925 on Virgin Mobile?

[djrams80]

Will either the AT&T or T-Mobile version of the 925, work on Virgin Mobile? Virgin Mobile has a $35 plan that my mother-in-law wants to switch to. If I buy a 925 off of eBay with a clean IMEI, will she be able to activate it?

Thanks in advance!

 

[wpnokia920]

VM in USA is cdma. 925 is GSM. So no you can't.

 

[tgp]

Will either the AT&T or T-Mobile version of the 925, work on Virgin Mobile? Virgin Mobile has a $35 plan that my mother-in-law wants to switch to. If I buy a 925 off of eBay with a clean IMEI, will she be able to activate it?

Thanks in advance!

It won't work if you're talking about Virgin Mobile USA. Virgin Mobile in the US is CDMA, using Sprint's network. AT&T and T-Mobile are GSM, which of course means that that's what the 925 is as well. There's no way it'll work. Sorry!

EDIT: Sorry wpnokia920, we must have been posting at the same time! Your reply wasn't there when I started typing.

 

[djrams80]

Thanks for the replies! So, it looks like my best option is the Samsung Ativ S Neo then.

 

[NiteCourt]

When I was a Virgin Mobile customer 1.5 years ago the only phones that VM allowed were the phones they sold. Even though they use Sprint you couldn't use a Sprint phone with them. I don't know if that has changed but I would check with them if you haven't already.

 

[tgp]

When I was a Virgin Mobile customer 1.5 years ago the only phones that VM allowed were the phones they sold. Even though they use Sprint you couldn't use a Sprint phone with them. I don't know if that has changed but I would check with them if you haven't already.

^^This^^. The last I knew, you had to use Virgin Mobile phones. Even a Sprint phone wouldn't work, except I believe some Android devs were able to get the LG Optimus S working on Virgin Mobile. That was a highly hackable Android phone that originally shipped with Froyo I believe.

 

[djrams80]

Thanks everyone for your replies. I went and talked to a salesperson and Virgin Mobile will not let you use any phone not purchased from them. So much for that idea.