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Ok guys, weird question...my screen is totally scratched up, no idea how it happened, but I am really pissed off about it. Anyway, I have the best buy extra insurance (Black tie?). I want to brick my DX so they can give me a new one. ****ed up I know, but I am paying for it, so I might as well take advantage. How do i do, or what is the best way to make it irrecoverable?
If you bought the accidental plan, just drop in in a puddle. I told them i was gonna hack it when i bought it and they said no problem but if anything happens and I have to bring it in, I better make sure it doesnt power on at all.
Best solution, pop it in the microwave for a couple seconds. It will nit power on after that.
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why don't you just tell them you lost it.. .
put it in a bowl and piss on it
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Best solution, pop it in the microwave for a couple seconds. It will nit power on after that.
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bonus points if you do this and post a vid!
Better yet take fat dump on it put in a zip lock bag and take it out just before you bring it into the store then they wont even attempt to turn it on ja
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bonus points if you do this and post a vid!
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I swear I will do it, but I need to know if it will show any damage or whatever. Either this or I was thinking about telling them I dropped it and bash it with a hammer over a towel or something.
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I swear I will do it, but I need to know if it will show any damage or whatever. Either this or I was thinking about telling them I dropped it and bash it with a hammer over a towel or something.
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throw it out a high window, say you dropped it at your hotel on vacation. or just step on it till the screen breaks and say you sat on it. their not gonna ask for a 10 page essay inorder to turn it in...
bad4u6669 said:
throw it out a high window, say you dropped it at your hotel on vacation. or just step on it till the screen breaks and say you sat on it. their not gonna ask for a 10 page essay inorder to turn it in...
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No, I get that, but I don't want them to repair it. I just want a new one.
When u signed up for the contract u agreed to have a new OR refurb at their discretion. You will be without your phone for 2to 4 weeks
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When u signed up for the contract u agreed to have a new OR refurb at their discretion. You will be without your phone for 2to 4 weeks
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No I didn't BB gives you a loaner phone and a new device if they cant fix it. I have a backup phone anyway.
I'm not going to get into the morality implications of insurance fraud, but this is the kind of thing that makes protection policies expensive for the rest of us. Just something to think about.
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BBJohnnyT said:
I'm not going to get into the morality implications of insurance fraud, but this is the kind of thing that makes protection policies expensive for the rest of us. Just something to think about.
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Hes turning in the phone, so they are able to repair it and give it to the next person that breaks their phone. This saves us cost, because the other alternative is him reporting it lost and just keeping it.
You could always do the OTA then sbf 2.1. done brick. and you dont have to break anything, and now best buy and asurion will lower our insurance costs! jk
bad4u6669 said:
Hes turning in the phone, so they are able to repair it and give it to the next person that breaks their phone. This saves us cost, because the other alternative is him reporting it lost and just keeping it.
You could always do the OTA then sbf 2.1. done brick. and you dont have to break anything, and now best buy and asurion will lower our insurance costs! jk
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I was just thinking about using the 2.1 SBF. I think I will go that route. They should just give me a new DX, no?
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This saves us cost, because the other alternative is him reporting it lost and just keeping it.
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No, the alternative is to just live with his scratched up phone. Any other "alternative" which gets him a new phone on the policy's dime (including reporting it lost), is a crime.
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BBJohnnyT said:
No, the alternative is to just live with his scratched up phone. Any other "alternative" which gets him a new phone on the policy's dime (including reporting it lost), is a crime.
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I am paying for a product. Why the hell shouldnt I? I didn't ask for anyones opinion man. Would you want to live with a scratched up $600 phone? Especially if you take care of all of your stuff?
Breakthecycle2 said:
I was just thinking about using the 2.1 SBF. I think I will go that route. They should just give me a new DX, no?
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like it was said earlier, you might not get a new one. Doing the sbf will put you into a boot loop i believe, same thing thats been reported to happen to random people when doing the OTA...
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Blow me dude..immature I know. BUt seriously. I am paying for a product. Why the hell shouldnt I? I didn't ask for anyones opinion man.
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yes you did, in your first post! lol
yeah, its being shady. But so is rooting. Your breaching contract, just to remove bloat ware. Wireless tether for root users is also "stealing". List goes on and on. But thats why were here.
Forums arent the place for moral, political, or religious debate. Not trying to be mean, just keepin it real.
and if/when you get a replacement, may i recommend a screen protector....
Maaaaan all you have to do is say the on screen keyboard doesn't work its a software issue it only works when it wants to. Just remember The customer is ALWAYS right...I did it over the phone threatned to cancle my service and 2 days later new phone that was the droid 1 though. Id still take a fat **** on it though just so you can say you did it for conversation sakes.
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Hi forum.
I have a question for you.
But first to be 100% clear, i will pay when i have froyo on my phone, just as i have promished, this is NOT a "i will not pay"-thread in NO WAY, i just think we forget some dev´s work... Then on to the question:
As we now see that 2.2 rom´s are close, but without cracked bootloader, i would really like to know what you all think about that.
The reason is that we (many of us, and me included) have promised money for a working 2.2 rom, but what now about the people that is still working really hard on cracking the bootloader, should they not also get paied for that when they get it working ??
If not, i see no reason for them to continue, and i think they will stop the work, and that would really be a shame, as the cracked bootloader is the way to free our phone from S/E 100%.
AN OTHER THING:
The way that this payment is set up, would that not make progress a lot slower ??
What i think it this:
We say " i would pay for working froyo"....
But if all the dev´s would like to get the money, then when they make some kind of progress they are proberbly less likely to share that with other dev´s ??
I don´t know how we can set up a better dev-payment-system, but i think the way it works actually slow down progress instead of speeding things up...
To be quite honest i rather a cracked bootloader
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I'm waiting for a cracked bootloader.After that it will be clear if we might get MT and FM Radio.No donations of mine before this.
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Show your appreciation for the time and effort that is being put in and STFU.
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Show your appreciation for the time and effort that is being put in and STFU.
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+1 just buy them a beer or two for the time they already spent with this ***** called rachael. This'll motivate them to continue.
Btw. i don't think that they're all on that just because of the money, it's probably more for the success itself to crack one of the best locked down devices out there.
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They spend there own time for us , I say they need support from us, as a thankyou for something your not able to do and giving you a better phone experience.
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I will support both cases
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Start watching around 5:00 or watch the whole thing for a really good laugh. These are the kind of videos and people that make me mad because they have no idea what they are talking about...anyways just watch on from 5:00, and you'll see what I mean! OMFG!
So he charges money to install free software lol nice. I wonder what he does if he bricks your atrix trying to unlock the boot loader lol.
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Clienterror said:
So he charges money to install free software lol nice. I wonder what he does if he bricks your atrix trying to unlock the boot loader lol.
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Yeah, plus he give NO links, and NO credit to anyone. People can so easily do this themselves but this prick is trying to get you to pay for it. And the whole video from 9:00 on makes no sense at all and he's just making up stuff as he goes along. Either way, I really hope nobody is stupid enough to pay these guys...
Couldn't watch the whole thing..... my eyes started to water from anger and laughter.....
So there is a phone number. Plaster it everywhere you can. Call it several times each. Play dumb and keep him on the phone as long as you can to waste his time. Spam the website........if there's an email address sign it up for every adult daiper and knitting blog/subscription.......
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CaelanT said:
So there is a phone number. Plaster it everywhere you can. Call it several times each. Play dumb and keep him on the phone as long as you can to waste his time. Spam the website........if there's an email address sign it up for every adult daiper and knitting blog/subscription.......
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Lol yeah I probably should These people are just a bunch of assholes that don't know what they're doing and they're trying to rip off extreme newbs when the newbs could just do it themselves. Really, they're trying to make money off of other peoples work...they don't provide one link or give any detail of anything...
Post that number on 4chan.. nuff said.
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Lol they needed a technician to do what an average 15 year old can do so long as he can read step by step directions
$530.00 on their site.......
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Wait. He's providing a service that people COULD technically do on their own, but choose to pay the guy for? That sounds terrible! That's worse than taking a car to the mechanics!
Maybe we should start rooting phones and loading custom roms for money haha
paravorheim said:
Wait. He's providing a service that people COULD technically do on their own, but choose to pay the guy for? That sounds terrible! That's worse than taking a car to the mechanics!
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That is a perfect analogy! Anyone COULD fix their car in under 20 minutes as long as they follow the short, easy to understand guide, they just choose to pay someone else to do it.
shirzadians said:
Post that number on 4chan.. nuff said.
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+1
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toughbax said:
That is a perfect analogy! Anyone COULD fix their car in under 20 minutes as long as they follow the short, easy to understand guide, they just choose to pay someone else to do it.
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When the final CM7 is out with everything working (fp, weptop) I would rather pay $50-$100 to some XDA member in my area to unlock and install it if I don't have the time to do it, takes some reading, root, unlock, backup data, install.
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When the final CM7 is out with everything working (fp, weptop) I would rather pay $50-$100 to some XDA member in my area to unlock and install it if I don't have the time to do it, takes some reading, root, unlock, backup data, install.
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However, I'd rather pay a fellow xda member than that scumbag.
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For a technophobe, this would be a god send. It's actually not a bad idea. They buy phones, root them and sale them. I've rooted many of my friend's phone and all I get is beer and a pat on the back...it'd be cool to get paid to do this.
paravorheim said:
Wait. He's providing a service that people COULD technically do on their own, but choose to pay the guy for? That sounds terrible! That's worse than taking a car to the mechanics!
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Sarcasm, well at the very least, a disclaimer can be made that it can be done for free yourself and make reference to the developers of the tools.
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But wait guys he is having his technician Lawrence install themed roms because its deodexed. That right there is worth at least $600!! C'mon its deodexed!!!
It's now marked as a "private video" lol
Rooting Service !
Long time browser, first time contributor.
Sounds to me like they are offering a service just like fixing a car or installing Linux. Not sure why that qualifies them as “scumbags”.
I'm not very technical, and like several others have mentioned, would gladly pay someone to root my phone.
I did call them about my rooting my Inspire a few months back, and they did offer replacement protection against bricking my unit. Also, if I mess-up my device in the future, I can always send it back to them for repair – no charge.
If everything on the xda-threads worked perfectly, I too wouldn’t mind rooting myself. But, I can see from several threads, some of which are over 1000 pages long, that things don’t always go right – I don’t have time for that (as much fun as it sounds).
Find me a member of ebay, craigslist or XDA-Developers who will do the same job for less, with the same guarantee, and I’d move my business to them – I have yet to find anybody.
Everyone is good at something.
Not everyone is good at everything.
I wish I thought about this stuff before those guys did.
So my phone has this problem of only intermittently vibrating when I get a text/call. So I got an RMA and sent it in. First off, the lost it, and took several days and several phone calls to find somebody who was able to locate my phone. They then told me that it was not under warranty because it was physical damage. They said the main board was bent. Somehow I was apparently able to bend the phone enough to bend the main board but not crack the screen or back or anything else. So they said they could sell me a phone for $179 (no way). Sounds like crap to me........ I'll be buying Samsung next time.
cool story bro.
I prefer Samsung too. But in the long run I'm going to go with cool story bro
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Okay, goodbye and enjoy your no future updates
Samsung sucks. I'll let you find out the hard way.
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1 star......
facetubespam said:
Okay, goodbye and enjoy your no future updates
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"Facetubespam" sounds like something your boyfriend does on your face! Just saying! ....... btw.........nice story!
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Yeah. Cool story.
Tell it again.
You're looking at me like I fingerbanged your cat...
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So my phone has this problem of only intermittently vibrating when I get a text/call. So I got an RMA and sent it in. First off, the lost it, and took several days and several phone calls to find somebody who was able to locate my phone. They then told me that it was not under warranty because it was physical damage. They said the main board was bent. Somehow I was apparently able to bend the phone enough to bend the main board but not crack the screen or back or anything else. So they said they could sell me a phone for $179 (no way). Sounds like crap to me........ I'll be buying Samsung next time.
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i remember my first phone
This post is confusing as hell. He broke his phone and they won't replace it is that the gist of it? Why's he so mad?
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Phalanx7621 said:
This post is confusing as hell. He broke his phone and they won't replace it is that the gist of it? Why's he so mad?
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His father left at a young age.
His mother never loved him.
And his first love... Well, we all know what happens after their first love.
You're looking at me like I fingerbanged your cat...
I swear stupid **** threads like this need to be deleted as soon as they are posted.
Some days I wish I was a MOD, dumbass posts like these wouldn't happen.
And, to be honest, I believe OP is only presenting a very small part of the story.
Notice how, toward the end of his ramble, he said he dropped the phone?
Sir, facts like those are important if you're trying to get people to rally behind you.
You're looking at me like I fingerbanged your cat...
you
did fingerbang my cat, now you have a friend for life and he has a companion.
Who cares which company .... all that matters is that it has Andorid inside and got a development forum in XDA
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His father left at a young age.
His mother never loved him.
And his first love... Well, we all know what happens after their first love.
You're looking at me like I fingerbanged your cat...
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This isn't necessary. You're just trying to be funny which wasn't. Please don't make rude comments like this.
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Useless topic!! Bye!
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Can we please close this thread since nothing good can come from it?...
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Except Samsung has always been on top of updates. The only time Samsung hasn't had a timely update was due to networks, namely AT&T, not approving of the update for a long time.
I agree! Samsung makes good phones, but the touchwiz icons make me feel like I should use velcro shoes, safety scissors, finger paints, ect.
I posted this to get up to the 10 post limit for the dev forums, thanks. I feel validated since it was already towards the top of the page, and my post adds about as much to these forums as the OP
I got The HTC One and contacted EE to cancel the contract and take the phone back as I changed my mind.
With the phonebeside me in its box, I've just had to have a play with it and now I'm gutted to be sending it back.
It's absolutely stunning, I've never seen or held such a wonderful device.
I'm wondering now as I've been sent a returns bag etc, charge it up and hope EE will let me keep it or send it back and get another one.
So... why are you sending it back?
Um yeah.... Some more details perhaps?
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I got the phone but then decided my iPhone 5 would do and i'd send it back. So I cancelled the contract and they've sent me a returns bag.
Inquisitive a while ago, I just decided tol have a play around with it and now wish I hadn't cancelled.
Was wondering if I contacted them could I uncancel or simply send it back and start again.
and your point is?
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I got the phone but then decided my iPhone 5 would do and i'd send it back. So I cancelled the contract and they've sent me a returns bag.
Inquisitive a while ago, I just decided tol have a play around with it and now wish I hadn't cancelled.
Was wondering if I contacted them could I uncancel or simply send it back and start again.
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Your choosing an iPhone over this superb phone, that in itself is ludicrous sorry to be so blunt but seriously cannot see the sense in that.
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Keep it otherwise whenever you see someone with a One you'll wish you kept your One.
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iPhone is something else. You can't compare these two. No need of pointless hate against it.
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I got the phone but then decided my iPhone 5 would do and i'd send it back. So I cancelled the contract and they've sent me a returns bag.
Inquisitive a while ago, I just decided tol have a play around with it and now wish I hadn't cancelled.
Was wondering if I contacted them could I uncancel or simply send it back and start again.
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Just phone EE again say you changed your mind, you decided to stay with them, they would be more than happy to let you stay. I don't see why there would be any problem. Very likely they would let you keep the phone then just start a new contract, cos technically only until you returned the phone your contract is fully stopped, they may be able to reverse it at this stage.
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Pie8er said:
I got the phone but then decided my iPhone 5 would do and i'd send it back. So I cancelled the contract and they've sent me a returns bag.
Inquisitive a while ago, I just decided tol have a play around with it and now wish I hadn't cancelled.
Was wondering if I contacted them could I uncancel or simply send it back and start again.
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Oh buddy thanks for the good laugh. I do understand. That would be hard but after you play with this amazing phone how could you send it back. Send them the iPhone 5 maybe they wont notice :highfive:
h.han said:
Just phone EE again say you changed your mind, you decided to stay with them, they would be more than happy to let you stay. I don't see why there would be any problem. Very likely they would let you keep the phone then just start a new contract, cos technically only until you returned the phone your contract is fully stopped, they may be able to reverse it at this stage.
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Thanks a lot for your help, I'll give them a bell. Think i'll put it on charge. :
Haha, this is hilarious. Go on to xda to ask whether you can change your mind about cancelling a contract (or not) with EE?
Call me old fashioned, but I would be asking EE, not XDA. Maybe that's just too much common sense.
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Dharkan said:
iPhone is something else. You can't compare these two. No need of pointless hate against it.
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You bet your life you can't compare the two, the HTC One is far far better.
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So the OP starts a new thread saying he is staying with his iPhone 5.
What exactly is the point of this thread, other than the OP simply trolling HTC forums?
jonny68 said:
You bet your life you can't compare the two, the HTC One is far far better.
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You didn't get what I mean but okay, whatever.
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So the OP starts a new thread saying he is staying with his iPhone 5.
What exactly is the point of this thread, other than the OP simply trolling HTC forums?
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No he started a thread saying he ordered the ONE and then before getting it he changed his mind thinking he would be ok with the iphone 5 so he calls in and has them cancel the new contract and send him a return kit. He then gets the ONE and being a phone junkie like all of us on XDA he HAS to play with and realizes that he loves the ONE and does not want to use his iphone 5 anymore but as he said he already called in to cancel so what does he do??? Which has been answered so next time you wish to bash someone or talk crap maybe sharpen up on your reading comprehension skills.
Don't really think OP is trying to be a troll or anything.. i think he/she is just confused and didn't know how awesome of a phone it was till he/she used it..
Which is what you suppose to do with any new phone, you read up on it, find features you like, buy it, get used to it.. decided should you keep it..
Not order a phone, decide to return it.. then want to use it and realize its a great phone
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Don't really think OP is trying to be a troll or anything.. i think he/she is just confused and didn't know how awesome of a phone it was till he/she used it..
Which is what you suppose to do with any new phone, you read up on it, find features you like, buy it, get used to it.. decided should you keep it..
Not order a phone, decide to return it.. then want to use it and realize its a great phone
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I agree but I am also a phone nut and have done crazier things in my time. He got caught up in the hype then doubted the hype (who can blame him) and then realized the hype was real. Sounds a little like all of us :silly:
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I agree but I am also a phone nut and have done crazier things in my time. He got caught up in the hype then doubted the hype (who can blame him) and then realized the hype was real. Sounds a little like all of us :silly:
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That sums up half of the post here about a new phone :good:
Before that ends in flamewars out of misunderstandings, I close this now. All is discussed I think.