For the sake of selling an old device, is it possible to activate a phone on Sprint after it has been used on Ting? I feel that there is a larger second hand market for Sprint phones than there is for Ting, so I would prefer to refer to the phone as a Sprint phone rather than a Ting phone when selling it. My question goes a bit further though. I was one of the lucky few who was able to BYOD a Sprint Galaxy S4 when they first came out. Would this phone be able to activate on Sprint, or were some kind of permanent changes made to the device when it was brought over that would prevent it from functioning on Sprint's network anymore? ![]() If Ting ends up getting the Moto X, I would like to sell my GS4 and GS III and pick up a couple of those instead. A little bit of insight would be appreciated. If this article is accurate,, then it looks like Ting will be getting the Moto X, and I will be trying to get out of this GS4. Here's another question that you might not be able to answer. I have a couple of friends who are (foolishly) still using Sprint. I want to test if my Sprint Galaxy S4, which is now a Ting GS4, can be reactivated on Sprint. If the Sprint activation goes successfully, what would you say the chances are that I could reactivate the phone on Ting? I would only need to bring it back if I am unable to sell it. I know Ting cannot bring Sprint GS4s over anymore, but this phone in particular has already been brought over once. If the Sprint reactivation is not possible, I suppose I will try to sell the phone as a Ting GS4 in the buy and sell forum. Thanks for the insight. This is an old discussion but it is pertinent to a situation I am involved with and I need some help. ![]() I recently purchased a Boost branded Moto G and set it up on Ting. I have been happily using it for a few months. I have a friend who is stuck in his Sprint contract for a few more months. His phone is badly cracked and will cost too much to replace so I gave him my Galaxy SII (Sprint Epic 4G Touch) to use. I made sure to remove it from my account on Ting. He took it to Sprint who tried to activate it and they told him it couldn't be activated because it had been moved to another carrier. Actually the first Sprint store he tried told him it was because it was 'jailbroken'. I told him that store didn't even know what kind of phone he had if they thought it was jailbroken and told him to try another store. Based on the information here he should have been able to activate the device on Sprint. Any ideas on why they cannot activate it? The phone is running Cyanogenmod 11 instead of a stock ROM but I don't see how that would keep it from activating. I told him I would put the stock ROM back and he could try it again but any help would be appreciated. Alan, Wendy and Chad are WRONG!!!! Sprint has an direct policy against activating Ting phones and they will tell you that when you talk with them. When you try to activate the phone on Sprint you will get an error that says 'Item ID is incompatible with brand'. There is nothing that TING can do about this. I purchased a $650 Samsung Galaxy S5 from Sprint because these forms told me that I could take my phone to Sprint if I needed to. They straight up LIE!!!!! So now because they will not stand behind the claims made in these forums I'm stuck with a $650 mistake. TING SUCKS!!! Rob Hole is correct. I fell into the same trap. I was with Ting for over a year and generally happy with service except data plan as it was very costly when going over the 2GB cap and I ended up paying just as much as I was when I was with Verizon because of the overage charges, so recently I went to Sprint, believing that I could use both my Samsung Galaxy S3 and HTC EVO 3D (Sprint phones that we used for Ting account) on Sprint since they were originally Sprint phones. I checked with Ting prior to switching that this would be OK and they told me Yes that we could use these devices on Sprint. Well after many frustrating back and forth phone calls, 3 Sprint store visits to try and activate phones, Sprint told us that the phones cannot be activated on their network, even after the devices were deactivated and deleted from Ting account. ![]() Sprint told us that the 'ID was incompatible with brand' was the error. So, I had to purchase 2 new phones one cost over $600 and the other over $500 to switch to Sprint. This was not only frustrating, it made me not trust Ting and stop referring people to them. Ting should be upfront and disclose this to all their customers (new and existing) that once the device is activated on their network, you will not be able to use again on Sprint. I have a Ting-purchased Samsung Galaxy S5 and the story is the same. I sold it and the buyer tried to activate on Sprint. He spent many hours on the phone with Sprint, including escalating, and in Sprint stores. I worked with three different Ting customer support agents. Mar 11, 2016. Verizon charges a $20 activation fee to buy or upgrade devices bought on installments, with a $40 activation charge for subsidized phones on two-year contracts. Like Sprint, customers wishing to return unboxed and activated devices will be charged a $35 restocking fee for each unwanted handset. Although Ting personnel remain confident the phone will work on Sprint, Sprint has refused to activate it. I had to buy back the phone from the buyer and now have a much smaller market I can sell to. I can now only say with confidence it can be activated on Ting. Thanks for reaching out to us regarding this. I can see that you are currently having a conversation with one of our agents through email about getting your phone working on the Sprint network (to be able to sell it). We have changed the ownership code on the device back to Sprint and it should have no issues activating on the network. If you could please take a look back at the email thread you have been talking through, I would be more than happy to contact the customer as well as Sprint to ensure the device will work. I have sent you an email regarding further instruction in order to be able to activate the devices over to Sprint. We basically just need to change the ownership code of the devices back to Sprint so they can work on their network. John and I worked together on getting the device sold to a proper seller, but it was to another customer who wanted to use our service. We can set it up for you so that the device 'should' be able to activate with Sprint (from our perspective). There really isn't a reason why they shouldn't be able to bring the device to their network as they are Sprint devices. Sprint Prepaid offers dependable, nationwide coverage for voice and data. To view the coverage in your area, select the combination of voice and data cover you want to see, then enter an address or just your zip code in the fields to the right. Green regions denote voice coverage. Orange, blue and purple regions denote data coverage. Visit the for Sprint Prepaid phone options. Nationwide Sprint Network. This tool provides high-level estimates of our wireless coverage. Coverage is not available everywhere and varies based on a number of factors. Our coverage maps provide high level estimates of our coverage areas when using your device outdoors under optimal conditions. Coverage isn't available everywhere. Estimating wireless coverage and signal strength is not an exact science. There are gaps in coverage within our estimated coverage areas that, along with other factors both within and beyond our control (network problems, software, signal strength, your wireless device, structures, buildings, weather, geography, topography, etc.), will result in dropped and blocked connections, slower data speeds, or otherwise impact the quality of services. Services that rely on location information, such as E911 depend on your device's ability to acquire satellite signals (typically not available indoors) and network coverage. E911 services also depend local emergency service provider systems/support. Estimated future coverage subject to change.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
March 2018
Categories |