HTC Vouge and they gave me 100 dollars... so really I got paid 50 dollars for getting a new phone.
Then once this promo came along, well suffice to say my wife just rolled her eyes... yet another free phone
Does this only work if you purchased it at a real AT&T store? I bought my focus at a 'CellularWorld' about 15 days ago.
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Does this only work if you purchased it at a real AT&T store? I bought my focus at a 'CellularWorld' about 15 days ago.
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Correct. As far as I understand. You could try returning your Focus and re-purchasing at your local AT&T?
Nobody interested in selling your second Focus?
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Correct. As far as I understand. You could try returning your Focus and re-purchasing at your local AT&T?
Nobody interested in selling your second Focus?
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I am just guessing that you cant get another one for free if you purchased it off contract...IS it only with a new line or contract to get the free phone?
I've contacted AT&T about this. You MUST get a new line OR upgrade an existing line that is eligible for upgrade. Since I want to give the free phone to my dad, they did say 2 things that kept my interest though:
they can be flexible on 'eligibility'
I can transfer the phone to my dad's account, as long as he's eligible and an existing AT&T subscriber
One other thing - gotta do it within the 30 day grace period.
How much each store follows these rules, of course, would depend on the store
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I am just guessing that you cant get another one for free if you purchased it off contract...IS it only with a new line or contract to get the free phone?
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Correct. Two-year contract and data plan are required on both lines. AT&T makes minimum $600 ($15 data + $10 add a line = $25/mo minimum) over two year period off you per phone. That's how they can afford to give you one for free.
I'm planning to upgrade my phone n get me a Focus, since it's BOGO deal right now. I'm wondering if this plan will work or not. Currently Im in a family plan and my dad is able to upgrade his phone too and planing to give the 2nd phone to him. however, since he's a tech noob im going to go head take the phone, but cancel his data plan so he can use his old phone. Then just sell the 2nd phone. do you think AT&T will allow me to do this, since my dad would not use the Focus.
My sister had done this before, she got an iPhone n hate it. So she use her old phone, canceled the data plan and sell her iphone on eBay.
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confirmed by an att rep.... if youre within the 30 day period and are eligible or you add a line, they will restock your phone and resell it to you and you get the new one... just a restock fee, but well worth the free phone.... did mine this eve, took 10 min to get it done... good deal on a solid set of phones...
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I didn't even have to go through that much hassle. I told them I'd bought the first one in the last 30 days and they gave me a second one for free. They did charge an $18 upgrade fee on the line I upgraded but they didn't make me go through any "resell" or "restock" ordeal. They just put in a promo code for it and gave it to me.
Amazon is selling the phones for $.01 with a 2 yr plan.
For 2 qualified plans, that's a whopping $.02. Just a tad better than AT&T's BOGO deal.
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Amazon is selling the phones for $.01 with a 2 yr plan.
For 2 qualified plans, that's a whopping $.02. Just a tad better than AT&T's BOGO deal.
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Take a look at the fine print for things like the early termination fee. Don't fool yourself into thinking that Amazon is only making $.01 on the phone.
yep not only do you get dinged with an early termination fee from ATT but one from Amazon as well... I think Amazon's is bigger then ATT's actually. Not to mention I believe you only get that on new lines.... not ones you are adding onto an existing family plan. I could be wrong here.