That seems like a reasonable explanation. What we ended up doing was activating my old iPhone for my granddaughter. I made the switch to sprint this morning and so far so good.
On 8/22/18, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree, the refurbished phone is probably a GSM model and I don't think you > can use it with Sprint. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Kimber Gardner > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 12:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Why one iPhone6 can change carriers but another can't? > > No, I asked Sprint which is the carrier I want to switch to. They were > unable to tell me why one phone is eligible and the other is not. > > On 8/22/18, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello, >> did you ask Apple care support with the imei number? >> >> Lyne >> >>> Le 22 août 2018 à 14:57, Kimber Gardner <[email protected]> a >>> écrit : >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Hoping someone can shed some light on this issue for me. >>> >>> We are looking to change cell phone carriers. One of the phones we >>> were hoping to bring along is a refurbished iPhone6 I bought for my >>> granddaughter a couple years ago. The trouble is when I check the >>> phone's eligibility using the IMEI number, it says the phone is not >>> eligible to make the switch. I also have an old iPhone6 of mine, same >>> model as my granddaughter's, but my phone is eligible. >>> >>> Can anyone explain why? Is it because I bought the phone refurbished? >>> I bought it from Apple which was supposed to mean it was good as new, >>> but maybe not? >>> >>> I really didn't want to have to buy a new phone since the whole point >>> of switching is to save money. >>> >>> Any thoughts? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Kim >>> >>> -- >>> Kimberly >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >>> 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >>> [email protected]. 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Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your 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 https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kimberly -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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