Re: So, Sprint Rep Says TP2 is NOT a Smartphone!
 

I will say I went in on release day to get mine (didn't even want to look at, test, or touch one). The person that helped me had nothing but good things to say about it and really knew about the product except for having no SDCard. Maybe he was just trying to protect me from messing w/my phone? I do agree w/you Doc. Listening to the conversations w/other customers less informed made me cringe at times.

Re: So, Sprint Rep Says TP2 is NOT a Smartphone!
 

I ran into something similar. I have a "Free & Clear Family Plan" on Sprint with free unlimited data. We share it on 3 lines. Two are TP2, one is an old clam-shell phone. The user of the clam-shell finally wants to upgrade. We're past the contract, so I asked about renewing and getting new phones. Here's what they said:


I just don't get it. I have a data plan, right? Anyhoo, I didn't feel like dealing with it, so I bought a TP2 on eBay. We should be able to activate that with no problem, since we already have two of those on the account, right?

Re: So, Sprint Rep Says TP2 is NOT a Smartphone!
 

um lol... Motorola ES400S is a windows mobile phone...so it would be funny to see how they would explain how one winmo phone is a smartphone and one isnt >.>

Wirelessly posted (htc Pocket PC: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 8.12; MSIEMobile6.0) Sprint T7380)

Yes, you shouldn't have any trouble activating another tp2 on your plan.

Re: So, Sprint Rep Says TP2 is NOT a Smartphone!
 

Hey Deputy... hope that Android it working good for you...
We have the exact same plans, phones, free data, etc..

I was told no last week, that I could no longer activate a TP2 without an upgrade. However, if you've been around long enough to have free & clear, just talk to retentions, you'll get it.

Here is a thread I did on all this a while back you may find helpfull
Sprint TP2, 3G new fees, forced new plans, no grandfather, no upgrade path
it's kind of a mess due to all the changes I had to make to the original post, because of the new Sprint policies, but the entire thread has lots of info as well.

Above, you said you "bought one on ebay", guessing you haven't received in mail yet, please let us know how it goes with activation. :>}

Re: So, Sprint Rep Says TP2 is NOT a Smartphone!
 

Yeah, having Android on there is lots of fun. It still loops through the bootup animation several times, which I don't understand, but everything else is good so far.

As for the TP2...yikes! I just spent over $100 on one, so I'll be pretty mad if I can't activate it.

Out of curiosity, did you actually buy one and use the website to activate it, or did you just call and ask? Some of the posts I've seen say that the website will still let you activate it with no trouble.

Fingers crossed!

Re: So, Sprint Rep Says TP2 is NOT a Smartphone!
 

For sure try the web 1st!!
I wasn't trying to activate one on the phone, was just having a VERY long discussion re. the upgrade path (or lack there of) of a tp2...

Re: So, Sprint Rep Says TP2 is NOT a Smartphone!
 

I had this argument with sprint customer service, and retention so many times its ridiculous. TP2 is a smartphone just because its support F&F,Sero. Still a great smartphone.

Re: So, Sprint Rep Says TP2 is NOT a Smartphone!
 

Well, that gives me some hope. I should get the phone this week, so I'll be sure to post.

Re: So, Sprint Rep Says TP2 is NOT a Smartphone!
 

i bought my tp2 through craigs list 2 weeks ago and activated over the phone. Had no problems with my SERO account.