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thegovna · 05-26-2008, 12:16 AM

Hello all I'm new to this. but I purchased a verizon palm 650 from a buddy of mine and i want to change the service to sprint who i have been a customer for the last 4 years. i really like this phone. but sprint is telling me that the esn # is not valid and verizon is telling me that sprint has to changed the service. my ? is, is there a way to change or unlock the esn/ dec # to the phone???????

comiken205 · 05-26-2008, 09:53 AM

I don't believe that they will change it for you. Once branded to that CDMA network, you are stuck with that network. (CDMA is the technology used by Sprint and Verizon on their phones.) If you had a GSM phone (Technology used by AT&T or T Mobile) then you would be able to take it to a different carrier.

jfa02 · 05-26-2008, 11:18 AM

sorry for the bad news guv but comiken 205 is on the money.

05-26-2008, 12:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
thegovna I made my first post! Join Date: May 2008 My Treo: Treo 650 My Carrier: Verizon My OS: Vista Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	help and advise needed Hello all I'm new to this. but I purchased a verizon palm 650 from a buddy of mine and i want to change the service to sprint who i have been a customer for the last 4 years. i really like this phone. but sprint is telling me that the esn # is not valid and verizon is telling me that sprint has to changed the service. my ? is, is there a way to change or unlock the esn/ dec # to the phone???????

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05-26-2008, 09:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
comiken205 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Maricopa, AZ My Treo: Treo 755p My Carrier: Sprint My OS: XP Posts: 2,364 Thanks: 186 Thanked 275 Times in 232 Posts	I don't believe that they will change it for you. Once branded to that CDMA network, you are stuck with that network. (CDMA is the technology used by Sprint and Verizon on their phones.) If you had a GSM phone (Technology used by AT&T or T Mobile) then you would be able to take it to a different carrier.

05-26-2008, 11:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
jfa02 Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Arkansas My Treo: Treo 750 My Carrier: Cingular/AT&T My OS: XP Posts: 3,168 Thanks: 946 Thanked 190 Times in 172 Posts	sorry for the bad news guv but comiken 205 is on the money.