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SO I got my third CPO replacement yesterday as my Fascinate was still not receiving calls after ED04. This morning had it happen once again with the new phone. Took it to a VZW Store. The rep tried calling it three times. Only rang once of those three times. What do you think he suggested.... thats right.... a factory reset. This phone was less than 18 hours out of the box. Naturally after the reset is worked perfectly for five more calls. All fixed, right????? The magic factory reset cures all....   Three hours later the Market starts going a little crazy so I shut the phone down and do a battery pull. I go to turn it on. Won't turn on. When holding the power button the battery picture shows up that is the indicator when the phone is off but charging. Pull battery again. Same thing. Battery is probably at 50%. Definitely not dead. Take it to different VZW Store. They plug it in and it fires right up. She looks at it for a few minutes and hands it back to me. All set.   What??? Why don't we unplug it, turn it off, and see if it will fire up. Same thing. Won't turn on. "Oh..."   The only way to turn my current phone on is to have it plugged in like a jumpstart...   ANOTHER CPO on the way for Thursday. When is it too much??? I don't have three hours a day to spend at VZW. I pay $225 a month to them and I paid $200 for this phone 7 months ago. The rep assured me that if this next phone is a problem that I should come back to her and we will find some alternatives. Its almost so much that I am wondering what my ETF is currently.... or possibly if I can get a decent phone at a decent price on eBay....

  Anybody else still having issues with phone not ringing, no missed call showing, but voicemail coming through? I did the ED04 update, did a hard reset, and did a *228 programming. However this morning had the issue again. VZW is sending (another) CPO replacement...

So I'm on my 2nd CPO in a month for a different issue. Ever since I got this phone it seems like the phone charges SO slowly. I know lots of people are having battery life issues as I am. Im lucky to get 5 hours out of a charge. But if I do not completely leave the phone alone while it is charging, it won't charge. At all.   For example I plugged my phone in around 3pm with around 15% battery left over. It has been plugged in since then. I've listened to some Pandora, done some texting, a little internet surfing, and a little Angry Birds. I've checked a couple times.... 10%, 5%. And just now the phone died and shut itself off. While plugged in. Does this seem right?   The only way it will charge is by being left alone for 8 hours and plugged in.   My frustration is mounting quickly.....

My frustration is mounting.... quickly. I am on my second CPO replacement in one week due to the phone locking up 15-20 times a day. Had the latest phone for about 8 hours now and no lock ups... but the battery now does not seem to take a charge. I've had it plugged in for probably 6 hours of the 8 and had minimal usage in that time. I'm only now at 50% after starting around 30% at 11am. I know everyones first response will be a bad battery.... but I did not have this issue with any previous phones I've had in the last week. I'm going to see how it does overnight but I'm about ready to force them into giving me a different device...