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I'm sure most of us have seen the rumors floating around over the past few days of how a sprint rep said that the galaxy nexus can definitely be flashed for sprint.
Has anyone been successful with this yet? Or is there a sprint employee here that can confirm this?
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I have read that article too.
It appears that it might be true. I know in the past this was never allowed. It is odd that after all this time they would allow it now. You would have thought they would have allowed the Verizon Iphone. I would personally confirm this myself before purchasing a Nexus though. Also, even if they do activate it I would assume your insurance would not work on a device they do not carry.
Give it a few days. I am sure someone will try it. We will no for sure soon. Personally, I think the rep got the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus confused.
It could probably be made to work for 3G only...which doesn't concern me at all since you have a better chance of finding me sober on a Friday night than you do of finding a 4G signal around here.
Now, as for activation there is a 99.9% chance that you cannot just call them up to take care of it. I doubt you could even have your buddy that works at Sprint take care of it. There is kinda this database...
...now, how could it be done? Likely in the same manner that things are "flashed" to Boost and Cricket and MetroPCS.
What does that entail? That's up to you to find out, but, I'll recommend you don't go about trying to find out on XDA. It is a legal grey area. As such it is not something XDA will allow. It's worth neither XDA's time nor money to debate it's legality.
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It could probably be made to work for 3G only...which doesn't concern me at all since you have a better chance of finding me sober on a Friday night than you do of finding a 4G signal around here.
Now, as for activation there is a 99.9% chance that you cannot just call them up to take care of it. I doubt you could even have your buddy that works at Sprint take care of it. There is kinda this database...
...now, how could it be done? Likely in the same manner that things are "flashed" to Boost and Cricket and MetroPCS.
What does that entail? That's up to you to find out, but, I'll recommend you don't go about trying to find out on XDA. It is a legal grey area. As such it is not something XDA will allow. It's worth neither XDA's time nor money to debate it's legality.
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I thought flashing was only illegal if you messed with the ESN?
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Gomenkiyo said:
I thought flashing was only illegal if you messed with the ESN?
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I am going to politely decline discussing the matter.
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I thought flashing was only illegal if you messed with the ESN?
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That's what you have to do to get the phone on sprint. Unless you get a Rep to add the esn.
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That's what you have to do to get the phone on sprint. Unless you get a Rep to add the esn.
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Also a VZW prl as well and some other minor tinkering in software.
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That's what you have to do to get the phone on sprint. Unless you get a Rep to add the esn.
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You wont have to do that if the following is true. I think this is what the OP was thinking about:
LordLugard said:
Also a VZW prl as well and some other minor tinkering in software.
http://phandroid.com/2011/12/20/spr...e-given-the-green-light-for-activation-rumor/
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Ok, so like many of us here, I was also curious, so i chatted up one of their CSR's on the webchat. Here is our conversation.
http://gyazo.com/8c474fc6bf3e0346cd442e9e203136f1
For even further clarification I called my local sprint store, and They also said what the CSR I spoke with said, If sprint does not sell the phone, it cannot be activated on the network, and to exhaust the final line of questioning, I am presently on the line with Sprints Customer Care (corporate call center, not local store), for the final nail in the coffin. I will post back once I get off of the line with them.
Edit: Just got off the line with the corporate CSR, and they confirmed what the other 2 said.
So that is 3 out of 3 Sprint Reps, Local CSR, Phone CSR, Chat CSR, all saying no the Galaxy Nexus cannot be activated on Sprint's Network.
Which doesn't go to say that you could do so via "questionable" methods. But you can't just call them and say Here is my MEID DEC activate mah phone naow.
I answered this yesterday. I am betting the tech that goofed got the two nexus phones mixed up.
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As a person who works in the training dept of a sprint Call center I can tell you for a fact that there is no way we can activate a Verizon ESN in our system. They just dont exist in our database. Any means of activating that phone on our systems is not thru any legitamate means.
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As a person who works in the training dept of a sprint Call center I can tell you for a fact that there is no way we can activate a Verizon ESN in our system. They just dont exist in our database. Any means of activating that phone on our systems is not thru any legitamate means.
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this. i work in a prefferred retailer. the only way is to get the esn in the system, it will just show as invalid if not, we've tried this. so how to get it into the system? technically, the previous poster was correct, it wouldnt be legitmate; since verizon has the rights to the esn's that were created by the manufacturers FOR verizon specifically. so, i am sorry, but no Galaxy Nexus on sprint...
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this. i work in a prefferred retailer. the only way is to get the esn in the system, it will just show as invalid if not, we've tried this. so how to get it into the system? technically, the previous poster was correct, it wouldnt be legitmate; since verizon has the rights to the esn's that were created by the manufacturers FOR verizon specifically. so, i am sorry, but no Galaxy Nexus on sprint...
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You realize admitting to me you work in a sprint store makes you my enemy. You'd be surprised how many times a day a customer calls in and goes the sprint store promised me that you'd do "x" when in fact we cant. And next thing I know im on an escalation, telling the customer if a store promised you something to go back to the store getting yelled at by an idiot who has no concept of right or wrong who then asks to speak to my manager.
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As employees of Sprint, either directly or indirectly, it is inappropriate and unprofessional on any level to have this conversation on an external forum.
Full Disclosure: I am a Sprint employee. Any opinions are my own and in no way endorsed by Sprint.
EDIT: Quoted post removed so I removed the quote. Hoping the other commenter will as well.
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If you have not heard this enough already, it will not activate on Sprint because the ESN is not registered to the Sprint network. There is no legitimate way to make that happen either.
Besides, the GSII is a better phone right?
Full Disclosure: I am a Sprint employee. Any opinions are my own and in no way endorsed by Sprint.
hijewpositive said:
I'm sure most of us have seen the rumors floating around over the past few days of how a sprint rep said that the galaxy nexus can definitely be flashed for sprint.
Has anyone been successful with this yet? Or is there a sprint employee here that can confirm this?
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evantribley said:
As employees of Sprint, either directly or indirectly, it is inappropriate and unprofessional on any level to have this conversation on an external forum.
Full Disclosure: I am a Sprint employee. Any opinions are my own and in no way endorsed by Sprint.
EDIT: Quoted post removed so I removed the quote. Hoping the other commenter will as well.
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thank you, i appreciate this
avengere said:
You realize admitting to me you work in a sprint store makes you my enemy. You'd be surprised how many times a day a customer calls in and goes the sprint store promised me that you'd do "x" when in fact we cant. And next thing I know im on an escalation, telling the customer if a store promised you something to go back to the store getting yelled at by an idiot who has no concept of right or wrong who then asks to speak to my manager.
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I also work in a preferred retailer. Im a tech. And i cant tell you how many dam customers i get say cc said i can come in and get a new phone. Theres more to do than that. We actually have interaction. From what ive seen and talked to my friends about you read off a script and only mess with your own device. so when you actually so called "get your hands dirty" and you know what half of the idiot customers lie. you know that i catch half of them lieing to me daily. "did your phone get wet?" no ."why is there rice in it then? Get real.
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Would be awesome but don't think it is possible !
SGS2 is a better phone anyway. Forget the nexus. ICS is the real thing to be excited about.
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For anyone in the philadephia area who's been waiting for 4G LTE with sprint, looks like we will have to wait even longer.
My job has about 30+ phones with sprint so the manager here emailed our Specialist and this was emailed back to us today 12/5/12
Good Morning xx,
After doing my research, The only answer I received is that the Philly market will be getting 4g LTE coverage in the upcoming months.
There is not a definite date, however it is launching soon.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions.
Kevon Williams
Dedicated Care Specialist
Sprint Business Customer Service & Technical Support
Wow that is whack. I. September when I got the phone they told late November or December. Now it may be even longer... smh. 3g blows in this area.. might have to call to see if they can work something out. Paying extra $10 a month for premium data which sucks cause Theres no 4g.
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1. This thread will be locked soon. All LTE discussions go in the stickied thread.
2. Premium data fee has NOTHING to do with 4G, etc. Consider it your unlimited data surcharge.
Compusmurf said:
1. This thread will be locked soon. All LTE discussions go in the stickied thread.
2. Premium data fee has NOTHING to do with 4G, etc. Consider it your unlimited data surcharge.
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It sure did when I bought my EVO 4G.
Damn, just got an S3 myself and was hoping their goal for having 4G in December would hold true.
Also the extra 10 dollars a month was definitely for 4g, remember this when I got my Shift.
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The $10 "premium data" fee originally started rolling out on the NEWLY released 4G phones but Sprint was adamant that it was NOT a 4G fee. Those in the know at the time knew it would be rolled out to ALL smartphones after a time. (Which it is).
They will NOT waive this fee, however, they have been known to credit your accounts with "loyalty bonuses".
I to came from the OG EVo, then shift, then 3d joke phone, to this one.
Can't people see the sticky threads here??? Or the locked threads about LTE???
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Compusmurf said:
The $10 "premium data" fee originally started rolling out on the NEWLY released 4G phones but Sprint was adamant that it was NOT a 4G fee. Those in the know at the time knew it would be rolled out to ALL smartphones after a time. (Which it is).
They will NOT waive this fee, however, they have been known to credit your accounts with "loyalty bonuses".
I to came from the OG EVo, then shift, then 3d joke phone, to this one.
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Correct. The $10 fee was originally for 4G, but after many complaints from customers who did not have 4G, they changed the terms of the fee to smartphone fee.
XxSilent.NightmarexX said:
Can't people see the sticky threads here??? Or the locked threads about LTE???
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Yes I have read the stickies. The person who posted this originally probably want aware of it. But why the tone? Come on, we all started out here and made some mistakes. We learn and move on. Help those who aren't aware of the rules.
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In before the lock :thumbup:
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So my Sprint contract got terminated for roaming. It will be effective next month.
I had really bad service where I lived. My signal would sometimes just go dead and would have no data just cellular and 3g 4g speeds were abysmal.. Trying to watch a youtube video or even load a gif HURT.
My question is while I go on about selling my GS3, what are my options for service? Can my phone go on a Sprint month to month service while I can jump ship?
Question for you, did Sprint charge you the ETF or anything like that, like was there any negatives other than service being cut?
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Question for you, did Sprint charge you the ETF or anything like that, like was there any negatives other than service being cut?
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Nope. The letter stated no ETF would be applied.
Really, I'm happy. Their service was unusable and I got tired of waiting on promises of better coverage. I think at this point in my area going with an unlocked Nexus 4 on TMobile prepaid is my answer ($50 a month unlimited everything. Speeds are terrific 16mbps+ in my apartment).
Just trying to figure out what can I do while I find a buyer for my phone and jump ship
You could flash to page plus in the mean time which uses Verizon's network. Or activate a cheap phone on your line right now and sell the gs3 now
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Nope. The letter stated no ETF would be applied.
Really, I'm happy. Their service was unusable and I got tired of waiting on promises of better coverage. I think at this point in my area going with an unlocked Nexus 4 on TMobile prepaid is my answer ($50 a month unlimited everything. Speeds are terrific 16mbps+ in my apartment).
Just trying to figure out what can I do while I find a buyer for my phone and jump ship
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I know T-Mo prepaid has a $30 unlimited Text and data(throttled after 5GB) with 100 minutes a month. Unless you need the unlimited minutes, I'd say the $30 would be a better deal.
As for selling the phone, I'd say try EBay and Craigslist.
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I sold my nexus s on swappa. It took a couple weeks but it was very easy and secure.
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I sold my nexus s on swappa. It took a couple weeks but it was very easy and secure.
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this looks like a good site. thanks im going to give it a shot. i already listed it on craigslist also.
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I know T-Mo prepaid has a $30 unlimited Text and data(throttled after 5GB) with 100 minutes a month. Unless you need the unlimited minutes, I'd say the $30 would be a better deal.
As for selling the phone, I'd say try EBay and Craigslist.
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as far as im concerend tmo updated their policies so they don't do any throttling anymore!
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as far as im concerend tmo updated their policies so they don't do any throttling anymore!
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I thought they still have tethered plans, but also offer a fully unlimited plans. I may be wrong though.
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I thought they still have tethered plans, but also offer a fully unlimited plans. I may be wrong though.
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I was looking at TMO before deciding to extend my contract with Sprint and upgrade to the SIII. TMO does have plans that are cheaper which doesn't allow tether (unless you add it on - $15.00/month) or more expensive plans that do allow tether but aren't unlimited. It's all a cluster.
So I got the S4 today at the Sprint store so I had to pay 100$ deposit and and I got 100$ off for using my Prepaid T-Mobile Account and he switched my number over but I didn't want him to do that I told him but he did it so now my T-Mobile account is deactivated and it was activated until June1 and I had 27$ on my account but now it's deactivated but I still need that account and now my number got switched to Sprint so how can I recover my T-Mobile Account and balance and all? Please help if you knew what to do
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omg dude plz use periods.
Personally I think you're screwed. Call T-Mobile customer service and, pausing to breath where appropriate, explain the issue to them.
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shaqqq said:
So I got the S4 today at the Sprint store so I had to pay 100$ deposit and and I got 100$ off for using my Prepaid T-Mobile Account and he switched my number over but I didn't want him to do that I told him but he did it so now my T-Mobile account is deactivated and it was activated until June1 and I had 27$ on my account but now it's deactivated but I still need that account and now my number got switched to Sprint so how can I recover my T-Mobile Account and balance and all? Please help if you knew what to do
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I have been with T-Mobile for 10 years and I call the Loyalty Department for any issue I have...Their job is to keep you happy..I really don't think the amount of time you have spent with them determines how much they help you...So call customer care and ask to speak to the Loyalty Department they gave me the S4 for half the price with nothing down I'm sure there is something they can do for you.
T-mobile told me that I'll have to call Sprint and tell them I didn't want that number transferred and that I need a new number then when they change it I can get my tmobile account back. Will this really work?
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Wait... let me get this right... you started a thread over losing $27? Smh
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you went to sprint...
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Pay whatever T-Mo wants to charge you to undo this without complaint. Find something hard like an encyclopedia and swing it at your forehead. let it impact. Hard. Be thankful that it can be undone.
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I have been with T-Mobile for 10 years and I call the Loyalty Department for any issue I have...Their job is to keep you happy..I really don't think the amount of time you have spent with them determines how much they help you...So call customer care and ask to speak to the Loyalty Department they gave me the S4 for half the price with nothing down I'm sure there is something they can do for you.
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When you said half price, are you talking about half of $629, which is ~$315. If so, why? I've been a customer just as long. I would like to know what was the offer/promotion and the circumstance.
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So I got the S4 today at the Sprint store so I had to pay 100$ deposit and and I got 100$ off for using my Prepaid T-Mobile Account and he switched my number over but I didn't want him to do that I told him but he did it so now my T-Mobile account is deactivated and it was activated until June1 and I had 27$ on my account but now it's deactivated but I still need that account and now my number got switched to Sprint so how can I recover my T-Mobile Account and balance and all? Please help if you knew what to do
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Ummm... the whole point of the $100 promotion Sprint is running is so you will switch over from your "T-Mo" service to Sprint's. Switching over means you will leave your old service behind and transfer your number to Sprint. I fail to see the problem here. If you didn't want to transfer your number, then you shouldn't be receiving the $100 off promotion. Why did you even leave that much in there? The only way I see is for T-Mobile to send you a check since everything on your account is paid for.
you went to sprint?
have fun with that.
i just came from them and i can defiantly tell you your not getting anything better. data speeds are so slow you will wish you were on dialup.
unless your in their lte area, but thats the only exception
I didn't start this thread over 27$ pay attention instead of trying to be smart nd funny.. and I didn't know it was going to port my number over. He didn't explain all of that.
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The solution's been posted. Can somebody lock this retarded thread before it gets worse?
So I should definitely be able to get my TMobile Account and everything back for sure?
What is the early termination fee if you have 4 lines, 2 of which have conctracts running this month and the other 2 after one year and you want to switch to the "no contract" plan tmo has introduced? Would tmo let you switch without any fees? How does it work?
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What is the early termination fee if you have 4 lines, 2 of which have conctracts running this month and the other 2 after one year and you want to switch to the "no contract" plan tmo has introduced? Would tmo let you switch without any fees? How does it work?
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If you want to switch plan to non contract you have to get a new phone and pay 100 extra. Wait for a month and cancel 2 for free and pay 400 fo4 rest cheaper for u man.
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What is the early termination fee if you have 4 lines, 2 of which have conctracts running this month and the other 2 after one year and you want to switch to the "no contract" plan tmo has introduced? Would tmo let you switch without any fees? How does it work?
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The last time they tried to tell me to change my plan to the non-contract one they said they could do it with no charges but i would still have to stay for the life of my contract seems kind of a catch 22 to me.
Is it true that T-Mobile will sometimes help/completely cover your ETF if switching from say Verizon? I believe i heard somebody talking about this in a different thread or forum
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Is it true that T-Mobile will sometimes help/completely cover your ETF if switching from say Verizon? I believe i heard somebody talking about this in a different thread or forum
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I cant say iv every seen anything like this but if you talk to the right supervisor i guess anything is possible.
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Is it true that T-Mobile will sometimes help/completely cover your ETF if switching from say Verizon? I believe i heard somebody talking about this in a different thread or forum
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They do that indirectly lile giving you $200 credit towards the purchase of the phones or something like that
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The last time they tried to tell me to change my plan to the non-contract one they said they could do it with no charges but i would still have to stay for the life of my contract seems kind of a catch 22 to me.
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Doesn't sound bad if true.
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I just came from VZW.. 2 lines... The only one paying my ETF is me, TMO isn't obligated to pay your ETF, nor should they be. ETF isn't part of plans, it's part of the customer agreement, and I read somewhere about that being a nono anyways of one carrier paying another carrier's fees. If they got caught doing that, they (or the employee doing it), could get into some serious trouble.
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I just came from VZW.. 2 lines... The only one paying my ETF is me, TMO isn't obligated to pay your ETF, nor should they be. ETF isn't part of plans, it's part of the customer agreement, and I read somewhere about that being a nono anyways of one carrier paying another carrier's fees. If they got caught doing that, they (or the employee doing it), could get into some serious trouble.
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No trouble at all. They do what they want with their money. Maybe you meant to say it is unethical yes, but there is no law to forbid that.
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What is the early termination fee if you have 4 lines, 2 of which have conctracts running this month and the other 2 after one year and you want to switch to the "no contract" plan tmo has introduced? Would tmo let you switch without any fees? How does it work?
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If you want to migrate to new plan, it depends on your uogrades not contract, they will let you ride remaning contract on new plan, if you did not do upgrades in last 18 months it free to migrate, if you did its 200 per line
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If you want to migrate to new plan, it depends on your uogrades not contract, they will let you ride remaning contract on new plan, if you did not do upgrades in last 18 months it free to migrate, if you did its 200 per line
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You are correct. Two lines total 250 migration fee(1year remaining) the other 2 lines 0 migration fee (less than 5 months remaining).
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