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My phone needs repair?

My touchscreen is horribly acting up...I have bestbuy's $10 monthly insurance. Anyways, when I type, it registers multiple touches and makes my swype type words that I don't want. If this a hardware or software issue? The touchscreen is also not as accurate either.
I was on ec05 and running ext4, midnight rom v5.2, bonsai 4.0.4 kernel (I think). I also flashed blue mattel theme, incase that matters. Its also not just swype, when I hold my finger down on threads, the screen shakes as if I am constantly moving my finger, but im not.
I flashed reRFS stock and it semmed to help, but only to an extent.
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Did you try ODIN? If ODIN doesn't fix it then it confirms that it is indeed a hardware issue.

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Did you try ODIN? If ODIN doesn't fix it then it confirms that it is indeed a hardware issue.
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Im at a friends house a atm, but ill try odin asap. Bestbuy's insurance covers me, right?
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Overstew said:
Im at a friends house a atm, but ill try odin asap. Bestbuy's insurance covers me, right?
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I read somewhere they don't care if your rooted but id try odin and take it in and they should have it in like 2 days.
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Overstew said:
Im at a friends house a atm, but ill try odin asap. Bestbuy's insurance covers me, right?
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Yup, and new Rapid Exchange gets you a new phone in 2 days.

Odin fixed it. Not sure what went wrong...oh well.
Thanks guys.
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My wifes epic got messed up and she too has the bestbuy $10 insurance.... trust me, they don't care what ROM you have but your in for a treat:
* Rapid exchange only quilifies for the iphone and blackberry.
* They will have to ship your phone out** and wait till they can "repair" it.
** the first time we shipped it, it took 1 month to come back. When we tested the phone in store, nothing we told them to fix was fixed and their response to that is "we have to ship it out again..." its been 15 days now (almost 2 months in total) and even as they said that they would "expedite" no news....
Besbuy insurance = never ever again!
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megabiteg said:
My wifes epic got messed up and she too has the bestbuy $10 insurance.... trust me, they don't care what ROM you have but your in for a treat:
* Rapid exchange only quilifies for the iphone and blackberry.
* They will have to ship your phone out** and wait till they can "repair" it.
** the first time we shipped it, it took 1 month to come back. When we tested the phone in store, nothing we told them to fix was fixed and their response to that is "we have to ship it out again..." its been 15 days now (almost 2 months in total) and even as they said that they would "expedite" no news....
Besbuy insurance = never ever again!
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Please check your facts. Sprint started Rapid Exchange for all their smartphones on April 19th with Best Buy. Several people on these forums have already used it.

kennyglass123 said:
Please check your facts. Sprint started Rapid Exchange for all their smartphones on April 19th with Best Buy. Several people on these forums have already used it.
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He had me scared for a moment. LOL I couldn't go a month without my phone!
But I'm lucky that my phone is working again.

When I exchanged my phone worth sprint. I got to keep my old phone while my new refurbished one was shipped to the sprint store. 4 day wait
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So what if your screen cracked what do they do?
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castro08 said:
So what if your screen cracked what do they do?
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Best Buy insurance will replace it with a new phone no charge. Sprint TEP will replace it with a refurb for $100. If you have no insurance they may be able to replace the screen for $35. Cracked screens are considered user damaged not a warranty type item.

MysteryEmotionz said:
When I exchanged my phone worth sprint. I got to keep my old phone while my new refurbished one was shipped to the sprint store. 4 day wait
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Maybe Best Buy will get there one day...they just started the Rapid Exchange program. But they do at least get you a new phone not refurb and so far average time is a day or two. BUT they do not cover lost or stolen phones like TEP. I think I am going back to TEP on my next phone since I doubt they will let me switch back.

My bb just gives you a new phone when you bring it in as long as its in stock. Been that way for over 2 years now. Plus it allows you to upgrade if you wanna pay the dif of the 2 phones. My epic was only 10.24 the cost of the new protection plan.
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5FOOTER said:
My bb just gives you a new phone when you bring it in as long as its in stock. Been that way for over 2 years now. Plus it allows you to upgrade if you wanna pay the dif of the 2 phones. My epic was only 10.24 the cost of the new protection plan.
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Nice. Need to go to your BB...where you live?
Do you BONSAI?

Northern VA
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Amazon Wireless Saved My Life

Last night, my phone screen cracked. I was devastated and the hubby was furious!!!! I called Amazon wireless who I got the phones from late November and they were amazing to me and they are overnighting me a new phone. Sucks to have to root and all that all over again.
Just wanted yall to know that Amazon has really great customer service. They also gave me their black friday deal even though I bought the phones a week before so I got mine for free, and now another one, for free.

This is the first i'm hearing of Amazon wireless. Loll
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It was so crazy because the girl I talked to today, was the same girl who helped me in November when I missed the penny sale by a few days and she gave me the phones for free.
She totally remembered talking to me and that my granny's name was also Elizabeth and they she said she was just gonna replace my phone. I am so glad I didn't go through the insurance hassle with sprint. How weird is it that out of all the employees I get her twice and she remember so much about me. Crazy.
I was so upset I cracked my screen I had to take a valum. LOL

Can you buy phones off contract there?

raveniselizabeth said:
Last night, my phone screen cracked. I was devastated and the hubby was furious!!!! I called Amazon wireless who I got the phones from late November and they were amazing to me and they are overnighting me a new phone. Sucks to have to root and all that all over again.
Just wanted yall to know that Amazon has really great customer service. They also gave me their black friday deal even though I bought the phones a week before so I got mine for free, and now another one, for free.
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that is pretty awesome,
I got the phone from amazon wireless about 13 days ago, thinking if I should get a replacement as the power button is mushy, making it difficult to press easily but hesitant to do so because its such a small issue.

I can attest to their c.s ...i had to have a new phone overnighted cause i lost everything on my phone including serial numbers and everything else lol...ty amazon life saver
Sent from my fingertips to youre eyeballs....

Looks like where i'm getting my next phone from..

I love Amazon. I am proud to say I'm a part of Amazon Prime.

vcouture said:
Looks like where i'm getting my next phone from..
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If I don't get my Nexus line replaced at a Sprint store, I will try Amazon Wireless. People around here aren't easy to please. If everyone has positive things to say, they must be good
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I live Amazon and Amazon loves me.

If a item doesnt come on schedule, you talk to a amazon chat person, and you say your mad, then they will give you a 5 dollar or 10 dollar credit lolol. I seriously love amazon + prime. Love getting shipments in a day with 2 day shipping option LOL

Im going to use my moms upgrade and order my self an E4GT from Amazon! CANT WAIT!!!

Omg so they accidentally sent me 2 phones and my husband swears I messed his up by rooting even tho I completely put it back to unrooted stock so I called and said "hey.. Yall sent me 2 can I just replace my husbands cuz his buttons aren't working right" and they said "of course why not"!!! What company does that. So flippin sweet.
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dw3bb10 said:
Im going to use my moms upgrade and order my self an E4GT from Amazon! CANT WAIT!!!
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Welcome to our world. Get ready to be up flashing all night lol.
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If you cancel your contract early they tack another $250 on top the carriers etf and automatically bill it to the payment method you used to purchase your device. My Captivate cost $99.99 then a $350 etf and $250 to Amazon when I left At&t. So I ended up paying $700 for a $500 phone because of a nasty breakup. Don't use discount online services if you intend to leave your carrier early.
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WOW... I didn't know they were that involved in your service plan. I wouldn't have thought that since they didn't make me go through my insurance to replace the phone. Good to know.
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raveniselizabeth said:
WOW... I didn't know they were that involved in your service plan. I wouldn't have thought that since they didn't make me go through my insurance to replace the phone. Good to know.
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If I remember right they only charge if you end your plan in the first 6 months. All I know is that they nailed me lol.
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newalker91 said:
They technically do not have the ability to charge you anything in relation to your Sprint account. They can bill you for the remainder of the phone cost if you haven't paid enough months to cover it, but not for terminating your contract. Only your carrier can reserve that right as you are in no contractual obligation to Amazon.
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That's exactly how it works. I received the standard etf from At&t along with my last bill, then a separate notice from Amazon for their $250. They tell you upfront about the charge...still sucks though lol.
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Think I might have to buy my e4gt from Amazon is it better online or over the phone
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raveniselizabeth said:
Welcome to our world. Get ready to be up flashing all night lol.
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I Know. Im a flashaholic, coming from an Evo 4G! Any recommendations? haha

Currently owner of an htc amaze

I'm currently an owner of an htc amaze 4g. Ive seen people exchange from the htc amaze to the Samsung galaxy s2. I just want to know how I could do that? I'm really getting tired of the problem that this phone has. I really want a Samsung galaxy s2. What's the easiest way to do that? Should I just buy a new one? :/.
Thank you for reading this.
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I traded my amaze on Craigslist for one.
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OP if you bought it w/in 14 days you can exchange it. I did.

Can you still use the 1 year warranty and tmobile warranty after you buy one on craigslist?
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elbarto7 said:
OP if you bought it w/in 14 days you can exchange it. I did.
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Ive had mine for 2 months.
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jsalazarcervantes said:
Ive had mine for 2 months.
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What problems are you experiencing specifically? Screen dust?

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What problems are you experiencing specifically? Screen dust?
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lol everyone says that. well the i cant put a case on because it makes the wifi signal weaker, the flash messes up the pictures at night, the faceplate creaks when you put pressure on it(its very loud) and haptic keys on the bottom of the screen bleed through the screen of the phone so you can see it lighter on the bottom of the phone. that's a problem with all of the htc amaze. im just tired of all of those problems. i love htc sense though :/. is there any way to put htc sense on the samsung galaxy s2?

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Can you still use the 1 year warranty and tmobile warranty after you buy one on craigslist?
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Officially? No. However I bought a sensation on Craigslist and it stopped charging after a month. I think I broke the charging port. I went to t mobile chat and told them. At one point I was asked where I got the phone. I lied and told them from t mobile and they replaced it with the amaze. My old sgs4g I Gabe to my wife who is on her own plan and she started having software issues so she called t mobile up and had that replaced.
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If.you.go.through three.or.mote warranty exchanges in 90days or less, you are offered an alternate exchange. A new phone but there is no.guarantee it'll be the sgs2.
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Exodian said:
Officially? No. However I bought a sensation on Craigslist and it stopped charging after a month. I think I broke the charging port. I went to t mobile chat and told them. At one point I was asked where I got the phone. I lied and told them from t mobile and they replaced it with the amaze. My old sgs4g I Gabe to my wife who is on her own plan and she started having software issues so she called t mobile up and had that replaced.
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Ohh alright. Let's say I exchange the phone with a sgs2 on craigslist. If the phone breaks and take it to tmobile do I just tell them that I bought it there and I should be off the hook?
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Well if it breaks such as physicoal damage no because that goes through insurance. If its anything related to.manufacturers defect such as rebooting or freezing then yes they'll help you out.
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Ohh alright. Let's say I exchange the phone with a sgs2 on craigslist. If the phone breaks and take it to tmobile do I just tell them that I bought it there and I should be off the hook?
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jsalazarcervantes said:
i love htc sense though :/. is there any way to put htc sense on the samsung galaxy s2?
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hahaha that made my day. Im pretty sure no dev will want to attempt this. TW is so much better than Sense.

What do you like about sense? Some things you can get back such as home screen movements animation and weather widget
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If.you.go.through three.or.mote warranty exchanges in 90days or less, you are offered an alternate exchange. A new phone but there is no.guarantee it'll be the sgs2.
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That is not ture anymore. I went through 4 HTC Sensations and the current one is having issues, and they will not replace it with a different model. I've tried multiple agents and pleaded at several stores.

Well was it within 90 days or less. Its in their policy. They are probably untrained or overlooking it. I have done this on two occassions. You can always have them transfer you to retention. Or if you complain hard enough you can initiate them to look at their policy. My wife has the mytouch 4g and had some freezing issues last month. She went through two exchagnes in a matter of weeks. The Rep told her at both the store while I was there and one on chat that if she specifically had three or more exchanges for the same device within 90 days an alternate phone would be offered. It is similar to or better. The reps can't choose as it chides the most comparable phone to your current one as well as same price or more. Sometimes they offered another option. It would be worth mentioning the policy next time or speaking to a manager and or retention.
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That is not ture anymore. I went through 4 HTC Sensations and the current one is having issues, and they will not replace it with a different model. I've tried multiple agents and pleaded at several stores.
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Stay away from Craigslist, lots of insurance scams, water damage, etc. Just take the Amaze back to T-Mobile and ask what they can do for you.
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Stay away from Craigslist, lots of insurance scams, water damage, etc. Just take the Amaze back to T-Mobile and ask what they can do for you.
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What do you mean by insurance scams?
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Well was it within 90 days or less. Its in their policy. They are probably untrained or overlooking it. I have done this on two occassions. You can always have them transfer you to retention. Or if you complain hard enough you can initiate them to look at their policy. My wife has the mytouch 4g and had some freezing issues last month. She went through two exchagnes in a matter of weeks. The Rep told her at both the store while I was there and one on chat that if she specifically had three or more exchanges for the same device within 90 days an alternate phone would be offered. It is similar to or better. The reps can't choose as it chides the most comparable phone to your current one as well as same price or more. Sometimes they offered another option. It would be worth mentioning the policy next time or speaking to a manager and or retention.
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For clarification tmobile use to do that they dont always anymore speaking with retention will do nothing in terms of that we cant force it to happen neither can a manager either your given the option or not. I believe they made changes to prevent people fraudelantly doing this just because they know the policy. Best thing you can do is sell your phone and just buy a galaxy s 2 used, just find a reputable seller.
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That's lame. So they'd rather have an unhappy customer that's gone through many refurbished versus, than just shipping out a newer. Phone? I can see how warranty stuff can be abused.
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For clarification tmobile use to do that they dont always anymore speaking with retention will do nothing in terms of that we cant force it to happen neither can a manager either your given the option or not. I believe they made changes to prevent people fraudelantly doing this just because they know the policy. Best thing you can do is sell your phone and just buy a galaxy s 2 used, just find a reputable seller.
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What do you mean by insurance scams?
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People sell their phones on Craigslist and then report it lost/stolen and file an insurance claim with T-Mobile/Assurion. They get shipped a replacement phone and your phone gets blacklisted which means it wont work on T-mobile.

Just got my gsm gn. Have a few questions. Please help.

Okay so I just got my gn from amazon and I was wondering if there is any way to get insurance for this device. I'm coming from a tmo gs2 and I accidentally dropped it less than 2 weeks of owning it n it got a few dents around the edges. With that in mind I can't stop thinking about a bunch of "what if's" that might happen. Lol I love everything about this phone but I don't want to end up damaging this phone too cuz we all know **** happens.lol I'm already going to buy a case. But screens can still get cracked if it lands a certain way. Not only that. What if the phone malfunctions .would I be able to atleast send for repairs even if I can't get insurance? hopefully I didn't make a bad decision. Or would it be better if i just got the verizon one instead. At first i would've gotten the verizon one but cancelling my contract with tmo, paying the deposit fee and then buying the phone was turning out to be more expensive than just buying the gsm phone. But at the end of the day if I do have issues with this one I have now. That would be money down the drain instead of being able to get it replaced if I were with Verizon...right? Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide.
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Your options are go without any insurance, get phone insurance or do what I did, put it on my home insurance

Damn I just realized I posted in the wrong section. Smh
I forgot to mention. I live in the US and I have t mobile. From the little help i have gotten from searches online about the insurance. I'm getting the vibe that since the phone is not released out here I have no way to get insurance? Which leads me to the other question I had, if there's a way to send for repairs if the phone breaks.
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I am also with TMobile and because you didn't get the phone from them the insurance they offer will not apply. Not sure about the homeowners insurance, worth a phone call to your agent but usually the deductibles on H/O is $500+ so that's kind of a wash.
I purchased my phone from Expansys and according to them if there is a problem (warranty) they will support what the manufacturer offers.
Good luck and be careful.
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If you search a little bit you will see a thread I started on which company will and will not cover these imported phones
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Excuse me for my blindness lol but can direct me to the thread please. Thanks
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If you search a little bit you will see a thread I started on which company will and will not cover these imported phones
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Just get a case and screen protector. Only insurance most people need.
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Hey. Thanks a lot for the info. I went ahead n checked thru ur threads and found it. I contacted ensquared through a message asking if they covered the galaxy nexus GSM model and they called me back in less than 10 minutes and the person over the phone told me they do insure it and it doesn't matter what carrier I have or if the phone is unlocked. I asked twice to make sure cuz it sounded to good to be true n he confirmed that they do cover the phone. I feel so much better now. Thanks again
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If you search a little bit you will see a thread I started on which company will and will not cover these imported phones
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I'm going to give them a call now myself. It was never really resolved in the other thread mentioned although I think the two should be merged for informational purposes.
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You should be able to get it covered through squaretrade. It'll cost you probably around $100 or so but I've heard good things about their service.

squaretrade will NOT cover this phone. It says so in the fine print on their website and a user here found out the hard way.
To the OP - glad I could help!
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greensnow said:
squaretrade will NOT cover this phone. It says so in the fine print on their website and a user here found out the hard way.
To the OP - glad I could help!
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squaretrade does cover this phone i have the insurance myself i paid 69.00 for one year coverage and i pay a 99.00 ded thats it not sure what the other person did but the covered mine i have it in writing and when i log in on there page it says galaxy nexus covered one year.

Would sprint buy the epic 4g?

I just realized I qualified for an upgrade since april. I was thinking it was in augest.
Anyway, I wanna buy a new phone. I really don't want to sell my epic because I love it and I just want a new phone to keep on the side and not to actually use. So my number would stay on the epic and I would get a newer phone for my music and games and stuff. I don't think anyone would do this but I am lol I need my keyboard.
So I was thinking gs3 or epic touch.
But just incase I have to pay an amount of money that I don't have and I would have to give up my epic to get a newer phone would sprint buy this phone from me for a reasonable price? Like let's say $100?
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I think Sprint will give your around $30-35 dollars.
You will get much more if you sell it online or some such.
You can use your upgrade to get a new Phone, probably around $200, and just not activate it, and then you can keep using your Epic.
Thanks said, if your Epic is in working order, and has a clean ESN, I would give you $100 for it.

DCRocks said:
I think Sprint will give your around $30-35 dollars.
You will get much more if you sell it online or some such.
You can use your upgrade to get a new Phone, probably around $200, and just not activate it, and then you can keep using your Epic.
Thanks said, if your Epic is in working order, and has a clean ESN, I would give you $100 for it.
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Ya I was thinking I may sell it online. And I also have an extra battery for it. Its the same as its stock one.
I'm going to go to the sprint store sometime soon and see what phones they have there and what they offer.
if I have to sell my phone to get a new one I may sell it for about $100. Ill let you know if you want it. And yes its in perfect condition I don't remember dropping it not even once and everything works.
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You can't use an upgrade and not activate the phone.
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They give you $50 (at least they did for my mom's) and recycle it.... bad ESN or not, it is all the same...
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MДЯCЦSДИT said:
They give you $50 (at least they did for my mom's) and recycle it.... bad ESN or not, it is all the same...
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Depends on condition as well I know I can get 45$ for mine that's with the small dent on the bottom and surface scratch marks.
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xjayman said:
You can't use an upgrade and not activate the phone.
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seriously? They won't just give me it in a box and let me "activate" it later?
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They give you $50 (at least they did for my mom's) and recycle it.... bad ESN or not, it is all the same...
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And that's not worth selling it. Ill try and sell it online if I have to.
The GSIII is looking really nice in blue lol.
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lilajrestnom said:
seriously? They won't just give me it in a box and let me "activate" it later?
And that's not worth selling it. Ill try and sell it online if I have to.
The GSIII is looking really nice in blue lol.
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The upgrade discount is only valid if it's activated on a renewed contract. No activation means no discount.
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Zeinzu said:
The upgrade discount is only valid if it's activated on a renewed contract. No activation means no discount.
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So I would have to activate then switch phones? That should work, right?
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After you activate a new/upgrade account, that phone must remain active on that line for 6 months. (might be 3) This is why I use GVoice. I have 4 lines and me and wifey trade up renewals with 2 of the lines.
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MДЯCЦSДИT said:
They give you $50 (at least they did for my mom's) and recycle it.... bad ESN or not, it is all the same...
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Sprint doesn't allow buy backs of any of their devices which have dirty ESNS. Corporate retail employees who do this sort of thing can and will be subjected to disciplinary action of up to and including termination of employment. I know this personally from seeing about half a dozen of employees in our DM's market promoted to customer. You have to remember people that Sprint has a report on just about anything you do in RMS and are able to drill down to employee ID level.

They wanted to give me $60 for mine when I upgraded, but I decided to keep it and try selling it for a little more private.
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BubZX said:
They wanted to give me $60 for mine when I upgraded, but I decided to keep it and try selling it for a little more private.
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dude on craigslist i've seen them go for 150+

XxLostSoulxX said:
dude on craigslist i've seen them go for 150+
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Me too....in 2010
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Just got a text from Sprint stating they will give me $56 for my Epic..
I laughed!
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xjayman said:
Me too....in 2010
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My brother just got 120 for his... without any accessories or a charger...

flastnoles11 said:
My brother just got 120 for his... without any accessories or a charger...
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That's fair...100 to 125 I think is fair for both parties
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xjayman said:
Me too....in 2010
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haha no over here in Dallas their selling them for around 300$ and actually selling them for those prices so i'd day they can go around for those prices.

XxLostSoulxX said:
haha no over here in Dallas their selling them for around 300$ and actually selling them for those prices so i'd day they can go around for those prices.
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Maybe I'll ship you mine to sell ....I've been upgrade eligible since may but I like my phone. When I do upgrade I'm keeping my epic as backup instead of tep. if anything happens to new phone after first year I'll break this bad boy back out.
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xjayman said:
Maybe I'll ship you mine to sell ....I've been upgrade eligible since may but I like my phone. When I do upgrade I'm keeping my epic as backup instead of tep. if anything happens to new phone after first year I'll break this bad boy back out.
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That's exactly why I don't wanna have to sell this phone I just love it lol.
But seriously if I get an upgrade I have to use that phone for the first 6 months??? I can't believe that cuz they can't just tie me to one phone. What if I bought another phone I'm not allowed to use that?
I was really wanting to buy the g23. But I think the epic touch wouldn't be bad either. And its 100 dollars cheaper. But its a shame that both the epic and the epic touch cost 100 with a new contract lol.
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