Can i make an alltel phone work for tmobile?

Question

okay so i have t-mobile and ive had a sidekick 3 for two years. it finally broke. so my sister gave me her old, hardly used, pink alltel flip phone. but since i dont have alltel im guessing i cant use it? is this true?

Answer 1

You would be correct in assuming that it wont work. Alltel/Verizon/Sprint all work on what's called CDMA network (good coverage in the states but no SIM cards). GSM companies (T-Mobile and ATT/Cingular) use sim cards. Since there is no way to turn a CDMA phone into a GSM phone your Alltel wont work with T-Mobile unfortunately...