Can a phone on Verizon/Sprint work on U.S. Cellular?

[Jas00555]

So I posted my dilemma about switching characters in a different threat, which you can find at the bottom, but I do have another question which is kinda part of it, but it's an independent question that I'm kinda curious of. If I were to take a phone like say the 928 (or even the 8x) and make it work on U.S. Cellular if it makes sense on paper that it would work? I asked the saleswoman and she told me no, but I wasn't really buying that since it's kinda her job to sell phones, but (as I explain in my other thread), I would rather not go to a Samsung phone, but this isn't about that. I think I read somewhere that before T-Mobile got the iPhone, there were about a million iPhones running on their network, so obviously taking it between carriers is possible right?

http://forums.windowscentral.com/windows-phone-8/244986-what-should-i-do.html#post2168030

 

[montsa007]

So I posted my dilemma about switching characters in a different threat, which you can find at the bottom, but I do have another question which is kinda part of it, but it's an independent question that I'm kinda curious of. If I were to take a phone like say the 928 (or even the 8x) and make it work on U.S. Cellular if it makes sense on paper that it would work? I asked the saleswoman and she told me no, but I wasn't really buying that since it's kinda her job to sell phones, but (as I explain in my other thread), I would rather not go to a Samsung phone, but this isn't about that. I think I read somewhere that before T-Mobile got the iPhone, there were about a million iPhones running on their network, so obviously taking it between carriers is possible right?

http://forums.windowscentral.com/windows-phone-8/244986-what-should-i-do.html#post2168030

http://forums.windowscentral.com/nokia-lumia-928/236972-928-us-cellular.html

Personally, it will work, need some flashing. But then you have to find someone who can do that for you.

 

[Jas00555]

http://forums.windowscentral.com/nokia-lumia-928/236972-928-us-cellular.html

Personally, it will work, need some flashing. But then you have to find someone who can do that for you.

What would I have to flash it to?

 

[montsa007]

What would I have to flash it to?

Its not about flashing ROMs, its about flashing the ESN/MEID to US Cellular Database, I don't think a random person like me or you can do it :s

 

[Jas00555]

Its not about flashing ROMs, its about flashing the ESN/MEID to US Cellular Database, I don't think a random person like me or you can do it :s

who would be able to?

 

[MikeSo]

who would be able to?

Nobody will do this for you. You will not be able to use your current phone on US Cellular.

 

[Jas00555]

Nobody will do this for you. You will not be able to use your current phone on US Cellular.

fine then, "hypothetically speaking" who could do this?

 

[palandri]

fine then, "hypothetically speaking" who could do this?

A crook. It's illegal to change/rewriting/modify the ESN/MEID on any phone. Thread closed