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

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(w/ Eligible Device, SIM Req.)at Sprint
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Update: The official end date to sign-up for this offer is 4/4/19 (and will not be extended again). Plans will remain active for one year from your sign-up date (promotion discount will be retired in full on 4/30/2020).

Sprint is offering 1-Year Unlimited Talk, Text & Data for Free (pay only the monthly tax/fees per line) when you bring an eligible unlocked smartphone. Thanks andrewmackoul and comintel

Note, you will be required a purchase a Sprint SIM card to take advantage of this offer (SIM card is $2.99 ea. and $10 shipping & handling + tax).

Plan includes:
  • Unlimited data, talk and text
    • Video at speeds up to 1080p -> now 480p (DVD quality)
    • Music at up to 1.5Mbps -> now 500 Kbps
    • Gaming streams at up to 8Mbps -> now 2Mbps
    • Unlimited 4G LTE data for most everything else. Data deprioritization applies during congestion.
After 4/30/2020 (or the one-year end date noted on your account, whichever comes first), the price will become:
  • Line 1: $60/mo.
  • Line 2: $40/mo.
  • Lines 3-5: $20/mo. each per line
  • Pricing shown with AutoPay. Add $5/mo. per line without AutoPay.


Eligible Devices (updated 3/11/19, domestic versions). Must be unlocked and/or compatible with Sprint SIM card and network.
Note, other phones may be eligible. If your phone isn't listed below, you may check compatibility here or on the promotion page by clicking on the "Get Started" link:
  • Apple iPhone
    • Apple iPhone 5c (Verizon only)
    • Apple iPhone 5s (Verizon only)
    • Apple iPhone 6
    • Apple iPhone 6 Plus
    • Apple iPhone 6s
    • Apple iPhone 6s Plus
    • Apple iPhone 7 (Verizon only)
    • Apple iPhone 7 Plus (Verizon only)
    • Apple iPhone 8 (Verizon only)
    • Apple iPhone 8 Plus (Verizon only)
    • Apple iPhone SE
    • Apple iPhone X (Verizon only)
  • Google
    • Google Nexus 5 (16 & 32 GB – black/white/red) (Verizon only)
    • Google Nexus 5X (all versions)
    • Google Nexus 6 (32 & 64 GB – black/white)
    • Google Nexus 6P (all versions)
    • Google Pixel
    • Google Pixel XL
    • Google Pixel 2
    • Google Pixel XL 2
    • Google Pixel 3
    • Google Pixel XL 3
  • Samsung
    • Samsung Galaxy Note8 Special Edition
    • Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Special Edition
    • Samsung Galaxy S7 Special Edition
    • Samsung Galaxy S8 (Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile)
    • Samsung Galaxy S8+ (Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile)
    • Samsung Galaxy S8 Special Edition
    • Samsung Galaxy S8+ Special Edition
    • Samsung Galaxy S9 Special Edition
    • Samsung Galaxy S9+ Special Edition
    • Samsung Galaxy Note9
    • Samsung Galaxy S10
    • Samsung Galaxy S10e
    • Samsung Galaxy S10+
  • Motorola
    • moto e4
    • moto e4 plus
    • moto g4
    • moto g4 play
    • moto g4 plus
    • moto g5 plus
    • moto g5s plus special edition
    • moto g6
    • moto g6 play
    • moto G7 Reo
    • moto x pure edition
    • moto x4
    • moto z2 play
    • moto z3 play
  • Other Brands
    • Alcatel IDOL5
    • Asus NovaGo
    • BLU S1/VIVO S
    • Essential Phone
    • HTC One A9 (Sprint Version only)
    • HP Spectre Folio GbPS ACPC
    • Lenovo Miix 630
    • Lenovo Yoga
    • LG X Charge
    • LG V30S
    • LG V35 ThinQ
    • LG G7 ThinQ
    • LG Stylo 4
    • LG V40 ThinQ
    • Nuu A6LC
    • Orbic Wonder
    • ZTE Blade Max 2s

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • Credit approval req. Req. AutoPay, eBill, and port-in from postpaid carrier. Savings until 4/30/2020; then $60/mo. for line 1, $40/mo. for line 2 & $30/mo./line for lines 3-5. Reqs. AutoPay (discount applied w/in 2 invoices), new account, bring your own eligible device & Sprint SIM card. Refer to the forum thread for additional information & discussion. -johnny_miller
  • Updated 8/19/18: You may also refer to this article for more information. -Corwin
No longer included:

10GB of high-speed data per line to use toward mobile hotspot, VPN and Peer-2-Peer usage. Once your 10GB is used up:
  • Continue at up to 2G speeds (32 Kbps) on our network for no additional cost, or
  • Purchase more on-network high-speed data for $15/1GB to tide you over for the rest of your bill cycle.

Original Post

Written by andrewmackoul
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Update: The official end date to sign-up for this offer is 4/4/19 (and will not be extended again). Plans will remain active for one year from your sign-up date (promotion discount will be retired in full on 4/30/2020).

Sprint is offering 1-Year Unlimited Talk, Text & Data for Free (pay only the monthly tax/fees per line) when you bring an eligible unlocked smartphone. Thanks andrewmackoul and comintel

Note, you will be required a purchase a Sprint SIM card to take advantage of this offer (SIM card is $2.99 ea. and $10 shipping & handling + tax).

Plan includes:
  • Unlimited data, talk and text
    • Video at speeds up to 1080p -> now 480p (DVD quality)
    • Music at up to 1.5Mbps -> now 500 Kbps
    • Gaming streams at up to 8Mbps -> now 2Mbps
    • Unlimited 4G LTE data for most everything else. Data deprioritization applies during congestion.
After 4/30/2020 (or the one-year end date noted on your account, whichever comes first), the price will become:
  • Line 1: $60/mo.
  • Line 2: $40/mo.
  • Lines 3-5: $20/mo. each per line
  • Pricing shown with AutoPay. Add $5/mo. per line without AutoPay.


Eligible Devices (updated 3/11/19, domestic versions). Must be unlocked and/or compatible with Sprint SIM card and network.
Note, other phones may be eligible. If your phone isn't listed below, you may check compatibility here or on the promotion page by clicking on the "Get Started" link:
  • Apple iPhone
    • Apple iPhone 5c (Verizon only)
    • Apple iPhone 5s (Verizon only)
    • Apple iPhone 6
    • Apple iPhone 6 Plus
    • Apple iPhone 6s
    • Apple iPhone 6s Plus
    • Apple iPhone 7 (Verizon only)
    • Apple iPhone 7 Plus (Verizon only)
    • Apple iPhone 8 (Verizon only)
    • Apple iPhone 8 Plus (Verizon only)
    • Apple iPhone SE
    • Apple iPhone X (Verizon only)
  • Google
    • Google Nexus 5 (16 & 32 GB – black/white/red) (Verizon only)
    • Google Nexus 5X (all versions)
    • Google Nexus 6 (32 & 64 GB – black/white)
    • Google Nexus 6P (all versions)
    • Google Pixel
    • Google Pixel XL
    • Google Pixel 2
    • Google Pixel XL 2
    • Google Pixel 3
    • Google Pixel XL 3
  • Samsung
    • Samsung Galaxy Note8 Special Edition
    • Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Special Edition
    • Samsung Galaxy S7 Special Edition
    • Samsung Galaxy S8 (Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile)
    • Samsung Galaxy S8+ (Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile)
    • Samsung Galaxy S8 Special Edition
    • Samsung Galaxy S8+ Special Edition
    • Samsung Galaxy S9 Special Edition
    • Samsung Galaxy S9+ Special Edition
    • Samsung Galaxy Note9
    • Samsung Galaxy S10
    • Samsung Galaxy S10e
    • Samsung Galaxy S10+
  • Motorola
    • moto e4
    • moto e4 plus
    • moto g4
    • moto g4 play
    • moto g4 plus
    • moto g5 plus
    • moto g5s plus special edition
    • moto g6
    • moto g6 play
    • moto G7 Reo
    • moto x pure edition
    • moto x4
    • moto z2 play
    • moto z3 play
  • Other Brands
    • Alcatel IDOL5
    • Asus NovaGo
    • BLU S1/VIVO S
    • Essential Phone
    • HTC One A9 (Sprint Version only)
    • HP Spectre Folio GbPS ACPC
    • Lenovo Miix 630
    • Lenovo Yoga
    • LG X Charge
    • LG V30S
    • LG V35 ThinQ
    • LG G7 ThinQ
    • LG Stylo 4
    • LG V40 ThinQ
    • Nuu A6LC
    • Orbic Wonder
    • ZTE Blade Max 2s

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • Credit approval req. Req. AutoPay, eBill, and port-in from postpaid carrier. Savings until 4/30/2020; then $60/mo. for line 1, $40/mo. for line 2 & $30/mo./line for lines 3-5. Reqs. AutoPay (discount applied w/in 2 invoices), new account, bring your own eligible device & Sprint SIM card. Refer to the forum thread for additional information & discussion. -johnny_miller
  • Updated 8/19/18: You may also refer to this article for more information. -Corwin
No longer included:

10GB of high-speed data per line to use toward mobile hotspot, VPN and Peer-2-Peer usage. Once your 10GB is used up:
  • Continue at up to 2G speeds (32 Kbps) on our network for no additional cost, or
  • Purchase more on-network high-speed data for $15/1GB to tide you over for the rest of your bill cycle.

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Written by andrewmackoul

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Sep 17, 2018 7:13 PM
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pxlSep 17, 2018 7:13 PM
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Switched from Verizon to sprint yesterday. Took less than 30 mins. Thank you for the post
Sep 17, 2018 7:29 PM
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maverick94117Sep 17, 2018 7:29 PM
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Sharing my experience so far:

I have 3 lines on Sprint BYOD free 1-year plan. Started the process ~4 hours ago to try to port 1 line to Tmobile then back to Sprint, as outlined in the Wiki: 1) bought e-Tmobile sim off ebay, (took ~10 min to get sim#) 2)called Tmobile and ported my number (took 5 min) 3) called Sprint and used new SSN to start new acct for new BYOD 1-year free plan with same unlocked phone/sim I used for the past 12months on Sprint 4) Sprint says my number is active with Sprint and I can't yet port this number from Tmobile yet; asked to call me back after 1 hour to check if my number is still active on Sprint 5) Sprint called back, my number is still active on Sprint; asked to call me back in another hour

Other posters say it takes ~20-30 min after porting from Sprint -> Tmobile -> Sprint. I don't know why my phone number is still active on Sprint even though I have no Sprint service at all and it is active on Tmobile (I called Tmobile). It's been over 4 hours since I ported my number away from Sprint to Tmobile, yet it is still an active Sprint number?
Sep 17, 2018 7:31 PM
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MyNewId22Sep 17, 2018 7:31 PM
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Quote from maverick94117 :
Sharing my experience so far:

I have 3 lines on Sprint BYOD free 1-year plan. Started the process ~4 hours ago to try to port 1 line to Tmobile then back to Sprint, as outlined in the Wiki: 1) bought e-Tmobile sim off ebay, (took ~10 min to get sim#) 2)called Tmobile and ported my number (took 5 min) 3) called Sprint and used new SSN to start new acct for new BYOD 1-year free plan with same unlocked phone/sim I used for the past 12months on Sprint 4) Sprint says my number is active with Sprint and I can't yet port this number from Tmobile yet; asked to call me back after 1 hour to check if my number is still active on Sprint 5) Sprint called back, my number is still active on Sprint; asked to call me back in another hour

Other posters say it takes ~20-30 min after porting from Sprint -> Tmobile -> Sprint. I don't know why my phone number is still active on Sprint even though I have no Sprint service at all and it is active on Tmobile (I called Tmobile). It's been over 4 hours since I ported my number away from Sprint to Tmobile, yet it is still an active Sprint number?
If you check the eligibility here - https://www.sprint.com/en/shop/of...:1yearfree - what do u see?
Sep 17, 2018 7:31 PM
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DelightfulDeer153Sep 17, 2018 7:31 PM
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Apologize if question is stupid, but I did read Wiki.
I recently set up a new TMobile pay as you go account with the intention of porting a seldom used Verizon copper landline to it. The phone, an unlocked Moto G5Plus and landline number pass the Sprint test. Do I have to port to TMobile and then to Sprint or can I simply port directly to Sprint? TIA.
Sep 17, 2018 7:40 PM
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comintelSep 17, 2018 7:40 PM
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Quote from DelightfulDeer153 :
Apologize if question is stupid, but I did read Wiki.
I recently set up a new TMobile pay as you go account with the intention of porting a seldom used Verizon copper landline to it. The phone, an unlocked Moto G5Plus and landline number pass the Sprint test. Do I have to port to TMobile and then to Sprint or can I simply port directly to Sprint? TIA.
Just do it directly in that case.
Sep 17, 2018 7:43 PM
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maverick94117Sep 17, 2018 7:43 PM
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Quote from MyNewId22 :
If you check the eligibility here - https://www.sprint.com/en/shop/of...:1yearfree [sprint.com] - what do u see?
Thank you for trying to help me. I entered my information on the Sprint website and it says my phone is not eligible for the offer. (This is the same iphone I've used on Sprint for the past 12 months.) The sales rep who started the process with me said my phone is eligible and said the hiccup is that my number is still active on Sprint because I only ported the number out of Sprint this morning. She says I just have to wait until my number is no longer associated as an active number on Sprint. Don't understand why it takes so long to dissociate from Sprint? Am I missing something? From the Sprint CS, sounds like my number is still active on Sprint and that's the problem, but are you thinking my phone is the problem?
Last edited by maverick94117 September 17, 2018 at 12:50 PM.
Sep 17, 2018 7:45 PM
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comintelSep 17, 2018 7:45 PM
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Quote from Juying :
Ported from Fi to Google voice. Staff in Fi said they have removed the MVNO flag, yet it's still not eligible...Do I just need to wait a bit longer or do something else? Thanks.
It should be right away.

They may have done it wrong - did you ask them to check if it took effect?

Otherwise I would call the Sprint TeleSales number and just try to sign up.
Last edited by comintel September 17, 2018 at 01:28 PM.

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Sep 17, 2018 7:46 PM
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NoSleep007Sep 17, 2018 7:46 PM
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How much is this after 1 year?
Sep 17, 2018 7:50 PM
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MyNewId22Sep 17, 2018 7:50 PM
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Quote from maverick94117 :
Thank you for trying to help me. I entered my information on the Sprint website and it says my phone is not eligible for the offer. (This is the same iphone I've used on Sprint for the past 12 months.) The sales rep who started the process with me said my phone is eligible and said the hiccup is that my number is still active on Sprint because I only ported the number out of Sprint this morning. She says I just have to wait until my number is no longer associated as an active number on Sprint. Don't understand why it takes so long to dissociate from Sprint?
May be we are in same boat Smilie I'll keep checking the status online on link I provided and see if it shows - Eligible after few hrs. Appreciate if you can also post the status after few hrs.
Sep 17, 2018 8:23 PM
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JuyingSep 17, 2018 8:23 PM
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Quote from comintel :
It should be right away.

They may have done it wrong - did you ask them to check if it took effect?

Otherwise I would call the Sprint TeleSales number and just try to sign up. They are friendly to Pixel owners because they are high-dollar phones.
Thank you for your reply. It's a moto X4. A sprint staff on Reddit check it for me and he said it looks good. I am contacting sprint now...
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Sep 17, 2018 8:42 PM
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GuyOnTheAir
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Sep 17, 2018 8:42 PM
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Does anyone know if you're allowed to change your ported-in phone number on this plan? When I try via the Web site, it's "unable" to do it.

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After VPN use, lost my SD account. So created another. I'm back! Applause
Last edited by GuyOnTheAir September 17, 2018 at 01:45 PM.
Sep 17, 2018 8:44 PM
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MichaelM8429Sep 17, 2018 8:44 PM
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Quote from JamesN5296 :
My daughters phone was with Ting and I wanted to take advantage of this deal for her. I ported out to T-Mobile using the $5 ebay digital sim. Then signed her back up using my wifes name since I already have an account with Sprint under their advantage club plan. This was honestly a huge pain in the ass and wasted my entire sunday evening, but I would say definitly worth it since we get decent sprint coverage around here. They pushed the protection plan I just let them sign me up, I chatted with someone after and had them remove it.

Voice and data working great. No issues
Why was it so hard? The sim?
Sep 17, 2018 8:58 PM
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MichaelM8429Sep 17, 2018 8:58 PM
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Who thinks it would be easier and more worthwhile just to port out to and port back in from a major prepaid company like Cricket or Metro rather than trying to save a between $50 and $120 by doing some digital sim or number barn or google voice?
Sep 17, 2018 9:01 PM
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MichaelM8429Sep 17, 2018 9:01 PM
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Quote from MyNewId22 :
Sharing my experience for getting second year free for two lines. For both, I started process on Sat. First one completed on Monday and second one I'm still working on.

I used t-mobile SIM from ebay and I was able to reuse it after gap of ~3 weeks for second line.

On Sat, I started the process for second SIM to transfer to T-Mobile. Nothing happened till Monday noon so I called back. They started the process again and it happened quickly. Now my Sprint service is stopped.

Problem is, my iPhone 8 is now showing - not eligible on Sprint. I used same phone for ~10 months on Sprint and now it is not working. Anyone having same issue?

It's been 2 hrs my Sprint service is stopped working so T-mobile transfer is successful. Do I need to wait more to get the phone back to eligible?

For first line, I tried it after ~6 hrs and it worked fine.
Your post is very vague. We need more information.

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Sep 17, 2018 9:02 PM
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MichaelM8429Sep 17, 2018 9:02 PM
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Quote from pxl :
Switched from Verizon to sprint yesterday. Took less than 30 mins. Thank you for the post
That's fast as hell. Was that all over the phone?

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