Heads Up GS3 owners.. Sammy hasnt released ESN = No Activation

[kilofoxtrot]

Got my white 32GB this morning ... I cant activate it.

VZW has told me that Samsung has not released the ESN's to Verizon.

Make a long story short... no activation until Sammy says so. Could be all the way until the 9th.

If this is true... this is a disaster of EPIC proportions for Verizon.

It almost too funny to be true.

 

[tekhna]

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Wow, this could go from an annoyingly inconsistent release to a debacle real quick.

 

[davidnc]

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Got my white 32GB this morning ... I cant activate it.

VZW has told me that Samsung has not released the ESN's to Verizon.

Make a long story short... no activation until Sammy says so. Could be all the way until the 9th.

If this is true... this is a disaster of EPIC proportions for Verizon.

It almost too funny to be true.

Oh no ,but anyhoo mine should be here around noon I guessing ,thats what time fedex usually gets by my house.Thanks for the heads up tho,I hope its before the 9th tho

 

[Navii]

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You would think though, that it would be just as bad for Samsung's reputation as Verizon's. I wonder what their motivations are?

 

[slategalaxy]

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maybe they want everyone who preordered to activate at once, who knows, maybe 7/9 was a hard date with samsung

 

[kilofoxtrot]

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You would think though, that it would be just as bad for Samsung's reputation as Verizon's. I wonder what their motivations are?

I am guessing its just a miscommunication between Verizon and Sammy.

 

[Navii]

maybe they want everyone who preordered to activate at once, who knows, maybe 7/9 was a hard date with samsung

But wasn't it Samsung's own reps fueling the "early shipment" rumor fires? I don't think it has anything to do with a hard date...

 

[scorpiodsu]

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I actually thought the manufacturer gave out the esm and meid before they sent to the carrier so when users got some early it would work. There has to be a good reason why Verizon knowingly not having the esn would ship the devices out early, right?

 

[WhoMe]

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Im not sure I understand what they are claiming. The ESN numbers come with the phones. Is there somthing the manufacurer has to do to make them active??

 

[scorpiodsu]

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Sad thing is Verizon and Samsung never acknowledge blunders by themselves. They just ignore it until it goes away and act like a problem never existed.

 

[slategalaxy]

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But wasn't it Samsung's own reps fueling the "early shipment" rumor fires? I don't think it has anything to do with a hard date...

i never got an early shipment rumor from a rep, it was always, sorry sir, you arent getting it until the 9th, even if 9 verizon customers are using their s3's in front of you lol

 

[kilofoxtrot]

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Im not sure I understand what they are claiming. The ESN numbers come with the phones. Is there somthing the manufacurer has to do to make them active??

Samsung or any other manufacturer has to send the ESNs to the carrier so the carrier, in this case Verizon, and enter them into their system so they can activate on their network.

Thats my understanding.

 

[RobCMass]

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oh man, that sucks. I hope they have it resolved soon. My phone isnt shipping out until 7/11

 

[scorpiodsu]

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Im not sure I understand what they are claiming. The ESN numbers come with the phones. Is there somthing the manufacurer has to do to make them active??

There's usually some kind of cross check between the systems of what's a valid esn and not. So it would appear Verizon cannot validate the esn if Samsung hasn't provided their side of the cross check.

 

[Navii]

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I'm inclined to agree with kilofox. One can only hope, right?

 

[jcondon]

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I actually thought the manufacturer gave out the esm and meid before they sent to the carrier so when users got some early it would work. There has to be a good reason why Verizon knowingly not having the esn would ship the devices out early, right?

The ESN is probably on the outside of the boxes. It is with most other phones I have gotten from them. I can't believe Verizon doesn't have a list of the ESNs. Perhaps they screwed up and missed some or something when building it into their system. But I can't believe they don't have the ESNs or at least weren't given the information.

It will be interesting to see how long it takes to get this figure out and how many phones are affected.

 

[Bullfrog1337]

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I just got my S3. It activated with no problem.
Working 100%

 

[ansextra]

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I just got my S3. It activated with no problem.
Working 100%

WooHoo! Love those rumors!

 

[scorpiodsu]

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The ESN is probably on the outside of the boxes. It is with most other phones I have gotten from them. I can't believe Verizon doesn't have a list of the ESNs. Perhaps they screwed up and missed some or something when building it into their system. But I can't believe they don't have the ESNs or at least weren't given the information.

It will be interesting to see how long it takes to get this figure out and how many phones are affected.

I know the esn are on the phone and on the boxes but a Verizon rep doesn't know where you are getting your esn from. The esns are sent from the manufacturer to the carrier. Easily imported into the system. Now Verizon cross checks your esn with those they got for validation.

It also appears someone got theirs activated so it appear this thread may have been a good warning but also could have been a combination of OP doing something wrong and Verizon incompetence. Who knows.

 

[TallyHo]

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OP might want to update the orginal post and/or the thread title if possible. Seems like it is just an issue with his/her account.