Can i flash a iphone 4s thats on a at&t plan phone to virgin mobile prepaid plan?

I'm buying a phone from my friend, its a iphone 4s, and its on a at&t plan, but she has not paid the bill so they are canceling her plan. Will i be able to unlock the phone to a virgin mobile prepaid plan, and how would i do that if i can?

No. The phone currently has a bad ESN. She will have to pay AT&T what she owes, then get the phone unlocked before anyone can activate the phone with a different provider.

A AT&T phone will not work with Sprint service.AT&T is GSM technology and Virgin Mobile uses Sprint towers for service and is CDMA technology.

Firstly, the phone is locked to AT&T which is GSM and Virgin is CDMA so they're incompatible.
Secondly, they're going to suspend your friend's account and they'll also blacklist the phone so it can't be used on any network.

So if you try to use the phone on other carrier like SimpleMobile or MetroPCS GSM or StraightTalk GSM, you need to unlock the phone and unblock it too. Check online for unlocking / unblocking iPhones.

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