Yeah, i bought 3 of them. Getting of sick of the battery issue. Just got a new battery from lg. Today it died . And seems totally dead. Doesnt even try to charge. Thinking of gettin rid of three for one with less issues.

 

Since your in NY maybe go the route of BYOD. That opens a whole new world of phone, N4?

 

I agree go the n4 route I just bought one and shove my motion into a drawer. But I switched to tmo and the speeds are faster and way more reliable than metro.

 

Think the sites wrong, the S4 has been released there so its a GSM market. They probably wont get any shipments till next week anyway.

 

I don't know we don't have byod here in Sacramento ca yet but on tmo the service is fast they're hspa gives me 12mbs over metros LTE 6mbs

 

Metro BYOD should basically see the same speeds as tmobile

 

I love my spirit! Since Bliss released Loki we can pretty much bypass the bootloader. Got true recovery and gametheory is working on a nice ROM.

 

you can get an optimus l9 or galaxy s2 from t mobile if you want

 

BobZhome got a MetroPCS L9 and that phone has a locked bootloader, but can be unlocked through a guide on xda.

I was thinking of getting an L9 once it came to south FL, but since the Motion's bootloader has been bypassed, I'm staying

 

Nah! Go spirit!! Way better. LoL :screwy:

 

Sorry Jason but in my opinion the noose is already around the neck of the Spirit but still a little loose.

ESPECIALLY for $269.

At the end of this year, 5 months from now, you'll only have 1 year MAX of CDMA left. TO ME the Spirit becomes all but worthless at that point. Before I'd pay $269 for a Spirit now, I'd consider a CDMA S3 for around $300.

Of course all this could and may likely change dramatically once T-Metro gets the new network all dialed in and Everyone able to use it.

You and I did good getting ours when we did. I'm even putting my money where my mouth is and putting my Motion on Fleabay very soon.

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

 

If I absolutely HAD TO replace a phone tomorrow for $150, I'd probably get a decent shape Spirit from Fleabay. It'd still work for another year and a half almost and is a GREAT phone for $150.

If I could wait another month or so, the L9 for us looks Ok for the same money and will be on the new network.

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

 

True Bruce. But Loki(looky) how my spirit runs

Thanks to GT and his over clock kernel

 

I would agree that describing a Spirit as a Motion with a bigger screen is a pretty fair appraisal.

I came to the Motion from a 4.5" Droid X.

The Motion was really too small for me. Nice phone, just too small.

The Spirit for me is PERFECT.

If they keep my "enriched" combined speeds without throttling them the closer they get to 2015, I could stay on CDMA til they kill it and be pretty happy.

(You HEAR that METRO, charging me MORE for the same damn plan on GSM IS NOT going to get ME to switch devices.)

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

 

Try and wait a week or so and see if BYOD opens near you.

The Metro L9 doesn't seem like a bad deal for the money.

Bruce in Ocala, Fl