So I bought a phone from a friend and I was wondering now that it's activated, is it truly mine? I ask because he bought it using his account an upgrade under his name. How can I make it truly mine, if that makes sense. That way if I need support from Verizon, I can take the phone in.
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Okay thanks. Can he report any issues with that phone then? Cause he wants it back an I already paid and traded another item. Can he do anything like reporting it stolen?
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No,other that's making false claims aka fraud
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Trying to decide to reverse eng s-off, unroot, and return to stock to take the phone to att. Glass lift seems to be getting a little bit worse, so I am thinking of trying the store again. I went to one store and they referred me to HTC. HTC said I could send it in for repair but can't go without mobile email with work so I'm thinking of shopping around for a cool att store that may let me swap. Wonder what my odds are. I don't necessarily want to go through returning to stock for nothing. The first root went so smooth. I have had no issues with software whatsoever so not sure if I want to gamble with messing with stuff if it leads me to more work for absolutely nothing.
Anyone else have luck with att store after remorse period was up?
I thought a phone bought in an ATT corp store was covered by 1 year warranty and swapped at the store.
I had good luck with an ATT store swapping my old iPhone 3gs that had a defective digitizer and the lady gave me the captivate. This is for my second line on my account.
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I bought it at radio shack but ATT is my carrier so does that still apply gunny?
Thanks!
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They won't swap at a store after 30 days. You just have to call at&t warranty department and they will ship you a refurb. They even include tape to seal the box for sending the old one back.
Why are people turning there phones in because of the screen?
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The right side of my screen is lifting. It pokes up above the frame on the right side and its getting worse.
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Mines is to. It don't bug me though. I don't want to go through all the process haha
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mj0528 said:
I bought it at radio shack but ATT is my carrier so does that still apply gunny?
Thanks!
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No. Call att cust service and do a warranty swap you will get a phone in the mail (possibly a refurb) and a box to send the old one back. Turn around time is just a couple of days usually.
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The right side of my screen is lifting. It pokes up above the frame on the right side and its getting worse.
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XAviierG said:
Mines is to. It don't bug me though. I don't want to go through all the process haha
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damn for real what have yall been doing for this to be happening ?
Idk guess it just happened by itself.
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Nothing, never dropped it. Not one accident whatsoever.
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It's a known defect. My first inspire had the problem. The replacement has been fine
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Got s on and then rooted back. If I can call ATT and have time, the hard part of getting eng s off reverted is done.
Does the s on tool by bubby work well?
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Not sure about buddy's one click but the .gfree/ s on method works i know and is simple enough.
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Not sure about buddy's one click but the .gfree/ s on method works i know and is simple enough.
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I tried Bubby's and it did not work. Used gfree and that worked for me. Exchanged.mine at a Device Support Center today. My gps had stopped working.
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Yup. Just did it and it is really easy but trying to keep from ruu, s on, then ruu again. Minimizing clicks is key! Not lazy just busy!
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Im from asia and i have a friend who is from texas i wanted her to buy me a nexus s and the only one available is from at&t.she would buy full retail but the salesman said that the phone is locked!i thot all nexus were unlocked.so im confused.is it really locked?if so how can i unlock it?i really need help
Thanks!
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Please..anyone?
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it's a truth of the world that salesmen will lie to make a sale, it now appears that they will lie to prevent a sale....
no nexus S will ever be sim locked.
As far as I know every single Nexus S is factory unlocked (Google requirement)...
So does that mean the salesman is just lying?cuz at&t wanta it to be called "locked"?
Btw thanks for replies guys!
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dark06 said:
So does that mean the salesman is just lying?cuz at&t wanta it to be called "locked"?
Btw thanks for replies guys!
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I think he just does not know
better
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Many thanks bro!she just bought it.hope that salesman is all BS
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I've seen too many cellphone salesmen say so many incorrect things about devices, or their own plans and policies that I usually bundle them with used car salesmen until they've "proven themselves"...
How can I get my phone meid unlocked so that I can send it to beigephone and get it flashed to page plus. This DFB didn't pay her bill so I'm stuck with a bolt I can't do anything with but Wi-Fi use any ideas
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I guess is that it's not possible fml
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i have no intentions of flashing to another carrier, but several thunderbolt users i've seen have been able to flash to pageplus. you may need CDMA workshop if you want to do it yourself, i think CDMA workshop is around $100.00. there's a free demo version too, but i'm not sure that the demo would be sufficient to do this.
check this out:
http://www.beigephone.com/flash-htc-thunderbolt-to-page-plus/
and this one, probably the most useful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1294179.html
Yea dude I know all that I need the meid freed from a contract
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skeet43169 said:
Yea dude I know all that I need the meid freed from a contract
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So you're in a contract with Verizon right now?
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skeet43169 said:
Yea dude I know all that I need the meid freed from a contract
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I'm not sure that you can 'unlock' an meid yourself, that's something the carrier has to do (with stolen phones and whatnot)
So if it's on her account, she'll have to get in touch with them herself and give her IMEI number and account details. They should then give an unlock code to make the phone usable again.
If that IMEI number has been flagged (as stolen or possibly delinquent) even an unlocking service won't be able to help you until the carrier clears it.
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...This DFB didn't pay her bill so I'm stuck with a bolt I can't do anything with but Wi-Fi use any ideas
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What you are looking for is to CLEAR the MEID/IMEI so that it can be used on another account.
You can't do that. Only the carrier can. Until the account is settled/paid with the carrier, that MEID/IMEI will be associated/assigned to that account and therefore can't be used on a different account.
Since PagePlus uses VZW towers/service (to my knowledge), you're stuck until the old account issues are settled.
Yup I'm stuck with Wi-Fi only thunderbolt this sux I guess she won in the long run although I have seen some nice prepaid phone's I seen an HTC one and some evo 4g's that have ics and are affordable virgin mobile and boost have unlimited data
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skeet43169 said:
How can I get my phone meid unlocked so that I can send it to beigephone and get it flashed to page plus. This DFB didn't pay her bill so I'm stuck with a bolt I can't do anything with but Wi-Fi use any ideas
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So someone else didn't pay the bill for your phone and you're mad about it? Why don't you pay for your own phone?
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So someone else didn't pay the bill for your phone and you're mad about it? Why don't you pay for your own phone?
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WRONG!!!!!! This D.F.B. LOST HER JOB AND DIDN'T PAY HER BILL SO IT GOT 4 MONTHS BEHIND AND THEY SHUT IT OFF I PAID MY PART
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WRONG!!!!!! This D.F.B. LOST HER JOB AND DIDN'T PAY HER BILL SO IT GOT 4 MONTHS BEHIND AND THEY SHUT IT OFF I PAID MY PART
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Woah!
Well all emotion aside, it sounds like you're SOL.
If you were on a shared plan I really feel for ya man, 'friends' can really d*ck you over on splitting the bill
People shouldn't assume what they think they know that's what's wrong with this place
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So I found a site that will get my phone a clean esn.So it's no longer a Wi-Fi only paperweight mrcellphoneunlocker.com
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/25/unlocking_change/
If I pay for something its mine..apparently not here in the US after tonight
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I don't see how this will work if you actually buy a phone full price and not on a contract. Because like you stated, if you buy something it's yours.
Interesting
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I would understand if the device was leased..but last I checked cell companies don't do that.
If you are paying anywhere between 200 and 600 bucks fit something they will never see again and plan to switch providers but now can't afford a handset then it's bs.
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wow in the UK we went the opposite way a couple years back. We totally got rid of the power to lock down devices! It just makes no sense to lock them
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/25/unlocking_change/
If I pay for something its mine..apparently not here in the US after tonight
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I was about to post that, lol
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Guys, please take a moment to sign this https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-unlocking-cell-phones-legal/1g9KhZG7
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To be clear though the law does not outlaw unlocking the phone.
You are still legally able to unlock the device but you need to have the code from the manufacturer or carrier.
It makes it illegal to hack the phone to sim unlock like what is done with the iPhone.
If buy it on contract I can understand it, sort of...
If you buy it retail its not locked in the first place, at least not here. Hell, I dont think even contract phones are locked lol (my blade wasnt).
Americans :silly:
Just has the title says. Someone wants to trade me a tmo phone for mine but I've always thought that 3g wouldn't work. The person who wants to trade is telling me otherwise.
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