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[Q] cricket to verizon

I am considering buying a Droid X locally, but it's on cricket, how hard would it be to get it on verizon? and what do you need to do?

If it was originally a Verizon Droid X, then you would want to check the MEID with VZW before buying the phone. A lot of Cricket phones have been blacklisted by the original carriers for nonpayment.

mrkite38 said:
If it was originally a Verizon Droid X, then you would want to check the MEID with VZW before buying the phone. A lot of Cricket phones have been blacklisted by the original carriers for nonpayment.
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that was what i was planning. i just asked him for it 5 minutes ago, he hasn't replied with it yet.
the MEID, or the ESN? or both? lol

Does the DX have an ESN? Some phones had both, some newer ones (my incredible, for example) only have a MEID since that's what replaced ESN.

got the number, called verizon, and it checks out how do i bring it back to verizon?

I believe that you only need to SBF the phone and it will return to the Verizon settings.

infazzdar said:
I believe that you only need to SBF the phone and it will return to the Verizon settings.
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sbf is? i'm used to the Droid Eris terms, and havn't heard SBF yet lol

neederishelp said:
sbf is? i'm used to the Droid Eris terms, and havn't heard SBF yet lol
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It means returning the device to PURE out-of-the-box-stock using a SBF file and a program called RSD Lite.
I recommend Googling for instruction. It's not difficult at all, and even easier if you're using Ubuntu!

infazzdar said:
It means returning the device to PURE out-of-the-box-stock using a SBF file and a program called RSD Lite.
I recommend Googling for instruction. It's not difficult at all, and even easier if you're using Ubuntu!
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awesome, thanks

its in the dx wiki
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Questions about flashing to metro pcs or cricket

Hi everyone, I've read up on how to flash to cricket or metro but I'm just wondering which would be better? And I currently have no service with either of them, I got this Droid x off a lady on craigslist just to use as a gaming device but now know it can still be used as a phone!
Do I need an Android metro or cricket phone first? Or can I just pay the money and get a number then follow the steps to flash? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Forgot to add that the esn is bad on vzw. Only paid 60 bucks
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Not sure about Metro, but Cricket doesn't care about bad ESN. I never had a Cricket account until I set one up last year for a Droid X I got through Craigslist. You shouldn't need a Cricket phone first.
My phone shows up as "CPE- Smartphone- Android OS" and I'm on the "ADR Smartphone All In $55" plan. Everything works great - voice, txt, data, mms, navigation, etc. I also flashed a Craigslist-acquired Droid 2 for my wife and everything is working for her as well.
If you need help getting your account/phone setup right check with chrisngrod over at http://www.cricketusers.com/forum.php.

dkranes said:
Not sure about Metro, but Cricket doesn't care about bad ESN. I never had a Cricket account until I set one up last year for a Droid X I got through Craigslist. You shouldn't need a Cricket phone first.
My phone shows up as "CPE- Smartphone- Android OS" and I'm on the "ADR Smartphone All In $55" plan. Everything works great - voice, txt, data, mms, navigation, etc. I also flashed a Craigslist-acquired Droid 2 for my wife and everything is working for her as well.
If you need help getting your account/phone setup right check with chrisngrod over at http://www.cricketusers.com/forum.php.
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Dkranes do you think its possible to get a droid bionic on cricket? Would it be similar to what you did to your phone? I assume you used cdma workshop?
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I honestly have no idea, the only phones I've flashed to Cricket are the BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry 8830, Droid X and Droid 2. I don't see why it wouldn't work, but as far as how to do it I'm not sure.
Yeah, I used CDMA Workshop and originally I also had to use QPST. But I came across a shortcut the other day. Basically you do all the CDMA Workshop steps of the flash (including nvitems, prl, entering your MIN/MDN, etc), then after reboot do a *228. The *228 step saves you from having to do any of the QPST stuff. Here's a link, but the guy says all he did was put the PRL in with CDMA Workshop. I tried that and it didn't work for me until I did ALL the CDMA Workshop steps of the Cricket flash. To get MMS working you'll still have to setup your APN and go into ##PROGRAM to change the MMS settings. http://www.cricketusers.com/verizon...mms-no-root-needed-55-plan.html#axzz1b4mAUWbu

Hi guys, I have a question, I found a Droid 2 Global with bad esn cricket metro pcs for a very cheap price, the thing is I want to buy it and use it in my country Chile, with GSM networks.
I want to know if i can use the mobile without problems even with the bad esn or I have to reset ESN to make it work with GSM network either?

hEMpstyle said:
Hi guys, I have a question, I found a Droid 2 Global with bad esn cricket metro pcs for a very cheap price, the thing is I want to buy it and use it in my country Chile, with GSM networks.
I want to know if i can use the mobile without problems even with the bad esn or I have to reset ESN to make it work with GSM network either?
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I know with cdma workshop you can actually change esn. You'll need a donor phone and one that has similar features. Don't ask me how, I've done it once using a guide on a optimus s from sprint to boost.
I was under the impression that cricket took bad esns.
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Ya you can flash any verizon or sprint phone to cricket...I am using a droid 2 on cricket right now.

Moving the phone to PagePlus

I'm trying to activate my old Droid Incredible on PagePlus, but it keeps coming up with a Bad ESN. I know for a fact the phone has a good ESN and isn't reported stolen or missing, I bought it AND payed the bills...so WTF VZW? Can anyone help?

I know this is a stupid question but did you unlock it first?
don't know if it even needs to be, just thought I'd ask.

BenHolliday said:
I know this is a stupid question but did you unlock it first?
don't know if it even needs to be, just thought I'd ask.
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It doesn't need to be unlocked on the Pageplus Network, it piggybacks on the VZW network. That's why it wont activate cause every time they try the VZW network keeps returning back a Bad ESN, when its not...I called them and they were clueless to what I was talking about.

Smokeey said:
It doesn't need to be unlocked on the Pageplus Network, it piggybacks on the VZW network. That's why it wont activate cause every time they try the VZW network keeps returning back a Bad ESN, when its not...I called them and they were clueless to what I was talking about.
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You need to contact VZW and have them release the esn number. Also when I activated three incs on pageplus I used the meid # not esn
Hope this helps

I have a Inc on pageplus, as the guy above me said. Make verizon has 'let' go of the esn, even if you've upgraded or left after finishing your contract they still keep your esm sometimes.
If it comes to it, you can buy a cheap phone and activate it. Call pageplus and tell them you got a new phone, and need. To change esns.
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[Q] Droid 2 No Plan?

I was walking my dog the day after St. Patty's and came across a Droid 2 phone. I called the last 3 people on the recent calls, left messages, and no response. So I figured I'd try to make this a testing/whateva phone.
My question is this....Can I actually use this phone with another carrier? Like Boost, or cricket? and how can I unlock it to do so. I just rooted the phone with no problem, but I would really like to unlock it.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

NyoX01 said:
I was walking my dog the day after St. Patty's and came across a Droid 2 phone. I called the last 3 people on the recent calls, left messages, and no response. So I figured I'd try to make this a testing/whateva phone.
My question is this....Can I actually use this phone with another carrier? Like Boost, or cricket? and how can I unlock it to do so. I just rooted the phone with no problem, but I would really like to unlock it.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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You can get it flashed to cricket or google how to flash it yourself if you already have a cricket account.
Also DO NOT upgrade the firmware to .621 aka 2.3.4 or you will lose root forever!

/ is cricket the only possible provider? I've heard in the past sprint or att are possible options, and I've googled for months and still found nothing. Right now I'm on att with 2 infuse 4g's.. but I did buy a droid 2 and an x2 when I was with verizon...(sold the x2, to someone who got it unlocked). Any help from anyone would be huuugely appreciated..

OvaHex said:
/ is cricket the only possible provider? I've heard in the past sprint or att are possible options, and I've googled for months and still found nothing. Right now I'm on att with 2 infuse 4g's.. but I did buy a droid 2 and an x2 when I was with verizon...(sold the x2, to someone who got it unlocked). Any help from anyone would be huuugely appreciated..
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If your Droid 2 is a Global you may get it unlocked to use AT&T. normal Droid 2 lacks a SIM card so only cricket/page one is all you can use outside of Verizon

Switch a phone from a small town provider to Verizon

I searched as much as i could and im just real unsure on which information to trust. I have a Milestone X2 (droid x2) that i want to use on a verizon plan. The service provider i had used verizon towers and i just wanted to know if i needed to do anything to the phone before trying to have it switched on until my razr gets back from being fixed. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated since i am new to all this and have no idea what im doing. Someone told me i had to jailbreak it or something and i was like ummm ok
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Are you saying that you're on VZ with the RAZR now and want to use an old non-VZ phone as a stop gap?

Call them and see if the ESN is in their database.

You can check a Verizon ESN here:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/estore/certifieddevice/cd
If something doesn't come up saying you're fine, call anyways, to confirm...