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I got the dreaded at&t text today. So in retaliation I'm boycotting by shutting my phone off for April fools day! Please join me!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23573763&postcount=2
Yea. Turn off your phone for one day. That'll tell them. A revolution has to start with someone.
jaszek said:
Yea. Turn off your phone for one day. That'll tell them. A revolution has to start with someone.
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Think about it at&t has 17 million unlimited users not counting T-Mobile, some places don't have Wi-Fi. So you have to use your unlimited data plan.
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How is not using your internet connection for a day any kind of protest? Aren't you just applying 100% throttling to yourself - doing the very thing you're actually protesting against, but more so than the people you are trying to protest?
Protest.
Turning off your phone saves them money, you're not using their towers. You'd be better off constantly using your unlimited data once throttled - stream, torrent, whatever - because that'll actually hurt them. Or switch carriers.
But if you don't wanna use your phone for a day, by all means...
How the hell do you use 3Gb's in a month...
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Uhm I reckon I'm using 5 GB a month, just that.I have wifi.
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Yepyepyep SUE THEM FOR FALSE ADVERTISING AND COMPROMISING OF SERVICES WE'VE PAID FOR.
BUTT WEIGHT! Its all in the damn contract. We're helpless T.T
AHHH On April Fools we should go to every single one of their shops and root all the demo sets (those that can be rooted without a comp, ofc)
*cackles*
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I fail to see how saving At&t money by turning your phone off is a boycott? Unless its an early April fools joke by suggesting that? I fear when Verizon follows AT&T and starts throttling us. I'm averaging 24-26GB a month. No I don't tether either, and I switch to wifi when its available. 35ishGB if you include data when on wifi. They advertise blazing fast LTE (and Verizon lte is extremely fast) and then cap it. Now home internet companies are starting to cap? Why are we regressing in technology not moving forward?
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conantroutman said:
How the hell do you use 3Gb's in a month...
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I used 326 gigs one month. Lots of tethering and torrents.
The last month I was on at&t I raped the data. Spanked their mothers' mothers. It was insane that month.
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This is the main reason I got Sprint.
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This is the main reason I got Sprint.
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Nice. Don't ley mikeymike, a dev for att phones see that. His girly bits will start crying foul. He always opens his **** holster up about how wrong it is and people like me ruin phone companies. Freaking baby.
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I got the d### message from tmobile yesterday. I was downloading roms for a buddy with no internet.
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I never get those messages
Verizon Unlimited 4G LTE FTW!!
How is helping them (by not using their towers) in any way protesting? If anything, you should use as much as you can.
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Glad I have unlimited. Feel bad for those that don't.
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Strangest boycott I've ever heard of. Why not speak with your wallet, like canceling your plan?
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Real quick. I searched the forums and couldnt find out how to unlock the LG Thrill P925 is there any specific method. All I could find was how to get internet working thanks
Yes please. I want to unlock too. I don't wanna pay first for a code that may or may not work.
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I heard you can call at&t and get an unlock code
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HaHA you sure can. Just got two of em with an obviously bogus story about me and the wife goin do some specialized training in Europe. Now I gotta get custom carrier! Lol
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I didn't even give them a story. I went online and did a support inquiry and said I need the unlock code. They asked for the number in the phone and the next reply had the unlock code.
I've heard some trashtalk but I personally like at&t. I'd keep em if they weren't so frigging expensive.
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Anyone know if this is available for employees or when it will be? I am on a SWAC account? Thanks
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Not one employee in the house?
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I got mine for free through HTC's Champions program. 250 deposit that they refund part of when you send your qualifying device back to htc. I'm lucky enough to have a Note II that is offering a full deposit refund :good: The downside of this program is I have to wait 2 weeks for them to ship it out to my store Not sure if the program applies to sprint corporate though I'm a 3rd party store.
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I got mine for free through HTC's Champions program. 250 deposit that they refund part of when you send your qualifying device back to htc. I'm lucky enough to have a Note II that is offering a full deposit refund :good: The downside of this program is I have to wait 2 weeks for them to ship it out to my store Not sure if the program applies to sprint corporate though I'm a 3rd party store.
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Htc champions is for preferred retailers only
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Att seems to be shipping in a few weeks from what my ram has told me.
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adrianr514 said:
Htc champions is for preferred retailers only
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It would appear this is the case, on the site they specifically sate "does not apply to corporate" and only list Preferred/Platinum dealers on the approved dealer list.
So, can employees buy it? Not some HTC program. I mean is it available for employees of Sprint to purchase from our company on our computer at work.
I am only asking because I live on the far side of town from the employee store. I would hate to make the trip for no reason.
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No not yet. They put it up through there site to get people to trade in there galaxy s3 straight up (htc rep said it was aimed at the s3)
It might be a little while inventory is strained and still no black available. But on a positive note they have been quicker with employee availability minus the iPhone
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I saw signage for HTC Champions at the Radioshack where I work... There are Radioshack everywhere. See if you can do it there.
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thronnos said:
I saw signage for HTC Champions at the Radioshack where I work... There are Radioshack everywhere. See if you can do it there.
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Its only through there site you pay them 250 for the phone they send it, you send yours in and they cut you a check for it
Update on availability I'm the advocate at my store and my phone had to be returned to inventory cause of constraints so.... Expect even longer of a wait
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Can employees buy it now? I know it had only been a week but the S4 came out so I didn't know if that changed things.
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Can employees buy it now? I know it had only been a week but the S4 came out so I didn't know if that changed things.
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hey KC employee here, cannot purchase the One yet, i hate waiting so i bought it outright from Best Buy, will post again when i see its available
so even if i provide the device i cant activate it on my dealer line?
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hey KC employee here, cannot purchase the One yet, i hate waiting so i bought it outright from Best Buy, will post again when i see its available
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LymeWire said:
hey KC employee here, cannot purchase the One yet, i hate waiting so i bought it outright from Best Buy, will post again when i see its available
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criptix said:
That's what I did.....
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My understanding is (got this confirmed by corporate when trying to get iPhone 5) that even if you buy the handset full price even if directly from manufacturer, you cannot activate it on an employee account or you risk getting on corrective action up to termination. This was huge deal when the EVO 4G came out. A manager in my district almost got fired for this...
Wait until sprint sprint sends communication to employees that you can buy it for swac accounts. Just my .02 cents
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eurominican said:
My understanding is (got this confirmed by corporate when trying to get iPhone 5) that even if you buy the handset full price even if directly from manufacturer, you cannot activate it on an employee account or you risk getting on corrective action up to termination. This was huge deal when the EVO 4G came out. A manager in my district almost got fired for this...
Wait until sprint sprint sends communication to employees that you can buy it for swac accounts. Just my .02 cents
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haha hope thats not true bc ive done it for the epic 4g touch, the galaxy nexus, the evo lte and now the htc one
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so even if i provide the device i cant activate it on my dealer line?
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I had no problem activating mine on a sero plan through sprint's online chat. Idk how sprint corporate works but I dont see why it would be an issue.
I don't think that is true. I have bought numerous devices and activated them before they were available to employees.
BTW, any word on if this is available yet?
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I can't afford to pay $100 a month to Sprint so I want to know if there any options out there to unlock the phone or flash it over to another carrier. I don't know anything about this stuff and would really appreciate some answers.
Then why did you buy it? You know what's going to be much less affordable than your $100 per month? Your increased interest rates on anything you finance in the future since you jacked up your credit.
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Konfuzion said:
Then why did you buy it? You know what's going to be much less affordable than your $100 per month? Your increased interest rates on anything you finance in the future since you jacked up your credit.
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Now, there's no need to start lecturing. Sure, ideally OP wouldn't be in this situation, but things happen (job loss, medical, personal), so let's just see if we can be more helpful.
OP, generally Sprint phones are difficult to move. There are people that go to janky 3rd party carriers, but this is annoying and difficult. No matter what, you'll have to end up paying the ETF with Sprint to get out of that contract. Otherwise, you'll have a mark on your credit (which is not worth the $2-300).
You could think about going with Ting. They have a BYOD program, but none of the new phones are in the program. Perhaps in a year it will be available.
Lastly, $100/mo. seems high for Sprint service. Are you sure you looked at all the plans and your options? I, personally, am in a family plan with some family members, and it ends up being about $55/user, subsidized.
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Now, there's no need to start lecturing.
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Really? So why are you lecturing me then?
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Most likely because you sounded like an ass
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gobaers said:
Now, there's no need to start lecturing. Sure, ideally OP wouldn't be in this situation, but things happen (job loss, medical, personal), so let's just see if we can be more helpful.
OP, generally Sprint phones are difficult to move. There are people that go to janky 3rd party carriers, but this is annoying and difficult. No matter what, you'll have to end up paying the ETF with Sprint to get out of that contract. Otherwise, you'll have a mark on your credit (which is not worth the $2-300).
You could think about going with Ting. They have a BYOD program, but none of the new phones are in the program. Perhaps in a year it will be available.
Lastly, $100/mo. seems high for Sprint service. Are you sure you looked at all the plans and your options? I, personally, am in a family plan with some family members, and it ends up being about $55/user, subsidized.
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If he's doing just a straight individual plan, this could be around the price after TEP and taxes and such.
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Most likely because you sounded like an ass
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I think I provided some rather useful information. To each there own I guess.
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Here is the answer to your question.
guide how to flash to htc one (M7) to cricket or other carrier
Sprint phones are easily flashed to cricket and even when your bill or contract is burnt and sprint flags your esn unusable.
Is there a video or tutorial on how to flash the phone over?
If you want to use a GSM carrier, I wrote a simple app that will SIM unlock your phone...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.viper.simunlockhelperfree
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Well sitting around today I figured I would e-mail samsung about the locked bootloader and how that would eventually kill off sales for those in the know on Modding, development and wanting ultimate control of there device. So I would suggest anyone who cares to should do the same. I think if we show them the love we have for Samsung devices as a community maybe they will rethink their strategy and start giving their fans what they want, and that is options, unlimited options to flash and mod the way we want. I mean heck isn't that what google released android for was to be open sourced. So please take time to send samsung an e-mail and voice your support to stop locking bootloaders and unlock our locked ones, cause we all know it's easier for them to do it and just pass it on to us than for a dev to do it and get nothing but thanks when I reality samsung should send him a check, but we know that won't happen.
UPDATE: Link to online petition below please sign and tell your friends. Also petition is linked to c.e.o. Randall Stephenson @ [email protected] so he will know of every signature we gain. So come on and let's try to get our device the freedom it and we deserve.
https://www.change.org/petitions/at...ootloaders-on-mobile-phones?just_created=true
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Samsung does not insist on locking the bootloaders. The carriers do. That's why both AT&T and Verizon bootloaders are lock, while Sprint and Tmobile and not. AT&T and Verizon's locked bootloaders have not dropped Samsung sales below that rival company, who leaves their bootloaders to be unlocked by the customer on that special webstite, whose sales of their top selling phone are fading based on what I am reading.
Did not know that. you would think samsung would be like "hey att don't do that people want access not restrictions" but like you said if the device is a top seller I guess on their end there is no reason to conform to what smaller groups of people like us think the state of the phone upon release should be. Well I'll send att an e-mail to might not do any good but I would like to try. Again if you support this send them(samsung, att, verizon, etc.) an e-mail and voice your response. Tell them we want freedom not a locked down p.o.s.
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Come on folks let's make this happen. Petition linked also to Google and samsung. STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT IT AND SIGN THIS THING. MAYBE IF IF WE STIR UP THE POT WE CAN GET SOME RESULTS. PLEASE DON'T LET MY EFFORTS BE WAISTED FOR NOTHING WE CAN DO THIS.
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Come on folks let's make this happen. Petition linked also to Google and samsung. STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT IT AND SIGN THIS THING. MAYBE IF IF WE STIR UP THE POT WE CAN GET SOME RESULTS. PLEASE DON'T LET MY EFFORTS BE WAISTED FOR NOTHING WE CAN DO THIS.
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You must be new to this forum. They already have a petition for this, but maybe not to the CEO. It has not accomplished anything.
http://www.change.org/petitions/ran...axy-s5-users-unlocked-bootloader-upon-request
It received less than 500 signatures before there was any root, then once we finally got root, pretty much all support just stopped.
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You must be new to this forum. They already have a petition for this, but maybe not to the CEO. It's been going nowhere.
http://www.change.org/petitions/ran...axy-s5-users-unlocked-bootloader-upon-request
It received less than 500 signatures before there was any root, then once we finally got root, pretty much all support just stopped.
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Thanks for swift kick in the nuts pal. Lol. New to s5 forum not xda. Well I'm trying spent all day on this so please at least take five minutes to sign it. In the time it takes to post here that's another signature we could have. Even if nothing happens at least pledge to switch to a less b.s. carrier. If anything declining profit margins should have some effect, at least you'd think.
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I personally received a cease and desist letter for harassing the ceo's secretary about the locked bootloader on my LG g2. The bottom line is 5% or less modify their phones.1% will actually complain about it and I would bet less than 20% of that 1 percent would actually write a letter. Att doesn't care about the opinions of .20% of its customer base. The only way to get this to work is to unite across all devices with locked bootloader's on at&t.
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Intub8 said:
I personally received a cease and desist letter for harassing the ceo's secretary about the locked bootloader on my LG g2. The bottom line is 5% or less modify their phones.1% will actually complain about it and I would bet less than 20% of that 1 percent would actually write a letter. Att doesn't care about the opinions of .20% of its customer base. The only way to get this to work is to unite across all devices with locked bootloader's on at&t.
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So fight back. Sim unlock, switch carriers and stick it to the man. That's the only way I can think of getting our point across, falling short of waiting out your contract or paying ETF's(if u have good credit, I dont.lol). If I have to starting tomorrow I will reach out to other att customers with other models with Locked bootloaders. This needs to happen regardless what majority we are, we spent damn hard earned money for open source OS not a closed one and why should it be left up to someone here on xda or another dev site to unlock this mess.
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I do stick it to the man, the man keeps giving me free stuff. The last phone I bought was the LG g2. After a few weeks I had a bad pixel so they gave me a brand new note 3. A month after that I talked them into a free galaxy gear. When the boredom kicked in I got "the man" to take the note 3 back and send me a good flex. I sold the watch. In June I once again told them I wasn't happy with the flex so they told me to pick any phone I wanted, I chose this phone. Now it is aggravating and I probably wasted hours of my time harassing them but it pays off.
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Intub8 said:
I do stick it to the man, the man keeps giving me free stuff. The last phone I bought was the LG g2. After a few weeks I had a bad pixel so they gave me a brand new note 3. A month after that I talked them into a free galaxy gear. When the boredom kicked in I got "the man" to take the note 3 back and send me a good flex. I sold the watch. In June I once again told them I wasn't happy with the flex so they told me to pick any phone I wanted, I chose this phone. Now it is aggravating and I probably wasted hours of my time harassing them but it pays off.
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Love it. Take them for all you can cause they sure love to do it to us. Toss your John Hancock on it if you don't mind, I'm not going to admit defeat yet. Tomorrow I will look up att models with Locked bootloaders and try to reach out to their community for signatures.
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Who cares at this point. We have root
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Who cares at this point. We have root
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OK smart ass. Get us a custom kernel.
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I signed it. Putting in my 2 cents worth; I was the 6th person to sign. And I don't even have an S5 yet, planning on getting one soon.
nbrent1007 said:
Who cares at this point. We have root
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Hey, that was mean, but not enough people are going to care. A lot of people are satisfied just being able to run rooted apps.
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I signed it. Putting in my 2 cents worth; I was the 6th person to sign. And I don't even have an S5 yet, planning on getting one soon.
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Thank you for your support
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Hey, that was mean, but not enough people are going to care. A lot of people are satisfied just being able to run rooted apps.
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Gonna try. I want locked bootloaders gone for good if you can get one carrier to do it maybe it will be the norm, which I believe is what google intended.
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How you feel toward att? Me.........
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E-mail I just got from samsung tech support
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This is all on the AT&T end of things. If they could come to an agreement to have something similar to what HTC has where you go to their website and agree to void your warranty then the site unlocks it that would be great. We need to put pressure on AT&T for something like that as it would not cause them to lose money or their government contracts. But like someone stated earlier our demographic is so small that they don't care. Normal people just care that their phones work and can take good pictures. I can tell you that back when the Motorola atrix came out there was a petition to also unlock the bootloader it got tons of signatures and even the attention of Motorola and AT&T enough so that they issued a statement that they would provide a solution to the locked bootloader and guess what, the solution never came but we did get their attention so it is possible.
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drock212 said:
This is all on the AT&T end of things. If they could come to an agreement to have something similar to what HTC has where you go to their website and agree to void your warranty then the site unlocks it that would be great. We need to put pressure on AT&T for something like that as it would not cause them to lose money or their government contracts. But like someone stated earlier our demographic is so small that they don't care. Normal people just care that their phones work and can take good pictures. I can tell you that back when the Motorola atrix came out there was a petition to also unlock the bootloader it got tons of signatures and even the attention of Motorola and AT&T enough so that they issued a statement that they would provide a solution to the locked bootloader and guess what, the solution never came but we did get their attention so it is possible.
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Yea I'm kinda feeling the blues I come from a galaxy S4G from t-mobile they jacked up my bill so I jacked there phone. I quit paying for it ( the contract that is, bad credit here. can't wait for that financial system to crash) and did a network unlock and threw it on sprint prepaid. After that I learned what little I know about root, roms, and flashing. I've made a few themes for the S4G with u.o.t. but that's neither here nor there.
Now I move on and wouldn't you know the second smart phone I have ever had is locked down like a terrorist in Gitmo (I mean sheesh even they get light 1 hour a day).
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