Sorry for the noob question. There's a sIII for sale on craigslist for 130 with a bad ESN. What is that? is that bad?
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That means the past owner didn't pay a bill or owes a balance so you can't activate it on Sprint until it is payed off
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That's stupid! Lol u should be able to sell it. And y would someone want to buy it if u can't activate it?
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You could flash it to another carrier and use it or use it as a parts phone
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phonehunter59 said:
You could flash it to another carrier and use it or use it as a parts phone
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Or if said person has lots of monies, they could pay the bill
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bpsears90 said:
That's stupid! Lol u should be able to sell it. And y would someone want to buy it if u can't activate it?
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Because when they purchased the phone they got it at a huge discount that Sprint subsidized counting on this person being a customer for 2 years. Now they terminated early and did not pay the ETF so the only recourse besides filing with a collection agency is to deny them the revenue (they think) of selling the phone.
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Gotcha gotcha. I wish there was some way around that. 130 for the phone is a steal. And its clean
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You could do esn cloning but that's illegal so I won't get into it here
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bpsears90 said:
Gotcha gotcha. I wish there was some way around that. 130 for the phone is a steal. And its clean
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There are plenty with good ESN for that price on ebay and swappa
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I haven't tried swappa. No luck on ebay tho
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My wife actually had a phone with a bad MSN. So I took it over and developed it. Always nice to work on device with no worries. I tested it as much as I could. It still works with wifi so, able to still almost everything but actually make a call. There are apps out there to actually make a call via wifi but then that actually would defeat the purpose of a "phone". Unless, your connected to wifi all day everyday.
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I plan on buying the Gs3 on my mother's account unactivated. I would like to know if can activate it my account, I'm not due an upgrade and not face any penalities.
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Yes but they will show it as a new phone and charge you $36 activation fee.
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Not if it is Att you are talking about...if you buy the phone outright it will be a simple change equipment and you will only be charged the price of the phone ..it should go that way for most phone companies but if its att you won't get charged...
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Kflan22 said:
Not if it is Att you are talking about...if you buy the phone outright it will be a simple change equipment and you will only be charged the price of the phone ..it should go that way for most phone companies but if its att you won't get charged...
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Nah, it's for Sprint. My mother have an upgrade and I do not so I plan on buying the Gs3 from wirefly or some other place unactivated and activate it on my account w/o going through the "flip-flop" fiasco.
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kennyglass123 said:
Yes but they will show it as a new phone and charge you $36 activation fee.
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Thanks, Kenny
I thought that, but when I got my Epic the reps told me if I ever activate a phone too early that wasn't due for an upgrade my account could be cancelled or something.
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masaidjet said:
Thanks, Kenny
I thought that, but when I got my Epic the reps told me if I ever activate a phone too early that wasn't due for an upgrade my account could be cancelled or something.
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Nah. Some of the richer Devs do it all the time. Same as buying a phone full retail off contract.
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Phone stolen today.
I've suspended the service and tried to use plan b with no success.
I have insurance with tmo.
Is there any way I can locate it+how much will it be to replace via insurance claim?
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If you have insurance it shouldn't cost more than $40 to get a replacement.
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richardlibeau said:
If you have insurance it shouldn't cost more than $40 to get a replacement.
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Insurance claims are more like $130. Lost my phone before.
sinfulgray said:
Insurance claims are more like $130. Lost my phone before.
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Damn didn"t know that. Had two phones replaced before on my contract and only paid 40 each time for new one.
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There is an app called (plan b) in the play store.. It's made by lookout it can be installed remotely and help to locate your phone
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sinfulgray said:
Insurance claims are more like $130. Lost my phone before.
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Well damn...
rymanh said:
There is an app called (plan b) in the play store.. It's made by lookout it can be installed remotely and help to locate your phone
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This app works bit ur service must still be on. I have used it before and works great
My favorite is Cerberus. Been using it since my D1 days....although its a little late now but I would recommend using it on your replacement.
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Do you guys think it's worth the 130$?
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JaZart said:
Do you guys think it's worth the 130$?
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For a new one yes all day long if you got it.
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richardlibeau said:
For a new one yes all day long if you got it.
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+1. Considering they still sell for more than $200 used on CL
Ok why do that when I can just ask the cops to trace your phone lol
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don728871 said:
Ok why do that when I can just ask the cops to trace your phone lol
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Yeah good luck with that.
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Ok why do that when I can just ask the cops to trace your phone lol
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Cops won't waste the resources for a phone that is not worth it.
Report it to T-Mobile and they will put the IMEI on a black list that it can never be used again...
I got a replacement via asurion
I'm not sure whether my stolen phone was imei blacklisted but they said it's now deactivated.
Actually pretty happy because my phone had tons of lines and a few scrapes+ scratched
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Omg they sent me a galaxy s blaze WTF?
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JaZart said:
Omg they sent me a galaxy s blaze WTF?
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Lol oh they snuffed you. I get to calling them right now and flip.
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Lol oh they snuffed you. I get to calling them right now and flip.
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That's precisely what I did and now..I'm getting a WHITE SII :victory::victory::victory:
They sent me a Blaze because apparently they didn't have any black s2 left...pretty dumb of them.
I think no apps can match 'find my iPhone' if in this situation ad i also have all version of iPhone.. once i try to locate n yes i found it back....
Samsung should have one of those..
Anyway, they shouldn't replaced to you the blaze i think... :banghead:
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I have a line with an upgrade that will be going to Verizon. Anyway I can use it on my line without having the other line's contract extended by 2 years? Waste of an upgrade if not used lol
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I don't think so. You have to extend the contract on the line you buy the phone on. I usually do this when other lines are due for upgrades and my line isn't.
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dschachm said:
I don't think so. You have to extend the contract on the line you buy the phone on. I usually do this when other lines are due for upgrades and my line isn't.
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Ah damn! I know AT&T let's you do it without pushing the other line's contract. Guess not Sprint!
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locoboi187 said:
Ah damn! I know AT&T let's you do it without pushing the other line's contract. Guess not Sprint!
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yea.. and uscc has one and done contracts so they dont sign another when upgrading either lol
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yea.. and uscc has one and done contracts so they dont sign another when upgrading either lol
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Ugh why Sprint must be like this
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Because the phones cost Sprint more than they charge you and they recover the difference over the term of a contract.
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Because the phones cost Sprint more than they charge you and they recover the difference over the term of a contract.
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That can be said about nearly every carrier that subsidizes the price of a phone.
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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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hysteresis said:
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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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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hysteresis said:
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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So I cracked my phone, its totally usable I just dont like using a phone with any type of defects... I m thinking of filing a clakm through assurion to get a replacement.
Now I face a dilemma.... I been wanting a Note 2 so I was wondering if its possible to get that through Assurion instead of the S3
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Nope...warranty only cover same phone...
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chrishoyt2012 said:
Nope...warranty only cover same phone...
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I know that but what if I select the note when I m making the claim, would they know lol?
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I know that but what if I select the note when I m making the claim, would they know lol?
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It's probably best to NOT involve us in your schemes.
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ticojpunk said:
It's probably best to NOT involve us in your schemes.
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You don't want a conspiracy to commit a felony charge?? But they're sooo fun!
Of course they know.... Insurance company are in this to make money. Don't you think they spent millions of dollars of research to minimize fraud?
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Ahhhh I m backing out of my lil fraud
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To claim ur phone you need to send them receipt of your purchase with imei number or box so there is no way you can do it.
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So I cracked my phone, its totally usable I just dont like using a phone with any type of defects... I m thinking of filing a clakm through assurion to get a replacement.
Now I face a dilemma.... I been wanting a Note 2 so I was wondering if its possible to get that through Assurion instead of the S3
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I work for T-Mobile,
Just lending my opinion, even though you might be able to select a different device online,
the claim still has to be reviewed before it is finalized. They will check the account with the current IMEI
in use, will identify it as a galaxy S3. Even if it slips through...
When you make a claim for damage, they send you a replacement for a $130 deductible, and expect
you to send your device back with the prepaid label they will include.
And they do state that they take frauding very seriously and prosecute to the maximum extent of the law.
All you have to do is write note 2 on it with a sharpie before you send it in.