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Originally Posted by thackstonns
Sprint and Verizon esn databases are simply not true.
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Actually... It is true.. Verizon and Sprint maintain an ESN/MEID database. If the phone you wish to activate is not in their database, you can't activate it on their service unless it can be added to their database.
It can be done, but its rare and extremely difficult.
There are a many who ran into this trying to get Sprint, Telus and Alltel Moto V9M's activated on their Verizon accounts, even AFTER flashing with a Verizon Moto V9M monster flash file. The Phone's ESN/MEID wasn't in Verizon's database, so Verizon didn't allow the phone on their network.
Oh, and this ESN/MEID database is what identifies what model phone you have to the carrier, and also is what is responsible for why you can't activate a phone that has been reported Lost/Stolen, is still tied to an account with an unpaid balance, is a PrePay Phone, or has been reported for replacement by their insurance company (like Asurion).
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Originally Posted by thackstonns
As with flashing the bb I would think that it will be possible. The thing is rim makes the phones and flashes them 2 start off with, but all phone can be reflashed with the right software.
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I really don't think you understand how RIM makes Blackberries.
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Originally Posted by thackstonns
...I have never had a problem flashing an alltel phone to be used on verizon. So I would have to say you are full of bull on that one.
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Again, DUMB PHONES and Windows Mobile are COMPLETELY different from Blackberries.
Yes, you can cross flash CDMA Dumb Phones and Windows Mobile phones, assuming you have the right tools, and the right flash file. In the case of Moto's, if you don't use a flash that is compatible with the boot loader on the phone, you will likely fry the phone, or at a minimum the phone will be in need of recovery.
And there are some alltel, and AMP'd ESN's that over lap into Verizon's pool (we've seen this with V3C, V3M and E816 phones). Those lucky enough to have one of those ESN's that over lap (are in both DB's) can activate it on either carrier.
I have an Amp'd Moto E816 like this. I can activate it on Verizon, it shows in their DB as Moto E815.
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Originally Posted by thackstonns
Now all this is just assumption...
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When you have the FACTS, you will see, the answer many have given of.... NO YOU CAN NOT... is the correct answer.
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Originally Posted by thackstonns
...Refurb sites have been cross flashing for years. So it can be done.
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Again... DUMB PHONES and Windows Mobile devices are NOT Blackberries, and GSM is not CDMA.
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Originally Posted by thackstonns
...The only reason its harder for cdma vs gsm is because cdma stores all the roaming agreements between carriers, etc on the phone. Gsm stores it on a sim card.
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Not true.
I could load the CDMA Nam, PRL, Browser, ERI, BREW, CDMA1X GPS, EVDO, Feature Settings, Mobile IP, Message File, PTT, RTT Data, Security Grouping, MMS Setting, Phone Book, Date Book from a Verizon Moto onto a MetroPCS Moto, but that wont do anything about getting Verizon to accept the ESN/MEID of this phone onto their network...
And that is the MAIN thing about CDMA carriers. If the ESN/MEID (which is hard coded into the phone's boards) is not allowed on the carrier's network... You can't use that phone. Period. End of discussion.