Well, looks like I won't be coming to this forum probably ever again. My inc4g unfortunately fell into a puddle yesterday. It snowed here so they salted the roads, so this was a salty puddle. I was already late for work so I couldn't go to a store and grab a bag of rice.
The phone itself appears to function, though the screens backlight won't turn on. It responds to touch, but I can't see anything. Yesterday the light was very very dim, and now today the light won't turn on. Upon opening the phone, the bottom wire (handling the backlight I assume) is corroded extremely, hence the no backlight. The top wire is perfectly fine, hence the lcd and touch screen being functional.
I don't know if this is a fault of the board being too corroded or the wire, but I'm not going to buy a screen to find out, so I'm back on my Inc2, and I'll either be saving to get a GS3 or whatever new comes out in a month or so.
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Sorry about your bad luck.
If you don't want the phone anymore let me know. I'll take it off your hands.
blazingwolf said:
Sorry about your bad luck.
If you don't want the phone anymore let me know. I'll take it off your hands.
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Lol sure, for $100 plus shipping
Method320 said:
Lol sure, for $100 plus shipping
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Sorry to see ya go! Can you ask Verizon for a replacement?
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Sorry to see ya go! Can you ask Verizon for a replacement?
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No, not only does the bootloader say "Tampered", but since it was submerged in water, all the white pieces of tape are red now, which shows signs of heavy moisture.
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No, not only does the bootloader say "Tampered", but since it was submerged in water, all the white pieces of tape are red now, which shows signs of heavy moisture.
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No insurance I'm assuming, very useful thing to have comes in handy when **** goes to hell.
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Method320 said:
No, not only does the bootloader say "Tampered", but since it was submerged in water, all the white pieces of tape are red now, which shows signs of heavy moisture.
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You can fix the "tampered" pretty easily now, even get it back to s-on *LOCKED*.
The white pieces of tape and the saltwater corrosion are a completely different story. Wite out?
Sorry about your phone, though
Lol Squaretrade is taunting me.
http://www.squaretrade.com/smartphone
Scroll down a bit. What phone do you see?
Method320 said:
Lol Squaretrade is taunting me.
http://www.squaretrade.com/smartphone
Scroll down a bit. What phone do you see?
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Yeah, if I were in your shoes, I'd be pissed right about now!
Method320 said:
Lol sure, for $100 plus shipping
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Ok. I was being serious but never mind.
I'm serious too O.O
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Does anyone's handset not lie flat on its screen? Without anything on it (screen protector, case, etc.) mine can rock on two of the corners if I push them down. I noticed my iPod does it too so I thought it was weird.
tenphan0n0 said:
Does anyone's handset not lie flat on its screen? Without anything on it (screen protector, case, etc.) mine can rock on two of the corners if I push them down. I noticed my iPod does it too so I thought it was weird.
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Maybe your table is warped
It does it on any table. Just seeing if anyone else noticed it otherwise I might trade it in.
tenphan0n0 said:
It does it on any table. Just seeing if anyone else noticed it otherwise I might trade it in.
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Maybe you're warped?
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Maybe you're warped?
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Did a quick check and mine does that too. Probably just a slight plastic warpage due to mfg tolerances.
Mine lays perfectly flat. It doesn't speak very much, so not sure if it lies.
Evil.Bonsai said:
Mine lays perfectly flat. It doesn't speak very much, so not sure if it lies.
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You "lay" a book on the desk. You "lie" down on the couch. Hence, my phone doesn't "lie" flat on the table. Look it up. Someone's a little too eager to make a stranger feel dumb. Now you just look silly lol. Bummer man......
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You "lay" a book on the desk. You "lie" down on the couch. Hence, my phone doesn't "lie" flat on the table. Look it up. Someone's a little too eager to make a stranger feel dumb. Now you just look silly lol. Bummer man......
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I lol'd.
After checking my phone to see if I could replicate the rocking, and it's a negative. Phone doesn't rock at all.
i just checked. and im deffinetly warped.
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So, test of the times durability. Tried to get a top speed of my mini e-revo. So I thought, yay rezound! Used some velcro, strapped it to the top with a plastic grocery back over the phone due to snow. ... hit over 43 mph, before it spun out, hit the side of the road in concrete, flipped over, and slide upside down on the phone....
... Phone was fine, not even a scratch. Silicone cover, not even a screen protector.. And the plastic bag was torn off and gone by the time I got over to it.
HTC build quality and strength for the win.
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So, test of the times durability. Tried to get a top speed of my mini e-revo. So I thought, yay rezound! Used some velcro, strapped it to the top with a plastic grocery back over the phone due to snow. ... hit over 43 mph, before it spun out, hit the side of the road in concrete, flipped over, and slide upside down on the phone....
... Phone was fine, not even a scratch. Silicone cover, not even a screen protector.. And the plastic bag was torn off and gone by the time I got over to it.
HTC build quality and strength for the win.
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Man , you need to get a girlfriend to spend your free time with.
coolbluedab said:
First flamebate... This was a post testament to HTC durability as a phone. My thunderbolt was similar. And I thought it was a good story.
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funny, my thunderbolt battery cover broke just from frequent battery changes over 6 months, would not call that phone to be high quality construction.
Second, we see posts on here all the time asking how to get an exchange for a broken, water damaged, etc phone.
Third, list price for the rezound:
http://wireless.amazon.com/dp/B0061R3DVO
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/...t&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=5723
so depending on where you look, we are both wrong.
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Man , you need to get a girlfriend to spend your free time with.
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my fiance thought it was great fun... til it spun out lol. Her first response thinking it had to be smashed was..."You know you're not getting back your thunderbolt."
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funny, my thunderbolt battery cover broke just from frequent battery changes over 6 months, would not call that phone to be high quality construction.
Second, we see posts on here all the time asking how to get an exchange for a broken, water damaged, etc phone.
Third, list price for the rezound:
http://wireless.amazon.com/dp/B0061R3DVO
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/...t&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=5723
so depending on where you look, we are both wrong.
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Yeah, I wasn't asking that if you read at all..
I work in Verizon Corp. 569 is full retail in store. At least until pricing changes as usual. Deal with it.
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Yeah, I wasn't asking that if you read at all..
I work in Verizon Corp. 569 is full retail in store. At least until pricing changes as usual. Deal with it.
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Well, aren't you an internet tough guy...
Don't mean to interfere in your guys online scuffell (hope I spelled it right) but I think that's pretty cool that it with standed that. Just goes to show that HTC is quietly brilliant
sent from my sexy HTC Rezound. I be rocking them beats
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Don't mean to interfere in your guys online scuffell (hope I spelled it right)
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LOL you didn't.......
~John
coolbluedab said:
my fiance thought it was great fun... til it spun out lol. Her first response thinking it had to be smashed was..."You know you're not getting back your thunderbolt."
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Your fiance = my hero!
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VZW is sending me a new Thunderbolt because of a small audio issue I was having with my phone. They told me on the phone if they detect water damage on my old Thunderbolt once they get it back, then I will be charged full retail.
Obviously I do not want that to happen.....thing is, I spilled part of a beer on my phone about 3 weeks ago. Immediately after it happened I took out battery and wiped the whole phone down.
It has worked fine since then besides the very small audio issue I recently started to have but this was just barely a week ago....I would think if it was cause of the liquid damage that that would've happened earlier.....
Anyway, is there any way they can tell if it has had water damage besides the battery sticker (Because I am sending them back the bare phone, no battery, no cover, no sd, no sim--just the phone)? How are they going to check? Should I do the rice trick just to be safe?
They probably won't look farther than the sticker. If they do, they could look for corrosion or residue around the main board.
Rice won't fix that
ThunderStick said:
They probably won't look farther than the sticker. If they do, they could look for corrosion or residue around the main board.
Rice won't fix that
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Yes but like I said they are just getting the phone back, not the battery, cover, sim card or sd card--just the phone. So since the battery will never leave my house, is there any other way they can tell?
As far as corrosion, wouldn't I notice my phone not working properly? Cause like I said, ever since the spill it seems to be working just fine....
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Yes but like I said they are just getting the phone back, not the battery, cover, sim card or sd card--just the phone. So since the battery will never leave my house, is there any other way they can tell?
As far as corrosion, wouldn't I notice my phone not working properly? Cause like I said, ever since the spill it seems to be working just fine....
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There is a sticker on the phone itself. It is on the back right side of the phone near the top. Kind of hard to see, but rest assure Verizon knows it's there. If you have insurance, now would be the time to use it.
Check out the attached pics of where the sticker is. Sorry it's blurry, my camera is old and crappy
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There is a sticker on the phone itself. It is on the back right side of the phone near the top. Kind of hard to see, but rest assure Verizon knows it's there. If you have insurance, now would be the time to use it.
Check out the attached pics of where the sticker is. Sorry it's blurry, my camera is old and crappy
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Underneath the battery, correct? What should the sticker look like when its dry and what should it look like when it has had liquid damage?
If they take apart the phone (or even just remove the back housing) then it will be very easy to see liquid damage, if any exists. I just replaced the screen on a thunderbolt a couple days ago, very easy to remove the back and take a look. If you want to check yourself, just get a torx 6 screwdriver, a thin flat head or knife to remove the "void" sticker and take a look for yourself before you find yourself on the receiving end of a $600 bill. Check YouTube for a video on taking it apart, it's very easy though.
How does Verizon check though? What are they going to look for?
Corrosion, internal liquid indicators. I don't think the T'bolt has any internal stickers, but some phones do.
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There is a sticker on the phone itself. It is on the back right side of the phone near the top. Kind of hard to see, but rest assure Verizon knows it's there. If you have insurance, now would be the time to use it.
Check out the attached pics of where the sticker is. Sorry it's blurry, my camera is old and crappy
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OK I do not see the sticker you are talking about....snapped a few pics with my work camera, what do you think:
It's on the side of the phone. You'll have to tilt the phone to see it. It's white with red spots on it. If it got wet, its completely red. That will be the first thing they look for.
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It's on the side of the phone. You'll have to tilt the phone to see it. It's white with red spots on it. If it got wet, its completely red. That will be the first thing they look for.
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I stared at my phone for nearly 15 minutes and cannot find any stickers that are white, red or white and red. I don't see anything. I got my Thunderbolt on launch day (3/17/11). Is it possible the launch day Thunderbolts are different somehow?
Let me know if you need me to upload more pics, I can do that.
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I stared at my phone for nearly 15 minutes and cannot find any stickers that are white, red or white and red. I don't see anything. I got my Thunderbolt on launch day (3/17/11). Is it possible the launch day Thunderbolts are different somehow?
Let me know if you need me to upload more pics, I can do that.
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Well, mine has a sticker there. Perhaps yours didn't come with one, or fell off at some point, but after looking a bit closer to your picture, I don't see one either.
Either way, specially since it was beer, they will be able to tell if anything got in there. Rice won't get beer out, it'll be sticky either way.
I personally wouldn't take the chance.
If you have insurance, now would be a good time to use it.
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Well, mine has a sticker there. Perhaps yours didn't come with one, or fell off at some point, but after looking a bit closer to your picture, I don't see one either.
Either way, specially since it was beer, they will be able to tell if anything got in there. Rice won't get beer out, it'll be sticky either way.
I personally wouldn't take the chance.
If you have insurance, now would be a good time to use it.
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Nothing is sticky at all and the phone works fine. Are they going to completely take the phone apart??
If they suspect anything they will. Did they mention anything about water damage? What was originally wrong with the phone?
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If they suspect anything they will. Did they mention anything about water damage? What was originally wrong with the phone?
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A small audio problem that is like teeny rattling I hear when other people call me
There is no sticker on the Thunderbolt, I just talked to Verizon. They go by judging the prongs that the battery hits and if they are corroded, then they charge full retail.
Mine look super gold though and appear to be okay imo......
That's really odd. I had a sticker there... The replacement I just got has one in the sale place too... Of course the Verizon rep didn't even know what a bootloader was... Go figure...
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That's really odd. I had a sticker there... The replacement I just got has one in the sale place too... Of course the Verizon rep didn't even know what a bootloader was... Go figure...
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Can you post a picture of your sticker so I know what I'm looking for? Maybe my new tb will have one.
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You probably just damaged the earpiece speaker, which is pretty simple to replace and would only cost a few bucks. I can't say for sure, but I imagine the earpiece speaker is the same one that's in the EVO 4G or HD2.
The phones do have stickers, it is located right next to the two gold prongs on the upper right corner of the phone.
If your that worried about a full charge for the phone and since this issue may be related to the beer spilling on it, just use your insurance and pay the $99 deductible. Its better then getting hit with $600 charge.
Sometimes when liquids are spilled on a phone, it could take a little time for it to affect a phone.
Good luck
So I replaced the glass part of my rezound yesterday, pretty much successfully.
But now that I have it all together again it is very easy to push the glass to the lcd and make it display those weird colors around the screen. You know what i mean if you have ever pushed too hard on your touch screen, or lcd.
I have been doing some research and I think I was supposed to put something between the glass and the lcd, not sure what though or were to get it...
If someone could let me know weather or not I was supposed to put something between the lcd and glass, and then were i could get it, I would be very appreciative.
Did you replace the old sticky tape that adheres the glass to the lcd panel?
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snow580 said:
Did you replace the old sticky tape that adheres the glass to the lcd panel?
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no... were can I order some and can I still use my phone in the mean time?
Check amazon... And you CAN use your phone, you just might end up with some dead pixels or something probably best to not use it or avoid touching the screen as much as possible
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Check amazon... And you CAN use your phone, you just might end up with some dead pixels or something probably best to not use it or avoid touching the screen as much as possible
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Thanks, can you give me an idea of what to search for? I don't really have any idea what I need.
http://www.amazon.com/Adhesive-Sticker-Digitizer-Supersonic-Incredible/dp/B004WIQW3U/ref=pd_cp_cps_0
Ha ya go
AshtonTS said:
http://www.amazon.com/Adhesive-Sticker-Digitizer-Supersonic-Incredible/dp/B004WIQW3U/ref=pd_cp_cps_0
Ha ya go
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Thank you very much!
I was looking at the shipping on it and unfortunately its like 2 too 3 weeks. I after googling it i also found some people who said they used super glue, would that be a better option if I am living without anything right now? Or possibly cutting a regular piece of 3m tape? I could probobly get that done today.
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Thank you very much!
I was looking at the shipping on it and unfortunately its like 2 too 3 weeks. I after googling it i also found some people who said they used super glue, would that be a better option if I am living without anything right now? Or possibly cutting a regular piece of 3m tape? I could probobly get that done today.
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I dunno about those methods, I can tell ya this: the roll is HUGE. Big as my hand spread out to fingertips lol. I could send some of my roll if ya want. Otherwise, there should be a US shipper, got mine within a week: "WirelessFinest" in Plano, TX.
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I dunno about those methods, I can tell ya this: the roll is HUGE. Big as my hand spread out to fingertips lol. I could send some of my roll if ya want. Otherwise, there should be a US shipper, got mine within a week: "WirelessFinest" in Plano, TX.
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Thanks! That actually should solve my problem, I found them on amazon and its amazon prime so I got next day shipping for a few bucks.
Ill figure out how to aply them and put it on day after tomorrow.
okay so i had my phone on the hood of my car and as it says it dropped off my car going around 40 mph from the fair (i had throw up all over me, dont judge me) well i just found it today and everything works except the screen, and there is major cosmetic damage but the funny part is it is only on the front (from the silver forward) does anyone know any place that sells a replacement super amoled screen and glass, and possibly the front frame?
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okay so i had my phone on the hood of my car and as it says it dropped off my car going around 40 mph from the fair (i had throw up all over me, dont judge me) well i just found it today and everything works except the screen, and there is major cosmetic damage but the funny part is it is only on the front (from the silver forward) does anyone know any place that sells a replacement super amoled screen and glass, and possibly the front frame?
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eBAY
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eBAY
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i don't even know where to begin looking....
theres been multiple threads discussing this issue already and you need to look up front glass and digitizer. gonna be upwards of $300+ so good luck
Ghstudent said:
i don't even know where to begin looking....
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Come on, really?
Its that hard to type "galaxy s3 screen replacement" or "galaxy s3 digitizer" in the search box on ebay?
You can call Samsung as well.
have you tried pulling the battery out and putting it back in?
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have you tried pulling the battery out and putting it back in?
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its beaten up pretty badly... i think this is going to be a $200 fix..
Ghstudent said:
its beaten up pretty badly... i think this is going to be a $200 fix..
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lol i know, i was just trolling ._. okay, i'll leave now.
Is it rooted?
Ghstudent said:
i don't even know where to begin looking....
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Here's white...
http://cnn.cn/shop/samsung-i9300-galaxy-marble-white-full-digitizer-super-amoled-unit-p-15884.html
and here's blue...
http://cnn.cn/shop/samsung-i9300-galaxy-pebble-blue-full-digitizer-super-amoled-unit-p-15948.html
LOL @ being $290.
Dude, finish breaking it, stomp it, smash it, and claim through insurance. Now if you dont have insurance on your BRAND NEW GS3, then maybe you just dont deserve the phone.
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Dude, finish breaking it, stomp it, smash it, and claim through insurance. Now if you dont have insurance on your BRAND NEW GS3, then maybe you just dont deserve the phone.
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i dont have insurance on the phone itself, however the home insurance apparently will cover it as a personal loss or something.
Lieu10ant said:
LOL @ being $290.
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first of all, I am not sure how you meant that but if you were trying to be a prick and say that it is funny you think i would have to pay $290 then you can go screw yourself with a cactus, second of all http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280908181615#ht_1866wt_992
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LOL @ being $290.
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It's not just a digitizer. It's the digitizer, OLED display, and other electronics fused together (almost) permanently.
Home insurance will NOT cover your broken cell phone. Keep dreaming. Try not being so disconnected that you would leave an expensive cell phone on top of your car and not remember it. Beside the point, NEVER put anything on top of a car that you care about.
Always buy everything with Amex. Covered for anything for 90 days.
Sprint Insurance is a complete and utter rip-off.
Surprised homeowners would cover it.
This is why I bought an Otterbox Defender, I rather just invest in a new unsubsidized SGS3. Sell it for parts and use the extra cash towards the new phone.
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Home insurance will NOT cover your broken cell phone. Keep dreaming. Try not being so disconnected that you would leave an expensive cell phone on top of your car and not remember it. Beside the point, NEVER put anything on top of a car that you care about.
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UNLESS your parents are good friends with the person who manages the local insurance company in your area and they can pull some strings for you.