Friday, February 22, 2008

Sprint Still Sucks

How hard does it really have to be to activate a Sprint phone? I've been at it for over 30 minutes. Since I have extra time, here's a transcript of my online conversation so far.

Is it just me?

The competent guy was able to get me going in 5 minutes over the phone.

5:00:06 PM

System

System

Connected to sprint-ap2.cnxchat.com

5:00:06 PM

System

System

Session ID: #######

5:00:11 PM

System

System

Please hold and the next available agent will be with you shortly.

5:00:12 PM

System

System

Shanti has joined this session!

5:00:12 PM

System

System

Connected with Shanti

5:00:12 PM

Agent

Shanti

Thank you for contacting Sprint. My name is Shanti. How may I assist you today?

5:00:22 PM

Customer

Me

I'm trying to activate my new phone.

5:00:51 PM

Agent

Shanti

I will be happy to assist you.

5:01:06 PM

Agent

Shanti

For account verification, may I please have the 6-10 digit pin number on the account or could you please answer your security question for me?

5:01:20 PM

Customer

Me

Sure.

5:01:25 PM

Customer

Me

*******

5:02:27 PM

Customer

Me

Hello?

5:03:37 PM

Agent

Shanti

Thank you for your patience, as I am accessing your account.

5:07:23 PM

Agent

Shanti

Thank you. Has any of the steps been done online yet?

5:07:45 PM

Customer

Me

I went through the first 4 steps and it brought up this dialogue box.

5:08:03 PM

Agent

Shanti

What type of phone is the new phone?

5:08:11 PM

Customer

Me

I took off the battery, entered the phone identifier, entered my email address, and my password.

5:08:31 PM

Customer

Me

It's a Red Motorazr by Motorola.

5:08:43 PM

Agent

Shanti

Are you trading this for another phone?

5:09:03 PM

Customer

Me

It will replace an existing phone, yes. I want to keep my ###-###-#### phone number.

5:09:20 PM

Customer

Me

I want the Motorazr to use my ###-###-#### phone number.

5:10:43 PM

Agent

Shanti

Did the system already give you the numbers?

5:10:56 PM

Customer

Me

I'm not sure I know what you mean.

5:11:15 PM

Customer

Me

I put in the numbers from under the battery of the phone, but I have not received any numbers.

5:11:28 PM

Agent

Shanti

Thank you.

5:15:05 PM

Agent

Shanti

Thank you, we are now ready to begin.

5:15:16 PM

Customer

Me

Okay.

5:15:26 PM

Agent

Shanti

Did it say you are ready to program the phone?

5:15:36 PM

Customer

Me

Did what say I am ready to program the phone?

5:15:43 PM

Customer

Me

Should I turn the phone on?

5:15:50 PM

Customer

Me

The battery was out for the last step.

5:15:56 PM

Agent

Shanti

Yes please turn the phone on.

5:16:42 PM

Customer

Me

Okay, I have turned the phone on.

5:16:53 PM

Customer

Me

It doesn't say anything special.

5:18:17 PM

Agent

Shanti

Enter #########

5:18:52 PM

Agent

Shanti

The last # entered will not show on the display. The Service Programming screen will be displayed, highlighted on View

5:19:12 PM

Agent

Shanti

Scroll down to Edit and press OK. Enter MDN will be displayed

5:19:21 PM

Customer

Me

I typed that, but the last # does show up, and no other screen is popping up.

5:19:24 PM

Customer

Me

Let me try again.

5:19:31 PM

Agent

Shanti

No, that is ok.

5:19:36 PM

Agent

Shanti

It says that,

5:19:42 PM

Agent

Shanti

Please do not do it gain.

5:19:47 PM

Customer

Me

Okay.

5:20:17 PM

Agent

Shanti

Did you enter the MDN number?

5:20:41 PM

Customer

Me

MDN number? No. Should I enter a number?

5:20:46 PM

Customer

Me

This is the first time I have turned the phone on.

5:21:17 PM

Agent

Shanti

Have you done the first few steps, entering the previous numbers?

5:21:40 PM

Customer

Me

I entered "#########"

5:22:02 PM

Customer

Me

The first 4 steps I followed were on Sprint.com, not on the phone.

5:22:47 PM

Agent

Shanti

did you enter the MDN number?

5:23:08 PM

Customer

Me

What is the MDN number?

5:23:23 PM

Customer

Me

I entered a number into sprint.com that is the DEC device identifier.

5:23:28 PM

Customer

Me

Is this the number you mean?

5:24:07 PM

Agent

Shanti

That is on the side of the box or the back of the battery.

5:24:21 PM

Customer

Me

Yes, it is behind the battery.

5:24:32 PM

Agent

Shanti

It is on both.

5:24:40 PM

Customer

Me

Okay.

5:24:50 PM

Customer

Me

Yes, that is the number that I entered in.

5:25:27 PM

Agent

Shanti

press ok.

5:25:43 PM

Agent

Shanti

Enter MSID screen will be displayed NOTE: Entering the numbers will clear out any numbers that are currently in the phone Enter the 10-digit MSID and press OK. This will take you back to the original Service Programming screen Scroll down to Done and press OK. The phone will power-cycle and programming is complete

5:25:46 PM

Customer

Me

I entered that number into Sprint.com, not into the phone.

5:25:57 PM

Customer

Me

I am not on a screen that will allow me to enter that into the phone.

5:26:12 PM

Agent

Shanti

You are programming the phone, all the steps are being done to the phone now please.

5:26:28 PM

Customer

Me

That's fine.

5:26:37 PM

Customer

Me

But, where do I enter in that number on the phone?

5:27:03 PM

Agent

Shanti

In order to prevent lock up of the phone.

5:27:08 PM

Agent

Shanti

Please call Technical Support at 877 345 7895.

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