Blacklisted ESN Mobiles at LA Iphone Repair and Unlock Center

Introduction
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In every day’s pelt along, losing a mobile is quite common for commuters. At LA Iphone Repair and Unlock Center consumers while buying new mobiles state that they have lost their mobiles due to numerous reasons. Losing might be due to slipping from the hands or pockets involuntarily, it can get stolen by thieves or we simply forget it at a place and not realizing it until we came too far. Losing mobile results in a multitude of problems like losing personal data, phone containing confidential data if stolen can expose all the secret work, communication with our kith and kin will be lost and also money spent on it for buying it will squandered. But this all is only one side of the coin. On the other side, stolen mobiles are sometimes sold again as genuine ones. Care should be taken while buying a mobile from unknown source. If you are sceptical about a phone, you can bring it to our LA Iphone Repair and Unlock Center and all your doubts will be clarified by our experts.

What is an ESN?

ESN is an abbreviation for Electronic Serial Number and will be unique for every CDMA (Code Division Multi Access) mobiles in the United States. Electronic serial numbers (ESNs) were first initiated by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to give the mobiles unique identities. ESN can be a decimal number or sometimes it is available in the hexadecimal format. CDMA phones do not use SIM cards instead they use this ESN as an identity for phone subscribers. This ESN enables users to hop on to get network through which making calls, texting, using the internet and accessing other features will be possible. If you want to know the ESN of your current mobile, it can be seen under the battery, on the box and also in the settings menu depending upon the type of mobile. This ESN comes handy when the user wants to switch between the network operators and also when the mobile is lost or stolen, using this Electronic Serial Number, the phone can be disabled remotely by the customer service agents. This way reselling of the stolen mobiles can be prevented to some extent.
 
What is a blacklisted ESN?

As explained earlier, a stolen mobile can be disabled via its ESN. Such mobiles whose ESN is blocked are known to have bad ESN. Bad ESN and Blacklisted ESN are the terms used for such mobiles. But both the terms more or else imply the same thing. That they have been stolen and the owner of the mobile has blocked the services by contacting the customer care. Checking for bad ESN when you buy a mobile from an unauthorized source is a must. There are few ways by which you can check. You can directly call the customer care executives of the respective mobile network provider and query and also there is a multitude of websites over the internet, which will help you through the step by step process to check for any bad ESN.

Can we buy a mobile with blacklisted ESN?

Before we begin, first we have to make sure whether the phone has bad ESN or not. While it solely depends on one’s personal interest whether to buy a blacklisted ESN mobile or not there are quite a few good reasons to buy a mobile with blacklisted ESN some of which are as follows.

Other uses of mobile:

In addition to basic operations such as calling and texting, smartphones, nowadays are offering a variety of functions. When a phone has blacklisted ESN, only the calling, and messaging features are blocked. Other than these features, all other ones function very well. Other uses include taking good quality images via mobile’s camera, using the mobile’s memory for transferring files and thereby using it as a removable disk and also, data features can also be accessed if the mobile is connected to a WIFI.  

For testing and debugging:

Developers and testers need mobiles for testing their program applications. This debugging got nothing to do with the cellular network. For testing applications, spending extravagantly on new mobiles is purely futile. Blacklisted ESN mobiles are a quick solution for such purposes. As they have perfectly working hardware it would suit all the needs of a developer Blacklisted ESN mobiles will be available at lower costs at LA Iphone Repair and Unlock Center. Therefore, developers can test their new software and check for compatibility by buying mobiles at lower prices. This would reduce the project budget by a great deal.

Salvaging spare parts

As stated earlier, blacklisted ESN mobiles just have their network blocked on its home network. And also there exist many costly components in a mobile which can be salvaged to use them for other damaged mobiles. For instance, if the display of your mobile is broken come to our LA Iphone Repair and Unlock Center and buy a blacklisted ESN mobile and replace your broken screen with the screen of blacklisted ESN mobile. This way a great deal of money can be conserved. Not just the display, there are several components in the mobile which can be used this way.    
  
Conclusion    
  
Having known the pros and cons of the blacklisted ESN mobiles, it’s up to us whether to buy a mobile with blacklisted ESN or not. While there is no harm in buying one there are certain limitations in using such mobiles. For example, these mobiles cannot be used on their home network, as it had been restricted to access network in that particular mobile network provider. But as an overview, as we can see, there are more advantages in buying a blacklisted ESN mobile than disadvantages. If you would like to buy one, feel free to ask one at our revered LA Iphone Repair and Unlock Center. Experts over there not only sell you a mobile but will be conducive if you face any problems. Buying at such places is always a beneficial thing.