Hello,

I purchased the above "used" phone from Ebay with the intent to swap out my old Kyocera. However, according to Virgin, the phone was never "unlocked" by Target when purchased. Since I don't have a Target receipt, Target says they cannot help. My feeling is I'm sol but I just want to be sure.

Before I throw away more money and return the phone, I wanted to ask the experts here if there is any way to clear the "programming required" error that the phone is displaying. One can tell it is a brand new phone.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

try puttin in the nam all ones then but you still dont have a problem that what show when a new phone hasnt been program yet

Thanks for the reply.

I entered nam and had the option to input a number. If you pick a random number, the phone actually will have a normal screen, with the virgin logo, time, etc.

However, I still cannot use it to replace my current phone. I believe Target's computer has to tell Virgin's that it's ok for this phone to be in service (that it was actually purchased).

So, my question is: can I talk my way into this at Target with no receipt. Does anyone have any clue? It's a great phone and it sickens me to have to return it.

hjaving the same prob with snapper bought on E-bay - Virgin tells me to take it to walmart with original receipt (yeah, that's gonna happen) and is of absolutely no further use... Is it just for the landfill or is there a way I can clone it to my old esn? (same phone - bricked - this was replacement, but as I said, got denied by VM) Anyhelp?

ok what company are you try tu put it in
becuase rite now it seem you have the setting for virgin no any other carrier try reading what posted on this forum and you will get the jist of it 8915 i had a couple of them i flashed them all to verizon 8910 becuase the phone would only take that bin and i use seriel cable and the multi flash they have posted on this forum work great but slow ass hell and you have to make sure you have a fully charged battery for that and for the snapper all the phone coming out from virgin you can really do anything i believe just read around you will see