does insurance cover sweat damage?

caliwrestla · Thread Author #1 08-29-2009, 09:54 PM

while i was on a call i guess i got over heated since its about 100 degrees outside in california and i sweated on the keypad now the buttons dont register. am i screwed i have insurance on my sim for my phone but its a used one i got off craigslist.

Artemis68 · #2 08-29-2009, 10:05 PM

Yes, insurance covers water damage...which includes sweat damage.

However, I'm not sure if you're covered because although you have insurance on your SIM, you're using a phone that you bought elsewhere (aka not T-Mobile). Insurance may not cover that phone because you didn't get it from T-Mobile.

xTemptati0n · #3 08-30-2009, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Artemis68

Yes, insurance covers water damage...which includes sweat damage.

However, I'm not sure if you're covered because although you have insurance on your SIM, you're using a phone that you bought elsewhere (aka not T-Mobile). Insurance may not cover that phone because you didn't get it from T-Mobile.

If it's not a phone that T-Mobile offers, Asurion will probably offer him a different device of equal value.

shado · #4 08-30-2009, 12:19 AM

Off-topic, but 100? Lucky you, we are getting close to 114 here in Arizona.

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lordcliff · #5 08-30-2009, 12:48 AM

I would also suggest for the future a bluetooth headset.

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juniors_mama · #6 08-30-2009, 02:33 AM

they will offer you a device within the price range of what you sweaty phone is worth. This just happened to a friend. He had an 8900 I forget what they offered him though.

caliwrestla · Thread Author #7 08-30-2009, 07:42 AM

Yea it was a tmobile 8900 bb looks like ill pay 130. The blow dryer didnt revive it.

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Artemis68 · #8 08-30-2009, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by xTemptati0n

If it's not a phone that T-Mobile offers, Asurion will probably offer him a different device of equal value.

Wow, I didn't know that. Thanks for clearing that up.

xTemptati0n · #9 08-30-2009, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by caliwrestla

Yea it was a tmobile 8900 bb looks like ill pay 130. The blow dryer didnt revive it.

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Try the ol' box of rice trick. Get a plastic container, put a box of rice in it, then bury the phone in the rice over night. Take it out and it should power up for the most part. It doesn't always work, but more than half of the time you'll get it to work again.

#10 08-30-2009, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by xTemptati0n

Try the ol' box of rice trick. Get a plastic container, put a box of rice in it, then bury the phone in the rice over night. Take it out and it should power up for the most part. It doesn't always work, but more than half of the time you'll get it to work again.

That was gonna be my recomendation......you know I coulda swore that asurion WILL NOT cover a phone not purchased from TMO or NOT branded TMO

TheSultan · #11 08-30-2009, 12:21 PM

Just tell them it's water damage....salt water. And, the BT headset sounds like a good idea for you in the future.

caliwrestla · Thread Author #12 08-30-2009, 12:40 PM

yeah ill diffinately get a bluetooth now. it sucks cause the phone turns on and the cursor moves just the buttons wont register

now im stuck with this old dinosaur samsung flip phone while i wait for tuesday for my replacement bb to come in the mail

notsatisfied · #13 09-03-2010, 01:53 PM

had the same problem this week...happy i guess to see others that have experienced my pain...the folks at BB Forums ridiculed my post. here is my phone as it sits today...and i have no insurance.