So I bought a used phone from CL. We met at the Sprint store and ESN was clean. Fast fwd to today from a week ago. Gave it as a gift to the wifey and she went to activate it from another store. It was still on that persons account. ![]() It’s easy to activate a new phone or swap one device for another online from your PC. Go to sprint.com/activate; Click the Get Started button; Sign in to My Sprint. How to Activate a Used Sprint Cell Phone. Although you may want to save money on your cell phone, you have to practice caution when buying used Sprint phones. ![]() With lots of back and forth he went to the store and removed the phone from his account. Tried to activate it via phone and online with no success still. How long do I have to wait to be able to activate a phone that was recently taken off someone else's account? So I bought a used phone from CL. We met at the Sprint store and ESN was clean. Fast fwd to today from a week ago. Gave it as a gift to the wifey and she went to activate it from another store. ![]() It was still on that persons account. With lots of back and forth he went to the store and removed the phone from his account. Tried to activate it via phone and online with no success still. How long do I have to wait to be able to activate a phone that was recently taken off someone else's account? I only have the guys number. This was CL buy so a gamble but I made sure we met at a Sprint store that I was close by so it wasn't a Sprint store employee and CL seller in the scam if it was the store he picked and they scanned the phone and said the ESN was clean and then we find out it wasn't removed off his account so he went to the store and removed this phone cause the other Sprint store the wifey was at said it was still on an account and for him to remove it and it'll activate. We he did (via his word) and gave me the go ahead. She tried it online and on the phone with no success cause Sprint is all automated. Will try again in the morning and also go back to the store and see. If it was indeed sketchy he didn't have to reply me back today or return my phone call and could have just skipped town and deleted this number since I bought the phone on January 4th from him. He's been really helpful but really that doesn't mean anything these days. I give the original owner a chance to make it right first before anything else. I only have the guys number. This was CL buy so a gamble but I made sure we met at a Sprint store that I was close by so it wasn't a Sprint store employee and CL seller in the scam if it was the store he picked and they scanned the phone and said the ESN was clean and then we find out it wasn't removed off his account so he went to the store and removed this phone cause the other Sprint store the wifey was at said it was still on an account and for him to remove it and it'll activate. We he did (via his word) and gave me the go ahead. She tried it online and on the phone with no success cause Sprint is all automated. Will try again in the morning and also go back to the store and see. If it was indeed sketchy he didn't have to reply me back today or return my phone call and could have just skipped town and deleted this number since I bought the phone on January 4th from him. He's been really helpful but really that doesn't mean anything these days. I give the original owner a chance to make it right first before anything else.
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