Activating a New Phone: VZW Support

[Marc Sindell]

I called CS to check the esn of a phone I bought (on ebay) as a backup. She
said the esn is good, and the phone model is a current one. "The only
problem would be if VZW stopped carrying the phone, then you would not be
able to activate it," is what the CSR told me. The phone is an Audiovox
9155.

Does she mean that I would not be able to activate it if VZW no longer sold
this phone?

Or, does the rep mean that, if the phone was so old that VZW no longer
supported it, then I would not be able to activate it?

The 9155 is a tri-mode CDMA phone. My current, active phone is the same
model.

Thanks!
Marc

[_KC_]

"Marc Sindell" <marc...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Phone does not have to be currently offered to be activated. I activate
phones all the time that have not been sold in some cases for more than a
year.

KC

[Steven J. Sobol]

From _KC_ (k...@kc.com):

> Phone does not have to be currently offered to be activated.

A Verizon COMPANY store activated my Alltel Nokia 6185 for me, and
Verizon has never directly sold the 6185. A couple of their agents
did. They never have.

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[HBL]

Steve,

Do you think VZW would activate a US Cellular 6385?

HBL

On 21-Feb-2003, "Steven J. Sobol" <sjs...@JustThe.net> wrote:

> Xref: nntp3.aus1.giganews.com alt.cellular.verizon:94325

[Freedom WIreless Belden Village Mall]

you can have the phone activated what she ment is if you had any problems
pertaining to the phone's working you would not be able to replace it via
verizon's warr.

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(330) 493-0170

"Marc Sindell" <marc...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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[Stanley Cline]

On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:28:26 -0500, "Marc Sindell"
<marc...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Does she mean that I would not be able to activate it if VZW no longer sold
>this phone?
>
>Or, does the rep mean that, if the phone was so old that VZW no longer
>supported it, then I would not be able to activate it?

VZW isn't *nearly* as picky as SPCS and others; VZW generally will
activate *any* tri-mode CDMA phone (except for those locked to SPCS or
other carriers.) I've activated a Samsung T300 on my account well
after VZW quit selling it, and activated a Mot 270c -- and even got
its firmware upgraded -- despite the fact that VZW company stores
never sold the 270c here in Atlanta (they did in other markets.)

-SC
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[Steven J. Sobol]

From HBL (An...@nospam.net):

> Steve,
>
> Do you think VZW would activate a US Cellular 6385?

I know VZW wouldn't have firmware for it, which might be an issue. I
do know it's a tri-mode, 1x-capable CDMA phone, which means it's quite
possible that they'll do it. But they had VZW-specific firmware for
the 6185 that I transferred, or at least I believe they did. I don't
know. You'd probably be better off asking VZW in this case; go to one
of the stores with a service center. I can't claim to know enough
about Verizon's policies to be able to answer this for you. :>

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Steve Sobol/CTO/JustThe.net LLC/Mentor On The Lake (Cleveland), OH/888.480.4NET