> Only thing you can think of is a free phone, you don't have to pay
> for. Right before the I-Phone came out my girlfriend stole my cell
> phone and racked up a $200 bill calling all over the country and
> downloading custom ringtone's & backgrounds. My phone was the worst
> model cingular sells, and it was held together with scotch tape.
> After she stole it I had the phone disconnected, but cingular had a
> customer representation problem & turned the phone back on. So I went
> for a month without my cell phone, and when I got the bill, I just had
> to call the company up and complain. They sent me a free phone that
> is really nice, and hi-tech, and they took off the bill from my
> charges.
>
> I'm reading about the I-Phone online, and apparently hackers have
> found a way to tamper with the phone so it works with other providers
> than AT&T. Anyone explain to me, why they are doing this? I love
> AT&T. Seems like a more interesting hack to figure out is how you can
> get free cell phone service, and a free phone to begin with.
>

> All I had to do was report my phone stolen, and order another phone
> with an expired credit card. Once cingular's customer support
> representatives took the information, they reactivated the phone
> mistakenly, and later felt so bad about screwing up and costing me
> $200, that they sent me a free phone and took off my girlfriends
> charges.
>
> I wonder if there is a way to work something like that out with the I-
> Phone? Just report it stolen, and see if you can get them to
> accidently reconnect the phone when they shouldn't. Probably happens
> all the time. I doubt if they will send you a free I-Phone though,
> but I don't even want one. The things look a little fruity to me. I
> don't even like laptops or blue-tooth, even though they are extremely
> popular.
>
> It really felt like magick, when I got my new phone and all the
> charges cleared off the bill. That was my plan all along. It was
> almost as cool as when the guy at wendys drive through dropped a
> quarter into my french fries last week. I had been trying to teleport
> loose change my way for awhile.
>