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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Sprint PCS / June 2008Activating Non-Sprint Cell Phone to Sprint Network
I have a Virgin Mobile cell phone that I purchased on Mon. and I'm having problems activating it to my Sprint network. I spoke with a few of Sprint's tech. support agents and they all said that you need a Sprint phone. They asked for my Virgin cell phone's ID and it didn't work. I read some article on the internet where they said Sprint agreed back on Oct. '07 to allow their subscribers to connect to their network with non-Sprint phones. I know I'm not the only one in this predicament. I hope someone can help me out. > I have a Virgin Mobile cell phone that I purchased on Mon. and I'm > having problems activating it to my Sprint network. I spoke with a few [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > network with non-Sprint phones. I know I'm not the only one in this > predicament. I hope someone can help me out. Pretty much all of the major carriers have talked about opening up their networks at some point in the future, but I'm not aware of any that have actually implemented it yet.  SignatureDutch Sprint/Motorola RAZR V3m tethered to PCLinuxOS 2008 >> I have a Virgin Mobile cell phone that I purchased on Mon. and I'm >> having problems activating it to my Sprint network. I spoke with a few [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > networks at some point in the future, but I'm not aware of any that have > actually implemented it yet. Well, except for T-Mobile, AT&T and Alltel. T-Mobile and AT&T have always let you use any phone you could slide the SIM card into (they have no way to prevent it), while I'm told Alltel will let you use any phone they know how to program if you have the password for the programming menus. Verizon and Sprint have been the problems. Dennis Ferguson >>> I have a Virgin Mobile cell phone that I purchased on Mon. and I'm >>> having problems activating it to my Sprint network. I spoke with a few [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Verizon and Sprint have been the problems. Can you move an Iphone from AT&T to T-Mobile? :-) I agree that GSM by its core design is more "open" than CDMA... SignatureDutch Sprint/Motorola RAZR V3m tethered to PCLinuxOS 2008 > Can you move an Iphone from AT&T to T-Mobile? :-) Yes. You have to have it unlocked. It costs about $25 for an unlocking service to unlock an iPhone. >> Can you move an Iphone from AT&T to T-Mobile? :-) > > Yes. You have to have it unlocked. It costs about $25 for an unlocking > service to unlock an iPhone. Cool! SignatureDutch Sprint/Motorola RAZR V3m tethered to PCLinuxOS 2008 > >> Can you move an Iphone from AT&T to T-Mobile? :-) > > > > Yes. You have to have it unlocked. It costs about $25 for an unlocking > > service to unlock an iPhone. > > Cool! But, I've read they have had software upgrades to the iPhone that might re-lock the phone. >>>> Can you move an Iphone from AT&T to T-Mobile? :-) >>> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > But, I've read they have had software upgrades to the iPhone that might > re-lock the phone. Or brick it... ;-) SignatureDutch Sprint/Motorola RAZR V3m tethered to PCLinuxOS 2008 > I have a Virgin Mobile cell phone that I purchased on Mon. and I'm > having problems activating it to my Sprint network. I spoke with a few [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > network with non-Sprint phones. I know I'm not the only one in this > predicament. I hope someone can help me out. Actually, all Sprint agreed to was to the release of the subsidy unlock codes for their customers if so desired so that if they switched companies, they could TRY to use the same phone on another provider. They did not state that they would be alowing activation of non Sprint specific devices on their network. Unfortunately, this also applies to MVNO devices that use their network for operation. So, you won't be able to activate your Virgin Mobile, Boost Mobile, Disney Mobile, ESPN Mobile, etc device on the network, unless you are going directly through the MVNO in question for service. Also, having the subsidy unlock code, does not guarantee that your Sprint device will be able to be activated on another network. There are differences in software and programming that possibly could hinder functionality. So even if the device is activatable on Verizons network for instance, you may have a device that will make calls fine, but be lacking in data functionality, or the ability to download ringers etc. |
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