Hi, if I were you, I would go to my local T-Mobile store and have them tested out with one of their Sim cards. Hope that helps, good luck.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 15, 2015, at 9:05 PM, Cristóbal <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello list, > So I’ve got a question that hopefully some on this list have had experience > with and can help me out. > One of my lines is currently using Ting as a Sprint branded iPhone 5. This > phone is owned by me outright and has been internationally unlocked. I’ve > been informed that for whatever reason, Sprint phones cannot be domestically > unlocked. > Anyway, Ting’s been great, but I’ve found that for this particular line, I > need more minutes and data and T-Mobile in this instance can give me a better > deal by jumping on a relative’s plan than simply watching my useage with Ting. > I’ve been told that older Sprint branded iPhones such as the 5, 5S/C, 4S, > etc. aren’t able to make the switch over to the T-Mobile GSM network even > though the iPhone 5 is both a CDMA and GSM device. > Some T-Mobile folks over the phone and in the store give conflicting > information. The Internet can be just as confusing. > I’m planning on grabbing one of the new 6S Plus phones later this year, but > that is for a different line. > I don’t want to go through the hassle of trying to obtain an older GSM iPhone > 5 or 5C or 5S for that matter and then unloading this 5 just to be sure that > it would work if in fact the one I currently own outright will work perfectly > fine on T-Mobile’s network. > Has anyone in fact moved their Sprint branded iPhone 5 from Sprint or a > Sprint MVNO to T-Mobile successfully? > Needless to say, going forward, I’ll be buying GSM phones from now on. > Especially now that Ting also supports the T-Mobile network, but for now, > I’ve got this issue with the 5. > > Thanks, > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
