Verizon HTC TOUCH PRO Information - Page 25

**santod** · #**241** (**permalink**) 11-17-2008, 05:18 AM

I myself bought the Touch Pro from Sprint and jumped ship from US Cellular to Verizon after 6 or 7 long years. I activated the Sprint Touch Pro myself after signing up and activating my old number. The data package is only $30.00 a month unlimited, not the $45.00 dollars mentioned earlier in this thread. I flashed it with the Verizon rom and reinstalled the Youtube app they took out. Also installed Live Search and Google Maps. Working great. Verizon is the only one in my area with EVDO(3g) and Sprint has no service here at all. Anyway lovin all the memory it has. Twice the speculated Verizon model and G sensor. Even with twice the memory and just a few programs running I have about 40% available(free). Needs the extra RAM. Lovin it so far!

nemanracing · #**242** (**permalink**) 11-17-2008, 06:33 AM

The Ram is 192MB DDR with 64MB dedicated for the OS on VZW... the sprint chipset need more ram for the same processing power and has 288MB with only 32MB dedicated for os... The rep from HTC gave me this "official" response. He said that side by side there were no noticeable performance differences... IDK we'll see when I get my active unit next week sometime. All the units the HTC rep had for tonight were live but inactive units... The phone feels nice in hand and doesn't "feel" cheap. Also our Data Consultant had her concession BB Storm, which btw is a big steaming pile of poo, despite the msm 7600 chipset with 192MB ram running BB os 4.7...

**jmorton10** · #**243** (**permalink**) 11-17-2008, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by santod

I myself bought the Touch Pro from Sprint and jumped ship from US Cellular to Verizon after 6 or 7 long years. I activated the Sprint Touch Pro myself !

Did you use the procedure outlined here??

I will be doing this in the next day or so when my sprint TP arrives (I wanted the sprint TP version, but there is no way in hell I would ever go back to sprint service)

~John

**jmorton10** · #**244** (**permalink**) 11-17-2008, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by nemanracing

Also our Data Consultant had her concession BB Storm, which btw is a big steaming pile of poo, despite the msm 7600 chipset with 192MB ram running BB os 4.7...

Why is that?? It looks like a pretty sweet phone from what I've seen in pics etc??

KilgoreBA · #**245** (**permalink**) 11-17-2008, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by santod

I myself bought the Touch Pro from Sprint and jumped ship from US Cellular to Verizon after 6 or 7 long years. I activated the Sprint Touch Pro myself after signing up and activating my old number. The data package is only $30.00 a month unlimited, not the $45.00 dollars mentioned earlier in this thread. I flashed it with the Verizon rom and reinstalled the Youtube app they took out. Also installed Live Search and Google Maps. Working great. Verizon is the only one in my area with EVDO(3g) and Sprint has no service here at all. Anyway lovin all the memory it has. Twice the speculated Verizon model and G sensor. Even with twice the memory and just a few programs running I have about 40% available(free). Needs the extra RAM. Lovin it so far!

Santod, how did you reinstal the YouTube app on the Verizon Rom? I too am running the Sprint TP on VZW with the VZ ROM and also, how did you get GPS working? GPS doesn't work on the VZ ROM.

**jmorton10** · #**246** (**permalink**) 11-17-2008, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by KilgoreBA

Santod, how did you reinstal the YouTube app on the Verizon Rom? I too am running the Sprint TP on VZW with the VZ ROM and also, how did you get GPS working? GPS doesn't work on the VZ ROM.

I don't care about the YT app as KinomaPlay is a much better YT player anyway, but I was wondering about the gps also.

I use standalone gps units & have a killer NAV/GPS/DVD etc unit built into my truck, but I kinda like to be able to use Google maps & the satellite view as an add on to my standalone NAV units.

~John

Buenos Nachoz · #**247** (**permalink**) 11-17-2008, 03:49 PM

Verizon just put the Saga online....maybe theres hope for the TP soon!

symyn · #**248** (**permalink**) 11-17-2008, 03:54 PM

My rep verified that the Verizon Touch Pro will be out on the 24th.

lexluthor · #**249** (**permalink**) 11-17-2008, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by symyn

My rep verified that the Verizon Touch Pro will be out on the 24th.

I sure hope that's accurate!

kraygh · #**250** (**permalink**) 11-17-2008, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by jmorton10

Actually I am one of those long time users, but the minute data plans became available I couldn't wait to sign up & take advantage of all the extra functionality that gives you. I can't imagine NOWDAYS having a PDA with no data plan, but that's just my opinion.

I doubt vz will hurt themselves one bit by requiring a minimum data plan in this day & age as most PPC users will want that functionality anyway. I know hundreds of PPC users & I can't think of a one that doesn't have at least a minumum data plan.

~John

You're right, about the time-period "nowadays".
My original post should say "old" instead of "veteran". When I first owned a PDA, all I needed was Excel in my pocket (still do) for mobile spreadsheet computations when doing testing at my job. It seems since the iPhone craze has struck, mobile web is the only thing people use a PPC for anymore.
HOWEVER... VZW is spitting on us old folk for years or faithfull service by forcing a plan we don't need. (I should also mention I have wifi at work and at home, just in case I HAVE to get online.)

Speaking of online convenience, has anyone seen that iPhone commercial with the software that picks where to eat for you by shaking the device to randomly roll through the choices. Our phones thinking for us. Awesome.