Bricked

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Hey my good friend has a touch pro 2 that is bricked its the verizon version its unlocked, and just went and got a new one from verizon for $50 by saying it was stolen, however the phone does not turn on, on my windows 7 it recognizes it but does nothing is there anyhope?

What a moron. No wonder these devices cost so much... probably tried to flash a GSM HardSPL/ROM onto it (smooth move #1)... then files a fradulent insurance claim (smooth move #2).

Based on your friend's pattern of idiotic behaviour, I would say there is no hope for him... sorry.

haha im kinda happy he did cause he gave me the phone free of charge said i can keep it if i fix it, i tried the volume button to put it in bootloader and no luck =/ i really hope there is something i can do to get it to work

well it will still be useless if you can get it out of that state. you wont be able to activate it since it was reported stolen. so it will still be a brick, but with features

it was unlocked i was planning to use on ATT i just hope i can figure out a way to fix it

well fyi you'll only get edge speeds for data not 3g.

It wasn't unlocked. The GSM HSPL doesn't work on CDMA devices (hence - bricked).

It didn't need to be unlocked to use it on AT&T.

It will not use 3G though - only EDGE - if you can unbrick it.

Thats ok I dont have a data plan anyways I just want it to mess around, my job gave me an iPhone fully paid so I use that for everything, and it was unlocked before it was bricked by an unlock code online my friend used to have 2 services running at once it was actually pretty cool.

wow

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No one is looking at the obvious here, your friend just reported it stolen, if you are able to activate it there is a good chance the police will be knocking on your door. That esn is now on the hot list! Good luck with getting it back on!

You can use bad ESN phones without them activating on verizon i have done it previously with a blackberry tour from verizon. Im just really trying to get this to work because it is a beast of a phone.