Trading in S3 - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

Well, its been a fun ride here with all of you. But its time to kick it up a step and get the S4.
My trade in value is 220.00. I have the 32g S3. So I couldn't pass it up.
I want to say thanks to everyone who has helped me here. Thank you!!!
All of ya take care...hope to see yall in the S4 forums
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What do you mean the trade in value? T-Mobile takes trades? What was the condition of your s3? If its that easy I'm going in tomorrow to get my new phone lol.
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It was in mint condition. Been in a Outterbox from day one.
Also depends in memory size.
New promo: no money down, 25 a month. And yep they take trade ins
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alloycowboy said:
It was in mint condition. Been in a Outterbox from day one.
Also depends in memory size.
New promo: no money down, 25 a month. And yep they take trade ins
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We're you previously in a no contract or did you somehow get the migration fee waived?

marcoxx626 said:
We're you previously in a no contract or did you somehow get the migration fee waived?
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Im in a contract. This promotion is for everyone.
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So I can upgrade even if I'm still on a 2 year contract??

Mine isn't in mint condition and has a couple chips on a couple corners. So maybe I'll go the Craigslist route lol. Good to know though, I'll poke my head in a store tomorrow and see what they say. I'll post the results I come up with.
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I know my daughter traded in a Verizon Iphone thru Tmobile and got 147
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So I can upgrade even if I'm still on a 2 year contract??
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Yes
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Call 611 and get the details. Ask about the zero down promotion
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If you are in the 2 year contract and have upgraded in the last 18 months, they won't waive your migration fee. Trust me, I tried.
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I had a upgrade bout 9 months ago...I wasn't charged a fee...just the taxes on the S4. But I have been with Tmobile for 12 years also.
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alloycowboy said:
But I have been with Tmobile for 12 years also.
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That's why. If you've been with them for 8+ years, they make exception.
Friend of mine has a connection at T-Mobile and he tried to get it taken care of for me when customer service said no. First thing he asked was if I've been with them at least 8 years.
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That's how I got my Galaxy Note 2 today. I only had my Galaxy S3 for 13 months but I still got the Note 2 for free. The catch was I had to increase my plan by $26 for 24 months. I also enrolled in the jump program. So I ended up spending around $60 today and I kept my GS3. They offered me $190 for it.
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Snook321 said:
That's how I got my Galaxy Note 2 today. I only had my Galaxy S3 for 13 months but I still got the Note 2 for free. The catch was I had to increase my plan by $26 for 24 months. I also enrolled in the jump program. So I ended up spending around $60 today and I kept my GS3. They offered me $190 for it.
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wait i thought with the JUMP! program, you had to trade in your old device?

Honestly, T-Mobile always sells phones a bit more expensive then they actually retail for.
If I had seriously wanted the S4 I'd root my S3 that's in flawless condition with a Balistick SG Maxx case, have it prerooted stock 4.1.2 and sell it for 350$. Then go on eBay turn around and buy the international unlocked version of the S4 for like 250$ more. It's more expensive out right, but much cheaper in the long run.
Been on my mother's T-Mobile phone line since I was a kid and had a Motorola RAZR v3. So more than 12 years for sure when she started using T-Mobile. Somewhere in 1999 I fink.
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TheLastSidekick said:
Honestly, T-Mobile always sells phones a bit more expensive then they actually retail for.
If I had seriously wanted the S4 I'd root my S3 that's in flawless condition with a Balistick SG Maxx case, have it prerooted stock 4.1.2 and sell it for 350$. Then go on eBay turn around and buy the international unlocked version of the S4 for like 250$ more. It's more expensive out right, but much cheaper in the long run.
Been on my mother's T-Mobile phone line since I was a kid and had a Motorola RAZR v3. So more than 12 years for sure when she started using T-Mobile. Somewhere in 1999 I fink.
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Am I right in thinking that the international version does not / cannot use wifi calling?

Intercepter said:
Am I right in thinking that the international version does not / cannot use wifi calling?
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Correct as this is only a T-Mobile feature also only on Touchwiz ROMs.
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Just got migrated over to the new rate plans with the fees waived

marcoxx626 said:
Just got migrated over to the new rate plans with the fees waived
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So were you able to get a new phone?
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just upgraded to s3 before n2 came out

is there any kind of deal/trade from sprint i can do to get the note? I mean i missed it by a few days.
Tregrad said:
is there any kind of deal/trade from sprint i can do to get the note? I mean i missed it by a few days.
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Sprint wont do nothing but you could, sell the GS3 on Ebay and pay the difference on the Note
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I did the same. Luckily I had an upgrade available for one of the lines on my account. Just sold the S3 and more than covered the upgrade cost.
somnifac said:
I did the same. Luckily I had an upgrade available for one of the lines on my account. Just sold the S3 and more than covered the upgrade cost.
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Same here, but I sold mine over a month ago.
Yeah, just sell the SG III on ebay for like $350 or $400 and then your getting the Note for the upgrade price.
You have a trial period with sprint of 14 days I believe so you could exchange it within that time. I almost jumped ship and got the s3 as well, but research showed me the note 2 was coming a month later.
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yeah i thought that was all i could do, worth a shot thos eh? really want the note. that thing kicks ass.
I know a way to do it pm me if u want to learn
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AT&T Galaxy S3 Deals for the Holidays

If you want to buy the GS3 this season there are some deals for AT&T at RadioShack and BestBuy starting this Sunday, more details here: http://gs3central.com/content.php?r=161-Galaxy-S3-Holiday-Deals-Starts-this-Sunday-Dec-16
O wow this is great lol
Slickest-Nexus!
Well ill tell you right now att has the best deal giving away the skyrocket with the s3.. talk about a powerhouse bundle.
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Anyone know if the skyrocket is out right free or do you have to put it on another line?
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Is this legit? I was seriously minutes away from heading to att and getting my upgrade. Lol
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I was just at radio shack you have to add it to another line
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jjr3211 said:
I was just at radio shack you have to add it to another line
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You have to add the skyrocket to a new line in order for it to be free?
What if you just want the s3 its self?
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bdpyo said:
You have to add the skyrocket to a new line in order for it to be free?
What if you just want the s3 its self?
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Your better off just getting it from best buy then.
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Your better off just getting it from best buy then.
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Yeah im gonna head there first thing tomorow
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JxWayne89 said:
Well ill tell you right now att has the best deal giving away the skyrocket with the s3.. talk about a powerhouse bundle.
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For the same price you can get 2 S3s from Best Buy.
sent from my S3 Sammy Bean.
So at radio shack you need to add the s2 to another line?
I just ordered an S3 online refurb for $30 but will go buy this tomorrow and send the refurb back.
Should I get it from radio shack or best buy? Only looking to add the S3 to a 2yr upgrade
Waiting in line now, busy at this location and they only have a 16gb version left in blue or white for at&t
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I thought att only had the 16gb version
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If your in California they tax you on the full value of the phone, not the sales price. Ridiculous.
It took 4 hours to get mine. Paid 53.49$
I'll post what happened in a bit...
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2.5 hours to get the wifes at best buy. The worker did everything rite but only could make calls. He seen problems and called att. Got the run around from 4 people and tried 3 sims cards. Finally what went down was a better att rep on phone realized that att itself changed my wife's plan from grandfather unlimited to 3gig limited and tried saying it was always that plan. Well its fixed and still grandfathered in. Best buys paper work had everything rite on it. Att just was trying to kick my wife's plan out and force a diff plan.
But $63 got her the phone.
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Their "beast" system crashed , globally, while I was in there and was shut down for about 3 hours until the guy called att on his personal phone and did it that way, had to hand write my contract.
The beast system is their in-store upgrader which communicates with all major carriers but now I'm home playing with the phone it's a downgrade from the one I previously owned, the screen has a blue/ purpleish haze at the bottom of the screen.
I'm not happy at all with this one. I do plan on writing an email to best buy about their terrible service and considering the iPhone 5.
So much for saving $150..
Also after initially waiting in line for 40 minutes they told me I had no upgrade amid made me go to a att store close by and verified that I did then came back and waited another 3 hours till they figured this mess out
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bdpyo said:
Their "beast" system crashed , globally, while I was in there and was shut down for about 3 hours until the guy called att on his personal phone and did it that way, had to hand write my contract.
The beast system is their in-store upgrader which communicates with all major carriers but now I'm home playing with the phone it's a downgrade from the one I previously owned, the screen has a blue/ purpleish haze at the bottom of the screen.
I'm not happy at all with this one. I do plan on writing an email to best buy about their terrible service and considering the iPhone 5.
So much for saving $150..
Also after initially waiting in line for 40 minutes they told me I had no upgrade amid made me go to a att store close by and verified that I did then came back and waited another 3 hours till they figured this mess out
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Agh, that sounds ROUGH!
I've herd BB called worst buy a bunch of times already. And your experience puts it into perspective.
I ordered a blue ATT 16GB from their website for a line on my family account that wasn't on a 2 year.
You woud have got the upper hand on price cause I payed $58.53. But you had a long wait in line.. And they gave you problems.
What you experienced is why I avoid Black friday, and only go to the store if Absolutely necessary.
I must say, calling ATT or Best buy on a Sunday is the worst way to spend your day.
I wanted to verify with ATT that they knew what was going on, and to make the note on my account
And Just wanted to make sure that Best buy wasn't going to pre-activate the line, or send a text to the phone number. (its a gift)
So i was reading about the kies 4.1.1 jb update and I noticed all the diferentes in the camera filters.
No this current phone does not have those extra options where as the old s3 I had bought and returned a few months ago, and did have the extra options.
What gives??
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Wife's new one didn't have the jb update installed. Had to hook it to kies. Did u check that..?
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New TMo Zero Down Promo

Not bad...Starts tomorrow for a limited time
http://www.dailytech.com/TMobiles+Z...Smartphones+Starting+July+27/article33052.htm
I love you t-mobile
YOU KEEP GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2NYT8uV_VQ
No zero down mean you don't need to pay for it now. So instead of making you have down payment right now they put that payment toward the monthly payment plan.
Say you want S4, instead of 150 down and 20x24 totaling 630, you pay 0 down and 25x24 total of 600. $30 saving. Not bad. .
But phone like HTC one, you'll be paying 0 down and 25x24 total 600 instead of 80 down (Web)and 20x24 total of 560 normally. Cost you $40 more.
Over all tmobile is being aggressive lately. .
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is aggressive bad?
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macsalot916 said:
is aggressive bad?
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If it saves me money, aggressive is very good lol
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The only part I like is that it saves money on the S4 and that if you do Jump it can save you money there to if you like to buy a new phone every 6 month's.
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The only part I like is that it saves money on the S4 and that if you do Jump it can save you money there to if you like to buy a new phone every 6 month's.
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Yeah I'm currently on Verizon and I'm highly considering switching my lines over soon with the 0$ down thing. Need to get off this Capitalist carrier lol
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That's annoying as hell.
I just talked to a Loyalty rep this afternoon to change plans and waive fees, who told me about this promotion. I asked him three separate times if the lack of down payment came back on the back end, by either increasing monthly payments or adding months, and every time he told me, No, it's $20 for 24 months.
I'm getting my Note II tomorrow, and I guess I'll see what happens with my next bill.
adrenalinemedic said:
That's annoying as hell.
I just talked to a Loyalty rep this afternoon to change plans and waive fees, who told me about this promotion. I asked him three separate times if the lack of down payment came back on the back end, by either increasing monthly payments or adding months, and every time he told me, No, it's $20 for 24 months.
I'm getting my Note II tomorrow, and I guess I'll see what happens with my next bill.
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He's an idiot and you'll be charged for sure
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Wondering if maybe that $20 x 24 reflects for that particular device (note 2). I just got this s4 Wednesday and paid the $150. I wonder if I can get that back? Wont hurt anything if I go try...
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Each device is different I just got another s4 and its 25x24 months, iphone is 27x24months
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Each device is different I just got another s4 and its 25x24 months, iphone is 27x24months
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Do you tax on the device?
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Do keep in mind that the only way to get the phone for zero down is to be "well qualified" if you had a deposit at start of service then you should have a discounted down payment
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Do keep in mind that the only way to get the phone for zero down is to be "well qualified" if you had a deposit at start of service then you should have a discounted down payment
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Do you have to pay tax on the device?
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nexusmanftw said:
Do you have to pay tax on the device?
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Yeah still had to pay the tax
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nexusmanftw said:
Do you have to pay tax on the device?
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Also depends on which state you're in. I'm in California so I pay tax on the full retail price of the phone. Oregon I believe pays no tax. Just really all depends on the state
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I switched from sprint a wk ago and went in this morning and was refunded $150 for one s4 and $150 bill credit for another. Also u have to b in the "A or B" credit bracket in order to qualify for the zero down. And for each line u open there is still a $50 charge for taxes. So 4 lines is $200 plus $10 per sim kit (new costomers).
I think thats about right.
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cybervyrus8587 said:
I switched from sprint a wk ago and went in this morning and was refunded $150 for one s4 and $150 bill credit for another. Also u have to b in the "A or B" credit bracket in order to qualify for the zero down. And for each line u open there is still a $50 charge for taxes. So 4 lines is $200 plus $10 per sim kit (new costomers).
I think thats about right.
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I came from Sprint a week ago as well. Wife got a HTC One and I got the S4. I'm on the jump program and wondering if I should do you what you did. Was it hassle?
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I came from Sprint a week ago as well. Wife got a HTC One and I got the S4. I'm on the jump program and wondering if I should do you what you did. Was it hassle?
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Not at all except for the wait. They r very slow at my store. BUT... When they refund the money u will get the$50 tax per phone back as well. BUT.. u will have to pay that back up front. Ull receive the refund 48-72 business days later.
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Yes you do pay extra on the back end for it being no money down, but a lot of people do not want to pay a dime upfront so for them, this is good.

To those who we're terminated from Sprint...

I just got my warning letter in the mail!!
How long did it take after the warning for you to be fully terminated? I'm getting excited lol I got mine for voice roaming not data if it matters
I seriously hate carriers who do stuff like this.
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Took a few months for me. Letter just popped up in the mail giving me 60 days to port my number. I had a family plan, only one line was roaming, but I was able to move every line without penalty.
So if I have 2 numbers would both be cancelled? The letter only mentioned mine
Good way to get out of a fixed contract, wish my carrier terminated my 2 year contract, I'm stuck with poor service an data speeds with my current provider for another 6 months until it ends.
I left Sprint in the 14 day trial period before they got the chance to do this to me... I was on Verizon half the time anyway so I just went back to Verizon.
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Wow I'm confused, how are you getting terminated for voice roaming? Why wouldn't they just charge you for it? Never had Sprint before.
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Last month I had 7 gigs, the month before that I had 8 gigs and right now I have 4 gigs.
Sprint hasn't sent me a love letter yet. Maybe they don't care anymore.
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I got terminated for the same thing a few years ago, then a week ago, I got a call from a collection agency saying I owed sprint money because I canceled early even though they canceled me lol
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My understanding was they DO charge a $350 ETF even though they canceled the contract.
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Not that I've ever heard. Reading the threads here there is not ETF since you're not the one terminating it willingly
I believe they dont terminate you with a warning letter. You get a letter saying you violated the contract and they give you 30 or 60 days to switch. I also think they allow you to port that number. Other accounts on the line are still active just that number gets terminated. Idk if you keep the device though.
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Then Sprint is full of ****.... Wait a minute, we all knew that already...
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Hmmm wondering if you could do the same with tmobile
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Hmmm wondering if you could do the same with tmobile
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I thought tmobile stopped offering contracts.
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I thought tmobile stopped offering contracts.
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They did, and its harder to roam heavy on GSM due to the lack of company's on that network.
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me too here.
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Then most carriers are full of ****.... Wait a minute, we all knew that already...
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FTFY

To those who were terminated from Sprint (part 2)

So after posting this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2399983
I decided a few days later to see what would happen if I added data roaming into the equation. I checked my sprint account and it showed ~380MB roaming data (12MB on sprint lol). Clearly not enough
I found myself a nice 1GB test file to download and was able to get it 3x the first night and 2x last night.
Woke up and go this text:
SprintFreeMsg: Please watch your mail for an important account notice. If your address has changed blah blah blah
I looked at my sprint account to see how much my roaming has went up and saw a much nicer 6.5GB! Not bad for 2 days of work!
I'm HOPING this is them parting ways with me, and I can finally go GSM (Nexus 4 probably).
Has anyone who has been terminated confirm this is the final straw or what?! :victory:
If they don't ETF you, I mean one thing is for certain, you're outta here!
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Well I know for a fact they can't ETF you if they are the one terminating the contract.
I honestly wouldn't even be in such a rush to get off Sprint but I cracked my screen and don't want to spend the $$ when I was planning on leaving Sprint when my contract is up in March 2014 anyway... sooner the better though lol
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Well I know for a fact they can't ETF you if they are the one terminating the contract.
I honestly wouldn't even be in such a rush to get off Sprint but I cracked my screen and don't want to spend the $$ when I was planning on leaving Sprint when my contract is up in March 2014 anyway... sooner the better though lol
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They did me, got a call from collection agency from when it happened years ago a couple of weeks ago...
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Well, if you broke whatever terms are in their contract and they terminate it, yeah they can charge you an ETF.
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They are sneaky though, said I had completely free roaming, didn't tell me if I went over X amount they would terminate me. I'm sure it was somewhere in that stack of papers.
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They are sneaky though, said I had completely free roaming, didn't tell me if I went over X amount they would terminate me. I'm sure it was somewhere in that stack of papers.
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That sucks. But, this would make you the first and only person i've ever heard of being charged an ETF when sprint ended the contract and not you. Maybe you caught the roaming department on a bad day or something.
Hey where can I get a good /updated verizan prl??or which one you using??
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Hey where can I get a good /updated verizan prl??or which one you using??
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267893
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Any chance you know where I can get the sprint diag tool
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Any chance you know where I can get the sprint diag tool
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