Can rooting help change a hex nubmer?

[leingod]

I bought a phone off of a friend before he mved to a different state and when I went to activate it, the verizon rep told me it was reported as stolen. I plan on somehow sending the phone back to either verizon or my friend if he gives me my money back.

I am just curious as to if rooting can have any affect on changing the hex/dec number so the phone can be taken off of the black list?

note: I do not condone stealing or theft. Figured I would just get a secondary opinion before handing the phone back over. Thanks

 

[UncleMike]

Changing the MEID is illegal. If you can get your friend to give you your money back, that's your best bet.

 

[leingod]

I figured as much. Thanks for the help. Worse comes to worse, I just give it back to verizon if he won't pay me.

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

Sorry to hear you got ripped off. If it were my friend, he would be meeting my other friend from Louisville -- he's a slugger.

Rooting won't help your situation. There are other ways to get around this issue, but as mentioned they are illegal. Not a little bit illegal, but federal kind of illegal. We can't discuss those methods here, I hope you understand.

Personally, I'd hand the phone over to the police. It's a $550 item (felony) that you know is stolen. Now that you're aware it's stolen property, you don't want anyone holding you responsible for anything silly.