O-k so I went to pay my bill today @ a REAL Sprint Store and asked one of the workers to explain this new SP Gold/Silver tier stuff. He looked up my acct. and saw I was due for an upgrade Jun 1 2011(mind you I jumped ship to Sprint launch day of EvO4G). So I asked him if that's gone bc of this new policy. He said, no, that I still will get my $150 off my next phone starting June 1st. He said that whoever already has an upgrade on their acct. whether that be $75 or $150 will still be honored for their upgrade. He said to change that would be unethical and would cause an uproar with customers. He then told me that once I use that upgrade, then I have to wait 16/22 months respectively, before I'm eligible for another upgrade.
Hopefully this clears up some things for people who have been freaking out over this.
Lol here we go again!
This saved me from looking thru anything for an answer thanks dude.
funny a lady from sprint that i have been talking to since my data troubles have started told me the only line on the contracts that would be affected would be the PRIMARY . all other upgrades stay and are safe . and that i would have lost it on April 1st
/shrug who is telling the truth .
i burnt my upgrade for my daughters shift in fact i was told i did the smart thing buy burning my upgrade ( im the primary ) or i would have lost it
It makes sense. Say you look @ your acct right now and it says I dunno...May 3rd you're entitled to $150 off your next phone. Imagine if that magically disappeared and a big F*** YOU was now on your acct in place. People would flip out!! The guy told me they just had started training specifically to answer these questions for SP customers. I guess we will see
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It makes sense. Say you look @ your acct right now and it says I dunno...May 3rd you're entitled to $150 off your next phone. Imagine if that magically disappeared and a big F*** YOU was now on your acct in place. People would flip out!! The guy told me they just had started training specifically to answer these questions for SP customers. I guess we will see
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I can tell you that your upgrade will not be there April 1st.
Just giving you a realistic expectation.
vWvSTATICvWv said:
It makes sense. Say you look @ your acct right now and it says I dunno...May 3rd you're entitled to $150 off your next phone. Imagine if that magically disappeared and a big F*** YOU was now on your acct in place. People would flip out!! The guy told me they just had started training specifically to answer these questions for SP customers. I guess we will see
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That's what the letters they mailed out weeks in advance were for.
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I just emailed them. I guess I'll find out more about this tomorrow. If they say what this guy was telling me then you best believe I'm saving that email *evil grin* lol
Just text upgrade to 1311 and you should find out the date and what you qualify for.
vWvSTATICvWv said:
O-k so I went to pay my bill today @ a REAL Sprint Store and asked one of the workers to explain this new SP Gold/Silver tier stuff. He looked up my acct. and saw I was due for an upgrade Jun 1 2011(mind you I jumped ship to Sprint launch day of EvO4G). So I asked him if that's gone bc of this new policy. He said, no, that I still will get my $150 off my next phone starting June 1st. He said that whoever already has an upgrade on their acct. whether that be $75 or $150 will still be honored for their upgrade. He said to change that would be unethical and would cause an uproar with customers. He then told me that once I use that upgrade, then I have to wait 16/22 months respectively, before I'm eligible for another upgrade.
Hopefully this clears up some things for people who have been freaking out over this.
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Aren't sprint reps known for spewing BS? Don't u guys ever learn not to listen to sprint reps????
Yea hate to say it, but he lied to you (or he's just stupid). Either way, you arent getting your upgrade after april 1st.
But then again, if you really want to try, go back to that store, have that guy print out a sheet of paper, or write on paper, that says you WILL get your upgrade on that date, and have him SIGN IT. That way you will have SOME leverage come June. It may not work, but its worth a shot.
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Just text upgrade to 1311 and you should find out the date and what you qualify for.
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i just did that and no dates were given except i am available for the upgrades. does this mean i can wait until the 3d release?
They gave you 2-3 months notice they are taking it away. DUR DUR DUR.
well there is a loop hole. You can change your phone plan from the $69.99 to the next one up and keep that for the 3-6 months or whatever it is and you will be changed to gold. So basically, a couple months before you know you are due for your 1 year, switch your account and then reap the benefits of getting a new phone. Once you get that new phone, switch back to your original plan...eh...eh...
Anyone else think that will work?
shagav said:
well there is a loop hole. You can change your phone plan from the $69.99 to the next one up and keep that for the 3-6 months or whatever it is and you will be changed to gold. So basically, a couple months before you know you are due for your 1 year, switch your account and then reap the benefits of getting a new phone. Once you get that new phone, switch back to your original plan...eh...eh...
Anyone else think that will work?
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Yes, this will work. This is actually what a couple of Sprint customer service employees suggested I do. I've already upgraded my plan to the ED 3000. Now I just have to wait 90 days and hope I can get the phone through wirefly and downgrade to the 1500 at the same time (anyone know if I can do this). I know wirefly has something about not changing your plan for 6 months after getting the phone. If I can't do that, I'll probably just buy it through Sprint; wirefly's additional ETF scares me. Haha.
loop hole.. sounds interesting...
but i am sure sprint would have thought of that...
and they will say.. you have to have the plan active at the qualifing rate for a yr to count!
but.. you can try it.. and let us know...
Dan330 said:
loop hole.. sounds interesting...
but i am sure sprint would have thought of that...
and they will say.. you have to have the plan active at the qualifing rate for a yr to count!
but.. you can try it.. and let us know...
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It only has to be active for 90 days, according to Sprint's website.
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loop hole.. sounds interesting...
but i am sure sprint would have thought of that...
and they will say.. you have to have the plan active at the qualifing rate for a yr to count!
but.. you can try it.. and let us know...
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Only 3 months, that's all.
shagav said:
well there is a loop hole. You can change your phone plan from the $69.99 to the next one up and keep that for the 3-6 months or whatever it is and you will be changed to gold. So basically, a couple months before you know you are due for your 1 year, switch your account and then reap the benefits of getting a new phone. Once you get that new phone, switch back to your original plan...eh...eh...
Anyone else think that will work?
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IT will Work!
Here's the low down...
I called on the 21st asking if my upgrade will change once april comes by...the stupid lady said no....after much research i found out that my upgrade will be indeed gone....
I called again on the 23rd...and talk to another lady and she said that i will lose upgrade...I demanded that i was promised an upgrade therefore i should get it...then i got transferred to a lead specialist...She wasn't very nice i was arguing on the phone that its unethical for youn guys to promise me something and turn arround and say sorry you can't have this...
She said she would issue a corrective action to her employee that told me i can keep my upgrade...I told her thats only benifiting Sprint becuase a corrective doesn't help me get my upgrade...
I got transfered to account services...explained the whole thing again. and then i got transferred to this supervisor guy...
He asked where i worked, i said target...he said ok. if we put you on the 89.99 plan and take twenty % off you'll only be paying 3 dollars more than you would be now, and come july 1st (the day i was supposed to get my upgrade) I can get my EVO 3D and than downgrade to the 69.99 plan and still keep my 20% off...So yes it will work
Cliff notes: yes you can switch to 89.99 plan and wait 3 months then you can get your phone and go back to 69.99.
BUT YOU HAVE TO DO THIS BEFORE APRIL 1st. Act fast...there's less than 3 days left for this deal...
Yeah this suck I got my wife and epic today to waste the upgrade and depends on EVO getting official gingerbread or no I will buy gull price the EVO 3D or get the ipad 2
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I went in today to get my girlfriend a Nexus S since it's free on contract today for my girlfriend. The girl that helped me had an ass worthy of a human sacrifice.
Her other assosiate stated that they had one more left but it came preinstalled with an Invisishield and that is have to pay additional for it. I told her I wasn't interested and then asked her why they would open a new phone and tamper with it without the customers consent. I would have let their little commission scam slide if the protector was put on properly. The shield looked like a righty broke his arm and and put the screen protector on with his left. It had more bubbles than an ice cold Coke.
I declined and they ripped the.protector off and threw it out. I thought it was pretty funny and wondered if any of you guys ran into that. I'm going to check the phone when I get home to make sure I don't have any water damage.
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I got mine at bb and the lady was super nice, didn't even ask twice about a case
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Got mine online. Can't stand most bb associates.
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Got mine at bb today also, the lady was great and a joy to buy from.
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I had to drive an hour and a half to get my wife's new upgrade as the local Best Buy stores in my area do not carry T-Mobile. So it was off to Raleigh. But the Best Buy Phone store was very nice and so were the sale associates. I think it was a great deal.
Picked up my freebee today from BB, would you believe, it took 3 1/2 hours !!!!
Everything was going wrong at the store .. problems activating, problems with my account, continuous calls to AT&T & BB Corporate .. it was basically a nightmare.
To top it all off, in the process or trying to activate the damn phone, they completely rubbed my wife's phone off AT&T's system !!! Wife has iPhone 4 that was now dead in the water. Call my wife's phone, nothing, states # disconnected !!! Another 1 hour on the phone with AT&T Business Enterprise trying to get wifes # back & iPhone re-activated.
I sent the BB Store Manager (who I know personally) & Corporate BB Mobile a nasty a$$ email explaining the complete ordeal there at his store and my issues afterwards of what his BB employees did to my AT&T account.
Let's see what response I get from that.
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I went today to take charge while my dad and brother got them. My dad's has the new version of the market, but my brother's has the old version. Anyone know why that would be the case? Could my dad's just have been newer product?
Some people suck. Thats why I do most of my shopping online haha
LordGeek said:
Picked up my freebee today from BB, would you believe, it took 3 1/2 hours !!!!
Everything was going wrong at the store .. problems activating, problems with my account, continuous calls to AT&T & BB Corporate .. it was basically a nightmare.
To top it all off, in the process or trying to activate the damn phone, they completely rubbed my wife's phone off AT&T's system !!! Wife has iPhone 4 that was now dead in the water. Call my wife's phone, nothing, states # disconnected !!! Another 1 hour on the phone with AT&T Business Enterprise trying to get wifes # back & iPhone re-activated.
I sent the BB Store Manager (who I know personally) & Corporate BB Mobile a nasty a$$ email explaining the complete ordeal there at his store and my issues afterwards of what his BB employees did to my AT&T account.
Let's see what response I get from that.
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That sounds like a nightmare. Where in Ohio?
Had mine within 20 mins!
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Androidude said:
I went today to take charge while my dad and brother got them. My dad's has the new version of the market, but my brother's has the old version. Anyone know why that would be the case? Could my dad's just have been newer product?
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No. The market update is totally random. If you had him do a few factory resets it'll get pushed to his device. Say 3 out of 7 resets results in the market update.
tekkitan said:
That sounds like a nightmare. Where in Ohio?
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North Olmsted BB @ the Great Northern Mall (strip).
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I got mine on Saturday and walked in today to get my money back. now running CM7 build 150 with native tether on the road with my SGT. Priceless.
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I got mine on Saturday and walked in today to get my money back. now running CM7 build 150 with native tether on the road with my SGT. Priceless.
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How are the recent CM7 nightlies running on the Nexus S(no 4G)? I've got to root my dad's so he can have tethering. I have an Inspire so I don't keep up around here.
Picked one up today without issue. Although I may be returning this. Not sure its a good replacement for the EVO.
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Picked one up today without issue. Although I may be returning this. Not sure its a good replacement for the EVO.
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same here, was not aware that the signal problem would be that bad for me, it is.
although service hasn't cut or anything, i do not like seeing no bars, and only a 3g icon, at all. I loved the feel of my original Nexus however, and wanted that back, on top of that, I just need a 2nd phone to do code **** on.
my day? 12 hours worth of trying to get my Nexus S.
9am: post on XDA
10am: go to store, see what the deal is, BB site told me i was eligible for a partial upgrade
10:30: deuche at BB looks my stuff up, tells me since im at partial upgrade it would only be 75$ off the 549 price. I laughed.
10:40: I explain that my friend bought his evo the day after i did, we both left tmobile for sprint, few days after EVO3d release, my buddy and I go into sprint store to pay whatever for a 3d. They give him a 3D for 199.99, no plan change, no plan upgrade, no premier gold membership. no issues.
dude insist that he did not, and that im lie'ing, and know nothing of what i was talking about, because that defitnally would not of happened that way, and if anything, I can buy an Evo3D for 4something with my partial discount
i tell this guy ima bout to f**king kill him for telling me i dont know what im talking about, i was WITH HIM. turn around and leave.
11: call sprint. get transferred 3 times to handle why my buddy got that scenario, yet im not eligible.
Lady was so nice, sounded young, sweet, and most importantly, smart-understanding-and well informed. Tells me she can "buy up" upgrade my plan, and start fresh witha new 2 year contract, and that i would be eligible for any phone at new 2 year price, my plan was upgraded by i think $10, but could have been $20. I also get a discount for being a "UPS employee" * so i dont care to pay a small difference.
12: She tells me "IT WILL TAKE UP TO 2 HOURS TO TAKE PLACE" she makes it VERY clear, keep texting 1311 with "upgrade" for the next 2 hours, when it goes through, Ill know. She'll also have an email sent to confirm it processes.
3pm: still nothing, have to leave for IT work, keep texting upgrade
4:30pm: tech work done, keep texting upgrade
-im a patient person, friendly, do excellent customer support, I understand hostile people, so i am not one of them, with 3rd party customer support-
5: I call sprint. 3 people later, 2 of languages I can not understand english from 60year smoking veterans cough. 3rd lady is of your typical "Tyqueisha" attitude for her type of name, you know what im saying.
She tells me "day shouldn't have told u 2 hours, it will take up to 48 hours", but she "just axed her managa and she says im in a waiting list to get it done so just sit tyte it'll come threw for'ch'u"
5:30: off phone with sprint, pissed. start calling best buys around my area to locate if they even have any
6:30: many 10-25 minute waiting on hold before talking to anyone, i try calling further away stores, but ask them to look up specifics.
- I used to work at best buy, geek squad, 2 years. I know when they look up stuff on "RSS" that usually its off by about 2 hours, so a quick way to tell someone to piss off, is to tell them another store that RSS says is in stock, to get off the phone quickly, and to again, piss off caller X -
7:20: I think I locate one, about 30 minutes away, compared to the 7 minutes away.
7:40: I call my 7 minute away store, and have been on hold for 20 minutes, finally get someone - I ask them to check RSS - knowing - "no apparently were out"
7:45: Still texting upgrade - Nothing yet
7:50: Try calling store that i think the Nexus S is at, get on hold. Wait 5 min, hang up, ill assume its there.
7:55: call sprint. get transferred up 3 people - dude is so sorry, guarantee that it will be on in 30 minutes, hes walking to his supervisor to pass it on right now, no more problems, no call backs, 100% positive, 30 minutes.
8:10: I figure, hell, I know RSS is always wrong, ill drive to my 7 minute store, make an employee call direct to other stores, find me, ill drive fast to taht store, real, real fast.
8:17: in best buy, huge, huge line. wait in it for about 5 minutes, go seek a manager, because if im gonna wait there, I want to know its there, if it is, ill wait.
8:25: im still waiting for floor manager to come back, lemme know whats up, i walk over to mobile area, he's passing out 'store tickets' to help assign inventory to people waiting.
i walk up to him like "dude, you better say your about to walk one of those last 2 in your hands for me back there"
he stutters.. tells me he was, but stuttered because he wsent sure if it was me walking up to him, from the area i was in. I laugh, say sure, take the ticket.
8:30:8:35ish - text upgrade - nothing! nothing! there about 12 people in line in front of me, I apoligize to the few people around me, for what was about to happen.
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i call sprint. i inform them to read the notes, they've been keeping track, and that i am waiting in line, as today, as they know, is the only day of the deal, the notes show i was promised 2 hours, then promised 30 minutes, 8 hours ago. I tell them if i get to the front of the line, and they don't have an solution for me, that it would turn into my last phone call with sprint, and the end of my sprint developer account as well, oh BTW, this is also 4 people up, from my initial person i spoke with when i called.
thats not all i said, but thats the just of it, i had the attention of every person in line the whole time, demonstrating exactly what a very smart real-mean-asshole-jerk, actually is, in person.
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8:50pm: Whoever, at Sprint was, tells me 5 minutes, ten TOPS. ill have a text, and it will be activated. he is with his supervisor, and are going to do it, as soon as im off the phone.
5 minutes later, only 3 people moved out of the line, i keep texting upgrade.
5 minutes later - it happens. it actually takes the ten minutes, that prick.
by this time, best buy closed.
I walk out , with my nexus S , at 9:50, 2nd to last customer out of the store.
my outcome:
nexus S reception sucks compared to EVO, atleast in comparison to visually seeing bars on screen.
2 of the employee's bought my weed icon apps.
Sweet, I get a new phone to test stuff on, and make $1.40 from selling apps in person, lost 12 hours of my life.
worth it? you tell me.
sprint, this isn't over.
im sorry for anyone that reads all of that, but that is really how it went down, and i hope someone at sprint may some day see it, and just say "damn, sucks for you dude!" and laugh all the way to the bank.
docsparks said:
same here, was not aware that the signal problem would be that bad for me, it is.
although service hasn't cut or anything, i do not like seeing no bars, and only a 3g icon, at all. I loved the feel of my original Nexus however, and wanted that back, on top of that, I just need a 2nd phone to do code **** on.
my day? 12 hours worth of trying to get my Nexus S.
9am: post on XDA
10am: go to store, see what the deal is, BB site told me i was eligible for a partial upgrade
10:30: deuche at BB looks my stuff up, tells me since im at partial upgrade it would only be 75$ off the 549 price. I laughed.
10:40: I explain that my friend bought his evo the day after i did, we both left tmobile for sprint, few days after EVO3d release, my buddy and I go into sprint store to pay whatever for a 3d. They give him a 3D for 199.99, no plan change, no plan upgrade, no premier gold membership. no issues.
dude insist that he did not, and that im lie'ing, and know nothing of what i was talking about, because that defitnally would not of happened that way, and if anything, I can buy an Evo3D for 4something with my partial discount
i tell this guy ima bout to f**king kill him for telling me i dont know what im talking about, i was WITH HIM. turn around and leave.
11: call sprint. get transferred 3 times to handle why my buddy got that scenario, yet im not eligible.
Lady was so nice, sounded young, sweet, and most importantly, smart-understanding-and well informed. Tells me she can "buy up" upgrade my plan, and start fresh witha new 2 year contract, and that i would be eligible for any phone at new 2 year price, my plan was upgraded by i think $10, but could have been $20. I also get a discount for being a "UPS employee" * so i dont care to pay a small difference.
12: She tells me "IT WILL TAKE UP TO 2 HOURS TO TAKE PLACE" she makes it VERY clear, keep texting 1311 with "upgrade" for the next 2 hours, when it goes through, Ill know. She'll also have an email sent to confirm it processes.
3pm: still nothing, have to leave for IT work, keep texting upgrade
4:30pm: tech work done, keep texting upgrade
-im a patient person, friendly, do excellent customer support, I understand hostile people, so i am not one of them, with 3rd party customer support-
5: I call sprint. 3 people later, 2 of languages I can not understand english from 60year smoking veterans cough. 3rd lady is of your typical "Tyqueisha" attitude for her type of name, you know what im saying.
She tells me "day shouldn't have told u 2 hours, it will take up to 48 hours", but she "just axed her managa and she says im in a waiting list to get it done so just sit tyte it'll come threw for'ch'u"
5:30: off phone with sprint, pissed. start calling best buys around my area to locate if they even have any
6:30: many 10-25 minute waiting on hold before talking to anyone, i try calling further away stores, but ask them to look up specifics.
- I used to work at best buy, geek squad, 2 years. I know when they look up stuff on "RSS" that usually its off by about 2 hours, so a quick way to tell someone to piss off, is to tell them another store that RSS says is in stock, to get off the phone quickly, and to again, piss off caller X -
7:20: I think I locate one, about 30 minutes away, compared to the 7 minutes away.
7:40: I call my 7 minute away store, and have been on hold for 20 minutes, finally get someone - I ask them to check RSS - knowing - "no apparently were out"
7:45: Still texting upgrade - Nothing yet
7:50: Try calling store that i think the Nexus S is at, get on hold. Wait 5 min, hang up, ill assume its there.
7:55: call sprint. get transferred up 3 people - dude is so sorry, guarantee that it will be on in 30 minutes, hes walking to his supervisor to pass it on right now, no more problems, no call backs, 100% positive, 30 minutes.
8:10: I figure, hell, I know RSS is always wrong, ill drive to my 7 minute store, make an employee call direct to other stores, find me, ill drive fast to taht store, real, real fast.
8:17: in best buy, huge, huge line. wait in it for about 5 minutes, go seek a manager, because if im gonna wait there, I want to know its there, if it is, ill wait.
8:25: im still waiting for floor manager to come back, lemme know whats up, i walk over to mobile area, he's passing out 'store tickets' to help assign inventory to people waiting.
i walk up to him like "dude, you better say your about to walk one of those last 2 in your hands for me back there"
he stutters.. tells me he was, but stuttered because he wsent sure if it was me walking up to him, from the area i was in. I laugh, say sure, take the ticket.
8:30:8:35ish - text upgrade - nothing! nothing! there about 12 people in line in front of me, I apoligize to the few people around me, for what was about to happen.
--
i call sprint. i inform them to read the notes, they've been keeping track, and that i am waiting in line, as today, as they know, is the only day of the deal, the notes show i was promised 2 hours, then promised 30 minutes, 8 hours ago. I tell them if i get to the front of the line, and they don't have an solution for me, that it would turn into my last phone call with sprint, and the end of my sprint developer account as well, oh BTW, this is also 4 people up, from my initial person i spoke with when i called.
thats not all i said, but thats the just of it, i had the attention of every person in line the whole time, demonstrating exactly what a very smart real-mean-asshole-jerk, actually is, in person.
--
8:50pm: Whoever, at Sprint was, tells me 5 minutes, ten TOPS. ill have a text, and it will be activated. he is with his supervisor, and are going to do it, as soon as im off the phone.
5 minutes later, only 3 people moved out of the line, i keep texting upgrade.
5 minutes later - it happens. it actually takes the ten minutes, that prick.
by this time, best buy closed.
I walk out , with my nexus S , at 9:50, 2nd to last customer out of the store.
my outcome:
nexus S reception sucks compared to EVO, atleast in comparison to visually seeing bars on screen.
2 of the employee's bought my weed icon apps.
Sweet, I get a new phone to test stuff on, and make $1.40 from selling apps in person, lost 12 hours of my life.
worth it? you tell me.
sprint, this isn't over.
im sorry for anyone that reads all of that, but that is really how it went down, and i hope someone at sprint may some day see it, and just say "damn, sucks for you dude!" and laugh all the way to the bank.
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You're lucky it was done same day. Turn around time on buyups are 24-48 hours as it's a backend team that does them in the order they are received. Couple hundred resets a day that must be verified for accuracy and that qualifications are met, 10 backend members doing them and the other thousand things they have to do as well. Sucks for the hassle though.
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really, im not even dogging anyone in that entire process. i LOVED sprint, until today. hell I even still love best buy.
I just wanted to really show my die-hard androidneedyness
and how much being mis-lead, can ruin someones day.
i am grateful though, please dont mistake that from my bad spelling while rushing. and for the love of god please edit to not quote that entire thing, as some peoples data connection would hate this page.
I got one for my wife. No issues, they had 3 left. Cost me nothing, cant beat that.
I hate talking to ghetto people at Sprint. It pissed me off more than the reps that don't speak English and get mad at you because you can't understand a word they say.
I'm half black and I.hate when I call they try and get "street" with me like I'm a homeboy from the corner. It's an uncomfortable feeling.
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Getting rid of the "premier customer", returns go from 30 to 14 days, upgrade moves from 22 to 20 months BUT upgrade fee goes from 18 to 36..... all these changes are probly because of the new iphone too.... f*ck sprint and the rest of em.
phandroid.com/2011/09/15/sprint-mak...ram-cuts-back-returnexchange-policy-and-more/
that was announced a month ago lol
its for whoever doesnt know.
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Agreed! F**k Sprint!
go away why did u have to bump this thread just to say that.
and obviously u didnt even read this thread because at no point was anyone bashing sprint witch means this was an epic fail for you.
Bierce22 said:
go away why did u have to bump this thread just to say that.
and obviously u didnt even read this thread because at no point was anyone bashing sprint witch means this was an epic fail for you.
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Check again Bierce:
The op said the same thing the Guy b4 u did....."F-sprint" so he did read the thread.
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i like sprint (for now), dont get me wrong. but they are slowly hiking prices and axing services. they just got rid of unlimited 4g hotspot.... i think its only a matter of time before unlimited data is a thing of the past.
youdug said:
i like sprint (for now), dont get me wrong. but they are slowly hiking prices and axing services. they just got rid of unlimited 4g hotspot.... i think its only a matter of time before unlimited data is a thing of the past.
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I'm not too sure about that. Mainly because every commercial i see for them is the
"We are sprint, we are truly unlimited" IMHO that's the only thing sprint has going for them, until the new iPhone comes out.
Sprint is still better than the alternatives though. Good customer service, awesome phones, etc. Everyone else has already done all this junk and gone to tiered plans so I'm happy that Sprint has kept their service as is for so long
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rubyknight said:
Sprint is still better than the alternatives though. Good customer service, awesome phones, etc. Everyone else has already done all this junk and gone to tiered plans so I'm happy that Sprint has kept their service as is for so long
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I agree, if you find a better service at Sprint's prices, let me know, I'll be upgrading soon.
youdug said:
i like sprint (for now), dont get me wrong. but they are slowly hiking prices and axing services. they just got rid of unlimited 4g hotspot.... i think its only a matter of time before unlimited data is a thing of the past.
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Is there really anyone that uses unlimited hotspot? I can't honestly imagine someone just tethering their laptop, gaming device, ect with their phone ALL day. The only thing that bothers me with the premier loss is return policy.
It is bs. I signed up for unlimited. I should get unlimited. If I spend anymore I might as well just get internet in my house instead of phone. What is this power trip all the carrier's seem to be on? The power to giveth, the power to take away? The power to cancel my service is what they'll get. I don't understand why sprint would make a move for the iphone and sacrifice the biggest advantage that no other carrier provides. That in my mind would be the gold mine and I would squat on it. Unless they are all acting together to gain greater profit from the consumer because they are all not happy with the percentages, it makes no sense. It does make sense however that they would all drop like dominos to the power of apple. After all, they have as much money saved up as our entire government. Tell me that isn't f'd up. Tell me a company like that can't do whatever they want and manipulate the system. I'm sure if we new everything we would pull out our guns to stop it. Die for it. But, who will ever know. Our worst enemy will be loved like family due to secrets and manipulation as we all suffer unrecognized poverty and enslavement. But, we are many.... and the day will come.
I rooted my phone months ago and I think ever since I did, my 4G internet speeds have been very low - like .30 mbps download and .10 mbps upload according to the Speednet test.
I've tried every radio in the radio thread and even went back to the stock ROM ( rooted ) and it remained the same. Does anyone have any suggestions ?
Everything else works 100%.
Sound like you got throttled-tmo has a 5 gig cap per month before you get throttled-Check your data usage for the month. Think if you switch to 2g its a little faster, otherwise you have to wait till your next billing cycle starts
While it may sound like I'm throttled, that isn't what's goin' on cause I've talked to T-Mobile and I'm well below my 2 GB limit. I appreciate your reply anyway.
I haven't been here in a while since I got the Samsung galaxy s2.. I have to agree with you.. You are not throttled. I have been experiencing the same problem even with both phones.. I changed sim cards like three times already. So what I did was called t-mobile they filed a report to the tech engineers to check the towers and their systems will take about 72hrs. So ill be calling back tomorrow (1/16/2012)to find out if they fixed the towers like I was told..the towers might be affecting my speed.. So call them and explain to them and see if they can do the same for you...
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That's funny cause I actually went through that with T-Mobile as well. Eventually they told me it's a problem with my phone. **** this.
Do you live in New Jersey ?
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That's funny cause I actually went through that with T-Mobile as well. Eventually they told me it's a problem with my phone. **** this.
Do you live in New Jersey ?
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No, close, am in nyc, close to Manhattan/Brooklyn...Just tell them a customer/friend has also called and complained about this same situation. i took off work on friday, after dr. appointment, i went to t mobile retail store and we did a test, troubleshooting etc, and nothing...so if they tell you it's your phone what do they expect you to do, exchange your phone, it's ridiculous.. i have both mt4g and samsung galaxy s2, both experiencing the same problems, i told them, actually had a small argument with them, but i'm just waiting for tomorrow and hear what BullSh*t they going to tell me...just make sure if you end up going to tmobile retail store to unroot your phone.. if they ask you to go to a tmobile store..
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Ill be the first to hit your thanks
Yea, I've been through all that. Let me know what they say
Spoke to them and they still working on it. So we might get a text or check with them later...
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Well they called me today telling me the engineers are still working on it...
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Can you try someone else's SIM in your phone and vice-versa? That narrows it down to the phone or the account.
Last time I went to the States when the prepaid $1.49 day pass still existed, I was being throttled from the moment I entered the country despite not even having a chance to accrue 30 MB of usage. On the second day I bought a new pass and was still throttled. I went to a T-Mobile store and they had nothing to suggest other than that they could try to reset the data (?) on my account. I wanted to try the store's SIMs in my phone or vice versa but they told me all the sample phones had their battery covers glued on so customers couldn't walk away with the SIMs due to a high-theft area.
Anyway, on that second day I used a lot despite the throttling, and in the evening I got a text that I just hit 30 MB and would be throttled. Finally on the third day, when I bought a new pass I had full speed.
No.. T-mobile has acknowledged that they have the problem.. My girlfriend also have the same problem..I will wait till its fixed..I've changed my simply card 3x already..lol
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I called 'em today and just pressed the issue further. I can only think it's their network or towers around here cause when I speed test it now, it could download at 6 Mbps or 0.25 Mbps, so I'm taking that as a sign of them working on it.
I got 'em to take $80 off my bill a couple weeks ago because this is bull****. IT's a been a long time, but I never noticed cause I usually use WiFi and I just downloaded the speedtest.net app like a month ago.
I told them I don't care if they fix it tomorrow, I'm still gonna move on and do business with a different company as soon as I can. Every time I see that silly long armed ***** on their commercial boasting about their 4G speeds, I wanna close my account.