g900p sprint not migrating to straight talk

[reeln77]

so i have an s5 from sprint the g900p with a good esn sprint also unlocked it as my contract is up with them.. i had to buy a temporary cricket phone until i figure this out.. straight talk says my phone is not able to be ported by the imei which makes absolutely no sense to me as i have done it previously for a relative with an evo4g lte as well as an s3 from sprint what can i do here and why are they roadblocking this phone? i realize that the lte is on gsm frim what i understand its a worldphone and capable of running anywhere on either gsm or cdma am i wrong? will the radios not work? any help would be greatly appreciated.. thank you in advance

 

[hang-the-9]

There is nothing anyone can do on a forum if Straight Talk can't activate your phone. Even if someone said "it should work", that won't help you actually get service on the phone from them. According to this https://swappa.com/specs/samsung-galaxy-s-5-sprint there is a Straight Talk variant of the S5.

You can check on your phone here https://www.straighttalk.com/wps/portal/home/h/a/options/byop/?#KNOWCARRIER

 

[reeln77]

No one can give me a reason as to why.. but hypothetically would the identical phone work if it had a straight talk imei or esn.. I'm trying to figure out if it's a hardware, software or a provider issue and see if I can work up a solution on my own

 

[hang-the-9]

No one can give me a reason as to why.. but hypothetically would the identical phone work if it had a straight talk imei or esn.. I'm trying to figure out if it's a hardware, software or a provider issue and see if I can work up a solution on my own

Did you check your phone on the link I posted? It would tell you if it should work with their service.

 

[FrankHope]

Hello,

It depends on IMEI, Sprint IMEI usually starts with 9900xxx or 14 digits for samsung. What are the starting digits of your mobile IMEI and how many digits it contains?Look at the IMEIs which you switched on straightTalk previously their starting digits and number of digits.

Thanks,
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