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TarmacBeast2330
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I am looking at a OnePlus 7T on Ebay but it says it has a bad ESN from T-Mobile

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Possibly stolen? Subsidised device and the customer just stopped paying the contract maybe.

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Even if it is stolen, would it work on verizon?

(i am not actually planning on buying it, just wondering)

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I personally wouldn't. When an IMEI is blacklisted with Verizon, it's blacklisted everywhere.

 

 

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2 hours ago, TarmacBeast2330 said:

I am looking at a OnePlus 7T on Ebay but it says it has a bad ESN from T-Mobile

What does it mean?

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most likely "stolen" had payments stopped on it and never turned back to t-mobile. Device may be blacklisted from connecting to a mobile network permanently. 

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There are websites where you can check the status of an IMEI with the carriers. I have uses imei24.com before.

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