question about insurance

[EvanTribley]

Originally Posted by burtonsnow8

I think there is a higher deductible for a lost phone over a returned phone. Plus when you say you lose the phone they disable the ESN number, meaning it cannot be activated anywhere in the US.

Deductible will be the same regardless of reason for claim. I wouldn't worry about the flashed ROM in this case. If you went in for warranty repair/replacement you might have trouble but I seriously doubt it for this.

My best advice is just to be honest when making an insurance claim. If you have it, send it back. Any insurance claim through Asurion does have you attest that you are not committing insurance fraud. I can't imagine them ever following up, but still.

If you ever wanted to see if the phone would be repairable, it would be $120 at a Sprint store for screen replacement if they have the parts.

[sprintgirl]

make it easy on yourself and claim it as lost. the phone will become bad esn. and you dont have to send it back. you have to pay the deductable regardless. also you will have one laying around if you need spare parts like a speaker or microphone etc.

[boredandtattooed]

Originally Posted by burtonsnow8

I think there is a higher deductible for a lost phone over a returned phone. Plus when you say you lose the phone they disable the ESN number, meaning it cannot be activated anywhere in the US.

wrong!! metropcs can activate devices with lost/stolen blocks all day.. Houdini doesnt play around apparently lol