esn problems

[captainkirks]

The phone has a bad esn for a reason and coming from craigslist it could be stolen. So you wanting to change a serial number on a phone that might be stolen is very illegal. Best thing to do is swap the two boards like Rich said. Very easy to do.

1- Remove battery cover, battery and memory card.
2- remove 6 screws around the edge
3- pry back cover off
4- remove 1 screw top right hand corner
5- undo the 2 flex cables on middle left side.
6- Remove board

[marley183rd]

The phone has a bad esn for a reason and coming from craigslist it could be stolen. So you wanting to change a serial number on a phone that might be stolen is very illegal. Best thing to do is swap the two boards like Rich said. Very easy to do.

1- Remove battery cover, battery and memory card.
2- remove 6 screws around the edge
3- pry back cover off
4- remove 1 screw top right hand corner
5- undo the 2 flex cables on middle left side.
6- Remove board

I agree bro. if you have to ask about that sort of thing. then you obviously are a newjack to the flashing community and might be a little in over your head trying to change the esn. 1: you might just end up messing up the phone 2: you might end your ass up in jail. The fact that you had to ask that publicly makes you a primary target for the feds. just a tip.