Help me brick my phone

[mad_jester]

Originally Posted by jah8551

haha you should make a video of this

hahahaha, you're right, i should. if i have time today, i will.

because i'm sure that i'll have to wait a few days for a replacement phone, this morning i monster flashed my sprint motoQ to verizon so i have it as a backup.

[Geekcop]

Can't believe we're having this conversation again. It didnt go well the first time...http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=64298

[skeegcpp]

Originally Posted by Geekcop

Can't believe we're having this conversation again. It didnt go well the first time...http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=64298

i could cee why u referenced this but they asked, we answered..

[mad_jester]

Originally Posted by Geekcop

Can't believe we're having this conversation again. It didnt go well the first time...http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=64298

1st) I'm not doing this simply because it's scratched. My sister was holding a baby while I was taking a picture of them with my phone. She stepped backwards so I could get better framing a she trip over her dog and fell backwards. I dropped my phone and grabbed the baby so he wouldn't get hurt. When I picked up the phone the screen was all cracked.

2nd) I'm not using the insurance, I'm using the warranty to get my phone replaced. So there's no fraud involved.

EDIT:

3rd) I've been with a lot of cell phone carriers and Verizon is the worst at making you pay extra for stuff that should be free. So I'm quite comfortable with myself if the worse thing for them is there out one phone.

[Hoss]

Sorry to hear about your accident and I do hope your sister and the baby came out of this OK. I am not an attorney but offering some friendly advice to be careful about the determination on fraud, warranty fraud is the same as insurance fraud in many areas. I work with warranty claims for my employer and we are required to perform audits to prevent fraudulent claims, any found are pursued financially and sometimes legally.

[ebross67]

And call it the last moment of a redneck! It would be safer to drop it in the toilet. The hundred bucks you save on the phone you spend on a new microwave.

[mad_jester]

Originally Posted by Hoss

Sorry to hear about your accident and I do hope your sister and the baby came out of this OK. I am not an attorney but offering some friendly advice to be careful about the determination on fraud, warranty fraud is the same as insurance fraud in many areas. I work with warranty claims for my employer and we are required to perform audits to prevent fraudulent claims, any found are pursued financially and sometimes legally.

Having previously worked for a cell phone company. Nothing like that would happen in this situation. To a manufacturer phones are like disposable paper cups. To a carrier they are more interested in the service and not the phone. Plus, it's the technicians job to sort out the insurance phones and the warranty phones. If they miss one, it's their fault and the company eats it. Technically that is the investigation. I know, I was a technician.

Originally Posted by ebross67

And call it the last moment of a redneck! It would be safer to drop it in the toilet. The hundred bucks you save on the phone you spend on a new microwave.

Wuh? If I drop it in the toilet I'd have to pay the $100 bucks to replace it, just as I would because the screen is cracked. So that really doesn't help me. Nuking it would cause a power failure without traces of inflicted damage. That's the point. Blame it on the phone, not my butter fingers.

[darren.wlsn1]

i thought title was s typo, usually its"help,i bricked my phone" lol

[skeegcpp]

Originally Posted by mad_jester

Blame it on the phone, not my butter fingers.

or u cud blame it on the alc-alco-alc-alc-alc-alcohol

sorry cudnt resist

[Phantom27]

Be careful... This fits the statute for theft too. You are trying to permantly deprive them of something of value. I'm sure the retail value is about $500, which would make it a felony in most states! Is that something you can live with?

My advice... Pay the $100!