Nokia brick phone that will work on Sprint?
Hello!
My wife has an old 3588i that is slowly dying and she wants to get another Nokia brick phone.
I found this Nokia 2135 http://www.nokiausa.com/A4817222 that is CDMA 800/1900 and says it will work with MetroPCS and Brightpoint (who?).
Sprint sales cannot guarantee that the phone will activate.
Is there a way to tell if a particular model can be activated on Sprint's network without having an ESN to check ahead of time?
Thank you for helping!
Gregg Hill
My wife has an old 3588i that is slowly dying and she wants to get another Nokia brick phone.
I found this Nokia 2135 http://www.nokiausa.com/A4817222 that is CDMA 800/1900 and says it will work with MetroPCS and Brightpoint (who?).
Sprint sales cannot guarantee that the phone will activate.
Is there a way to tell if a particular model can be activated on Sprint's network without having an ESN to check ahead of time?
Thank you for helping!
Gregg Hill
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greggmh123 said:
Hello!
My wife has an old 3588i that is slowly dying and she wants to get another Nokia brick phone.
I found this Nokia 2135 http://www.nokiausa.com/A4817222 that is CDMA 800/1900 and says it will work with MetroPCS and Brightpoint (who?).
Sprint sales cannot guarantee that the phone will activate.
Is there a way to tell if a particular model can be activated on Sprint's network without having an ESN to check ahead of time?
Thank you for helping!
Gregg Hill
If the phone is PCS/cellular compatible, it should work fine. If it is web capable, your data services won't work, though.
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If it works with MetroPCS chances are it wont work. I would try and get the ESN and make sure the phone is WLMP compliant.
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I called Nokia and they said they have no phones that work on Sprint.
Bummer!
Thank you for the replies!
Gregg
Bummer!
Thank you for the replies!
Gregg
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i don't think it will work at all, i work for sprint. and even though you can keep your number from provider to provider, some providers will only activate devices w/ their logo on it...and sprint will not activate a phone to their network w/o it being a spint phone...so even though it may be capible of being on our network, sprint will refuse to activate it. there's only like 2 or 3 companies that do that anymore...cricket and metro pcs can but not sure bout any others...sorry dude.
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Go to Zendoo. They sell used phones and I saw some Nokia phones there.
Personally I would use one of the old Sanyo phones instead, but to each their own.
Personally I would use one of the old Sanyo phones instead, but to each their own.
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Have you looked on ebay for another 3588i? Those things were tanks and we sold a ton of them. If it's been well kept, you probably just need a new battery every few years. In all reality, you'd have a harder time finding a new battery for one than finding several still working 3588s.
They didn't have a lot of features and the menu was pretty maddening, but it was and is a very solid phone.
They didn't have a lot of features and the menu was pretty maddening, but it was and is a very solid phone.
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