[lazydazed]

Flippin finally!!! i was just about to cancel sprint and go to t-mo. When low and behold a different sprint repair store appeared out of thin air on the store locator link... so being a glutton for punishment i flashed back to stock/relocked and walked into the store.. not 10 seconds after i pulled my phone out, the tech asked if i wanted a tp2... YESSSSS I DO DAMMIT! i told him that my wife has the same phone and issues, he told me to bring it in. so i did. and now we have 2 'refurb' tp2s coming in tomorrow! my wife even made the mistake of saying " you guys really UPGRADE to tp2s? "... he said it wasnt an upgrade, its a REPLACEMENT... the wife thought i was trying to scam this whole time and couldnt understand why i was soooooo pissed at sprint CSRs.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THE TIPS AND POINTERS!!!
To everybody else--- BE PATIENT AND TRY EVERY STORE YOU CAN FIND.