having people buy new phones/contracts actually makes the carrier some money, whereas giving free upgrades doesn't. Note: I use t-mobile, which uses sim cards,

having people buy new phones/contracts actually makes the carrier some money, whereas giving free upgrades doesn't. Note: I use t-mobile, which uses sim cards, which is just easier to deal with when changing phones. Last year, I tried upgrading my phone, but they said it would cost me $200-$300 to get a decent android upgrade, so I went on craiglist and bought a G2 and a Mytouch 3g slide as my backup/music/video player for a total of $225, they had scuffs on the side, but overall were in fine conditions. I also had a G1 that i used to learn about rooting, so after i got the G2 i rooted that in 20 minutes by downloading the 1-step root app, downloading cyanogenmod 7, and flashing it to cm7. If you want help buying a phone via craiglist, pm me.