Can you put a nextel SIM card in a boost mobile phone?

Answer 1

Yes. A Nextel SIM works on the BoostMobile network but likely is limiting the phone's capabilities.

Vice versa does not work. Nextel will not allow a BoostMobile SIM to function at all on their network.

My take on SIM exchanging is - don't do it. The phone and SIM and network have to jive perfectly to get the best out of your phone. You always sacrifice something. Sad thing is, the SIM is the cheapest part of the equation. Over and over, folks think they get some kind of bargain by buying used SIM's. Why?

BoostMobile's activation kit (for about $20 retail or web order) gives you one SIM, pays for the new account activation, and leaves $10 for using the phone. Yet people go out and buy a used SIM that doesn't work (or doesn't work completely), sometimes for more than $20, all the time, and still have to pay $10 to activate plus $10 minimum in phone cash for the account. Why? You have saved LESS than zero and sacrificed features on your phone!! Even if your Nextel SIM is free!!

And a locked SIM (see first answer) has nothing to do with changing phones. A SIM locks if a security feature is set by the original user, so information on it is "protected" even if the SIM is stolen.

SIM unlocking is SOMETIMES possible with an access code specific for that SIM, that the cellphone network company (Boost or Nextel, not Motorola or Ma Bell) have in a database and will provide to their customers experiencing the lock. It's called the PUK code. But if you try guessing the code too many times (usually 10 times), the SIM destroys itself.

As in Mission Impossible (without the smoke).

Answer 2

Yes. You can put it in the phone. They are the same size and type of sim card. You may have to call boost and get the unlock code for the phone in order for it to work, but that shouldn't be a problem since Nextel owns Boost.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

i'm guessing yeah! seeing as how a nextel sim can fit in a razr..shhh.. you didn't hear that from me! lol