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Any one else receiveing phone calls from random long distance numbers lately? They hang up as soon as I answer. But everyone I have talked to on Sprint is getting the same thing happening. It's happened 4 times to me today. 3 to my wife and 3 to her cousin. And a few other people.
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Kcarpenter said:
Any one else receiveing phone calls from random long distance numbers lately? They hang up as soon as I answer. But everyone I have talked to on Sprint is getting the same thing happening. It's happened 4 times to me today. 3 to my wife and 3 to her cousin. And a few other people.
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uhhh, pay your bills dude..
haha jk
I havent gotten any calls like that but I have gotten some weird ass texts about reply for this or that, shady spammers

Kcarpenter said:
Any one else receiveing phone calls from random long distance numbers lately? They hang up as soon as I answer. But everyone I have talked to on Sprint is getting the same thing happening. It's happened 4 times to me today. 3 to my wife and 3 to her cousin. And a few other people.
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Yeah I was getting that for about a month from two numbers then i put them on straight to voicemail. I think sprint sells our numbers to telemarketers

thatguythatdid said:
Yeah I was getting that for about a month from two numbers then i put them on straight to voicemail. I think sprint sells our numbers to telemarketers
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I actually think they sell our numbers too. For about 3 months I was getting calls from debt collectors asking for someone named "Laurie Wheeler", who I obviously am not. They kept calling no matter what I said to them (I even got so PO'd that I started swearing at them), so eventually I just asked Sprint to change my number. I haven't had any weirdass calls since.

I've not received any strange calls...LOL. You guys are wrongly paranoid about Sprint IMO.
My advice to you is to be cautious when including your phone number on any promotion, advertisement or to any company that may resell your information.
I had to opt out of solicitation recently when signing up electricity and gas for my house.. WTH?

A couple years ago they started allowing you to add your cell phone to the federal no call list. www.donotcall.gov I also have found that the call/hangup is very common from Capital One if you have an account with them. Just type the number into google and it will sometimes tell you who it is.

Its very common to get recycled numbers. I found this out when i was using prepaid services for a long time. Tmobile is notorious for this and sprint is as well. I would every now get a call asking for the same person from debt collectors. Call sprint and ask if your number is recycled from a overdue or past account.

Sprint likes to give out numbers before the mandatory 1 year holding period that is required after a phone number has been deactivated. When this happens, if the person before you is in serious debt and you get their number, the collectors will call you, call you and call you and will not stop, even if you tell them you will be contacting your lawyer for phone harassment because the person they're looking for is not YOU.

I kept getting calls from the same debt collection agency. They were looking for "Michael Vampas".

Most I ever got were a few spam texts saying that I should reply to get free something or another for 9.99 a month. I just ignored the texts and it stopped.
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Tech Support says "no more than 40 msgs at a time"

So a couple of weeks ago, my gf got mad at me because she sent me a nice "good night" text and I didn't reply. I apologized and told her I didn't get anything. She got over it.
Tuesday night, it happened again. Then the night after that. Then last night again. I called a couple of friends that I text with often, asked them if they had waited for replies from me recently and got nothing--4 of them said yes and recited their last texts to me. Not one of them I received.
I just got off the phone with tech support--the "specialized" Android support to be specific. She asked if the msgs in question were MMS, and I said no. Then she asked if I had trouble with voice calls, and I said no. The she explained to me that SMS is delivered the same way as a voice call and that if I have problems with SMS, I should be having voice call trouble as well. Then she asks how often I delete my msgs. I tell her, at most, once or twice a month. Then she tells me that I should be cleaning out msgs EVERY DAY and that "Android devices can't handle having more than 40-50 msgs at a time without causing trouble for the software and the handset." Not even THREADS, but singular text msgs.
Are you freakin' serious? I paid $350 for a "smartphone" with a plan that costs $100 a month, and I can't keep more than 40 msgs on my phone without running the risk of me missing a few here and there? And since when did this come about? I had a G1 where I could flick 3 times to scroll through my inbox of texts. I've had 20-30 THREADS on my Slide before and only started having problems a couple weeks ago. What about June and July?
Sorry, this is turning into a rant--mostly just to vent, but maybe, just maybe someone else might have an explanation for while some msgs get through and some don't. Hell, I'd feel better just knowing I'm not the only one going through this.
I've been planning to ditch my Slide for the November phone (hopefully a myTouch HD/Desire HD like device), but what's the point when I'm gonna be subject to spotty textroulette.

daewond3r said:
So a couple of weeks ago, my gf got mad at me because she sent me a nice "good night" text and I didn't reply. I apologized and told her I didn't get anything. She got over it.
Tuesday night, it happened again. Then the night after that. Then last night again. I called a couple of friends that I text with often, asked them if they had waited for replies from me recently and got nothing--4 of them said yes and recited their last texts to me. Not one of them I received.
I just got off the phone with tech support--the "specialized" Android support to be specific. She asked if the msgs in question were MMS, and I said no. Then she asked if I had trouble with voice calls, and I said no. The she explained to me that SMS is delivered the same way as a voice call and that if I have problems with SMS, I should be having voice call trouble as well. Then she asks how often I delete my msgs. I tell her, at most, once or twice a month. Then she tells me that I should be cleaning out msgs EVERY DAY and that "Android devices can't handle having more than 40-50 msgs at a time without causing trouble for the software and the handset." Not even THREADS, but singular text msgs.
Are you freakin' serious? I paid $350 for a "smartphone" with a plan that costs $100 a month, and I can't keep more than 40 msgs on my phone without running the risk of me missing a few here and there? And since when did this come about? I had a G1 where I could flick 3 times to scroll through my inbox of texts. I've had 20-30 THREADS on my Slide before and only started having problems a couple weeks ago. What about June and July?
Sorry, this is turning into a rant--mostly just to vent, but maybe, just maybe someone else might have an explanation for while some msgs get through and some don't. Hell, I'd feel better just knowing I'm not the only one going through this.
I've been planning to ditch my Slide for the November phone (hopefully a myTouch HD/Desire HD like device), but what's the point when I'm gonna be subject to spotty textroulette.
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I have hundreds of text messages on my phone at any one time

It is rare to find someone who knows anything of use about Android working at TMO. I'm on my 2nd Android handset and I regularly have 100+ texts in my threads...never had a problem. Are all your friends on Sprint? They have terrible time receiving and sending SMS.

daewond3r said:
So a couple of weeks ago, my gf got mad at me because she sent me a nice "good night" text and I didn't reply. I apologized and told her I didn't get anything. She got over it.
Tuesday night, it happened again. Then the night after that. Then last night again. I called a couple of friends that I text with often, asked them if they had waited for replies from me recently and got nothing--4 of them said yes and recited their last texts to me. Not one of them I received.
I just got off the phone with tech support--the "specialized" Android support to be specific. She asked if the msgs in question were MMS, and I said no. Then she asked if I had trouble with voice calls, and I said no. The she explained to me that SMS is delivered the same way as a voice call and that if I have problems with SMS, I should be having voice call trouble as well. Then she asks how often I delete my msgs. I tell her, at most, once or twice a month. Then she tells me that I should be cleaning out msgs EVERY DAY and that "Android devices can't handle having more than 40-50 msgs at a time without causing trouble for the software and the handset." Not even THREADS, but singular text msgs.
Are you freakin' serious? I paid $350 for a "smartphone" with a plan that costs $100 a month, and I can't keep more than 40 msgs on my phone without running the risk of me missing a few here and there? And since when did this come about? I had a G1 where I could flick 3 times to scroll through my inbox of texts. I've had 20-30 THREADS on my Slide before and only started having problems a couple weeks ago. What about June and July?
Sorry, this is turning into a rant--mostly just to vent, but maybe, just maybe someone else might have an explanation for while some msgs get through and some don't. Hell, I'd feel better just knowing I'm not the only one going through this.
I've been planning to ditch my Slide for the November phone (hopefully a myTouch HD/Desire HD like device), but what's the point when I'm gonna be subject to spotty textroulette.
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The tech who told you that, to be blunt, was lying. Intentionally or not is another question, but the statement she gave you is entirely untrue.
I have threads with THOUSANDS of messages in them, and probably about 30 threads with a few hundred each, and never had any issues.
What application do you use for text messages?

TMo Customer service is the absolute worst. Everyone tells you something different, It took us about 3 weeks to clear up everything with our slides. They made us return our phones just to buy the same exact ones again under another plan, and cancel the other plan. After this, 3G wasn't applying on the phones, so they made us mail the phones in this time to get new ones sent back and to change our plan yet again. Plus side of their stupidity is they forgot to cancel the rebates of the original phones and we got $400 back lol.

I've had thousands as well.
My only problem was slowdown, so now I clear any over like 500.

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Are all your friends on Sprint? They have terrible time receiving and sending SMS.
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My gf is on Tmo, a friend on Verizon, another on Sprint, and 2 with iPhones. My phone seems to be equal opportunity when it comes to text denial.
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The tech who told you that, to be blunt, was lying. Intentionally or not is another question, but the statement she gave you is entirely untrue.
I have threads with THOUSANDS of messages in them, and probably about 30 threads with a few hundred each, and never had any issues.
What application do you use for text messages?
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So have I, on my G1 and my Slide. I knew it wasn't true. I guess these ppl are just used to dealing with folks that don't know any better and trust them to be the end-all authority on what's wrong with their phone. She asked me to power down my phone and then proceeded to tell me how to do it, explaining where the power button is and to hold it down for 2 seconds... SMH.
I use ChompSMS but I doubt that matters. I checked the default Messaging app when I was suspicious of the missed msgs and they weren't there either.

I've never deleted any sms from my phone. I have put several ROMs on it, so they get deleted that way. Simply because I am too lazy to back them up and then restore them. I used to have problems sending texts to people on Verizon. They just simply wouldn't go through. After switching to the Slide though, I haven't had any problems at all with sms.

I have never had to delete messages either. However as of late it might take two tries to send a message. Tmo has treated me well. I think the person you spoke with didn't know there @ss from a hole in the ground.
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twiztidnutzzzzz said:
I have never had to delete messages either. However as of late it might take two tries to send a message. Tmo has treated me well. I think the person you spoke with didn't know there @ss from a hole in the ground.
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I've noticed that I have to try and send msgs twice lately too.
I've loved T-Mobile for a while. Never had anything bad to say. I've been a customer since they were Voicestream (in HI anyway). I just hate getting lame ass answers. I know majority of the Android customers are probably clueless and will believe what they're told by "tech support," but giving BS answers doesn't help anyone and only pisses off the ppl who actually know about what their phones are capable of.

I had sms sending problem until I switched to cm6, half of mine failed to send and then some people said they got two when I hit resend
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Damn I hate having to hear about all these bad experiences with Tmo tech care cuz I work there lol. Bottom line: that idiot woman who told you you can't have more than 50 messages is a complete moron who has never owned an Android phone before in her life. I work in tech care and have seen people with over 3000 messages on their G1 before they even see a force close error. This lady was a moron, clearly. Not only that, but she definitely didn't follow Tmobile's troubleshooting steps either. It definitely sounds like she just wanted to get off the call quickly. Again, it sucks cuz I have to deal with pissed off customers like yourself everyday, and most are pissed because of other reps who don't know jack **** about these phones. Honestly I don't understand it, there are these dumbasses who work around these awesome Android phones all day long and still somehow think their Blackberry Bold is superior. That's the kind of douchebag woman you talked to hehe.

So this problem carried on throughout the weekend. Botched a lot of plans that I was trying to make Sunday and yesterday. Really, really annoyed at this point.
stoney: Any chance you have a better answer? I'm really thinking about leaving T-Mo if this continues. I don't want to but I can't keep paying $100/month for hit or miss texts and customer service that gives me the runaround.

I quit T-Mo about six months ago due to my bosses wanting me to sell the phone and move on to the next customer. T-Mobile is like just about any other company. They only worry about their bottom line. I was tech support for my store because I actually had an answer most of the time. 20 phone calls on your day off can really piss of your wife. The only thing we used tech support for is if we had a unit that had to be replaced. In three years, I never met a tech rep that could answer a question I had. They read from a monitor. They enter your question, it runs through some procedures, and if it does not work, they make up an answer, or exchange the unit. Sad but true. Don't ask T-Mo a question if you need a GOOD answer.

I've been having these sms problems too. I got a couple sms dropped so I guess I should off the stock rom.

Not right forum, but U should know

Several months ago, I started receiving unsolicited text messages.... this happened for several days and escalated to the point where I was getting 25-30 messages daily.... they were all from unusual, incomplete sender numbers (like sent from "3481", or "5892"). I finally responded to one of them, which said, "To stop receiving these messages, text the word "STOP" to 3481". The messages stopped coming.
When going over last month's T-Mobile bill, (which I rarely do because it's automatically debited every month), I noticed a $29. charge from "MundoMedia text services". I looked at the previous month's charges, and there it was again..... I immediately contacted T-Mobile and told them I had not subscribed to MundoMedia or any other "text service". They COULD NOT remove these past charges because they had already paid MundoMedia these monthly fees. T-Mobile explained to me that, much like computer-generated sales calls to random numbers, there are now computer-generated text messages that go out to random numbers..... And whenever someone texts back to them (even when instructed by the message to send the word "stop" back to them), you're UNKNOWINGLY signing up for this monthly service.
Bottom line, after I got the unsolicited service removed from my current month's bill, T-Mobile offered me "insurance" for $4.95 a month that would eliminate any future incidents like this again.... I'm actually considering it because I have 5-lines on my "Family Plan", so this could get costly.... one way or another (unfortunately)...
I also posted this in the XDA "General" forum, but I want fellow Streakers to be "in the loop" specifically, because I wish I'd known about this before it happened
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Wow thanks for this Info, good looking out.
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Here in the UK, TMobile will on request block unsolicited text messages on your line at no charge to you.
And whenever someone texts back to them (even when instructed by the message to send the word "stop" back to them), you're UNKNOWINGLY signing up for this monthly service.
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That's fraud ^ you should report them to whatever body deals with that in the USA, again here in the UK we have a department/body who is responsible for overseeing these companies and keeping them legal http://www.phonepayplus.org.uk/ (used to be called ICSTIS).

Troute..... I totally agree with you and would love to report this Mundo Media to an agency that squashes these types of organizations. Unfortunately, because of our capitalistic society here in the States, these type of organizations not only exist, but become successful by exploiting others. Heck, they are celebrated as models of financial opportunity for others who might want to invest or feed off their scam or otherwise figure out a way to capitalize further by their under-handed practices (i.e., T-Mobile wants to charge me MORE money to "fix" this scam). I'm surprised some filthy investment banker type hasn't approached Mundo Media with an offer to take their company public on Wall Street, so other money-grubbing pigs can invest and exploit people on an even broader scale }:-[
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Mundo is probably a front for a secretly funded off shore multiple carrier-based consortium formed so they can 'encourage' you to purchase 'insurance' against it.
(I'm only half-joking)

Donalgodon..... I wonder if I'm being half-paranoid to think you're probably right?
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Wow, just saw this discussion. Theres a posting on the ATT forum about spammed text but the poster was wonderimg where its coming from. I wonder if this is the source.
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I wonder if this Mundo Media is run by Chinese,cuz I have been seeing lot of crap like this in China,and I mean A LOT.Alternatively,they can make calls to random phone number,including your number,if you call them in return,you are in hell.
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Sprint Rep

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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Nickitt said:
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

"Your Note7 will stop working on 1/31/2017"

I just received this text from Verizon. Has anyone else gotten it?

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I just received this text from Verizon. Has anyone else gotten it?
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I just did. Another bluff? Or can they really kill my phone while I have all the proper package disablers armed to block uupdates?

http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/0...uts-placing-calls-may-bill-phones-full-price/
Sounds like a server side solution.

Im still rocking my Verizon note 7 on a different network in nigeria.
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How can i root pls

Verizon blocked my note 7 and I called and threatened at least 5 people with lawsuits for breach of contract and
they magically took off the block and my note 7 works like it always did. we need a class action lawsuit against Samsung for how badly they handled a voluntary recall and definitely against Verizon for cooperating with Samsung to force us into a voluntary recall with a breach of contract by deliberately killing a device we already paid for, on an account for services in good standing since we pay our bill every month. no one at Verizon technically agreed with me but I apparently got through to at least 2 of the 5 I threatened because they did turn it back on. so when they tell you they can't, its BS. demand to talk to someone with a big enough desk to understand breach of contract and they'll fix it for you. one lady told me that her supervisor would tell me the same thing and I replied, "that's fine, i'll keep going up the ladder until I find a big enough desk to settle this." she said there was nothing she could do and I replied "i believe you, I'm just not talking to the right person yet"

noteseven said:
Verizon blocked my note 7 and I called and threatened at least 5 people with lawsuits for breach of contract and
they magically took off the block and my note 7 works like it always did. we need a class action lawsuit against Samsung for how badly they handled a voluntary recall and definitely against Verizon for cooperating with Samsung to force us into a voluntary recall with a breach of contract by deliberately killing a device we already paid for, on an account for services in good standing since we pay our bill every month. no one at Verizon technically agreed with me but I apparently got through to at least 2 of the 5 I threatened because they did turn it back on. so when they tell you they can't, its BS. demand to talk to someone with a big enough desk to understand breach of contract and they'll fix it for you. one lady told me that her supervisor would tell me the same thing and I replied, "that's fine, i'll keep going up the ladder until I find a big enough desk to settle this." she said there was nothing she could do and I replied "i believe you, I'm just not talking to the right person yet"
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Its not a voluntary recall. The voluntary was on Samsung's part, on that they voluntarily recalled the device and wasn't forced by some agency. The recall and issue with the phone is widely known. They have provided a free upgrade and a refund and credit. Yes I know there is no true replacement for the note 7, I wish there was but I guess we should complain to other companies for a competing product.

noteseven said:
Verizon blocked my note 7 and I called and threatened at least 5 people with lawsuits for breach of contract and
they magically took off the block and my note 7 works like it always did. we need a class action lawsuit against Samsung for how badly they handled a voluntary recall and definitely against Verizon for cooperating with Samsung to force us into a voluntary recall with a breach of contract by deliberately killing a device we already paid for, on an account for services in good standing since we pay our bill every month. no one at Verizon technically agreed with me but I apparently got through to at least 2 of the 5 I threatened because they did turn it back on. so when they tell you they can't, its BS. demand to talk to someone with a big enough desk to understand breach of contract and they'll fix it for you. one lady told me that her supervisor would tell me the same thing and I replied, "that's fine, i'll keep going up the ladder until I find a big enough desk to settle this." she said there was nothing she could do and I replied "i believe you, I'm just not talking to the right person yet"
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This really worked?! I'm just waiting for mine to get shut off. I heard they were going to make it so that all calls are forwarded to verizon. Is this what happened to you? And if so, what do I need to say to them to reverse this. I'm no Lawyer, but advice on what to say will be much appreciated.
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So if my car gets a recall will they make it so it will not start?

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So if my car gets a recall will they make it so it will not start?
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Look up GM EV1, it wasn't recalled but they took them all. Also there has never been such a recall to a vehicle to warrant drastic measures. Vehicles are also repaired free of charge on recalls and people don't like taking chances with their life if it was an important recall. Apples and oranges.

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Look up GM EV1, it wasn't recalled but they took them all. Also there has never been such a recall to a vehicle to warrant drastic measures. Vehicles are also repaired free of charge on recalls and people don't like taking chances with their life if it was an important recall. Apples and oranges.
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What about the Takata airbags? I would say that is a pretty dangerous recall. Why can't they "repair" my phone? I would be more than happy to have my phone repaired free of charge.

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What about the Takata airbags? I would say that is a pretty dangerous recall. Why can't they "repair" my phone? I would be more than happy to have my phone repaired free of charge.
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Don't know about the airbags, will look that up. We all wish they would of just repaired them but at the beginning not knowing the true cause, a fix would still be a time away from now. They would have to design and manufacture a new battery. Battery would also not be the same mah rating, I know most wouldn't care to have it back. I guess they felt they might as well put the time and money into the next one.

Well they did it....and 5 days early. No text incoming or outgoing the same with calls having the latter redirected to the evil empire themselves. I'm using the 3g connection on my free gear s2 I received for buying this dataless note 7 to communicate. I'm currently in the process of applying to law school, obviously still far from a lawyer, but I'd like to see if I can get someone with a "big desk" and throw some words around and get this thing working. I don't want to go back to a cracked screen note 4, but i need my spent.
Sincerely Sad.

My phone got hot lined, so I talked to Verizon for a while (re: I shouldn't have to use my upgrade to downgrade phones, they should guarantee a swap out for the Note 8, no luck). They removed it but said it would be hot lined again in 5 days...

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My phone got hot lined, so I talked to Verizon for a while (re: I shouldn't have to use my upgrade to downgrade phones, they should guarantee a swap out for the Note 8, no luck). They removed it but said it would be hot lined again in 5 days...
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Now all my data and texting is off... and lost call making abilities again too.
Calls are going to a busy signal, not even to Verizon.
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Wow, I can't even call Verizon customer service!!! Just took a video of a call to Verizon customer service going to a busy signal.

After talking to verizon for a bit and carefully beating them up over the phone, they agreed to remove the hotline for 2 months while the Pixel XL 128 comes back into stock with notes on the account to make sure if it does get auto-hot lined they will remove it with a phone call all manager approved. Rolling out the Hot line on us 4-5 days early was the main reason they have to remove it. They are very hesitant but once you give a good consistent rebuttal, they will back down.

I've had to kick and shout as well, but they did remove the hotline for outbound calls (for the time being) and my data appears to work. Only problem is that I still can not send or receive text messages and I fear that if I call VZW support about it, they will re-hotline my phone. Any suggestions to get my text messaging back?

I threatened to file a lawsuit and they turned mine back on lol..everything works just like it did before
Sent from my Explosive Galaxy Note 7

I bet the reps haven't been told what to do with the situation and freak out and just turn them back on. It seems kind of odd that they can easily turn them back on too.

Cammy253 said:
I threatened to file a lawsuit and they turned mine back on lol..everything works just like it did before
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Text messaging working? I have everything but messaging. I continue to get a Verizon Cloud notify saying account suspended.... when I launch Cloud and press the get started button, it pops up a message to call customer service, the account is in suspended state. I'm wondering if my cloud issue and my messaging issue correlate. Would like to avoid calling them for fear of being put back on hotline.

Bonus B said:
Text messaging working? I have everything but messaging. I continue to get a Verizon Cloud notify saying account suspended.... when I launch Cloud and press the get started button, it pops up a message to call customer service, the account is in suspended state. I'm wondering if my cloud issue and my messaging issue correlate. Would like to avoid calling them for fear of being put back on hotline.
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Yeah everything is still working fine...i asked to talk to a supervisor or someone in the legal department and threatened them and they turned it right back on lol...my phone was only hotlined for maybe 15 minutes.
Sent from my Explosive Galaxy Note 7