Treo Pro on Verizon

[PCCGeek300]

Has anyone had a Pro on Verizon, or know if it's possible?

[shailigum]

no, HardSPL isn't avaliable for it yet...unless you can buy an unlocked cdma version..

[DJx79x]

I dont think that they sell unlocked CDMA phones and even if they did it would be up to verizon to activate it and i doubt that they would

[Robin24k]

Anybody manage to pull this off? I've started the process of getting my "Alltel" Treo Pro's MEID added into the DMD. The rep will call me back next Friday with the status of that.

[cligulley]

i just bought an Alltell treo pro, and attempted to get it actived both at the store, and over the phone with a rep. The store said no way, the guy on the phone said he's never heard over alltel phones being activated on verizon, but he would try anyway. upon entering the hex code off that back, it brought a message up on his end that said cannot complete operation: Alltel marketing restrictions, whatever that means. come on, this cannot be that difficult; they are both cdma, use practically the same network, and are both owned by the same major company. i've scoured the internet and found out how to activate verizon's data network on the phone AFTER it's been activated on verzion, but how can I even get it activated?? any help would be great.

[denada777]

Originally Posted by cligulley

i just bought an Alltell treo pro, and attempted to get it actived both at the store, and over the phone with a rep. The store said no way, the guy on the phone said he's never heard over alltel phones being activated on verizon, but he would try anyway. upon entering the hex code off that back, it brought a message up on his end that said cannot complete operation: Alltel marketing restrictions, whatever that means. come on, this cannot be that difficult; they are both cdma, use practically the same network, and are both owned by the same major company. i've scoured the internet and found out how to activate verizon's data network on the phone AFTER it's been activated on verzion, but how can I even get it activated?? any help would be great.

have you tried dialing *228 then option 3?

[cligulley]

Originally Posted by denada777

have you tried dialing *228 then option 3?

Yes, as I wrote on page two of this thread, I did try that. Unfortunately, after entering my phone number and account password, it plays some music, says that i'm being transferred in order to assist me, and then i get the old 3-tone operator message saying that I have basically called an invalid number. Upon activating a friend's verizon phone on verizon, i received the same messages, and got ahold of Verizon support; they said their *228 option 3 doesn't work very well, and they have gotten an awful lot of complaints, similar to what i just described.

Originally Posted by n888aw

so, this might be a dumb question, you bought the treo pro off ebay after your account was switched to verizon? So in theroy it should be possible to activate a treo pro (that is either cdma sprint or cdma alltel and it should work?) I am just wondering if the local verizon store would actually cooperate with doing this?

I already tried this, as described earlier in this thread. They refused to touch it in any way. I said this alltel, and it has the ability to be activated since it is compatible with verizon services, and they refused. They did, however, tell me there is "some service" that is available that MIGHT be able to reprogram the phone, but no information on what, where, or how to get ahold of them.

Originally Posted by bfranker

Hmmm... I just had an Alltel Treo Pro activated at my local Verizon store. Didn't seem to be a big deal but there was some kind of odd error message that came up on the screen and the lady called over another lady and she did a few things and basically said "There you go!". Not sure if it makes a difference but I didn't activate it "from scratch"... I'm in FL and our Alltel store and my Alltel account was converted to Verizon. I got tired of my Touch Pro and took an Alltel Treo Pro (bought off eBay) and asked them to just switch phones. Didn't take but a few minutes.

Everything seems to work fine on the phone that I've tried so far like text messaging and data/internet. I came to this forum because the GPS doesn't seem to be working (GPS Test never gets past "starting GPS" and Google Maps never gets past 0 sats) and was just curious if there were any known issues and just saw this thread so thought I'd chime in (if you know why my GPS isn't working, please let me know but I'll keep looking in the meantime )

Duh... it's been so long since I even bothered with the GPS on the Touch Pro that I forgot all about the "location settings" needing to be turned on. Quick search here reminded me

The people in the store wouldn't touch my Alltel phone (brand new) purchased off eBay, and Verizon customer support said the message I listed earlier in this thread. Perhaps you got a pass because you were a previous alltel customer. I have a feeling transitioned accounts will be able to work, as it has been suggested here.

[Robin24k]

I called Verizon today, and apparently my follow-up was scheduled for 6/9, not today. Supposedly if the MEID is added into the DMD, it will work.

Was your Alltel Treo Pro's MEID in the DMD? Mine's Sprint, so there's no way it would be in the DMD.

[cligulley]

To be honest, I know what the MEID is, but I have no idea what DMD is, thus it's tough for me to say.

[Robin24k]

DMD stands for Device Management Database, which is basically a list of MEIDs and ESNs that can be activated on the Verizon network. Verizon-branded devices are in there automatically, but my Sprint device isn't in there. Your Alltel may already be in there due to the merger (but marked as what you mentioned), which could be why they are getting an error message.