Wal-Mart just cut their price on the Iphone 3gs to $97.

 

Wal-Mart just cut their price on the iPhone 3G (no 'S) to $97. Rumor is (and likely more than just rumor) the 3G is at EOL status to make room for the upcoming 4G inventory.

 

Wow, I just upgraded to 2.1 and I don't have that problem. I see you got a NEW handset after upgrading twice, did that help?

 

i am also pissed although mine is differant.. I have no audio so i cant hear others and they cant hear me, heck i cant even hear the phone ringing on my end when i call out.. They are ordering me a new phone and i should have it friday. At this point i hope it comes with 1.5 and i will stay there. This is so not worth it. I really need to have my phone for calling people..UGH

 

Just tell them you want to swap to an Evo when it hits June 4th. Might have better luck with it, it's been designed and made with 2.1 in mind.

Just saying, almost anything is better than an iPhone.

 

Ha! The sprint rep I talked to was shocked to hear that people on the forums were complaining about the update! He said NONE of them have had any problems. He was so surprised to hear my phone was being buggy. He also offered to send me a refurbed phone. He did go on and on about the Evo coming out in June though.

 

Wow that sucks. My leak version of 2.1 had some issues but since I went with the official version I have very few issues. Is the phone in your pocket when it powers down?

 

Which leak? The latest? If so, it is the same thing....

Wonder if reinstalling helped you, might be worth a shot to try and fix my issues.

Battery life is kinda weak, so much lag in landscape mode that I can't use it.
I was thinking of buying and EVO, but I may just bail on HTC completely if this is the way their phones run. My hero is only about 2 months old too....sad

 

Well, I have not had any *knock on wood* problems since installing 2.1 I installed the leak a long time ago and then installed Fresh's 2.1.1. Tried 2.1.2 today, but really don't care for it too much as of yet, so I rolled back to 2.1.1. Now as the Sprint Tech Support goes, there are idoits in every job in \America today. As for reading off a script, I just want to defent them in that. Tech Support does not read off a script except when they say hello in that certain way. I was a Blackberry and Treo tech. I may have known more than the average tech since I have owned both phones since they first came out. I now own a Hero, and have hacked it like every other phone I have owned. I just don't think it is fair to blame a Sprint Tech Support Rep for some lemon technology. Just like everything in life, there are lemons. If you don't like the Hero and keep complaining about it, Shut Up and go buy a different phone. The EVO is out in 2 weeks. I just get tired of hearing people complain about their phone not operating correctly and blaming reps for the issue. Try other options. Use a custom ROM. They are more stable anyways. Anyways, hope I didn't upset too many people. I'll get off of my soapbox now.

 

When you got your replacement, did you get a new battery with it, or did you get the old battery? Sprints replacements don't usually come with a new battery. If you old battery was bad, your phone could be shutting off from an impact related issue. Slap the back of your phone on the palm of your hand a few times (not too hard). If it powers down from that, you need a new battery.

 

i have 2.1 on hero. my phone calls take forever to dial out and bluetooth doesnt work in my car anymore. plus trying to load messages takes forever. im so pissed and want to go back to 1.5 but dont know how. idiot rep on tech support said a hard reset will take it back to 1.5 and she was so confident bc she looked it up. i feel so bad that we are smarter than these reps. they dont know anything. so stupid.
i guess this suffering is good bc than the evo will feel so much more amazing im sure with the 1ghz processor which can handle 2.1 much better im sure. last chance for sprint with the htc evo.
otherwise its off to the iphone after 13 years with sprint.