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how to sell verizon iphone

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freshass

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ok, im already pissed off at the phone and want to get rid of it. heres why.
i am constantly getting the blue circle instead of 3g. slow 3g speeds compared to my droid in the exact same location, and yes, i do get dropped calls.

the question is, i accidentaly registered the phone and gave it a name. when i do sell the phone, can they change the name and use their own itunes account?

the other question is, what is that blue circle?

thanks
 
Search before you post, 2 of your questions are already answered in other posts right here on the 1st page.

As for the name, just restore your phone and when you finally get to the screen asking to restore it from a backup or setup as a new phone, eject the phone.
 
i guess because, when i do return it, it takes them a month to return my upgrade function and i would like to get the thunderbolt preorder
 
Maybe you got a bad iphone? not in 3g?

because the blue circle on the iPhone is the "no data network" symbol.
 
i forgot to mention, its jailbroken with green poison. would this have anything to do with the blue circle?
 
freshass said:
i guess because, when i do return it, it takes them a month to return my upgrade function and i would like to get the thunderbolt preorder
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It should only take 3 days. In my experience usually within 24 hours.

freshass said:
i forgot to mention, its jailbroken with green poison. would this have anything to do with the blue circle?
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No. The circle is basically 1X on another Verizon phone. I would give it a few more days though. With all the activations going on and everyone using their brand new iPhones, service is going to take a hit. Try it until the end of next week, see if it improves. If it doesn't, then return it.
 
i hope thats the case. i will probably try it until next week. so far dissapointed. iam going to restore it to factory and see if it helps
 
freshass said:
i hope thats the case. i will probably try it until next week. so far dissapointed. iam going to restore it to factory and see if it helps
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If your just having a network issue, then try to just reset the network (it's quicker)

Settings> General> Reset> Reset network settings
 
mightygitis said:
Out of curiosity, how was the phone behaving BEFORE you jailbroke it, or did you not bother to even use it before destroying it's firmware?
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well its back to stock now..it is behaving exactly the same way.. i continue to receive the blue circle of death instead of 3g in the same exact location where i sit at work..(nurse). iam hoping that it is the all mighty big red showing its weakness and not the cdma version of iphone. .2 mbps down is below substandard
 
Really all you need to do is call verizon and tell them you want your ESN changed and give them your droid ESN, they'll activate the droid and you'll be good to go.

Then you can sell the iPhone.
 
If you sell it, you end up paying the full price of the thunderbolt. Why not just return the iphone, wait a month, then get the thunderbolt? The thunderbolt will not sell out ever.
 
ive done my research. my problem was that i did not/ could not possibly know that the VERIZON iphone would not maintain 3g in my hospital floor where my droid could
 
freshass said:
ive done my research. my problem was that i did not/ could not possibly know that the VERIZON iphone would not maintain 3g in my hospital floor where my droid could
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Android phones are known good performers. I have a Captivate on AT&T, and a Droid X on Verizon, and they make great phone calls everywhere my other phones, especially iPhones won't.
 
Surprising to see this about reception issues on the VZ iPhone. I am a super Mod in a popular Android forum and switched to the iPhone replacing my Droid Incredible. I am also jailbroken and have noticed how much BETTER the iPhone is doing at picking up and holding 3G vs my Inc. Android phones are no slouch for reception so for this to be better is saying a lot. I wonder if the OP just got a bad phone?

Extremely happy with my decision to switch.
 
When I was on ATT, my nexus one android phone was better then everyone's iPhone for coverage. I'm happy with the number of bars I'm able to pull in on my droid x as well. I have little to compare it with, as there's no one that I know that has a VZW iPhone
 
mjs31 said:
Surprising to see this about reception issues on the VZ iPhone. I am a super Mod in a popular Android forum and switched to the iPhone replacing my Droid Incredible. I am also jailbroken and have noticed how much BETTER the iPhone is doing at picking up and holding 3G vs my Inc. Android phones are no slouch for reception so for this to be better is saying a lot. I wonder if the OP just got a bad phone?

Extremely happy with my decision to switch.
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You must be extremely luck. I'm getting a lot of call quality complaints with my iPhone, where I didn't with my Incredible. I could walk around my whole house with my dinc but have to stand by a window with the iPhone.
 
zenio said:
Android phones are known good performers. I have a Captivate on AT&T, and a Droid X on Verizon, and they make great phone calls everywhere my other phones, especially iPhones won't.
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That's funny that you should say that, because I have better signal on my new iPhone than I did on my Motorola Droid.
 
Quick question, do you have a case? If not, are you holding correctly and not covering the bands?
 
Fernandez21 said:
Quick question, do you have a case? If not, are you holding correctly and not covering the bands?
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From what I'm seeing on the intarweb - it seems that the so called death grip is still evident on the vzw iPhone, even though apple made some design changes.
 
freshass said:
i forgot to mention, its jailbroken with green poison. would this have anything to do with the blue circle?
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hahaha thats funny
 
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