Sprint BYOD: 1-Year Unlimited Talk, Text & Data

WuyiL

Jul 20, 2017

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WuyiL

Jul 20, 2017

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Quote from reader

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1) If I port my Tmobile To Go phone number to Sprint BYOD, does it automatically close my TMo account? It is a legacy account with $140 in it. I do not want to lose that. Don't care about the number.

My wife has a Verizon monthly service that she does not want to disrupt in any way. I want to use a) her phone number and b) device only as placeholders to open the BYOD free account. I will later change the phone number (from GV) and the device (from future deal or BF)

2a) Can I use her Verizon phone number (eligible) as a placeholder to open the BYOD account?: will she lose that number? Will that close or disrupt her service? Can I later change the Sprint number to another number?

2b) If I port her iPhone 5 device (eligible) as a placeholder to open the BYOD account, will that close or mess up her service? Can I later change the phone to another number from a BF or future deal?

Thanks

No, it doesn't work with Moto G4. You need a 506C.

dealwars

Jul 20, 2017

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dealwars

Jul 20, 2017

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Quote from Verniculous

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Sprint will not whitelist that device. You will never be able to use it on Sprint.

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You need to get another phone. Sprint will not whitelist a Verizon iPhone SE.

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Sprint will not whitelist an AT&T iPhone SE. You will never use that device on Sprint.

If you want to do this promo, you need to get a different phone.

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That's not the issue. The issue is that your model iPhone SE cannot be whitelisted by Sprint so you will never be able to use it on Sprint. You are wasting your time calling, that device will never be used on Sprint.

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You need to give up. There is nothing a rep can do for you. The Verizon, TMobile and AT&T iPhone SEs cannot be whitelisted for use on Sprint. This is because they are a different model from the Sprint iPhone SE. The Sprint DMD does not have a way to allow the Verizon, TMobile and AT&T iPhone SEs onto the network.

No rep can change that fact. You need to get a different phone if you want to be on Sprint. There is no way around this.

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Sprint won't whitelist the Verizon iPhone SE.

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You cannot get a Verizon or AT&T or TMobile iPhone SE whitelisted on Sprint like I said.

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Yep and Sprint won't whitelist A1662.

You need to do a bit of research before you spread false information.

Just because you repeat something over and over doesn't make it true.

Sprint used to block other carrier's devices, but that hasn't been true for 2-3 years now. Ever since Sprint started the BYOD program, other devices (produced after the start date) have been allowed with the correct band support.

There have been some hiccups (Sprint erroneously flagged a bunch of Samsung unlocked devices as lost/stolen), but in general the system works. Well, "works" as well as anything Sprint. It is by no means perfect, and it's not uncommon for a knowledgeable end user to have to tell a Sprint rep what to click or do, but all of the US iPhone SE models will work on Sprint.

Quote from LiterallyUnlimited

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As far as I can tell, numbers active on Ting CDMA are not eligible for this offer. Ting GSM numbers are eligible.

That's because Sprint doesn't care about the advertised network. Only the underlying carrier network.

Ting CDMA = Sprint number = No good for deal.
Ting GSM = T-Mobile number = Good for deal.

Quote from LiterallyUnlimited

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For the iPhone SE, as long as it's unlocked, it should work on Sprint. All of them. The Verizon one, the AT&T one, the T-Mobile one...

If it's been active on Sprint before and just needs the MVNO flag flipped, contact me on Reddit.

If it's never been active on Sprint AND it's SIM unlocked (GSX report can confirm this), you need to contact a corporate store and ask them if they have DNA access to add unlocked iPhones to the database. You'll find one eventually. Corporate Service and Repair centers are way more likely to have them, but this is not a guarantee.

The non-Sprint SE does not support Band 41, but otherwise works fine. I activated my 16 GB Verizon iPhone SE on Ting CDMA just a few days ago. You NEED the right SIM card.

Now this man is giving good advice. What he said.

Quote from JTravers

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I know you're quite definitive on this, but it seems strange that Sprint would list the iPhone SE on the list of eligible devices to port in with (with no qualifications beside it). Are they assuming people coming from competitors all have the Sprint version of the SE? That would make no sense.

Either you're wrong or the website is wrong.

The Sprint website isn't the one that is wrong here.

reader

Jul 20, 2017

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reader

Jul 20, 2017

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Thank you WuyiL

There are four questions within 2a) .

Can I use her Verizon phone number (eligible) as a placeholder to open the BYOD account?
will she lose that number?
Will that close or disrupt her service?
Can I later change the Sprint number to another number?

You said Yes No No . Do these apply to 1,2,3 or 2,3,4?

Quote from WuyiL

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1 Yes 2a Yes No No 2b Yes No

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2a) Can I use her Verizon phone number (eligible) as a placeholder to open the BYOD account?: will she lose that number? Will that close or disrupt her service? Can I later change the Sprint number to another number?

svsfan

Jul 20, 2017

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svsfan

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Quote from reader

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Thank you WuyiL

There are four questions within 2a) .

Can I use her Verizon phone number (eligible) as a placeholder to open the BYOD account?
will she lose that number?
Will that close or disrupt her service?
Can I later change the Sprint number to another number?

You said Yes No No . Do these apply to 1,2,3 or 2,3,4?

Just get gv number $3 to unlock. You will lose your tmo line and wife's Verizon line from those accounts if you port them to sprint. You can use any eligible device as placeholder though. I've had multiple devices currently at multiple carriers.

snake384

Jul 20, 2017

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snake384

Jul 20, 2017

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Quick question.. what sim card can you use for a Moto e4? I just walked out of a Sprint store since they claim to need the phone to activate the sim .. and the one sim I got at BB is a no go.. ty

reader

Jul 20, 2017

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reader

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svsfan - thank you for clear answers and advise. I'll go with GV number.

For the 'device' can I use any IMEI that checks out as 'eligible' (eg created online) for placeholder ?
If it happens to be some unknown's phone, I do not want to affect them.
Nor do I want them to get my free Sprint account.

I have some spare Sprint (Ringplus) phones: Moto E2, Galaxy Core Prime, LG Tribute Duo that I'd like to use as placeholders but they are 'not eligible'.

Quote from svsfan

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Just get gv number $3 to unlock. You will lose your tmo line and wife's Verizon line from those accounts if you port them to sprint. You can use any eligible device as placeholder though. I've had multiple devices currently at multiple carriers.

willygee

Jul 20, 2017

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willygee

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Any takers on the scenario below?

So my wife, who is currently on Sprint and contract, wants to give her iphone 6s+ to her mom. She would pay $100 to break contract and get phone unlocked. She would port her number (which is eligible) over to the Virgin (essentially) free plan and purchase a phone from them (she wants a larger capacity phone anyway). Her mom, whose phone # is eligible for the BYOD plan, would take the newly unlocked iphone 6s+ from my wife and port her number over and activate the phone. Benefit: she and her mom are on essentially free plans and new(ish) phones now.

Any pitfalls you see with this? If she pays for the unlock from Sprint, is it instant?

bleuspeed

Jul 20, 2017

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bleuspeed

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Quote from yazyazoo

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I was able to get 2 SIMGLW436C from the Apple Store. I was wondering if anyone has been able to use this SIM to activate a Motorola G4 with a nano to microsim adapter?

I tried searching on google but all the places say iphone only but maybe that's because it's a nano sim?

It's not about the size. Sprint has separate Sims for iPhone and Android. Only the 506C one is supposed t to do both. Look for the Sprint SIM matrix on Google.

svsfan

Jul 21, 2017

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svsfan

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Quote from reader

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svsfan - thank you for clear answers and advise. I'll go with GV number.

For the 'device' can I use any IMEI that checks out as 'eligible' (eg created online) for placeholder ?
If it happens to be some unknown's phone, I do not want to affect them.
Nor do I want them to get my free Sprint account.

I have some spare Sprint (Ringplus) phones: Moto E2, Galaxy Core Prime, LG Tribute Duo that I'd like to use as placeholders but they are 'not eligible'.

If your wife's iPhone 5 is eligible use that to sign up and switch to the ring plus phone. The mvno flag might need to get flipped. Contact literally unlimited on Reddit for help with that.

tbone209

Jul 21, 2017

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tbone209

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svsfan

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svsfan

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Quote from willygee

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Any takers on the scenario below?

So my wife, who is currently on Sprint and contract, wants to give her iphone 6s+ to her mom. She would pay $100 to break contract and get phone unlocked. She would port her number (which is eligible) over to the Virgin (essentially) free plan and purchase a phone from them (she wants a larger capacity phone anyway). Her mom, whose phone # is eligible for the BYOD plan, would take the newly unlocked iphone 6s+ from my wife and port her number over and activate the phone. Benefit: she and her mom are on essentially free plans and new(ish) phones now.

Any pitfalls you see with this? If she pays for the unlock from Sprint, is it instant?

The unlock can take up to 24 hours but can be quicker. wouldnt it be cheaper if your wife can get a new iPhone on sprint dpp pay that off, I'm not sure if her plan would allow that. They usually have $200-$300 sprint iPhone 7/7+ at Best Buy. Then upgrade to galaxy J3 for $2.49 a month comes with $90 gift card. That will free up the iPhone 7/7+. And then both of them can be on the free sprint plan. After that cancel the old sprint plan.

ECartman

Jul 21, 2017

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ECartman

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Quote from snake384

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quick question.. What sim card can you use for a moto e4? I just walked out of a sprint store since they claim to need the phone to activate the sim .. And the one sim i got at bb is a no go.. Ty

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The-Alchemist

Jul 21, 2017

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The-Alchemist

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Why I left sprint right here

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This happened to me and it was a ****ing headache getting them to reactivate my lines since I did not have access to the phones on the account/used placeholder IMEIs. Once I told them this, they flagged my account as "suspicious" and forced me to go to a store in order to re-activate. OFC, once I did that, they FORGOT to activate all my lines and only reactivated one, so I had to go back to the store AGAIN to reactivate the others. OFC the store employees have ABSOLUTELY NO INCENTIVE to help you since these lines give them zilch commission. So they give literally ZERO sh*ts about you. You've been warned. PM me if you need help resolving this as it took me a week. ~shinseiryuu

catchingdeals

Jul 21, 2017

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catchingdeals

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I went through about 10 pages and gave up. Cannot go through all the 450+ pages of post (6736+ post). Does the Verizon prepaid Moto G4 works on this line. The best buy store nearby has some of them. Even got the ATT iPhone SE prepaid phone but its locked. Don't know how to get this thing unlocked and then use to port to Sprint.
Rookies please help.

TIA

ps200901

Jul 21, 2017

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ps200901

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Quote from catchingdeals

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I went through about 10 pages and gave up. Cannot go through all the 450+ pages of post (6736+ post). Does the Verizon prepaid Moto G4 works on this line. The best buy store nearby has some of them. Even got the ATT iPhone SE prepaid phone but its locked. Don't know how to get this thing unlocked and then use to port to Sprint.
Rookies please help.

TIA

Nah, won't work, hard to unlock them. Rather buy Moto E4 from Amazon with Ads for 99$ if you want, or search in ebay for old iPhone 5C, 5S. I bought old 5C Verizon @ 60$, it has only band 25 but I am pulling great speeds with it in New Orleans

EDIT: It might be expensive for such old phone but I already got 50$ visa card for joining Sprint and I didn't have any eligible device at signup so I paid roughly 10$ after all for iPhone 5C

Last edited by ps200901 July 20, 2017 at 06:08 PM.

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