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DragonPhyre
05-06-2008, 03:41 PM
Brand-new to the whole XDA forums--although I have been a lurker for quite some time now. Lots of cool stuff coming out of here. :P

But back to my question: Verizon wants to charge me $700 bucks for this phone because I bought one of their phones on special when mine broke. Stupid me, I know. However, there are plenty of other phones from other carriers that are on sale on FeeBay and Craigslist. I called up Verizon and asked them if I had a phone would they activate it--which they promptly said no to. I expected nothing less.

So I asked them if they could reflash my phone to their firmware--which they also said no to. When asked, they said it was because they coulden't replace the phone in the event that they broke it. WTF? Not that the phone wasn't capable of being used on their network, only that I wouldn't be able to use it because they couldn't reflash my phone for fear of breaking it.

So my question is this: Can I flash it to VZW's firmware and they won't know it is an Alltel/Sprint/Whatever phone?
gc14
05-06-2008, 05:39 PM
The only way it would be possible is to get Verizon to add the ESN to their database. Good luck with that.

Why don't you just buy an xv6800 on ebay or craigslist? They will activate one of their own phones perfectly fine, just not from another carrier.
burgertime
05-06-2008, 10:18 PM
You can say what you want about Cricket, but damn they except phones with bad ESNs!
hurtem
06-06-2008, 07:23 AM
You guys realize Verizon just bought Alltel for 28 billion right? Should be working soon.
c@rL0$
06-06-2008, 07:33 AM
You guys realize Verizon just bought Alltel for 28 billion right? Should be working soon.

Yup they just bought them out, but the process will take months. It might be until the end of this year.
mr.ellsworth
06-06-2008, 04:34 PM
I just left verizon and went to alltel not to long ago and now the bought them. I knew I was a good customer but to follow me around like this is a bit ridiculous.

mr.ellsworth
gc14
06-06-2008, 04:38 PM
Verizon just bought Alltel. The Alltel ESN's are not in Verizon's database, nor will they be for quite some time. Since the buyout, you can TRY to call Verizon and talk the customer service rep into adding your Alltel ESN to their database by saying you were with Alltel and now Verizon owns Alltel anyway...good luck.
DragonPhyre
06-06-2008, 05:35 PM
First, thank you all for the responses. It really is appreciated.

I would buy a VZW phone, but I was just trying to see if it was possible. Seeing as how there are a ton more Alltel/Sprint/Whatever phones than VZW phones.

I just got off the phone with them again (I love calling them up over and over again--their answers always change!) and they said that if the phone had the correct firmware on it, and the phone was unlocked by the carrier (uh, isn't that you now guys?) then it would be possible.

So who bloody knows. I'm going to go back to seeing why our internet here at work is waffling more then Hillary.
DragonPhyre
06-06-2008, 06:49 PM
I ordered a phone off of FeeBay and it's coming in the mail. So that's done and taken care of, at least. Thanks once again for all your help. I am sure I will be back to ask more questions later when I get to flashing it. :D
gc14
06-06-2008, 07:28 PM
I ordered a phone off of FeeBay and it's coming in the mail. So that's done and taken care of, at least. Thanks once again for all your help. I am sure I will be back to ask more questions later when I get to flashing it.

What'd you order? xv6800?
DragonPhyre
09-06-2008, 04:51 PM
What'd you order? xv6800?

Yes. The Verizon-branded phone. It was almost $100 more than the Alltel or the Sprint, but I figured that I was still saving at least $350 off of retail prices. :P

I wonder if they will put insurance on it? :lol: