Sprint Phone On Boostmobile Account

I've been trying to switch my old boostmobile hydro kryocera to a samgung galaxy s3 but when I call boostmobile and go thru the steps to activate the galaxy it says that i need to contact customer service ...what am I doing wrong ??

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Answer #1: Posted by TheWiz on September 19th, 2014 8:03 AM

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You will need to flash your phone before it can be used on Boost. Instructions can be found here.

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