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[Q] Purchasing Galaxy Nexus

I will be purchasing a galaxy nexus from a friend in a few days.He told me that he has not paid the etf fee for the phone, I was curious if the phone would work if I had a lte sim card or if I signed up for new service. Thanks for the help in advance.

You'll have to call Verizon and see what they can do if anything, they might not let you activate it.
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The phone will be blacklisted from ever connecting to Verizon's network until your friend pays the money he owes to Verizon. Tell him to stop being a cheap ass and pay his bill.
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cvv1984 said:
I will be purchasing a galaxy nexus from a friend in a few days.He told me that he has not paid the etf fee for the phone, I was curious if the phone would work if I had a lte sim card or if I signed up for new service. Thanks for the help in advance.
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I would suggest that you pass on this "gift".

Verizon usually doesn't usually budge on unblacklisting phones so you might be screwed.
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cvv1984 said:
I will be purchasing a galaxy nexus from a friend in a few days.He told me that he has not paid the etf fee for the phone, I was curious if the phone would work if I had a lte sim card or if I signed up for new service. Thanks for the help in advance.
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Just buy the nexus from Verizon for the 150 it's running at right now. And tell your friend to stop being retarded and pay his bill.
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tehgyb said:
Just buy the nexus from Verizon for the 150 it's running at right now. And tell your friend to stop being retarded and pay his bill.
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Even better, buy it from Amazon for something like $0.01. Or if he's off contract there are plenty of non-blacklisted phones for sale on Craigslist, eBay, XDA marketplace, etc..
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Extended warranty/insuraanch such as SquareTrade

I bought a galaxy nexus before the ban from google play.
and being an unlocked phone and the fact that it's not from T-Mobile there's no insurance.
Is there any extended warranty or insurance i could get such as SquareTrade?
i tried squaretrade but didn't see our phone on the list of phones to select

protegemini said:
I bought a galaxy nexus before the ban from google play.
and being an unlocked phone and the fact that it's not from T-Mobile there's no insurance.
Is there any extended warranty or insurance i could get such as SquareTrade?
i tried squaretrade but didn't see our phone on the list of phones to select
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I have had asurion since I first had t mobile. I keep getting letters from them stating that the mobile has detected I am not using a t mobile sanctioned phone so it is not covered by the mobile warranty however it is covered under my insurance plan.
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How much does a Verizon gnexus with bad ESN sell for

I know its only good for a 4" tablet/MP3 player I was thinking I can get $200 for it seeing that I played almost $700 for it but what do you think its worth
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I see them going for about $170ish on ebay including shipping

DertyDOH said:
I see them going for about $170ish on ebay including shipping
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OK then I think I can get at lest $200 for it then if not close to it I can use the money to buy a gsm galaxy nexus
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Why is the ESN bad in the first place.
Just curious.

Mach3.2 said:
Why is the ESN bad in the first place.
Just curious.
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Second this. Bad ESN's never happen from good things.
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It will be bad on the 1st because I can not pay $489.00 a mouth on my bill it keeps going up every mouth and I don't know y this mouth its going to be $499.00 and I am not behind on the bill at all but the cost just keeps going up so I'm not going to pah the bill so I'm going to sell it because of the bad ESN and so I can buy a gsm nexus
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leerpsp said:
It will be bad on the 1st because I can not pay $489.00 a mouth on my bill it keeps going up every mouth and I don't know y this mouth its going to be $499.00 and I am not behind on the bill at all but the cost just keeps going up so I'm not going to pah the bill so I'm going to sell it because of the bad ESN and so I can buy a gsm nexus
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I guess you could give Verizon a ring and ask what the heck is going on.

Verizon marks phones for unpaid bills and other stupid ****. They black listed my Droid Incredible because I terminated my contract for the Nexus. DINC is literally a brick now.

Smokeey said:
Verizon marks phones for unpaid bills and other stupid ****. They black listed my Droid Incredible because I terminated my contract for the Nexus. DINC is literally a brick now.
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That's unreasonable..

I thought 4g phones couldn't be blacklisted? I got a bad esn gnex on cl for 100 and tried to activate it and it worked...,
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Yep even if you buy your phone out right if you don't pay your bill they will black list it
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leerpsp said:
Yep even if you buy your phone out right if you don't pay your bill they will black list it
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Wtf. GSM all the way.
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wilsonlam97 said:
Wtf. GSM all the way.
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Yep gsm all they way for me as well after all this with Verizon they have me turned off on all CDMA phones will the CDMA droid 3 even with a bad ESN you can flash a new radio with unlock code and it will work on gem so I'm going to have a droid 3 on at&t come the 1st till I can get a gsm galaxy nexus
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Smokeey said:
Verizon marks phones for unpaid bills and other stupid ****. They black listed my Droid Incredible because I terminated my contract for the Nexus. DINC is literally a brick now.
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That DINC can be used on alternate networks like cricket or metropcs that accept foreign esns... it not really hard to flash/reprogram them if you look a little bit.. that's the reason they are sold on craigslist all the time.
Before I took the plunge and bought a new GSM GNex for the $30 tmobile plan, that's I'll I did is buy bad esn phones off of ebay and reprogram them for my cricket account

pdxtechdoctor said:
That DINC can be used on alternate networks like cricket or metropcs that accept foreign esns... it not really hard to flash/reprogram them if you look a little bit.. that's the reason they are sold on craigslist all the time.
Before I took the plunge and bought a new GSM GNex for the $30 tmobile plan, that's I'll I did is buy bad esn phones off of ebay and reprogram them for my cricket account
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I wood do that but the only phone company's in Dawson springs NY is t- mobile edge at&t 2g in straight talk sprit does not work were we Are at and the company's you named i looked them up and we do not have them around here so I will just sell it or trade it for a gsm android phone
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Squaretrade question

Cracked my gs3 for att but i have warranty with square trade under a receipt for a tmobile gs3. Can i still file a claim?

If the imei/serial are different then probably not. You can always call and ask the protocol.
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My sgh-t889 wont work on Solavei... need help

my phone is locked. all that fussin over nothin!

Maybe your phone was blacklisted by tmobile? Might wanna call tmobile to check on the IMEI#
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jacky37 said:
Maybe your phone was blacklisted by tmobile? Might wanna call tmobile to check on the IMEI#
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that is absolutely correct.
i took it to TMOBILE yesterday and the rep couldn't get it to work. so he told me "i have never seen this happen."
so i took it to SOLAVEI and paid for the service already!!!!
i just called tmobile and 5 reps told me that the phone was reported LOST. and that the owner was sent insurance replacements. i was told that if the could get a hold of the original owner and ask him to call tmobile, or get his old phone number that they will unlock the phone for me.
the 6th rep. which was the "highest ranking" told me that she could not find my IMEI on the network.
i called the guy i traded with on craigslist. the guy tells me that he only used it on ATT cuz it is unlocked. and that he got it from someone else.
imma just tell the guy to trade back or imma take him to small claims court.

the mods can close this thread.

I love living in los angeles. I just bought a perfectly good working Note 2 (sgh-t889) for $350.

bigexpansion said:
I love living in los angeles. I just bought a perfectly good working Note 2 (sgh-t889) for $350.
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I hope that one doesn't get blacklisted at that price...
Seems like the way it has been going lately with inexpensive second hand phones.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement