sch-i760 ESN

[uglysocks]

Last week I won an aution on Ebay for three sch-i760 "for parts", two dual slot charging docks, three chargers, and two extra (for a total of five) batteries. Since the seller said that the "phones will not activate" I figured that they were dead or had bad ESN. I really just wanted the charging docks. I got the phones today, and turned them on. They all seem to work fine, so just for kicks, I checked the ESNs. They all reported as clean.

I used the ESN's printed under the battery of the phone. Is there place in the software to verify the ESN? What would cause a phone that reports a clean ESN not to activate? I feel like I must be missing something pretty obvious here. I'm afraid I'm just knowledgeable enough to be dangerous.

Thanks

[Cardiac]

Check the ESN/MEID in your settings. Mine is under settings-> phone -> status. It lists the MEID there. I had a phone that the true ESN was different than the one under the battery...

[uglysocks]

Check the ESN/MEID in your settings. Mine is under settings-> phone -> status. It lists the MEID there. I had a phone that the true ESN was different than the one under the battery...

I'll check them out.

After communicating with the vendor, I think these guys buy stuff coming out of service and just had someone doing auctions who couldn't figure out how to turn them on. I am a happy camper.