Verizon approved device list for replacement activation

I recently bought a used Verizon Motorola v60i only to discover that
although it was a Verizon-branded phone, it could not be activated on my
account as a replacement device because it was not e911/gps capable.

Does anyone know if Verizon publishes an up-to-date list of phone models
which can be acivated, or is it necessary to research a specific ESN for a
phone before purchasing?

Brian Goodheim wrote:
> I recently bought a used Verizon Motorola v60i only to discover that
> although it was a Verizon-branded phone, it could not be activated on my
> account as a replacement device because it was not e911/gps capable.
>
> Does anyone know if Verizon publishes an up-to-date list of phone models
> which can be acivated, or is it necessary to research a specific ESN for a
> phone before purchasing?
>

I believe the key is if the phone has 911/GPS capability. That is a
Federal requirement. Before you buy, check the features of a phone...
Ted

In news:PVx8i.1$3c2.0@newsfe05.lga,
birder <birder@outdoorbird.com> typed:
> Brian Goodheim wrote:
>> I recently bought a used Verizon Motorola v60i only to discover that
>> although it was a Verizon-branded phone, it could not be activated on my
>> account as a replacement device because it was not e911/gps capable.
>>
>> Does anyone know if Verizon publishes an up-to-date list of phone models
>> which can be acivated, or is it necessary to research a specific ESN for
>> a phone before purchasing?
>>
>
> I believe the key is if the phone has 911/GPS capability. That is a
> Federal requirement. Before you buy, check the features of a phone...
> Ted

The only Federal requirement is that each provider come up with a method to
locate a cell phone when it calls 911.
Verizon (and Sprint & Nextel) have chosen to use phones that have a GPS
capability. Other providers are using triangulation methods to find the
phone.

At 03 Jun 2007 20:45:19 -0500 IMHO IIRC wrote:

> The only Federal requirement is that each provider come up with a
method to
> locate a cell phone when it calls 911.
> Verizon (and Sprint & Nextel) have chosen to use phones that have a GPS
> capability. Other providers are using triangulation methods to find
the
> phone.

Yes and no- there's an additional requirement if a carrier chooses the
"AGPS" method instead of tower triangulation (as Verizon and Sprint have:)
a certain percentage of phones on their network (90 or 95% IIRC) must be
AGPS-enabled. For that reason Verizon insists on activating only AGPS
("E911") phones. (Ironically, however, they allow their prepaid resellers,
like Page Plus, to activate any CDMA handset, E911-capable or not.

On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:52:46 -0600, Todd Allcock
<elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote:

> (Ironically, however, they allow their prepaid resellers,
>like Page Plus, to activate any CDMA handset, E911-capable or not.

So Verizon utilizes triangulation with those phones?

At 05 Jun 2007 05:54:59 -0700 Pegleg wrote:

> > (Ironically, however, they allow their prepaid resellers,
> >like Page Plus, to activate any CDMA handset, E911-capable or not.
>
> So Verizon utilizes triangulation with those phones?

Good question. Perhaps they do nothing. The Fed requirement is that the
carrier is able to provide location info within x # yards 95% of the
time. These just may be the other 5%!

Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 05 Jun 2007 05:54:59 -0700 Pegleg wrote:
>
>>> (Ironically, however, they allow their prepaid resellers,
>>> like Page Plus, to activate any CDMA handset, E911-capable or not.
>> So Verizon utilizes triangulation with those phones?
>
> Good question. Perhaps they do nothing. The Fed requirement is that the
> carrier is able to provide location info within x # yards 95% of the
> time. These just may be the other 5%!

More likely 0.1% out of 50 million subscribers. I'd be very surprised if
all the Verizon resellers added together are more than 1%.