Ok, my 860 just got stolen, HELP, ASAP

Well i was at the field house (my school gym building) and i had my **** in my locker, and i usually have it in my coat pocket, but i guess it was in the locker... and someone took it, point is, someone took it, its stolen, i got the service turned off, so thats all taken care of, i got insurense on it, but how much will it coast to get a new one? and is there anyway i can get the i870 if i add some money on the insurence? or would i have to pay the full price, say if i gotta pay 100 for a new i860, would i still have to pay 350 or 300 w/e it is for a i870, would they even know what type of phone i had????



Help please, im prolly gonna go try 2 get a new one 2day...


this is the 1st phone ever stolen from me

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Well depending on which service you have, seeing that you have a i860 I think it is Nextel, you will need to pay the deductible. You can talk to them and see if they can give you a i870 but I'm not sure if they will or not. I'm pretty sure they know which phone you have, because they have the IMEI in their system when you activated it.

yea im pretty sure they do, i got all of it delt with right now.. gotta pay 100, gunna see if my home inserance will cover the deductible, hopefully.. but if not its fine, wish i could get da 870 tho

I have never had a phone stolen from me so i have a question. What happens to the thief? Does he get away wid a free phone or is it traceable with the GPS? Can someone just put their Nextel SIM in the stolen phone and get away with it?

Yea, thats the bad thing about phones that require a sim card because they can't lock the phone only the sim card. So all the person needs to do is stick another sim card in the phone and it will work. The only thing you can do is suspend the service so that they can't run up your minutes.

yea it does suck... but one more question, like i had alot of contact on that sim card, is there ANY WAY, i can get them back when i get my new phone, i should get it within 3days, soooo pretty soon, but i was wondering if there is anyway i can get all my old contact... or will i have to put all them in there again?

Nope, your gonna have to enter them in one by one all over again, which really sucks. Thats what I hate about Sprint, everytime you get a new phone you have to re-enter your contacts.

Originally Posted by thaboiwonder07

yea it does suck... but one more question, like i had alot of contact on that sim card, is there ANY WAY, i can get them back when i get my new phone, i should get it within 3days, soooo pretty soon, but i was wondering if there is anyway i can get all my old contact... or will i have to put all them in there again?

go to a place in the mall or something and ask them to make you another copy of the sim card. thats what i have and if my phone ever gets stolen or lost, i still have my contacts on the back up sim

Gah...cell phone stealing.. lame.

Yea, you out of luck on the contacts. The best place to look for a new I870 is on eBay, I've had real good experiences with the phones I've bought there.

nextel has a service called address book. It comes with a lot of their data packages. With it you can upload and download your contacts at will. It syncs with the Nextel website.

Originally Posted by mighty sc

nextel has a service called address book. It comes with a lot of their data packages. With it you can upload and download your contacts at will. It syncs with the Nextel website.

Yes this is soo true!! Just go to your address book via NOL and click Send/Recieve and all of your contacts will be send to your new sim! Thats only IF you sent your contact when you first got the service. I have a i930 so this option isnt available to me anymore. But i got all my contacts on my Outlook in the event my phone is stolen!

Originally Posted by cseabourn

Yea, thats the bad thing about phones that require a sim card because they can't lock the phone only the sim card. So all the person needs to do is stick another sim card in the phone and it will work. The only thing you can do is suspend the service so that they can't run up your minutes.

What if the criminal calls Nextel and gets the service switched over? I know you can just swap SIMS but you know when you buy a new phone and nextel asks for the IMEI and phone serial number? But i dont think a thief would be that dayum dumb!

Yeah my i90c got stolen back in February and I called Nextel within a few hours to get it cancelled so the person couldn't use it. They just put a "freeze" on my phone number. Thankfully the thief didn't run up my minutes or cause any charges to my account. I had no choice but to buy a new phone through Nextel. I didn't have any insurance, but then again, I doubt that really provides much for stolen phones.

If you write down the serial # of your phone and report it to nextel they will be able to match the stolen phone to the sim card of the thief.