Switch Sprint Pixi to Verizon

webosfreak · 07/13/2011, 02:25 AM

How do I switch a Sprint Pixi to Verizon?

I search a lot, but I didn't find an answer. People talk about incompatible comm board. But it should be the case, because both Sprint and Verizon are CDMA and it should be possible to switch phones.

I can get the MSL of the phone from Sprint.

Syndil · 07/13/2011, 02:53 AM

Can't be done. CDMA phones are locked from the carrier side, not the phone side. Verizon will see that your phone has a Sprint ESN on it and refuse to activate it.

Verizon Palm Pixi Plus 3G Touchscreen Smartphone with 8GB Memory

$50, free shipping.

Why the switch?

webosfreak · 07/13/2011, 10:54 AM

I can get MSL from Sprint. So it should be possible.

Syndil · 07/13/2011, 03:38 PM

Re-read my post. MSL has nothing to do with it.

webosfreak · 07/17/2011, 05:30 PM

Why do I pay $50, when I already have a sprint pixi?

Jakeeeee · 07/17/2011, 05:38 PM

It's not the same. They're just different...

webosfreak · 07/17/2011, 05:47 PM

I understand. But I have a pixi and I would like to use it. I ma not convinced to pay $50 for even a newer model.

Anyways. If you guys know how to switch the sprint pixi to verizon, please let me know. Thanks.

threed61 · 07/17/2011, 05:51 PM

With VZW Pixies going dirt cheap, it would almost certainly be more expensive to mod the old one.

webosfreak · 07/17/2011, 10:54 PM

Dude!

Thank you for pointing out that VZW pixi is cheap, but if you read my first port I didn't ask about the price. Let me be the one who decides whether switching the phone s cheaper or getting a new phone.

Thank you.

fxspec06 · 07/17/2011, 11:33 PM

you can't do it

its not possible

just get a pixi plus its 100000000x better anyways

you come to this place for help well nobody's gonna wanna help you if you keep that attitude up

someone gives you an answer and you don't accept it. someone gives an alternative and you put them down

what kind of answer do you want?

sure, if you have your own transistor factory you can probably build your own comm board and mke it work or something. but in the end, just get a pixi+ for like .99c on ebay and call it a day

07/13/2011, 02:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
webosfreak Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 22 Likes Received: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Switch Sprint Pixi to Verizon How do I switch a Sprint Pixi to Verizon? I search a lot, but I didn't find an answer. People talk about incompatible comm board. But it should be the case, because both Sprint and Verizon are CDMA and it should be possible to switch phones. I can get the MSL of the phone from Sprint.
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07/13/2011, 02:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
Syndil Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Jeffersonville, IN Posts: 1,393 Likes Received: 86 Thanks: 47 Thanked 242 Times in 161 Posts	Can't be done. CDMA phones are locked from the carrier side, not the phone side. Verizon will see that your phone has a Sprint ESN on it and refuse to activate it. Verizon Palm Pixi Plus 3G Touchscreen Smartphone with 8GB Memory $50, free shipping. Why the switch? __________________ Touchscreens are a fad.
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07/13/2011, 10:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
webosfreak Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 22 Likes Received: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I can get MSL from Sprint. So it should be possible.
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07/13/2011, 03:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
Syndil Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Jeffersonville, IN Posts: 1,393 Likes Received: 86 Thanks: 47 Thanked 242 Times in 161 Posts	Re-read my post. MSL has nothing to do with it. __________________ Touchscreens are a fad.
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07/17/2011, 05:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
webosfreak Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 22 Likes Received: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Why do I pay $50, when I already have a sprint pixi?
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Jakeeeee Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Clemson, SC Posts: 1,412 Likes Received: 73 Thanks: 123 Thanked 192 Times in 134 Posts	It's not the same. They're just different... __________________ My apps: WebOS World Services \| Apollo Radio (Pandora Client) \| Skyrim database(coming later..?) Twitter: @jakemorrison24
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07/17/2011, 05:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
webosfreak Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 22 Likes Received: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I understand. But I have a pixi and I would like to use it. I ma not convinced to pay $50 for even a newer model. Anyways. If you guys know how to switch the sprint pixi to verizon, please let me know. Thanks.
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07/17/2011, 05:51 PM	#8 (permalink)
threed61 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 202 Likes Received: 32 Thanks: 101 Thanked 26 Times in 24 Posts	With VZW Pixies going dirt cheap, it would almost certainly be more expensive to mod the old one.
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07/17/2011, 10:54 PM	#9 (permalink)
webosfreak Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 22 Likes Received: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Dude! Thank you for pointing out that VZW pixi is cheap, but if you read my first port I didn't ask about the price. Let me be the one who decides whether switching the phone s cheaper or getting a new phone. Thank you.
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07/17/2011, 11:33 PM	#10 (permalink)
fxspec06 Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: central ma Posts: 1,451 Likes Received: 249 Thanks: 697 Thanked 388 Times in 247 Posts	you can't do it its not possible just get a pixi plus its 100000000x better anyways you come to this place for help well nobody's gonna wanna help you if you keep that attitude up someone gives you an answer and you don't accept it. someone gives an alternative and you put them down what kind of answer do you want? sure, if you have your own transistor factory you can probably build your own comm board and mke it work or something. but in the end, just get a pixi+ for like .99c on ebay and call it a day
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