Root will rooting fix bad esn

[mbg237]

so i bought an evo from craigslist and called sprint to activate it and sprint says its still activated on another accound. so what are options?? if i root the phone will i be able to fix it. i also saw somewhere i can change the esn, does that mean i would take the esn from my broken lg and set it to the htc? thanks!

 

[ocnbrze]

so i bought an evo from craigslist and called sprint to activate it and sprint says its still activated on another accound. so what are options?? if i root the phone will i be able to fix it. i also saw somewhere i can change the esn, does that mean i would take the esn from my broken lg and set it to the htc? thanks!

what you are talking about is illegal. you can't switch esn's like that. you could get into serious trouble and i do not recommend any such action. that is the issue when buying phones from ebay or craigslist. you need to check to see if you have a good phone or not before buying it. sorry man i think that you are SOL. on this one.

 

[mbg237]

so i bought an evo from craigslist and called sprint to activate it and sprint says its still activated on another accound. so what are options?? if i root the phone will i be able to fix it. i also saw somewhere i can change the esn, does that mean i would take the esn from my broken lg and set it to the htc? thanks!

 

[mbg237]

i think so to, i dont know anything about stuff like this, when i was looking for options those are some things that came up. but thanks

 

[I.B. Pimpin]

so i bought an evo from craigslist and called sprint to activate it and sprint says its still activated on another accound. so what are options?? if i root the phone will i be able to fix it. i also saw somewhere i can change the esn, does that mean i would take the esn from my broken lg and set it to the htc? thanks!

Not unless you have a close buddy that works for Sprint. Seriously though no you can't. What is the reason it has a bad ESN. Is it stolen? Was there an insurance claim filed on it? Failure to pay bill?

Edit: Nevermind I see why. You can contact whoever sold you the phone and tell them to drop it from their account. That is if they didn't steal it.

 

[mbg237]

i actually just talked to sprint and they said his account was restricted bc he didnt pay balance. sucks for me, at least i didnt pay to much for it!

 

[IAmSixNine]

Your not out of luck. Put it back on CL but advertise its got a bad ESN and it will work great for someone wanting to re-flash it for metro PCS or Cricket or something.