Info: Everything you need to know about Boost unlimited CDMA & IDEN

This is great info, thanks for putting it all together in such a neat form!

KUDOS!!

a couple of days ago i managed to get my mogul activated, i called customer service 5 times, the first 4 times i got turned down, 1 time a guy tried but the system wouldn't let him go further.

the 5th time the guy asked me for a phone model, i told him htc mogul he didn't know what it was lol so he asked if its black and i said yes lol

Then we went through with the esn swap and i got it activated.

so everything works 3g, voice, text, just no mms

Hey gselsidi,
Is it true you have free nationwide coverage with your CDMA Boost, 'cause if so, that's just what I want.

In your first post you said "Nationwide coverage with no roaming charges outside of home zone." for both the IDEN and CDMA Boosts.
When I went to check it out for myself at the Boost activation page
the pricing link gave me a pdf that says
" So, when we say you can make Unlimited Local and Long Distance calls from within your Home Calling Area, we mean that you can call anyone,
anytime of day or night, for as long as you want when you are in
this area. If you travel outside this area, then you will be charged a
low 15¢ travel rate per minute."

Have you used your CDMA Boost out of your home calling area? Were you charged .15$ a minute?

Thanks so much!

Originally Posted by lcara

Hey gselsidi,
Is it true you have free nationwide coverage with your CDMA Boost, 'cause if so, that's just what I want.

In your first post you said "Nationwide coverage with no roaming charges outside of home zone." for both the IDEN and CDMA Boosts.
When I went to check it out for myself at the Boost activation page
the pricing link gave me a pdf that says
" So, when we say you can make Unlimited Local and Long Distance calls from within your Home Calling Area, we mean that you can call anyone,
anytime of day or night, for as long as you want when you are in
this area. If you travel outside this area, then you will be charged a
low 15¢ travel rate per minute."

Have you used your CDMA Boost out of your home calling area? Were you charged .15$ a minute?

Thanks so much!

Most of those pfs are old, if you are on the $50 unlimited plan, you do not get charged roaming. So say your home area is new york city, if you travel to florida and use your phone you do not pay roaming charges.

The only disadvantage with boost is, if you go into a area where there is no sprint coverage, you cannot roam off the sprint network so you are stuck with no coverage.

i just e-mailed them asking them to give us a off network roaming option hopefully they do!

and no i have not been outside my home calling area.

gselsidi,
Thanks so much for the reply.
May have to figure out switching over today!

Cool....to bad i'm about 2 months late on the review......i'm happy with the flat 50 unlimited plan........the reception is not that bad, i gotta tell you....
kudos on the review though

CAN I USE ANY UNLOCKED CDMA PHONE? I SAW AN UNLOCKED ONE ONLINE AND THE TECHNOLOGY IS CDMA2000 1X, 800/1900 Mhz, Like the ones that boost has for their cdma phones. Or does it have to be a Sprint or Boost cdma phone only?

Thanks a bunch

thank you for this thread. i have searched a couple of other forums and ppl don't what they are talking about. i am already a boost iden customer with a fully working BlackBerry 8350i. when i got the phone i bought a disk off of eBay with the service books and a bunch of apps on it. which i later found on howardforums for free. whatever right.
now i am looking to get rid of the the iden service, not that i don't like it but nextel takes to long to release new BBs. i plan on getting a sprint BlackBerry for boost cdma service. i already know that i have to get a cheap boost cdma to start and then switch to the BlackBerry. (as i read your thread) i see that you have had a BlackBerry working on your account. now was it a fully working BlackBerry from the start. (i.e. browser, mms/sms). did you have load service books on it like i had to do with my 8350i ? thanks for any help you can give.

thank you, because of this thread and others, I worked on this path...started with the first post above...and read others...after a month.(start to finish).. WHAM...got a HTC mogul and a MOTO Q switch from sprint to Boost unlimited. WOW feels good to not pay high cell phone bills anymore!!!

I actually bought like 6 phones total (1 i465, 2 c290, BlackBerry 8330, Mogul, Treo) and I had the Moto Q...I got luck on getting a bundle purchase.....

anyways I am now keeping the Mogul for me and Moto Q for my son...and selling the others.

Originally Posted by gselsidi

Alright guys this is all the information i have gathered from many different places about boost mobile.

PLANS:

IDEN:



CONS:

No Roaming Off of Sprints Network(since nextel is the only iden carrier, if you got no coverage your stuck with no coverage)

Very Slow internet

Bad reception & call quality

Uhm... can you take that one off the list?


Cell reception is dependent upon location. Bad reception can be said about EVERY carrier from people in different regions. Also, call quality can be affected by reception, which is determined by region.


I have GREAT reception and call quality in my area (not to mention quick text speeds). I don't think it's fair to list that as a con since it's a given for ALL carriers...

Originally Posted by gselsidi

You can activate any nextel phone on the IDEN Plan, Just pop in a boost mobile sim card and your ready to go.

You might need to change some settings to get everything to work.

Not true... the phones that WILL work will need some work done to them to get them properly working, however, not all NEXTEL phones will work with Boost... your post needs a little reworking.

The above post is right, reception can be on any network depending area your in you could have great reception with nextel or Boost. (note: is there no way to just delete a post on this form after posting it?)

ok I have a boost mobile on the iden side monthly unlimited which the phone itself is dying out, a friend of mine gave me a Sprint BlackBerry 8330 cdma new from Sprint. Now since I already have the phone I want to use with Boost do I still have to buy a new or used phone to switch my service over to CDMA unltd or can I just enter the meid off the BlackBerry, on the website to activate the BlackBerry since it seems to me it would be the same thing talking to one of the CSR's

(oh and the walkie talkie doesn't bother me not haviing, I just want off the iDEN side of things)

Oh well I just found out today that Boost does not provide the UNLTD by boost in New York so it feels like a waste of time and money right now

people just wait till jan. virgin mobile will be boost mobile. and VM is cdma. so put 2 and 2 together. another thing you can just do the esn swap on sprint.com.

i see hofo mentioned a couple times. yet most of the information isnt here.

yes to get a blackberry working you NEED the service books.

otherwise you just get voice and texts. i dont know if i am allowed to post the service books here but i will since no one should be charged for them.

and to be honest i have my BlackBerry curve from verizon on boost. if you want to know my trick i will explain in pm only. it does work and its easy.

as for iden the reception does blow. the towers have less of a range and use a much older codec.

i see people worrying about msl codes. call the original provider that you got the phone from. if you finished your contract with them or if it was a prepaid. they are required by law to give you your msl. as at that point you own the phone. if they do not give it to you just call another csr.

as far as roaming i am yet to find an area that it would matter in. as i have a verizon phone metro pcs and a T-Mobile phone on me at all times. when i dont have reception on my curve i dont have it on any of my other phones either.

if you need someone to help on this site i am here just hit me up.

as for the service books this forum only allows certain file types. i renamed the file to mp3. just change it to rar and you will be all set.