Sprint to Verizon cellphone service

Recently switched from Sprint to Verizon cell service (company change).
Still have a very good Motorola P8767 (sprint) cell phone . . . . much
better than the piece of junk LG phone Verizon gave me....
Anyway, Verizon said P8767 couldn't be reprogrammed for Verizon cell service
????
Is this true or are they lazy and don't want to be bothered?

All help is welcomed.
Thanks in advance

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"007" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Recently switched from Sprint to Verizon cell service (company change).
> Still have a very good Motorola P8767 (sprint) cell phone . . . . much
> better than the piece of junk LG phone Verizon gave me....
> Anyway, Verizon said P8767 couldn't be reprogrammed for Verizon cell
service
> ????
> Is this true or are they lazy and don't want to be bothered?
>
> All help is welcomed.
> Thanks in advance
>

In most cases, no carrier will activate a phone which isn't branded by the
carrier you are trying to sign onto or a model they don't carry. In
addition, most carriers will not activate a cell phone when the phone's ESN
is not in their data base.

There have been a few folks who have posted here who have said they were
able to activate an Alltel phone on Verizon, and a few more on SPCS's phone
on Verizon's system, but it's very few and far between.

Think about it. Why would a carrier want to support a cell phone which
doesn't have the carrier's firmware or PRL loaded on it.

Bob

Bob Smith wrote:
::
:: Think about it. Why would a carrier want to support a cell phone
:: which doesn't have the carrier's firmware or PRL loaded on it.
::
:: Bob

Why throw away a good phone? If all he's gonna do is talk on it it doesn't
matter what firmware is in the phone. If it is compatible with either system
and unlocked it will work. Getting the PRL loaded isn't as big a deal as
most people think.

"Rod" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Bob Smith wrote:
> ::
> :: Think about it. Why would a carrier want to support a cell phone
> :: which doesn't have the carrier's firmware or PRL loaded on it.
> ::
> :: Bob
>
> Why throw away a good phone? If all he's gonna do is talk on it it doesn't
> matter what firmware is in the phone. If it is compatible with either
system
> and unlocked it will work. Getting the PRL loaded isn't as big a deal as
> most people think.

You said a compatible phone. Compatible doesn't cut it ... It's the decision
of the new carrier whether they will activate the phone. I've already
explained the reasons why. In saying that, who in their right mind would
activate as old a phone that you have. on another carrier?

Who? Verizon? Doubtful ... Same goes for Alltel and all the other small time
CDMA providers out there.

Bob