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Insurance gave me a new evo, however, I found the lost evo, can I sell it?

Please read title. Thank you kindly.

Cant they track it?

You could sell it, but that's kinda morally objectionable.
Plus it will be flagged as having a bad ESN, so it won't be able to be activated on Sprint.

ShadowDrake said:
You could sell it, but that's kinda morally objectionable.
Plus it will be flagged as having a bad ESN, so it won't be able to be activated on Sprint.
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Yea But cant you still use it??

the point is you can do what you want but sprint is not going to let it be put on a line.The ESN has been blacklisted so if you want to use it as a music player or whatever you want that does not use phone service or data then yes but as a phone No.

I will buy it for forty dollars!
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Once you lose a phone, Sprint places it on a lost/stolen list. If you sell it, the purchaser will not be able to activate it.

Sell on ebay and state has bad esn

I think if you only went through asurion the phone might still work. I had a phone that was lost and I did it through the website and i gave the phone to someone else when i found it and they told me that it activated. So maybe have a friend try and see if it works.
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Ill Buy it for $50 dollars, no questions ask!! I want to start into development roms, and ill be good for me!!!

Why even ask a question like that? Once you accepted the condition to file the claim then the phone belongs to the insurance company. The only sense to this question is that you want to know if you will be in any kind trouble.
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i thought the same thing too when i lost my phone in the movie theatre after it fell out of my pocket. I filed a claim and got the replacment then i was able to find my lost phone shortly after. i checked the ESN and it was still clean. i was surprised but now i have two evos. You can always call them and check if its still a valid esn.

Because I don't want to cause anyone any undo trouble. I would like to get my deductible back so I will say bad esn on eBay for $100 as another forum member sugested. Thank you for all input into this discussion.
Why even ask a question like that? Once you accepted the condition to file the claim then the phone belongs to the insurance company. The only sense to this question is that you want to know if you will be in any kind trouble.
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You certainly can activate it still.
I lost my TP2 and got a new one thru insurance and then Sprint called me and told me someone turned in my lost tp2.
I reactivated my original the second I got home. I sold the new TP2. I called Sprint and they told me I was supposed to send the lost one to the insurance but it was up to me. They didn't really care.
Moral wrong..yes... doable .. yes.

if you call ausrion and get a replacement phone they send you another one out but by law or sprint policy (not sure which its to early for me to google it a few sprint employees have told me though) they cant contact sprint and flag it as bad ESN your suppose to do that yourself. So you can activate the old one if you like with 0 issues. Been their and have done it. (on accident found the missing phone like a week or 2 later) sold it to a friend and he is still using it.

There are methods to make a phone work on another carrier if it has a bad ESN on Sprint. Cricket and Metro PCS are the carriers that are most commonly used in the US. I actually bought an Evo on Craigslist a while back for a good price. It wasn't listed as lost/stolen, but it was still tied to a suspended Sprint account. I later sold it on eBay for $360 and listed it with a bad ESN and a bad headphone jack. I think the guy I sold it to was planning on using it in Mexico.
Even without activation, an Evo makes a pretty nice MID on Wifi. Just be warned that most Android devices won't connect to an ad-hoc Wifi network, so it's hard to tether it to another phone.

You could sell it for more than $100. Can't you hack it to work with VZW PRL? Maybe that'll sell for more.

Technically you could sell it to someone on metro pcs or cricket.. they dont care about esn's being blacklisted they'll activate it anyway.

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Why even ask a question like that? Once you accepted the condition to file the claim then the phone belongs to the insurance company. The only sense to this question is that you want to know if you will be in any kind trouble.
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Oh God the moral police is here. Its a very valid question. I would do the same damn thing this Guy is doing. Just think of it as a way to recover that 10 dollars extra a month we are ALL getting hosed for every month.
Sent on my cursed EVO

The "moral" thing to do is call the insurance company, explain that you found your old phone and you would like to return the phone and get your deductible returned as well.
I would think they would go for it as they make out in the end.
And you can sleep at night knowing they won't catch on to you some day and deactivate your phone. (highly doubt that could ever happen, but I tend to have a really guilty conscience. what's a $100 anyway.....)

[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!

Not your typical situation with a phone from craigslist

I did a search, and at this point I still don't know what to do..
In April I bought a close to brand new S2 off a guy from craigslist. He seemed like a professional type in every aspect, so I wasn't worried too much about being screwed. I bought the phone only and nothing else as he didn't have the box or anything for it. On my way home I noticed that it still works, I could call/ go on the internet. He told me to just do a hard reset and I could get it working in my name... (This is my 1st smartphone and used phone transaction, I was stupid not to thoroughly go through everything).
Fast forward to today almost 3 months later, I haven't had time to tinker with it as I've been overseas for a while and just got back. The phone still works 100%, not bricked or anything and I did use it to surf the web after I bought it. (I used wifi overseas as well if it matters).
I don't know if its stolen, or the seller is just such a [email protected]$$ that he never disconnected it from service and doesn't realize he's still paying for it.
Can I disconnect it from Sprint without the seller's information?
Since it hasn't been bricked so far, I'd like to try to root it/ use it in my name and hope that it hasn't been stolen and it wont get bricked on me.
Suggestions? Thanks.

If it's still working then it's tired to an account and until it's removed they won't hook it up from my experience. Anytime you but one you should have the esn checked. As far as stolen or lost or they didn't pay the bill that has nothing to do with bricking it. That's only during flashing and such and if you follow the directions the dev. Leave you, you should have no problems.you can call Sprint and see what they say I had a friend who bought a phone at the flea market and it was still tired to a commercial account and they released the esn. Depends on the person at Sprint I guess. Other wise you can have it flashed for boost our others etc. Good luck
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kleigh774 said:
If it's still working then it's tired to an account and until it's removed they won't hook it up from my experience. Anytime you but one you should have the esn checked. As far as stolen or lost or they didn't pay the bill that has nothing to do with bricking it. That's only during flashing and such and if you follow the directions the dev. Leave you, you should have no problems.you can call Sprint and see what they say I had a friend who bought a phone at the flea market and it was still tired to a commercial account and they released the esn. Depends on the person at Sprint I guess. Other wise you can have it flashed for boost our others etc. Good luck
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I'm a little confused, they way you worded it I'm interpreting it as if Sprint wouldn't agree to release the ESN- I can flash it and that will disconnect it from Sprint?
Thats a good idea though, I'll wait a bit to see if anyone else suggests anything else and hopefully get this resolved.
Thanks.

nitroheadz28 said:
I'm a little confused, they way you worded it I'm interpreting it as if Sprint wouldn't agree to release the ESN- I can flash it and that will disconnect it from Sprint?
Thats a good idea though, I'll wait a bit to see if anyone else suggests anything else and hopefully get this resolved.
Thanks.
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Flash to Boost Mobile, they had 4G too, is a good service and cheap, no contract.:good:

Sorry about the wording didn't proof read and using a new Swype and it changed a few words lol. Basically if it's reported lost, stolen, on an account that was shut off due to no payment or still on an active account they tag the esn as being "bad". Sprint says they won't release a esn in those cases but I was there as a friend told a sad story to the rep over the phone about how he bought it at a flea market because he was having surgery etc. The rep said the phone was tied to an active commercial account but sent a message to someone above them and got the esn cleared. I haven't heard of that happening much but it maybe worth a try. And if all else fails or you just want to, you can have it flashed to boost.
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I would recommend flashing the phone to boost mobile, virgin mobile, or page plus if you cant get the esn released. I have my epic touch running on virgin mobile for $25 bucks a month. Talk about a sweet phone for a crazy good deal. It helps me fight the upgrade bug from upgrading to the galaxy siii lol. Yeah my data doesnt work that great most of the time but never have a problem with talk and text.

Thanks gents, I'll give Sprint a call and see what they say.

sprint will not release it, I've bought more than one Craigslist phone that had this problem and have never had success getting help from sprint.... and before you guys wonder what's wrong with me if I actually want it to work I meet at a sprint store to confirm clean esn... if the price is low enough though I don't care cause I'll just play with it for a week or two then sell it on eBay for twice what I paid bad esn and all
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cp320703 said:
sprint will not release it, I've bought more than one Craigslist phone that had this problem and have never had success getting help from sprint.... and before you guys wonder what's wrong with me if I actually want it to work I meet at a sprint store to confirm clean esn... if the price is low enough though I don't care cause I'll just play with it for a week or two then sell it on eBay for twice what I paid bad esn and all
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I'm with u,i bought Atleast 10 e4gt on cl for a c-note to 150 and churned a ez 100plus profit on Ebay.plus it got me comfortable with the phone b4i tried to root my personal t989 a few months back. actually the s2 I'm typing on now...lol might go boost cricket or metHO with this one tho cuz i think the s3 is gonna mess with our profit margin lol but im with ya, price is right i dont give a f about esn lol. Worse case senerio, i dl groove ip and make another google voice account and wifi teather that b and have a free phone line. But to the op, ur toast, i guarentee u that phone will never be in ur name with sprint.And u have bricking confused, they won't or can't Brick it, flash a international Kernal in a tmobike s2 like one of my idiot friends did, that bricks it. But flash it to boost be done with it, unlimited everything for 50 bucks."where you at g?" Lol or I'll Paypal u 50 for it right now
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I'm with u,i bought Atleast 10 e4gt on cl for a c-note to 150 and churned a ez 100plus profit on Ebay.plus it got me comfortable with the phone b4i tried to root my personal t989 a few months back. actually the s2 I'm typing on now...lol might go boost cricket or metHO with this one tho cuz i think the s3 is gonna mess with our profit margin lol but im with ya, price is right i dont give a f about esn lol. Worse case senerio, i dl groove ip and make another google voice account and wifi teather that b and have a free phone line. But to the op, ur toast, i guarentee u that phone will never be in ur name with sprint.And u have bricking confused, they won't or can't Brick it, flash a international Kernal in a tmobike s2 like one of my idiot friends did, that bricks it. But flash it to boost be done with it, unlimited everything for 50 bucks."where you at g?" Lol or I'll Paypal u 50 for it right now
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Offer to ship internationally, you'll get at least an extra 50 out of it and usps flat rate envelopes are like 17 to anywhere in the world... on topic though I know people have got past due balance esns cleared after 90 days (ie once sprint sells the account to collections) but if it still shows as attached to another account sprint won't do anything no matter what
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Can anyone recommend a good flash tutorial for boost? I can't find anything good and current for my S2 Epic 4G. Thanks!

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Flash to Boost Mobile, they had 4G too, is a good service and cheap, no contract.:good:
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x2 i have mine on boost and 4 evo 4g
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Can anyone recommend a good flash tutorial for boost? I can't find anything good and current for my S2 Epic 4G. Thanks!
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see my boostflashcom
my wirelessbuddy

mrej201 said:
x2 i have mine on boost and 4 evo 4g
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see my boostflashcom
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Can anyone help me out with this? Also if I flash to boost, do I have to get their Android plan? Thanks.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=891077
It looks like I'll be using that, long road ahead of me

Can anyone confirm that this is proper method? Or is there anything else? Thanks.

My IMEI got blocked by T-Mobile

I bought my Samsung Galaxy S3 phone off craigslist 2 months ago brand new in box as of Saturday my IMEI has been blocked. This must have been a stolen phone or something. Yeah I was really mad but oh well.. Any suggestions at this point?? Can I unlock it and sell it that way??

HOw did you get notified. And it's good to check esnimei before buying
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sell it on eBay or craigslist. Yes you can unlock it first and list that as one of the features
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I have one more piece of advice. Such a phone was probably stolen by a T-Mobile employee. Why not call and ask for the customer retention center? They can hook you up.
When I bought 2 s3s and switched my mom to my Hercules they jacked all the 32 and 64 gb cards. They know they are not paying their employees enough.
Insinuate you feel the phone was sold to you by a T-Mobile employee. extremely likely
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bipoler said:
HOw did you get notified. And it's good to check esnimei before buying
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I didn't get notified..At first I thought I did a bad flash or something because I wasn't getting signal through out the day so I back tracked on everything I did. I went back to stock and started the process over again to root and ect.. I was still not getting signal or data so the next day I called T-Mobile and asked was something wrong with my account they said no all paid and up to date then they asked for the IMEI# and then the T-Mobile rep said " Oh I see what the problem is your imei/phone is blocked. Then right away I knew this must have been reported stolen.

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sell it on eBay or craigslist. Yes you can unlock it first and list that as one of the features
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I have one more piece of advice. Such a phone was probably stolen by a T-Mobile employee. Why not call and ask for the customer retention center? They can hook you up.
When I bought 2 s3s and switched my mom to my Hercules they jacked all the 32 and 64 gb cards. They know they are not paying their employees enough.
Insinuate you feel the phone was sold to you by a T-Mobile employee. extremely likely
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This guy knows nothing of what he is talking about! Your phone was blocked because someone bought the phone and split it into payments on their account! Most likely their account was cancelled or couldn't pay it, so they figured they would sell the phone to offset what they owe. Only only only way to get it unblocked is to get a hold of the seller and have him reactivate the account or pay off what ever they owe for the phone on the account. This is starting to happen a lot now! So much everyone be careful! Another thing also is the guy did an insurance claim and sold you the phone that was supposedly lost. I would hit up the guy! Good luck!
You can unlock it and sell it for people to use on any other GSM service but T-Mobile!
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deviusdragger said:
This guy knows nothing of what he is talking about! Your phone was blocked because someone bought the phone and split it into payments on their account! Most likely their account was cancelled or couldn't pay it, so they figured they would sell the phone to offset what they owe. Only only only way to get it unblocked is to get a hold of the seller and have him reactivate the account or pay off what ever they owe for the phone on the account. This is starting to happen a lot now! So much everyone be careful! Another thing also is the guy did an insurance claim and sold you the phone that was supposedly lost. I would hit up the guy! Good luck!
You can unlock it and sell it for people to use on any other GSM service but T-Mobile!
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You may be right, however the OP is a paying customer who (hopefully) is in good standing with T-Mobile. If you have a _napkin_receipt (or invent one...) you could get with retention and email them your information.
OP, you made a purchase in good faith and hoped to pay for T-Mobile service in good faith. You want to continue paying T-Mobile and regardless if you were scammed, they could accommodate you.
Otherwise I would unlock the phone and try to sell it to a Wind subscriber. At least make a trade and get a decent phone in return, like a note. If you were honest with me and I was on Wind with a Note or GS2 or whatever they have, I would consider a trade.

You guys must think that T-Mobile is stupid, the invoices are all the same through all locations, and they track them and verify in their systems that the phone was paid. No way around, no matter what you do! You can call and cry and tell them you were ripped off! Phone will no get unblocked unless it shows in their system that the installment plan that was started on that device is paid off!
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And that's why you don't upgrade through T-Mobile... If you want a phone it's cheaper to go to like Wal-Mart or some other store (Not Best Buy) pay it in full.. It's screwed up people screw other people over like this...

konceptz said:
You may be right, however the OP is a paying customer who (hopefully) is in good standing with T-Mobile. If you have a _napkin_receipt (or invent one...) you could get with retention and email them your information.
OP, you made a purchase in good faith and hoped to pay for T-Mobile service in good faith. You want to continue paying T-Mobile and regardless if you were scammed, they could accommodate you.
Otherwise I would unlock the phone and try to sell it to a Wind subscriber. At least make a trade and get a decent phone in return, like a note. If you were honest with me and I was on Wind with a Note or GS2 or whatever they have, I would consider a trade.
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It don't matter how if he is in good standing with Tmobile, the phone he bought off the craigslist person account is not. That's what's scary about buying from CL. You can try to talk to customer Service, but I think you are screwed.

How i unblocked my imei from o2.
you may get lucky i had the same issue with o2, all i did was got lucky to be honest i unlocked the network and have since been useing a 3 sim works fine cheap to try like £1 so not breaking the bank if not try a few networks like vodafone as they dont piggyback from anyone so they may not get notified that your imei has been blocked.

It probably wasn't stolen but purchased on an EIP and never paid for.. stop buying phones on craigslist unless you have a receipt and proof that it's not on an EIP

that is what happens when you buy second hand, trying to save money cost you alot more than you think. you better find out if it is stolen, first off.

sell it to some developer or someone .. that way you could recover some money

sorry man but now you have an expensive media player. but I see many ppl trying to sell their phone with IMEI blocked.

help ASAP
[hey my cusin locked up my phone{reason i told him im saling it an he wanted to buy it an i said no} its a tmobile galaxy s is there a way tht i can unlock it

Very scary. I bought mine on CL new in box also.

asr10user said:
Very scary. I bought mine on CL new in box also.
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Maybe legit, but keep in mind, alot of carrier employee's will steal phones, and those places are exactly where they can get rid of them, I have a friend that got burn twice....I told him stop looking on CL. Just becuase it is new in box, don't mean a damn thing. It may take 2-3mo for the carrier to do inventory, and bingo, that is when they will block it.

Ugh.. the chances of it being an employee are slim. The chances of it being a defaulted Value EIP are most likely.

jmares214 said:
I didn't get notified..At first I thought I did a bad flash or something because I wasn't getting signal through out the day so I back tracked on everything I did. I went back to stock and started the process over again to root and ect.. I was still not getting signal or data so the next day I called T-Mobile and asked was something wrong with my account they said no all paid and up to date then they asked for the IMEI# and then the T-Mobile rep said " Oh I see what the problem is your imei/phone is blocked. Then right away I knew this must have been reported stolen.
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deviusdragger said:
This guy knows nothing of what he is talking about! Your phone was blocked because someone bought the phone and split it into payments on their account! Most likely their account was cancelled or couldn't pay it, so they figured they would sell the phone to offset what they owe. Only only only way to get it unblocked is to get a hold of the seller and have him reactivate the account or pay off what ever they owe for the phone on the account. This is starting to happen a lot now! So much everyone be careful! Another thing also is the guy did an insurance claim and sold you the phone that was supposedly lost. I would hit up the guy! Good luck!
You can unlock it and sell it for people to use on any other GSM service but T-Mobile!
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Hey OP, what happened to this phone eventually? Did you get it to work? Do you know if it works on Straight Talk with Tmobile based SIM?
I am buying an S3 tomorrow off Craigslist and not sure what's is going to happen. I have a Tmobile based straight talk sim I don't know what happens when Tmobile blocks the IMEI does it affect the straight talk users too?
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Ugh.. the chances of it being an employee are slim. The chances of it being a defaulted Value EIP are most likely.
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Do you know if tmobile blocked s3 phones work on straight talk with Tmobile based sim cards? (or AT&T)

Just unlock it and go to att or tell tmobile customer service there going to lose a paying customer.
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I messed up.

So, as im sure everyone has herd of people screwing others over via selling phone off of Craigslist. I posted a add, selling or trading or buying for a note 2. Planned on giving my S3 to my beloved girlfriend. He pursued me. He gave me the esn, was perfect once checked. Drove an hour away, bought it. Went to the near by Sprint store to find out its still activated blah blah blah. So, I called the guy. He said, he was at Verizon getting their Note 2, (said hes a business man, his partner had Verizon and never had trouble with it). Paid $350. Too good to be true huh? He was at Verizon when i called him and said he was porting the number right then and there, i herd him tell the guy to do it right now. Beginning to figure out its a lost caused. & im not about to go and do what he did to me.
I remembered the guy at Sprint saying, sometimes its not instant. He said his personal phone took 18 hrs, but ive always expierenced 2-3 seconds from Sprint.
For now, until I can get closer or anything.
Shes having fun using the multiwindow. Was really wanting to Root it and start a new Journey from the GS3.
Anything would help me, honestly.
Never thought something would happen like this.
Thanks guys, hope everyone on the Gnote is as cool as the GS3

This sucks but their is hope in getting most if not all your money back. You can sell it locally or on ebay as bad esn to be flashed to another carrier. I payed $350 for mine when it came out and it was a bad esn phone. I think i got it cheap considering how popular this phone is. I say sell it and be more cautious next time. Hope that makes you fell a little better.
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mexiking713 said:
This sucks but their is hope in getting most if not all your money back. You can sell it locally or on ebay as bad esn to be flashed to another carrier. I payed $350 for mine when it came out and it was a bad esn phone. I think i got it cheap considering how popular this phone is. I say sell it and be more cautious next time. Hope that makes you fell a little better.
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So, why cant I just get it flashed for myself instead of selling it so someone else can do so? Ugh, yeah. Just feel STUCK!

Nickitt said:
So, as im sure everyone has herd of people screwing others over via selling phone off of Craigslist. I posted a add, selling or trading or buying for a note 2. Planned on giving my S3 to my beloved girlfriend. He pursued me. He gave me the esn, was perfect once checked. Drove an hour away, bought it. Went to the near by Sprint store to find out its still activated blah blah blah. So, I called the guy. He said, he was at Verizon getting their Note 2, (said hes a business man, his partner had Verizon and never had trouble with it). Paid $350. Too good to be true huh? He was at Verizon when i called him and said he was porting the number right then and there, i herd him tell the guy to do it right now. Beginning to figure out its a lost caused. & im not about to go and do what he did to me.
I remembered the guy at Sprint saying, sometimes its not instant. He said his personal phone took 18 hrs, but ive always expierenced 2-3 seconds from Sprint.
For now, until I can get closer or anything.
Shes having fun using the multiwindow. Was really wanting to Root it and start a new Journey from the GS3.
Anything would help me, honestly.
Never thought something would happen like this.
Thanks guys, hope everyone on the Gnote is as cool as the GS3
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why not be a little patient and give it a day or two for everything to be fully ported to his phone and then try to activate it online?

Yea, just wait.
The guy is on the hook for paying the monthly service. The phone won't be active for ever...Unless of course the phone is stolen, and the real owner has yet to cancel it...and the esn will eventually go bad.
swyped all these spelling errors from my galaxy note 2

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So, why cant I just get it flashed for myself instead of selling it so someone else can do so? Ugh, yeah. Just feel STUCK!
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Wait it out if you want to use it with the original carrier which im guessing is the reason you bought it. There are many guides out there for flashing to another carrier but its always safer to have a professional flash it for you. If all else fails you can always sell it and buy another one. Good luck.
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Nickitt said:
So, as im sure everyone has herd of people screwing others over via selling phone off of Craigslist. I posted a add, selling or trading or buying for a note 2. Planned on giving my S3 to my beloved girlfriend. He pursued me. He gave me the esn, was perfect once checked. Drove an hour away, bought it. Went to the near by Sprint store to find out its still activated blah blah blah. So, I called the guy. He said, he was at Verizon getting their Note 2, (said hes a business man, his partner had Verizon and never had trouble with it). Paid $350. Too good to be true huh? He was at Verizon when i called him and said he was porting the number right then and there, i herd him tell the guy to do it right now. Beginning to figure out its a lost caused. & im not about to go and do what he did to me.
I remembered the guy at Sprint saying, sometimes its not instant. He said his personal phone took 18 hrs, but ive always expierenced 2-3 seconds from Sprint.
For now, until I can get closer or anything.
Shes having fun using the multiwindow. Was really wanting to Root it and start a new Journey from the GS3.
Anything would help me, honestly.
Never thought something would happen like this.
Thanks guys, hope everyone on the Gnote is as cool as the GS3
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If the phone came with the box and original accessories, it is more likely he is telling the truth. If you bought the phone only, there is a good chance you were ripped off.

If it's really activated you could be a jerk and run up the other guy's phone bill...
... but if it's just that the ESN is still allocated to the account and they stiffed a bill then you're out of luck using that MEID for some time. Good news that at some point it should free up and you'd be able to use it if that's the case.
Either way Sprint can check for you by giving the Dec MEID.... even over chat. Just ask if it's still active or if you can activate on your account.
And porting can take up to 3 days. I held off on my port until I knew the MVNO was in office to avoid any issues... port was done in short order due to that prep.

I'd hoped to see the OP come back with a conclusion to this episode.
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