Can you activate a iphone with bad esn?

I want to order a iphone from ebay but it has bad esn. Can i still activate it as a prepaid phone with a sims card?

I think so

If it is a GSM (AT&T, T-Mobile, Simple Mobile, H2O etc.) phone then yes you can activate it. But if it is a CDMA (Verizon, Sprint, US Cellular) no you would have to get it unlocked or have someone take care of that issue that previously had it. If they did not tell you that it had a Bad ESN then you can take that receipt from Ebay and show the carrier that you bought it and had no idea about the bad ESN. That should help

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