i have a metro pcs razor phone, but i don't want it anymore. target has a virgin mobile phone that i want and i was wondering if metro pcs can transfer that virgin mobile phone into a metro pcs phone?please help!thanks in advance! ;]
Frankly, I am not convinced
Don't think this is correct
I WANT TO SWITCH MY VIRGIN MOBILE NUMBER TO A LG METRO
Flashing a Virgin Mobile phone is possible, but it is a royal pain in the butt. Most phone flashers won't touch Virgin Mobile because along with Tracfone /Net10, VM has the highest levels of anti unlocking/flashing security of any phone company. Especially the newer models. Most flashers will do Verizon or Sprint but not VM. The only way to find such a flasher is to go on your local Craigslist, give them a call or email with the exact model VM phone you want done. And find out if they can do full flash or basic flash. Full flash is getting everything to work on Metro, basic flash is only talk/text. Basic is cheaper but for obvious reasons, full flash is more desirable. You get web/ picture messaging with it. If you find a dealer who will, ask price, how long it takes and this is the MOST important: Is he a dealer as well as flasher? If he can only flash, forget it. Metro is really cracking down on putting phones through non dealer channels. If he is both, THEN go with the guy because he will want you to have your flashed phone working on the network. Metro won't allow non dealers to put new serial numbers from outside phones unless the flasher and dealer are one and the same. A phone can be flashed perfectly but is useless unless it is allowed on the Metro electronic serial number data base to activate. Also, you would have to ask him about transferring your number. Oh and make sure you are not in a trimode Metro PCS area unless the phone has trimode built in. The newest Metro PCS markets have a different frequency and requires a trimode phone. Most VM phones are not trimode. Even if you flash a non trimode phone perfectly to a Metro PCS trimode area, it won't work because it doesn't have trimode capability. Good luck.
