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Friday, April 12, 2013

Cell Phone News and Reviews

How-to: Change/clean your ESN - is it illegal?

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 03:58 AM PDT

ESN's of CDMA phones (Sprint & Verizon, for example) will be marked as 'bad' if the previous owner lost the phone, it was stolen, or they didn't pay their bill. That ESN will be marked as bad in carrier's systems. The only way around this is to pay the bill, or change the ESN.

To change the ESN requires some special software, like CDMA Tool. DFS software. www.cdmatool.com . (you also have to know what you're doing with the software). It also requires that you have another ESN of a similar phone on hand. This technically makes the process illegal under 18 USC § 1029 - Fraud and related activity in connection with access devices, since you are, in effect, cloning a phone.

Specifically, under 1029.a.1 the process of cleaning an ESN is illegal if you "Knowingly and with intent to defraud produces, uses, or traffics in one or more counterfeit access devices;" (access device = the phone with changed ESN)

The process of changing an ESN is not illegal if you get permission from the original carrier that the phone was activated on. In this case the carrier will provide the ESN, which in a lot of cases comes from a cheap donor phone, which is destroyed afterwords.

There are "services" out there that will change the ESN for you, but beware, what they're doing is illegal, and who knows where they are getting the donor ESN from.

Orientdeal have a very good cellphone named Orient N9500-Samsung Galaxy S4/Note2/3 Alternative

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 08:55 PM PDT

Orientdeal have a very good cellphone named Orient N9500-Samsung Galaxy S4/Note2/3 Alternative
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N9500 Samsung Galaxy S4/Note2/3 Alternative has 5 inch HD 1280x720 pixel screen, with MT6589 -1.2GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 4GB+external 8GB SD card, 64GB extend Storage and 13.0MP rear camera, installed Android Android 4.2.1 OS.

Highlights:

Color: Black
OS: Android 4.2.1
CPU: MTK6589 Cortex A7 Quad Core 1.2 GHz
ROM: 4GB+8GB extend 64GB Storage(Not Included)
RAM: 1GB
Battery: 2100mAh Li-ion
Touch screen: HD IPS
Network frequency: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz WCDMA 850/2100MHz
Dual SIM, Dual standby
Dual cameras (the back one with flash light and auto focus)
Wireless internet
With GPS function
Gravity sensing system

What will it mean for German users?

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 02:00 PM PDT

Deutsche Telekom has been trying to make a deal with MetroPCS. I wonder what that will mean for German cell phone users? Could they also be getting an opportunity for a prepaid service?
Posted by IMers at 1:16 PM

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