I did a bit more investigating ... I called Verizon and the tech support person told me they no longer will unlock/activate any iPhone older than an iPhone 6. That totally surprised me. It seems like such a rip-off and designed to force people into buying new phones. But at least I know the person from Sprint probably wasn't making stuff up.
On 10/22/15, Kimber Gardner <[email protected]> wrote: > It sounded like bs to me as well, like an attempt to sell her a new > iPhone, but I couldn't find any evidence to back that up. > > > > On 10/22/15, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sounds like BS to me. One thing I am not sure about is whether a Verizon >> 4S >> will work on Sprint, but if it does than she could just go and get a >> Micro >> SIM from Sprint and put it in her phone, there is no reason why she would >> even have to tell Sprint what phone she is using if she is off-contract. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf >> Of Kimber Gardner >> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 5:20 AM >> To: viphone <[email protected]> >> Subject: Unlocking a 4s to give to a family member >> >> Hi All, >> >> I want to give my iPhone 4s to my step-daughter whose phone got >> destroyed. >> The thing is, I am with Verizon and she is with Sprint. I thought I could >> call Verizon and get an unlock code which would permit her to activate >> the >> phone with Sprint. However, someone told her (it may have been someone >> from >> sprint) that they won't allow her to activate an unlocked phone older >> than >> an iPhone 5. >> >> I have no experience with sprint or with passing along an old iPhone and >> I'm >> wondering if this is true. Can anybody shed some light on this issue? >> >> Thanks, >> Kimber >> >> -- >> Kimberly >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > -- > Kimberly > -- Kimberly -- 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.
