Cell Phone Grump

[Righty]

I keep it in the pocket of my surf top.... Mine's not a flip though and I can talk on it right through the bag

[Van]

DOn't know what to say about your service, just research your area. But...
Pitch the old phone. If you stick with the same provider, go to ebay and buy a used phone from a repuatble seller that was used on the same provider, put your SIM card in (which should be fine even setted). I just did this with 2 phones and they are great and were short $$$. Beats having to re-up with your current provider for cheap/free phones.

Thats how they get us,,, on the equipment. and costs for new ones.

OH.,,.,you can get all new phones free if you sign up for """"
ANOTHER 2 FREAKIN YEARS !!!!!!!! """"" Yea right.

[MikeTLive]

I put mine into a freezer ziploc and again into another.

I use a stripped down water resistant subset of the contents of my wallet: license, bankcard and a $20.

[Mr. Sandman]

While washing the boat down I noticed my new flip phone in the corner submerged. It was dead and I could only partially bring it back to life. I got another and picked up this item on ebay...It is not perfect but it keeps it dry and you can dial and talk thru the bag without problems.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll..._promot_widget

I have cingular. it is good offshore but spotty on MV. Fine on the mainland and inside the bay. The family plan lets you share minutes among several phone.

Try this ringtone...it is a hoot:
http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...ad.php?t=27709

[tattoobob]

Well seems somehow my display isn't working on my phone it is not even 2 yrs. old now that my service plan is not up for some time, but my old boss is still picking up the bill. I think I willstay with nextel. to get a phone at a discounted price I need to do a new service plan. so I am looking on ebay.
I don't know what to do 1)is to charge a new phone to my old boss 2) is to switch back to my family plan 3)is to go with a new provider all together

[CANAL RAT]

try sealing it in a bag of dry white rice and leave it over night .the rice will absourb the moisture.

[Fishpart]

Open your phone up and somewhere around the battery is a white dot that turns pink whne it falls off the counter into a bucket of water. Remove the dot and the residue with WD-40... When the spongebrain in the cell store opens it up looking for a pink dot he/she won't see one and may replace you still in warranty phone since there is no proof it got wet