Can you activate a sprint phone over the phone

Are you a T-Mobile Prepaid customer? You may need to activate your SIM. If you received a T-Mobile SIM in the packaging shown below, please follow the enclosed instructions or visit www.

The SIM is already in your device and active! You'll need to remove the SIM card from you old gateway and insert it into the replacement. Choose your device below:. In this article on how to activate Sprint SIM card, we gave you three ways through which you can complete the process. First, you can have the SIM activated when you buy it from Sprint. Remember we noted that you will need to buy a new SIM for your new device. So, you will need to go to Sprint to make the purchase.

While in there, you can get them to activate the SIM on your new phone. Another option is to do the Sprint SIM activation process online. You will need to log in using your Sprint account details. Finally, some devices will take you through the process of activation the moment you put in a new SIM. By the way, Sprint is now part of T-Mobile, though it remains to be seen whether or not that will bring any changes for consumers. If you don't already have such an account, set one up before proceeding: iPhone — Create an iCloud account for your iPhone.

Android — Create a Gmail account for your Android. Remove the old phone's SIM card. This is only necessary if you want to use the same phone number on your new phone as you used on your old phone.

Skip this step if you're using a brand-new SIM card from Verizon. Back up your old phone's information if necessary. If you want to restore an old phone's information onto your new phone, back up the data to your old phone's cloud storage service or computer.

Even if you don't want to use your old phone's information on your new phone, backing up your phone is always a good idea. If the phone is brand-new, you can find this number in the phone's packaging or manual.

Turn off iMessage if necessary. Part 2. Power down the old phone. Press and hold the "Power" button on the phone that you want to replace, then slide right the "slide to power off" switch iPhone or tap Power off Android.

Install the old phone's SIM card in your new phone. If you want to use your old phone's SIM card, remove it from the old phone and insert it into your new phone. Charge your new phone to percent. Plug your phone into its charger and leave it alone for up to an hour depending on the phone's previous charge.

You can turn on your phone to check its charge, but don't perform any setup steps. Open Sprint's Activate page. You cannot use a phone's web browser for this process. It's a yellow button at the bottom of the page.

Enter your Sprint username and password. Type your Sprint username and password into the "Username" and "Password" text boxes, respectively. Click Submit. It's under the "Password" text box. Doing so will open your Sprint Account page. Scroll down and find the phone you want to replace. You'll find the phone you want to replace in the "About my devices" section of the Your account tab. Click the "Manage this device" drop-down box.

It's to the right of the phone you want to replace. A drop-down menu will appear. Click Activate a new phone. This option is in the drop-down menu. Enter your new phone's serial number.

You can find your phone's serial number on the phone's box or in the phone's manual. You may instead be prompted to select the new phone if you bought it from Sprint but didn't activate it in-store. Follow the on-screen activation prompts.