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Change my ESN BACK to what is on the sticker under the battery on RAZR V3c.

longbeachdan's picture

I bought a USED RAZR. I checked the ESN under the battery with METRO PCS and it is a good ESN, not stolen. When I tried to activate it, it wouldn't work. When I looked at the HEX ESN inside the phone info menu, it converted to an ESN not anything like the one listed. I wans to change my ESN BACK to the original listed number.

Thanks.

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Sailorcancer's picture
Sailorcancer
im saucy

Verizon Wireless
Verizon V9M RAZR2
PARS_01.31.00

I don't believe so. But if there is I believe it is...

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I don't believe so. But if there is I believe it is illegal.

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pyde_pypper
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Verizon Wireless
Verizon V9M RAZR2
Telus-V9m S/W TLSV94_01.1C.00r on VZW

as mentioned it is illegal to change them. Secondly you...

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as mentioned it is illegal to change them. Secondly you only get one shot at changing them anyways. So if someone did change it you are SOL as the chip that has the info burned to it is a one shot deal.

However I'm question what it actually wrong. Reason being is becsaue you called Metro and they said the ESN was clean. So with that said is the device you bought used an actual MetorPCS device? If not odds are Metro needs to add the ESN to there database so it can be activated. If an ESN is not in the database a device will not active until it is. so just because they said it was clean does not mean it will activate on there network.

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listenman20
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Verizon Wireless
V9m
PARS_01.31.00

Sounds to me like you got screwed. Either someone illegally...

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Sounds to me like you got screwed. Either someone illegally changed your esn or they've replaced the sticker with a false esn. Sometimes under the sticker will be the hex and the Dec numbers. might check them again just to make sure.

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teddyearp
professional n00b

Verizon Wireless
V9m
TLSV94_02.04.00R

I had the exact same thing happen to me. Fortunately, I...

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I had the exact same thing happen to me. Fortunately, I was able to get my $$$ back, I bought it on eBay and when the seller didn't want to, Paypal stepped in.

That's what first brought me to this site, look at my very first posts here.

good luck

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