i just bought a brand new tmobile touch pro 2 for 100$ but i dont want it on tmboile is it poissible to unlock it to be used with at&t?
im at work so im on a slow connection... i cant search the forum sorry if this is asked or been done
sure you can you just wont have any 3G coverage.
I have personally bought T-mobile Phones before and used them on AT&T !
Sure can...just look at my sig!!!!!!
**** so i just activate it huh or try and trade it for at&t......... i want 3g
Yeah if you want 3g your out of luck with that one... time to trade or sell.
Can a bad esn phone move to another carrier and be used normally?
What does bad esn mean
TX!!
No it wont transfer to another carrier, and it is caused from a phone bill not being paid, or a phone being lost or stolen and reported to the carrier. If you flash a phone to another carrier or use have it unlocked, then the phone will work on other networks, just not the network the esn was banned from, until the bill has been paid
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No it wont transfer to another carrier, and it is caused from a phone bill not being paid, or a phone being lost or stolen and reported to the carrier. If you flash a phone to another carrier or use have it unlocked, then the phone will work on other networks, just not the network the esn was banned from, until the bill has been paid
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Not unless it's sprint. sprint will refuse any bad esn's
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No it wont transfer to another carrier, and it is caused from a phone bill not being paid, or a phone being lost or stolen and reported to the carrier. If you flash a phone to another carrier or use have it unlocked, then the phone will work on other networks, just not the network the esn was banned from, until the bill has been paid
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Best answer i think, let me see if I understood!
You can unlock the phone, and then flash a ROM. And the NOT original carrier would work.
Is there something like that with IMEI/GSM?
I have been searching for a cheap note 2 n it seems that bad ESN phones are the cheapest....
So my question is If i buy a sprint bad ESN note 2 will it work in India with a CDMA connection... Will I have to unlock or flash it before using it...???
And if yes can anyone point me to the right thread or a tutorial...
Thanks in advance...!!
merchant91 said:
I have been searching for a cheap note 2 n it seems that bad ESN phones are the cheapest....
So my question is If i buy a sprint bad ESN note 2 will it work in India with a CDMA connection... Will I have to unlock or flash it before using it...???
And if yes can anyone point me to the right thread or a tutorial...
Thanks in advance...!!
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you would have to flash it. you will need your new carrier's prl and 3g connection port e.g. (123)[email protected] then just use qpst and configure, or find someone over there to do it for you
I would suggest you buy a World Phone with a bad ESN so that it has a GSM slot , even though it has a bad ESN you will be able to use it using a indian GSM sim card !
SO dont buy a Sprint/Verizon Phone with bad ESN ! Verizon's new phones with 4g capablity are GSM radios enabled so you can buy those
Hi guy,
please, let me know if I read right thing...
I can buy a phone with bad esn and use phone with normale sim card gsm ?
or I must unlock the phone buying code on line?
must I flash phone with another firmware ?
are these instruction valid for all verizon phone ?
Thank you so much
I sorry for my bad english and ignorance
Paolo
You're better off just buying a phone with a good ESN, if you plan on using CDMA in the States. Otherwise, if you plan to use GSM then just get a new Nexus 4 or Galaxy S3 (they're cheap now.)
The reason bad ESN phones are cheaper is because people use them for parts.
Unless your phone is an international phone, it won't have a sim card in it. Verizon in the states runs on cdma.
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frostedunit said:
...it won't have a sim card in it.
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Just to clarify this better, *MOST* US CDMA phones (Sprint, Verizon and many else) have SIM cards built-in and you can't swap. Besides, quite a few of them doesn't support AT&T / T-Mo's HSPA+ at all, so swapping another SIM (likely HSPA) usually makes no sense.
For example, in China here, the Epic 4G Touch from Sprint is modded to expose its SIM slots, making it possible to swap SIMs, but because E4GT isn't a "global phone", it lacks HSPA+ support and can only use CDMA SIMs (in China, that is, China Telecom).
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So hold up ...
Can i buy an S4 with a bad ESN from At&t and then unlock it (there are free and paid for solutions) and then use that same s4 on tmobile ?
The main question is within the USA do different networks share banned IMEI and ESN lists ?
Xplic1T said:
So hold up ...
Can i buy an S4 with a bad ESN from At&t and then unlock it (there are free and paid for solutions) and then use that same s4 on tmobile ?
The main question is within the USA do different networks share banned IMEI and ESN lists ?
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No. You have to use a device that has the proper network type (GSM vs CDMA) & frequency range.
Plus, how are there any bad ESN S4's already? The damn thing is brand new.
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No you can not use a bad esn phone in usa ! Blacklists are shared by networks .. Dont waste your money.
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Can i buy a Samsung S2 from at&t with bad esn and unlock or flash another ROM to use it in Europe ?
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I say yes
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Apparently no one HAS TAKEN A BAD ESN phone and successfully flashed to another ROM carrier...otherwise there would have been tons of comments by such a person on this thread by now. ;-/
I can add that anyone wanting to use the s4 active on TMobi (i537 or i9295) will not be satisfied because you can NOT use the TMobi wifi calling and you can not tether. You will also have to go through a process to add HSPA frequency in order to get a decent data and voice signal in most locations around the midwest. AND with the i9295 international... you will not be able to use LTE/4g data speed networks!
I'm selling my unlocked and rooted i537 right now for $175 because I want my TMobi wifi calling and tethering back. I did not find out about these issues until after I had already bought the phone. Anyone interested? hit me up....
sorry i know this is in the wrong section but i couldn't find a touchpro 2 forum on here and i thought like myself alot of people upgraded to the 4g frm the touch pro 2
anyway
i have a touchpro2 for sprint. i have a friend who has tmobile and her phone sucks. someone told me that there is a slot in the sprint touch pro 2 for a sim card. that doesnt seem right to me. is there? if not is there a way that i can make this phone accept her tmobile network?
Yes it is there, the tp2 is a world phone. The only way to make it use tmobile bands is to use the sim unlocker, witch is not free. First the phone must be hard spl unlocked, then sim unlocked, then you must flash a tmobile radio(modem). All in all, it is 6 bucks to hspl, 20 bucks to sim unlock.. you caan find the tp2 forum under legacy devices. Ill find a link.
Edit: start here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=578660
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If i buy a phone with a bad esn can I use the esn of my current phone as a donor to replace the phone I would buy?
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If i buy a phone with a bad esn can I use the esn of my current phone as a donor to replace the phone I would buy?
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yes sir you can XD
all you do is clone the esn to your new phone and if the old phone and the new phone models are the same you can save, replace in qpst, the process would take no more that 5 minutes.
But I want to buy a galaxy nexus for $250 off craigslist with a bad esn. Different models!!!. Is it the same process..? I am a noob!!! So it would be an esn from a clean epic on sprint to a bad esn galaxy nexus..
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But I want to buy a galaxy nexus for $250 off craigslist with a bad esn. Different models!!!. Is it the same process..? I am a noob!!! So it would be an esn from a clean epic on sprint to a bad esn galaxy nexus..
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yes exactly. itll just take merging of settings instead.
So i would open qpst have drivers and all that stuff and i would just put my epics esn as the galaxy nexus's and then replace all the cricket settings with exact settings with my phone. *turn phone on* then voila?!!!! Im sure its more difficult than that
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So i would open qpst have drivers and all that stuff and i would just put my epics esn as the galaxy nexus's and then replace all the cricket settings with exact settings with my phone. *turn phone on* then voila?!!!! Im sure its more difficult than that
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well, if you do that gtalk me([email protected]), and i can walk you through it of course you dont use qpst to clone an esn though XD
Lol. Ok Im learning. Me== Dumb Mexican haha. But if i do end up buying it i will definately ask you for help man. Thanks so much. If I do get it it will be by July 20th haha. Get paid the 15th or some **** like that. And i think youre a big dev on here or something along those lines haha so if you ever need a tester im here. I dont think i have a gtalk but will get one soon. Thanks again ( no homo)
Soooo...
So every stolen iPhone automatically has a bad ESN?
nikkygirl1 said:
So every stolen iPhone automatically has a bad ESN?
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If it's reported stolen, yes...
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How can i unlock my note 10 plus 5g verizon sm n976v with bad esn for international use.
Thanks
sidhak said:
How can i unlock my note 10 plus 5g verizon sm n976v with bad esn for international use.
Thanks
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Contact the carrier and find out why the ESN is bad, and how you can get it resolved. If that isn't an option then your pretty much on your own...
Only way the phone has a bad ESN is because it ended up on a blacklist, was financed and not paid off, lost/stolen or it was an insurance claim but never sent in.
They don't allow those kinds of discussions on the forum because it's borderline theft of service/property
sidhak said:
How can i unlock my note 10 plus 5g verizon sm n976v with bad esn for international use.
Thanks
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Hi there, this is not the kind of discussion we will allow on XDA.
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