When I bought my sidekick lx online I knew that Tmobile had stop selling them and I thought the data plan was online for the internet and some none important apps, Im really upset that I cant get text msg alerts and when people text me it shows up as the number and not the contact name and yes I have done everything you can think of to fix both of these issues. I paid a lot of money to shut my plan off early with Verizon and then paid a lot of money to buy a new tmobile plan, the phone and the activation SIM kit. I knew id be spending the money but I had no idea you wouldnt be able to get things that 10 yr old cell phones have with the sidekick. There has to be someway around the data plan I know I can sell my phone on ebay or something and buy a new tmobile phone but as dumb as it sounds one of the main reasons I left verizon for tmobile is to own the sidekick. I need some kind of computer wize to help me and many many many other people out there with the Sidekick. And my phone came with a USB cord so if you can plug your phone into the computer there MUST be a way to download the stuff you need and transfer it to your phone. Someone out there please please help! there MUST be something I can do! thanks!
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I bought an Htc Touch Pro from sprint off ebay and got ripped off. Spent close to 400bucks to get a phone with a Bad esn. Tried resolving with sprint but turns out there is nothing i can do. Anyone know of a ESN/Supercid method for me to use on this. I thank you in advance for any help and saving me from loosing $400.
Contact PayPal and file a dispute. The phone is stolen property and I doubt anyone here is going to help you use activate a phone that doesn't belong to you.
Sprint claimed it was a non pay account. and unfortunantly i used money order to pay for the phone.
I work for sprint CS and unfortunately there isn't anything they are going to do about it. It's blocked in the system, the account was sent to collections probably. There is no way to change the ESN on the phone either.
What you could possibly do:
Call up *2 and see if your eligible for upgrade and use that instead, but thats going to cost you more money. You got screwed, who's idea was it for a money order?
There isn't going to be anything you can do really except threaten the guy and call the police, hope the money you spent on it will go towards the bill they owe, but thats not going to happen.
Hi, wondering if anybody can help me out with ATT policy. I was visiting my grandparents in Toronto when I lost my phone the day before I had to fly home to Los Angeles. Unfortunately I did not have time to look for it since I was busy packing for the trip home. Anyways when I got back I called ATT to tell them my phone was lost and they said they will sendme another phone when I pay my deductable.
Anyways I have two questions
1. Would it be possible to wait until the Touch Pro 2 comes out next month and ask for that as a replacement + cash if needed?
2. What happens if my family manages to find it and mail it back to me? Will ATT know that I found it and force me to return the replacement? Would they even care after i pay the deductable?
they'll probably just send you a refurb fuze and likely refuse the upgrade, especially when the fortress is a new release. i can't see them upgrading you even with cash.
att won't know you found your phone. i had lost a phone and reported it and found it 1 month later and went on to use it fine.
You guyz are lucky, wonder if these giant beast are so nice. :O
rvt1000 said:
they'll probably just send you a refurb fuze and likely refuse the upgrade, especially when the fortress is a new release. i can't see them upgrading you even with cash.
att won't know you found your phone. i had lost a phone and reported it and found it 1 month later and went on to use it fine.
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Seriously? Do you even know what you're talking about? :| If you report a phone stolen and find it and use it, it's no big deal UNLESS you get a new one via insurance. Then it's called fraud. You have to pay the deductible for your phone if you want it via insurance and they'll send a brand new in box one to you. No, you cannot wait till the TP2 comes out and exchange it for that. That will only happen if you've warranty exchange your fuze a lot and you complain to AT&T a lot. Quite a few people have done this. If you really didn't know, AT&T can track you via IMEI. They know which account is linked to which IMEI. They will know when you're using a blacklisted phone or when suddenly a "stolen" phone is being used on the same sim card. Don't take that risk
1) TP2 isn't comming to AT&T anytime soon, and they will never give you a better phone plus cash
2) I believe they put a status code of a bad or lost ESN id on the databases, so the phone can't be used again on the AT&T network. It may even come up as a stolen status.
That won't stop you from being able to use the phone as a PDA
Cassetti said:
1) TP2 isn't comming to AT&T anytime soon, and they will never give you a better phone plus cash
2) I believe they put a status code of a bad or lost ESN id on the databases, so the phone can't be used again on the AT&T network. It may even come up as a stolen status.
That won't stop you from being able to use the phone as a PDA
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#2 is not true, but #1 probably is.
I believe Cassetti is right about #2 When you call it stolen, they block the esn id so the thief can't use your phone.
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I believe Cassetti is right about #2 When you call it stolen, they block the esn id so the thief can't use your phone.
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the fact is : its not true. Proven fact.
thx for the info guys, i called up att and told them what happened, paid the deductable and picked up a new fuze. I ask them what happened if i manage to find it and they said most likely they will let me keep it as a back up but i would need to call them to reactivate it or something like that.
guess i;ll just skip the touch pro 2 and wait for a WM7 device or that rumored microsoft "pink" zune phone lol...
It is not blacklisted. If you find it you can use it or sell it. You don't have to "reactivate" or anything, just put a SIM card in and off you go.
So to make the story short. I got the Captivate back in July at release.. and have been disappointed with the lack of support and updates. My wife who had an old Iphone 3g,(which has become horribly laggy due to having to be updated to the 4.0 crapware), loved my Captivate.
So I told her when the Inspire comes out, I will use her eligible upgrade and get that phone. Once I get the phone, I will trade her phones. Which we did.
Does AT&T disapprove of this? We are on the SAME family plans, have been from years with AT&T. Since AT&T uses sim cards it makes it really easy to do this. Do they consider this a breach of contract? The reason why I ask is when I was on the phone with the Service Rep they made a comment that my lines phone number shows the Captivate not the Inspire. And they wanted what was called the IPC number on the phone. Its my phone, I bought it. But with my wifes upgrade. They said They could just change the IPC numbers on my line and her line to show this but.. I dont want them to get the number then come back and say. That I did something wrong and try to make me pay from something.
What do you guys think? And have anyone you experienced this problem?
They don't care as long as you sign a new 2yr. My store does this about 5 times a day. Just make sure that the proper data plans are on each phone, especially the hspa+ data plan for the Inspire.
Enjoy your new phone.
My experience is that they don't care. They just want the right phone listed for each line. once you buy it, they don't care if you use it for another line on a family plan.
Yup, I've done this more than once... did it today, even. My son gets my hand me down phones, so I upgrade once a year. If he wants the latest phone, he can go get his own contract.
Did that today as well. They don't care. Just pay the bill.
Thanks guys, so I can go into the store and have them change the phone to mine, and have them put the new sim card in it, so hopefully it gives me the 4g.
By the way what is the number they are talking about? She told me to dial something think #66#1.. I cant remember but it will show the phones number. Anyone know how to do it?
Hi im currently on tmobile
when i first got my contract in tmobile i got an LG sentio then the next day i got a vibrant from ebay. i did this because i wanted a smarthphone, withouth having to pay for a smarthphone plan. saince i had a crapy phone (LGsentio) and not a smarthphone, i could change my plan options when i wanted, internet, text etc... a year ago i could use my vibrant with Tzones just fine, but thats over hahahahhha. Eany ways im thinking of swithching to ATT, but people keep telling me that i can not do like in tmobile, that even if i bring my own phone, they will still charge my for smartphone plan... let me explain. in tmobile if i get a contract and pick one of the free phones, if after that i buy a diferent phone in this case a smartphone i can still use it with just voice and text plan, its not required to have a smarphone plan sainse im buying the phone by my self.
the question is... if i switch to ATT and get one of the free phones, and after that lets say i but in ebay eany android phone, will they change my voice and data plan by it self to a smartphone plan? or can i use it with the normal plan i pik?
PS: i need it this way cause my job its not steady and when no good income is coming in, i have to take out internet and stuff.
Hi im currently on tmobile
when i first got my contract in tmobile i got an LG sentio then the next day i got a vibrant from ebay. i did this because i wanted a smarthphone, withouth having to pay for a smarthphone plan. saince i had a crapy phone (LGsentio) and not a smarthphone, i could change my plan options when i wanted, internet, text etc... a year ago i could use my vibrant with Tzones just fine, but thats over hahahahhha. Eany ways im thinking of swithching to ATT, but people keep telling me that i can not do like in tmobile, that even if i bring my own phone, they will still charge my for smartphone plan... let me explain. in tmobile if i get a contract and pick one of the free phones, if after that i buy a diferent phone in this case a smartphone i can still use it with just voice and text plan, its not required to have a smarphone plan sainse im buying the phone by my self.
the question is... if i switch to ATT and get one of the free phones, and after that lets say i but in ebay eany android phone, will they change my voice and data plan by it self to a smartphone plan? or can i use it with the normal plan i pik?
PS: i need it this way cause my job its not steady and when no good income is coming in, i have to take out internet and stuff.