Use a Verizon iPhone on Sprint

Howdy CooperRock,

The article linked below details how to go about verifying (and if necessary, going through the process of) that the iPhone is unlocked and how to get it to work with your desired carrier.

How to unlock your iPhone for use with another carrier
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201328

All my best,

Allen

As far as I know, you can to use that Verizon iPhone with Sprint at all.

CooperRock wrote:

Please help - I own a sprint iPhone 4s that does not start up. My friend gave me his old iPhone 4s but it is on verizon.

Is it possible to "unlock it" to use on Sprint? I read somewhere that all verizon 4s phones are now unlocked.

What does that mean? Does that mean I can just remove the sim card and put in my sprint one and have it work?

Please advise! Thanks

No, you can't use a Verizon 4S phone on Sprint. The SIM slot on a 4S is for GSM networks. The 4S is a 3G phone and Sprint's 3G network uses CDMA.

CooperRock wrote:

Please help - I own a sprint iPhone 4s that does not start up. My friend gave me his old iPhone 4s but it is on verizon.

Is it possible to "unlock it" to use on Sprint? I read somewhere that all verizon 4s phones are now unlocked.

What does that mean? Does that mean I can just remove the sim card and put in my sprint one and have it work?

Please advise! Thanks

You cannot use a Sprint iPhone 4S on Verizon, or vice versa. It's because the 4S is a CDMA phone if purchased for Sprint or Verizon, and does not use a SIM at all (except to use it on a GSM network like AT&T or T-Mobile in the US, or other carriers around the world).

While there is no technical reason you can't, both Sprint and Verizon have decided that they will not activate phones not originally sold for their network.