I have account with Sprint and the old phone got cracked, Can I buy a s6 with bad ESN and rewrite the ESN with the old phone's ESN?
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So with you being able to do a ESN swap and activate a phone on your own with sprint can you get a phone from another carrier and activate it?
I know this maybe a silly question but I'm asking just to make sure.
So lets say I buy a phone with a bad ESN for another carrier. Could I take said phone and use Sprints new ESN Swap to activate it and get it working for Sprint?
Thanks in advanced.
Hi, what about using the phone that has bad esn (and has a sim card slot and works in GSM mode) abroad? An example is the LG G2 with verizon. Can I easily get one even will have a bad esn, unlock it by IMEI and use for example in France in GSM mode?
Or what if I buy phone that is locked at the factory and has bad IMEI in the United States. Is outside the state without any problem the phone is ready for use? or must be factory unlocked because the bad imei do not get IMEI code to unlock. How is it, please explain to me.
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vivatbg said:
Hi, what about using the phone that has bad esn (and has a sim card slot and works in GSM mode) abroad? An example is the LG G2 with verizon. Can I easily get one even will have a bad esn, unlock it by IMEI and use for example in France in GSM mode?
Or what if I buy phone that is locked at the factory and has bad IMEI in the United States. Is outside the state without any problem the phone is ready for use? or must be factory unlocked because the bad imei do not get IMEI code to unlock. How is it, please explain to me.
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Hi,
I am not really sure what you are trying to do and what you mean by "bad IMEI." I am going to close this thread because it is illegal in a lot of places to even discuss the ways and means of changing an IMEI number. This is largely because blacklisting IMEIs from stolen phones is a strong deterrent against phone theft.
Sorry for the thread closure :silly:
Hello everyone, im looking forward to buy a Galaxy s4 sprint phone, with a bad ESN. After hours of research i wasnt able to find an answer to my question. I can carrier unlock this phone with software, thats not a problem it doesnt need a unlock code. But a phone with a bad esn will work with a GSM carrier? Its a Samsung Galaxy S4 SPH-L720T
It has a sim card slot, already had one in my hands and unlocked it, but it had a good ESN and worked perfectly on Costa Rica with a sim card. But, will a bad esn one work too?
Thanks for your answers
worms45 said:
Hello everyone, im looking forward to buy a Galaxy s4 sprint phone, with a bad ESN. After hours of research i wasnt able to find an answer to my question. I can carrier unlock this phone with software, thats not a problem it doesnt need a unlock code. But a phone with a bad esn will work with a GSM carrier? Its a Samsung Galaxy S4 SPH-L720T
It has a sim card slot, already had one in my hands and unlocked it, but it had a good ESN and worked perfectly on Costa Rica with a sim card. But, will a bad esn one work too?
Thanks for your answers
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By bad ESN number you mean that it has been blacklisted? This usually means that the device has been lost or worse stolen and most carriers will block access from any blacklisted devices. The blacklisting has worked remarkably well in curtailing the trafficking of stolen devices, and changing the ESNs to by pass this blacklisting is against the law in most places and should not even be discussed on xda...:good:
I bought a Samsung Galaxy light (SGH-T399N) from MetroPCS for $29 on the prepaid plan last November and never made another payment on the account as I unlocked the phone and placed my T-Mobile prepaid sim card in it and have been using it fine up until a couple of days ago.
Even though I did not sign any contract, MetroPCS has decided that they did not like me only paying them for one months service and have blacklisted the IMEI number of the phone with T-Mobile!
I want to keep using this phone on T-Mobile network and want to *LEGALLY* change enough of the phone with a donor phone's IMEI that is not blocked on the Tmobile network and I do not want to do anything illegal, so I just bought a working SGH-T399 T-Mobile phone that is beat up with a cracked screen, yet is working.
How much of the donor phone do I need to transfer to the blacklisted phone to make it legal?
A. Take the sticker with the IMEI barcode label and transfer that along with the complete EFS directory?
B. Remove the main PCB with the modem chip from the donor phone to the blacklisted phone (It has the IMEI label on the PCB) and transfer it to the new phone that has everything else new?
I'd like to do option A as I have it unlocked already and the modem is different than the Tmobile modem and MetroPCS came with 4.4.2 on it and I have it already tweaked as I want it.
Can I avoid using the old PCB from T-Mobile and just use it as a donor IMEI device and then put it in my parts drawer with no IMEI label?
I'd rather keep the main PCB from the new phone rather than swap to an unknown condition older PCB.
scanman0 said:
I bought a Samsung Galaxy light (SGH-T399N) from MetroPCS for $29 on the prepaid plan last November and never made another payment on the account as I unlocked the phone and placed my T-Mobile prepaid sim card in it and have been using it fine up until a couple of days ago.
Even though I did not sign any contract, MetroPCS has decided that they did not like me only paying them for one months service and have blacklisted the IMEI number of the phone with T-Mobile!
I want to keep using this phone on T-Mobile network and want to *LEGALLY* change enough of the phone with a donor phone's IMEI that is not blocked on the Tmobile network and I do not want to do anything illegal, so I just bought a working SGH-T399 T-Mobile phone that is beat up with a cracked screen, yet is working.
How much of the donor phone do I need to transfer to the blacklisted phone to make it legal?
A. Take the sticker with the IMEI barcode label and transfer that along with the complete EFS directory?
B. Remove the main PCB with the modem chip from the donor phone to the blacklisted phone (It has the IMEI label on the PCB) and transfer it to the new phone that has everything else new?
I'd like to do option A as I have it unlocked already and the modem is different than the Tmobile modem and MetroPCS came with 4.4.2 on it and I have it already tweaked as I want it.
Can I avoid using the old PCB from T-Mobile and just use it as a donor IMEI device and then put it in my parts drawer with no IMEI label?
I'd rather keep the main PCB from the new phone rather than swap to an unknown condition older PCB.
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Why doing soo much efforts just simply pay the amount and enjoy till the works :good:
IMEI tampering in any way is illegal in most areas.....and NOT discussed on XDA. Take the previous posters advice, or look to another site for help.
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If you have an att phone with a bad imei, would if work on lets say tmobile if its unlocked?
i see imei repair services but nothing for s6 active
my phone is fine for now but im running into money problems and i dont want it to be black listed and not work... thanks
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If you have an att phone with a bad imei, would if work on lets say tmobile if its unlocked?
i see imei repair services but nothing for s6 active
my phone is fine for now but im running into money problems and i dont want it to be black listed and not work... thanks
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Did you purchase the phone brand new or second hand? Is the imei there or just missing? If it's missing it doesn't matter if it's sim unlocked or not it won't work on any GSM carrier if your imei is missing or has been black listed (reported stolen or for none payment)
purchased brand new but subsidized through ATT Next
I have 3 months to get it back on
I screwed up but found another job so ill be back on track
But yeah I was thinking of doing the imei repair method
its a service where it spoofs your phone with another imei to unblacklist it
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purchased brand new but subsidized through ATT Next
I have 3 months to get it back on
I screwed up but found another job so ill be back on track
But yeah I was thinking of doing the imei repair method
its a service where it spoofs your phone with another imei to unblacklist it
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Before changing your imei which is illegal I would contact AT&T and see if there is an arrangement you guys can come to. I suggest exhausting all legitimate means before paying someone to change your imei