So my mom epic 4g touch is watered damaged and I was told to call ausurion and I would have to pay a 100 deductible would I have to give them the s2? And if I do can I just report the phone stolen and if I do is it the same 100 deductible and I'm asking because my little brother can use it as a music player til it breaks completely. Idk if this is OK to ask here so mods sorry ahead of time. Any help with this would be appreciated.
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So my mom epic 4g touch is watered damaged and I was told to call ausurion and I would have to pay a 100 deductible would I have to give them the s2? And if I do can I just report the phone stolen and if I do is it the same 100 deductible and I'm asking because my little brother can use it as a music player til it breaks completely. Idk if this is OK to ask here so mods sorry ahead of time. Any help with this would be appreciated.
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My understanding is you pay your deductible after submitting an "affidavit" about what happened, and they ship you a replacement phone the next day, so it's not a one for one swap, so your little brother can use it as an expensive mp3 player. . Just curious, did you try putting the phone in a bag of rice for a few days before giving it up for good? Might save you 100 bucks. Just sayin' Good luck! :thumbup:
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My understanding is you pay your deductible after submitting an "affidavit" about what happened, and they ship you a replacement phone the next day, so it's not a one for one swap, so your little brother can use it as an expensive mp3 player. . Just curious, did you try putting the phone in a bag of rice for a few days before giving it up for good? Might save you 100 bucks. Just sayin' Good luck! :thumbup:
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I've tried everything and the phone works it's just it's so slow my gfs epic 4g runs faster lol but thank you a lot for the info
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How do you mean it runs slow? Could it be there is a bunch of stuff taking up ram? If you have any experience flashing roms you might want to check out some of the awesome work in the dev section. Some really top notch stuff over there right now.
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That is also insurance fraud to report it as stolen when it is still in your possession, while the chances of getting caught are next to none but just something to think about it least
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How do you mean it runs slow? Could it be there is a bunch of stuff taking up ram? If you have any experience flashing roms you might want to check out some of the awesome work in the dev section. Some really top notch stuff over there right now.
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Yeah I put the official jb update and it ran a bit better may just be the phone slowly dying
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That is also insurance fraud to report it as stolen when it is still in your possession, while the chances of getting caught are next to none but just something to think about it least
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And I may just file the report for repair seems like asurian doesn't want the damaged phone since it was water damaged and honestly it wouldn't sit with my conscious to do that
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Yeah I put the official jb update and it ran a bit better may just be the phone slowly dying
And I may just file the report for repair seems like asurian doesn't want the damaged phone since it was water damaged and honestly it wouldn't sit with my conscious to do that
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What? Asurion takes any phone back no matter what's the damage when they give you a new one. They even give you an envelope when reported lost or stolen just in case the phone ever gets back in your possession so you can return..
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What? Asurion takes any phone back no matter what's the damage when they give you a new one. They even give you an envelope when reported lost or stolen just in case the phone ever gets back in your possession so you can return..
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News to me. Thanks for the info.
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News to me. Thanks for the info.
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No problem. It's even noted on the site when filing a claim. I go through phones like crazy and I read everything. It goes something along the lines like any found devices claimed through Asurion are the property of Asurion and must be returned yada yada.. Something like that, it's been a while I lost or had a phone stolen lol
Ps: I had two claims this year. I would gladly screencap the email they sent me thanking me for returning my liquor damaged EVO LTE that was completely fried. So if they would take a liquor damaged one with a fried motherboard why not a water damaged one which still powers on?
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So my mom epic 4g touch is watered damaged and I was told to call ausurion and I would have to pay a 100 deductible would I have to give them the s2? And if I do can I just report the phone stolen and if I do is it the same 100 deductible and I'm asking because my little brother can use it as a music player til it breaks completely. Idk if this is OK to ask here so mods sorry ahead of time. Any help with this would be appreciated.
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A big part of me thinks Asurion is complete rip off. I used them once and paid the $100 deductible which pi$$ed me off because I had been paying them $9 a month over the past 4 years- enough to cover the cost of a new premium smartphone and the $100 deductible. And once I got my replacement phone (refurbished, not new) the first month or so were covered by the Sprint warranty yet, I still got charged me $9 for the "Asurion".
They want you to believe the replacement phone they are sending you cost them the same retail price you'd have bought it for from Samsung but that's bull****. I am sure they get them for buy them from sprint for whatever sprint pays for recycled phones., probably $50 then they mark it up 100% and viola $100 deductible. And if you tell Asurion you want a new phone instead of a refurbished phone they'll lie to you and tell you Samsung doesn't make the D710 anymore. But one visit to the Samsung website suggests otherwise.
In short I wouldn't think twice about getting over on Asurion.
And no it's NOT Insurance fraud. Insurance fraud is a crime when committed against a real insurance company which is regulated by the state.
Ask these people if they think you should stick it to Asurion.
Take the phone apart and hit the board lightly with rubbing alcohol and a soft tooth brush.
Before you do tho take a few pics of the board and post them and ill let ya know the extent of the damage
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I just went ahead and reported the phone water damaged and I'm just going to pay the 100 deductible I did get a call from assurion saying they do limited these forums and advises against fraud and they do monitor these forums.
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My touchscreen is horribly acting up...I have bestbuy's $10 monthly insurance. Anyways, when I type, it registers multiple touches and makes my swype type words that I don't want. If this a hardware or software issue? The touchscreen is also not as accurate either.
I was on ec05 and running ext4, midnight rom v5.2, bonsai 4.0.4 kernel (I think). I also flashed blue mattel theme, incase that matters. Its also not just swype, when I hold my finger down on threads, the screen shakes as if I am constantly moving my finger, but im not.
I flashed reRFS stock and it semmed to help, but only to an extent.
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Did you try ODIN? If ODIN doesn't fix it then it confirms that it is indeed a hardware issue.
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Did you try ODIN? If ODIN doesn't fix it then it confirms that it is indeed a hardware issue.
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Im at a friends house a atm, but ill try odin asap. Bestbuy's insurance covers me, right?
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Im at a friends house a atm, but ill try odin asap. Bestbuy's insurance covers me, right?
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I read somewhere they don't care if your rooted but id try odin and take it in and they should have it in like 2 days.
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Im at a friends house a atm, but ill try odin asap. Bestbuy's insurance covers me, right?
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Yup, and new Rapid Exchange gets you a new phone in 2 days.
Odin fixed it. Not sure what went wrong...oh well.
Thanks guys.
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My wifes epic got messed up and she too has the bestbuy $10 insurance.... trust me, they don't care what ROM you have but your in for a treat:
* Rapid exchange only quilifies for the iphone and blackberry.
* They will have to ship your phone out** and wait till they can "repair" it.
** the first time we shipped it, it took 1 month to come back. When we tested the phone in store, nothing we told them to fix was fixed and their response to that is "we have to ship it out again..." its been 15 days now (almost 2 months in total) and even as they said that they would "expedite" no news....
Besbuy insurance = never ever again!
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megabiteg said:
My wifes epic got messed up and she too has the bestbuy $10 insurance.... trust me, they don't care what ROM you have but your in for a treat:
* Rapid exchange only quilifies for the iphone and blackberry.
* They will have to ship your phone out** and wait till they can "repair" it.
** the first time we shipped it, it took 1 month to come back. When we tested the phone in store, nothing we told them to fix was fixed and their response to that is "we have to ship it out again..." its been 15 days now (almost 2 months in total) and even as they said that they would "expedite" no news....
Besbuy insurance = never ever again!
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Please check your facts. Sprint started Rapid Exchange for all their smartphones on April 19th with Best Buy. Several people on these forums have already used it.
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Please check your facts. Sprint started Rapid Exchange for all their smartphones on April 19th with Best Buy. Several people on these forums have already used it.
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He had me scared for a moment. LOL I couldn't go a month without my phone!
But I'm lucky that my phone is working again.
When I exchanged my phone worth sprint. I got to keep my old phone while my new refurbished one was shipped to the sprint store. 4 day wait
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So what if your screen cracked what do they do?
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castro08 said:
So what if your screen cracked what do they do?
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Best Buy insurance will replace it with a new phone no charge. Sprint TEP will replace it with a refurb for $100. If you have no insurance they may be able to replace the screen for $35. Cracked screens are considered user damaged not a warranty type item.
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When I exchanged my phone worth sprint. I got to keep my old phone while my new refurbished one was shipped to the sprint store. 4 day wait
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Maybe Best Buy will get there one day...they just started the Rapid Exchange program. But they do at least get you a new phone not refurb and so far average time is a day or two. BUT they do not cover lost or stolen phones like TEP. I think I am going back to TEP on my next phone since I doubt they will let me switch back.
My bb just gives you a new phone when you bring it in as long as its in stock. Been that way for over 2 years now. Plus it allows you to upgrade if you wanna pay the dif of the 2 phones. My epic was only 10.24 the cost of the new protection plan.
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My bb just gives you a new phone when you bring it in as long as its in stock. Been that way for over 2 years now. Plus it allows you to upgrade if you wanna pay the dif of the 2 phones. My epic was only 10.24 the cost of the new protection plan.
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Nice. Need to go to your BB...where you live?
Do you BONSAI?
Northern VA
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Sprint and asurion must be having a bad day. sprint store manager told me to report phone as lost since they didnt have another gs3 in stock.
stupid me bricked it flashing all nilly willy.
with the help-of a fellow xda member unbricked called to cancel asurion claim, they said its too late we are sending you another phone.
so im paying $150.00 for another gs3
and this one is still activated seems silly ,they cant even change the claim to found or whatever and since it was reported lost i actually cant return it , The system wont allow me too.
so ill have 2 sgs3 hmm this is stupid something tells me these phones dont cost as much as claimed.
Make a big enough stink about it and they'll take it back I'm sure.
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Asurion has yet to send me my replacement due to a backorder supposedly. I just pray it isn't a refurb.
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Sounds good to me as long and the original esn is good... Should be able to sell the new one for much more than $150
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irock1985 said:
Sounds good to me as long and the original esn is good... Should be able to sell the new one for much more than $150
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Since they may not change it to found it may have a bad esn once the replacement ships, but even then it could still be sold for more than $150 easily.
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irock1985 said:
Sounds good to me as long and the original esn is good... Should be able to sell the new one for much more than $150
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I bet they make sure the esn is no good.
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irock1985 said:
Sounds good to me as long and the original esn is good... Should be able to sell the new one for much more than $150
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ESN will be marked bad since it is reported stolen.
You'll likely get a new one since the phone is so new.
Under the new insurance I think you can only replace your phone 2x per year (or I think 3x per 2 years).
You could donate/sell it to a dev.
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jnadke said:
ESN will be marked bad since it is reported stolen.
You'll likely get a new one since the phone is so new.
Under the new insurance I think you can only replace your phone 2x per year (or I think 3x per 2 years).
You could donate/sell it to a dev.
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and i actually tried to do the right thing,but corporate red tape intervened
But what im saying is that it is currently working right? So how could it be bad esn and activated... Thats why I said sell the new one not the old one. Just speculating but if you keep yoir current one activated with no problems down the line seems like you would be good to go
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That's why it says $150 Non-Refundable deductible. Doesn't matter what the reason.
Just bored and venting about how much I hate stock TW 2.3.6 on my S2. The USB hub on my phone has been iffy, at best, recently and until I get a warranty exchange, I'm keeping stock. It won't be for another week or so because I have to go into the local TMO store tomorrow and document the problem for their staff. It took me forever to unroot and ODIN back to stock because of my damaged USB port, I can't risk it again. Ugh.
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Just bored and venting about how much I hate stock TW 2.3.6 on my S2. The USB hub on my phone has been iffy, at best, recently and until I get a warranty exchange, I'm keeping stock. It won't be for another week or so because I have to go into the local TMO store tomorrow and document the problem for their staff. It took me forever to unroot and ODIN back to stock because of my damaged USB port, I can't risk it again. Ugh.
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Yeah I too had the same usb faulty issue and had to return - but I didn't even bother to unroot I just sent it back, they never say anything.
Usb problem here is got replacement screen is almost perfect got small blob in bottom right corner probably sending this one back
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What does tw have to do with a faulty usb hub?
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blackangst said:
What does tw have to do with a faulty usb hub?
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LOL there's no direct correlation dude. But in order to get a warranty replacement, I need to be on stock firmware. I know some people say that they've sent it in rooted and on a custom ROM but I'm not gonna take the risk if I don't need to.
I bought my device used. Has one nicks and minor scratch on body.
I swear I'm a strict about having the any of my devices stay as new as possible. I wanted to warranty exchange. In the end I stuck with the device. Also hear the replacements are all refurb devices.
In the end I just loaded CM9. Main reason I stayed away from this device was the Stock ROM. I hate it...... Alot.....
Been happy because of CM9. Now the imperfections don't bother me so much, but the true source of my hate for this phone was really the Stock ROM. Now I'm just pleased.
Asurion didn't want to give me a replacement phone since I broke mine in Feb, called it in in May, and went to finish my claim July 22. A simple letter to the CeO with some few choice words will do wonders. I have a NEW non-refurbished phone.
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Former rep here, doesnt matter. In store reps are typically stupid, just say its a theme. Reps in the know - know better, they might recommend erring on the side of caution just to be nice...
Protip: the out of warranty replacement fee is usually less than the insurance deductible. No one ever reported back with issues after sending a smashed/wet phone, so I'll assume its still valid.
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Former rep here, doesnt matter. In store reps are typically stupid, just say its a theme. Reps in the know - know better, they might recommend erring on the side of caution just to be nice...
Protip: the out of warranty replacement fee is usually less than the insurance deductible. No one ever reported back with issues after sending a smashed/wet phone, so I'll assume its still valid.
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Then why pay for insurance? :what:
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Then why pay for insurance? :what:
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to generate additional revenue? lol
insurance is best for lost/stolen and additional extended warranty.
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to generate additional revenue? lol
insurance is best for lost/stolen and additional extended warranty.
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So even with a cracked screen, warranty isn't nullified?
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Bought mine with insurance it was 500 bucks, so i figures mine as well get the longest warranty possible. My dad did the same. Lost one, dropped and smashed one, first time free, second time deductible. Still a ton of money saved.
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So even with a cracked screen, warranty isn't nullified?
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they just charge you the replacement fee and everyone moves on with their business. If you need more than just my word, make up some excuse to get to look at the exchange pages at your local store. I found this stuff out in the small print right above the CUSTOMER AGREES? checkbox (that no one ever reads; on the phone they do, but very very quickly) and shortly after found someone who was desperate enough to try it.
To reiterate; neither i nor my customers have had any problems replacing cracked screens or water damage, but tmo has wised up on some of the old tricks before so it may just be a matter of time.
I had been doing this from march through October of "11.
Also!! Good luck finding a rep who doesn't mind subverting the rules to help out people. Haha
Edit: ill try to reach out and have someone get me a picture of the page in question, it may take a few days though
Just wanted to let you guys know ahead of time, it was communicated to us yesterday via the Playbook that the fee for a Service & Repair fix/replacement for people that do NOT have TEP or ESRP is increasing from $35 to $50. This will go into effect 1/11.
It's still a good deal, considering things like OEM screens and refurbs cost well over that amount, but wanted to forewarn you guys anyway. So for you non-TEP people, if you plan on bricking your phone, do it and get in to the store by the 10th Or if you're in need of a legit repair obviously lol.
As always, you'll still have the option to add TEP the day of a paid repair/replacement.
EDIT: also, this change in policy does NOT qualify you to get out of contract early, as it is considered a voluntary service. This was communicated explicitly.
Your friendly neighborhood technician.
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such a rip off.. i personally have tep and a replacement battery they are saying is 50$. how much is it without tep? lol. if your going to brick your phone id use the replacement money and buy one off the internet instead of going to sprint to have it repaired.. thats my opinion lol
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I've had 5 replaced without TEP for $35 each. Yep, I'm good at bricking them. Anyway, let's say I only bricked 1, then $35 at the time or even $50 after the 11th is a lot cheaper than buying one anywhere else. Unless you have a supplier willing to sell refurbs with a warranty for that cheap. Which I doubt.
Thanks for the heads up squshy!
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such a rip off.. i personally have tep and a replacement battery they are saying is 50$. how much is it without tep? lol. if your going to brick your phone id use the replacement money and buy one off the internet instead of going to sprint to have it repaired.. thats my opinion lol
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Grumblings in the company are that this will likely be changed soon, as it is generally implied the battery is covered under TEP, not a 1 year warranty. Obviously I would agree with you, I find it asinine that they currently aren't.
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Verizon gives free warranty service, just saying...
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elliwigy said:
such a rip off.. i personally have tep and a replacement battery they are saying is 50$. how much is it without tep? lol. if your going to brick your phone id use the replacement money and buy one off the internet instead of going to sprint to have it repaired.. thats my opinion lol
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Just an fyi, you can get never opened oem batteries on Amazon for 10 dollars. But regardless, you can get almost anything from a cellular service if you threaten to cancel to the retention department. Dan Hesse will personally come to your home and perform fellatio to keep you from switching to another carrier.
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Verizon gives free warranty service, just saying...
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They must have changed then, cause when I was with them, my wife's eris had to be replaced and it was $50 to have it replaced without TEP.
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Verizon gives free warranty service, just saying...
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Thank you for pointing that out?
Also, word on the street (some vendor reps) is that this may change...who would have thunk that full replacements for things like blown speakers would be a financial burden?
This guy, who replaces those speakers for something like $5 cost to my company.
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They must have changed then, cause when I was with them, my wife's eris had to be replaced and it was $50 to have it replaced without TEP.
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idk, I just know that I was with them from April 2010 to September 2011. During this period, I had my Motorola Droid replaced approximately 8 times (poor build quality on that phone - dust under the screen and flaky headphone jack). It wasn't me causing the problems because my epic touch has held up just fine for me. They eventually replaced my droid with a Droid Incredible 2 at no charge. I never had TEP and never paid a penny for warranty service. It was always a hassle free replacement. Maybe it's changed since then, idk.
I only switched to Sprint after Verizon started throttling the "unlimited" data they sold me. I was able to switch without an etf after some complaining and threatening a small claims lawsuit.
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I'm currently having some problems with my charger staying plugged to my phone. It's very loose for some reason and constantly unplugs overnight even with the slightest touch.
My screen has been cracked for quite some time now (prior to this issue) but I was wondering if this would restrict me from filing an insurance claim on my phone. Would they hassle me for a broken screen?
Thanks,
basically got 2 options at this point, pay the fee , send your phone back, wait for replacement,
or claim it lost, pay the deductible, keep your phone an let them send another one to you, up to you, not promoting this way,but you do have these two options
for option #1, what exactly is the fee?
I'm considering the option of saying that the phone is just suddenly slightly defective (the charger port) in order to get a new refurb one. I've done this multiple times before and got a replacement for free but never with a broken screen.
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for option #1, what exactly is the fee?
I'm considering the option of saying that the phone is just suddenly slightly defective (the charger port) in order to get a new refurb one. I've done this multiple times before and got a replacement for free but never with a broken screen.
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Filing a claim and getting a refurb will cost you $130. I wouldn't recommend the 2nd option mentioned above, but I'm not going to tell you what or what not to do.
Good luck!
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You can't claim warranty exchange with Tmobile with a broken screen. They will charge you restocking fee $400+. Its better to call insurance which is $150 I believe.
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You can't claim warranty exchange with Tmobile with a broken screen. They will charge you restocking fee $400+. Its better to call insurance which is $150 I believe.
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I agree. This has been my experience. Pay the deductible and keep both phones.
Don't say it's lost and keep both phones, that is insurance fraud.
File an insurance claim on the Asurion website for the honest reason. The fee is $130. They will send you a new phone with free next day shipping, THEN you send your phone back with the provided packaging and prepaid label.
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Don't say it's lost and keep both phones, that is insurance fraud.
File an insurance claim on the Asurion website for the honest reason. The fee is $130. They will send you a new phone with free next day shipping, THEN you send your phone back with the provided packaging and prepaid label.
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Yes that is exactly correct. You can't keep both. If you claim it "lost" they'll blacklist the imei of your old when you get your new. There's no way around it. Don't cheat the system op.
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Appreciate all the replies and insight! It wasn't my intention to file it as "lost" and keep the phone. Just wanted to see if I would still get the same warranty benefits for my loose charger despite the screen being cracked from a previous incident.
Thanks!
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Appreciate all the replies and insight! It wasn't my intention to file it as "lost" and keep the phone. Just wanted to see if I would still get the same warranty benefits for my loose charger despite the screen being cracked from a previous incident.
Thanks!
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Sorry I was replying to the poster about keeping both phones but just giving advice to you. I've seen a lot of posts before where people claim they've kept both and found ways around it. .
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I like how people talk about insurance fraud when in reality finding a million ways to go back to stock, triangle away because your phone is messed up from hacking. It's really no difference that's insurance fraud too a little hypocritical
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daxecutioner24 said:
I like how people talk about insurance fraud when in reality finding a million ways to go back to stock, triangle away because your phone is messed up from hacking. It's really no difference that's insurance fraud too a little hypocritical
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But that doesn't cost the company money and cause rates to go up
Returning to stock, the companies are getting the phones back to refurbish and sell again. Lying and saying you lost your $500 phone to get another $500 phone is no where near the same thing.
Not to mention the fact that rooting only voids the manufacturer warranty, not your insurance.
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Towle said:
But that doesn't cost the company money and cause rates to go up
Returning to stock, the companies are getting the phones back to refurbish and sell again. Lying and saying you lost your $500 phone to get another $500 phone is no where near the same thing.
Not to mention the fact that rooting only voids the manufacturer warranty, not your insurance.
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Agree 100%.
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Towle said:
But that doesn't cost the company money and cause rates to go up
Returning to stock, the companies are getting the phones back to refurbish and sell again. Lying and saying you lost your $500 phone to get another $500 phone is no where near the same thing.
Not to mention the fact that rooting only voids the manufacturer warranty, not your insurance.
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Huh how It doesn't cost the company money, shipping cost that they pay.. Hard bricking devices or soft bricks that some don't even bother to fix and send it in.technically a phone is not a phone when you can't call or do what a phone is for when the IMEI is blocked. Also rooting may bring hardware issues etcc so if the phone is malfunctioning people are going to send it in. that's also insurance fraud because you caused the phone to not work and you want to get a new one or refurbished. I get your point though but I still think rates will go up either way, just like gas does when the economy us bad .
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daxecutioner24 said:
Huh how It doesn't cost the company money, shipping cost that they pay.. Hard bricking devices or soft bricks that some don't even bother to fix and send it in.technically a phone is not a phone when you can't call or do what a phone is for when the IMEI is blocked. Also rooting may bring hardware issues etcc so if the phone is malfunctioning people are going to send it in. that's also insurance fraud because you caused the phone to not work and you want to get a new one or refurbished. I get your point though but I still think rates will go up either way, just like gas does when the economy us bad .
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With insurance it doesn't matter if you hacked it and fried the processor. That's what you pay for insurance for. Using it to get a second phone is not what it's for. I see where your point could be valid for a warranty exchange though.
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Towle said:
With insurance it doesn't matter if you hacked it and fried the processor. That's what you pay for insurance for. Using it to get a second phone is not what it's for. I see where your point could be valid for a warranty exchange though.
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Yeah that's what I meant you be surprise there's a bunch of people that don't pay for insurance. So I was looking at it through that perspective because it relates to rates all around.
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Insurance deductible on s3 is $150 not $130. ( went up at end of march )