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Ok, I got my i870 from a friend of mine. He had the phone for maybe two months before I got it. It's mint. Well, I had an i275 so I put my sim in the phone and have been using it for about a month. Last week when turning it on, it just went to a white screen that says i870 and that's all it will do. I went to my local service center, and they said they'll switch out the phone for a new one. But they never have them in stock. So they told me to call customer service.

Not thinking when he asked where I got it, I told him. He said Nextel would not cover the phone, and then said if I used my i275 sim card, it would basically fry the phone. I have never heard that switching sim cards would ruin the phone. My wife has an i860 with her i275 sim and nothing is wrong with it. But he claims it will crap out also. I've had my sim in my other phones (i710, i265, and a Blackberry 7520) with no ill effects.

Is this guy full of it or is there some truth to this? If not, since Nextel isnt gonna cover it, can anyone tell me what might be wrong and how to fix it? I need it to check my email and use my bluetooth. Not to mention, I paid $200 for it not long ago and my friend never had trouble with the phone.

I told him a lot of people said they had trouble with that model and he said they were lying. Even though the service tech was the one that told me that.