Help Can I port my current phone number to VM

[rmerm1]

Hi, New to the forum. I am about to purchase an Optima V and switch to VM. My Sprint contract is about to end. My question is: Can I/should I try to port my current phone number or accept new number with new phone. No big deal either way. Thanks.

 

[Aladriel]

Yes, VM can port your number. It's yours. It should take around 24 hours to go through. Sometimes less, if you're lucky! Depends on how quickly Sprint will let go of your number.

 

[Petrah]

Yes, you can port your number over. I couldn't locate where to do this from within the account options on the web site, so you probably want to call them directly and have them do this for you.

 

[raynoldsk]

As long as your account with Sprint is in good standing you can port it in.

I think you have to call them to do it. I called in the middle of the night and it went smooth as cream.

The only thing that can hang it up is that you have to wait for the previous carrier to release the number, and that can take a few days, but it generally only takes a couple of hours.

 

[lizm]

I had my number ported from Verizon to VM within 2 hours.

 

[dpaultx]

I had an AT&T landline number, that I had been using for over 25 years, ported over to VM last December. It took two and a half days for the port to go through, but it worked fine.

 

[rocketspank]

I had my number ported from Verizon to VM within 2 hours.

Same here. Easy peasy.

 

[KentInPhilly]

I ported my number from Sprint to VM. It only took a few hours for the service to become active.

 

[sevs753]

I'm looking to do the same thing as the OP. I get that you have to call sprint to get them to release your number but how does the number then get assigned to your VM phone? do you have to call VM as well or would sprint take care of that as well?

 

[zender]

I ported from Verizon to Virgin Mobile and VM did all the work - didn't even have to notify Verizon. Was completed within an hour with no problems.

 

[Basilisk]

My number was transferred from AT&T (cellular) and it only took about 45 minutes.

I spoke to an agent only because of the oddity of the transfer -- I was dropping out of a family plan where I was not the Owner of the family account. Later, IIRC, I saw a VM web-page where one could provide all the transfer information without speaking to anyone.

While my number-transfer was prompt, VM screwed up every small detail they could:

• VM over-wrote all details I'd provided with those details from the plan I was LEAVING (owner's name, street address, town)
• VM filled my CallerID string with the owner's name of the account I'd left.
• When I called to explain their odd choice, they quickly corrected the account details... but not the CallerID.
• And, as VM corrected the above account details, they set my account's mode to CallerID-blocking -- so I couldn't ID incoming calls nor could anyone ID me.
• When I called again and VM removed the CallerID-blocking, they'd left my outgoing CallerID with the screwed up entry they'd previously made.
• When I called them about the wrong CallerID, they promised to fix it.
• When I called back two weeks later -- they hadn't fixed it -- they again promised to fix it.
• ... Dunno if it's fixed now, or not... after all, people have become accustomed to ID'ing me as "Judith"!

I'm -not- angry with VM. In fact, I think it's rather cute that they can be so large and so inept!

Hope you have a smoother transfer!!

 

[mizzoumanx]

I ported my Sprint # to VM, entirely online. Was good to go a few hours later.

One tip, though: Port your number near the end of your Sprint billing cycle for the month, because they don't prorate. Even if you only use your Sprint phone for two days, they'll charge you for a whole month.

 

[Diablo2k]

Anyone one try porting your number over from Cricket. I am about to switch over and was wanting to keep the same number.

 

[betty2dogs]

I just ported my number over from Tracfone. It took a little less than 24 hours.