Sprint doesn’t exist literally except certain situations where sprint has more stores or towers or whatever. Most sprint stores converted to T-Mobile stores and they will only sell you t mobile service. So it’s a moot point. But yes if you bought a US phone unlocked it should be able to be whitelisted for sprint.
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Sprint doesn’t exist literally except certain situations where sprint has more stores or towers or whatever. Most sprint stores converted to T-Mobile stores and they will only sell you t mobile service. So it’s a moot point. But yes if you bought a US phone unlocked it should be able to be whitelisted for sprint.
Last final question.
In case I need to reset my iPhone to factory settings while here in the USA , will I also have an issue on the part where after entering my WiFi credentials then the device needs to be activated I guess to the Apple’s servers. The part when it says “Please wait while your device is being activated”
Will I have an issue with that or resetting the phone has nothing to do with my mobile service provider as it is just contacting Apple’s servers only?
In case I need to reset my iPhone to factory settings while here in the USA , will I also have an issue on the part where after entering my WiFi credentials then the device needs to be activated I guess to the Apple’s servers. The part when it says “Please wait while your device is being activated”
Will I have an issue with that or resetting the phone has nothing to do with my mobile service provider as it is just contacting Apple’s servers only?
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You will not have an issue during activation if you reset your iPhone. Also for clarification, T-Mobile announced that it would shut down Sprint's CDMA network by January 2022 and Sprint's LTE network by June 30, 2022.
So basically, my iPhone is carrier locked to t-mobile only meaning that technically, my phone is not an unlocked version?