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Used Escapade (WP8990VW) cannot be activated despite clean ESN

I bought a used Verizon Escapade WP8990VW phone on ebay advertised as "Clean ESN", which I confirmed upon receipt. The phone had no SIM card. I then purchased a pre-paid plan through Page Plus Cellular, as they said I did not need a SIM card for the phone. They checked the MEID HEX and IMEI, first and apparently it all checked out ok. After going to a PPC store and trying over the phone, being escalated through 3 levels of CSR, I was finally told "the phone cannot be activated". Why? Can Verizon help? Have I lost my money?

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Ann154

It is a CDMA only device that requires you to dial *228 and option 1 to activate the phone.

ELIROS40

We've tried that and several other numbers, e.g., *22800, *22801, *22890, etc, and none works. No matter what is dialed, I get a recorded message: "You are roaming. To call your mobile carrier, or any other phone number, purchase a calling PIN...." and activation cannot be completed. Help!

Ann154

Page Plus Cellular might have a different activation code.

ELIROS40

Page Plus initially told me to go to a Verizon store. I did. At the

Verizon store they told me they could not help me, that Page Plus had to

activate my phone. Ultimately, as stated in my initial e-mail, Page Plus

told me the phone could not be activated, but not why. I don't understand

what is preventing the phone from being activated.

boringusername

Not sure why you want a phone that old. Better off getting on with LTE anyway as the CMDA network will be shutting down in less than 2 years.

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