question about cellphone

[vtecman04]

hi all, does neone happen to know if u can goto a cellphone dealer and get a cellphone that u found activated so that u can use (with a monthly plan of course)

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[88AccordDX]

It's worth a try. As long as the cellphone matches with the service, then it shouldnt be hard.

[vtecman04]

cool

[civic_sedan]

u 'found' this phone?..like on the ground!?

i'm pretty sure theyll take it away and give it back to the rightful owner.

[h2k1ex]

If its GSM service I think that they will change the SIM chip and give you a new number, with a monthly plan of course. But you should also try to search for the real owner...

[vtecman04]

true i will do that(wut the concience says is right)....i just wish the fag that scartched my spoiler had the heart to do the same thing.......................................JERKAS S!!!!!

[cryption]

Originally Posted by vtecman04

true i will do that(wut the concience says is right)....i just wish the fag that scartched my spoiler had the heart to do the same thing.......................................JERKAS S!!!!!

thats just gods way of saying you dont need a spoiler

[vtecman04]

thats not true...the spoiler makes the civic look nice(er) and its one way of standing out

*by the way whats GSM, the phone is a nextel i think!!! im not tech savy

[SODJAZERO]

If it is a tdma device then more than likely you will NOT be able to get it activated because it will be on a deny list. A deny list is whey they add the fons esn or imei to a program that does not allow it to be used on that carriers service. If it is a gsm device and you want to use it with any carrier it needs to be UNLOCKED if not you can only use it with the provider thats labeled on the fon.

[vtecman04]

wut u talkin about...i just wanted to know if it can be used, not the whole theory!lol...explain in plain english if u can

[TBA]

i belive he's trying to say that you can't use the phone

[vtecman04]

close enough

[DVnAFI]

Hmm. just pay fork up some dough for a new phone. Cheap ass.

[TeLLy]

If your cellphone provider doesn't use those little simcards, then likely the phones are acivated using a unique ESN number. If someone loses his phone, he would call in to his service provider and the ESN for that phone would be put on a list, so that if anyone called either to report that phone found or try to activate it, the ESN (which the cellphone company asks for when activating) would come up flagged. I know this because I lost my new cellphone less than 10 days after I bought it, and no one reported it back, I had to buy a new one for 400 bones. Boo-urns.

[vtecman04]

this phone has a sim card...so can it be used?



"DVnAFI Hmm. just pay fork up some dough for a new phone. Cheap ass."...first u need to learn grammar and second i aint some 23 year old moocher(you) that asks his parents to buy him everythin u wanted.<----in life ppl win and ppl loose, u IMO are one of those loosers!