Droid with bad ESN

[hemorrdroid]

If i buy a droid on ebay that says its locked from the carrier with a bad ESN, and swap out the motherboard and screen into my droid, will i be able to activate it on my account? Or will it look like its the locked phone to Verizon.

 

[Cloppy]

i would think the esn is stored on a chip in the motherboard somewhere. so just using the case and the screen would work i would think.

 

[nerdbox08]

Wait, you want to put the bad esn into your shell?

I think that wouldn't work out. I an assuming the esn is tied to the motherboard. But that's my guess.

At least this is a bump if nothing else.

 

[hemorrdroid]

Yeah, would like to replace all internals i can, as i sent mine thorugh the washing machine last weekend, its working, but has a few issues. Might call verizon on this.

I assumed the phone info is stored on the main board, but wasnt sure if that would stop me from activating it.

 

[kodiak799]

Why mess with replacing a motherboard? Send the thing back to ebay or tell the seller to get his act together. Or did you buy a really cheap Droid knowing the ESN was locked (hence the cheapness)?

 

[hemorrdroid]

Oh no, i havent purchased yet, researching my options before i do. And yeah, they go cheaper that way. The current motherboard i have is working okay, but i have a constant red LED on even when powered off, gets annoying, and it of course doesnt notify me of calls/txts etc. Need the screen because this one is all messed up looking.

 

[hemorrdroid]

Anyone else know anything on this subject?

 

[dmacleo]

sorry but any discussion of changing ESN's are not permitted in the forum