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- 02-24-2005, 02:37 PM #1Robert BrugmanGuest
Hello,
I am wondering if it is possible to change the ESN on a nokia 6560 phone.
Right now I have an old 5125, and I bought a used 6560 off ebay so I can
finally have an up-to-date phone. My provider doesn't provide anything
newer (I am in the middle of nowhere in the woods), so I am stuck trying to
do things by myself. I read that it's possible somehow to do ESN/MIN
changes, but I'm wondering how. I want to be able to "clone" my 5125
settings on to my 6560.
Thanks!
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- 02-24-2005, 04:12 PM #2Evan PlattGuest
Re: ESN Change on Nokia 6560
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:37:02 -0500, Robert Brugman
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Hello,
>I am wondering if it is possible to change the ESN on a nokia 6560 phone.
>Right now I have an old 5125, and I bought a used 6560 off ebay so I can
>finally have an up-to-date phone. My provider doesn't provide anything
>newer (I am in the middle of nowhere in the woods), so I am stuck trying to
>do things by myself. I read that it's possible somehow to do ESN/MIN
>changes, but I'm wondering how.
You simply call up your provider, and tell them you want to do a ESN
change. You give them the new ESN, they activate the new phone.
Why would you do anything else?>
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- 02-24-2005, 07:09 PM #3Robert BrugmanGuest
Re: ESN Change on Nokia 6560
That's my scenerio. My provider only will allow the phones they cell, which
is the 5125 and some motorola that I don't want either. I was wondering if
there is a way on the phone itself to change its esn to match that of my
5125 so I can have my new phone without needing to buy it from them.
Robert
On 2/24/05 7:40 PM, in article [email protected],
"Joseph" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:12:38 -0800, Evan Platt
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:37:02 -0500, Robert Brugman
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I am wondering if it is possible to change the ESN on a nokia 6560 phone.
>>> Right now I have an old 5125, and I bought a used 6560 off ebay so I can
>>> finally have an up-to-date phone. My provider doesn't provide anything
>>> newer (I am in the middle of nowhere in the woods), so I am stuck trying to
>>> do things by myself. I read that it's possible somehow to do ESN/MIN
>>> changes, but I'm wondering how.
>>
>> You simply call up your provider, and tell them you want to do a ESN
>> change. You give them the new ESN, they activate the new phone.
>>
>> Why would you do anything else?>
>
> Because some operators will not activate an ESN that's either in their
> database as having been on the network before or one that they've
> sold. It might work dandy but if the operator doesn't want to
> activate an ESN that's not in their database you're basically SOL.
> Such a situation exists for example between AT&T Wireless and what was
> known as Rogers AT&T in Canada.
>
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