Definitely never did that. I thought I was asking how to get the phone unlocked having been a customer the required time. Maybe I've confused the entire process.
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Just give your new carrier your phone number, account number, and PIN and you should be good to go
If you are leaving Boost because of the 3G shutdown that is coming up, unlocking your phone is a moot point. It likely won't work with the LTE networks anyway. What specific phone do you have?
Even Sprint/Boost LTE phones may be an issue, given that everyone is on different bands for the most part
LG Stylo3
When Boost took over they promised you could keep the plan you were on. They never explained that in the future you would have to buy a GSM phone and change your plan to a new much more costly plan.
At first glance, it looks like that phone only works on Boost's network.
If you have the LS777 (LG Stylus 3 - Full phone specifications) then you are out of luck. As far as I can tell, it does not have VoLTE, which means T-Mobile is out of the question since you cant use GSM to place calls and would be at the mercy of the very limited 3G coverage (should still be able to text/use data). Verizon, while compatible, will shutdown CDMA at the end of 2022, so even if you try to get it activated (odds are you wont be able to, they haven't accepted CDMA phones for a while) it will only work until 2023 due to the same lack of VoLTE. And finally, ATT. There, you should be able to place calls over 3G, but guess what, they are shutting down 3G in February. So yeah, I would be trying to force a new phone out of boost if I were you.
The LG Stylus 3 is not the same phone as the LG Stylo 3. The Stylo 3 that Jon J has supports 4G LTE and VoLTE.
Keeping in mind the Stylo 3 is a four year old phone, it supports LTE bands 2, 4, 5, 12, 25, 26, and 41.
LS777 supports HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 , out of which ATT runs 850/1900 UMTS (3G), it wont do 2G due to lack of GSM bands, but that's redundant with ATT. Just because its a CDMA phone doesn't mean it cant run UMTS/LTE.
While I cant find any mention on VoLTE on LG's website, and while I also know that Stylo is the custom version of the Stylus models for the US, if its true that VoLTE is supported then T-Mobile may be on the table then. ATT is definitely not going to work, because they don't provision special services (Visual Voicemail, VoLTE, etc.) unless the phone is bought from them, which is insane imo.
I don't think that applies to iPhones- I have a sim-free iPhone 12 and all the ATT services work fine on mine
This isn't the old days where "CDMA Phones can only do CDMA". Most recent LTE enabled CDMA phones can do a lot more for roaming purposes. Screenshot below is from the LG website for the Boost CDMA model of the Stylo 3 (LG Stylo™ 3 | Boost Mobile (LS777 Boost) | LG USA)
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They will that to iPhones because they are "all made the same". Doesn't explain why, lets say Samsung sim free phones cannot get those services despite being fully compatible (however, this seams to be changing, apparently the S20 and above models are getting VoLTE now)
Look at the phone specs..its not the global model...its for a specific carrier
The LG Stylo 3 and other LG phones use "Advanced Calling" in the menus and "HD Voice" is the setting for VoLTE.
