Hi Kimber, I really can't believe this, for one, the 5S is still being sold so obviously they must activate them. Like I said, somehow I have a feeling some Verizon customer service agent doesn't know what he or she is talking about.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kimber Gardner Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 12:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Unlocking a 4s to give to a family member 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. 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