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Old 03-26-2010, 06:52 PM
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Re: Sprint HTC Evo 4G
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Originally Posted by mike99 View Post
Not to steal the topic (which is what I am doing anyway), but a question, since we have here Sprint member.

Can Verizon phones be used on Sprint? (Even theoretically??). Say I buy Moto Droid, but would like to stay with Sprint. Are there any technical reasons it cannot be done??? Just legal issues?? (T-Mo openly encourages iphone use on thei network). Can Sprint CS activate Verizon phone if they would want??

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Mike
No they cannot, they have a list of allowed ESN on their networks and any ESN that is no registered will be rejected. An agent couldn't add it even if he wanted to. Yeah it sucks I know. (its not that they are not compatible, sprint system would just purposely reject it)

ESN is different then GSM like t-mobile, there is a petition you can try to sign if you want to:

https://secure.freepress.net/site/Ad...rAction&id=333

The only way is to swap the ESN between another device and make it work but tempering with a device unless you are the manufacturer is against many state laws
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