Im thinking about selling my s3 from sprint. I was looking to get a s3 from Tmobile from Craigslist. If i active it will it with a sim card i get from walmart will it work if the previous owner has a previous balance? Because I won't know until I get the phone then get the card because people lie on the Internet sometimes to get stuff sold.
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As long as its not blacklisted you'll be fine.
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He owes money to t mobile for the phone?
Tmo will most likely block it after a while if the remaining balance isn't paid off for the phone.
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Ok how will I know it's blacklisted?
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derrickmd18 said:
Ok how will I know it's blacklisted?
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It won't work lol what you can do is call T-Mobile and give them the iemi and they'll tell you if its good or not.
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Best advice I've heard is to go to the T-Mobile store with the person and have the rep there confirm the details (such as if they owe money). And have them add the phone to your account and/or make a note about it.
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I want to buy this phone and use a prepaid sim. how much would it be and from where should I.buy it?
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Picked up mine for about $250 ,
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Jelly its about $550 in Canada. But maybe it gone down in price a bit.
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Why not just have someone you know on tmobile to get the unlock code for you, or just go on a website and pay $10-25
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Teo032 said:
Why not just have someone you know on tmobile to get the unlock code for you, or just go on a website and pay $10-25
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+1.
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You can get it on amazon or eBay for around 470
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Teo032 said:
Why not just have someone you know on tmobile to get the unlock code for you, or just go on a website and pay $10-25
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Unless I'm mistaken, the OP is asking where to buy the phone and how much will it cost. An unlock code, whether paid for or through a friend, does nothing without a phone.
To the OP, it really depends on the market in your area. You can search on Craigslist, or EBay. 200-250(used) and 400-500(new) are probably the price ranges you will see.
If you buy from Craigslist, have the seller meet you at a local Tmo store, so you can easily verify if the phone is blacklisted (in case you might ever want to use it on Tmo, prepaid or otherwise).
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Recently acquired a s3 with a bad esn what can be done to make it work correctly
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robot4302 said:
Recently acquired a s3 with a bad esn what can be done to make it work correctly
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get a new circuit board lol
Any other options
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Flash it to another carrier and sell it and get one that's clean
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How can I flash to boost mobile
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Recently acquired a s3 with a bad esn what can be done to make it work correctly
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You should really ask for your money back.
Yea that sucks, every time I sell/buy a phone I meet the person at a Sprint store to verify the esn. Hopefully you can contact the seller and get your money back, but I doubt it. There are people that will buy it on Craigslist though, just be honest about the esn, there are plenty of non-sprint users that want the phone.
I recieved an extra note 2 after it was marked undeliverable by at&t they made some sort of error my question is if I sell this note 2 will the person have any trouble using it
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Why wouldn't you just return it to AT&T?
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hysteresis said:
Why wouldn't you just return it to AT&T?
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Karma is a mutha lol
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Haha so true
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vinnyj85 said:
I recieved an extra note 2 after it was marked undeliverable by at&t they made some sort of error my question is if I sell this note 2 will the person have any trouble using it
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If they blocked the IMEI then no AT&T nor T-Mobile user can use it.
And the risk you are going to end up paying for that if you don't return it it probably pretty high. And they aren't going to charge you what you can sell it for on the secondary market.
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If they blocked the IMEI then no AT&T nor T-Mobile user can use it.
And the risk you are going to end up paying for that if you don't return it it probably pretty high. And they aren't going to charge you what you can sell it for on the secondary market.
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This person is so right. its not worth it
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I think US mail fraud is a felony!
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Sell it you get ripped off by them everyday you did nothing intentionally do don't sweat it
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Sell it you get ripped off by them everyday you did nothing intentionally do don't sweat it
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Lmao ...keep in mind this person prolly has record
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I think US mail fraud is a felony!
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Think.... there's no "think" about it. Mail fraud is a felony in the U.S. Do the smart thing and return it.
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Call att and tell them. What you are doing is theft op, and is not worth it.
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Lmao ...keep in mind this person prolly has record
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Lol no record btw
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Ask yourself, is making a few hundred bucks worth being charged with mail fraud? Contact AT&T and return the device, it's the right thing to do.
Might of worked before but nowadays they track and black ball phones by imei. So not worth it when u get busted.
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Yeah if I were the OP I would definitely take it into the AT&T store and return it. Sooner or later the paper trail will lead back to the device. Even if the IMEI works and you sell it on Craigslist or something and then AT&T catches there mistake and turns it off. Whoever you sold it to might come looking for you. Or even worse have the cops show up at your door for mail fraud.
That's a felony, theft by mislaid/delivered property and also possibly mail fraud. I would return it since it's NOT YOURS. Just suggesting
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Just hold on to it for a couple of months, if you called att no one would know how to process a return in this situation. If you return it to the store an employee is going to just steal it or something. After a couple of months sell it. Fraud is when you intentually screw over the company, technically you found a lost phone. Lol
Btw this is called equipment gaming through att and per contract you will get your account canceled if they see this done multiple times, they will not take legal action. It's not worth there time nor does anyone care at att.
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Great except the phone was delivered insured. USPS pays out. I'm sure they audit losses.
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Great except the phone was delivered insured. USPS pays out. I'm sure they audit losses.
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Att does not insure anything they send out, all att would do in this situation is send out a new phone for free because if it was insured the shipping company would make sure it was not lost and make him wait a week before he gets a new phone. Like I said just keep it for 2 months if something were to happen then they will be looking for it in that time.
If you wanted to make sure the phone is not on the blacklist, call att tech support desk and ask them to run the imei number because your thinking about buying a note 2 for a friend. The worst att will do is report the phone stolen but less likely because the phone is technically lost and they only report phones that are stolen.
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Correct. Couriers are protected by mail fraud laws. Anyways, I've lost interest in this topic.
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If I unlock my phone can my company know I'm using a s3?
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Sorry, maybe its just me today, but the question just doesn't make sense to me.
Unlocking simply lets you use the phone on another carriers network. How or why would your company care what model your cell is?
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Because when it is not unlocked some companies require you or automatically puts u into a data plan.
So my question -
Can your company detect what phone you are using if it is unlocked?
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When you say "your company" do you mean your carrier or cellular provider, such as T-Mobile or AT&T?
If that's what you mean then yes, they are usually able to tell what kind of phone you are using.
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I don't think they'll make you get a data plan if you bring your own phone, and can't you cancel the data after a while?
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DocHoliday77 said:
When you say "your company" do you mean your carrier or cellular provider, such as T-Mobile or AT&T?
If that's what you mean then yes, they are usually able to tell what kind of phone you are using.
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Cause my company T-Mobile didn't know what phone I was using so they had to ask me.
I'm using an unlocked atnt s3
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Seriously considering going to straight talk wondering how to flash over.
If you have a clean ESN you can just pay 15 dollars to straight talk to have them add the esn in the system
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If you have a clean ESN you can just pay 15 dollars to straight talk to have them add the esn in the system
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but does LTE and such work? know we will get the same ****ty service but at least at half the cots it feels more worth it haha
Yep lte will work and you should pm alpineman if you want it on Verizon coverage straight talk
He will flash it
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juggamonkey said:
Yep lte will work and you should pm alpineman if you want it on Verizon coverage straight talk
He will flash it
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awesome thank you!
okay so moved over and wont activate on the network and all they have me do is that stupid ## to turn on self activation which isn't working
Thinking about doing the same. Let me know how it goes.
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