How Do I Reactivate My Old Boost Phone Without A Sim Card

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Answer #1: Posted by BusterDoogen on March 29th, 2014 10:28 AM

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You should contact CS for assistance.

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Answer #2: Posted by TexasDeviL on March 29th, 2014 10:26 AM

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You cant. If your boost phone used a sim card then it ran on the old NEXTEL network which was a NDMA network that used GSM phones. Sprint dismantled the NEXTEL network last summer because it was a dinosaur and expensive to maintain especially while they are building up their LTE network. All boostmobile phones run on the Sprint Nationwide network which is a CDMA/LTE network. GSM and CDMA phones arent compatable. Two completely different technologies.

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