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[Q] HTC One with a Bad ESN

Sup guys,
I´m in the lookout for an HTC One and I found one with a bad ESN. Now, the curious part is that I don´t plan on using it on Sprint. I´ve read that bad ESN are only carrier related and if I were to use the phone on at&t, besides the Sim Unlock I´d need to do, Will it work even with a bad ESN?

Kenchinito said:
Sup guys,
I´m in the lookout for an HTC One and I found one with a bad ESN. Now, the curious part is that I don´t plan on using it on Sprint. I´ve read that bad ESN are only carrier related and if I were to use the phone on at&t, besides the Sim Unlock I´d need to do, Will it work even with a bad ESN?
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You cannot SIM unlock the Sprint ONE..........(yet)

Kenchinito said:
Sup guys,
I´m in the lookout for an HTC One and I found one with a bad ESN. Now, the curious part is that I don´t plan on using it on Sprint. I´ve read that bad ESN are only carrier related and if I were to use the phone on at&t, besides the Sim Unlock I´d need to do, Will it work even with a bad ESN?
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It wouldn't work on AT&T regardless of ESN. The radios are different. Sprint phones can only be used on Sprint or other Sprint-using carriers (like Ting). Verizon on Verizon, and even AT&T/T-mobile aren't always fully compatible with eachother (sometimes lose 4G/LTE).

I see, I guess I should forget about Sprint´s One

Kenchinito said:
I see, I guess I should forget about Sprint´s One
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Well I'm sure there's a way to flash it to say boost or something like that that's if you know how to or someone that can. Heck some small carrier stores even offer flashing services haha
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You mean I can unlock it by flashing some custom rom? I´ve done that with many devices previously, but i never knew you could unlock it by flashing a custom rom, am I wrong?

Kenchinito said:
You mean I can unlock it by flashing some custom rom? I´ve done that with many devices previously, but i never knew you could unlock it by flashing a custom rom, am I wrong?
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As of right now it is not possible to SIM unlock the Sprint ONE. You can unlock the bootloader, flash to other carriers, and even flash a different PRL and force Roam on Verizon, but you cannot unlock the SIM for GSM use.

Please Update
As of now the GSM of Sprint HTC One can be unlocked using the technique from other threads.... Please tell me if i can now buy a BAD ESN Phone from ebay..... Get the GSM Unlocked using those techniques and use it in India... The radios or freq wont be a problem as India is yet to get a 4G network(Oh God we are so behind).
Need advise before purchasing

It can be unlocked for use on other carriers pretty easily. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45243199. Bad ESN applies only to US carriers
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Looks like I am answering my own question.
http://www.mod-gadget.com/what-iphone-bad-esn-what-can-do/

elvisypi said:
It can be unlocked for use on other carriers pretty easily. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45243199. Bad ESN applies only to US carriers
Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
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I have been reading the answers here and i was wondering, in Greece if i get with bad ESN i won't have any problems?

Vincent Law said:
It wouldn't work on AT&T regardless of ESN. The radios are different. Sprint phones can only be used on Sprint or other Sprint-using carriers (like Ting). Verizon on Verizon, and even AT&T/T-mobile aren't always fully compatible with eachother (sometimes lose 4G/LTE).
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Hey just a FYI the HTC One cannot go on ting
From ting website:
Our program is as follows: Bring your used, inactive Sprint® device to Ting, and activate it with a Ting service plan*.
Newer smartphones like the S4 and the HTC One cannot be brought over. Likewise, BlackBerry and Push-to-Talk (PTT) devices cannot make the move.
https://ting.com/devices/bring
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masated said:
I have been reading the answers here and i was wondering, in Greece if i get with bad ESN i won't have any problems?
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You wont have any problems if you put it on something other than sprint (Providing it has a bad ESN on sprint), However the sim unlock guide provided here does not work with the new rom base.
Keep in mind though that sprint will randomly go through and (Scrub) A.K.A clear the bad esn's out of there system, So even though you purchased with a bad esn it could have a clean one after all.
If you have verizon in that area you could always check about flashing the HTC One to PagePlus. Full Guide Here

Now that i broke my HTC OX i will go on ebay and buy HTC O with bad esn

anupsahu said:
As of now the GSM of Sprint HTC One can be unlocked using the technique from other threads.... Please tell me if i can now buy a BAD ESN Phone from ebay..... Get the GSM Unlocked using those techniques and use it in India... The radios or freq wont be a problem as India is yet to get a 4G network(Oh God we are so behind).
Need advise before purchasing
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dont worry bro... you can easily unlock sprint htc one good or bad esn dosent matter in india... you just have to run a RUU and downgrade it to 4.1.2 and sim unlock it using sim unlocker app from playstore... im using my sprint htc one bad esn brought from usa on vodafone:laugh::good: network in karnataka..

praveensk.rcb said:
dont worry bro... you can easily unlock sprint htc one good or bad esn dosent matter in india... you just have to run a RUU and downgrade it to 4.1.2 and sim unlock it using sim unlocker app from playstore... im using my sprint htc one bad esn brought from usa on vodafone:laugh::good: network in karnataka..
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After you downgraded and unlocked where you able to upgrade back to 4.4.2 and keep the unlock?

Chono631 said:
After you downgraded and unlocked where you able to upgrade back to 4.4.2 and keep the unlock?
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yeah you can upgrade and keep the unlock... its permanent dont worry...just make sure you are not rooted while taking an ota...:good:

praveensk.rcb said:
yeah you can upgrade and keep the unlock... its permanent dont worry...just make sure you are not rooted while taking an ota...:good:
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Wonderful news, thanks for the info

[Q] Unlock Sprint version to use with any GSM network in and out of the US?

I keep searching, but can't find anything. Is there a site that I can buy the code from or is it even GSM capable in the country?

jstrayy said:
I keep searching, but can't find anything. Is there a site that I can buy the code from or is it even GSM capable in the country?
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I just called and spoke to the International services people. They waived the 90-day requirement for me, and unlocked the phone. Haven't tested it yet, though.

pavanmaverick said:
I just called and spoke to the International services people. They waived the 90-day requirement for me, and unlocked the phone. Haven't tested it yet, though.
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Maybe change firmware and ready to sim unlock for sim unlock.net?

pavanmaverick said:
I just called and spoke to the International services people. They waived the 90-day requirement for me, and unlocked the phone. Haven't tested it yet, though.
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Have you tried a Sim card on it yet?
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pavanmaverick said:
I just called and spoke to the International services people. They waived the 90-day requirement for me, and unlocked the phone. Haven't tested it yet, though.
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Hi man, would you please help do it? Because I am not a Sprint customer, they do not want to help me GSM unlock...
Thanks!

cnxqx said:
Hi man, would you please help do it? Because I am not a Sprint customer, they do not want to help me GSM unlock...
Thanks!
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...soo we have the same problem...

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gregwaw1981 said:
...soo we have the same problem...
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You find out how to unlock it?

cnxqx said:
You find out how to unlock it?
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How many digits have yout imei numer?
Please enter the code *#06#.

has anyone figured out a way to get gsm unlock without sprint's help ?
I just bought a clean esn sprint phone and want it to get gsm unlocked. I am not a sprint customer myself , so I was wondering if anyone could help me out getting it unlocked.
I would be greatly in debt !
Cheers

we have the same problem,who can help us to solution to this proble

Does anybody have any idea if this device can be used with other gsm carriers? And if so, what must you do?
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Sprint moto x not use to the GSM network, I am very anxious, who can hack it,We would be grateful to him

Any info someone?
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anyone pl update , if you got GSM unlock for this phone.
Thanks.

javed91214 said:
anyone pl update , if you got GSM unlock for this phone.
Thanks.
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I have sprint Moto x, i These moment unlock phone to use any GSM network is in possible... :crying:

dev997 said:
has anyone figured out a way to get gsm unlock without sprint's help ?
I just bought a clean esn sprint phone and want it to get gsm unlocked. I am not a sprint customer myself , so I was wondering if anyone could help me out getting it unlocked.
I would be greatly in debt !
Cheers
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HI dev ,
i am from Nagpur, did you got any solution for Sprint MOTO X ? pl help me if you have any solution. i bought two phones from eBay.
Thanks.

Sorry.. as far as I know .. no solutions yet .
sent from the ONE !!!

No man can hack it, what a pity!

Unlocking the phone for use with GSM Sim without Sprint service is not possible as Moto only releases the codes to the specific carrier and Sprint will not give it to you.
If you do get it unlocked, it will not work in the US on a GSM network ie: T-Mobile or ATT. They're hardware restricted from working on local GSM networks p/fca allowances. I have seen a few devices like some black Berry's work locally after being unlocked but they are few and far between.
Imprinted directly to your mind via a Moto X

xKrisx said:
Unlocking the phone for use with GSM Sim without Sprint service is not possible as Moto only releases the codes to the specific carrier and Sprint will not give it to you.
If you do get it unlocked, it will not work in the US on a GSM network ie: T-Mobile or ATT. They're hardware restricted from working on local GSM networks p/fca allowances. I have seen a few devices like some black Berry's work locally after being unlocked but they are few and far between.
Imprinted directly to your mind via a Moto X
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I have two Sprint moto x, bought from eBay.com , i wants to use this phone in India, how its possible?
One of my colg lvng in US , he called to Sprint regarding GSM unlocked , Customer support said - your esn is clean & GSM also unlocked, but whn i insert GSM sim card on this nothing is happening. whn i clicked on activation phone , it connects to wifi & asking me for some info like number & Sprint PIN no. I have rooted one Phone.
Thanks.

flashing to cricket

so guys i plan on flashing my s3 to cricket later today i bought the phone off ebay and dont want to risk calling sprint to get it reactivated and find out it was stolen. im going to follow this guide http://www.cricketusers.com/cdma-samsung-galaxy-s3/33485-%5Btutorial%5D-full-flash-verizon-sprint-samsung-galaxy-s3-cricket-talk-text-mms-internet.html
anyone have any luck with this yet? or anyone know a better guide? jw i dont want to try and go through with this and find out its not working.
lastly after i do this how do i get an actual cricket number and get it activated do i just call them?

Very brave...

Suggest you are in the wrong forum Sprint Cricket not here .

Haha xD idk it doesn't seem to tough I just wanted to know if anyone here was brave enough to do it

gears177 said:
Haha xD idk it doesn't seem to tough I just wanted to know if anyone here was brave enough to do it
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Nobody here is a sprint or cricket phone users this is the I9300 and I9305 forum .
Flashing sprint or cricket stuff will brick our phones and in the majority of cases we would have no network as we are not in North America

JJEgan said:
Nobody here is a sprint or cricket phone users this is the I9300 and I9305 forum .
Flashing sprint or cricket stuff will brick our phones and in the majority of cases we would have no network as we are not in North America
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The tut says nothing about not being compatible with those models. Also you may not be from north america but how does that decide where everyone else Is from? Do explain, also the 19300 comes in sprint at&t and t-mobile please research before you reply to my thead

gears177 said:
please research before you reply to my thead
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Please read, this is for the GT9305 LTE international only...
We play cricket we don't use it :laugh:

Raistlin1158 said:
Please read, this is for the GT9305 LTE international only...
We play cricket we don't use it :laugh:
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Mt bad I didn't realize there was a difference between the i9305 and gt9305 sorry

No difference between them, but big difference between GT-I9305 and the American models (model numbers beginning with SCH or SGH). If you have an I9305, there is no way to flash it to a CDMA/3GPP2 network, such as Sprint or Cricket, as it's a GSM/3GPP phone. (3GPP and 3GPP2 are rival standards bodies, making deliberately incompatible standards.) CDMA requires completely different hardware from GSM.
If you have a Sprint or Verizon Galaxy S3 (both CDMA models), you can flash them to Cricket, but you should ask in the Sprint or Verizon forums, as we are not familiar with the CDMA Galaxy S3 versions.
Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda app-developers app

gears177 said:
so guys i plan on flashing my s3 to cricket later today i bought the phone off ebay and dont want to risk calling sprint to get it reactivated and find out it was stolen.
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Call Sprint (or whatever telecoms company you plan to use).
If the phone is not registered as stolen, then no problems.
If the phone is stolen, then report it to the police and eBay. You should get your money back via eBay and the thief will get nicked. It will stop the thief from selling anymore stolen phones via eBay - thus you are helping others.
I don't have insurance on my phone, so if it got stolen it would be at great expense to me. Also I have tracking software on mine, so I would be hunting the thief down.

gears177 said:
The tut says nothing about not being compatible with those models. Also you may not be from north america but how does that decide where everyone else Is from? Do explain, also the 19300 comes in sprint at&t and t-mobile please research before you reply to my thead
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Yes i agree it was extremely rude to think i actually know better than you . I was totality wrong flash anything you want .

JJEgan said:
Yes i agree it was extremely rude to think i actually know better than you . I was totality wrong flash anything you want .
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Gears177, Can you post pictures of your brick please :highfive:

Raistlin1158 said:
Gears177, Can you post pictures of your brick please :highfive:
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i ended up findind a professionall flasher on ebay decided to go that route ive already revived my s3 from a haed-brick once tho ;p

haha，next time i get a stolen phone,the first thing to do is to turn on the flight mode , connect it to pc and dump out all the files,then flash a new rom！
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HTC One M7 IMEI

I'm looking for someone who has a unlocked HTC One m7 bought from the HTC site, i'm looking to buy one but i need to get a imei to see if it works at my phone company (cricket). cricket has been bought by AT&T so i need to buy a GSM phone and test imei. If anyone with a HTC One m7 from HTC site unlocked and could provide a imei it would be extremely helpful.

lnfamous313 said:
I'm looking for someone who has a unlocked HTC One m7 bought from the HTC site, i'm looking to buy one but i need to get a imei to see if it works at my phone company (cricket). cricket has been bought by AT&T so i need to buy a GSM phone and test imei. If anyone with a HTC One m7 from HTC site unlocked and could provide a imei it would be extremely helpful.
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No one will post their imei. It will work fine. I have worked for ATT for years and have activated many off shore devices.

same thing
zelendel said:
No one will post their imei. It will work fine. I have worked for ATT for years and have activated many off shore devices.
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i hope you are right, i don't wanna spend $$500 and have one that is not compatible.

lnfamous313 said:
i hope you are right, i don't wanna spend $$500 and have one that is not compatible.
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As long as it is GSM unlocked you will be fine.

lnfamous313 said:
i hope you are right, i don't wanna spend $$500 and have one that is not compatible.
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check AT&T and Cricket radio frequency match ?
If yes it will work
from HTC One

Newbee needing help...

I purchased a used Note 8 that was bought from Sprint. I had it unlocked and would like to use it on the Cricket network. It will not recognize the Sim card. ..
Did I do something wrong or will this simply not work?? I have been told both... but not by people in the "know".
Any advise/help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Mike

Stsmike said:
I purchased a used Note 8 that was bought from Sprint. I had it unlocked and would like to use it on the Cricket network. It will not recognize the Sim card. ..
Did I do something wrong or will this simply not work?? I have been told both... but not by people in the "know".
Any advise/help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Mike
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Cricket carries the note 8 so it will work on their network. You probably need to flash the non carrier firmware.
Check out this thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/guide-sm-n950u-u1-t3685884

Thanks for the reply! I'm not sure I have the know how to competently do that.
Oes anyone offer a service (preferably remote) Tha could do this? What would I expect to pay for this service??

sounds like it wasn't unlocked

Are you sure its paid off and unlocked? Have you double checked to make sure the IMEI is good?