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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Sprint PCS / April 2007Phone from Cingular?
I have a question I'd like to have some suggestions/ideas before I go to a store etc. Unfortunately my brother passed away about ten days ago. He had Cingular service and very recently had obtained a RAZv3m phone. Does anyone know if it is possible to reconfigure, such as a different card, the phone to use for my Sprint account? Any advice is welcome. Thanks, Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 3126 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now! Michael Raphael wrote: > > I have a question I'd like to have some suggestions/ideas before I go to [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Does anyone know if it is possible to reconfigure, such as a different > card, the phone to use for my Sprint account? No can do. Sprint will only activate a phone that was originally sold as a "Sprint phone." PS - PLEASE stop posting in HTML. Thanks!  SignatureNotan >> card, the phone to use for my Sprint account? > > No can do. > > Sprint will only activate a phone that was originally sold as a "Sprint phone." Wouldn't matter anyhow. An unlocked Cingular phone can be used on any GSM network that runs on compatible frequencies, but Sprint isn't GSM. SignatureSteve Sobol, Professional Geek ** Java/VB/VC/PHP/Perl ** Linux/*BSD/Windows Victorville, California PGP:0xE3AE35ED It's all fun and games until someone starts a bonfire in the living room. Thanks. Now I know. SignatureDr. Michael Raphael University of Phoenix Online Faculty mraphael@email.phoenix.edu In article <1O6dnVkzQfGyc3fYnZ2dnUVZ_hzinZ2d@giganews.com>, Notan wrote: >> card, the phone to use for my Sprint account? > > No can do. > > Sprint will only activate a phone that was originally sold as a "Sprint phone." Wouldn't matter anyhow. An unlocked Cingular phone can be used on any GSM network that runs on compatible frequencies, but Sprint isn't GSM. SignatureSteve Sobol, Professional Geek ** Java/VB/VC/PHP/Perl ** Linux/*BSD/Windows Victorville, California PGP:0xE3AE35ED It's all fun and games until someone starts a bonfire in the living room. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 3126 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now! >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >------=_NextPart_000_02D6_01C75E97.01F1B980 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ... ><META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = >charset=3Diso-8859-1"> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >href=3D"mailto:mraphael@email.phoenix.edu">mraphael@email.phoenix.edu</A>= ></DIV> Please turn off the html crap. Usenet isn't the web. >> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Please turn off the html crap. Usenet isn't the web. I tried asking him, already. No change. Maybe *you'll* have better luck! <g> SignatureNotan Is this what you are talking about? Sorry. AZ Nomad wrote: > On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 19:55:06 -0500, Michael Raphael > <mikeraphael@comcast.net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Please turn off the html crap. Usenet isn't the web. I tried asking him, already. No change. Maybe *you'll* have better luck! <g> SignatureNotan Michael Raphael wrote: > Is this what you are talking about? > Sorry. *Now* you're cookin'. Thanks!!! SignatureNotan Michael Raphael wrote: > He had Cingular service > > Does anyone know if it is possible to reconfigure, such as a different > card, the phone to use for my Sprint account? Nope, no way, nada...sorry. Cingular technology not compatible with Sprint technology. >I have a question I'd like to have some suggestions/ideas before I go to a store etc. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Mike Sorry about your loss brother, Michael Are you sure the phone is a V3m? Perhaps it is a V3i or another type of Razr? If it is a V3M, it _IS_ a CDMA version MotoRazr and it will work on Sprint, but they may not activate it if it was a Verizon branded phone. A V3m would not have worked on Cingular as the other posters pointed out, as they use a whole different GSM system, not CDMA. At worst, you can sell it on eBay, where cellphones are a popular item. >> I have a question I'd like to have some suggestions/ideas before I go to a store etc. >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Sprint, but they may not activate it if it was a Verizon branded > phone. Change "may" to "will" and your statement is accurate. SignatureNotan > >> I have a question I'd like to have some suggestions/ideas before I go to a store etc. > >> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Change "may" to "will" and your statement is accurate. Sorry man, it can't be done. I work for sprint, and I can tell ya, that the ESN on the back of the phone underneath the battery won't appear in our system. And on top of that, as others have tried to point out, the GSM razr will not function on a CDMA network which Sprint has. > Sorry man, it can't be done. I work for sprint, and I can tell ya, that the > ESN on the back of the phone underneath the battery won't appear in our > system. |
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