Need help. I accidentally dropped the mogul to the seawater

[Dannyws6]

If your within your 30 days call sprint and add the Equipment replacment program. then on the next day say you lost your phone in a movie theather. dont say it was stolen. theyll ask you which phone. this is if you had a phone previously, to the mogul. dont listen to any of these guys. you dont have to wait 30 days to call. trust me i have done it.

[Shiva]

Ummm... It's highly unethical and fraudulent to do what people have suggested in this thread

[dcd]

not to mention its a federal offense, and youre publically posting on a high volume forum about trying it.

[capptan]

To add insurae it must be within two weeks of activation if not I am afraid that you are at a big lost : [

[nunyabiziz]

If the sprint rep does what he or she is suppose to, they will make a test call to your phone to verify before adding the insurance. You were not cleared on the status of your phone as if it was still in working condition. If you get the replacment plan...there is no need to lie just tell them that you drop your phone in the water. Asurion will just ask you to return your damaged phone.

[Deviation]

Originally Posted by JohnnyOnTheSpot

The problem with Sprint is, apparently you can't lie to them (if you were thinking about trying) because there's a sticker on the inside of the phone that turns red when it gets wet. It's in the upper right hand corner where the battery goes if you want to check.

Those strips aren't always accurate...

Originally Posted by Clark Howard

Jul 24, 2007 -- Moisture Strips in Cell Phones Can be All Wet!

There are “moisture” strips inside cell phones that show whether your phone has gotten wet or been submerged. Cell phone companies use these like law to void your warranty and deny you repair service. The cell companies claim they are “foolproof,” but in fact, according to the New York Post, they are faulty lots of times. It’s been proven that just by putting a damp cloth next to the phone, you can change the color of the strip! So if you have a problem with your cell phone, and you were told your warranty is void because you got it wet (when you know you really didn’t), here’s what Clark recommends. Find an old cell phone you’re not using anymore, take it back to the store, put a damp cloth near the strip on the battery, and prove to them right there that the strip is not accurate!

However in your case, I'm betting they're spot on.

[TurboFool]

Just happened to stumble upon this today:

http://www.discusswireless.com/blog/...in-salt-water/

[xxza]

After I did some google, I found a lot of bad stories about filing claims to Asurion. One of most terrible thing is that they won't send you the topline phone. I figure Mogul is one the topline phones. Sometime, they send you a refurbished phone.

[ScandaLex]

Originally Posted by Krayziepop

Actually (unless its different for the Mogul) they allot you 3 replacements in a year now. At least thats what the insurance lady told me from my last replacement. I am up to two this year and she says I get one more. Now, I had an issue with my 6700 and it was dropped in the water. I let mine dry out and it worked fine after a couple of days. Then a few weeks later I needed it replaced for a completely unrelated reason but I noticed the white litmus was now purple/red. So I peeled the litmus out and brought it in. The tech didn't even pay attention that it was gone and they gave me a new unit on the spot. Of course YMMV, but thats how it went for me.

And yes, if you call Asurion and tell them you dropped your phone in the drink they will replace it for 50 bux. No questions asked in that scenario. Or if you want to keep it just to tinker with it and have spare parts/whatever you can report it lost and they will flag the ESN so it cannot be used again. Then you will have an extra PDA if you can get it working again...

Most of us know that you can talk to 10 people about 1 issue and get 25 different answers. I've never heard that you can get 3 replacements (TEP); always only 2 within a 12 month period.

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Originally Posted by Dannyws6

If your within your 30 days call sprint and add the Equipment replacment program. then on the next day say you lost your phone in a movie theather. dont say it was stolen. theyll ask you which phone. this is if you had a phone previously, to the mogul. dont listen to any of these guys. you dont have to wait 30 days to call. trust me i have done it.

You are exactly correct. No need to wait 30 days on your claim for a new phone. Secondly, they wont send you a referb mogul because it is to new and there is none to send you. If you want to check to see if your phone is referbed or has been used at all or at any point in the phones life time, all you have to do is type in ##786# and that will bring up a screen that will tell u any and everything about your phones past. Manufacture date, referb date, data lifetime, timer(mins) lifetime etc. I just got my new mogul after adding insurance and claimed it 30 mins later. Had to do some affidavit paper because of the high price phone but it worked and got it for $50 bucks.