Hey guys,
I'm on a family plan with 4 phones eligible for upgrade. I want the Fascinate but no one else does and I was curious if I could upgrade my line (line 1) and set the free phone up to another line (line 3)... then when the phones come activate both lines 1 & 3 then activate line 3 on its old no data plan required phone. And keep the free Fascinate as a backup?
Now the question here is if I do that would I be charged data on line 3 even though its using a dumb phone? Like is the contract when I get the 2 phones mean that I have to pay the data for all 2 years, because I think (hope) that this would work.
Any thoughts on if this would work, or if I am just completely missing the mark with this?
The data would be prorated, in other words it might cost a dollar, do it!
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Thats the answer was hoping for
what's stopping us from getting two and selling one?
Epell said:
what's stopping us from getting two and selling one?
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My thought exactly. Buy two. Pay the ETF for the 2nd phone and sell it. At the very least we only need to get $325 back and anything over that gets us money back in our pocket.
Yea thats another thing you can do too, but I want to have it as a backup phone so I dont have to pay for the insurance.
Silex73 said:
Yea thats another thing you can do too, but I want to have it as a backup phone so I dont have to pay for the insurance.
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to be honest i dont think it will work that way since its for new 2yr agreements, but good luck, let of know the outcome.
To get two you need two upgrades but if you have two and want to waste one go for it
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so i got a g2 for free with tmobile. so i pre odered my tombile g2 for my third line that i had and was able to upgrade. i deced to upgrade using the eip plan, they sent me the conformation email i signed it sent it back in.. so today i checked the status as people are starting to recive the phone. and my order come to find out has not gone through. so i start *****ing lol and end up with the phone being completley comp! now this is after an hour long argument over why the only phone that works is my nexus one that i bought outside of tmobile and that i did not buy it from them and there phones suck. so i got one for free very happy! also got my girl my touch slide changed for another brand new device becuse hers was acting up and a promise that if it happens agin she can pick any phone for free. and on top of that i got a 25 doller bill credit so all in all great start to my moring and thank you tmobile
Holy SHT
Use some more periods for god's sake, and some capitalization wouldn't hurt either. Real sentences make it easier for others to read.
Anyway... So you got a free phone because you're an Employee? (EIP = Employee ___ Program?)
I managed to persuade the finance manager at work that they had to pay the new "work phone" desire THC Z. My argument was that I use it as navigason and information about customers. (Truck Driver)
sorry about the no peroids lol....... no eip is equipment instaltion plan i think thats how you spell it.. what it does is breaks phone payment into three months so that way you dont have to pay so much up front. ive done it twice before and it a good plan it adds like an extra 70 buck to your bill for three months kind of like a tmobile credit card.. every one that has tmobile has this and you all start of with 500 dollers credit..
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Holy SHT
Use some more periods for god's sake, and some capitalization wouldn't hurt either. Real sentences make it easier for others to read.
Anyway... So you got a free phone because you're an Employee? (EIP = Employee ___ Program?)
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I agree with Paul.....
This story was difficult to read and understand.
good idea lol but the *****in worked well for me today
stian230 said:
I managed to persuade the finance manager at work that they had to pay the new "work phone" desire THC Z. My argument was that I use it as navigason and information about customers. (Truck sjafør)
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i added a couple .... for you guys..
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I agree with Paul.....
This story was difficult to read and understand.
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I must point out that the desire htc Z costs 4600 (NOK) = 784.94 (USD) in Norway
completely insanely expensive
So the OP made a thread saying he complained enough to get a free phone right?
OP = Winner.
Exactly very nice free phone that I did not even need ....
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I only Have a 300 credit but I am also on the even more plus plan cause I didn't want a contract
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Wait, isn't this a nexus one forum?
Lol I highly doubt u will see a credit...
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Hey I was reading online that if Verizon suspects that you're using wireless tether that they can cancel your contract. Also, I read in the TOS that if you "alter your device" that it's also grounds for termination. Does that mean that if you've rooted your Droid PERIOD and they find out about it they can cancel your contract?
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yep. just sbf before you go to a verizon store or have to send it in. then they cant find out sense its out of the box condition
Wow. That's messed up. Before today I just thought they could refuse my warranty. I didn't realize they could cancel my contract altogether. I can understand them gettin pissy about Wireless Tether since that's technically rippimg them off, but JUST rooting the phone? Due to the new electronic copyright law it's my legal RIGHT to be able to root it. Why do you think they see fit to cancel your contract just bc you've got full power over your device?
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thats freakin bull****. if verizon cancels my contract because i have a cool theme and full control im going to court and making them give me free service forever. but on a more serious note, that is definitely not the case unless verizon somehow found a loophole in the law.
Well, the "loophole" is their TOS. Lol. Anyway, I wish I could find the link to tha again so I could show you guys the excerpt from the TOS. Does anyone have a link to that?
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I don't know how likely it would be for them to cancel a contract since you would be walking away with a phone that retails for 569.99 and they would be losing out on about $100 per month which is probably somewhere around 60 to 70% profit.
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Since Verizon has ended New every 2, this tells me they don't need to be "competitive" (Thank you iphone). I've had great discussions in the past about when Verizon gets the iphone that either their prices will go up or they'll change something against the consumer. Ending New every 2 is probably one of them and threatening to cancel on the basis of TOS infringement is another.
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Wow. That's messed up.
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Dude, every wireless carrier has the same conditions spelled out one way or another; Verizon is not special in this regard.
Good points... does it say anything about if the device has to be activated at the time? If I rooted a phone in the past but have not with my new ones. If Verizon finds out could they still cancel my plan or no because I signed a new one at the time of upgrade? Just wanted to see everyones views.
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I cant imagine Verizon cancelling anyones contract for rooting. They make alot of money on the phone plans not really the phones. Its easier to get out of a marriage then a phone contract without penalties
crap i was just going to root my dx
contract canceled?
I personally find this he hard to believe. I go to my verizon store quite often And everyone that works there knows my phone is rooted. I Always have to show off my new rom and my new theme. Last week I had to take my phone in because it would not charge And the service guy had to check out my phone ended up it was the charger. He was impressed with the a new Liberty Rom. He was even thinking about rooting his phones to do this. Not one employee in the store said anything about cancelling my contract.
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Hey I was reading online that if Verizon suspects that you're using wireless tether that they can cancel your contract. Also, I read in the TOS that if you "alter your device" that it's also grounds for termination. Does that mean that if you've rooted your Droid PERIOD and they find out about it they can cancel your contract?
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I wouldn't worry about that unless your downloading hordes of data. If you bought the phone on the plan deal then Verizon looses if you cancel your contract early because the Droid X is/was a $600 smart phone. They wouldnt cancel anything unless you were costing them money. Lawyers just put that mumbo jumbo in so they give the company options to terminate bad customers.
Yep....they are gonna cancel your contact and tell you to keep all the potential money they could have made off of you over the years....all because you rooted your phone....lol.
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Man its mostly hot air n scare tactics while I was upgrading from my droid eris at the store I was taking to a rep and I asked if he rooted his and he told me yeah cuz he had a newer phone but used his eris as his internet at home
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I doubt they would cancel anyone's contract over root. You would have to let them keep your phone for something, otherwise just ask for it back and un-root. They wouldn't be able to prove anything.
What would be bad about them canceling a contract over a root?
You get at walk way from an etf...
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When you send ur phone in for replacing it goes to someone who does a hard reset anyway so Verizon really doesn't know now if something goes wrong and you take it to the store most likely they'll chalk it up with rooting.... just sbf before sending it back that being said my step dad had one and it kept booting to cwm everytime and not booting past it.. took it to the store and they sent him a replacement i sbf'd the old one and sent it on its way back
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I already posted this in another thread, but how do I safely sbf? I've UNINSTALLED (not renamed) several bloatware apps and I wanna get them back and rename them instead. How do I do that? SAFELY. I don't wanna brick my X.
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The only reason to do this is keeping up with the smiths. EE have stated their 4g network will be round 10-15mb/s. The same as I get now on 3.
The world is full of people getting phones and 2 months in they feel they are missing out, due to blogs & engadget,etc who are paid to make you feel this.
You only really need to update every other model.
Start thinking rationally on this,NOT how those who are paid to make you feel.
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Totally agree.
I went from galaxy s 1 to galaxy s3, galaxy s2 just wasn't worthy at the time. Nor is the note 2 ill be hanging out for the note 3.
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howard bamber said:
The only reason to do this is keeping up with the smiths. EE have stated their 4g network will be round 10-15mb/s. The same as I get now on 3.
The world is full of people getting phones and 2 months in they feel they are missing out, due to blogs & engadget,etc who are paid to make you feel this.
You only really need to update every other model.
Start thinking rationally on this,NOT how those who are paid to make you feel.
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Im on 3. You get 10 to 15mbps? Never heard of their network giving those speeds! You must be on top of a mast! Best i have ever gotten is 9mbps.
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Stateside here, phones are subsidized by the carriers which means the monthly bill is higher. When i was with sprint ild get a new phone every year amd could sell my "old" phone, the one year old one for more than the $200usd sprint was asking. I think this really what drives the phone markets.
Lucky for me i got off the phone treadmill, sold my S2 and bought a note for only about $150 difference. No more $90 monthly bills. I spend about $10 on prepaid a month and use voip for most of my talking.
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Im on 3. You get 10 to 15mbps? Never heard of their network giving those speeds! You must be on top of a mast! Best i have ever gotten is 9mbps.
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Stateside here, phones are subsidized by the carriers which means the monthly bill is higher. When i was with sprint ild get a new phone every year amd could sell my "old" phone, the one year old one for more than the $200usd sprint was asking. I think this really what drives the phone markets.
Lucky for me i got off the phone treadmill, sold my S2 and bought a note for only about $150 difference. No more $90 monthly bills. I spend about $10 on prepaid a month and use voip for most of my talking.
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Snap. I get 500min. 5000 txt ,unlimited data for $21- pre pay. As gf is in USA use voip.
Id never buy a contract phone. I wait 6months then trawl amazon....
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Its a conspiracy. The phone manufacturers only release a new phone to make us buy it. Someone call the press how could they not have noticed!
Sarcasm aside what really is the point your getting at? Do you actually want to start a movement of people no buying new phones every year? What's wrong with wanting the newest handset every year? If you can afford it then why not. Or is your point that you feel the media is playing you and manipulating you into wanting a new phone and you feel this is somehow unjust?
I was going to edit this and delete most of it but decided to leave it and just say after reading your post a few more times and reading my own I think mine sounds like I am being a real ass to you. Didn't mean it to be. Was meant to sound more playful than it does. Sorry if its not.
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howard bamber said:
The only reason to do this is keeping up with the smiths. EE have stated their 4g network will be round 10-15mb/s. The same as I get now on 3.
The world is full of people getting phones and 2 months in they feel they are missing out, due to blogs & engadget,etc who are paid to make you feel this.
You only really need to update every other model.
Start thinking rationally on this,NOT how those who are paid to make you feel.
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I'm guessing its actually yourself your aiming that at.
I want to move back to Android after a stint with Windows Phone 8. Where can I get the cheapest price for the Verizon Note 3 off-contract? The Verizon online store has it for $700.
nightrapt0r said:
I want to move back to Android after a stint with Windows Phone 8. Where can I get the cheapest price for the Verizon Note 3 off-contract? The Verizon online store has it for $700.
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Try craigslist. You are not going to find the Note 3 off contract for less than $550-600.
Way too early to get it cheaper. It's a highly anticipated device so everyone is gonna get asking price for it. Like ericdabbs said, try craigslist after its already been released. There will be people who bought it then found it too big for them.
I paid $745 via Verizon website
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Won't buying on Craigslist risk your phone being banned after someone defaults on payments?
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Won't buying on Craigslist risk your phone being banned after someone defaults on payments?
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No, because that phone will be assigned to your account not theirs.
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Way too early to get it cheaper. It's a highly anticipated device so everyone is gonna get asking price for it. Like ericdabbs said, try craigslist after its already been released. There will be people who bought it then found it too big for them.
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I figured full price at the start but thought to ask you guys because someone might find a deal/special.
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No, because that phone will be assigned to your account not theirs.
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Perhaps Verizon and Sprint still ESN block and attach to account.
GSM phones block across the board and are only attached to the original account.
I thought with LTE they would do the same. Glad they don't. It's very scummy.
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Won't buying on Craigslist risk your phone being banned after someone defaults on payments?
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It's all junk on cl to mean anymore. Buying a $600+ phone on there scares me anymore. I will pay full retail and know it had been in my hands it's whole life
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You will have to pay ~$700 unless you find someone dumping their used one. But that won't happen for at least a couple of weeks after launch.
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It's all junk on cl to mean anymore. Buying a $600+ phone on there scares me anymore. I will pay full retail and know it had been in my hands it's whole life
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I have bought & sold many phones on craigslist. You just have to be careful who you're dealing with, and you have to know what you're buying. And make sure you verify the ESN status before handing over money.
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You will have to pay ~$700 unless you find someone dumping their used one. But that won't be likely for a couple of weeks after launch.
I have bought & sold many phones on craigslist. You just have to be careful who you're dealing with, and you have to know what you're buying. And make sure you verify the ESN status before handing over money.
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I have bought and sold tons in years past. Until this year. Too many shady people with shady phones and mix matched boxes for phones and stuff. I looked at half a dozen s3 for a backup phone then I threw the towel in. They were all junk. Won't risk that anymore. I always esn check and usually activate them on the stop. Never any issues with that just the stuff on there anymore is no good
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oneandroidnut said:
I have bought and sold tons in years past. Until this year. Too many shady people with shady phones and mix matched boxes for phones and stuff. I looked at half a dozen s3 for a backup phone then I threw the towel in. They were all junk. Won't risk that anymore. I always esn check and usually activate them on the stop. Never any issues with that just the stuff on there anymore is no good
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Yep, I've met sellers with oddball stuff that didn't match their ad, or they just seemed shady, and I didn't waste time bailing out. Trust your gut. If something doesn't seem right, there is usually a good reason why it feels that way.
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You will have to pay ~$700 unless you find someone dumping their used one. But that won't happen for at least a couple of weeks after launch.
I have bought & sold many phones on craigslist. You just have to be careful who you're dealing with, and you have to know what you're buying. And make sure you verify the ESN status before handing over money.
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This........ ^^
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Yep, I've met sellers with oddball stuff that didn't match their ad, or they just seemed shady, and I didn't waste time bailing out. Trust your gut. If something doesn't seem right, there is usually a good reason why it feels that way.
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Yeah I've bought those even when my gut says no and still make money and don't know how haha but I'm done for awhile at least
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I would say eBay from someone who bought one and decided it was "too big" and was too late in returning it, also check swappa.com
Craigslist always has people who buy the phone at upgrade price and immediately sell for a couple hundred off full retail. They make some easy cash and you save some. Just make sure you meet the seller at a Verizon store to verify not stolen. On a side note if you live in a marginal coverage area you can open a new account and get phone for discount price. Wait 15 days and complain about signal. They let you walk from contract with no charge. Then you just pop your sim in and bingo bango bongo. Im on my parents family plan with unlimited so this worked for me last year.
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Check Swappa. I'm not sure I'll be keeping my glitch-ordered white 32gb Note 3. I already bought my GS4 at full retail.
Will have to see what my first impressions are...
I pre-ordered so that I could get in on the unlimited data "glitch". When ordering, I guess I must've been anxious because I accidentally ordered the white when I actually wanted the black. Do u guys think Verizon will swap it for me at a store? What's most important is keeping my unlimited data so if it means that I'll have to keep the White, then so be it.
i would suggest not even opening the box and taking in store and swapping. that would be the easiest way and get a nice manager
One.. couldn't say it any better. doing it over the phone. They will have to cancel your hole order and start a new one.. more waiting time for you.
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Don't do it.
As one with a verizon manager as family, I can tell you that the upgrade is tied to the ESN of that specific device. Swapping before activating can very well set off a red flag that may cause issues.
My recommendation is to take the device (sealed in the original box) to your local store, tell them what you want, see if they'll work with you to swap it. Odds are, they will open the box, activate the SIM that's coming with the device, then open the black one and use that SIM in the black phone. There is a chance that they won't allow the swap, but I find it unlikely.
i believe youll be fine if you take it back to a store. just dont open it.
My recommendation would be unless you absolutely need black don't do it. Given that you got unlimited data due to a glitch, any change could result in the system glitch reverting itself with no potential fix. Even if the glitch somehow stuck, you are looking at at least a 35$ restock fee. Personally I would say get the note 3 black otterbox and call it a day.
^ Yeah, I'm leaning towards just keeping the white. I don't want to screw up my unlimited and I'm scared to even chance it.
ChappellHeel said:
^ Yeah, I'm leaning towards just keeping the white. I don't want to screw up my unlimited and I'm scared to even chance it.
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Go on craigslist and post request for a swap; if you do it at a VZW store they'll even register the new phone under your plan's insurance. Had to do this with an iPhone 5 a while back.
ChappellHeel said:
^ Yeah, I'm leaning towards just keeping the white. I don't want to screw up my unlimited and I'm scared to even chance it.
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Good choice.
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Good choice.
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I say find someone who will trade with you, also.
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I'm in the exact same boat as the OP. I really didn't want the white, but the only way I could get black during the glitch was if I bought the bundle with the gear. I was considering swapping the white N3 for a black one or maybe returning it for a G2, but after reading these posts, it looks like I may be stuck with the white N3.
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Just go in store and trade they won't mess it up
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