P.Schuman wrote:
> CoveyIsle wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I want to purchase a used Chocloate by Verizon.
>>
>>Verizon told me the DNS is locked because it was once reported lost.
>>And therefore it cannot be activated.
>>
>>Is this phone really unusable, forever? I can get it for onlry $25.oo.
>
>
> it's ESN - electronic serial number -
> and when they are reported as lost or stolen - can't tell the difference -
> they are added to a strike out database... that phone is dead to the
> network/s -


For calls, yes, but this does not appear to bar SMS gateway transactions.