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i guess i did a warranty job and the phone got sent to my old adress and thing is i dont live there anymore and i told them so they refunded me momney so i wouldnt have to pay them back and they sent me another phone for free. anyways i go back to my old house just to say hi to friends and stuff and i see that my phone that they sent was there its a 8525 so now i have an extra 8525 can they track it down if i use it ?

They could if they really wanted to. But do you think they'll go through all that trouble just for you ? lol Doubt it...

i work for att... so Mike we know now....

lol i was just saying shogun im not actually saying it happened more like a wat if

alleyezondisromo said:
lol i was just saying shogun im not actually saying it happened more like a wat if
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but if you will be more than happy to ship it to me i will pretend it never happened

alleyezondisromo said:
i guess i did a warranty job and the phone got sent to my old adress and thing is i dont live there anymore and i told them so they refunded me momney so i wouldnt have to pay them back and they sent me another phone for free. anyways i go back to my old house just to say hi to friends and stuff and i see that my phone that they sent was there its a 8525 so now i have an extra 8525 can they track it down if i use it ?
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So you ordered a phone, and initially thought it never came. Then you called and said, "Hey, where's that phone?" They said, "Sorry. We'll send another one."
Now you are basically saying, "Thanks AT&T for being so helpful and sending me a replacement phone. Now that you were so helpful, I will keep both phones and really give you the shaft for being honest."
Having two phones, you now wonder if you can get in trouble. Well, let me put it this way: if AT&T was to find out you have both phones, they might think you lied to them in an attempt to steal a phone from them. Most people and most businesses wouldn't respond too well to this.
The ethical thing to do is exactly what your question asks when reading between the lines: Should I keep what doesn't belong to me?
If you have to ask, you probably already know the answer.

Whatever...I worked for at&t for a year...nothing ethical about that company. I say keep it and be happy.

Answer is yes they could find out whos SIM is in the phone with that IMEI... Unless you use that program floating around and change the IMEI haha.

alleyezondisromo said:
lol i was just saying shogun im not actually saying it happened more like a wat if
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"More like a wat if"?
Strange, because you've offered to sell this phone to another member here already. You might want to get your story straight before Mark comes knocking on your door looking for his "kickback".

Isn't that like stealing more than half a thousand dollars?
I mean, Don't get me wrong, but you could let them know you moved, so they can send the phone to the right place.

TaurusBullba said:
You might want to get your story straight before Mark comes knocking on your door looking for his "kickback".
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Im on it

surrept said:
Whatever...I worked for at&t for a year...nothing ethical about that company. I say keep it and be happy.
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You're probably right. But at the same time, is it worth the trouble and worry? Even if AT&T isn't ethical, does that mean you shouldn't? It's all about how you want to live your life.

Need to Flash my Evo 4G for the Carribean Will Pay $$!!

Hello Peeps
I'm gunna b going to the island Antigua soon in January and would like to know if there's anyone out there that can flash an EVO 4G so I can use my phone while im in the islands. FYI: im gunna b there for quite sum time in case ur wondering
P.S. Also I heard there's a service called lime that's offered there i know this is a cdma fone and that only GSM phones work there I'm not retarded, I'm also aware that CDMA fones are no good there but I would pay u if u can find me a way , like I always say when there's a will there's always a dam way.
(DAM EVO 4G Y WON'T U WORK WITH MY DAM WII REMOTE STUPID BLUETOOTH STACK)

You answered your own question. CDMA phones are no good there. There is no way around that.
On a side note, PLEASE use punctuation and spelling correctly. It doesn't make you look very bright when you talk like that. It could be just me, but I find stuff like that REALLY annoying. ._.

Instead of paying someone for a solution that won't appear anytime soon, why don't you just spend that money on a gsm phone and buy the sim cards for service over there? Is it the 4G service that you want or the wifi tethering you were hoping to utilize?

thetakara said:
You answered your own question. CDMA phones are no good there. There is no way around that.
On a side note, PLEASE use punctuation and spelling correctly. It doesn't make you look very bright when you talk like that. It could be just me, but I find stuff like that REALLY annoying. ._.
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+1 (ten more)

When I went to Antigua this year I bought an unlocked Blackberry and took it down with me. Just buy a prepaid sim while down there. I was there for 2 weeks so I don't know if you will find it worth your while.
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And about you Wii remount question, CyanogenMod 6 will find it.

ualeem said:
Hello Peeps
I'm gunna b going to the island Antigua soon in January and would like to know if there's anyone out there that can flash an EVO 4G so I can use my phone while im in the islands. FYI: im gunna b there for quite sum time in case ur wondering
P.S. Also I heard there's a service called lime that's offered there i know this is a cdma fone and that only GSM phones work there I'm not retarded, I'm also aware that CDMA fones are no good there but I would pay u if u can find me a way , like I always say when there's a will there's always a dam way.
(DAM EVO 4G Y WON'T U WORK WITH MY DAM WII REMOTE STUPID BLUETOOTH STACK)
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Do a search for a VOIP solution in these forums. I remember reading where someone went to Belize and was able to mod their EVO to work there. Similar situation to yours.
To the lame people who commented that it's impossible: Advancement is only made when it is believed that there is an answer and that is possible. Then you have to keep searching until you find that answer. Don't expect it to be handed to you. Saying something is impossible without trying is just plain lazy. Let go of your mother's tit!
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I always use brightroam.com whenever I go overseas.
You can rent everything and have a blackberry or cheapo phone already setup to use over there. It's signficantly cheaper then getting service when you arrive. They mail you the phone, you set it up and take it with you. Plus you can always google coupon codes w/ them. "15AEREWARD" gets you $15 off.

sombdy said:
Do a search for a VOIP solution in these forums. I remember reading where someone went to Belize and was able to mod their EVO to work there. Similar situation to yours.
To the lame people who commented that it's impossible: Advancement is only made when it is believed that there is an answer and that is possible. Then you have to keep searching until you find that answer. Don't expect it to be handed to you. Saying something is impossible without trying is just plain lazy. Let go of your mother's tit!
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Even with VOIP he's regulated to only WiFi which is a pretty shoddy solution. But hey, that might be good enough for him.
As far as saying it's lame to think it's impossible, unless you open the EVO and physically change the radio, and then update the software to reflect that change, it is. So sure it's not 100% impossible, just impracticable and almost impossible. But hey, now I know who to go to when I want my XBox 360 to play PS3 games.

Lol @ thetakara yea it may be annoying but dis ain't no english class, @ sombdy I like ur enthusiasm im behind u 100%, lmao let go of ur mother's tit lol, i'll look into dat website rutter09. as for bb...yea blackberries not my thing but mite as well go 4 a gsm fone

sombdy said:
Do a search for a VOIP solution in these forums. I remember reading where someone went to Belize and was able to mod their EVO to work there. Similar situation to yours.
To the lame people who commented that it's impossible: Advancement is only made when it is believed that there is an answer and that is possible. Then you have to keep searching until you find that answer. Don't expect it to be handed to you. Saying something is impossible without trying is just plain lazy. Let go of your mother's tit!
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that has got to be the dumbest response i've ever seen.. str8 up its impossible, regardless of how lazy you think ppl are.. it was an easy call.. its the very reason u havent seen iphones on the verizon network.. its not possible. we're talking two diff technologies (cdma vs gsm) in antigua, all cell companies are gsm..

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that has got to be the dumbest response i've ever seen.. str8 up its impossible, regardless of how lazy you think ppl are.. it was an easy call.. its the very reason u havent seen iphones on the verizon network.. its not possible. we're talking two diff technologies (cdma vs gsm) in antigua, all cell companies are gsm..
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So don't pursue running cdma on a gsm network. You can run a VOIP hack. That has been done. The point is I see people respond frequently with "that's not possible" when the truth is they just don't know the answer. People are hacking their phones to run on Verizon and boost mobile. What if people had said "that's impossible" before someone found the answer? Pretty dumb.
The point of my post was that it is not constructive to say that it is impossible. The reason for these forums is to help each other find the answers we need.
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Award Tour said:
But hey, now I know who to go to when I want my XBox 360 to play PS3 games.
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lol......that's a funny and accurate analogy.

Considering your grammar errors and complete arrogance when called out on those errors, I sincerely hope your reasoning for going to Antigua for an extended period of time is not for the purpose of attending medical school.

sombdy said:
Do a search for a VOIP solution in these forums. I remember reading where someone went to Belize and was able to mod their EVO to work there. Similar situation to yours.
To the lame people who commented that it's impossible: Advancement is only made when it is believed that there is an answer and that is possible. Then you have to keep searching until you find that answer. Don't expect it to be handed to you. Saying something is impossible without trying is just plain lazy. Let go of your mother's tit!
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You are correct. It can be done.

Help Flashing to Cricket, Need "ESN with all numbers, or MEID"

I need to find the ESN with all numbers, not the one on qpst with the D and letters and numbers, the guy said he couldn't activate today when i took my phone to the cricket store. i was hella mad because i had been flashed the prl to cricket already so i now have no service. tomorrow, i need to bring the numbers there to activate. its already 9pm hopefully someone will chime in before then. thx in advance.

akaine2001 said:
I need to find the ESN with all numbers, not the one on qpst with the D and letters and numbers, the guy said he couldn't activate today when i took my phone to the cricket store. i was hella mad because i had been flashed the prl to cricket already so i now have no service. tomorrow, i need to bring the numbers there to activate. its already 9pm hopefully someone will chime in before then. thx in advance.
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They WILL NOT allow you to activate this phone in that method. I'm on my phone so it's way to much to text. Pm me a number and I will call you to break it down.

ziggy484 said:
What in the world is cricket? Is it the new firmware after gingerbread? I thought it should be dessert name though? Well i guess maybe some people eat crickets for dessert... kinda gross though.
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Cricket is a wireless carrier (7th largest in the US)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_Wireless
-Doug

ok so i talked to jenisiz on the phone and he told me the whole process i need to do now. which is take the phone to a cricket store that will activate it as a zio then i can proceed to the getting 3g working. i have it saying welcome to cricket when i dial *228! so i'm halfway there... then another time for my gfs phone

Zomg... really? once again... another post in here ... i check it... for nothing... don't post if nothing helpful yo i'm not tryin to be a asshole i just need help not wasteful comments i wouldnt have checked if u didnt write the comment thread

Menu>Settings>About phone>Status
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Kevin Gossett said:
Menu>Settings>About phone>Status
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For what he's trying to do, they won't accept that.

the one they need is in status. they need to know this at every store. i had to go to a store 20 minute drive away and i have 5 cricket stores within 10 minutes... just because noone knows about this type of thing evidently in NC... damn southerners... i'm about to do the steps to get 3g working, then flash 2.2 and all that back up. the cricket phone service sounds just like verizon on my fascinate, can't wait to see how this 3g performs... haha i have unlimited minutes and text/web/mms for 55$ for my phone and 50$ for my gf phone BANG

and im bout to start flashing phones in NC and remotely eventually, so if you want to get down on this holla at me, i will flash you to cricket with mms and all working, assuming i get mine up in a bit =D
and i'm going to do it lower than everyone else... 30 bux. for one. two for 60. when the other guys charging 50 per phone... i'mma get all that business

akaine2001 said:
and im bout to start flashing phones in NC and remotely eventually, so if you want to get down on this holla at me, i will flash you to cricket with mms and all working, assuming i get mine up in a bit =D
and i'm going to do it lower than everyone else... 30 bux. for one. two for 60. when the other guys charging 50 per phone... i'mma get all that business
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Just a heads up bud, try not to promote business on the forum. I share all information just like the devs share their work for free on xda. But good luck, there are other methods to get it working on the 45 dollar plan but I don't share those as I believe it's wrong cheating the provider. Those guys will probably be your compitition. Oh and 3g is just as good as verizon.

put ad on CL and did 1 already and my gfs and mine... whatchu talkin bout... its a hot service champ ... im bout to take that to the max lol all the mexicans here want that done

NVM...adryn pretty much said it...as I stated back on page 1 - We on the forum do this for fun, not profit. If you're going to take it to craigslist then by all means go have at it. But don't promote it here. Plus, try not to use racial comments. I don't care about it, but it may offend some.

Dude akaine....you are a low life. You wanted to charge for theme ports and now this? Go hang out on Craigslist, this community is not for you. We do things on donations here and if that means free...that's cool too. Stop trying to exploit people.
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adrynalyne said:
Dude akaine....you are a low life. You wanted to charge for theme ports and now this? Go hang out on Craigslist, this community is not for you. We do things on donations here and if that means free...that's cool too. Stop trying to exploit people.
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+1 Agreed. What a piece of trash....

flash yet another fascinate to cricket today... whos the trash now suckas haha =p
jailbroke an itouch and flashed an epic to boost last week. whos the trash buddy step ur game up

akaine2001 said:
flash yet another fascinate to cricket today... whos the trash now suckas haha =p
jailbroke an itouch and flashed an epic to boost last week. whos the trash buddy step ur game up
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Did you do it for free, or did you scam someone....again?

akaine2001 said:
flash yet another fascinate to cricket today... whos the trash now suckas haha =p
jailbroke an itouch and flashed an epic to boost last week. whos the trash buddy step ur game up
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akaine, its posts like this that lead to flame wars
this thread died 2 months ago...and yet u revived it by calling others trash
if you are happy on a budget carrier than great..im happy for ya
most of us prefer to be on 1 of the big 4 however

Yeah, just gonna leave a little comment here (since I like lurking on other forums).
Have fun with cricket, because as soon as you get 5 miles outside of a major city, you'll have NO signal whatsoever.
At least with one of the big 4 (especially Verizon), you will almost ALWAYS have signal.

smart people wanted

first off i dont need all the legal BS second off any help would b appreciated. so i got the 3D an i have this OG EVO that my mom wants problem is shes on boost because of unlimited international calling she loves this evo so heres what im thinking it her birthday in a week and i wanna flash it to boost for her please help me i wanna giv her the best birthday present ever

I don't remember the link but I think its in android development. Looks pretty simple to flash over and boost is pretty open to activating it.
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thread ...under this one actually (or should be once i post this lol)

LCL22 said:
thread ...under this one actually (or should be once i post this lol)
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when did you pst something?....im trying to get this asap because i have to go to work tomorrow alll day along with the rest of the week =( her birthdays thursday the 21st

pimp100500 said:
when did you pst something?....im trying to get this asap because i have to go to work tomorrow alll day along with the rest of the week =( her birthdays thursday the 21st
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come on please i need this quick and so badly

Here is a method mentioned in the thread I believe LCL22 was talking about.
The thread is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=689303
And this post is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9309234&postcount=12
Hope this helps!
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I was on the Boost network for over 3 years. I only switched to Sprint to get the EVO and because I am on a Employee discount plan.
You can not call up Boost and say, I have an EVO here is my ESN. I guess that might be unethical, but thats debateable. You simple do not tell them what kind of phone it is. Once you have established service with Boost, with one of their own phones. A person might call up, tell the Boost CR that their old phone broke, and that they acquired a replacement phone. Simply tell then the ESN number, they will type it in, some CRs will notice its a Sprint phone and send you on your way without adding it, others will not and they will add it. Some phones will work, others will not, I do not know why.
As to why the hacking and such, I think there are people out there looking to make a buck. Some people will pay anywhere between 50-100 to get this done. I did it myself by simply calling. My phone was never cloned, nor did the ESN go bad. Like I said, I was able to put my TP2 back to Sprint when I switched back. I originally bought the TP2 off ebay with a clean ESN.
* About the hack or Boost systems, well I would guess, there might be a few rogue Boost CRs who do this on the side for a fee. Therefore, implying there are hacks that need to be done in order to charge.
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cr5315 said:
Here is a method mentioned in the thread I believe LCL22 was talking about.
The thread is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=689303
And this post is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9309234&postcount=12
Hope this helps!
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dang i tried this and the lady said their system wouldnt allow it should i try again....i decided to use a sick day to get this done for my mom....she deserves it....any help will b thanked

epic 4g sprint lost

Hi all.
I lost my Epic 4G Sprint. i had no extra plan with sprint for lost or stolen device and i didnt have installed any of those apps that find your droid. i changed gmail password and all other accounts. i am not worried for that as i didnt have much pics videos music or other data on the phone. i called Sprint and now my line is shut down, but i have to buy a new device full price.
is there anything left to do to track it or find it or something else?
when lost it was on stock gingerbread EL30.
any idea would be greatly appreciated.
thanks

hormosapiens said:
Hi all.
I lost my Epic 4G Sprint. i had no extra plan with sprint for lost or stolen device and i didnt have installed any of those apps that find your droid. i changed gmail password and all other accounts. i am not worried for that as i didnt have much pics videos music or other data on the phone. i called Sprint and now my line is shut down, but i have to buy a new device full price.
is there anything left to do to track it or find it or something else?
when lost it was on stock gingerbread EL30.
any idea would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
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There are apps you can install remotely that can turn on your GPS and give you the location. Idk about now since its deactivated though
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hormosapiens said:
Hi all.
I lost my Epic 4G Sprint. i had no extra plan with sprint for lost or stolen device and i didnt have installed any of those apps that find your droid. i changed gmail password and all other accounts. i am not worried for that as i didnt have much pics videos music or other data on the phone. i called Sprint and now my line is shut down, but i have to buy a new device full price.
is there anything left to do to track it or find it or something else?
when lost it was on stock gingerbread EL30.
any idea would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
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Install PLAN B from play.google.com now.
If the battery hasn't shut down, you might still be able to find it.
Though, you should've done it before you deactivate it. Even if you recover it, it's now been blacklisted by Sprint as stolen and there's no way to undo that.

You cannot remote install an app if you change your Google password.
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if that device is screwed now cause sprint blocked it, why cant they just contact me and bring it back to me?
or is there any other use of it like a ipod or even use it on some other carrier?

jnadke said:
Install PLAN B from play.google.com now.
If the battery hasn't shut down, you might still be able to find it.
Though, you should've done it before you deactivate it. Even if you recover it, it's now been blacklisted by Sprint as stolen and there's no way to undo that.
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i did but its not emailing me any email with the position of my device

hormosapiens said:
if that device is screwed now cause sprint blocked it, why cant they just contact me and bring it back to me?
or is there any other use of it like a ipod or even use it on some other carrier?
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There is actually a way to clear up a blacklisted phone. It is not easy but if you prove you HAVE the phone and you ARE its original owner it can be done. Sprint reps will give you a number to call and what not.
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You can still flash a sprint ET4g to metro PCS, cricket...prepaid cell company with a bad esn. I have mine flashed over to metro...it was somewhat expensive...(mine has a clean esn- so if i want to activate it to Sprint, i can)...but worth it.Have you tried Craigslist to see if anyone has put it for sale? Sorry to hear about your situation. I hope you do find it.
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montecristo1 said:
You can still flash a sprint ET4g to metro PCS, cricket...prepaid cell company with a bad esn. I have mine flashed over to metro...it was somewhat expensive...(mine has a clean esn- so if i want to activate it to Sprint, i can)...but worth it.Have you tried Craigslist to see if anyone has put it for sale? Sorry to hear about your situation. I hope you do find it.
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Your in the wrong forum bud
Lulz
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Why would that be? This forum is about the ET4G...right? I have a ET4G...just a different carrier.Flashing a smartphone that I bought, with a clean ESN, onto metro so that I only pay $40 a month "wrong"? Flashing isn't illegal...I merely advised OP to investigate CL to possibly look to see if someone had posted it as well that someone can active a bad esn onto metro. Not all phones with bad ESN are stolen...
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montecristo1 said:
Why would that be? This forum is about the ET4G...right? I have a ET4G...just a different carrier.Flashing a smartphone that I bought, with a clean ESN, onto metro so that I only pay $40 a month "wrong"? Flashing isn't illegal...I merely advised OP to investigate CL to possibly look to see if someone had posted it as well that someone can active a bad esn onto metro. Not all phones with bad ESN are stolen...
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No actually this isn't a GS2 at all.
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Feel like such a noob...I just noticed it is the Epic 4g and not the Epic Touch 4g..ha ha...my apologies...
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montecristo1 said:
Feel like such a noob...I just noticed it is the Epic 4g and not the Epic Touch 4g..ha ha...my apologies...
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you may have been confused about where you were/are, but your point were on topic and relevant.
With that you ahead of many constant posters.
So stick around....

LargePrime said:
you may have been confused about where you were/are, but your point were on topic and relevant.
With that you ahead of many constant posters.
So stick around....
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Yup no one said he had to leave just that he sounded confused about where he was lol
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/10char....

To the OP, even if you can't get you original phone back, you can probably find a nice used Epic on eBay or Craigslist for ~$100. Just make sure it has a clean ESN before you buy it.

My sister just lost hers over the weekend and we were able to find it by using Google Latitude. It would already have to be running on your phone though. The last time my phone was able to ping hers was the EXACT location where she found it. Pretty incredible.
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TallCan211 said:
My sister just lost hers over the weekend and we were able to find it by using Google Latitude. It would already have to be running on your phone though. The last time my phone was able to ping hers was the EXACT location where she found it. Pretty incredible.
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But he changed his Google password so he is screwed.
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Thanks everyone for comments. I think I will move on and buy a new phone.

How much for an Epic? I have one sitting around I keep as a backup. I'd consider.