The phone can as well be blacklisted if the initial owner didn’t clear all his dues. One of the reasons is when the phone was reported stolen, lost or if the phone was used to carry on faulty transactions. I’ll also explain why bad IMEI are not illegal when you own them.īad ESN (also known as bad IMEI) is a phone that cannot be activated on the carrier that the phone was manufactured due to various reasons. If you need to go straight to the solution just click the button to get started: SECTION 1: What Does It Mean When You Have Blacklisted IMEI or Bad ESN?įirst, you’ll learn exactly what a bad IMEI is.
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