Q? Can I clone my any cellphone to use the straighttalk prepaid service?

[JDept]

Hello, Would anybody know how to clone my cellphone to use the straighttalk service. Say I purchase a straighttalk cellphone, it has a unique wireless ID right? So would there be a way to have my pre-existing non-straighttalk cellphone programmed to match the ID of the straighttalk cellphone I purchase? I really need to get a better plan, I have ATT and the lowest plan of $45/mo. but I get charged for whenever I use text messages in&out ....I will be able to have my cellphone unlocked, it is a W580i. If anybody has figured it out please save me from ATT!!!

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~J

[cingular]

I may be wrong, but I believe that since this service is owned by Tracfone, they use the Verizion Wireless Network, so you would need an unlocked CDMA phone, not a GSM (AT&T/T-Mobile) phone. As far as activating the phone on Straighttalk's network, I have no idea if they have all the specific info and can block other carrier's handsets if they're unlocked. Good luck though!

[PhoenixFP]

StraightTalk forces you to use their phones only.

PagePlus though doesn't and uses the same network as StraightTalk, as they both use the Verizon Network.

You must have a CDMA phone though, and AT&T uses GSM, so you would not be able to use an AT&T phone.