Verizon Touch Pro on Sprint
 

Good morning,

My nephew called this morning, he broke his Sprint phone. I have a Touch Pro from Verizon just sitting around.

The phone has been unlocked (when I used it, I always cooked my own firmware). I've flashed it with the latest stock Sprint firmware using the SD card method (which was always more reliable to me).

I read in a post about performing a ##786#/RESET, which I did.

When the phone rebooted, it says "Initial Programming Required". I hit 611/Send and it called Verizon customer service.

What have I missed?

Thanks...

Re: Verizon Touch Pro on Sprint
 

Sprint typically only allows "Sprint" ESNs on their network. Unless you know someone that can add the ESN you are out of luck.

Re: Verizon Touch Pro on Sprint
 

Sprint is pretty nice about foreign ESN's, Verizon are the nazi's when it comes to adding ESN's/MEID's. You're still missing the PRL/PRI, MDN, etc. Program those (check the Sprint to Verizon thread) and then do 611/whatever the programming code is for Sprint. Some ROMs (including the Sprint official) have a link in the Settings that updates all info on the phone.

Re: Verizon Touch Pro on Sprint
 

Sprint is much worse than Verizon in this respect. If it's not a Sprint branded device then they won't activate it. They'd have to add the foreign ESN to their database and they won't do it.

Re: Verizon Touch Pro on Sprint
 

Sprint will do it if your opening a new contract...
Verizon won't do it unless you get a rep that knows how to do it and doesn't care what company policy is!

Re: Verizon Touch Pro on Sprint
 

Wait what? Now I'm really confused. What happened to the good ol days where you just unlocked the phone and put it on a different carrier? I just bought a verizon touch pro cause I thought I could just flash it and use it on sprint.

Re: Verizon Touch Pro on Sprint
 

accepting other CDMA ESN's IS VZN's company policy. you just have to know who to talk to.