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To follow up. This smartphone was never able to be fixed. At least not for a reasonable price under the cost of the phone in the first place. Phones are cheap here and smartphones do not seem to cost more than the ones bought in the States. So save yourself the headache and buy your smartphone in Nicaragua, unless you plan to keep inside a safe where NOTHING can happen to it.

You will not find a program like that here in Nicaragua. You may be able to sell it to a friend or someone on the street to re-coup a little of the cost. A lot of locals have resources that gringos do not know about….but still you will only get a fraction of the cost. Most of the times I encounter problems with my phone or my friends I suggest to just sell it to a local for a little bit toward a new phone. Claro or Movistar will not buy back phones.

You can buy just about anything you need for a cell phone at a number of stores. Here in Nicaragua you are not limited to the official stores of Claro and Movistar. Here you can jut go around the corner to any electronic store and pick up speakers, headphones, microphones, chargers or accessories such as jeweled cases, work cases, protective covers for smartphones or other items you might desire. The prices are reasonable and you can ask most of these stores if they do repairs, a good number of them do.