I have a Verizon iPhone 4 that refuses to activate. I continually get the error message (iPhone is not activated. If problem persists contact customer service.) I have flashed the phone to cricket, but never had a phone act like this. Did this mean the phone is permanently locked to Verizon? It has a bad ESN so I can't activate it on my Verizon account to get rid of the error. Cricket customer service is having trouble putting the phone in the system. Anyone familiar with this problem?

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