What can I do with an non Activatable Titan.

[gface2k]

I got my titan about a week ago from ebay. And after a week of dealing with sprint to get it activated they told me it can't be activated in the system but luckily I had called before I purchased my phone to confirm the ESN was good and they reassured me it was so there going to send me a replacement titan. They told me I don't need to return my phone so basically I have an extra phone that can't be connected on sprint.

So how can I make this a productive phone with out cellular coverage and is there a way to lock the phone from placing calls?

[miguelfp1]

I got my titan about a week ago from ebay. And after a week of dealing with sprint to get it activated they told me it can't be activated in the system but luckily I had called before I purchased my phone to confirm the ESN was good and they reassured me it was so there going to send me a replacement titan. They told me I don't need to return my phone so basically I have an extra phone that can't be connected on sprint.

So how can I make this a productive phone with out cellular coverage and is there a way to lock the phone from placing calls?

well, it has WiFi, so you can use it as a mini internet tablet around the house, you could use it to stream music wirelessly from your PC, watch youtube vids, use it as a regular PDA or even use it to test custom ROMs :p

[haroonie]

i thought it was possible to change the esn to a 6700 or another 6800... that would give you a working sprint phone to use..

[jambrose]

Use it as a dedicated GPS, just need an app that has the maps on the phone already.

[gface2k]

Thanx for the ideas, I was thinking of trying android on it.

[unvivid]

Sell it for parts - They are going around ~100+ for bad esn phones. Would help pay for the working one.

[jambrose]

Thanx for the ideas, I was thinking of trying android on it.

So is there an Android ROM for the Titan somewhere?

[gface2k]

I ran got a copy of it in this website

http://it029000.massey.ac.nz/vogue/

you unzip it to your sd card and run the exe file. I was disappointed since it runs on ram so its slooow and buggy but its worth looking at.

[burgertime]

Flash it to Cricket then sell it. Cricket excepts bad ESNs. Or sell it to me.

[lobbdude]

1. it has wi-fi, so you have all the net
2. if you don't have wireless, you can use the new mogul as a wi-fi router, and you will have internet etc. which can all be run thru blue tooth. I am currently doing this with my working titan and an old blue angel. Really sweet!!!!!
3. it uses micro SD cards which are now cheaper than dirt. You can load Music galore and stream out thru BT, my wife is an avid reader and you can load a hell of a lot of books onto a 1-2G card

It can do damn near everything except make an independent phone call. You could probably VOIP it too.

Enjoy the free toy!!

[Zaiaku]

Why can't it be activated? Is it on the bad list, if so that can sometimes be removed.

[maccaberry]

Without a network connection you wont get aGPS so no chance of instant gps lock. But it will still function reasonably well as a gps after you get a lock. I would recommend installing quickgps and htc gps tool and use it as a gps device (along with a off network gps program such as TomTom Nav, iNav, GarminXT etc.

It could also be a reasonable MP3/vid player but a lot bulkier than purpose built devices.

I like the idea of using it as a mini tablet pc and buy yourself on of those full size bluetooth keyboards (the virtual keyboard I mean, not the actual one).

Android hacking would be fun too.

[cd85233]

I had the same problem, but I couldn't activate it because it wasn't a sprint phone...being with GSM I didn't know about that stupid rule.

so, I just flashed it with a cooked rom and sold it to someone with sprint.

Cut my losses, bought for 200 sold for 200...Never been so glad to get rid of a phone in my life.

[wasupwithuman]

i didnt see anyone mention it...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1516154&postcount=12

[bob2600]

I would offer to send it to the guy developing the vogue port of Android so that he can have a titan to develop with which could help out the effort of getting Android on our devices and finally get rid of WinMo which is just bleh.

[gface2k]

Thanx for all the input, I ended up selling it on ebay. I just couldn't see my self carrying 2 titans at the same time.

By the way is there a way to make the sprint mogul work on the nextel network? I'm already planing on moving to the touch pro but I dislike my work phone Nextel motorola i580 (the worst phone i've ever used). I know there is a way to put a sim card reader on the mogul but I also know that nextel uses iden instead of cdma.