What is an ESN change? or an ESN switch? Could anyone help!?!?
2006-10-01 19:20:40 · 4 answers · asked by seayoutamarah 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
no thank you but I mean when you call your service provider and I think Ask them to change like your ESN numbers from one phone onto another phone. Or something along those lines, so it maybe changes your current account form one phone to another so you still have same account just different phone. I think its something like that I just wasnt sure what exactly it was used for or what it exactly did. N E help useful though, Thank you
2006-10-01 19:34:20 · update #1
Electronic Serial Numbers (ESNs) were created by the FCC to uniquely identify mobile devices from the days of AMPS in the United States in the mid-1980s on. The administrative role was later taken over by TIA in 1997. ESNs are mainly used with AMPS and CDMA phones in the United States, compared to IMEI numbers used for GSM phones in Europe and elsewhere.
An ESN is 32 bits long. It consists of three fields, including an 8-bit manufacturer code, an 18-bit unique serial number, and 6 bits that are reserved for later use. Code 0x80 was reserved and now is used to represent pseudo ESNs (pESN).
As ESN is running out, new serial numbers named Mobile Equipment ID (MEID) are created. MEIDs are 56 bits long, which is the same length as with IMEI. MEID was created to be compatible with IMEI. The first 8 bits of MEID is a regional code. Numbers above 0xA0 will be assigned to CDMA phones. 0x99 is reserved for multimode phones and supports GSM and CDMA.
2006-10-01 19:39:00 · answer #1 · answered by 81Felice333 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ESN stands for Electronic Serial Number.
When you call in to activate the phone the only way to track you and make sure you're being properly charged is to have a tracking mechanim, so they put your ESN in the computer giving that phone permission to use Sprints service.
2006-10-02 02:41:08 · answer #2 · answered by salvador m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
every sprint and verizon phone have esn numbers so if you buy a new phone and you want to transfer your exsiting mobil number onto the new phone they will ask you for the new esn number its a number under the battery and they will put your number on that phone.
2006-10-03 21:41:41 · answer #3 · answered by bye 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your service network, changes from time to time when trafic is heavy or your moving around
2006-10-02 02:28:47 · answer #4 · answered by michael m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋