verizon bad esn

[raf1919]

I see some Verizon bad esn phones on ebay. would those still work on Tmobile since they are unlocked?

 

[Samzebian]

no. All bad ESN phones are linked to not work in the US and probably Canada these days. Back in the day this was not the case and that was possible, but not anymore.

Also on ebay those sales get flagged and removed because those phones are either lost or stolen

 

[clockcycle]

Eventually bad ESN devices get flagged and stop working, YMMV At most those are good for replacement parts. Or use outside of their current market.

 

[bravo261]

you guys sure about that?

back in the day, each carrier maintained their own lists. then a few years ago, AT&T and T-Mobile started sharing their lists as fellow gsm carriers. but verizon was always separate, at least as of a year ago

 

[le0.br4zuc4]

Now a days bad esn is bad across all carriers in the US. Bad esn may still be usable in SE countries overseas

Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk

 

[fiffan86]

In my experiences the last couple weeks, with a verizon note 5 AND a verizon galaxy s7, the people came in to my shop using att with them and they were blacklisted from verizon. I put my sim in them to test functionality thinking the same thing that everyone shares blacklists. It toasted my verizon sim, and I had to go the store to get a new one. They of course didn't mention they were blacklisted from Verizon.