Sprint TP on Verizon UPDATE! (NO LONGER WORKING)

[justinm0424]

Should my sprint touch pro be able to hit option 2 on *228. None of the options will work and im not sure if it should

[michaelbrandonw]

Originally Posted by justinm0424

Should my sprint touch pro be able to hit option 2 on *228. None of the options will work and im not sure if it should

No, this will no longer work, actually i believe it used to be option 3. Either way VZW plug'd the hole and the MEID/ESN will not be recognized.

[helix139]

Originally Posted by justinm0424

Should my sprint touch pro be able to hit option 2 on *228. None of the options will work and im not sure if it should

If it is already activated you can use *228 option 2 to update your PRL

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by helix139

If it is already activated you can use *228 option 2 to update your PRL

Except if you do that, you will ALWAYS have the roaming triangle.........

~John

[Ultima]

Originally Posted by jmorton10

Except if you do that, you will ALWAYS have the roaming triangle.........

~John

Flash the Verizon PRI and ERI. No more roaming triangle (unless you're really roaming, of course) and *228 works, no messing with custom PRLs ever again.

Not sure why everyone doesn't just do this. Its a tiny bit more work at first, changing 2 things instead of 1, but it saves you from ever having to worry about it in the future. This is especially relevant now with Verizon doing PRL updates so often as they integrate the Alltel network.

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by Ultima

Flash the Verizon PRI and ERI. No more roaming triangle (unless you're really roaming, of course) and *228 works, no messing with custom PRLs ever again.

Not sure why everyone doesn't just do this. Its a tiny bit more work at first, changing 2 things instead of 1, but it saves you from ever having to worry about it in the future. .

I didn't do this originally as the Verizon PRI would have always had a locked GPS at the time unless I'm mistaken??

I manually updated the PRL to 51190 & that worked perfectly so I never changed it (I know there are a couple newer ones available). 51190 got rid of the roaming triangle, but of course a *228 option 2 update would cause it to come back as the VZ PRL was not compatible with the Sprint PRI 1.47.003 which is what is in my phone now.

I never really worried about roaming too much as VZ doesn't charge for roaming on a nationwide data/voice plan. At this point, I'm kinda paranoid about making ANY CHANGES that might affect my VZ activation. My phone running Mighty 4.16 works absolutely perfect at this point (by far the best phone I've ever owned) & I would be seriously p!ssed if I made a change & it messed up my VZ activation & I couldn't get it activated again.

~John

[caleb02]

Originally Posted by Ultima

Flash the Verizon PRI and ERI. No more roaming triangle (unless you're really roaming, of course) and *228 works, no messing with custom PRLs ever again.

Not sure why everyone doesn't just do this. Its a tiny bit more work at first, changing 2 things instead of 1, but it saves you from ever having to worry about it in the future. This is especially relevant now with Verizon doing PRL updates so often as they integrate the Alltel network.

ok so were do you get the eri and pri. i am using the modified prl for verizon.

[helix139]

Originally Posted by Ultima

Flash the Verizon PRI and ERI. No more roaming triangle (unless you're really roaming, of course) and *228 works, no messing with custom PRLs ever again.

Not sure why everyone doesn't just do this. Its a tiny bit more work at first, changing 2 things instead of 1, but it saves you from ever having to worry about it in the future. This is especially relevant now with Verizon doing PRL updates so often as they integrate the Alltel network.

Not entirely true. I've tried both unmodified and Bored's modified PRI along with the Verizon ERI and it does not eliminate the roaming triangle on Sprint phones. The only method to get rid of the triangle on a Sprint Touch Pro on Verizon is by using a modded PRL.

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by helix139

Not entirely true. I've tried both unmodified and Bored's modified PRI along with the Verizon ERI and it does not eliminate the roaming triangle on Sprint phones. The only method to get rid of the triangle on a Sprint Touch Pro on Verizon is by using a modded PRL.

Yea, I wondered about that statement when I read it as I was fairly sure it was incorrect from all the testing I have done.

I was not 100% sure, so I let the post stand but I'm not real surprised to read your response..........

~John

[AceXMachine]

Originally Posted by helix139

Not entirely true. I've tried both unmodified and Bored's modified PRI along with the Verizon ERI and it does not eliminate the roaming triangle on Sprint phones. The only method to get rid of the triangle on a Sprint Touch Pro on Verizon is by using a modded PRL.

Curious. I am using a VZW PRI on an Alltel TP and no longer have a Roaming Triangle. Prior to doing so it did show it so I am curious as to why it does not work on a Sprint TP. I know someone with a Sprint TP, will test it myself.