Share Pin 1. Discover how to check if your phone has a bad ESN or blacklist status. Learn what it is, and how to get a phone off the blacklist.
Average Customer Rating:. Article Contents:. How to get a phone off the blacklist. How Selling Locked iPhones Works. How to Remove a Phone from the Blacklist. Selling Your Blacklisted Phone Today. Compare iPhone Trade-In Prices. Some of our stories include affiliate links.
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There are several other things you can do with your smartphone but the above are among the best and the most rewarding methods of getting rid of it. Make up your mind and decide on what you think you can do with this devices. Wait no more, go ahead and get your Samsung Galaxy fixed now! Joe Wang studied electronics engineering and is a specialist in Apple and Android products. He has been fixing iPod and iPhone since Bought Samsung 8s Plus in october Samsung s8 Plus black the phone off for shop and have been using it since then.
I explained this situation and o2 advised i contact T Mobile. I asked if the phone was black listed because of non contract payment or because reported lost or stolen, she explained that IMEI's dont get blocked because of contract payment problems, they only get blockked if reported lost or stolen. Please help me, no idea what to do, cant afford a new phone, need a phone especially And no one is seem to be helping me Unfortunately there is nothing you can do and you are right you are a victim of fraud.
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This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Please don't say it's hopeless, I've also contacted the seller, hoping she can help me, becuase I feel sort of cheated as she told me I should be able to use it as an iPod with no problem whatsoever. Posted on Jun 14, PM. Page content loaded. Jun 14, PM in response to eh In response to eh Also, I did not think it was lost or stolen when I bought it. The seller had good reviews. I only paid for it, because I'm not willing to pay anything more than at the moment, but I wanted something new.
Jun 14, PM. Bad ESN usually means it has been reported stolen. And Sprint does not unlock phones for use in the US. You should return it. Jun 15, AM in response to diesel vdub In response to diesel vdub. I bought it because the buyer told me that if I just switched providers that it wouldn't matter- the bad ESN would only be for Sprint. Jun 15, AM. Jun 15, AM in response to eh In response to eh The whole point of a blacklist is to block the phone from all carriers.
Sprint shares with all of the US carriers. In addition, phones locked to Sprint can never be unlocked for any US carrier; Sprint will only unlock for carriers outside of North America.
The people at T-Mobile told me that, yes, it was blocked, and that I'd need to get it flashed from Sprint to T-Mobile, and then it would work. I found a few websites that said that flashing would erase it from the blacklist, too. I understand that there's a risk of bricking the phone, too, but it's useless anyway
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