Using Sprint Mogul on Verizon? - Page 2

**Mylt1** · #11 (**permalink**) 11-19-2008, 11:06 AM

ok, to answer the question. yes vzn will activate your phone. you will need to flash it to there software and call tech support and ask to have the ESN added to the DMD(device management database). tell them the phone is already setup for vzn. this will take some time and depending on who you talk to may take a couple for phone calls. i have a alltel 6800 on vzn. they told me they would call me once it was added but i never got that call and only found out it was added by doing the internet ESN switch. so call and keep on them. it will take up to 10 days to be added but check it once a day and if after 5 days it isnt hooked up call them back.

iofthestorm · #12 (**permalink**) 11-19-2008, 03:29 PM

Cool, thanks. How recent was this? I think I'll go ahead and buy the phone from my friend then, as long as the price he wants is reasonable. So the best thing to do is just keep trying, right? Legally they should be forced to allow me to add the device I guess.

BigDiesel07 · #13 (**permalink**) 11-19-2008, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by iofthestorm

Cool, thanks. How recent was this? I think I'll go ahead and buy the phone from my friend then, as long as the price he wants is reasonable. So the best thing to do is just keep trying, right? Legally they should be forced to allow me to add the device I guess.

I don't think they are "legally" forced to allow you to add that device to their network... It would be too easy to cite "doesn't meet our network standards" or something along those lines...

iofthestorm · #14 (**permalink**) 11-19-2008, 03:42 PM

I guess you're probably right, but it's the exact same phone anyway. I think worst case I have to try calling several different times until I get a nice person. I'm guess if I go to a store they'll see that it's Sprint and be annoyed. I guess they threw in that "network standards" loophole when they made the announcement about opening their network in case they didn't want to actually be held to that. I remember they even said "If a guy working in his basement can make a phone on a breadboard that meets our standards, we'll activate it" and I guess the trick was the standards. Anyway, I guess in the very worst case I'm stuck with a PDA, which isn't so bad except then I have to carry around two phones.

BigDiesel07 · #15 (**permalink**) 11-19-2008, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by iofthestorm

I guess you're probably right, but it's the exact same phone anyway. I think worst case I have to try calling several different times until I get a nice person. I'm guess if I go to a store they'll see that it's Sprint and be annoyed. I guess they threw in that "network standards" loophole when they made the announcement about opening their network in case they didn't want to actually be held to that. I remember they even said "If a guy working in his basement can make a phone on a breadboard that meets our standards, we'll activate it" and I guess the trick was the standards. Anyway, I guess in the very worst case I'm stuck with a PDA, which isn't so bad except then I have to carry around two phones.

lol... A PDA that runs WM 6.1 and has Wi-Fi access... A very nice PDA at that...

**Mylt1** · #16 (**permalink**) 11-19-2008, 04:32 PM

i had mine switched from alltel to vzn not more than 1.5 months ago. just unlock it, cook your own rom and select vzn as your carrier. then you need to check all the connection settings in EPST as well as create a connection for vzn and then call with your ESN. remember you want to ask to have a ESN added to there DMD. that should be it.

**Mylt1** · #17 (**permalink**) 11-19-2008, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by BigDiesel07

lol... A PDA that runs WM 6.1 and has Wi-Fi access... A very nice PDA at that...

also add in GPS and camera to that nice PDA.