A blacklisted phone will still work with Wi-Fi, but will not be able to make calls, send texts, or use mobile data. Only the person who reported a phone stolen can have it removed from the blacklist. Depend on what you need the phone for, you can still use the phone as a gaming device.
How about using it as a reminder? Or an alarm when you wake up? Maybe you probably just want to watch some Youtube videos or Netflix shows on Wi-Fi. Samsung galaxy still has a headphone jack! With its build-in capacity, you can use it as a music player and bring it with you anywhere.
If you bought the device with the bad ESN newly from a retailer or online shop, you might be in luck as they can provide you with a refund or at least a replacement, depending on their policy. For example, Amazon has refund policies. Unfortunately, if you got the phone from someone you found on the street, or from a seller over sources like Craigslist or eBay, this might not be possible.
Here are some ideas you can do with your Samsung Galaxy. If you managed to confirm that the ESN is bad, then consider getting it unlocked. Normally, if the Samsung Galaxy has a bad ESN , blocked or blacklisted due to unpaid bills, unlocking it still allows you to use the phone outside of the USA or internationally. This is one of the most interesting and unique solutions available for your blacklisted Samsung Galaxy.
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This is an electronic Serial Number that identifies ever cell phone with the use of unique codes. A cellphone with a bad ESN whether Samsung or iPhone is a phone that cannot be activated on the carrier that the phone was manufactured for due to varying reasons. One of the reasons is if the phone was reported stolen, lost or if the phone was used to carry on faulty transactions. If you happen to purchase a cell phone which has a bad ESN then you may have a difficult time activating it on several other carriers.
However, there are several things you can do with an iPhone or a Samsung smartphone with a bad ESN which can guarantee you a return to the whole money that you used to buy it. However, there are some smaller carrier that will accept an iPhone or a Samsung smartphone from another carrier but the smartphone should have another software installed on it.
All what you have to do is to unlock the device to allow it accept a simcard from another carrier. They will just go silent on it and hence you are left to use other mechanisms to know if the phone was reported stolen or lost. For this reason, most sellers out there do not intentionally sell phones which have been reported as stolen or lost because you cannot determine what it is.
The good thing is that we are here to help in this case. All we want from you is the ESN which you can get from the back cover of the phone to be able to get back to you and inform, you if the iPhone or a Samsung device has a bad ESN.
If you fall into this trap and buy an iPhone or a Samsung smartphone with a bad ESN, just bear in mind that there are several things that you can do with it. The Samsung Galaxy S9 was released not too long ago. You probably found this article because you realized that you bought a blacklisted Samsung Galaxy, which you may think a bit too late now. Prior to , phone theft was growing an alarming rate around the world because stolen smartphones can be re-used again simply by changing the SIM card.
Thieves were able to get away with it and constantly making money by stealing and reselling these devices. There are two types of cellular networks used around the world.
Carriers use phone ESNs to identify specific phones and blacklist those that have been stolen. So if your phone is blacklisted, where does this leave you? What can you do about it?
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