JacobK425 macrumors newbie Original poster May 19, 2016 1 0 May 19, 2016 #1 So I have an iPhone 5 that was with AT&T and I was wondering if I could switch it to my Sprint carrier line that I have with my father?
So I have an iPhone 5 that was with AT&T and I was wondering if I could switch it to my Sprint carrier line that I have with my father?
J jetsam macrumors 65816 Jul 28, 2015 1,068 972 May 20, 2016 #2 No, you can't. See: http://www.sprint.com/landings/bring-your-own-phone/
eyoungren macrumors Nehalem Aug 31, 2011 30,010 29,112 May 20, 2016 #3 JacobK425 said: So I have an iPhone 5 that was with AT&T and I was wondering if I could switch it to my Sprint carrier line that I have with my father? Click to expand... Sprint is a CDMA carrier. It does have LTE, which is GSM, but at the time of the iPhone 5 AT&T's model did not have the LTE bands that Sprint uses. Hence it won't work.
JacobK425 said: So I have an iPhone 5 that was with AT&T and I was wondering if I could switch it to my Sprint carrier line that I have with my father? Click to expand... Sprint is a CDMA carrier. It does have LTE, which is GSM, but at the time of the iPhone 5 AT&T's model did not have the LTE bands that Sprint uses. Hence it won't work.