2007-01-21 17:20:35 · 9 answers · asked by keith j 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
The answer to that is yes. My friend got a used phone (says Boost Mobile on it) and is using it with Nextel / Sprint.
2007-01-21 19:15:54 · answer #1 · answered by Kasey C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe. The phones have, from time to time, been known to work with the wrong service with little or no work on the part of the customer. HOWEVER, the phones DO have different technologies that can prevent them from working with one service provider or the other, and generally speaking a Boost phone shouldn't work with Nextel service. If you're using a Boost phone with Nextel service and it's working, good for you! If something stops working, you're SOL since any insurance or service & repair program you have won't cover the phone and Nextel care does NOT support Boost phones or vice-versa...and if you have a Boost phone that doesn't have Boost service then Boost care won't be able to help you either since they can't bring up your account. Long story short Boost and Nextel products/services were not meant to work together and if you can force them to, well...it's your call if it's worth it as there's no way to say for certain that it will or will not work. Hope this helps!
p.s. Almost forgot - that subsidy lock crap is B.S. The phone's either gonna work or it's not, and no codes are going to do anything about that. The exception is related to SIM cards, which is waaaaay outside of the scope of your question and not related to it in any way. Again, if you find a magic button that makes a Boost phone work for ya with Nextel service that's cool, but nobody can support that phone for you.
2007-01-23 20:02:14 · answer #2 · answered by Will 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe. The phones have, from time to time, been known to work with the wrong service with little or no work on the part of the customer. HOWEVER, the phones DO have different technologies that can prevent them from working with one service provider or the other, and generally speaking a Boost phone shouldn't work with Nextel service. If you're using a Boost phone with Nextel service and it's working, good for you! If something stops working, you're SOL since any insurance or service & repair program you have won't cover the phone and Nextel care does NOT support Boost phones or vice-versa...and if you have a Boost phone that doesn't have Boost service then Boost care won't be able to help you either since they can't bring up your account. Long story short Boost and Nextel products/services were not meant to work together and if you can force them to, well...it's your call if it's worth it as there's no way to say for certain that it will or will not work. Hope this helps! p.s. Almost forgot - that subsidy lock crap is B.S. The phone's either gonna work or it's not, and no codes are going to do anything about that. The exception is related to SIM cards, which is waaaaay outside of the scope of your question and not related to it in any way. Again, if you find a magic button that makes a Boost phone work for ya with Nextel service that's cool, but nobody can support that phone for you.
2016-05-24 13:45:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normally, you can only use a nextel/sprint phone with the nextel service. Go to the nextel site and you can see the present phones you can use with nextel. There are discontinued models of a nextel phone that you can use if you know which ones they are. For example, if you bought an old Sprint Treo 350 you could use it, thought Sprint does not make it anymore. If you knew how to unlock a phone and put the nextel code in you could use it then.
2007-01-21 17:48:13 · answer #4 · answered by Big C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure of the extent of you question, but tonight I was looking at a Boost mobile and Nextel was the service you had to use. make your calls before purchasing it. Or Go on line.
2007-01-21 17:26:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-07 00:12:17 · answer #6 · answered by Bryan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can you just got to unlock the phone. Go to gsm liberty.net and you can get the unlock code. You also going to need a data cable. only nextel phones are unlocked and will work with boost.
2007-01-22 00:35:57 · answer #7 · answered by koshi96720 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can use boost mobile with nextel service.. nextel phones are mostly boost mobile so yes you can... change your service with sprint n your alright
2007-01-21 18:50:52 · answer #8 · answered by dutchezzroyel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes....but it won't work for long IF it does. You will get an "enter special code" on your screen after a while.
2007-01-22 06:43:28 · answer #9 · answered by nada 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋