Help broke my screen..

[nyktovus]

If i buy a used triumph with a bad ESN (cheaper) can i use it for parts? or is the definitive chips that make it a clean esn or not built into the screen?

-nyk

 

[bob-st]

Yes, you can use it for parts

 

[OverByter]

Not an easy fix, why don't you give Virgin a call, they're extremely lenient with replacement phones. The worst that can happen is that they say no. BTW, the only part that has the esn is the nvram chip in the phone. Not something that you could swap out anyway seeing that it's a bga chip on the main board, impossible to replace unless you have a $400 + micro soldering station and at least 10 years of experience.