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Want out of your cell plan for little or no money?

There is a way to get out of your contract with no ETF that isn't widely known
-Contract Transfer
Use a site like http://www.celltradeusa.com/ or something similar.
It's easier than trying to find a loop hole and it lets you get out of your contract without having to pay the ETF, all you have to pay is a $19.99 fee to list your contract.
What are the fees for the Get Out member?
Register a Get Out profile for Free! By creating a Get Out profile, Celltradeusa allows you to gauge interest in your plan before you decide to become a paid member.
There is a fee of $19.99 to gain unlimited access once you are satisfied with your response. The membership will not expire until you successfully transfer your contract responsibility to someone else.
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You don't have to put your phone up with the contract if you don't want to, if you do then you can add a price for it or just give it away.
http://www.celltradeusa.com/faq/
I used this process a year ago to get into a sprint contract without having to pay activation fees or anything, I simply transfered ownership of the plan, picked a plan to fit me, and started paying monthly.

does it really work or is this a scam?

Send me $50 and I'll tell you.

GaryJ51 said:
Send me $50 and I'll tell you.
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It really does work, it just puts you in contact with someone who wants to take over your contract. You don't have to go through them once you have someone to take it over, it can all be done through sprint.

But wait a moment. If you sell your cellphone like the HTC Evo for 500 on Ebay you can cancel for 200 bucks and still get 300 bucks extra minus Ebay fees and such but you get 250 still so yeah. Thats silly.

Yes this website does work, I used it to get onto someone's sero plan. Also sprint annually makes changes to their contract sometime after new years. Which allows you to get out off contract

Contract transfers are very common. Go on Craigslist and see how many people are trying to get somebody to take over their Clearwire account. That's how I got out of my contract with that joke of a service provider.
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ok let me get this straight
For $20 I can sell my contract to someone else,i don't have to pay the $200 eft, my name is no longer on that contract and I get to keep my evo!? Sounds too good to be true.
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why would i want out of my contract ? for 4 phones unlimited everything i pay 160 a month
At&t and Verizon cant match that

Sporkman said:
why would i want out of my contract ? for 4 phones unlimited everything i pay 160 a month
At&t and Verizon cant match that
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can i get your discount?

And what good is your Evo without a contract? Can use it on any one else's service can you? Verizon is different frequency? (or will it work?) But they are pricey anyway.
Dang I should have sold my unlimited AT&T account!!! I actually joked about that cause it was a great idea and whomever would not have had to do the limited plans. (with 1500 rollovers too!!!)
Hurt to let that go.

sablesurfer said:
And what good is your Evo without a contract? Can use it on any one else's service can you? Verizon is different frequency? (or will it work?) But they are pricey anyway.
Dang I should have sold my unlimited AT&T account!!! I actually joked about that cause it was a great idea and whomever would not have had to do the limited plans. (with 1500 rollovers too!!!)
Hurt to let that go.
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cuz i like the phone and the community but dont care much for cell phone companys and thier silly contracts

sablesurfer said:
And what good is your Evo without a contract? Can use it on any one else's service can you? Verizon is different frequency? (or will it work?) But they are pricey anyway.
Dang I should have sold my unlimited AT&T account!!! I actually joked about that cause it was a great idea and whomever would not have had to do the limited plans. (with 1500 rollovers too!!!)
Hurt to let that go.
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Unless you know somebody at Verizon that can get you in, they won't activate it. Some people say you can use some of the smaller providers, but that will vary. But, hey, you can use it for everything else besides phone and data. Like... camera?
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mrono said:
There is a way to get out of your contract with no ETF that isn't widely known
-Contract Transfer
Use a site like http://www.celltradeusa.com/ or something similar.
It's easier than trying to find a loop hole and it lets you get out of your contract without having to pay the ETF, all you have to pay is a $19.99 fee to list your contract.
You don't have to put your phone up with the contract if you don't want to, if you do then you can add a price for it or just give it away.
http://www.celltradeusa.com/faq/
I used this process a year ago to get into a sprint contract without having to pay activation fees or anything, I simply transfered ownership of the plan, picked a plan to fit me, and started paying monthly.
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Good to know, thanks mrono, curious what contract terms you selected, were you able to get deeper discounts as a Get In member or does Sprint verify any discount eligibility post transfer?

I did it with US Cellular, actually the salesman suggested it. I transferred my account to my baby mamas name and she got to use my phone ( she wanted my blackberry but didn't want to pay for one) it was a win win for me.

I have a free way:
Found this out by accident with at&t and recently did it twice more through verizon. Look at their coverage map ahead of time and find an area a good distance away that has zero coverage. Find a street in the town where the void is located. Get your story straight ahead of time. The first time I really did move into a spot that had no coverage. The other times I wanted out I just made up an excuse that I was moving due to work. Ask them if there is coverage. They will check and tell you no. Act disappointed and ask what your options are then. They will let you close your account with no ETF. Downside is you won't be able to port over your number though.

this site has been around for a while so it's definitely legit. There are usually a number of SERO accounts up on it. Only downside is you lose your number if you care about that. Sometimes it seems like I'm the only one attached to my cell phone number.

I was thinking of doing this to move from AT&T to T-Mobile but I wasn't sure what would happen to the contracts on the 3 lines of my family plan. I was told that I could transfer each line on my family plan separately to 3 different people.
The AT&T rep told me that after I transfered my accounts, each person taking over the line would have a month-to-month with no contract and could cancel at any time without paying an ETF. This sounded completely wrong to me so I called back later and a different rep told me the same thing.
I was sure the person taking over my account would be committed to the remainder of my original contract. Does it make any sense to anyone that they'd be able to cancel immediately without paying an ETF? Could it have something to do with how long I've been with AT&T or that I have a business premiere account?
Thanks,
Alan
P.S. Oops, sorry I just realized I posted this in a forum for a phone that's not on AT&T. Would still appreciate any info anyone has, thanks.

Sporkman said:
why would i want out of my contract ? for 4 phones unlimited everything i pay 160 a month
At&t and Verizon cant match that
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How do you get away with that??? I have only two phones on my account and I pay $160 unlimited everything.
I thought each extra phone was another $10 or $20??? four should be $200.

Activate EVO on Radioshack Emp Plan.. Help!

So I have a Radioshack employee plan thats a few years old that my rep allowed me to keep. Everything has been great with it but of course I have to pay full price for phone, no upgrades.. well, I bought an Evo expecting to just add the 10$ charge and activate it but its trying to get me to change the whole plan.
I chatted with sprint online, on phone, and in store, but no one can activate it, and since I no longer have contact with the rep he cant make the changes.. Ive skimmed thru many forums and found a handful of people that got their activated but no one is talking about how they got it done..
Can anyone here give me some incite?
Here is what ive tried
Sprint Chat: Employee could only do the same thing as me online, supervisor refused to even talk about it
corp Store: Couldnt even bring up my acct, told me to call *2 customer service
Email: Sent email to a Sprint Indirect Account Executive, awaiting response
Email2: CCd that email with a Excel file for a Demo Activation form to demorequests(AT) sprint
Phone: Have not called yet, awaiting email response
Anyone have anything they have tried that worked? Im gonna be pretty ticked off if I just spent 350$ on a phone that I cant activate on my plan.. That money could have paid my bill for a year.

I use to have an employee plan with RS I have a number you can call to talk specifcally to employee plan management. As long as you do not tell them you no longer are an employee of Sprint/RS they should be able to add the EVO and yes you will have to pay $10 more a month. I will PM you the number as soon as I find it.

Wow, they never gave me a number for employee lines..
There is a LOT of people that number would be pure gold for..
Would be greatly appreciated

I PM'd you the number and some additional info

I currently work for RS and everything I've been told from my managers and sprint reps is that it can't be activated on an RS employee plan. From what I understand you can't even activate them on a sprint employee plan yet. I will ask some questions tomorrow at work and let you know.
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Karadorde said:
I currently work for RS and everything I've been told from my managers and sprint reps is that it can't be activated on an RS employee plan. From what I understand you can't even activate them on a sprint employee plan yet. I will ask some questions tomorrow at work and let you know.
Sent from my Burnt Droid regaw-rooted EVO.
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Heres what ive heard.. Due to the limited supply of EVOs sprint is not technically allowing 3rd party emps to use these phones as the Emps will preorder a large chunk of them. Until there are plenty to go around they are holding off. But people have still managed to get it activated, so it IS possible..
If contacting the Sprint Indirect Sales exec cant/wont change it I still have a couple alternatives to test.
I can try getting them to force add the 10$ premium data charge to my plan and then activate the phone purely by ESN swap.
Or, this worked for someone, but they had Sprint change their plan to the 69.99+10$, activate the phone, then change the plan back leaving the 10$ charge intact. (Im avoiding this until last resort because these is a high possibility that I wont be able to revert my plan back to the original price if something goes wrong)
Ive also got a couple phone numbers to call and a few insiders with certain levels of access, its just a matter of finding the magic combo.

Karadorde said:
I currently work for RS and everything I've been told from my managers and sprint reps is that it can't be activated on an RS employee plan. From what I understand you can't even activate them on a sprint employee plan yet. I will ask some questions tomorrow at work and let you know.
Sent from my Burnt Droid regaw-rooted EVO.
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I work for RS as well and I got my EVO activated in the beginning of September. There was nothing out of the ordinary about it, either. I just contacted my Sprint rep to get the employee plan set up. I filled out the form she sent me with the EVO's ESN and there was absolutely no issues with it and she didn't say anything about my phone of choice being an EVO. So the EVO CAN be activated on a Sprint employee plan but I'm not sure how the OP would go about this since he doesn't have the ability to contact his former Sprint rep.

I work for RS also... lol....it is called Indirect Employee Demo Plan I have an EVO and I tried to get the evo put on my account by doing an ESN swap and it wouldn't do it (to avoid the $10 data charge) but then I asked my sprint rep and she has to do it, it was then switched to this plan, exact same price but just $10 more.

You have to get your Sprint rep or the employee support line to switch your plan to indirect employee demo plan. It works on EVO, might have to make multiple calls to the employee line because they technically aren't supposed to change third party employee plans.
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UPDATE.. Got it working!
Guy on another forum gave me a phone number to a Sprint 3rd party/Employee Account Customer service line, they changed my plan to the indirect employee demo plan no problem.. Just needed my phone number and my pin number..
1 (888)876-8381
w00t!
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[H]a[H]a....Glad ya got it workin Where is my $20?

Wow, impressive. Nice work. Can you switch over even if you are under contract? Do you still get the yearly upgrades? I forget all of the particulars about the RS plan for Sprint.

Karadorde said:
Wow, impressive. Nice work. Can you switch over even if you are under contract? Do you still get the yearly upgrades? I forget all of the particulars about the RS plan for Sprint.
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If you have a normal contract and work for RS they will switch you over (I think thats what your asking).. Some people just kept their current plan and added this one for 20$ cause its just that hella awesome..
Unfortunately, the biggest downfall to this plan is there you never get a discount on phones, you have to provide all the hardware yourself, even from the beginning.
But this new plan is even better than my old one because I had to have the add roaming, and pic messages werent free, but now its all included.. We are also not allowed to have TEP since we provide our own hardware and TEP has to be setup within 30 days of when the device is purchased (from vendor only), but I got TEP during a system glitch during open enrollment.. So for 37$/mo, I have pretty much the best of everything Sprint has to offer, W00T!

I just got hired at radioshack part-time.. I have 3 lines
1 evo 69.99 + 10 premium
2 blackberry 30.00 SERO employee plan + 10.00 BIS
3 Free air rave
I also get a 27% chase bank discount. My full time employer
My question is, can I switch my evo and blackberry over to the 3rd party plan and how much will it be.. I don't start working at radioshack until mid Nov. but I'm technically hired. My supervisor is new aswell and has no clue how things work.. I have the emp services number but what do I tell them?

WOW
Good for you man. It's nice to see somebody getting a piece of the pie when these phone company's have been sticking it to consumers for years (even though I love Sprint... All cell comp.'s have their bad sides) Just curious, what is the life of the contract? Is it a standard 2 year, and if not how long?

Two contract with my evo and one year with my blackberry/SERO plan which I bought off of eBay

You have to be at least 6 months into your plan to make the switch and you are only allowed one plan per company (They have the same plan for Sprint/T-Mo/at&t) so you could only do whichever one of your phones you pay more for and have had for 6 months.
As for the guy how said about TEP when I signed up for my plan TEP was on the list of features that you could check to have added to your plan no questions asked. This was only about a year or 2 ago so maybe they changed it before/after but I got it without a glitch on Sprint and T-Mo (I got the T-Mo line for my girl) Now I work just for T-Mo and with their employee plan (even better then what RS had to offer or what Sprint did when I worked for them after RS before T-Mo) I can get PHP (T-Mo TEP) and its only 6 bucks!! And the other perks are AMAZING!!! Anyone looking to sell cell phones, go to T-Mobile. Anyone in Lancaster PA let me know via PM

Anyone on Sprint with multiple lines getting discounts - no longer after Feb 1

And another policy change... only the Primary line is eligible for discounts after Feb 1.
http://www.sprintfeed.com/2011/12/s...ing-february-2nd-2012-it-just-might-cost-you/
This comes after removing the discounts on lines 3-5, doubling the activation fees, revamping the Premier program, and then removing the Premier program. Basically my 20% company discount is only good for 1 line, big whoop.
So, let's see... they're "aligning" to what AT&T and Verizon do, but they still have the slow network and 3G speeds. 4G is at least over a year away if I stay with Sprint, Verizon and T-mobile have 4G locally and AT&T and coming soon. Why would I pay the same for slower speeds? Yeah, time to move on.
For those that don't want to read the article linked... sfhub clearly summarizes the article in a simple way...
sfhub said:
STARTING FEB 2nd, 2012 (ie not today, won't show up on today's bill)
Line 1/2 $129.99 => Line 1 $110.00 / Line 2 $19.99
Your NVP discount 10%, 15%, 27%, 28%, etc. will then only apply only to Line 1, no longer Line2
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-Daryel

i really hope they lose big on the iphone.... sounds like another apple induced policy.... lame. unfortunately they will be pushing the cost of a couple VZ lines for me.... i barely use data. Really not seeing the point of staying much longer... sad...
it may be time to reactivate the old bb curve and moment... and sell the Epic 1 and 2....

See ya
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Cool... Now Sprint has until January 31, 2012 to fix their network issues before a mass exodus occurs ETF free. Now you know what the next change will be, goodbye unlimited.

This would only applying to accounts with multiple individual lines not family plans, correct? I thought they already did away with discounts on the extra lines of family plans.
You have been Epicly Touched by Jesse Buck

I don't know if this will allow for eft-free cancellation.
I love my E4GT, but my wife is not excited about the $220 after discounts that we pay every month. I get 4G in the office, but the rest of the family doesn't. We have 4 accounts in our family plan, and every month the rates go up somehow. My son uses android apps, but doesn't make calls, so i was thinking about the $30 tmo prepaid option. I read something about 2 lines with everything "unlimited" on tmo for $30 each. My agency has a 20% discount which I wonder if it is only for one line or all... But those were prepaid and chances are for discount you need a contract. Sigh. I think no matter what, they have a tight grip on our privates.
I am tired of no 4G coverage, doubled activation fee, removal of premier, required $10 fee for any smartphone, removal of discounts on 3+ lines, and now removal of discount on 2+ lines, increase of ETF and reduction of return/satisfaction window, added fees... Did I miss something??
Is sprint really the best bang for your buck?? I get 4G coverage for tmo and Verizon around my area. Verizon is too expensive, and can't hear anything but bad things about at&t. Tmo is the one nobody talks about.
Anybody got any insight about tmo as a possible migration path if this causes an ETF free contract breach!?
Have buy back from best buy on all my phones. But that would not help me if I were to buy used phones off Craigslist or ebay or some such...
Anyway, I don't want to bug anybody, to each their own. I just hate how powerless we are about all the changes sprint has made, and the cost it hS in our bill at the end of the month.
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Read the link...
This actually brings it in line with the rest of their discount policy... They already say they won't discount any fee or service that is less than $20.
Granted it's crummy, but I frankly assumed that the $19.99 was a segregated fee anyway (I don't have multiple lines).

Jesse Buck said:
This would only applying to accounts with multiple individual lines not family plans, correct? I thought they already did away with discounts on the extra lines of family plans.
You have been Epicly Touched by Jesse Buck
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I thought so, too. I'm still receiving discounts on my 2nd, 3rd and 4th lines though. If speeds don't improve by Jan 31st, sadly I have to say I will probably leave, too. We all know that all of these policy changes just mean more are around the corner.

i360 said:
Cool... Now Sprint has until January 31, 2012 to fix their network issues before a mass exodus occurs ETF free. Now you know what the next change will be, goodbye unlimited.
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Discounts aren't typically a part of your contract though, so you'll still have to pay an ETF to leave.

datajosh said:
Discounts aren't typically a part of your contract though, so you'll still have to pay an ETF to leave.
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While that could be true, the discount plays a part on why some continue their service, and deal with the reduction of quality service that's been occurring. Now, this will change the price by eliminating the discounts which is why some are still with them. This is an increase that wasn't agreed to, the same as when they jacked up the taxes, and should result as early dismissal. While i'm holding on, if the price gets raised more to match their competitors, without providing the same quality of service, then there's no real incentive to stay.

This effects us on Contract too I used to like sprint
I have a 24% discount
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But the family plan is so because it was $129. 99 for two lines. That is the plan. Then, you can add extra lines. If you only had a line, then added a second one, it would be shared, but that's not how the plan was inscribed in the family contract. Otherwise, they're saying you could have a one-line family shared plan, for $110 + and $10 for smartphone, way more than their unlimited single plan. The reason why it was a good deal is because it was a bundled 2x$129. 99. The $20 extra lines was just icing on the cake. Prettyuch they are trying to become everything everyone Hayes, to stay "competitive". Are we screwed or are we screwed?
How long are we going to allow them to f°°know us over?
Where does it end? When they declare no more unlimited data? Oh wait they did that with hotshot and mobile devices... And we are still here. Yeah I'm loyal to Sprint, but before we realize it, we are gonna end up paying as much as Verizon for a subpar service (I know, Verizon is way more expensive...)
I have an E4GT, 2 EVO3D, 1 Evo4gshift. Maybe I can get something for them.
My wife is pregnant, and with the costs of medical care in the US, every penny counts.
But sorry for my comments, feels like I'm just looking for any chance to rant.
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Jesus farking christ is this another I hate sprint and I'm am leaving thread? Instead of you guys hitting the keyboard with your penis beaters just leave......
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I had AT&T for about 3 years and was horrified with their services.. The only reason I moved to Sprint was because of a higher corp discount and better reviews from people I knew with Sprint.. Also, AT&T somehow screwed up my contract and my corp discount with them, which was the reason I was able to get out ETF free after 1 year into my contract.
This is definitively a sneaky move on Sprint's part and I won't take it laying down. I usually fight these type of changes and win. I'm not trying to get anything free, I just want to serve my sentence (contract term), without any damn changes on what we agreed... is that so damn hard to understand?
And to those saying this is not a contract change, it is to those of us with the corp discounts. When you receive your corp discount, you have to RE-sign a new 2 yr contract agreeing to receive this discount for the length of your contract.
Here is an example of something similar not too long ago with Sprint:
http://explainthefee.com/2010/09/10/cancel-your-sprint-contract-without-paying-an-etf/

jromankvcc said:
But the family plan is so because it was $129. 99 for two lines. That is the plan. Then, you can add extra lines. If you only had a line, then added a second one, it would be shared, but that's not how the plan was inscribed in the family contract. Otherwise, they're saying you could have a one-line family shared plan, for $110 + and $10 for smartphone, way more than their unlimited single plan. The reason why it was a good deal is because it was a bundled 2x$129. 99. The $20 extra lines was just icing on the cake. Prettyuch they are trying to become everything everyone Hayes, to stay "competitive". Are we screwed or are we screwed?
How long are we going to allow them to f°°know us over?
Where does it end? When they declare no more unlimited data? Oh wait they did that with hotshot and mobile devices... And we are still here. Yeah I'm loyal to Sprint, but before we realize it, we are gonna end up paying as much as Verizon for a subpar service (I know, Verizon is way more expensive...)
I have an E4GT, 2 EVO3D, 1 Evo4gshift. Maybe I can get something for them.
My wife is pregnant, and with the costs of medical care in the US, every penny counts.
But sorry for my comments, feels like I'm just looking for any chance to rant.
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id10terror said:
I had AT&T for about 3 years and was horrified with their services.. The only reason I moved to Sprint was because of a higher corp discount and better reviews from people I knew with Sprint.. Also, AT&T somehow screwed up my contract and my corp discount with them, which was the reason I was able to get out ETF free after 1 year into my contract.
This is definitively a sneaky move on Sprint's part and I won't take it laying down. I usually fight these type of changes and win. I'm not trying to get anything free, I just want to serve my sentence (contract term), without any damn changes on what we agreed... is that so damn hard to understand?
And to those saying this is not a contract change, it is to those of us with the corp discounts. When you receive your corp discount, you have to RE-sign a new 2 yr contract agreeing to receive this discount for the length of your contract.
Here is an example of something similar not too long ago with Sprint:
http://explainthefee.com/2010/09/10/cancel-your-sprint-contract-without-paying-an-etf/
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I didn't have to re-sign anything. All I did was call them and it was added to my account.

awesomeindeed said:
I didn't have to re-sign anything. All I did was call them and it was added to my account.
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I had to re-sign an agreement online when I applied the discount.

Not saying the store reps know half the sh!t that comes out of their mouths but I ad an entire store of them here tell me all of these changes (all for the worse) are because of the iPhone. They're all pissed about it and loathe the day Sprint 'signed a contract with the devil' as they put it.
So if I get a 25% discount because of my employer - I won't get it anymore after 2-1-2012? Because that's a HUGE breach of contract if that's true. I kept mine so I know what it says - already had to use it once because I was told I only had one activation fee then got charged all three on my bill.
This is a material adverse, I don't care how it's worded. I signed a CONTRACT for a certain amount and certain discounts. If that changes by 0.1 cent - it's a breach.

id10terror said:
I had AT&T for about 3 years and was horrified with their services.. The only reason I moved to Sprint was because of a higher corp discount and better reviews from people I knew with Sprint.. Also, AT&T somehow screwed up my contract and my corp discount with them, which was the reason I was able to get out ETF free after 1 year into my contract.
This is definitively a sneaky move on Sprint's part and I won't take it laying down. I usually fight these type of changes and win. I'm not trying to get anything free, I just want to serve my sentence (contract term), without any damn changes on what we agreed... is that so damn hard to understand?
And to those saying this is not a contract change, it is to those of us with the corp discounts. When you receive your corp discount, you have to RE-sign a new 2 yr contract agreeing to receive this discount for the length of your contract.
Here is an example of something similar not too long ago with Sprint:
http://explainthefee.com/2010/09/10/cancel-your-sprint-contract-without-paying-an-etf/
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ATTs customer service is horrid, but otherwise they're probably my favorite network in the US. I'd never switch because of the insane price, capped data, boot for tethering, throttling grandfathered contracts, etc.
Sprint needs to make their network worth having before they charge more.
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KCRic said:
Not saying the store reps know half the sh!t that comes out of their mouths but I ad an entire store of them here tell me all of these changes (all for the worse) are because of the iPhone. They're all pissed about it and loathe the day Sprint 'signed a contract with the devil' as they put it.
So if I get a 25% discount because of my employer - I won't get it anymore after 2-1-2012? Because that's a HUGE breach of contract if that's true. I kept mine so I know what it says - already had to use it once because I was told I only had one activation fee then got charged all three on my bill.
This is a material adverse, I don't care how it's worded. I signed a CONTRACT for a certain amount and certain discounts. If that changes by 0.1 cent - it's a breach.
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It sounds like you personally will still get the discount, but no one else that is on your plan would.

Sprint suit for charging the extra $10 for 4G LTE that we aren't getting yet!!!

We should start a class action suit on Sprint, for charging the extra $10 for 4G LTE phones, and if it's not available in your area... Sprint shouldn't be charging the extra $10 until they deliver, cause there charging us for something there not giving us. I just want my $10 back for every month I've paid the extra fee for LTE, up until they deliver it. Who's with me!? Do the math, it adds up....

dscott5683 said:
We should start a class action suit on Sprint, for charging the extra $10 for 4G LTE phones, and if it's not available in your area... Sprint shouldn't be charging the extra $10 until they deliver, cause there charging us for something there not giving us. I just want my $10 back for every month I've paid the extra fee for LTE, up until they deliver it. Who's with me!? Do the math, it adds up....
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This has been discussed ad nauseum. The $10 is a premium not for the data, rather just for simply having a smart phone.

Sprint customers have been paying this fee for a long time. Long before they were even talking about LTE.
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how are you gonna sue them for something you agreed to when signing the agreement when you bought the phone? that cracks me up:good:

You're basically paying for Sprint to build out their network. I wouldn't be surprised if they eliminate unlimited data once they are done rolling out LTE.

Hah! I remember this crybaby argument back when I had an EVO! It's a data fee, not a 4G fee. If you don't like it, feel free to drop your unlimited data and switch to another carrier.
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This guy is funny lol this really made my night for now
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Ok soo to get this straight.
The $10.00 fee was originally labeled as a WIMAX 4G fee only for 4G phones.
Then people got all up in arms about not having wimax 4g coverage and still getting charged the fee.
So Sprint got smart and said let's make some money and re-label it as a "premium data" fee. And now it's charge to all phones that sprint considers high data use phones aka most smart phones.
OP I can give you a box of tissues to cry in if you'd like?
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yup..
Everything above is exactly right. Although must add that I heard ppl who calld n *****d got the fee knocked off. And also must add, read ur contract, you can't start a class action suit. Thx for the lolz tho would rather read this than 50 post abt some dumb ass hard brickin

BLOWNCO said:
how are you gonna sue them for something you agreed to when signing the agreement when you bought the phone? that cracks me up:good:
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hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheBiles said:
Hah! I remember this crybaby argument back when I had an EVO! It's a data fee, not a 4G fee. If you don't like it, feel free to drop your unlimited data and switch to another carrier.
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+1.

Just don't pay it then... See what happens.
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Naddict said:
Just don't pay it then... See what happens.
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Hilarious. I agree.

What a tard.
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Speedin07si said:
Ok soo to get this straight.
The $10.00 fee was originally labeled as a WIMAX 4G fee only for 4G phones.
Then people got all up in arms about not having wimax 4g coverage and still getting charged the fee.
So Sprint got smart and said let's make some money and re-label it as a "premium data" fee. And now it's charge to all phones that sprint considers high data use phones aka most smart phones.
OP I can give you a box of tissues to cry in if you'd like?
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You're right, and I have screenshots to prove it from when I disputed this with Sprint myself. Unfortunately there's no winning, but you're right:
Before (Evo 4G and Epic 4G just came out):
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Funny, their network is still sh*t because they simply don't invest into improving the 3G part of it. Yes, yes I know all about Network Vision. It's been talked about forever and they've been working on it forever. Yet nothing has come of it. And that's why I left them for Straight Talk AT&T. This is coming from an ex-Sprint employee too.
By the way, this site has existed forever: http://explainthefee.com/
If you want to hear an interview with an actual Sprint employee about it: http://explainthefee.com/category/home/page/4/

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how are you gonna sue them for something you agreed to when signing the agreement when you bought the phone? that cracks me up:good:
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I signed a contract with them 2 years ago, and at the time they were calling it a "4G wimax" fee, many months after the contract start date, they started calling it a "premium data fee". Well, they didn't have 4G wimax in my area when I signed the contract, even though it's a major city where both AT&T and Verizon now have LTE, and seeing how things are going, Sprint eventually decided that wimax was a losing and obsolete technology so now they've decided to switch to 4G LTE, guess what, we're never gonna get wimax where we are now, and it'll probably be another 2 yrs before they might even get close to having LTE here. So that means waiting another 2 yrs to get the "premium data"? Meanwhile, now that they're trying to fund their LTE installation, somehow their CDMA 3G has got even worse than before, to the point that I barely even get a continuous data connection, my voice calls often say "network busy" or shows roaming, and data speeds average about 100 kbps when they used to consistently be about 700 kbps when I signed up for the contract. Needless to say, I got fed up and switched to Verizon. However, I agree with this post, why should i have to pay the 4G additional fee only for them to realize they could get sued and change the name of it to "premium data fee", only to figure out that they picked the wrong version of 4G so I have to wait another 2 yrs, and during the process not only not get "premium data", but now not ANY data? I already paid for it for 2 yrs, and where did that get me? I agree, they should return people's extra $10 if they failed to improve their service during this entire time, and if you switch due to their non-existent data and voice service, they should also void your ETF becuase it is their fault. I never wanted to go to Verizon, so why should I have paid the extra $10/month only to have to switch carriers now?
How does it go to proceed with suing them?

More proof from before:

dscott5683 said:
We should start a class action suit on Sprint, for charging the extra $10 for 4G LTE phones, and if it's not available in your area... Sprint shouldn't be charging the extra $10 until they deliver, cause there charging us for something there not giving us. I just want my $10 back for every month I've paid the extra fee for LTE, up until they deliver it. Who's with me!? Do the math, it adds up....
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The $10 fee has nothing to do with 4G / LTE though, so what would the class action suit be over? Its basically just a fee that they charge on devices they think use more data, has nothing to do with 4G.
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When they first started charging it with the release of the original EVO I was very upset because I could never get WiMax to work anywhere. But after all the other carriers just discontinued unlimited data I think the extra $10 charge is well worth it to subsidize my heavy internet usage

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I signed a contract with them 2 years ago, and at the time they were calling it a "4G wimax" fee, many months after the contract start date, they started calling it a "premium data fee". Well, they didn't have 4G wimax in my area when I signed the contract, even though it's a major city where both AT&T and Verizon now have LTE, and seeing how things are going, Sprint eventually decided that wimax was a losing and obsolete technology so now they've decided to switch to 4G LTE, guess what, we're never gonna get wimax where we are now, and it'll probably be another 2 yrs before they might even get close to having LTE here. So that means waiting another 2 yrs to get the "premium data"? Meanwhile, now that they're trying to fund their LTE installation, somehow their CDMA 3G has got even worse than before, to the point that I barely even get a continuous data connection, my voice calls often say "network busy" or shows roaming, and data speeds average about 100 kbps when they used to consistently be about 700 kbps when I signed up for the contract. Needless to say, I got fed up and switched to Verizon. However, I agree with this post, why should i have to pay the 4G additional fee only for them to realize they could get sued and change the name of it to "premium data fee", only to figure out that they picked the wrong version of 4G so I have to wait another 2 yrs, and during the process not only not get "premium data", but now not ANY data? I already paid for it for 2 yrs, and where did that get me? I agree, they should return people's extra $10 if they failed to improve their service during this entire time, and if you switch due to their non-existent data and voice service, they should also void your ETF becuase it is their fault. I never wanted to go to Verizon, so why should I have paid the extra $10/month only to have to switch carriers now?
How does it go to proceed with suing them?
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Not that it really matters now. But you have had a couple chances to get out of your contact ETF free over the past 2 years. This was due to changes Sprint made with in their TOS.
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hey why not...if some stupid old lady can get paid by McDonalds because her coffee cup didn't warn her that the coffee might be hot.....

Sprint upgrade policies

Figure you guys could let me know if this will work. I want to get the HTC one but my upgrade isn't until august. I want to buy it using the upgrade on a different number on my family plan. Activate it on that line. Then deactivate it and activate it on my line. Is this possible? If it is, can I buy the phone anywhere? for example target Amazon or wherever or do I need to order it through sprint?
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MrDowntown12 said:
Figure you guys could let me know if this will work. I want to get the HTC one but my upgrade isn't until august. I want to buy it using the upgrade on a different number on my family plan. Activate it on that line. Then deactivate it and activate it on my line. Is this possible? If it is, can I buy the phone anywhere? for example target Amazon or wherever or do I need to order it through sprint?
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You should know better. Questions go in QA.
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Ah! I thought I'd never make that mistake. Happens to the best of us. My bad.
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Ah! I thought I'd never make that mistake. Happens to the best of us. My bad.
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Yes you can. You can also buy out the remaining months ( pay a prorated amount of etf) and upgrade your line
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All you have to do is call Sprint up and have them switch the phone to the number you want when you get the new phone on the line that up for upgrade.

tt281gt said:
Yes you can. You can also buy out the remaining months ( pay a prorated amount of etf) and upgrade your line
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Sprint wants 100 bucks to buy out my remaining 2 months. Seriously now 100 bucks for 2 months. By my calculation its 14 and some change if you go by 350 etf divided by 24 months. Then on top of that I was told I have to give them my E4GT. Sprint has lost their damn minds............
Told them I am going to check out verizon. Sorry but 100 bucks + my E4GT + 250 S4 is not a good deal. Now add to this Sprint is charging 50 more bucks for the S4 than what everyone else is charging. For 250 bucks at verizon I also get the car adapter and case. With sprint you get nothing.
What the hell is going on with sprint seriously

Wizard220 said:
Sprint wants 100 bucks to buy out my remaining 2 months. Seriously now 100 bucks for 2 months. By my calculation its 14 and some change if you go by 350 etf divided by 24 months. Then on top of that I was told I have to give them my E4GT. Sprint has lost their damn minds............
Told them I am going to check out verizon. Sorry but 100 bucks + my E4GT + 250 S4 is not a good deal. Now add to this Sprint is charging 50 more bucks for the S4 than what everyone else is charging. For 250 bucks at verizon I also get the car adapter and case. With sprint you get nothing.
What the hell is going on with sprint seriously
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$100 is the minimum it doesn't get any lower. Once you hit 6 months remaining the proration stops. And paying your prorated ETF you DO NOT have to turn in your phone. The rep you talked to was an idiot and didn't know what they were doing. The only time they can request you return the device is when they let you out ETF free. The ETF is to cover the subsidy on the device.
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Here's Sprints ETF policy
http://support.sprint.com/support/article/Learn_about_early_termination_fee/case-sp061027-20110823-171256/?ECID=vanity:etf

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Here's Sprints ETF policy
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Exactly what I just said. Only I see nothing about having to return your device on their page, probably because the only time they can legally ask you to return them is when they waive the ETF entirely.
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Exactly what I just said. Only I see nothing about having to return your device on their page, probably because the only time they can legally ask you to return them is when they waive the ETF entirely.
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Agreed. What they likely meant (but did NOT communicate well) is that you CAN bring in the phone for them to buy back. Currently I think the E4GT gets about $75 bucks. Perhaps that can be applied at the same time? Seems that would make sense, since at the end of the the contract you would technically fully own it, thus not needing to pay the $100 fee, and then you'd get the full $75 for the phone. In this case, you have the $100 ETF penalty, but perhaps you can still get $75 for the phone to offset that (making it only ~$25 that you owe?)

tmeader said:
Agreed. What they likely meant (but did NOT communicate well) is that you CAN bring in the phone for them to buy back. Currently I think the E4GT gets about $75 bucks. Perhaps that can be applied at the same time? Seems that would make sense, since at the end of the the contract you would technically fully own it, thus not needing to pay the $100 fee, and then you'd get the full $75 for the phone. In this case, you have the $100 ETF penalty, but perhaps you can still get $75 for the phone to offset that (making it only ~$25 that you owe?)
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I'm not sure it even gets $75 sprints only giving out $106 for the SIII. BestBuy is offering $262 for the SIII so if I was gonna do a buyback I'd go with bestbuy and use the money towards the new device. Plus if you mention the $50 gift card for upgrading with them thats an additional $50 towards the new device so you'd end up paying between $100 and $150 for ths SIV depending on the buy back price for the SII maybe less if the buy back is over $100.
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Wizard220 said:
Sprint wants 100 bucks to buy out my remaining 2 months. Seriously now 100 bucks for 2 months. By my calculation its 14 and some change if you go by 350 etf divided by 24 months. Then on top of that I was told I have to give them my E4GT. Sprint has lost their damn minds............
Told them I am going to check out verizon. Sorry but 100 bucks + my E4GT + 250 S4 is not a good deal. Now add to this Sprint is charging 50 more bucks for the S4 than what everyone else is charging. For 250 bucks at verizon I also get the car adapter and case. With sprint you get nothing.
What the hell is going on with sprint seriously
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Sprint sucks. Their service sucks plus coverage sucks. I moved to a place and I get roaming. And manyplace i drive i get bad signal some places decent and many places roaming. Anyway's I had to break the contract. I have to fork out close to 400 bucks. I was with them for less then a year. Oh well... Have to pay it. So basically I should pay and probably get it flash to cricket. Or just burn it. I paid close to 200 dollars when I went to get this phone.

jcervantes11 said:
Sprint sucks. Their service sucks plus coverage sucks. I moved to a place and I get roaming. And manyplace i drive i get bad signal some places decent and many places roaming. Anyway's I had to break the contract. I have to fork out close to 400 bucks. I was with them for less then a year. Oh well... Have to pay it. So basically I should pay and probably get it flash to cricket. Or just burn it. I paid close to 200 dollars when I went to get this phone.
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FYI, Cricket is a Sprint MVNO (ie - they use Sprint's network). Flashing to them isn't gonna solve anything coverage-wise. Same for Virgin, Ting and Boost.

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FYI, Cricket is a Sprint MVNO (ie - they use Sprint's network). Flashing to them isn't gonna solve anything coverage-wise. Same for Virgin, Ting and Boost.
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I do remember that I switch from verizon to cricket and speed and reliability was there and coverage but that was on a droid x also cricket I was getting over 1mb connection. S2 epic touch on sprint oh boy. So what should I do? I guess sell it. I love my s2 with the new ota jelly bean my phone flies. But I did saw on wiki that cricket have their own network but places where there no cricket network it would use sprint and other network. I'm pissed off. I wish I made more research. Now I know what to get. Here there is dozen of att tower and many tmobile tower. I think I'll go with tmobile. This is frustrating because it's now a paperweight phone.

The issue I had is now corrected with Sprint. Now while sprints coverage and data rates can be lacking, sprint however did work with me and today I am all hooked up, bought out the remaining 2 months and got the S4 for $219.
I will give Sprint kodos and a BZ for still wanting to work with me after my bad atitude yesterday.
Yes me having to give them my old S2 was a mistake and to make a long story short it was just bad communications on both parts. Again its all good now and i will have my new S4 on Monday WoooooHooooooo

Wizard220 said:
The issue I had is now corrected with Sprint. Now while sprints coverage and data rates can be lacking, sprint however did work with me and today I am all hooked up, bought out the remaining 2 months and got the S4 for $219.
I will give Sprint kodos and a BZ for still wanting to work with me after my bad atitude yesterday.
Yes me having to give them my old S2 was a mistake and to make a long story short it was just bad communications on both parts. Again its all good now and i will have my new S4 on Monday WoooooHooooooo
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I is thinking. Buying S4 no contract. U are stuck with contract for how long? Anyways I think phone is 600+ I would get sim card version of tmobile and use
straight talk using t mobile tower for 45 bucks? I don't tether i have a super fast isp at home I can tether to my note tablet but wont use much data. But I'm
still thinking but sprint no way I'll would stay with them they only have one tower in Fresno ca. In Fresno there is dozen of att tower and many tmobile tower. Both on 4g but not Sprint. So I'll get 4g straight talk using tmobile. By passing proxy they wont know I'm tethering . But if I can afford I'll be on tmobile unlimited 70 bucks 4g unlimited. I guess no throttle. Straight talk do throttle infact kick people off if using up to much data. How is you're S4? There is a 8 core wow. Too but more expensive and it's not what sprint or any carrier offer in USA.
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Wizard220 said:
The issue I had is now corrected with Sprint. Now while sprints coverage and data rates can be lacking, sprint however did work with me and today I am all hooked up, bought out the remaining 2 months and got the S4 for $219.
I will give Sprint kodos and a BZ for still wanting to work with me after my bad atitude yesterday.
Yes me having to give them my old S2 was a mistake and to make a long story short it was just bad communications on both parts. Again its all good now and i will have my new S4 on Monday WoooooHooooooo
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I like my S2 but I cant flash to other carrier they all using Sprint here Fresno. Boost, cricket, virgin. It's not even LTE? I love my phone. Very smooth with Jelly Bean. Time for new phone.

I will get my new shinny off the show room floor S4 next week. Cant wait to play
T-Mobil is a no go, no service here where I live ( according to their website )
Verizion is just to damn expensive, 40 dollars per month access fee on top of the plan fee LOL version is high alright
Sprint has 3 towers here were I live ( home town ) so Im good with service but data is sucking. I use my home internet for my data needs so I am set in that regard. What I have found is that Sprint voice and txt is good but data can be improved upon.
If I used data like a hog OTA then verizon would be a better choice but more expensive. Other wise Sprint is the better choice for me.
I will still keep my S2 E4GT and use it as a backup just incase or as a music player or to do youtube or something ( wifi ). Damn I cant wait until I get my grubby hands on the S4

Wizard220 said:
I will get my new shinny off the show room floor S4 next week. Cant wait to play
T-Mobil is a no go, no service here where I live ( according to their website )
Verizion is just to damn expensive, 40 dollars per month access fee on top of the plan fee LOL version is high alright
Sprint has 3 towers here were I live ( home town ) so Im good with service but data is sucking. I use my home internet for my data needs so I am set in that regard. What I have found is that Sprint voice and txt is good but data can be improved upon.
If I used data like a hog OTA then verizon would be a better choice but more expensive. Other wise Sprint is the better choice for me.
I will still keep my S2 E4GT and use it as a backup just incase or as a music player or to do youtube or something ( wifi ). Damn I cant wait until I get my grubby hands on the S4
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Yea dude. I had not issue where there is coverage. Sprint is probably the best phone when there is bit low bars. But Data speed sucks. And they are
very slow on putting up 4g tower. In fact it would cost them putting tower. Many companies would already have 3g tower all they do is upgrade their network but sprint it would cost soo much because they have to put up tower and plus new network so. Sprint when there is coverage it works. They need more tower here and move on with 4g here. God don't you love you're S2? It's a epic touch 4g right?

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FYI, Cricket is a Sprint MVNO (ie - they use Sprint's network). Flashing to them isn't gonna solve anything coverage-wise. Same for Virgin, Ting and Boost.
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I have a bone to pick with these statements. People always say that using a sprint MVNO would be no different but have you guys ever done a 3G test with a Sprint phone vs a Boost phone? Well I did and let me tell you the cheap boost phone demolished my E4GT! It was .20mbps on my Sprint phone vs 1.20 on the boost phone.
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