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activation screen on new Dinc

Hello all,
Just got my new incredible today and charged it up. Then turned it on and it went right to the home screen......on my eris when I got it new I had a screen that came up right away about must activate to go further. Did any of you guys have this on your new incredible or is that gone on the new phones?? Just curious. Thanks
 
Is there a way I can see when the phone was manufactured?? I just talked to a rep and he pulled attitude and said "I am pretty sure its a new phone" then he said he things this phone is different then the others..


go to phone, dial ##778##, hit call.

Click view mode.

Click display, scroll down to manufacturers date.

The date for new phones is typically about 1-2 weeks back from when you receive it
 
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At my store when I activate any android phone generally as a rep I can go through the setup for the customer. However there is a way with all models to bypass this setup completely and not setup any of it. I have seen thee occasionally when reps are demoing live models of phones from inventory and want to show features of the phone without going through the activation process first. Once this happens if the rep does not factory restore the phone, the setup will only return if you go into it manually.

So in your case it sounds like whoever sent you the phone has previously done something to it requiring a boot to OS home screen. I personally hate that reps do demo live product, because in my opinion it takes away from the new factory that most people would want, or at least I know it would bother me, and I wouldn't buy it if I saw any signs of ANY use prior.
 
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