How to unlock a Sprint iPhone 4 To a Verizon phone? HELP!!!

**Lacey Lingan** · 12-11-2012, 09:34 PM

Well I recently Switched my iPhone 4s With an IPhone 4 because an iPhone 4s requires a sim card and Verizon doesn't really use sim cards. So I looked up how to Switch a Sprint iPhone 4 to other carriers but I only found videos for how to switch a 4s so Please Help !!!

**Alli** · 12-12-2012, 08:53 AM

It can't be done. Verizon and Sprint are both CDMA carriers and must "provision" a phone to work on their network. Both refuse to provision any other carrier's phones.

If you want to use Sprint - get a Sprint phone. If you want to use Verizon - get a Verizon phone.

**kch50428** · 12-12-2012, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by Lacey Lingan

Well I recently Switched my iPhone 4s With an IPhone 4 because an iPhone 4s requires a sim card and Verizon doesn't really use sim cards. So I looked up how to Switch a Sprint iPhone 4 to other carriers but I only found videos for how to switch a 4s so Please Help !!!

Dittos to what Alli said... plus, the SIM cards in Verizon iPhones are for International GSM services on iPhone 4S, and for that & LTE on the iPhone5.

**London Smith** · 01-26-2013, 03:53 PM

well duhh

**rdiddy_25** · 01-26-2013, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by London Smith

well duhh

Whata 1st post.

**kch50428** · 01-26-2013, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by London Smith

well duhh

Originally Posted by rdiddy_25

Whata 1st post.

Such wisdom... I've never seen anything quite like it.

**Peligro911** · 01-27-2013, 02:31 AM

Originally Posted by Lacey Lingan

Well I recently Switched my iPhone 4s With an IPhone 4 because an iPhone 4s requires a sim card and Verizon doesn't really use sim cards. So I looked up how to Switch a Sprint iPhone 4 to other carriers but I only found videos for how to switch a 4s so Please Help !!!

Can't because Verizon and sprint won't add the meid number to each other network so even if it could work they won't allow it ..

Only option is get sprint service or get phone flashed to a carrier like cricket

Sent from my iPhone 5 from a galaxy far far away (in the USA ) using Tapatalk !

**Prince Nasir** · 04-26-2013, 10:38 AM

HI my aunth brouth me an iphon 4s am in kenya and i cant unlock they are saying sprint cant be unlocked help me plz

**androidluvr2** · 04-26-2013, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by Prince Nasir

HI my aunth brouth me an iphon 4s am in kenya and i cant unlock they are saying sprint cant be unlocked help me plz

Sprint international capable phones can be unlocked by Sprint:

Originally Posted by Sprint

In order to have a Sprint international capable phone unlocked for international use it must be active on the account for a minimum of 90 days with good payment history. Additionally Account Spending Limit (ASL) accounts are not authorized for phone unlocking until 18 months of services with 12 months on-time payments.

However, since you have the phone in Kenya, that won't be possible.

There may be ways to flash the phone so it will work in Kenya. Post on the jailbreaking and unlocking forum and ask.

**kataran** · 04-26-2013, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by Alli

It can't be done. Verizon and Sprint are both CDMA carriers and must "provision" a phone to work on their network. Both refuse to provision any other carrier's phones.

If you want to use Sprint - get a Sprint phone. If you want to use Verizon - get a Verizon phone.

in this case I believe you but where theres a will there's a way

webOSnation we wanted the pre2 on sprint so bad it came down to switching out the comm board from a Sprint pre- and a Verizon pre2 which were hardware compatible and creating a custom meta-script and we were able to get a Verizon phone running on Sprint without there knowledge....

how different are the sprint and Verizon iPhones???

**thenameisnigel** · 04-26-2013, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by Alli

It can't be done. Verizon and Sprint are both CDMA carriers and must "provision" a phone to work on their network. Both refuse to provision any other carrier's phones.

If you want to use Sprint - get a Sprint phone. If you want to use Verizon - get a Verizon phone.

Actually for a Sprint iPhone 4 it can be done. I accidently found it out while trying to flash my Sprint iPhone to PagePlus. You just have to change the SPC to six zeros (000000), and use a Verizon Carrier Bundle instead of Sprint (requires jailbreaking). Then just dial *22888 and let it finish.

Also, there are companies out there trying to scam people by making them believe that you can only change the iPhone's data settings by using their $100+ software. That's a lie. Carrier bundles include the data APNS. Just flash and go!

Cheers!

**androidluvr2** · 04-26-2013, 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by thenameisnigel

Actually for a Sprint iPhone 4 it can be done. I accidently found it out while trying to flash my Sprint iPhone to PagePlus. You just have to change the SPC to six zeros (000000), and use a Verizon Carrier Bundle instead of Sprint (requires jailbreaking). Then just dial *22888 and let it finish.

Also, there are companies out there trying to scam people by making them believe that you can only change the iPhone's data settings by using their $100+ software. That's a lie. Carrier bundles include the data APNS. Just flash and go!

So the ESN/IMEI number of the device doesn't have to be in Verizon's database for the phone to be able to be used on Verizon's network?

**kch50428** · 04-26-2013, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by androidluvr2

So the ESN/IMEI number of the device doesn't have to be in Verizon's database for the phone to be able to be used on Verizon's network?

It does. Sprint/Verizon iPhone4 devices can be hacked to work on other CDMA networks as prepaid devices... but Verizon will never activate an iPhone on their network that was not OEM supplied by Apple for use on Verizon.