What to Do About an Upgrade?

Okay, here's my dilemma....
I upgraded to my current phone, a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, in January 2013, making it eligible for an upgrade in January 2014.  Since my wife's phone was working fine at the time, I transferred her upgrade to get the phone.  Last February, I transferred my upgrade (which was originally her upgrade) back to my wife's line, as she was in sore need of a new phone (hers was falling apart, literally).  We got her an iPhone 4S with the upgrade.  By doing the transfer, it made my Nexus eligible for an upgrade in February 2016, which of course, I can re-transfer back to my phone this coming January.
Well, January is a little more than three months away, and wouldn't you know it, my Nexus is starting to go wacky.  I think the problem is in the phone's internal USB adapter.  It takes several minutes for the charging icon to light up when I insert the charging cable, and the icon stays lit for several minutes after I disconnect.  Also, I'm noticing that the battery is either not charging properly, or not holding a charge.  I have two batteries (the original, and an extended life battery I purchased later), and they're both exhibiting the same problem, so my thinking is that it's the phone's internal circuitry and not the batteries themselves.
I recently received an e-mail offering an early upgrade on my wife's iPhone through the Edge program, as hers has the January upgrade date.  No problem, I figured....I could transfer the Edge upgrade back to my line.  Except when I went to the local Verizon store, I was told I couldn't transfer an Edge upgrade.
To make a long story short, I'm stuck with a Nexus that isn't charging properly for the next three months, and no way to upgrade it.  I looked it up, and replacing the USB circuitry would cost around $50 in parts alone, and would require taking the phone apart (which I'm not totally comfortable with).  Being a little more than 90 days away from an upgrade, it's not even worth the replacement cost in the maintenance plan, as I plan to get an iPhone 5 with my upgrade.  So what are my options?  If the Edge upgrade was transferable, I'd be in good shape, but as it stands, I've got to hope and pray that my Nexus doesn't totally bite the dust between now and January.  Anyone have a suggestion?  Thanks!

DDmiTV wrote:
Unfortunately, forking out the full price for a new phone isn't really an logical option for me, as I am three months from upgrade time
That certainly depends on how much you need a phone. Some people ALWAYS pay full price for their phones as they don't like to be tied to contracts.
DDmiTV wrote:
it would be nice if they could, seeing as we've been customers for six years.  Even if they were able to transfer the Edge upgrade with a contract extension, they would make a profit in the long run.
I don't think you understand an Edge agreement if you want to "transfer the Edge upgrade with a contract extension". Edge agreements do not come with a service contract. Edge agreements are simply a payment plan spreading out the full retail price of a phone over 20 equal payments. If you want to upgrade before you have completed all 20 payments, you must have paid a minimum of 60% of the full retail price and return the Edge phone in good working order before you would be able to purchase another phone on Edge. I suppose you can "transfer the Edge upgrade", but the line you are transferring from would have to return their phone in good working order if they had not yet completed the payments AND make an additional payment to bring their total payments up to the 60% level if it was not already there. Not sure how that would benefit you???

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