[Q] Replace broken phone with bad esn phone and old sim? - Sprint HTC One (M7)

My sister-in-law busted her HTC One and is looking at buying a new one. I know that the Sprint Ones have sim cards now. Would it be possible for her to buy an HTC One with a bad ESN off ebay and then activate it after putting her sim card into it?

morrison0880 said:
My sister-in-law busted her HTC One and is looking at buying a new one. I know that the Sprint Ones have sim cards now. Would it be possible for her to buy an HTC One with a bad ESN off ebay and then activate it after putting her sim card into it?
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Sorry but no it will not work, The CDMA which is your 3g and voice service is stored on the phone and the esn is also, So buying a sprint phone with a bad esn would not be able to be activated on your sprint account. The sim card on the sprint phones is for the LTE. Sorry for the bad news.
There is a way to use the bad esn phone but cant discuss it here since it requires some esn mods. Google would be the best bet for that
However if you want to go to pre-paid you can buy a bad esn htc one and flash it to page plus http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2601943

You can also use bad esn devices on cricket, page plus,and metro pcs by flashing it
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Thanks fragmentedlogik, yes you could use it on page plus, cricket, and metro pcs. Good looking out and providing options!
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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
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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] International use with bad ESN ?

i'm going to be in the US for the summer and am strongly considering buying a HTC One.
first thing i will do is root it.
problems..
when i come back to europe am i going to be able to use the phone normaly even if it is the sprint or at&t version?
mainly what i want to know is if the sprint version for example is locked on sprint just by software or also by hardware..
if i buy a clean/bad ESN one will that be in conflict with the carriers in europe?
Is this for the HTC One or HTC One X? I'll assume you're asking for the HTC One, so I'll move this to the correct forum. PM or mention me here if I got it wrong
all you have to do is sim unlock the phones. the sprint models should have an extra sim card slot ontop of the CDMA chip they have so it should be ok as well. as for a bad ESN i'm not sure if tmobile or ATT report bad sims internationally so maybe....
xphp001 said:
i'm going to be in the US for the summer and am strongly considering buying a HTC One.
first thing i will do is root it.
problems..
when i come back to europe am i going to be able to use the phone normaly even if it is the sprint or at&t version?
mainly what i want to know is if the sprint version for example is locked on sprint just by software or also by hardware..
if i buy a clean/bad ESN one will that be in conflict with the carriers in europe?
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I'm positive you can. I've sold many phones overseas bad esn and imei. No problems. Us carriers do not report internationally the bad esn numbers. You'll be good
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nexicon said:
I'm positive you can. I've sold many phones overseas bad esn and imei. No problems. Us carriers do not report internationally the bad esn numbers. You'll be good
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thank you very much, this will shave a lot of the price

[Q] I need a SIM card for HTC ONE

Hi guys. I have a problem. I recently purchase an HTC ONE from Ebay to try out and upon receiving it I found out it has no SIM card. Not just an ERROR. It physically has no SIM card. Is the SIM card specific to the HTC ONE and where can I get one? I looked on Ebay. Nothing. I e-mailed the seller but assuming he is not helpful, is there anywhere I can get one? My current phone is an iPhone 5 so the SIM card is too small. Any help will be appreciated. [email protected]
Thanks
Ken
chemicool said:
Hi guys. I have a problem. I recently purchase an HTC ONE from Ebay to try out and upon receiving it I found out it has no SIM card. Not just an ERROR. It physically has no SIM card. Is the SIM card specific to the HTC ONE and where can I get one? I looked on Ebay. Nothing. I e-mailed the seller but assuming he is not helpful, is there anywhere I can get one? My current phone is an iPhone 5 so the SIM card is too small. Any help will be appreciated. [email protected]
Thanks
Ken
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Who ever you sign up with for service will provide you with s SIM. My new GPe came without one. Got one from att store when I activated the phone.
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Waiting4MyAndroid said:
Who ever you sign up with for service will provide you with s SIM. My new GPe came without one. Got one from att store when I activated the phone.
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Hi I appreciate the feedback but apparently Sprint is not as forthcoming with the SIM cards. They had a few there in the store but not for the HTC ONE. They said if I had the protection plan I could order one for free. However, the protection plan isn't free and when I looked into adding it online to my phone it said the HTCOne wasn't eligible for the protection plan. Bullcrap all the way around.
chemicool said:
Hi I appreciate the feedback but apparently Sprint is not as forthcoming with the SIM cards. They had a few there in the store but not for the HTC ONE. They said if I had the protection plan I could order one for free. However, the protection plan isn't free and when I looked into adding it online to my phone it said the HTCOne wasn't eligible for the protection plan. Bullcrap all the way around.
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Sprint uses CDMA instead of GSM, right? Did you buy the sprint version of the HTC One?
chemicool said:
Hi I appreciate the feedback but apparently Sprint is not as forthcoming with the SIM cards. They had a few there in the store but not for the HTC ONE. They said if I had the protection plan I could order one for free. However, the protection plan isn't free and when I looked into adding it online to my phone it said the HTCOne wasn't eligible for the protection plan. Bullcrap all the way around.
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What does the protection plan have to do with a SIM card? Sprint really is useless. I would go to a different store. I have tmobile and they will give me a new sim card no questions asked. It doesn't hurt them, so why not. Sprint is really odd

Used Sprint Moto X No SIM card included, how hard is it to get one?

I am looking at a Sprint Moto X that is used and has a clean ESN. They don't include a SIM card. I was wondering how hard is that to actually get from Sprint and is there a cost? If it's too much then it's not worth it may be better for me to buy new.
Thanks.
First, this should be in Q&A. Could a mod please move it?
Second, Sprint Moto Xs are SIM-locked, so they will not work with Verizon, Tmobile, etc. They can be unlocked for International SIMs only by calling Sprint and asking (I believe this requires that the phone be activated on Sprint for at least 30 days, and the account be in good standing).
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First this belongs in Q and A section. Second, Sprint doesnt even use Sim cards, I have Sprint Moto X and the only reason there is a sim card in there is for the phone to stop telling you "NO SIM" its basically a place holder. and the only way they will give you one if activate or buy a phone from them
Sorry for posting in the wrong place. I thought Sprint does use the SIM for LTE purposes. I know their voice/3g is CDMA which does not use a sim.
yazyazoo said:
Sorry for posting in the wrong place. I thought Sprint does use the SIM for LTE purposes. I know their voice/3g is CDMA which does not use a sim.
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Nope, Sprint does not use SIMs at all since they are CDMA. I don't know the specifics, their spectrum can only be used with Sprint phones or approved roaming carrier devices.
In the case of the Moto X, the SIM card is used only for International GSM networks. Most Sprint phones don't even have SIM card slots..
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[Q] Selling Sprint htc ONE - Remove SIM?

So selling my Sprint htc ONE and I have searched and found people both saying to remove SIM that a new user can go Sprint store and get there own and others saying it has no personal data and since it's just used for LTE it's fine to leave in.. Can't find any official Sprint answer to this so trusting my fellow XDA users over calling some confused Sprint CSR that will tell me there phones don't have SIM cards lol...
Thanks guys!
lilflip21 said:
So selling my Sprint htc ONE and I have searched and found people both saying to remove SIM that a new user can go Sprint store and get there own and others saying it has no personal data and since it's just used for LTE it's fine to leave in.. Can't find any official Sprint answer to this so trusting my fellow XDA users over calling some confused Sprint CSR that will tell me there phones don't have SIM cards lol...
Thanks guys!
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I say leave it since it doesn't have personal info as our phone uses CDMA and the SIM card only handles the authorization for 4G. If you decide not to sell it with the SIM card they might be able to go to a Sprint store but can cause issue to the person if the person doesn't know much about the SIM card or if it's even necessary since Sprint phones didn't use SIM cards till now. Not to mention the possibility of the Sprint employees not knowing about the Sprint SIM cards.
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