There is no danger using your boost sim in a nextel phone. this is crazy talk they are using the same packets you can even buy a startup kit that is made to do this very thing,

ROTFLMAO! What a joke, do you work for Sprint? And you say you have HEARD that this is true not I have experienced it. Well I can tell you from experience that a sim card does work in other phones. Phones act up from mis-use, beatings they take from everyday use. And if you call your provider (Boost,Nextel,or Sprint) they will reluctantly give you the code needed to open the phone if its locked. I have done this several times for my self and friends. I have many nextel phones that have worked for me with boost mobile sims in them over a period of several years without issue’s. And furthermore when you submited this tip did it not say at the very top that it was required to leave your NAME? Be a shame to let anyone know who their speaking with being they have no idea what they are talking about. (Boost,Nextel,and Sprint) Want you to use their phone’s because of cost, they rip you off on the price of phones. If you pay attention the boost and nextel phones are very simular with small minor differences and major cost diffeerences.

I was doing some reading i have a nextel phone its an i850 and i was reading because i want to try out nextels service and see how the reception is. from doing some research i found that nextel and boost are almost exactly the same service wise and phone wise. i read and read to see if i could get a boost mobile sim card prepaid and use it in my cell phone and every form said something new and all were different. so i called boost mobil and they looked up my phonme for me and told the that my phone would work. i think if you have any questions just call boost mobile about compatibility with your phone. there quick and down to earth!!
1-800-453-0920
BEN

Boost and Nextel are IDEN, they use the same towers, same network, and are simply different only in company name (Boost leases tower space FROM nextel, they are the SAME, using a boost sim in a nextel phone WILL NOT hurt your phone!).

Actually, it’s the Nextel sim in a boost mobile phone that many people reported having issue with. This information was commonly distributed in 2007. Nextel claimed that their sim card in a boost phone would cause failure, but not the reversal, such as in this post:
http://forums.intomobile.com/boost-mobile/5454-i-have-boost-mobile-phone-sim-card-i-wondering-if-i-can-use.html#post40822

need the code for boost mobile 855 but i have a nextel sim

Call 611, they should be able to help you.

BTW- Boost does NOT lease Nextel space, Boost IS Nextel in prepaid form and not a seperate company. Technically, it is actually Sprint in prepaid form now that Nextel is only a brand name and not a company.

Sprint has two networks, CDMA and iDEN. Boost was originally iDEN (Nextel) only, but now has CDMA unlimited packages in certain market areas. The reason the Nextel SIM has trouble in a BOOST phone is because the Nextel SIM requires additional capability and thus an unlock. Placing a Boost SIM in a Nextel branded handset should work without any complication.

what about a curve 8350i?? i would like to buy a boost plan and put it into by blackberry, would it work??

I am hoping to do the same as the man above me. i want to get the boost unlimited plan and pop the sim into the 8350i blackberry that was made for nextel and even has chirping features. In theory it should work, but i just want a second opinion.

I tried my BB 8350i and it did not work… it didn’t even get a signal and there was an error message that said something like path not found or something like that. Am I doing something wrong?

I just bought the Nextel 8350i blackberry. I switched my boost plan to the unlimited plan and put my boost sim into the new Blackberry 8350i…and I can not receive texts or even get on the internet. I am in the process of trying to find out why??

I have the boost service and am buying a nextel phone off ebay and hoping to put the sim in the nextel smartphone.
Did anyone who switched boost sim to nextel phone change the IME info on the boost website to match your sim card?
Also be careful of high data usage, I have heard rumors that even on the unlimited boost plan if boost suspect you have “high” data usage they will discontinue your service. guess they are catchin on to us..LOL.

So does the 8350i work for boost unlimited plan please let me know cause i want to buy it!

Yes, I have pre-paid unlimited boost mobile service and it works with my Nextel BB8350i. You need to install mini opera to be able to get to the internet, gmail to get your e.g. hotmail emails, just enable email forward on your current emails. BB service does not work on it so you would not be able to get text or bb emails.

i just got myself a i920 from a pawn shop with windows in it. i put my boost mobile sim in it and the phone works as well as the push to talk, but i’m having issues getting online. does anyone knows what i should change on my internet settings? ip or mac adress. any idea will be much apretiated

has anyone have the finale results on the Blackberry 8350i and the boost unlimited monthly service will the txt work with the boost monthly and the blackberry curve 8350i smartphone or not???

thank you

The person who posted at the top telling everyone it will “hurt” the phone is brain dead. The only reason that anyone has issues with the boost or nextel phone is because all of these phones are basically crap. Nextel & Boost as other people already posted use the same network. Sprint has 2 networks, CDMA & iDEN. Boost Mobile sim cards work work in a Nextel phone to make calls. In the Blackbery you will not be able to use all the functions. When you put a Nextel sim card in a Boost Mobile phone it would not work without the phone being “unlocked”. Nextel phones are not sold locked, Boost are so that people can’t buy the cooler looking cheaper priced varient to use. Anyway like I said before iDEN phones are crap. I have used many, many, many of them. But screens don’t turn white due to a wrong sim card, ROFLMMFAO!!!

Does anyone have a list of nextel phones that wiil accept boost SIMs?

Will the 8350i receive regular txt msgs and java apps on the boost unlimited plan?

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I REALLY DO NEED A PHONE BECAUSE I’M VERY POOR AND ALSO I NEED ONE BECAUSE I BROUGHT ONE AND I HAD ENSURANCE ON IT AND IT BROKE SO I DONT KNOW HOW TO GET ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE WHEN I WENT TO THE STORE THEY SAID THAT CAN I HAVE A PHONE BECAUSE MY BROKE AND THEY HAD TOLD ME THEY NEEDED TO SEE Y RECEIPT WHEN I GAVE THEM MONEY TO BUY A PREPAID ONE BUT JUST GET BACK AT MY PHONE NUMBER 6092898951

You are all idiots. The first time I dropped my Nextel phone with a Boost SIM in it, the whole thing went dead. That damn chip fried the VRM bus linking the ALU to the memory. DON’T DO IT!!!! Just settle for a crappy a$$ phone from boost.

I HAVE THE BOOST UNLIMITED PLAN AND IM USING A NEXTEL i880 WITH NO PROBLEMS. DROPPED IT AND IT STILL WORKS FINE. THE NEXTEL BLACKBERRY CURVE WILL NOT WORK THE RIGHT WAY WITH A BOOST SIM CARD BECAUSE IN ORDER TO USE THE BLACKBERRY YOU MUST HAVE THE BLACKBERRY DATA PLAN WICH BOOST DOES NOT OFFER CAUSE THEY HAVENT MADE A BLACKBERRY YET I READ THERE IS ONE COMING SOON. ALL OTHER NEXTEL PHONES OTHER THEN BLACKBERRYS WILL WORK FINE WITH BOOST SIM CARDS. I RECOMMED THE NEW BOOST i9 BEST PHONE BOOST HAS COME OUT WITH TO DATE

Dear readers: As a boost customer i use a nextel I880 and never have any problems from it but to all you users that have a blackberry, even though you can put a boost sim into the phone, some features like the web and text messaging will not work. That’s because when you get with nextel using a blackberry they have a special package just for blackberries, so to make a long story short, I’ve been using my boost sim card in a nextel I880 and it works just fine but when i tried it in the blackberry i couldnt text or get on the internet, so i did some extensive research and found out that i needed nextel blackberry package in order to use those features.

>Fab wrote
Yes, I have pre-paid unlimited boost mobile service and it works with my Nextel BB8350i. You need to install mini opera to be able to get to the internet, gmail to get your e.g. hotmail emails, just enable email forward on your current emails. BB service does not work on it so you would not be able to get text or bb emails.
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Text is not a blackberry product or function–it is through SMS so should work with the keyboard of the 8350i. Does anyone know if you can at least get texting and voice on an 8350i using a Boost SIM?

I have a i880 for Nextel can I put the SIM card from that phone into the new BB 8350i? Do I have to switch plans?

http://forums.crackberry.com/f137/boostberry-8350i-workarounds-177019/

There apparently are solutions for all missing features..

Just got a blackberry curve 8350i and but my boost sim card in it. At first i thought i needed to activate it and went to update it on the boost website but it didn’t like esn# for the blackberry and wouldn’t accept it. Then I read the info on this site which told me not to do that. So I just put the sim in and turned it on. I can call out … and am going to check tomorrow about getting calls. Will look into Opera Mini — not that I honestly plan to go on the web much. I do like that I can see the screen on this phone… now that I am old the tiny screen on the i776 was impossible to read when I had my contacts in. Also… I missed the alarm. Just hope it will keep all my number correctly in my contact list. I have to program them all in before I can test.

My family personally had previously used Nextel and decided to convert our phones to boost, we went to the Sprint store and purchased the starter package, got home, put the new sim card into our nextel phones and was very happy to see the conversion go smoothly no complications. Each phone of ours works great, the service is just as good as sprint/nextel and we have had nextel for almost 10 years. Nice not having monthly bills and contracts. I would recommend this to anyone….whether you own your nextel or you purchase one from boost. THERE ALL THE SAME!!!!

I just bought a sprint/nextel ic902 thinking that it my work with boost mobile but it doesn’t match the sim card,what can i do

i hate being warned ! my i530 works just fine with a boost sim card in it like a regular post pay nextel phone !

cell phone companies charge to much ! my cell phone bills are from 70.00 a month to 1000.00

i must use only prepaid service !

Let me fill you all in on a little info I just received from Boost Mobil. I just put a Boost sim card into a Blackberry 7100i. I could not text or use the internet. I found out through a little research that you need to download a third party browser. I chose Opera.(it seemed as if it was the most used) I used a third party mail program. There are many out there. They all worked great. Still no text messaging. I have been using the phone for 5 days now. Suddenly, I could not make calls. When I called a number the phone just rang on the other end. Never any connection. I called Boost. ( I spent 45 min on hold trying to get to tech support) I was told by them that the phone was not supported by the network due to the size of the sim card 64 bit. This phone is a Nextel unlocked phone and it requires a 128 bit sim card. If you continue to use it with your 64bit sim, you can burn up your phone and sim card.

This is what a techie friend of mine said. Find a blank 128 bit sim card for the IDEN system and copy your old info from the 64bit sim onto the new card and you will be up and running with no problems. Check ebay for the sim cards and you need to buy a reader/writer arond $19 dollars on ebay as well.

I hope this info helped. Please keep in mind this info is for all Blackberry’s. I don’t know about other phones.

i googled boost mobile unlock codes and i purchased a software download and a cable to connect the phone to my computer and so far i have been able to unlock boost phones and use them with nextel sim cards but personally i recommend using the boost service as it is a much better value than the nextel service also the first generation nextel blackberry will work with the boost sim card with some minor modifications but i have found the newer models are not supported

This is as an answer to Isidro’s question
The back of the Boost starter kits provides a list of phones that can be used with Boost.

1. i205
2. i215
3. i285
4. i530
5. i730
6. i733
7. i736
8. i830
9. i830 (Roxy)
10. i835
11. i415
12. i450
13. i265
14. i860
15. i710
16. i315
17. i325

That’s the current list that I have, there may be others that will also work with Boost, and I am sure there are.

Hey guys, I’m currently on the $50/mo unlimited plan on Boost. from what ive read here, I understand that there shouldn’t be any problems placing my SIM into a Nextel phone and being able to use it right away without needing to do anything more… I am buying an i870 on ebay that has previously been used on Nextel. The buyer says it is ready to swap SIM, and the serial number is cleared.
I just want to make sure my boost account will carry over to this phone without needing to “unlock” anything or dowload any software to fix texting or internet or all that.

There shouldn’t be any problem, I did the same thing. I purchased an i570 and have no trouble with my boost service

Every one who has just stated that boost mobile is a real good network is lying to you guys. i did a little research on those peoples id numbers.. they all work for boost mobile

Hi, I wanted to switch to boost mobile. I have a nextel i580. Has anyone tryed useing this phone on boost? Do I just need to buy a boost sim, or what? I am not sure and wanted to ask someone before I just tryed it. Thanks

Is anyone else experience problems with the text message delays on Boost? Error on sending and not receiving some messages at all and some hours later? I am using a i580 Nextel and text is only thing that is not all that.

i have just called nextel ‘611′ and spoke with an operator your not able to use a boostmobile simcard in the blackberry 8350i because there ‘is’ certain packages that you need for each one. i too am planning on getting the 8350i. and the i880 does work perfectly fine with boost mobile. but if there is the need to download software will it be simple??

well when boots commin out with a blackbarry

Hi just bought a Virgin Mobile TNT … (its on the Sprint network) is it compatible with to use with BOOST MOBILE service.

Actually I got an Unlocked KRZR phone to use with BOOST and told I can’t use it. Is there a DEN CODE or something to help me get around it? ( I got the Virgin TNT to switch out the SIM cards … smart/stupid?)
Thanks

I use the i580 after about 11 yrs on nextel and the service works fine but I did also experience a few text delays adn one or 2 that dont want to send or download but it did the same on nextel and I have beat the phone for years

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Got a Blackberry on Boost and works great except I install miniopera browser and novell gps and it works as good as the nextel I have. I also used the i580 and it worked great the whole time.

I have read all of the posts listed here and am still a little curious. I currently have boost mobile and want to get the Blackberry Curve 8350I. Could someone please let me know if they were ever able to get the text messaging to work? I would really hate to spend that much money on a phone and have it not work. All responses are greatly appreciated. Thank You.

Is boost mobile compatible with the i576?

Heloo everyone and i wanted to know exactly if i can use boost service for sprint nextel phones. Arent nextel and sprint the same? or is sprint over nextel and they use the same net? i want to know because i want a sprint nextel phone but i wouldn know how to go about activating it and all. plz reply!!

Will the boost sim cards work in a sprint Rant phone. I have one and want to use boost unlimited with it. Will this work. Thanks for your help.

My boss at my job has da new blackberry with a boost sim and it wrks fine all the services are intact exept bb mail u have 2 use 3rd party email services

just not to sure whats wrong. i put my boost sim in a i880, but now i cant send email. i go into gmail write a reply and it says error. and it wont let me do it. or really surf any websites. i tried downloading the mobile app from gmail but it says its error and not allowed or something.
not sure what i should do to try to fix that. anyone able to help

Hey everyone!
I just bought a boost mobile starter kit for my blackberry storm nextel phone. I went to activate my boost mobile sim card and it asked for a IMEI #. I tryed to type my nextel IMEI # and it will not work. Does anyone know how I can get past that?

thank You

Can you send and recieve picture and text messages on an i580 and i880 if your using boost service?

CHRIS -
call boost to activate the phone, they will tell you that not all the features will work but they will activate it over the phone

I enjoy reading all the various comments, advice, and info on this site. I have a question. I have a Treo 700WX (Sprint) and I’m wondering if I can use it for BOOST. I read somewhere (http://forums.intomobile.com/boost-mobile/122236-boost-mobiles-50-unlimited-plan-really-worth-please-read-my-details.html)that I can, since BOOST uses both IDEN and CDMA. However, after reading the various posts here, I’m no longer sure. Please help. Thank you.

i hope to buy quantity of fones mobiles nextel and boost mobil,i still in paraguay ,please email m if you have good offeres,issamfaour@hotmail.com thanks

hi guys and girls,
I have a nextel i580 with boost mobil sim, problem with sending pics.

Can you use a boost mobile phone with Nextel service?
My friend got me a boost mobile phone for my birthday lost the receipt. I already have Nextel service.

my boost mobile phone is broken and i am broke, i have a sprint phone lying around the house collecting dust is there anyway i can activate that sprint phone to my boost service?

CAN I USE A MOTOROLA TUNDRA WITH BOOST MOBILE? DO ANYONE KNOW?

kylie

No your boost mobile sim will not work in a sprint phone. Boost sims only work on nextel and boost. Sprint uses an ESN to activate the phone (electronic serial number or imei or hex or dec #)and not a sim card (unless you take an intl gsm world phone that roams on another carrier, but the boost or nextel sim still wont work on it as sprint is on a cdma network. Iden is a network all of its own an no other carrier uses iden. Sprint/Nextel- same company 2 different networks. PS a 32k 64k or 128k sim card can be used in any current nextel phone. I am using the old white/gray 32k sim card in a nextel i355. The guy above saying it will burn up the phone is full of it

I sell Nextel phones used on ebay. My ebay id is bellacommunicatons. I have been on there 8 years and I am an ex Nextel/sprint corp sales rep. If you or anyone is interested in a nextel phone or blackberry I have about 700 of them coming in in 4 days.

Sorry Bellacommunications!

Convert your Nextel Blackberry to work on Boost Mobile: This is the heading you can search for on ebay. This is software that converts your BlackBerry to work on the boost network.. I mean everything will work, my 8350 BB works perfect now that I bought this on ebay.. It’s step by step and not that difficult to do.. The price ranges anywhere from 6.99-32.99 on ebay..

I USE TO BE A NEXTEL CUSTOMER, BUT THERE SERVICE IS TOO DAYUM EXPENSIVE SO I SWITHCHED TO BOOST. I HAVE A NEXTEL I580 PHONE AND WITH A BOOST SIM CARD AND NO PROLEMS AT ALL! PERSONALLY NEXTEL PHONES ARE OF BETTER QUALITY THEN BOOST!

i576 works just fine with boost sim card.

Hi I have an I415 boost unlimited plan for two months now. I been a boost mobile customer for 16 months.I am getting frustrated with attempting to text.I have never succesfully text what I want to.I’m not sure what mode the phone is in. I looked through trouble shooting guides. I just wish I could text like I did with my razor with T–mobile.Please help. chrisnedoff@msn.com
cell 1.312.506.7006

does anyone know if the sprint rumor or Samsung Exclaim will work with a
boost sim because i have a boost phone and i dont like it there so un cool .please anwser back soon.and does anyone know if you can use a att attel phone with a boost sim i really want to know.and also is there a way to buy a phone with out a sim because when i try to buy a phone they tell me that i have to buy the sim to ? please anwser !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and does sprint work with boost sim? i better

I tried a boost sim in a nextell i580 and it shows insert subsidy lock.

i got a question does an nextel i576 work with a boost mobile 50 dollar plan if i get a boost mobile sim card…??

I have a nextel blackberry 7520 can’t get it going with boost mobile can anyone help me ? 813-235-3861 w/t works phon/makes&recive calls but thats it

Sprint doesn’t even hold sim cards so y lie about it?. It’s so obvious lol

Alright, having been working for AT&T Tech for a few years now, i can shed some light on the “what works, what doesnt” dept.
Most of your PDA/Smartphones are going to have an issue because they require a Data connection that didnt used to be offered on a pre-pay level. now there are a few companies that are working on this; i.e. AT&T, Verizon, Virgin Mobile…
none the less, because of this, most of the blackberries require a data plan and IPDN tracking code to be entered into the provider’s billing system (the iphone is a great example). now there are a few ways around this; unlocking the phone, knowing someone on the inside to provision these codes, but they dont always remedy the situation. now earlier in the convo i saw where someone had concerns about the sms/mms feature of their blackberry on the boost mobile level. well the biggest way to explain this issue is this, the blackberrys that are set for nextel’s service are set to run with the sms feature enabled, as compared to the provisioning on the boost billing system is mms only. by doing this, boost/nextel are able to cut down on their operating costs, nextel by being capable of blocking data features for a cust, boost by easier troubleshooting for data use. to keep the long description short, nextel phones use the voice network to send sms, where as boost phones send on the data network only. how does this affect you?
well simply put, most nextel phones can send mms, but a blackberry does it a little differently. because it works on a smartphone O.S. it has an app for mms. this app isnt provisioned for the boost billing system, thus mms is disabled, and as stated earlier, mms is the standard messaging level of boost. same deal with the internet, so i wont go into that.
the whole thing summed up is this;

if you dont know, call the provider. by the def of customer service, they do answer customer questions. and seeing as how boost is owned by sprint, (nextel is a brand, not the provider) either of these two companies would be more than happy to help.

hope this helps a few people, and im sorry i dont have more info. if you ever want to know about AT&T, im your man.

oh, and to add to the inital concern of this thread, no, swapping providers is not going to ruin your phone. running invalid unlock software by a less-than-trustworthy provider, using the wrong sim card (64k when 128K is needed), and adding third party software that runs the processor beyond device capabilities is what ruins the phones.

I currently have boost service and wanted to purchase a blackberry phone,can anyone tell me where i can purchase one for a resonable price and if infact it’ll work with boost service?

This question is for Cory-I have ATT (LG Vue) and just purchased a Boost Clutch…I don’t want to have to change numbers and all of my info, how can I or can I save everything and still be able to use Boost?

Boost™ 64K Starter Kit - Phone Compatibility

Boost Mobile Starter Kit contains: Boost Mobile sim card and $10 in call credits, and is compatible with the following Motorola phones or with a new phone purchase:

i205
i215
i265
i275
i285
i290
i305
i315
i325
i335
i355
i365
i415
i425
i450
i455
i465
i530
i560
i576
i580
i605
i615
i670
i710
i720
i730
i733
i736
i740
i760
i776
i790
i830
i833
i835
i836
i850
i855
i860
i870
i875
i876
i877
i880
i885
i890
i9
i570

Note: This SIM will not support i30sx, i35s, i50sx, i55sr, i58sr, i60c, i80s, i85s, i88s, i90c, i90c Roxy, i95cl, i99cl, i930.

This SIM will not support Group Walkie-Talkie, SDGC, 3-Way Calling, or a 2nd line when used with a phone that was initially provisioned with Nextel Service. Phone compatibility list above may not be complete. Use of and access to the referenced services, features & content are subject to change without notice and are dependent on the terms of Boost Mobile® service (e.g., pricing, network/coverage limitations, etc.). Not all services work in all areas.
Have an 850 havent tried yet but I am boost does state that the walkie talkie and three way or extra line will not work.