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Screwed by tmobike...

I bought my phone 30 days ago for $258, then today the G2 is FREE to new customers like me!?!? I called tmobile and asked for a concession and they basically told me tuff bananas ... wow I've been a customer for less than a month and I feel raped....
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What does the g2 promotion have to do with this phone?

tmobike?

T-Mobile did not screw you. tmobike did. Call them up and ask for a free phone of your choice.

Prices always change. Give it a rest. Next time buy from tmobile, not tmobike. Their prices are better.
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jjlean said:
Prices always change. Give it a rest. Next time buy from tmobile, not tmobike. Their prices are better.
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This comment.

Really!?!?
The exchange/return period is only 14 days if u activated in the store and 20 days over the phone or web....thats like going to wal-mart on black friday cause the tv u bought 31 days ago is on sale for 300 dollars cheaper...ur outside the return/exchange timeline....prices are always subject to change.....and of course if you get the phone when it first comes out ur gonna pay more the phone is always cheaper a month or two after release...
Everybody knows ur gonna get good deals on everything on black friday and cyber monday...so u kinda raped urself buddy

surfnhawaii808 said:
I bought my phone 30 days ago for $258, then today the G2 is FREE to new customers like me!?!? I called tmobile and asked for a concession and they basically told me tuff bananas ... wow I've been a customer for less than a month and I feel raped....
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You screwed yourself, I got my 2 MT4G's for 30 bucks a piece with new contracts from T-Mobile a month ago by negotiating with them. It is not T-Mobile's responsibility to make you not an idiot.

Gonna have to agree with everyone here.
You bent over and they stuck it in... what do you expect them to do?

No vaseline... Lol
cal3thousand said:
Gonna have to agree with everyone here.
You bent over and they stuck it in... what do you expect them to do?
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Lmao
jjlean said:
Prices always change. Give it a rest. Next time buy from tmobile, not tmobike. Their prices are better.
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Better question is - where did you see the free G2 offer?

things get cheaper the longer their out :/ you bought it when it was brand new... take it as a lesson learned

Lol. This should be closed. Cause if dude is checking in on his thread, he's not gotta post anything else.

jjlean said:
No vaseline... Lol
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More like vasoline mixed with beach sand, pieces of shells and broken beer bottles.

Lol I got it from TMOBILE ... the xda app has no EDIT POST feature...
And I originally bought the g2 and returned it for the mytouch 4g, but if i had known the g2 would be FREE 15 DAYS LATER, I would have kept the g2 if it was free....
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And NO I DID NOT KNOW about free phone deals on cyber Monday, so everyone does NOT KNOW
If I had known I would have waited 15 measly days and got it FREE ....
Oh well I will just use it for 6 months and sell it for $400 on Craigs list. I will have exchanged it for a new on by then anyway as there is something between the screen and glass INSIDE PHONE as others have had same problem (see that thread). I'll have no trouble selling the new replacement for $400... heck I sold my iPhone 3g for $280 on craigslist....
The mt4g is a very nice phone and I'm enjoying it so Ill get $258 worth of use outta it in the mean time...
Aloha from a old man in beautiful Honolulu!!!

Well T-Mobile redeemed themselves in my eyes today via 611.. they gave me the PREFERRED DISCOUNTED ANDROID PLAN for unlimited data for $20 a month instead of $30, saving me $240 over life of my contract, which added up over the contract means i paid a whopping $18 for this awesome phone...
Now I Don't feel like I've been ripped outta $258 I paid for a phone i could have gotten FREE 15 DAYS LATER...
Aloha from beautiful Hawaii

Soooo your surprised? Every carrier gives better deals if you WAIT and not buy the phone when it first comes out. Everyone tends to buy the phone as soon as it drops. After a month they give deals to keep sales up and get more people in
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surfnhawaii808 said:
Well T-Mobile redeemed themselves in my eyes today via 611.. they gave me the PREFERRED DISCOUNTED ANDROID PLAN for unlimited data for $20 a month instead of $30, saving me $240 over life of my contract, which added up over the contract means i paid a whopping $18 for this awesome phone...
Now I Don't feel like I've been ripped outta $258 I paid for a phone i could have gotten FREE 15 DAYS LATER...
Aloha from beautiful Hawaii
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So what exactly did you tell 611? I paid the full upgrade price for the phone as well ($258) and have yet to send in my $50 rebate. I was an existing T-Mo customer, by the way.

Would you buy the recertified Thunderbolt?

My Incredible, which I love, took a bath in my pocket and is having all sorts of issues now. I'm up for an upgrade and decided that I'm going with a Thunderbolt over the Inc2. My question is, has anyone had horror story with the recertified phones from Verizon? My boss got his Incredible from the precertified program and has had continuous issues. Thoughts?

Should be ok. If theres something
Wrong you could always send it back for a new one. I had hardware problems with a replacement and they had no problem sending out a new one.
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I've never bought a certified reused phone but i did go through warranty replacements and they send me certified used ones. I don't really see a difference. They look brand new and work just as fine. If there is a problem, you can always exchange it or ask for another warranty replacement,

I suppose I could go a week or two prior to rooting it to make sure there aren't any issues. I guess I'd survive.

Mines certified used from vzw. Was bassically brand new I'm box. Everything was new except the SD card i think, it was already installed in the phone. Haven't had any problems whatsoever
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I don't have a problem with a recertified device. Anytime you receive a replacement device for issues you're receiving a certified like new device. If you have any problems Verizon still covers it and replaces it for you. I would buy one.

no i hate refurbs.

Mine is a referb and I have not had a problem. Rooted it and everything and not a single problem.
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Yes, depending on price. Got my brand new TB on launch day for $75 (after loyalty discount & Best Buy comp) so it would have to be pretty cheap!
Thanks, Robrecht

I would buy an HTC refurb. I've never had bad luck with manufacturer refurbished items, there are certain products that are cheap to begin with that I wouldn't buy refurbished, but then again I generally don't buy cheap stuff new either, especially when it comes to hardware.
I'd love to find a refurb on sale to buy for my girlfriend to use as we're both just starting to get into some theming and learning some development

My Bolt is a CPO. I got it for $199. The first one they sent was defective. I simply called them and they sent another. No worries since. Before my first two weeks had completed, they dropped the price on the CPO's to $169. I called them up and asked about it...they credited me the $30. I've been very pleased. Especially coming from the Eris.
Go for it.
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I'm with you, you pay 250 dollar's for a phone, it breaks then they send you a used one.
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I got mine new for 99 for an upgrade they gave me 100 off then I got a postcard with another 50 a week after I bought it so I ended up paying 99. My girl got the palm 2 and I did bill to my account ( I lost my wallet ) and instead of billing my acct the credited it for 149 dollar's. LOL bet that'll never happen again.
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I buy used phones all the time, who knows if they are a refurb or not, never have problems.

Most of the problems people return their phones for can be solved with a master reset.
Nothing wrong with a cpo/refurb device imo

Buy a used TH from Craigslist and don't extend your contract. Then when the dual-core phones arrive get one of those. My next phone will be 4G, dual-core with 4 inch screen. TB just too big/heavy but I like it.
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Disappointed with HTC QC

My first htc one x was white and had light bleed. I just got it exchanged for a black one. It is flawless...or at least I thought. It has dust under the screen and its annoying. My local att store is stubborn and the guys there are mean. I bought this phone off-contract so I can't live with these defects. What should I say to the guys at the ATT store?
Also, I am very disappointed with HTC quality check system at this point

Primenay13 said:
My first htc one x was white and had light bleed. I just got it exchanged for a black one. It is flawless...or at least I thought. It has dust under the screen and its annoying. My local att store is stubborn and the guys there are mean. I bought this phone off-contract so I can't live with these defects. What should I say to the guys at the ATT store?
Also, I am very disappointed with HTC quality check system at this point
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If you bought it new off contract at AT&T you have 30 days just like anyone else, mean or not mean. Try a different AT&T store. They all take exchanges.

I had the same issue with my grey one x. That ISN'T dust those are dead pixels my friend! I swapped mine out after downloading a pixel checker app and showed the employee and he swapped it out and not restocking fee. Don't settle especially since you paid full price. Go get your money's worth.
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Driggity420 said:
I had the same issue with my grey one x. That ISN'T dust those are dead pixels my friend! I swapped mine out after downloading a pixel checker app and showed the employee and he swapped it out and not restocking fee. Don't settle especially since you paid full price. Go get your money's worth.
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Yeah I think i'm going to that same store today. Wish me luck. I just don't want to pay the restocking fee because I mean I paid for this thing to work and if it doesn't I should get one that does.

No restock fee for defective units.
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I had to pay a restocking fee to get a grey one. Well actually I wanted another white one but they are out of stock everywhere. And the said because of the customs thing they didn't know when they were getting more in. But because it was a different color they said it was like getting a whole different phone even though that's all they had left. They did offer to credit me on my bill though for the fee. I asked if I could have the zagg shield instead and they were cool and said ok.
It still makes me wonder though why they would charge a restocking fee for a defective unit. It wasn't my fault they only had grey left.

SkizzMcNizz said:
I had to pay a restocking fee to get a grey one. Well actually I wanted another white one but they are out of stock everywhere. And the said because of the customs thing they didn't know when they were getting more in. But because it was a different color they said it was like getting a whole different phone even though that's all they had left. They did offer to credit me on my bill though for the fee. I asked if I could have the zagg shield instead and they were cool and said ok.
It still makes me wonder though why they would charge a restocking fee for a defective unit. It wasn't my fault they only had grey left.
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Because technically its a different phone because of the color. They did right by crediting you the restocking fee though.
Also they won't be getting anymore One X in for a while. Consider yourself very lucky.
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Well guys just thought id update you all. I just took my phone in for exchange because of the dead pixel. The new one looks great so far....lets hope I don't suddenly notice a dead pixel lol

Same happened to me, bought off contract white one x and exchanged for the grey due to light leak. Except i had to pay the restocking with no credit back or anything. This new one is great though so im happy.

Can we get away off restocking fee if we complain about no multitasking?
I can't even use my data logging app, as it's being closed all the time...I call it a defect...
Oh and they say it has 16gb, while we only get 10gb - that's a lie (btw, the store I bought it from (BestBuy) had a note regarding different phones, and for the HTC One X it was saying that it has 16gb expandable to 32gb)

Don't fret, simply take it back and exchange it. If there's a clear manufacturers defect the last thing on my mind is to worry about it. I think "sweet, I have irrefutable evidence to support an exchange".
That being said though, I've never had any issues with any Android handsets I've purchased. I always read about screens with light bleeding, dust under the screens, misaligned cases, etc. Never, ever had a problem and I'm hyper critical.

Return it, get your money back, and patronize a store that treats you properly.
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It says expandible because of free access to dropbox...I think...the guy at best buy told me about it so i created an account (free) and it automatically uploads all my pictures..and music I believe...but I only have 3gb as of now so may be false advertising or a mistake...
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austin4913 said:
It says expandible because of free access to dropbox...I think...the guy at best buy told me about it so i created an account (free) and it automatically uploads all my pictures..and music I believe...but I only have 3gb as of now so may be false advertising or a mistake...
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Yeah and unless traffic to/from that dropbox doesn't count as data usage, I wouldn't consider it as free or expandable, but more like a LIE, especially if one doesn't have unlimited data.

Login on the PC to your dropbox account, then complete the star-up guide thing to access all your data space. I was confused about it before as well. And yea it does cost data to transfer so not all that useful. Luckily I don't really need 26GB of data out of my 32 GB available. But this phone is amazing anyway! Friends are very jealous!

I kinda feel saying some inappropriate things so these threads would get closed.
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ChongoDroid said:
I kinda feel saying some inappropriate things so these threads would get closed.
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I bought the international version from Amazon and have returned it once for pixels. I can share some info that I got about the next shipment of one x s4's. It will be late summer before we see these phones again. The manufacturing of the galaxy and iphone have looked up suppliers and assembly plants in China.
Ps. Love the display but the performance and storage are disappointing at best.

photobuddha said:
I bought the international version from Amazon and have returned it once for pixels. I can share some info that I got about the next shipment of one x s4's. It will be late summer before we see these phones again. The manufacturing of the galaxy and iphone have looked up suppliers and assembly plants in China.
Ps. Love the display but the performance and storage are disappointing at best.
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Lol performance? Really? This phone is incredibly fast.

Primenay13 said:
My first htc one x was white and had light bleed. I just got it exchanged for a black one. It is flawless...or at least I thought. It has dust under the screen and its annoying. My local att store is stubborn and the guys there are mean. I bought this phone off-contract so I can't live with these defects. What should I say to the guys at the ATT store?
Also, I am very disappointed with HTC quality check system at this point
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Sounds like the amaze except both colors have light bleed. Can't believe they didn't fix this on there newest phone. People always saying there build quality is so good but yet the can't fix a problem that was a issue on a older phone.
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bmbrad said:
Sounds like the amaze except both colors have light bleed. Can't believe they didn't fix this on there newest phone. People always saying there build quality is so good but yet the can't fix a problem that was a issue on a older phone.
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You say this like other companies don't have QC issues. The new iPad has severe issues with really yellow screens and light bleeding. And that's from the biggest company on the planet.
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Dropped phone and cracked glass. Options

I dropped my phone yesterday and cracked the glass. It's still functioning but very annoying to use and I'm sure next drop will finish it.
What are my options?
I've called Rogers (our carrier in Canada) they want $345 to fix it and I've called independent shops. They want anywhere from $205 to $245 to fix it (I'm assuming these would be aftermarket components).
What if I buy the components from ebay and do it myself. Is it doable?

Jamolah said:
and I'm sure next drop will finish it.
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Don't live life on the edge, buy a case. As per your question, here
edit: If you drop xda from the search terms you even get a youtube video, depicting some dirty coke user.

Moving to Q&A. Post in the correct forums

I did a search on youtube and got nothing on replacing the screen on our phones (i727)

Jamolah said:
I did a search on youtube and got nothing on replacing the screen on our phones (i727)
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I have just recently replaced my screen and was in the same boat as you. The part itself is around the $200 range where-ever you look. Yes, they are expensive screens.
Depending on your skill level, I found it fairly easy to replace myself but there are some repair shops all over that charge minimally for the actual repair; myself, here in my part of the Country (by Calgary), I charge $40 for the repair.
Don't know if that helped you or not but the site I got my screen from is cellphonepartscanada, just have to google it.

about $150 to do it yourself.

Everyone cracks their glass when they drop their phone...I crack tiles.
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If you have insurance... reported it as lost, and pay the $150 deductible for a new phone... you'll get in the mail by 3 business days.
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ebay
ebay sells everything and youtube is better that collage

Insurance a good idea. Make a note.
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Carrier insurance is always a hassle. I've had great luck using Square. ATT might be different than T-Mobile, but when my blackberry got swiped, they didn't cover it.

[Q] Insurance for N5

Hey all,
This will be my first Nexus device and first BYOD. What are my options for insuring my N5 outside of carrier-supported?
Thanks in advance.
Dubs

ldubs said:
Hey all,
This will be my first Nexus device and first BYOD. What are my options for insuring my N5 outside of carrier-supported?
Thanks in advance.
Dubs
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Squaretrade
I've used them for my Nexus 7 and they were pretty fast in resolving the claim. Their price on smartphones seems kinda high including the deductible (it's half the cost of a new 32GB Nexus) so I passed on it.
*I did get a coupon for 30% off... even then I felt it was too pricey.

secretasianman said:
Squaretrade
I've used them for my Nexus 7 and they were pretty fast in resolving the claim. Their price on smartphones seems kinda high including the deductible (it's half the cost of a new 32GB Nexus) so I passed on it.
*I did get a coupon for 30% off... even then I felt it was too pricey.
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That price is absurd ($125 for two years with $99 deductible). Most repairs cost less than the plan + deductible. Assuming the most common claim is a cracked screen this plan is a ripoff. Squaretrade used to be a good deal.
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ComposMentis said:
That price is absurd ($125 for two years with $99 deductible). Most repairs cost less than the plan + deductible.
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If Google repeats their inventory clearance on the Nexus 5 in a year they'll be going for $250/$300.

That's great but what if something happens to it sooner?
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Paying $6.99 a month from AT&T, not sure what the deductible is though. And it wouldn't be replaced with a Nexus 5.
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harlenm said:
Paying $6.99 a month from AT&T, not sure what the deductible is though. And it wouldn't be replaced with a Nexus 5.
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Right, so I said I was bringing my own device (either to T-Mo or ATT), so there wouldn't be an option for carrier-based insurance.
Other thoughts?

ldubs said:
Right, so I said I was bringing my own device (either to T-Mo or ATT), so there wouldn't be an option for carrier-based insurance.
Other thoughts?
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I bought it from google play and att insured it. Don't see why you wouldn't be able to get insurance from att.
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Try this:
http://us.protectyourbubble.com/

Not trying to sound like a **** but how about being extra careful? I've had a smartphone for years and I have never broken one.

If you have either homeowners insurance or renters insurance, ask your company if they cover phones as an "additional insured" item. Mine does, and covers the full amount of the phone with no deductible for $7 per YEAR. I've only had to use it once in the past, but it's great for those who are careful with their phones but just want that extra security. HTH.
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MisterEff said:
Not trying to sound like a **** but how about being extra careful? I've had a smartphone for years and I have never broken one.
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Me neither but its nice to know I'm covered if something does happen. Plus I have a 7 year old son and you know how careful they are with stuff...
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Hilbe said:
Try this:
http://us.protectyourbubble.com/
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Interesting. Thanks!
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alissa7 said:
If you have either homeowners insurance or renters insurance, ask your company if they cover phones as an "additional insured" item. Mine does, and covers the full amount of the phone with no deductible for $7 per YEAR. I've only had to use it once in the past, but it's great for those who are careful with their phones but just want that extra security. HTH.
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This might be best idea.
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