If I sell my diamond

[orangekid]

If I sell my diamond to someone via craigslist can they walk into a sprint store and activate it if its unlocked with a 21882 sense 2.5 rom on it or well the reps by like "wtf is this hideous freak of nature" and tell him they can't do it or give 'em crap about it?

Should I sell it and tell the person to activate it via phone (can they do that, I've only had phones activated in store)

I feel like I can get more $ for it if it's all pimptified with 6.5 sense 2.5 on it.

[basilray]

Depends on what kind of a Sprint rep you get.

Here's your options as I see 'em:

1. The Best Option - Activate the phone online! Doesn't require anything more than about 5 minutes of time to fully complete.
2. Over the Phone - May be tricky - they will want you to use ## Codes which may not be fully supported for what they want you to do to activate the phone
3. In the store - Depending on what rep you get they may or may not bust your balls. BUT, this will also rely on ## Codes that may or may not work the way the rep expects.

Overall, your best bet by far is to do it online, making sure that you have the Sprint Update Profile/PRL options installed on whatever ROM you're using. This will help avoid problems, because once it's activated, you should be able to use them and get everything running.

Having accidentally unactivated my phone by messing with ROM's and having activated a number of refurbs online, I'll be the first to tell you it's the way to go!

[orangekid]

Originally Posted by basilray

Depends on what kind of a Sprint rep you get.

Here's your options as I see 'em:

1. The Best Option - Activate the phone online! Doesn't require anything more than about 5 minutes of time to fully complete.
2. Over the Phone - May be tricky - they will want you to use ## Codes which may not be fully supported for what they want you to do to activate the phone
3. In the store - Depending on what rep you get they may or may not bust your balls. BUT, this will also rely on ## Codes that may or may not work the way the rep expects.

Overall, your best bet by far is to do it online, making sure that you have the Sprint Update Profile/PRL options installed on whatever ROM you're using. This will help avoid problems, because once it's activated, you should be able to use them and get everything running.

Having accidentally unactivated my phone by messing with ROM's and having activated a number of refurbs online, I'll be the first to tell you it's the way to go!

good call coach,

how do I ensure I have the Sprint Update Profile/PRL options installed on my ROM?

[Dr.8820]

i would do it online, but you can also go to a store. the reps only look at the esn. they don't care about the rom.

[orangekid]

Originally Posted by Dr.8820

i would do it online, but you can also go to a store. the reps only look at the esn. they don't care about the rom.

yeah but do they just plug the phone into something or look at the ESN by going thru the phone's settings, because it will be pretty glaring that the 6.1 they're used to on diamonds isn't there, and Sprint doesn't sell any devices with 6.5...

[Dr.8820]

if all you're doing is an esn swap, they remove the battery and scan the barcode there. but you can do that online.

[boggsie]

Originally Posted by dr.8820

i would do it online, but you can also go to a store. The reps only look at the esn. They don't care about the rom.

winnah !!

[snowplow54]

I unlocked my GF's dad's diamond before, and he wound up going in and replacing it for the Instinct. When they went to move his contacts from the Diamond to the Instinct, they told him they couldn't do it because he was using a pirated version of WM. So i would imagine a simple ESN swap should be fine, but if they want him to move his contacts over, there could be some problems.

[MrObvious]

Why not just flash shipped? It only takes ten minutes.

[orangekid]

Originally Posted by MrObvious

Why not just flash shipped? It only takes ten minutes.

Originally Posted by orangekid

If I sell my diamond to someone via craigslist can they walk into a sprint store and activate it if its unlocked with a 21882 sense 2.5 rom on it or well the reps by like "wtf is this hideous freak of nature" and tell him they can't do it or give 'em crap about it?

Should I sell it and tell the person to activate it via phone (can they do that, I've only had phones activated in store)

I feel like I can get more $ for it if it's all pimptified with 6.5 sense 2.5 on it.