There's a guy selling an epic 4g touch on craigslist with what he says is a bad esn. Is there anyway i can verify thats whats wrong and whether its fixable before i buy it?
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If you plan on using the phone on Sprint, which I think you are, then don't. Do not buy the phone. The problem with it is just that: the ESN is bad. Which means the phone either has been reported lost/stolen or the Sprint bill hasn't been paid. Bad ESN phones are NOT able to be activated on the Sprint network under any circumstances. The reason that there is a market for bad ESN phones is that they can be flashed and activated on Boost Mobile, Cricket, etc., 'prepaid' no contract companies.
My assumption is that you're interested in it because the price is low. Bad ESN phone prices are always lower than market value of good ESN phones. The good thing is that the seller is open about the phone having a bad ESN. Sometimes you will find a seller selling a phone as good ESN, and it may have a good ESN when checking with Sprint over the phone at the point of sale, only to find out 1-2 business days later that the phone's ESN has gone bad because of it being reported lost/stolen.
Hope this helps.