Use any Sprint phone on Verizon!

**PDAPhoneJunkie** · #1 (**permalink**) 09-03-2008, 09:39 PM

Sweet! I just got off the phone with Verizon, they're now supporting any CDMA devices. For camera type phones you gota either go into the store and get it flashed or find it somewhere online. For us PDA users all we need to do is use a Verizon ROM then call and they WILL ADD the ESN to their database.

**syanni85** · #2 (**permalink**) 09-03-2008, 10:18 PM

no freakin way... thats nuts... smart on their behalf... nuts tho...

wait... so how do they expect to make money??

people on verizon could just buy a sprint diamond on the 14th and use it for verizon! why wait lol

**syanni85** · #3 (**permalink**) 09-03-2008, 10:19 PM

oooo wait... not sure if their will be a verizon rom made for it yet

is it possible to make a verizon rom without the phone being released yet?

**PDAPhoneJunkie** · #4 (**permalink**) 09-03-2008, 11:08 PM

I was thinking the same and even put that in my first post until I saw that there wasen't one yet. You might be able to just put PRL and stuff and get it working. I think there reason for this is to work off the stupid move of not getting the iPhone (hopefuly this doesn't start a war )

**nuguy** · #5 (**permalink**) 09-04-2008, 09:45 AM

I believe the Verizon OTA programming (*22

requires the unlock code to be 000000. I think that is the single largest reason you have to run a vzw rom on it.

And they have been talking about this for a long time, I don't think the iPhone was a big factor in this decision.

PPCFreak · #6 (**permalink**) 09-04-2008, 10:17 AM

Well, I didn't post it but yes you can use a different carriers PDA phone on VZW.
I have a Bluegrass UTstarcom 6700 on VZW right now. Has a bluegrass ESN and all they did was add the ESN to there database. Took about 15mins on the phone.

I had flashed the phone with WM6.1 Kitchen before trying to get it on VZW network. Called in and they added the ESN (had to re-set the A Key by hand for some odd reason, but that happened to my VZW branded 6700 once before as well).

jabu · #7 (**permalink**) 09-04-2008, 02:02 PM

I've been using Sprint handsets on Verizon for the last 8 years, this doesn't sound new to me...

sayhey · #8 (**permalink**) 09-05-2008, 01:23 AM

Question does anyone know if you can use VZW pda's specifically the 6700 on Sprint?

cocochannel · #9 (**permalink**) 09-05-2008, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by syanni85

no freakin way... thats nuts... smart on their behalf... nuts tho...

wait... so how do they expect to make money??

people on verizon could just buy a sprint diamond on the 14th and use it for verizon! why wait lol

on the monthly fee perhaps?

they actually losing money when they subside you a phone... they getting more money you coming with you own phone than them giving you one at a discounted price

jabu · #10 (**permalink**) 09-05-2008, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by cocochannel

on the monthly fee perhaps?

they actually losing money when they subside you a phone... they getting more money you coming with you own phone than them giving you one at a discounted price

For f-ing real. I had a specific Sprint handset I liked, so I used it when I signed up with them originally. It, and every d*mn phone I've had on their service since I have paid full retail. I ask them why I can't get some sort of upgrade or rebate after being with them for 10 years without a bloody contract. They just dodge the question. Because they make more money if they don't have to shell out a portion of your bill to cover the phone. A-holes. No contract for 10 years means at any point I could have walked away from them. I guess I enjoy the torture.