Help with porting

[joshuabhouse0]

I have a cspire phone and everything I find says I can port "something" to allow it to work with at$t network. Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime. But, cspire refuses to help and cricket doesn't seem to be surprised. Can someone please explain what to do.

 

[webworkings]

What phone it is really isn't the issue. What network it was on originally is. AT&T is a GSM network, so the network you had the phone on originally, when you got it would have to also be GSM. If the phone, however, was on a CDMA network, like say Sprint, then you can't take it over to AT&T.

If all the info I have located is correct, C Spire is indeed CDMA, so the phone would not work with AT&T.

Porting has nothing to do with what network you are using. It has to do with a phone number. You can 'port' a phone number from one carrier/service provider to another, that is if the phone will work on that carrier's/service provider's network. If yours is CDMA, then it won't work on AT&T's or Cricket's GSM network.

You can find a list of CDMA carriers here... http/www.tomsguide.com/faq/id-3143114/cdma-carriers-usa.html

and GSM carriers here... http/www.tomsguide.com/faq/id-3143113/gsm-carriers-usa.html