so i bought an evo from craigslist and called sprint to activate it and sprint says its still activated on another accound. so what are options?? if i root the phone will i be able to fix it. i also saw somewhere i can change the esn, does that mean i would take the esn from my broken lg and set it to the htc? thanks!
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Root will rooting fix bad esn
- Thread starter mbg237
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what you are talking about is illegal. you can't switch esn's like that. you could get into serious trouble and i do not recommend any such action. that is the issue when buying phones from ebay or craigslist. you need to check to see if you have a good phone or not before buying it. sorry man i think that you are SOL. on this one.
so i bought an evo from craigslist and called sprint to activate it and sprint says its still activated on another accound. so what are options?? if i root the phone will i be able to fix it. i also saw somewhere i can change the esn, does that mean i would take the esn from my broken lg and set it to the htc? thanks!
I.B. Pimpin
Newbie
Not unless you have a close buddy that works for Sprint. Seriously though no you can't. What is the reason it has a bad ESN. Is it stolen? Was there an insurance claim filed on it? Failure to pay bill?
Edit: Nevermind I see why. You can contact whoever sold you the phone and tell them to drop it from their account. That is if they didn't steal it.
IAmSixNine
Well-Known Member
Your not out of luck. Put it back on CL but advertise its got a bad ESN and it will work great for someone wanting to re-flash it for metro PCS or Cricket or something.