So....
I got bored & decided to try getting my Note 3 activated on Boost.
To my surprise, they're willing to activate it.
First off, My MEID is clean, so I figured I'd have a chance.
the rep I spoke with tried several times to send me to a store( we ALL seen that coming), so I asked for a Supervisor.
after speaking with a Supervisor, he informed me that they would need 72 hrs due to the Holidays to verify my MEID & status with Sprint.
He also told me that they would send out a compatible ICCID card as well.
I'm on my way to a store to see if I can get it done today.
here a list of allow phones I came across for anyone eles looking to give it a shot
Here's a handy table listing which recent Sprint phones allowed and which are blacklisted and when the 12 month blacklist ban is expected to expire.
http://www.prepaidphonenews.com/2014/05/banned-phones-tracking-sprint-blacklist.html
J_apa_n said:
So....
I got bored & decided to try getting my Note 3 activated on Boost.
To my surprise, they're willing to activate it.
First off, My MEID is clean, so I figured I'd have a chance.
the rep I spoke with tried several times to send me to a store( we ALL seen that coming), so I asked for a Supervisor.
after speaking with a Supervisor, he informed me that they would need 72 hrs due to the Holidays to verify my MEID & status with Sprint.
He also told me that they would send out a compatible ICCID card as well.
I'm on my way to a store to see if I can get it done today.
here a list of allow phones I came across for anyone eles looking to give it a shot
Here's a handy table listing which recent Sprint phones allowed and which are blacklisted and when the 12 month blacklist ban is expected to expire.
http://www.prepaidphonenews.com/2014/05/banned-phones-tracking-sprint-blacklist.html
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Very cool. Keep me informed. Would like to know how it goes.
Yeah. So did you get it going on Boost? Everything working LTE and all?
After all this time....its done.
Boost now allows the Note 3 without flashing.
No 4G yet, since I dont have my original UICC sim.
I'll call boost tomorrow & get them to send me one, or try Sprint for a replacement.
on another note (hahaha), I may have figured out why 4g flashing never worked for the Note.
Alot of us tried 4g donors, but I found out that the UICC cards from the donors are incompatible with the Note 3 (I tried a Desire 510 & a lg tribute).
So instead of activating the donor card, try activating the card in the Note with your donor.
On Boost & On the Latest firmware
I'm OFFICIALLY on Boost with 4G & running nh7 modem.
I'm updating to OC5 now, so feel free to ask if you have questions
J_apa_n you care to share what you did to get all this going on boost? Interested in getting on going with 4G too.
My Meid is clean, so Boost activated it.
they will tell you to go into a Boost Mobile retailer for a re-sku.
If your Meid is bad, you'll need to do he usual.
the thing that stopped 4g with a flash was the donor's we were using.
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I know there are a lot of threads and tutorials on how to do this, but my question is who is currently using a Sprint Touch pro with verizon and how are you doing it? I read that verizon blocked the way that everyone used to do it with *228 option 3, and I wanted to know if there was an alternate way of doing it before I go and buy one.
I am right now, got mine in while the loophole was still open. There is a way to have the esn added by calling cust service but it may take numerous calls to find someone who knows how to add the esn into the system. I am thinking of selling mine. I wonder if it has been on the account once if it will be able to be activated like normal since it was in the system once? I may toy with this and reactivate my vogue then try to reactivate my tp. Might be a plus for a selling point if i can...
No it wont reactivate, if you used the loophole and switch devices it will not reactivate.
Trust me I did this and had to do an ESN repair to get it working again.
I have been looking at the specs for the alltel TP and it seems that they are really similar to Sprints, and if it is known that a sprint TP will not work with verizon anymore i will just get the Alltel one. since verizon bought them it should be easier to add the Alltel one than the sprint one, they might not like it and try saying they can't but I am sure I can get them to do it. thanks for all your help.
RE: Alltel TP on VZW
No Dice on the Alltel Touch Pro on the VZW network! At least for me.
I think the sprint touch pro will work on vzw. The main thing is to setup the phone first and then some how get them to add the esn. That is what i had to do to get alltel to add my sprint touch pro.
you just need to quote the CSA to them that states that you can use any CDMA compatable phone here is the quote from their CSA "Your wireless phone is any device you use to receive our wireless voice or data service. It must comply with Federal Communications Commission regulations and be compatible with our network and your Plan. Whether you buy your wireless phone from us or someone else is entirely your choice. At times we may change your wireless phone's software, applications or programming remotely and without notice. This could affect data you've stored on, the way you've programmed or the way you use your wireless phone. If you purchased a wireless phone (other than a "global phone") from Verizon Wireless for use with a plan with a minimum term and want to reprogram your phone for use with another wireless carrier network, the default service programming code is set to "000000" or "123456." Verizon Wireless in no way guarantees that your Verizon Wireless phone will be capable of being reprogrammed for use with another wireless carrier network after the service programming code is entered, or that another wireless carrier will accept your device for use on its network" this is the post that I found. http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=75164&page=2
I work for verizon and they have this 'come one come all' but it only depends on the person you get as a CSR. There is a request form where you can fill out the phone make, model, and ESN and email/fax it into the people that actually do it for you. I've performed the request without fail. If I can remember to get the request form, I'll post it here as soon as I can.
if you know how to get the esn added, i would love to find out. i went round and round with verizon customer service, sales, tech support and store reps about trying to get a sprint mogul setup for my girlfriend. everyone kept telling me it couldnt be done or they dont do that. found the entry in their websites faq that states they do before anyone would listen to me. was finally told i had to send the phone to their development evaluation center before they could activate it, and that it would take three weeks! so if you have an easier way, please, enlighten me! ps..didnt mean to jack the thread
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if you know how to get the esn added, i would love to find out. i went round and round with verizon customer service, sales, tech support and store reps about trying to get a sprint mogul setup for my girlfriend. everyone kept telling me it couldnt be done or they dont do that. found the entry in their websites faq that states they do before anyone would listen to me. was finally told i had to send the phone to their development evaluation center before they could activate it, and that it would take three weeks! so if you have an easier way, please, enlighten me! ps..didnt mean to jack the thread
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all they will do is change the settings to be compatible with their network, nothing that you can't do yourself. here is some info about how to do it yourself.
derynhaze said:
I work for verizon and they have this 'come one come all' but it only depends on the person you get as a CSR. There is a request form where you can fill out the phone make, model, and ESN and email/fax it into the people that actually do it for you. I've performed the request without fail. If I can remember to get the request form, I'll post it here as soon as I can.
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that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
can someone add my esn or point me in right direction?
please i have had this phone for weeks and havent got any where
I am having problems with zte warp phone. my cousin bought it 6 months ago from a boost store (in our inner city in upstate NY). He tried to activate it and was told it was involved in an insurance claim and would take up to 30 days to be cleared. My cousin put it aside for a month then decided to flash a rom and recovery and ended up bricking the phone. Someone he met at work offered to fix it so he paid him 40 bucks and the guy at work gave him back a working phone. He never activated it since he waited all that time he ended up buying a galaxy s2. well last week he gave it to his father to replace a broken non android phone. Boost would not activate it due to its now running cricket software. If you dial 211 or 611 it goes to cricket. HERE IS where it gets goofy. He gave me the phone a few days ago to see if I can find a file to flash it back to Boost. So far I have not found anything. Tonight I heard a strange ringtone and the warp was ringing. I missed the call. I then tried calling my cousin from it and received a fast busy signal. I then added our area code 585 then his number and the call went through. BUT someone else answered. I asked him what his number was and he told me to F myself I called him. this was not my cousin. Under system info it lists a phone number on the phone but when I called it a woman in Florida answered and said she has had her phone number 10 years.
I am lost over this. Im guessing somewhere along the way this was cloned possibly?
Any way I am trying to convert this back to boost. Can anyone point me in the right direction? The boost account is already paid for and set up but they said they can not allow us to program the phone while it has "Cricket firmware" on it.
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
al
Hello everyone, just a quick intro about myself- I used a LG Venice with Boost for 3+ years till I washed it with my pants (but I got it to work! Ask if interested). For a replacement phone, we picked up a LG Stylo, which is great, but I want my own phone now (sharing with wife?! ) I absolutely love the new features and camera system, so I started researching the G3 LS990. I can't find a straight solid answer for "migrating" a Sprint phone to it's child's network, Boost. It seemed simple enough, they share the same network, etc. But as I dug deeper, it does not appear it's that simple. In short, some people report features not working, like LTE data or no data at all, sms not working, same with mms.
After a week of researching, I thought even a gamble of $150 +/- $50 for a good used/new G3 wasn't worth it and decided to bite the bullet and buy the G3 from Boost for $330.
INTERESTING PART IS when I went to the Boost store to purchase, I talked with a knowledgeable rep that explained some phones Boost has "are directly from Sprint, just with the Boost UI loaded" (not sure if I'm using terms correctly). "And the G3 is one of them". So the Boost G3 is really a Sprint G3 LS990. So I said "then it's really no different if I get a LS990 from swappa and a new sprint sim/uicc and activate it" "Right, and load Boost ...UI (?)... on it" I can't seem to find success stories of using a LS990 on Boost (sms, mms, LTE all working).
Has anyone had success with a Sprint to Boost G3 LS990?
I'm pretty techie, I just haven't played with phones this deep before, but am willing to give it a try, I'd just like to know it's possible. I've never rooted a phone ( would love to try! But not right now unless it's a 90% success for sure!)
Any advice, input, direction would be most appreciated. I'm really excited to finally take a step into this.
Thank you,
Chris
This involves ESN cloaning, which is illegal to talk about here, and illegal period. Only certain Sprint phones are allowed legally on Boost network
sent from my LG G3
You can activate it on Boost mobile directly without any modifications! I just did it myself last month. It's still not showing up on the byosd page as a phone that is allowed but they should still activate it anyways. Just call their 1800 number and speak to an agent and tell them you want to re-sku a phone and they will ask you for the info on the back of the phone. Some of the customer service reps don't know how so if they can't just hang up and try again with another rep. I purchased mine from someone on craigslist and didn't even have to get a new sim for it to work, just as long as it's been taken off the original owner's plan and has a good esn. They will walk you through the whole activation process and after that everything should be golden (LTE, MMS, Voice, Texts). If you need any help just let me know :good:
I'm a Boost Mobile rep....meaning I work in one of the stores. In order to activate a Sprint phone on Boost Mobile it must reach 2 conditions, first being not stolen the other being it must not be on contract.
Boost just added the lg g3 to the bring your own sprint phone list. Anyone know the difference between the sprint rom and the boost rom? Is it only the logos? Probably not worth switching? Anyone know if this sprint phone will do ota updates on boost? I couldn't care less about the boost zone or any of those boost programs.
Thank you very much for your reply, malvarez92 and 6th_hookah!
I did not get a g3, but I didn't want to be d-bag and not reply. I instead got a flex 2 from boost (LS996, $279.99 ). I never got to touch a g3, but I did play with as many phones as I could find, and I'm super happy with the flex2. Though I didn't get the g3, this was still very helpful and it's info for others.
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I have a LG G3 LS990 and it works just fine on the boost network.
Thanks for the thread i wasnt sure about getting boost activated on mine either because of data speed lol.. Well if u ever need root or help on the flex 2 u know where were at lol
Just wanted to let u know that someone posted a boost mobile patch and i guess it works with any carriers phone to flash it to boost. Its on here just search boost mobile patch.
Sent from my LG-Ls990 using XDA-Developers mobile app
I have Sprint service currently. How do I move my LG G3 to Boost?
malvarez92 said:
You can activate it on Boost mobile directly without any modifications! I just did it myself last month. It's still not showing up on the byosd page as a phone that is allowed but they should still activate it anyways. Just call their 1800 number and speak to an agent and tell them you want to re-sku a phone and they will ask you for the info on the back of the phone. Some of the customer service reps don't know how so if they can't just hang up and try again with another rep. I purchased mine from someone on craigslist and didn't even have to get a new sim for it to work, just as long as it's been taken off the original owner's plan and has a good esn. They will walk you through the whole activation process and after that everything should be golden (LTE, MMS, Voice, Texts). If you need any help just let me know :good:
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Since my LG G3 has active Sprint service, does that mean I need to cancel my service with Sprint before I move to Boost? I have already verified with Sprint that I do not owe anything on my phone, it is mine now, and my current billing cycle is paid for so cancelling will not be a problem. Once I cancel service, do I still need to do the re-skuing? I think the Boost dealer mentioned this procedure to me and said he could do it for me. We tried starting the process but whoever he was dealing with on the line at Boost support center said it could not be done, possibly because it was still active with Sprint. I appreciate your help with this.
malvarez92 said:
You can activate it on Boost mobile directly without any modifications! I just did it myself last month. It's still not showing up on the byosd page as a phone that is allowed but they should still activate it anyways. Just call their 1800 number and speak to an agent and tell them you want to re-sku a phone and they will ask you for the info on the back of the phone. Some of the customer service reps don't know how so if they can't just hang up and try again with another rep. I purchased mine from someone on craigslist and didn't even have to get a new sim for it to work, just as long as it's been taken off the original owner's plan and has a good esn. They will walk you through the whole activation process and after that everything should be golden (LTE, MMS, Voice, Texts). If you need any help just let me know :good:
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Do you still logon here? I would love to get some helpt to transfer the v20 from sprint to boost
Using Sprint LS990 on Boost!
QUOTE=.Chris,;65085976]Hello everyone, just a quick intro about myself- I used a LG Venice with Boost for 3+ years till I washed it with my pants (but I got it to work! Ask if interested). For a replacement phone, we picked up a LG Stylo, which is great, but I want my own phone now (sharing with wife?! ) I absolutely love the new features and camera system, so I started researching the G3 LS990. I can't find a straight solid answer for "migrating" a Sprint phone to it's child's network, Boost. It seemed simple enough, they share the same network, etc. But as I dug deeper, it does not appear it's that simple. In short, some people report features not working, like LTE data or no data at all, sms not working, same with mms.
After a week of researching, I thought even a gamble of $150 +/- $50 for a good used/new G3 wasn't worth it and decided to bite the bullet and buy the G3 from Boost for $330.
INTERESTING PART IS when I went to the Boost store to purchase, I talked with a knowledgeable rep that explained some phones Boost has "are directly from Sprint, just with the Boost UI loaded" (not sure if I'm using terms correctly). "And the G3 is one of them". So the Boost G3 is really a Sprint G3 LS990. So I said "then it's really no different if I get a LS990 from swappa and a new sprint sim/uicc and activate it" "Right, and load Boost ...UI (?)... on it" I can't seem to find success stories of using a LS990 on Boost (sms, mms, LTE all working).
Has anyone had success with a Sprint to Boost G3 LS990?
I'm pretty techie, I just haven't played with phones this deep before, but am willing to give it a try, I'd just like to know it's possible. I've never rooted a phone ( would love to try! But not right now unless it's a 90% success for sure!)
Any advice, input, direction would be most appreciated. I'm really excited to finally take a step into this.
Thank you,
Chris[/QUOTE]
So i bought a G5 on ebay. seller says it's unlock for both international and domestic and should work also with sprint.
Trying to activate with meid just give you cannot activate this phone on sprint site. Sprint store says not compatible with sprint network. I was able to get them to give me a sprint g5 sim card anyway. when i insert that at home, the phone detects sprint 3g network
got online with sprint chat, they again says phone is not registered in sprint network and therefore cannot be used.. they keep on saying i have to use a sprint labeled g5 phone?
Is there anything i can do about this? is sprint reps just being an ass (not their fault or maybe because they just being brainwashed by the corporate) or is there some real technical thing preventing them from registering my phone? It did detect sprint network when sprint sim is inserted after all.
Anything i can do about all this? Thanks.
wildpig1234 said:
So i bought a G5 on ebay. seller says it's unlock for both international and domestic and should work also with sprint.
Trying to activate with meid just give you cannot activate this phone on sprint site. Sprint store says not compatible with sprint network. I was able to get them to give me a sprint g5 sim card anyway. when i insert that at home, the phone detects sprint 3g network
got online with sprint chat, they again says phone is not registered in sprint network and therefore cannot be used.. they keep on saying i have to use a sprint labeled g5 phone?
Is there anything i can do about this? is sprint reps just being an ass (not their fault or maybe because they just being brainwashed by the corporate) or is there some real technical thing preventing them from registering my phone? It did detect sprint network when sprint sim is inserted after all.
Anything i can do about all this? Thanks.
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Maybe if you really got high enough up on the engineer food chain, they might be able to override it. The software they use to activate phones will not allow phones outside of their system. If it's not on the list of acceptable IMIEs too bad. Had the same problem a while ago on a Nexus 5x that was fully compatible. It wasn't in the list even though they said all 5Xs are compatible on their website. After a couple of hours on the phone, I decided it was just easier to return the phone on eBay.
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Maybe if you really got high enough up on the engineer food chain, they might be able to override it. The software they use to activate phones will not allow phones outside of their system. If it's not on the list of acceptable IMIEs too bad. Had the same problem a while ago on a Nexus 5x that was fully compatible. It wasn't in the list even though they said all 5Xs are compatible on their website. After a couple of hours on the phone, I decided it was just easier to return the phone on eBay.
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Anyone has any hints or tip on how i can accomplish this? what do i need to say to the sprint rep? I think it's BS they doing this. They allow BYOD but then they do this kind of crap? I really don't understand at all!
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Anyone has any hints or tip on how i can accomplish this? what do i need to say to the sprint rep? I think it's BS they doing this. They allow BYOD but then they do this kind of crap? I really don't understand at all!
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Why don't you return it to the seller? Unless it's the Sprint version of the phone or the RS988 it's not going to work with Sprint.
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Why don't you return it to the seller? Unless it's the Sprint version of the phone or the RS988 it's not going to work with Sprint.
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It was actually RS988. I think it was a prior verizon phone as i went to verizon website just testing out adding the imei. it says the phone is no longer eligible to be activated on verizon...... what kind of bs is that?
I guess it;s possible that that phone didn't have all the bands needed by sprint? Anyway, i went ahead and returned it. Got a sprint labeled G5..... the imei seems to check out so far when i tried it on sprint website.... just haven't tried to switch over yet since i still need to back up data from old phone over.....
So in May of 2015 i purchased on Amazon a new Volt 2 to be used on Virgin Mobile with a yet to be established accoung. The next day my Mom surprised me by giving me her old Samsung and added me to her phone plan. The following week when The Volt 2 arrived, it got lost in the shuffle and instead of returning the phone, it got tossed in a closet... unopened... never activated... And no account opened with Virgin.
4 years later, a friend who is down on his luck just lost his cell phone. He doesnt have the money to replace it because he was laid off 2 weeks ago. I offered to put him on my plan with sprint becuase the plan i have is so cheap to add a line and figured i would give him my stashed Volt 2 since it's a CDMA phone and should work on Sprints network.... If life was only that easy.
When i went to check the IMEI number on Sprints site, it came back with a message that said something to the effect that the phone qualified but i had to bring in to a Sprint store to activate it. Just to protect myself i called Virgin and asked if the phone was locked and explained the whole situation to her. She looked up my IMEI and claimed there were no holds on the phone and shouldnt have a problem bringing it to sprint. i asked her to triple check that information which she did and assured me all would be ok with Sprint...
i go to Sprint the next day to add my line and though they didnt say it was locked, i was told i just couldnt use the device on their network. So before i esculate this issue with Sprint I decided when I got home to call virgin again and make 100% sure my device has no holds are on it anwhewre.... carrier hold, sim hold, device hold, any hold.. The tell me nothings wrong with it. In all honesty, I never told them on the phone that I never activated activated the device, as I assumed they would of seen that.
I put a request in with sprint to provision the phone to its network and the rep didn't seem to see why she couldn't they said it would take 72 hours and I'd get am email with the outcome. It's been 8 days no email.
I'm sure the problem is that I didn't have service on the phone for the required 12 months in order to get the carrier unlock restriction.... Obviously the fact that the phone hasn't been activated is what's messing up everyone's view if the device. It has no phone number, no account to tie it too and under the system under bootloader there's nothing there it blank. The phone starts up fine, i can connect to my wifi and use it just fine. But under settings there's no network associated to it and most everything is blank. I put a correct sim sprint card in and it says invalid sim. It tries authorizing and fails. It on every reboot it tries to activate and eventually fails. It will download update, but fails with an authentication error when rebooting and installing. Phones not rooted or hacked (yet). And I've looked into the unlock companies out there and told if I can't get the phone yo ask for an unlock code when putting another sim card in, then there's nothing they can do... I can't get it to do that, no matter what shortcut / hidden menu option I try. In fact even *#06# (or variation thereof) won't pull um the imei number. It's listed in the settings. But I wonder if the fact that it's not asking for an unlock code when changing SIMS is because it's not activated anywhere. But if I activate it, will a lock be put on it immediately? And why are they locking phones 4 years old... Come on.
So is this phone just junk unless I want to pay $40 a month to Virgin for a year? On a phone that's 4 years old?
For the record I posted a message on vigin communities message board not giving IMEI number and said I'd supply it through an PM if requested and I was simply replied to with the staple "phone must be activated on our network for 12 months" line.
i hate throwing away any electronics especially ones ive never used. Is that my only option if I want to use the phone anywhere else other than virgin?
Sorry for the long winded posting...i couldn't find a decent answer anywhere on Google when searching if can you unlock a phone that's never been activated.
Help.
not oe reply? ok maybe it was too long and boring tro read so ill just condense it to one line...
is there a way to unlock a prepaid phone form Virgin that i bought 4 years ago but never activated it on any network?
When i asked Virgin they claimed there was no lock on it, in fact they didnt even see the device. But when i tried activating it on Sprint, they showed a lock and said they could provision the phone and it would be available to move in 72 hours... that was 2 weeks ago and i still can't get the phone on Sprint.
So do i need to activate a 4 year old phone on Virgin and keep it for 12 months before it will get released? I tried an unlock service and they said if it doesnt ask to enter a unlock code, they cant help... i cant get it to ask for this code.... its a Volt 2
any suggestions?>