Last night my phone would no longer start charging. I was using the original charger. I also have my old blackberry one's in the car and at work. None of them work now. I've never had a problem or anything until now and have owned this phone since January 2012. I tried all the tips I found in the forum, cleaning, bending, and whatnot. Sometimes I can get it to charge if I pull the plug back out just a little bit. However, when connected to the computer Windows complains the USB device has failed or something along those lines.

I have insurance on the phone, so now I'm trying to decide if I should pay the $65 deductible or just go get something else. I noticed the Galaxy Rush is on-sale at Radio Shack for $79 right now. The LG Venice is also tempting. I'm not interested in a ZTE.

I wonder if I make an insurance claim what phone they will send me? I was actually planning on canceling the insurance the next time I added money to my account because the STU was so cheap now ($99 on Boost's website.) I would rather pay $99 for a new phone, than $65 for a refurb. It's just not worth carrying the insurance on this phone anymore.. it's weird how it failed now while I was thinking about that. Looking back I wish I had bought the extended warranty from Best Buy now instead of paying for the insurance. *sigh* But I have been paying for it so...

I'm not sure what to do here and am looking for advice from other STU users who have used other Boost Android phones. This is the only one I have used.

 

Yes the insurance covers out of warranty malfunction. I'm leaning towards a new phone.

 

Thanks guys. I ended up picking up the HTC One SV.

 

So far I like it. Sense is much different though so it's taking some getting used to. 4G seems pretty quick even though I only have 2 bars. I'll have to test it somewhere with better sig strength but I just got 7174kbps down and 3965kbps upload.

 

Unfortunately that didn't work for me. I tried it and it let me plug in the phone once or twice but that was it. When I tried bending it some more then the phone wouldn't even power up! Bent it back and now it at least turns on again. I have an external charger since I have 3 batteries but ended up buying a new phone anyway.

 

There appears to be some but I haven't messed with any of that yet. I saw some custom kernels, cwm recovery, and a few roms. I guess not bad considering how new the phone is.