So I lost my verizon iphone and ordered a replacement through their insurance program by reporting it lost. However some generous soul ended up turning it in to the lost and found sometime later and I ended up getting it back. However, I already had the replacement phone and it was already activated and everything, so I just stuck the phone in my closet and forgot about it. Included with the replacement phone was a slip to send my old phone in if I ended up finding it, but I didn't see any reason to give it to them seeing as how I had to pay a $150 premium for a replacement refurbished phone.
But now my replacement phone is broken and out of warranty, and I can't replace it though insurance again. But I do have the phone that was returned to me in perfect condition still, and I was wondering if I could just activate my old phone and use that, or is the ESM bad? How do I know if the ESM is bad?
I know that Verizon is really strict with bad ESMs, but the phone IS mine so do you think Verizon might letme use the phone if the ESM is bad?