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Skeezy posted:So I bought a new wall charger thinking that it might be the issue with my phone not charging. However it's not the case and I really think the charge port is busted for good. Stupid question, but have you tried a new cable? Every charger problem I've had turned out to be the cable.
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azurite posted:Stupid question, but have you tried a new cable? Every charger problem I've had turned out to be the cable. Tried a new cable and new wall charger.
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Apr 9, 2013 11:01
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Is there any way to split up a plan with two lines, or remove one line without an ETF?
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Apr 9, 2013 12:14
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Gilok posted:Is there any way to split up a plan with two lines, or remove one line without an ETF? You can transfer the liability of the one line to the others name. Only way.
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Apr 9, 2013 12:24
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manwithoutskin posted:I was confused as to why everyone was bashing insurance but I hadn't realized the rates have gone up. Even at the old rates, the amount of money I save by not getting insurance is more than the cost of a phone replacement for me. I don't break my phones but on the off chance I did, I'd be out less getting a replacement myself.
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Hey guys- All this talk about the TEP made me wonder if I still had it on my phone - checked my bill, and I sure do. 8$ a month, so I may be on the older rates with that. But still, kinda dumb because I am still 'rocking' a samsung galaxy s1. I even have a slide out keyboard! This thing is getting old. It's been behaving badly for some time and I have been looking at new handset options. My big question is - is there a way to go through TEP and get a replacement phone that will end up being an upgrade, I would assume S3 but maybe the stores still stock the S2, I don't know - and, if I did go this route, I think it wouldn't make me need to re-up my contract like purchasing a new phone through the sprint store would. Thoughts? Simply put, is there a reasonable way to go through TEP and obviously pay a deductible for a newer handset? If not I might as well cancel the TEP, but I would love to use it for this purpose - I've paid enough in to make me not feel unethical about it. Editing to add - the screen is legitimately going bad. When I go to hang up a call, about 80% of the time I end up mashing hangup for days with no response. So there's that.
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You're going to pay a $100 deductible to get a replacement phone instead of a repair, and at this point it's quite possible that whatever they replace it with is going to only have a street value of about the same amount. I'd wager any store you take it to is going to push very, very hard for you to use your upgrade in that situation.
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Apr 9, 2013 17:08
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Way back when I had a touch pro 1, the keyboard died on me, I went in for the TEP replacement and they gave me a TP2 since they didn't have any more TP1s. That's why I'm asking if such an approach would work here. Seems like the prices on the newer stuffs, even with upgrades, is excessive - and you end up in a new 2 year contract. I'm just trying to figure if there's any smart options at this point. Sounds like my best bet is just ebay.
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Apr 9, 2013 17:43
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Agatsu posted:Way back when I had a touch pro 1, the keyboard died on me, I went in for the TEP replacement and they gave me a TP2 since they didn't have any more TP1s. That's why I'm asking if such an approach would work here. They did this due to an the high cost of continually fixing the tp1 and the high churn rate of tp1 users. They were always available.
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Apr 9, 2013 22:01
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manwithoutskin posted:I was confused as to why everyone was bashing insurance but I hadn't realized the rates have gone up. I've had my phone repaired 3-4 times and replaced exactly four times. Didn't pay anything but spent a lot of time driving and resetting my drat phone. Even if it was in warranty you would have had to pay $35 ($50 now) each time they replaced or repaired your phone. They don't charge for resetting your phone, only when they actually do something to it.
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Agatsu posted:Thoughts? Simply put, is there a reasonable way to go through TEP and obviously pay a deductible for a newer handset? If not I might as well cancel the TEP, but I would love to use it for this purpose - I've paid enough in to make me not feel unethical about it. If you broke it and paid the deductible, you would get another Epic for $100. The system is set up to make it very, very hard to get a better phone as a replacement. If they ran out of Epics (as of last week I could still get them), you would likely wind up with an EVO or EVO shift. The only exception I've seen is the EVO LTE sometimes being a replacement for the 3D, but I suspect that was because they had way too many LTEs in stock and very few 3Ds.
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Yeah I forgot about the whole TP1 being a debacle. At this point I should probably kill my TEP then huh? Seems worthless on such a low value handset, considering the costs/deductible. Checked ebay, 180ish for an s2, 280ish for an s3. Wait for an s4 maybe? S3 is gigantic though, not sure I even want that thing. I'll keep checking stuff out. Thanks for all the info guys.
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Agatsu posted:At this point I should probably kill my TEP then huh? Seems worthless on such a low value handset, considering the costs/deductible.
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Apr 10, 2013 06:52
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I got rid of my TEP, it took a billing cycle to take effect, so I had this (mildly) insanely low bill for the month it kicked in because they credited some prorated amount of the $11 in addition to not having it there. Which was cool because Sprint sent me the  letter and the savings are going towards Ting.
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Apr 10, 2013 23:59
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There's a sign-up page for the Samsung S4 if you want to "pre-register" here. But no mention of pre-orders. Preposterous.
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Either myself and my phone are hallucinating in North St. Louis County, or we're suddenly getting 4G. I assumed the last S4GRU Missouri updates were KC. I'm on a stock GNex. 
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Souichiro posted:Either myself and my phone are hallucinating in North St. Louis County, or we're suddenly getting 4G. I assumed the last S4GRU Missouri updates were KC. I'm on a stock GNex. It figures that would happen the same day my Nexus 4 I'm planning to use on T-Mobile arrives. Question about porting out: I have 4 numbers I am porting out to T-Mobile, and I'm the primary line. I'm the only one ready to make the jump out of my 4 lines (the rest will be ready in about 2 weeks). Yeah, I could wait, but I really want to get my new toy activated. If I port out my number, does another one become the new primary line? Or is it just going to close my account and all lines? I asked at a corporate store, but they were pretty unhelpful since I am leaving. They told me to call customer service and have them switch the primary line, which could take two billing cycles. I had a bad experience when I ported lines from AT&T to Sprint a few years back. The knucklehead Best Buy associate ported my number (main) first, then found that my second number was no longer available to port out, and we lost my wife's number. I don't want to lose any numbers this time around.
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Is there any news about if the new OTA update for the GS3 on Sprint breaks root? I'm getting sick of dismissing the notifications every 5 minutes and haven't seen it discussed here... e: yeah it does break root. FYI. I don't know what the update name I downloaded is, M#? Gonna need to re-ODIN this thing this weekend now. 7 Bowls of Wrath fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Apr 11, 2013 |
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7 Bowls of Wrath posted:Is there any news about if the new OTA update for the GS3 on Sprint breaks root? I'm getting sick of dismissing the notifications every 5 minutes and haven't seen it discussed here... MB1?
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Souichiro posted:Either myself and my phone are hallucinating in North St. Louis County, or we're suddenly getting 4G. I assumed the last S4GRU Missouri updates were KC. I'm on a stock GNex. Congrats looks like LTE is coming to STL it really changes the device.
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7 Bowls of Wrath posted:e: yeah it does break root. FYI. I don't know what the update name I downloaded is, M#? Gonna need to re-ODIN this thing this weekend now.
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Anonomono posted:MB1? Is there a way for me to tell? nmfree posted:The good news is that you can use the exact same method as with the older firmware. Cool. I think this time I will keep the custom recovery on there. I messed up my first rooting attempt, and while it rooted my device, it re-installed the stock recovery. This time Ill make sure it sticks. Maybe try out a rom or so.
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Souichiro posted:Either myself and my phone are hallucinating in North St. Louis County, or we're suddenly getting 4G. I assumed the last S4GRU Missouri updates were KC. I'm on a stock GNex. Yeah, I have a friend that works for Sprint. She posted on FB about LTE lighting up on her phone. I was floored. I figured we would be on the last leg of any LTE schedule. I just hope they work on towers on the IL side of the river, too!
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Krime posted:Yeah, I have a friend that works for Sprint. She posted on FB about LTE lighting up on her phone. I was floored. That's gotta be the slowest LTE in existence. I remember getting similar or better on WiMax indoors.
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7 Bowls of Wrath posted:Is there a way for me to tell?
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nmfree posted:Settings→ About Device→ Baseband Version and Build Version should end with MB1 (or whatever). Ah, thanks. yes it was MB1.
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Welp, my galaxy nexus' LTE radio is broken, and I need to send it in to samsung for a warranty repair. Is there any way I could get a loaner phone in the mean time? I kinda don't want to go back to my Evo 4g.
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What's wrong with your Evo 4g besides the terrible battery life?
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Ryen Deckard posted:Welp, my galaxy nexus' LTE radio is broken, and I need to send it in to samsung for a warranty repair. Is there any way I could get a loaner phone in the mean time? I kinda don't want to go back to my Evo 4g. At best a loaner phone is whatever poo poo up phone is lying around the sprint store, so I would do the Evo.
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Alright so even with the refurb I'm still having the charger issue. The car charger works but neither the old official cable that came with the Nexus work or the cable I bought from Monoprice work without fiddling around with the cord. I'm not mad I spent $50 on a refurb really because my old Nexus had some dents and scratches and this one doesn't so it's nice but drat I really want to be able to charge my phone without fiddling a cord. Edit: I went ahead and went over to a preferred retail Sprint store that was across the street from me and just bought a $16 charger (with Motorola branding which is neat aha) and now my phone is charging. I'm paranoid that it'll stop charging but for right now it works. I really think it has to do with the "clicking" in that the cord should do, the monoprice cable never clicked into the port it just kinda slides in. Didn't feel secure, but now there is some latching of some sort, I have to use a bit of force for the cord to come out. I'm happy. Skeezy fucked around with this message at 23:57 on Apr 12, 2013 |
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The microusb cables I got from monoprice weren't that great, which is weird because monoprice is pretty good in general. Microusb seems more flimsy than mini to me, even though it's supposed to be opposite.
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CharlesM posted:The microusb cables I got from monoprice weren't that great, which is weird because monoprice is pretty good in general. Microusb seems more flimsy than mini to me, even though it's supposed to be opposite. I've seen the same with Monoprice cables. A few are rock solid, and the rest will lose the charging connection if they get jostled slightly.
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CharlesM posted:The microusb cables I got from monoprice weren't that great, which is weird because monoprice is pretty good in general. Microusb seems more flimsy than mini to me, even though it's supposed to be opposite. The big difference as far as I know it is that with micro usb the wear part is in the cable, but in mini usb it's in the device.
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CharlesM posted:The microusb cables I got from monoprice weren't that great, which is weird because monoprice is pretty good in general. Microusb seems more flimsy than mini to me, even though it's supposed to be opposite.
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Allaniis posted:I wonder if Monoprice pumped out a bad batch a couple months ago. I bought two microsb cables, which refused to charge and ended up burned and melted at the connector. I bought 4 of them about 1.5 to 2 years ago, and they all ended up being junk. I believe 3 of them bent very easily and then quit charging, and one just quit working for no reason that I can tell. Every OEM one I've ever gotten with a phone I'm still using though, which is odd since I read about how many of them are crap and mess up over time.
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Tedronai66 posted:That's gotta be the slowest LTE in existence. I remember getting similar or better on WiMax indoors. Fast or slow, I'm just happy they are doing work on the LTE network in the STL region.
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Does anyone have a recommendation for an aftermarket GPS receiver that will work with the Airrave? The one that comes with it is pretty terrible and I have to run it outside my house and set it in the gutter to even get a signal (and it looses the signal if I put a sandwich bag around it). I was thinking one of those marine GPS receivers that go on boats or something similar.
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Dish Network is offering to buy Sprint for 20% more than SoftBank's bid: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/dish-network-makes-25-5-billion-bid-for-sprint-nextel/
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Lovie Unsmith posted:Dish Network is offering to buy Sprint for 20% more than SoftBank's bid: What sort of repercussions could we expect to see if such a deal goes down? Would sprint's network quality increase once its financially bolstered by dish? Or ae aree we just going to have dish contracts being pushed in sprint stores now?
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Lovie Unsmith posted:Dish Network is offering to buy Sprint for 20% more than SoftBank's bid: Not just this, Verizon wants ClearWire as well as Sprint. Apparently, owning ClearWire is a requirement for Sprint being owned by SoftBank so...who knows what'll happen now. http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...ctrum-for-1-5b/ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324345804578424514105025922.html
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