Wifes vibrant stolen in San Antonio, Texas on march 14th 2011. imei number 355060042338850. if you happen to purchase this phone in the future i would just like the name of the person who sold it. i know they live in these apartments because thats were the gps told us but thats not good enough for the police.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=29.509352,-98.41217&spn=0.000872,0.000704&t=h&z=21
thanks again
fioricet said:
Wifes vibrant stolen in San Antonio, Texas on march 14th 2011. imei number 355060042338850. if you happen to purchase this phone in the future i would just like the name of the person who sold it. i know they live in these apartments because thats were the gps told us but thats not good enough for the police.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=29.509352,-98.41217&spn=0.000872,0.000704&t=h&z=21
thanks again
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I'd be going door to door screaming!!
That pisses me off!
Offer a $50 reward on a sign in the entrance of the complex. You might catch the shady bastard.
People are assholes!
Freaking piss me off I've had 2 phones stolen 1 at a party it was in my pocket and the other at a doctors office...
fioricet said:
Wifes vibrant stolen in San Antonio, Texas on march 14th 2011. imei number 355060042338850. if you happen to purchase this phone in the future i would just like the name of the person who sold it. i know they live in these apartments because thats were the gps told us but thats not good enough for the police.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=29.509352,-98.41217&spn=0.000872,0.000704&t=h&z=21
thanks again
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You might want to check craigs list. They are probably looking to unload it
Hope you get lucky, but the odds are against you in retrieving the phone or finding the person, You might find someone who is living in the complex and offer them a reward to find who is offing a vibrant that would be your best chance.
If gps is working, you should be able to do something like find my droid
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You know what's messed up? If you had a ton of money like say... Steve jobs, you could use the government to satellite position and have swat bust in their door.
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What does money have to do with it? If it was someone rich, they would just buy another phone....
Hehe true.
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"what does money have to do with it?"
http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/26/th...d-gizmodo-editors-house-confiscate-computers/
Short answer... Everything
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fioricet said:
Wifes vibrant stolen in San Antonio, Texas on march 14th 2011. imei number 355060042338850. if you happen to purchase this phone in the future i would just like the name of the person who sold it. i know they live in these apartments because thats were the gps told us but thats not good enough for the police.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=29.509352,-98.41217&spn=0.000872,0.000704&t=h&z=21
thanks again
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I have not used it, but an app called Plan B got released recently. It will find your phone even if you did not install it before it got stolen.
Again, i have not used it, but I think your google account still has to be associated with the phone, so you may want to try it before whoever stole it resets it. (not sure, but guessing)
I know you said gps told you its in the apartments, but Im guessing it wont show you which one? Even if it does not tell you which apartment, see it if will get you close. I read that Plan B will send the location every 10 minutes, so you could watch to see if it moves. For example, if you know its on one of the apartments, see who comes and goes, and if in that time period any of the find your phone apps tell you its moving, at least you can figure out who has it...
thats what I would do at least
if you try any of the above, let us know the results
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"what does money have to do with it?"
http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/26/th...d-gizmodo-editors-house-confiscate-computers/
Short answer... Everything
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Ahh that was one sad day.
I'd slap the **** out of the police who knocked my door down lol (then i'd be arrested for attacking a government official)
Atleast he got his **** back later right?
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I have not used it, but an app called Plan B got released recently. It will find your phone even if you did not install it before it got stolen.
Again, i have not used it, but I think your google account still has to be associated with the phone, so you may want to try it before whoever stole it resets it. (not sure, but guessing)
I know you said gps told you its in the apartments, but Im guessing it wont show you which one? Even if it does not tell you which apartment, see it if will get you close. I read that Plan B will send the location every 10 minutes, so you could watch to see if it moves. For example, if you know its on one of the apartments, see who comes and goes, and if in that time period any of the find your phone apps tell you its moving, at least you can figure out who has it...
thats what I would do at least
if you try any of the above, let us know the results
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Yes, do that, the app PLAN B is great huh specially with the web market you can install it.
Just a thought, what would you do if this happened lol..
Your just walking near the apartments and drop your keys or something a nice guy takes it and gives it to you. you thank him and start talking. you get your email from PLAN B
the location it tells you is the guy next to you.
LOL.
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Yes, do that, the app PLAN B is great huh specially with the web market you can install it.
Just a thought, what would you do if this happened lol..
Your just walking near the apartments and drop your keys or something a nice guy takes it and gives it to you. you thank him and start talking. you get your email from PLAN B
the location it tells you is the guy next to you.
LOL.
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lol. be really pissed. maybe knock the **** out of him. Or a more rational thing would be that since you then know who it is, so call the police and have them handle it.
BTW, OP, let us know if my suggestion above worked or if you did something else
The ****ty GPS on this phone really doesn't help with situation like this: when you need the precious position of the culprit.
I had a phone stolen from me while i was taking a piss.
it was in my jacket pocket.
it was a loose jacket.
That was the last time i put my phone in my jacket pocket.
I'm still wondering how i didn't feel the person.
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I had a phone stolen from me while i was taking a piss.
it was in my jacket pocket.
it was a loose jacket.
That was the last time i put my phone in my jacket pocket.
I'm still wondering how i didn't feel the person.
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That must be an interesting experience. To have another man stick his hand down your pocket while taking a leak....
Its more interesting to know how the hell did the thief get so close to him when taking a piss but still our guy did not get even slightly suspicious or awkward.
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no luck so far. been looking on craiglist and all are coming with boxes and accessories that were not stolen.
the phone has not been turned on again since 4 hours after it was stolen.
we did put reward signs in the apartment complex but no luck there
we have received a new one for the expensive 130 dollar deductible and activated a new sim today so we will never tell if it moves again.
lesson learned. don't eat at golden corral!! the customers there suck
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no luck so far. been looking on craiglist and all are coming with boxes and accessories that were not stolen.
the phone has not been turned on again since 4 hours after it was stolen.
we did put reward signs in the apartment complex but no luck there
we have received a new one for the expensive 130 dollar deductible and activated a new sim today so we will never tell if it moves again.
lesson learned. don't eat at golden corral!! the customers there suck
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You shouldn't eat at Golden Corral because it can kill you...
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I may be going to the Evo, we'll see. Sprint offered me a different model phone finally and I'm going to go for the evo. Third hero from them and their repair/refurb people can't seem to get it right... They said I have to pay sales tax on it though, which I found amazingly strange.
I will never leave the Hero forums, though, that was what got me into Android in the first place and I really wish I could still have a hero...
How did you swing that? Im on my 4th defective hero and they told me they will not replace them anymore. That they can only do so many replacements per year. I have insurance too. Oh yeah and if you do get an evo, it will probably ship with the new patch that prevents root. No work around yet either!
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Correct spelling is traitor.
And I was pissed enough to be willing to pay the ETF on this line and close my other brand new line if they didn't take care of the issue by sending me a different model phone due to the circumstances. I'e been with them for a little over 3 years now and always been good with my bills and such so they try to keep me happy, and I really do appreciate that. The guy said I could pick the phone so I checked out online and decided to go with the Evo even though I'll probably never get 4g. It's the only other phone comparable to the Hero and that is made by HTC, since I like the HTC product.
Only thing is, though, is that he said they'd be back in stock in approx 2 weeks... well... I leave for vacation on the 21st and if they're back in in exactly 2 weeks, that puts it at the 20th. Plus 2 days for shipping and I'll have a phone sitting outside my garage for 2 weeks.
Can someone who works for Sprint, like a rep I'd get a hold of if I dialed *2, let me know what the expected arrival date is for more Evo's, please? I really need to stay on top of this so I can get it if they come in earlier. I can't have that phone sitting outside for 2 weeks. I'd owe you one if you could do this for me. PM me or whatever!
markus_del_marko said:
How did you swing that? Im on my 4th defective hero and they told me they will not replace them anymore. That they can only do so many replacements per year. I have insurance too. Oh yeah and if you do get an evo, it will probably ship with the new patch that prevents root. No work around yet either!
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I'm pretty sure that after 3 or 4 replacements, you're allowed to switch the phone out for a new model... At least that's how it was for my sisters blackberry.
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Only thing is, though, is that he said they'd be back in stock in approx 2 weeks... well... I leave for vacation on the 21st and if they're back in in exactly 2 weeks, that puts it at the 20th. Plus 2 days for shipping and I'll have a phone sitting outside my garage for 2 weeks.
Can someone who works for Sprint, like a rep I'd get a hold of if I dialed *2, let me know what the expected arrival date is for more Evo's, please? I really need to stay on top of this so I can get it if they come in earlier. I can't have that phone sitting outside for 2 weeks. I'd owe you one if you could do this for me. PM me or whatever!
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There is no "eta" (sorry) they've been available twice since the first time they sold out for approximately 3 hours both times before they sold out again. I work sprint retention.
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There is no "eta" (sorry) they've been available twice since the first time they sold out for approximately 3 hours both times before they sold out again. I work sprint retention.
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Haha this is off-topic, but DirtyShroomz, what would I need to say to Sprint when I call them later today to get a free AirRave? The signal in my house SUCKS, and my battery dies super quickly because of that.
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Haha this is off-topic, but DirtyShroomz, what would I need to say to Sprint when I call them later today to get a free AirRave? The signal in my house SUCKS, and my battery dies super quickly because of that.
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Ask for one, if you're asl you can't get it free
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Ask for one, if you're asl you can't get it free
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asl? and is it true that airave doesn't do 3g data, only 1x?
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asl? and is it true that airave doesn't do 3g data, only 1x?
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Idk what ASL means, but 1x won't matter since I can use WiFi at my house (where the airrave will be).
I was asking for my personal curiosity lol.
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Idk what ASL means, but 1x won't matter since I can use WiFi at my house (where the airrave will be).
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ASL - Account spending limit --- your bill usually shows if you are part of the program. You also get a $4.99 fee / month on your bill if your not on auto-pay and part of the ASL program.
You also need to be in an area where its avail. -- its not avail everywhere, http://sprint.com/airave click where is it avail. Put your zip in.
Also don't just ask for one. That's rude. Explain that you don't have signal in your house, your diggin your new phones but dropped calls in home are worth the ETFs to you and the high cost if you can't get your signal in your house, and then see if they will help you out.
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Oh yeah and if you do get an evo, it will probably ship with the new patch that prevents root. No work around yet either!
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The newest OTA was rooted yesterday, huzzah!
There is no way in hell you are going to get an evo from sprint and only pay sales tax. If you did you must be sucking someone off because they wanted to ship me another refurb hero, i told them to shove it. i talked to 6 people and spent 3hrs on the phone with them. one guy actually told me he could get me an evo but of course the dipshi* didn't note the account. i hate sprint with a passion. they told me in the end that they are giving evo's out to no one for free, if you want one you have to pay full price or wait until your upgrade and pay the difference. what a bunch of crap!
Oh well in a few months im sure i will be able to pick one up on craiglist for $150 or so.
FYI this would be my 4th replacement hero in 6 months.
I also didn't mean any offense towards the OP but im pissed right now! I even offered to pay the difference on the evo if they would push my upgrade status up.
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There is no way in hell you are going to get an evo from sprint and only pay sales tax. If you did you must be sucking someone off because they wanted to ship me another refurb hero,
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I also didn't mean any offense towards the OP but im pissed right now!.
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bull ****. tell me I must be sucking someone off but you mean no offense? I don't think I like you very much.
jerry43812 said:
bull ****. tell me I must be sucking someone off but you mean no offense? I don't think I like you very much.
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It was a figure of speech man, as i said. By all means share your almighty knowledge on how you got sprint to do this for you!
So where is this Evo? It's been a few days now.... I highly doubt you got an Evo free my man.
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So where is this Evo? It's been a few days now.... I highly doubt you got an Evo free my man.
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Sprint.com is out of stock for them. Getting it replaced when they come back in stock, in about 10 days or so.
http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/09/23/hey-soldier-youre-in-the-iphone-army-now/?hpt=T2
No thanks, I'll just pay the $200 if it's all the same
Same here
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Haha.....right.....
Lol. I remember back in 04 a recruiter came to my high school and was trinh to sign people up and baiting them with a free army of one video game.
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That army of one video game was the ****! Well, as far as learning how to shoot and maintain your rifle goes. LOL...I used to fail at shooting just so I could sit in a nice warm room playing video games while everyone else was freezing and laying in the mud.
When I joined...they offered me a backpack and a track suit. Both of which I never received.
Through in a free case for that iPhone and you got a deal! Ya know ill need reception to call for back up. I can't wait to have those touching moments with the front cam like they do in the commercials.
So yeah, they will give you a free phone, but they are going to charge you for all your clothes and gear. That stuff is way more expensive than a phone. Back in the day, the gear was all free.
When I was at Fort Lost in the Woods I didn't get jack crap. I had a good time granted the learning of US weapons and explosives, and night training, and MRE's, and well physical fitness. But not a damn phone cheap bastards. I guess before the Bush admin we got a half-million dollar life insurance policy upgrade. So I always have that....
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When I was at Fort Lost in the Woods I didn't get jack crap. I had a good time granted the learning of US weapons and explosives, and night training, and MRE's, and well physical fitness. But not a damn phone cheap bastards. I guess before the Bush admin we got a half-million dollar life insurance policy upgrade. So I always have that....
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me either. i just got boots and uniforms. and of course they smoked the hell out me
+1 for gay thread.
When I was in basic they gave us a notebook and told us to "fire up out recruit laptops" when they wanted us to pull them out and study our general orders or whatever. I got screwed.
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So yeah, they will give you a free phone, but they are going to charge you for all your clothes and gear. That stuff is way more expensive than a phone. Back in the day, the gear was all free.
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The don't charge you for gear or clothing. That would be a no pay due for years.
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Did anyone actually read the article? This is only for training, you have to give them back when basic is done lol that sucks
BRB joining army
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BRB joining army
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Wanna carpool?
Well look at it this way you won't get squat if either Iran, or N. Korea goes hot. I'll see you all at the local draft board(yes they still exist). When I enlisted we still ate c-rations, and Jimmy Carter was still in the White House.
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Well look at it this way you won't get squat if either Iran, or N. Korea goes hot. I'll see you all at the local draft board(yes they still exist). When I enlisted we still ate c-rations, and Jimmy Carter was still in the White House.
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I guess the "senior member" by your name has a dual meaning then lol....
Anyways, giving your life away saving someone elses country will never be worth an iphone, evo, or a million dollars in my opinion. Too much worrying about what goes on in the world and not enough fixing our own country talked me out of a 50 thousand dollar sign on bonus for a 6 year enlistment. It just isnt worth dying over religious belief conflicts.
So... TODAY, I finally got my fascinate exactly how I want it.
Im running SC2.9.2V... Midnight Steel Theme... All my apps set....
everything running great. Best its ever been.
So, what happens...
The phone is sitting on the console of my car... Minding its own business... Some guy cuts me off and it falls between the small crack between my seat and the console. So, I park... get out of the car... and start to move the seat back and i hear CRACKKKKKKK......
So, I start moving the seat forward... Somehow, get my hand under the seat and pull out my phone... Screen is completely Cracked... ARGHHHHH
I have the Bestbuy insurance, so they will replace it, but now I have to start all over again.. Rooting... Installing... blah blah blah...
Ok... I feel slightly better now...
Gonna call Bestbuy now and start the replacement process
...good luck with that, most insurance policies through retailers don't cover cracked screens...
OK.. more VENTING
So, I call BB...
1... They tell me my plan was cancelled back in Dec... The Credit Card I had on file had expired and they couldnt bill it
2... They can not re-instate the policy because its over 3 months since cancellation
3... I had planned on telling them that I lost the phone, but it turns out that they dont cover loss or theft..
Man... This sucks
So, turns out, I am do for an upgrade on my account. I can get a new Fascinate from Verizon or maybe I just go for the ThunderBolt.....
Hmmmm.... Now it gets interesting
CPO fascinate was going for $39.99. If you don't want to spend all that money on a Thunderbolt.
Sorry but what does cpo mean... and where are these $40 fascinates
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dandog96 said:
Sorry but what does cpo mean... and where are these $40 fascinates
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Certified Pre-Owned. Phones that come with nothing but a Battery. Also no manufacturer warranty, as far as I know.
Check them out on Verizon's website. Mine came with battery, charger, 16gb sd card, and 1 year warranty. I have had zero issue's, and the phone looked brand new.
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Certified Pre-Owned. Phones that come with nothing but a Battery. Also no manufacturer warranty, as far as I know.
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Not a bad option!
I actually called Verizon and added the $5/month insurance...
Their insurance offers a replacement for lost phones.. the deductible is $99 for smartphones.
I cant make a claim for 30 days.
so, 31 days from today... ooops... Hello.... Verizon... I lost my phone... How do I make a claim
Its gonna be a long 30 days looking at that stupid spiderweb crack all thru the glass.
Does it still work?? You can always make a backup in Clockwork/get your new phone/use your SD Card/Root and restore.
Like it was all a bad dream.
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Does it still work?? You can always make a backup in Clockwork/get your new phone/use your SD Card/Root and restore.
Like it was all a bad dream.
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Phone works perfect. And that is totally the plan... I just need to get the new (or CPO) phone.
Its funny... I keep thinking about the guy that cut me off... The only reason I was on that road at that time, was because I happened to go to sunglasshut and bought my wife a new pair of sunglasses... She recently broke hers and was complaining that she wanted new ones. I was gonna surprise her tonight with the new pair.
See what I get for being UNSELFISH!
Had I just headed home after work, none of this would have happened. I better get some action from her tonight !
No good deed goes unpunished.
But seriously, sorry dude. I hope you get things worked out.
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CPO phone is actually great. People might think it is bad because someone previously owned, but I bought one in January and its running smooth as my brother's Fascinate. I actually do recommend it.
Why did you move the seat back?... bad idea!
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CPO fascinate was going for $39.99. If you don't want to spend all that money on a Thunderbolt.
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Or if you have the upgrade a new one is 49.99 at Best Buy....no stupid rebate or pre -owned/refurbished.
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Why did you move the seat back?... bad idea!
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Sure... Looking back.. Of course it was a bad
But I thought the phone was between the seat and the console.. not laying on the glide track...
Now... The kicker... My wife HATES the sunglasses I picked... She was happily surprised that I thought of her, but I have to go back tomorrow and exchange them.
And... lastly... No Action.
Goodbye XDA.... Hello Youporn.
My car likes to eat my phone all the time, take a turn like Jeremy Clarkson and it goes OM NOM NOM. I think my case and zagg skin have saved it from a similar fate.
Squaretrade. Warranty service is far superior to any extended warranty. Accidental drops and handling. Water damage also covered. $99 for two years coverage with $50 deductible. They will replace your broken phone with a brand new one, or give you up to $499 for a new one.
Look them up.
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Sure... Looking back.. Of course it was a bad
But I thought the phone was between the seat and the console.. not laying on the glide track...
Now... The kicker... My wife HATES the sunglasses I picked... She was happily surprised that I thought of her, but I have to go back tomorrow and exchange them.
And... lastly... No Action.
Goodbye XDA.... Hello Youporn.
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Classic I know how that goes.
No doubt a cpo will work just as well but its a shame to renew a 2 year contract for a facinate now. Yea the facinate fing rocks after flashing new kernel, rom, radio, and voodooing the filetable to ext. But is this really a good time to lock into a two year contract for a preowned facinate?
E#verytime I have my phone exactly how i want it something new comes out like a new kernel or a new something and then i end up temp bricking my phone and starting all over... I guess your worse off having to get a new phone... but on the other hand you'll have a new phone!
Basically, my Evo had finally came to an end after heating up multiple times and basically frying the processor etc. So, what did I do? Just like anyone that has a full upgrade and has seen the Evo4GLTE and Samsung Galaxy SIII commercials. I went to Sprint in search of my new S3. I traded my OGEVO and got $60 towards my bill on the new phone. Got home, everything was perfecto! Went to sleep, worked all the next day. I get a call from my friend asking if I had talked to my uncle. I said no, why? He said, someone tried to call my grandmother, pretended to be me and told her I along with my girlfriend and my best friend got arrested in Cancun Mexico... Asked for $4100 wire transfer immediately.
Basically long story short, the day after I traded in my Evo is when this happened, a Hispanic man helped me, my family said it was a hispanic man trying to sound like me. Does it sound like the Sprint guy to anyone else? I mean, I didn't erase anything on my phone, as I should have. There were only two people I text, and the only two people in my SMS box were the two people he said I got arrested with... My grandmother in my phone is under "Nan" so its obvious that's my grandmother. I put two and two together and basically came up with this odd hunch that its the Sprint guy who is trying to scam my family. My mother filed a police report but haven't gotten a phone call from the detectives... & assuming the detectives don't have time to worry about this. I have no other choices, but to be SOL.
Leave your comments and feedback's please. I am just curious to understand what others think about this problem I am trying to deal with.
I think..uh...I don't. I got bored halfway through the story
I believe it was him what a coinsidence that the people u had on your phone were the two people he named. Id go to the store and complain about it.
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I believe it was him what a coinsidence that the people u had on your phone were the two people he named. Id go to the store and complain about it.
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It was most certainly that person, because here are the rules sprint has with turning in old phones
Sprint's policy is to erase user data from all mobile devices collected through the company's takeback programs before they are reused.
Either two things happened
A) Sprint resold that phone the same day without erasing the data which holds them accountable
B) That person you turned it into was behind the scam and stole the information and re-used it ( I hope you had his name)
C) Even if that person had nothing to do with it, this incident occurred after handing the phones to sprint, so they could be responsible.
You need to GET BACK TO THE STORE ASAP and talk to the manager about this, and tell them to contact the authorities and open up an investigation. DO NOT WAIT
That is one bizarre chain of events! :screwy:
Yeah I know. I need to go back up there tomorrow after work. It was Monday of this week that I got the phone. Tuesday when I got off work is when thIs happened. I hope I'm not too late. Yes I remember his name, Edgar! It's all his fault!
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Yeah I know. I need to go back up there tomorrow after work. It was Monday of this week that I got the phone. Tuesday when I got off work is when thIs happened. I hope I'm not too late. Yes I remember his name, Edgar! It's all his fault!
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One more tip, DONT CONFRONT HIM YOURSELF!
Goto the manager and explain everything, then he will confront him
Its not too late, this guys an idiot its so easy to track his wire transfer, hes headed straight to jail!
Also if you can take your grandmother, maybe she can hear his voice and confirm its him on the scene.
Wow what a crazy story. It doesn't surprise me one bit.
I had a interesting one myself. I had to calk sprint one day an talked to a rep in Chicago.
We upgraded our rate plan which went very smooth. But my wife, usually pays pretty close attention to our bills happened to look at the account 2 days later. The rep I spoke with had activated 2 extra lines that day and sent them to herself.
It was such a HUGE ordeal to contest the new lines. But when I threatened legal responsibility for the actions taken by them, they removed them.
Do not be afraid of telling them you will take legal actions against them. I ended up completely getting out of my contract and now I'm with boost. Obviously same company but I couldn't beat their service in my area. Plus a hell of a lot cheaper bills.
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That's crazy bro, that happens a lot sadly.. not with sprint reps but with scam artist
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Something similar happened in the Atalnta area as well so could be coincidence......
An 80-year-old woman in unincorporated Stone Mountain reported to DeKalb County police that she was scammed out of $6,500 last week.
The victim told police that on Feb. 17 around 12 p.m. she received a call from the suspect, identifying himself as Robert Wells, who said he was with the American Embassy in Barcelona, Spain.
According to the report, the victim told police that the suspect said her grandson had been in an accident and that he had some unpaid medical bills that needed to paid before he could return to the United States.
The woman told police that the suspect transferred her to the grandson; it was later determined that someone was posing as her grandson, according to the report.
http://stonemountain.patch.com/arti...etting-duped-out-of-6-500-in-scam?logout=true
Ok so I ordered the Nexus 4 about two weeks ago. I have been so excited to get it and I literally just got it about an hour ago. Now something crazy has happened. About 30 mins after UPS dropped off my phone UPS came back with another package. The package looked exactly the same as the first package he dropped off and I was like WTF??
I opened the box and behold it was another Nexus 4. At this point I am all like WTF google better not have charged me twice. I ran to my computer and checked my bank account. They only charged me for one phone. I went to the google play store to check my transaction history and it also said that I only purchased one. I opened the package and looked at the invoice. Both packing slips have the same order number on them. I think Google actually messed up and sent me two Nexus 4s for the price of one.
Has this happened to anyone else? Should I be worried? Should I do the honest thing and send it back or just accept this as a Christmas Gift from Google? I would love to give this second phone to my sister for Christmas. What do you guys think?
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Ok so I ordered the Nexus 4 about two weeks ago. I have been so excited to get it and I literally just got it about an hour ago. Now something crazy has happened. About 30 mins after UPS dropped off my phone UPS came back with another package. The package looked exactly the same as the first package he dropped off and I was like WTF??
I opened the box and behold it was another Nexus 4. At this point I am all like WTF google better not have charged me twice. I ran to my computer and checked my bank account. They only charged me for one phone. I went to the google play store to check my transaction history and it also said that I only purchased one. I opened the package and looked at the invoice. Both packing slips have the same order number on them. I think Google actually messed up and sent me two Nexus 4s for the price of one.
Has this happened to anyone else? Should I be worried? Should I do the honest thing and send it back or just accept this as a Christmas Gift from Google? I would love to give this second phone to my sister for Christmas. What do you guys think?
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Do the right thing and send it back. I personally don't condone theft and neither does xda.
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nbeebe24 said:
Do the right thing and send it back. I personally don't condone theft and neither does xda.
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Damn it I want to keep it so bad but you are racking at my conscience...is it really theft?
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Damn it I want to keep it so bad but you are racking at my conscience...is it really theft?
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You're LEGALLY entitled to keep it since Google shipped it to you.
Morally and ethically, you should return it.
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Having said that...I'm not sure what I would do, heh.
Shouldn't have posted that here, people will be jealous and "the good folk" will bug you to return it asap. Personally I prefer if you give it to me as an xmas gift! haha
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Damn it I want to keep it so bad but you are racking at my conscience...is it really theft?
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Yes. If they charged you for one phone and mistakenly sent you two it's theft. I would contact them and let then know if I was you. They may give you some sort of a deal for being an honest person... Even if they don't, you can offer to pay for it and won't have to wait for shipping. Just my 2 cents
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Damn it I want to keep it so bad but you are racking at my conscience...is it really theft?
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It certainly is theft. You are in possession of property that you didn't pay for and was clearly shipped to you in error. nbebbe42 is correct, contact Google and have it returned... just make sure they pay for the shipping.
There's an FTC rule that essentially deems all unrequested merchandise a gift and therefore an individual or company who ships something to someone by mistake has no recourse in recovering said merchandise.
Like I said, legally right, ethically wrong.
I was all ready to tell you to keep it but after reading these posts I thought how I would feel and I've always returned stuff that wasn't mine. I certainly wouldn't think of it as stealing though, I guess you just have to decide.
What if google charged you for 2 nexus and you only get one/? Would you call google theft??? You would be crying abd calling thrm thefts... Do the right thing and phone them
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Keep it as a ransom for my bumper!
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Legally speaking you are a %100 to do with it what you will, AS long as your name is on both shipping receipts. Ethically speaking by returning it you would put people through the hassle of getting it shipped back putting it back in the system and also risk the employment of whoever made the error.
If you think about it the amount of man hours to deal with these slip ups usually out cost the actual product being returned. I'd say make someone you love have an even better Christmas/Hanukkah or whatever you celebrate
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You should do the right thing and call Google about it. See if they hook you up, give you a nice discount or something. At the end of day if you don't call you will be a thief. You should also consider giving it to a Dev at retail if Google will you let keep it. Development is slow.
I voided my warranty.
I wouldn't call it stealing. If you found the phone on the street and kept it is that stealing?
Someone lost it and you happen to stumble upon by accident.
Now you could turn the phone in to the authorities like a good man and maybe Santa will have something bigger in store for you this Christmas.
Or you could keep it like any normal person would do.
If you keep it however, they could trace it back to you (your signature receiving the order)
Likely scenario, someone messed up the order and the phone was sent to you. Whoever was supposed to receive the phone will not receive it, and will file a "lost/stolen" with Google and they will ship another one to them as an apology.
It isn't stealing because you didn't take it, it shipped to you
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What do you guys think?
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http://consumerist.com/2012/12/05/when-we-ordered-one-ipad-and-best-buy-sent-five/
Here's one way to handle it... and a company (Best Buy - I'm shocked) that also handled it the right way.
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It isn't stealing because you didn't take it, it shipped to you
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Just like being given extra $50 change at the register isn't stealing? Legally it may not be stealing but ethically it wrong and stealing. Some of us answer to the Big G, not Google, and don't have a disposable conscience as some of the logic being thrown around is implying.
I voided my warranty.
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http://consumerist.com/2012/12/05/when-we-ordered-one-ipad-and-best-buy-sent-five/
Here's one way to handle it... and a company (Best Buy - I'm shocked) that also handled it the right way.
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Thanks, that helped a lot.
Legally, anything that is shipped to your home is yours to keep. This is in order to prevent companies from shipping you merchandise that you never asked for, then hounding you for the money.
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Legally, anything that is shipped to your home is yours to keep. This is in order to prevent companies from shipping you merchandise that you never asked for, then hounding you for the money.
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If I were you, I'd make sure the one I opened doesn't have the hardware problem where the earpiece constantly makes static/electronic noise even when the screen is off. cause that affected many phones. If it does have that problem, I'd send THAT one back to goog