Verizon won't activate my Sprint Touch Pro

loungebear · #1 (**permalink**) 03-26-2009, 06:34 PM

I did lots of reading... Gathered all the stuff that I needed and unlocked, flashed and successfully connected my Sprint touch pro to Verizon. Everything worked, Calls, Data, Text. It was perfect.

Then I decided to reflash and a few EPST settings got messed up. The short story is that I activated an old phone as I could not get my data connection to work.

Now, I cannot reactivate the Sprint touch pro. It seems like Verizon won't activate it as the ESN is not one of theirs. I can't do anything with it. I know it works fine on their network as I had it running and boy howdy did it work great. But it seems as if they changed something with the activation process and I am hosed.

Has anyone else had trouble like this????

ismhawk · #2 (**permalink**) 03-26-2009, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by loungebear

I did lots of reading... Gathered all the stuff that I needed and unlocked, flashed and successfully connected my Sprint touch pro to Verizon. Everything worked, Calls, Data, Text. It was perfect.

Then I decided to reflash and a few EPST settings got messed up. The short story is that I activated an old phone as I could not get my data connection to work.

Now, I cannot reactivate the Sprint touch pro. It seems like Verizon won't activate it as the ESN is not one of theirs. I can't do anything with it. I know it works fine on their network as I had it running and boy howdy did it work great. But it seems as if they changed something with the activation process and I am hosed.

Has anyone else had trouble like this????

i can only help u so much, but if u were to check the main touch pro tread and not the upgrade spin off, this is a topic that is really huge there...

from what i know verizon did change up how the phones are activated and a lot of people are having that issue...

again don't know which tread it is, but if u check like the first 5 or 6 pages of the main touch pro forum you should be able to find what your looking for.

**redd214** · #3 (**permalink**) 03-26-2009, 06:47 PM

here ya go champ http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=44663

ismhawk · #4 (**permalink**) 03-26-2009, 06:53 PM

and heres another u beat me to the punch lol http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=61926

this one should help answer your question more... along the lines WHY it stopped working, being that u already know HOW to make the connection and everything to verizon from sprint...

chappy · #5 (**permalink**) 03-26-2009, 07:07 PM

Wow, VZW and their "open" network.

Just switch to Sprint.

**Noir** · #6 (**permalink**) 03-26-2009, 07:09 PM

there is a thread for discussion the loophole being plugged. sadly since this is plugged many users can be considered SOL unless you ask real nicely for the device to be added

RonDutt · #7 (**permalink**) 03-26-2009, 07:37 PM

Call em up and ask them to fill out the MEID Authorization form, not widely known but they do have it available. You can try activating at a third-party retailer as well.

ott · #8 (**permalink**) 03-26-2009, 08:16 PM

I'm with Chappy, switch to Sprint! haha, it would be easier... right... right...?

**jmorton10** · #9 (**permalink**) 03-26-2009, 08:18 PM

Switching to Sprint is not a legit option for many people & it gets really old reading people posting that cr@p when it doesn't help out the OP at all..........

~John

ott · #10 (**permalink**) 03-26-2009, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jmorton10

Switching to Sprint is not a legit option for many people & it gets really old reading people posting that cr@p when it doesn't help out the OP at all..........

~John

If you are wanting to use Sprint's TP, then in all fairness, you should be with Sprint. I think that's what everyone that post's like that is trying to say.