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[Q] Gave up RSA Keys, I've already got a replacement Evo, Will they give me another?

Pretty much borked myself out of 4G, I just unrooted my phone back to stock, ready to take it to Sprint tomorrow. Just a few questions before I do so.
Q1: When i first got my evo they gave me one with a broken volume down button, i went back and they replaced it, telling me i can't get a refund now. =_= Does this mean i cant return my current Evo? (2nd one)
Q2: How do i come at them about replacing my phone? Do i say i updated to the most recent OTA and now my 4G doesnt work? or Do i report it stolen or lost? I dont know what to do. I just dont want to end up paying for a brand new one or refurbished one.
Q3: Should i just switch over to Boost mobile and cancel my account with sprint since i dont have 4G anymore? This would be more positive thinking if i cant get a free Evo replacement again.
Q4: Just reassuring myself, Theres no way to create a wimax image using the RSA key info from my RSA_oem.key file? I read some where that you can use the hex editor to change info on a wimax template to work with your phone.
It was dumb of me, i remember it like it was yesterday. I had no 4G connection, but i had my Keys. (not backed up of course) So i figured it was my Wimax/Radio, next i formatted Wimax and lost my keys. (Eternally screwed) Dont EVER do this if you're reading this. First thing I'm gunna do when i get my new Evo is back up my RSA keys.

Do you have insursance on it? If not then your SOL. I had same issue with my 4g and I told them I had been updating my profile and prl (after flashing stock rom) and it dropped and shut off, then after reboot I couldn't get 4g. They took it for testing and I came back and got a new phone. I had insurance

Yes i have insurance thank god. Did they make you pay a deductible? sorry for the late post i had forgotten of this post. I talked to a customer at my local sprint store and he told me i should just pay the 100$ deductible and write it off as damage cuz they'll give me an Evo 3D they're not handing out evos anymore, but i still want to try :3

jasmnjosh said:
Yes i have insurance thank god. Did they make you pay a deductible? sorry for the late post i had forgotten of this post. I talked to a customer at my local sprint store and he told me i should just pay the 100$ deductible and write it off as damage cuz they'll give me an Evo 3D they're not handing out evos anymore, but i still want to try :3
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Sprint store reps won't know if you would be getting a 3D for insurance replacement, you would have to contact Asurion about that. Some people have been getting the 3D, but some have still been getting the OG Evo. All depends on what they have in stock when you make your claim.
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quick idea, instead of paying $100 for a replacement thru your insurance for a refurbished phone, you could go onto craigslist and buy a new evo slightly used for the same price thats probably in better condition. Just throwing the idea out there.

JollyGrnReefer said:
quick idea, instead of paying $100 for a replacement thru your insurance for a refurbished phone, you could go onto craigslist and buy a new evo slightly used for the same price thats probably in better condition. Just throwing the idea out there.
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I have a rooted evo with a new LCD for sale.
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I just "lost " my old evo and they sent me a new one that's what I would do and its brand new
sent from my fresh a$$ EVO

slaterdahater said:
I just "lost " my old evo and they sent me a new one that's what I would do and its brand new
sent from my fresh a$$ EVO
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You only have to pay a deductible if theatre physical damage. If your wimax is damage just flash a stock rom and when you bring it in say you were updating the prl or profile and it dropped and when you turned it on 4g wasn't working. They will take it for testing then give you a new one.
Positively works
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[Q] Boost EVO BACK to Sprint... please help.... I'd be willing to donate!!

Ok..... so my other half lost his Evo 4g. AGAIN. And didn't have insurance. So he went back to his old Hero, hating it. Long story short, not wanting to do anything contract-related without his consent, I got a used EVO after A LOT of searching for one, on Craigslist. It's in great condition, working ports, SDcard, etc, but rooted and on Boost Mobile and I just want to return it to the Sprint Network. I don't have a preference at this point (as I will leave it up to him once I get it fixed) whether or not it stays rooted. I just want the easiest way at this time to get it back for use with Sprint to surprise him when he gets home from visiting his family in NJ, and will look at re-rooting it later if he wants.
I would much rather make a donation to a great helper on here than try going to a chain phone shop and doing something about it. Please message me or email me at [email protected]
Any help is much appreciated!!!

Be sure to check if the esn is clean first because about 75% of evos flashed to boost have bad esns due to being reported stolen etc. And cannot be put back on sprint.
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THREESTRIPEBRAND said:
Be sure to check if the esn is clean first because about 75% of evos flashed to boost have bad esns due to being reported stolen etc. And cannot be put back on sprint.
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I was told that yes, it did have clean ESN and can be used on Sprint again if desired. It has a working port and I put an 8 GB card in it; it's rooted on Boost, but I don't care if it loses root to go back to Sprint. I need to get it back on Sprint as a Christmas present before my other half gets back from visiting his family... any chance you could walk me through the process to do so or remotely access it to do it? As I said, I'm more than happy to donate via PayPal to get this done quickly for him.

This should help you get where you're going. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=937652
After some research this looks it might help. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1008909
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[Q] asurion/ sprint

OK got a question..... about a month ago my wife lost her ep4gt. So she called sprint and call asurion to file a insurence claim that it was lost and paid 100$ for a new e4gt ...well 1 week later we find her old e4gt so now she has two.... my question is would I be able to hook up her old e4gt to replace my HTC EVO or is the old e4gt just a paper weight now???we both are on the same contract.......

You're better off selling the phone on craigslist and using the money towards a new phone.
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radrian92 said:
You're better off selling the phone on craigslist and using the money towards a new phone.
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now what if the buyer tries to verify the ESN what would sprint tell him......cause i sold my old HTC HERO and when i meet with guy he called sprint to verify that the ESN was good and wich is was cause i upgraded to my EVO

The exact same situation happened to me with my Nexus S 4g. I will give you a heads up...its an absolute hassle.
Reason is that Asurion flagged the phone ESN as "lost/stolen"
It took almost a week between calls to Sprint and Asurion to get the matter solved.
Good Luck.
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HCdroid said:
The exact same situation happened to me with my Nexus S 4g. I will give you a heads up...its an absolute hassle.
Reason is that Asurion flagged the phone ESN as "lost/stolen"
It took almost a week between calls to Sprint and Asurion to get the matter solved.
Good Luck.
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will they make me send one of the phones back to them??? or can me and my wife be rockin the e4gt??? lol

yotie said:
will they make me send one of the phones back to them??? or can me and my wife be rockin the e4gt??? lol
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The 1st et is useless as the esn is now reported lost/stolen and can't be activated with sprint. Shoot me a pm and I may take it off your hands

yotie said:
OK got a question..... about a month ago my wife lost her ep4gt. So she called sprint and call asurion to file a insurence claim that it was lost and paid 100$ for a new e4gt ...well 1 week later we find her old e4gt so now she has two.... my question is would I be able to hook up her old e4gt to replace my HTC EVO or is the old e4gt just a paper weight now???we both are on the same contract.......
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1. you shouldn't tell them you found your old phone. they might want it back
2. you can't use your phone on spint anymore. but i heard it can be used to flashed on boost mobile
3. you can sell it on criaglist as a bad esn phone. people will still buy it. or you can donate to one of our developers on xda.

yotie said:
OK got a question..... about a month ago my wife lost her ep4gt. So she called sprint and call asurion to file a insurence claim that it was lost and paid 100$ for a new e4gt ...well 1 week later we find her old e4gt so now she has two.... my question is would I be able to hook up her old e4gt to replace my HTC EVO or is the old e4gt just a paper weight now???we both are on the same contract.......
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You can try to activated...but if assurion flag the esn as lost or stolen it's not going to work with sprint no more you can try to remove the flag but most then likely it's not going to work...you can try to sell it on Ebay for cricket...
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In my past experience from earlier this year I lost my phone at the Airport. The airport ended up finding my package after like 3 weeks... I had reported it lost, so i got a new phone (Evo 3D). The ESN on the lost phone was clean for activation. I ended up playing it safe and selling it on Craigslist when I went on a trip like across the USA at new york lol! far away from Oregon.... Anonymous style to keep it freshly away from me.

If you processed the claim through sprint they will lock the esn specific to that phone from use. If you called assurion directly they don't always follow policy and may not have locked the "lost" phone.
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Go to checkesnfree.com if it clears you're good to go
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U should.sell.it

well I call sprint to check the esn..
FLAGGED..... lol... .oh well...guess I'll use it for a mini tablet at home or tether it off of my evo....thank-you for all your replys......

Being that u called asurion plus sprint its definately flagged. Next time just deal with asurion and leave sprint out of it. Asurion wont flag the esn unless u say its stolen. With my original epic i had a friend slap it out my hand by accident and i couldnt get sprint service center to fix it and it was only 2 days old. I was tight so i felt like why should i send it back if im coming out of pocket anyways? So i went online filed a claim put that i lost it and gave it to my friend so he can try it out. He activated it no problem but decided he'll stick to his evo. Now my bro has it and even got it fixed free by sprint when they started the in store repair thing. Too bad sprint ended that in like a month. My bro still has the phone on his line tho lol
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If you have the account owner(you or your gf) call sprint they can verify you were the purchaser and pull the flag off of it if you're nice, they will just pull up the esn to verify it was indeed the device you originally purchased and lost and then clear it out I've had it done a few times in the past when I've lost devices, actually had my evo flagged as lost twice and removed from my 5 year old hiding the damn thing up inside the couch where i couldn't see it and then I'd find it a few weeks later when I'd.move the couch to vacuum under it or once he stuffed it down into the back seat of the car and my wife found it when her purse spilled and her wedding ring fell in the same slot between the bottom and back of the seat. Just be warned its a bit of a hassle and may require calling several times til you get a rep willing to do it for you
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Sell it on ebay. Epic touches with bad esns sell for at least 250. They can be flashed to boost, virgin, cricket, etc. I am running my epic touch on virgin. Can't beat $25 a month for service.
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yotie said:
So she called sprint and call asurion to file a insurence claim that it was lost and paid 100$ for a new e4gt ....
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This is how I get all my new phones... You can hook it up no problem. An esn swap on you EVO line is all it takes.

As soon as you file the claim, it becomes the property of Asurion. In every replacement box they send out, they give you a return envelope to send your old unit back in case you should find it again. Technically attempting to reactivate or sell it would be insurance fraud if they decide to pursue it. Its better off being flashed to another provider that doesn't care where an ESN comes from.

aznssaiyan said:
As soon as you file the claim, it becomes the property of Asurion. In every replacement box they send out, they give you a return envelope to send your old unit back in case you should find it again. Technically attempting to reactivate or sell it would be insurance fraud if they decide to pursue it. Its better off being flashed to another provider that doesn't care where an ESN comes from.
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How would Asurion know the person didn't just find it laying around somewhere? My old phone i reported lost is activated with no problem on my brothers account for about a year now..
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aznssaiyan said:
As soon as you file the claim, it becomes the property of Asurion. In every replacement box they send out, they give you a return envelope to send your old unit back in case you should find it again. Technically attempting to reactivate or sell it would be insurance fraud if they decide to pursue it. Its better off being flashed to another provider that doesn't care where an ESN comes from.
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^^^^ Wow went through the whole thread looking for this guy and not till the very end did he pop up.... LOL
@OP, this is what you do- hold on to your phone or you can sell or donate to one of the developers in here if you are a chronic flasher. Most of the posts in here are spot on. If you only contact Asurion then your phone wont be flagged by Sprint since apparently the two don't talk all the time.
I am sitting on two phones that I purchased from people who thought it was a bad ESN but I have since turned one on to Sprint and the other I had checked and its also good.
I let the kids play with them, an Evo and a Evo 3D - I just made up a Google voice number for them and while in the home they can call all their friends or whatever. Then if we go out I just turn on the Hotspot and they can get market apps or make a call while I control everything. Also they can watch netflix - whatever it takes for a dad to get some PEACE and QUIET!

Upgrade issue!

Well I bought the gs3 with my account but now that the note2 is out I want to have that phone. My mom is due for an upgrade and I thought I can give her my gs3 and then buy the note2 on her upgrade (different accounts) but they told m no because its not on the same account and if the phone its not on her act for 24hrs they will charge her fullretail price. Is this true? If so, what can be done? Because I want that phone.
Thanks!
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lepapirriky said:
Well I bought the gs3 with my account but now that the note2 is out I want to have that phone. My mom is due for an upgrade and I thought I can give her my gs3 and then buy the note2 on her upgrade (different accounts) but they told m no because its not on the same account and if the phone its not on her act for 24hrs they will charge her fullretail price. Is this true? If so, what can be done? Because I want that phone.
Thanks!
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Which wireless carrier do you use?

I did almost the same thing with Sprint to get mine. I'm on a family acct though. Used my brother's upgrade and got it activated on my number because my upgrade wasn't due for a while. They let me do it no problems. But being on different accounts might make a difference why that won't let you do it.
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Get it on her upgrade, activate and let her use it for a couple days, then swap and give her the gs3. It may be easier if you have a spare older phone laying around that you could swap with your gs3 to free up the gs3's esn. That way when you swap with your mother, they won't see that it's attached to your account. You should even be able to do the esn swap on sprints website if you were to do it that way and you would not even have to call. If I am remembering right, I am pretty sure I have done this before for myself.
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Thanks for the reply!
Well finally its done, I went to other store and then eve swap it for me. Apparently the other guy was new and had to ask the store manager and she refuse to do the swap and she even told me she was going to put a warning on the acct. Anyway I went to other store, bought the phone, swap it to my acct and walk out with it. No problem whatsoever. Now I'm the new owner of the note2 :thumbup: :victory:
I guess it depends on the person who you talk to.
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I've found that too with Sprint stores it definitely depends on who you talk to... Glad you got it, enjoy it's one amazing device dc
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At least TRY to help.

Basically I bought a phone from a guy off Craigslist.
I asked for the ESN before purchase.
Called Sprint, was clean+clear and ready for activation on ANY account.
Bought phone.
Sprint says the phone is still tied to an account, and they cannot do anything unless I have his permission.
The guy I bought the phone from, when I was on my way to get it. Texted me and said, call this number when you get there.
So I did.
6-7 hours pass, I call, no answer. I text, says its some 70 year old person and to quit texting them.
I have his E-Mail, phone numbers all that in the settings>status
Cops won't do a damn thing. I'm just in the air.
I could be that guy and re-sell it to someone who was as stupid as me.

Your spelling and punctuation makes it difficult to understand you.
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I think hes saying that he bought an S3 that was supposed to be unactivated, but it turned out to be on Verizon....so hes trying to find out how to get it onto Sprint
@OP, if you make the title of your post more informative, you'll probably get more views and more responses
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What would you like us to do? Wave a magic wand and clear up the ESN for you? next time meet the person at a sprint store and activate the device before you pay for it. Lesson learned.
I like to break stuff!

OP, have a look at this thread. Basically, you need a donor Sprint phone to flash your Verizon S3 back to Sprint.
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CNexus said:
OP, have a look at this thread. Basically, you need a donor Sprint phone to flash your Verizon S3 back to Sprint.
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I will fix the OP.
Listen.
I have a Sprint S3 which I am using and is active.
I wanted to buy a Note 2, I found a guy to sell me one.
I asked him for the ESN before I went to buy it. Called Sprint, was clean and ready to be activated.
Met up and bought the Note 2 for Sprint.
Sprint now says they cannot do anything to the phone unless the owner gives them permission too.
Guess I'm just screwed for using this on the Sprint network.
Cricket said $75 to flash, and 60 a mo for service.
Or, I could be that guy & re-sell it on CL and screw someone else over.
Then just go buy a new one.

You could be honest and resell, someone might want it for cricket. There's no need to pass along any BS.

Yeah its your mistake. You should have gone to a sprint store or at least called sprint on the spot to activate it before you pay.
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Yeah, talked to a Sprint manager that I know and she said he owes Sprint like $305. So, its on Craigslist now. Posted it as a flashable phone. Thanks guys..

Nickitt said:
Yeah, talked to a Sprint manager that I know and she said he owes Sprint like $305. So, its on Craigslist now. Posted it as a flashable phone. Thanks guys..
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a GS3 flashed to cricket on ebay sells for MORE$$$ then a regular GS3 that was on Sprint or Verizon
Cricket dont sell GS3's so people with cricket love that phone and will pay $$$ to have it work on their network
you can actually get more then what you think.
on ebay i see them go for over $400 all day long
you can always give me a nice little commision if you want if you sell it like i said to
im sure you will make way more money then you thought