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[General Questions and Answers] GnatGoSplat:
I believe the way the law is written, you can generally consider ESN cloning AND swapping to be illegal. You could argue that ESN swapping with a donor that is destroyed should be legal, but I think in the end, it would be up to a judge or jury to decide your fate. I bet IF a company wanted to press charges, they could very well convince a district attorney to prosecute you. A good DA could probably come up a valid case for prosecution, and whether you escape prosecution or not would be up to whether your defense attorney is skilled enough to convince a judge or jury that your actions were harmless. Even if a company could not convince a DA to pursue criminal charges, their panel of lawyers could easily sue you for perceived damages like the RIAA sues people for music piracy.

Should ESN swapping be legal? Sure. Is it legal? No, I don't think so. It's a gray enough area that I think you could face charges IF anyone wanted to pursue them.

I think in this case, the old saying, "it's only illegal if you get caught" applies. If you ESN swap one phone, it likely won't raise any red flags with the carrier, especially if no other active phone has that ESN. Nobody will notice, nobody will care. If you CLONE a phone and have them both on at the same time, that's likely to trigger security checks with the carrier. I think you get some benefit of the doubt as weird glitches and malfunctions do occur, but if you're constantly triggering the security checks, that may eventually prompt an investigation from the security team who may forward their findings over to legal.
[General Questions and Answers] mikereidis:
I'm not picking on the poster of the above, but I have to ask...

Why is cloning considered fraud ? I think the end answer is the carriers want it considered a crime, to maximise their revenue. NOT because a clear wrong was committed.

IMO, clear wrongs include theft or damage to physical things.

What is the harm to the carriers of cloned ESNs ? Yes, if their system can't handle multiple simultaneous ESNs then it might stress their systems. But IMO robust commercial systems SHOULD and CAN be written to handle such things.

Heck, they could charge extra for it. Why not ? They could disallow unlimited plans or raise the fees for multiple ESNs.

I think in the end they want every phone to have a plan, with it's minimum fees. If you lose or destroy the phone, you're still playing for the now useless plan for years.

Are there technical reasons ? I can understand the desire for a unique identifier for every device.

What about "lawful intercept", including that hack where they listened in to a mob boss when the phone was "off" ? I imagine those systems are dependent on the ESN,
[General Questions and Answers] duansindo:
in china it means nothing
[General Questions and Answers] panamaniac:
+1

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[General Questions and Answers] IISiDeK1CKII:
I think you guys in China have more **** to worry about than ESN cloning...
[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
You can't be in two places at once; If you CLONE, not swap, ESNs, both phones will ring at the same time, etc. It's more of a technical issue than a business-related one. I mean, that would be the case if they were both being used at the same time. If you swap them, that's totally different. I totally agree it shouldn't be illegal. It's just that the, for example, insurance purposes, the ESN is tied to the phone, so you could theoretically commit insurance fraud if you wanted. I definitely am FOR SWAPPING, not cloning (unless the source phone is destroyed/not used).
[General Questions and Answers] mikereidis:
Sorry I don't understand this idea of enabling insurance fraud. Just some example, or something related to insurance for "loss/destruction of phone" ?

There ARE already laws against fraud. I don't see a need for a special law covering ESN cloning.

And the carriers make you sign long contract agreements. They could put clauses in there that forbid you to clone ESNs with financial penalties and loss of service with that carrier.

Are there any recent examples of ANYONE being charged with ESN cloning ? I think the laws may be more of a hypothetical and outdated deterrent and likely aren't actually enforced, but I don't know.
[General Questions and Answers] Horace:
Not illegal.

Here's a post from another board:

http://cdmagurus.com/forum/showthread.php/2466-ESN-Cloning-is-illegal!!?p=13737&viewfull=1#post13737

The FCC just returned my call and I spoke with a law clerk in the mobility division of the FCC. Here is what was discussed:

I gave them the web address and verbiage for the following statement: "The Commission considers any knowing use of cellular telephone with an altered ESN to be a violation of the Communications Act (Section 301) and alteration of the ESN in a cellular telephone to be assisting in such violation." (see: http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/ind..._3&id=cellular). They did some research to see if it still applies.

The answer he came back with is that the website is out of date and that statement no longer applies. They are submitting an order to take the page down from their website. This was out of date as of 9/24/2002 in conjunction with the NPRM that I previously referred to.

The clerk advised me that the NPRM took them out of the business of rulemaking with regard to ESN’s because the new federal statute provided sufficient protection. Newly developed fraud protection methods and smart card technology made the rules unnecessary.

The only law that applies now is Title 18 U.S.C. Section 1029: (see: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/71...9----000-.html). If you are going to change an ESN, read it in its entirety and be familiar with it.

With regard to 1029.a.1 in order to be in violation of the statute, you have to satisfy all of the following;

1)	Use a counterfeit access device

2)	Do it knowingly

3)	Do it with the intent to defraud

...

ESN swapping, if not done with the intent to defraud, is not illegal. If I buy a Verizon Iphone, pay full price, and swap the ESN with my Evo 4G so I can use the Iphone on sprint, there is no intent to defraud.
[General Questions and Answers] GnatGoSplat:
If you follow the rest of the discussion in the thread, you'll see general consensus is it's still not clear cut.

One could argue that if you swap the EVO ESN into an iPhone, you are in a sense defrauding Sprint by using equipment on their network that they don't want you to.
[General Questions and Answers] Kiboe:
in china they have cheap iPhone knock-offs.
[General Questions and Answers] mikereidis:
Thanks Horace, interesting update.

I think it's a stretch to call that fraud. If their agreement states you can't do this, then yes it's a violation of terms, but nof fraud IMO.

The cell bill is still getting paid. And selling phones (usually subsidised) is just a means they use to sell service.

IMO, in the end what matters is:

Is anyone getting busted for doing whatever it is you are thinking of doing ?
[General Questions and Answers] GnatGoSplat:
I feel as if it's possible if a carrier wanted to go after you with their legal team, they could. Doubtful they'd be able to convince a DA to file criminal charges, but they could certainly go after you with a civil suit.

However, no, I don't think you'll get busted for ESN swapping or cloning as long as you never have both devices registered on the network at once. Even if you do trigger their security measures, chances are if it's not a repeat thing, your device just gets blocked by the carrier.

So... I think if you're just ESN swapping or cloning one device for your own personal use, you're most likely safe. If you're doing it as a business, you could get in trouble. It's probably similar to ripping DVDs, pirating software, modifying game consoles - nobody will notice if you just do it on your own equipment. Start selling your services and one day the law will be pounding at your door.
[General Questions and Answers] Esteef:
More about ESN legalities

How about this...

I live in South FLA, and there is tons of places that to phone "Flashing" of any HTC, Samsung, or Motorola CDMA phone to Boost or Metro for a fixed amount.

Obviously these people are making a business of it and I have yet to see any of them get attacked by the FCC or put out of business.

They obviously must be cloning ESN's from a dummy phone to the phone the customer wants on the network. No one has stopped them.

Another thing to think about...

If the phone was on Sprint for example, and it had a bad ESN for either insurance fraud or it was reported stolen, then I can see how it could be illegal to use that phone again on another network.

However if you are just genuinely unhappy with sprint and want to try another company, I don't see how any fraud is being committed, given you destroy the dummy phone of which you are using the ESN of.
[General Questions and Answers] GnatGoSplat:
I don't know anything about Boost, but you don't change the ESN to use a phone on Metro. They support BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and will activate any phone from any CDMA network regardless of its ESN status on its original carrier as long as their Houdinisoft software is able to "flash" the device. In some cases, you can get them to register the ESN of a device that isn't supported by Houdinisoft such as the iPhone 4, but that depends on finding someone from Metro who knows how to do it.

It also is not illegal to to use a bad ESN phone on another network. Phones are only blocked on their original carrier.
[General Questions and Answers] GnatGoSplat:
Double post, sorry, computer acting up.
[General Questions and Answers] spooky187:
What you said above is pretty logical. I don't understand how people are so cut and dry with saying something is "illegal" because it says so. It is almost like they don't understand this law was to prevent people from doing fraud with phones.

With fraud that means:

Cloning two phones on the network to use for personal use.

Cloning someone's phone without their consent and they have to pay for all the fees you put on their account.

Any other type illegal activity people are talking about is covered with other laws. Such as insurance fraud and not paying the bills etc.

People sell the "bad esn" phones for parts for people that have the good esn phones and it isn't illegal. (ebay allows it and "bad esn" is all over the titles)

What people here are trying to do is use a phone on another network, by doing ESN swapping. As long as it doesn't have any fraud intentions it won't be an issue.

Using phones made for one network on another is not illegal, which was news when iphone came out for exclusively for ATT. Don't confuse company policy with the Law.

Don't forget all the businesses now that are doing the ESN swapping.
[General Questions and Answers] mikereidis:
I would say it's appropriate. But if you mean "sensible" when you say "logical", I would say this information is NOT the result of gov't employees deciding that "sensible" is the way to go.

They are interpreting the rules/laws that apply. Thankfully, their interpretation of the rules does seem sensible now.

Because people like easy, simple answers. They don't have time and energy to research and consider all angles. Even lawyers and judges will often disagree about how laws should be interpreted.

The intent of the politicians passing a law, even if recorded, is usually irrelevant. What is more important is the logic of language and the common or legal definitions of words or phrases.

And Thanks to the poster for doing this research.
[General Questions and Answers] youngtjjones:
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Ok im on metro pcs, so my question is if i have a flash touch pro 2 connected to metro and a evo 4g not connected, i switch the esn's with each other is that wrong?
[General Questions and Answers] NLogN:
Wow...

Thanks to the OP and to all the posters. This has been a very interesting read, and there's lots of valuable information in here.

I'm totally impressed that a couple peeps commented on Chevron. Nice! But even under Chevron, I don't think deference would be given to ignoring the required finding of "fraudulent intent" under the present law.

I'm even more impressed with the extra effort in contacting the FCC for its new stance.

I believe that cloning and swapping are perfectly legal, as long as there is no fraudulent intent.

Reading 18 USC 1029 is really straight forward:

1029(a)(1) through 1029(a)(8) and 1029(a)(10) expressly require an intent to defraud. The odd-ball is 1029(a)(9), and it requires hardware or software "used

to obtain telecommunications service without authorization

." This is basically getting service without authorization.

So generally, cloning/swapping doesn't apply here as long as no fraudulent intent exists. But two phones at the same time doesn't smell right. You could have one phone at home (wifey can use it) and one at work (you can use it), and that's could go either way, IMO.

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[General Questions and Answers] sevenvt:
Cloning, and leaving both phones active on an ESN, will most likely be considered an attempt to defraud. You don't actually pay for a number, you pay for access and you get one device to do it. If you trick them into servicing two phones, its fraud. You pay for access via one device, not access to a phone number ad infinitum. Same with landlines, you pay for service to an address, in this case your ESN is your address. There is no problem changing your service to a new address, as that is not abusing the service you pay for.

But if you clone... you intended to get service to an extra device, which is stealing. Its hard to -accidentally- clone a phone, and use both of them. You don't have to know you are breaking the law to have intent.

Swapping... is totally different.
[General Questions and Answers] Core Memory:
What about the concept of extension phones like in POTS? In that and wired VOIP, you're paying for the service, not the number of phones/extensions using that service which is accessed by your telephone number. I have 6 wireless phones distributed around my house which all use the same number and all ring at the same time and picking up one or more gives me access to the incoming/outgoing service. As well, some cell phone plans allow sharing the same plan with more than one phone although they have different telephone numbers so it isn't really any different if more than one phone on a plan share the same number as long as the carrier gets paid for the service provided.
[General Questions and Answers] tamara7777@yahoo.com:
ok how about this scenario:

i have 2 sprint evo3d phones because my boyfreind took my phone so i reported it stolen to asurion because it was not returned for over 2 weeks. so i got my replacement phone, then my boyfreind decides to give me back the old phone, which i decided to try downgrading hboot 1.5 and was actually able to, successfully, with no problems at all on the first try! now i try to do the exact same process on the newer phone with the good esn and get stuck being unable to soft brick it after weeks now of trying every which way possible. i want the old phones system on the new working phones esn, but sprint wont allow swapping the two esns. they said id have to call asurion and work it out with them. problem is that bootloader on the newer phone says relocked, and its my understanding they wont accept a device that has been "tampered with". is there any way to swap out parts between the phones so i can get the other phone's rom on this phones working esn? i am not trying to scam free service or be fraudulant in any way, i just want a device that is s-off and rooted! especially now since ive gotten to play around with it that way on the bad esn phone thru wifi. its way cooler and less complicated then s-on root! i can flash anything right from clockworkmod like i used to on my old evo4g! damn i miss that. any ideas what i would need to swap out or if its even possible?
[General Questions and Answers] GnatGoSplat:
The only way to do it would be to swap the Qualcomm chip because the ESN/MEID is in its NVRAM. It's a BGA part, which means it'll cost you more to have it swapped than it would cost to get a new phone. Otherwise, ESN/MEID change can be done with special software, that is, assuming Evo3D still uses the same method HTC phones used a year ago. However, if you thought S-ON rooting is complicated, well, you'd really hate ESN changing. Can you just call Asurion and have the phone's lost/stolen status removed? That would probably be the easiest way.
[General Questions and Answers] lafester:
Using two phones on the network with the same esn just isn't going to happen. The network will detect this almost immediately and shut them down. If cdma phones were not secure nobody would be using them...
[General Questions and Answers] mildrid:
do you know of where to find a how-to? i've got some esn's i'd like to switch
[General Questions and Answers] zatz:
*sigh*

http://xdaforums.com/general/off-topic/esn-stigma-changing-esns-totally-fine-t3252965
[General Questions and Answers] leathan:
Thanks I didnt even know that ESN changing is actually legal :) I guess its just banned on forums like xda because of money.
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[Redmi Note 10] kjaneczek:
Builds:

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[Redmi Note 10] kjaneczek:
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[Redmi Note 10] alonsoj636MW:
Thanks for this ROM.... i'm loving it :love: ... Great work!
[Redmi Note 10] akoaypinoy:
Does wifi cast display working on this? And what camera built are here
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 Pro] Tanaseda:
The normal MIUI Rom supports screen recordings from the system. These are integrated into the Video toolbox and the Game Turbo and are also available as a toggle in the quick settings. All buttons (in the Video toolbox, in the Game Turbo and in the quick settings) are available on my Pad 5 Pro, but the actual app is missing in the system and an error message appears every time you try to record the screen or nothing happens at all. Is there a possibility to install this app additionally?

0. Unfortunately, I could not take the screenshot from the quick settings because the button disappeared after a failed attempt.

1. Scrennshot of the Video toolbox in YouTube Vanced (I had to crop it because of the size)

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2. Screenshot of Game Turbo in CoD Mobile (I had to crop it because of the size)

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[General Questions and Answers] JhosephRF:
The EFS partition of my dual SIM device is corrupted. The SIM card manager option is no longer accessible, and only one IMEI is active. I have the backup of the EFS partition as an img file, but I don't know if I can install it by TWRP, or if I should use another application.
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
If device is accessible via ADB then you can try to restore the EFS by copying it via dd command.
[General Questions and Answers] JhosephRF:
Thanks for the feedback. I want to know if I can install the img file by twrp, or by an application like "Partitions Backup & Restore".
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
I do all by means of ADB, also haven't ever TWRP installed. :)