How do you flash a phone to a new phone company?

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My mom wants to buy me a phone off of ebay, my original phone company is Cricket but the phones aren't so dependable so my mom wanted to get me a verizon phone or something like that and have it flashed onto Cricket. How do you do this? and if you know please let me know how much it costs. Thank you! =]
 
if memory serves me correct, cricket is a re-seller (correct term is mvno) for sprint, meaning they use sprints network for their cell service, but brand it under the cricket name. i can tell you that you will be unable to activate a verizon cell phone on that account legally, as will be the case for most cell phones that operate on a cdma network (altell, sprint, verizon, older qwest phones, boost, etc.) now, most of this craze started with the iphone, and people "jailbreaking" them. there is a reason why it is called jailbreaking, IT'S ILLEGAL!!! best bet, contact cricket, if you are having issues with the phone, it should be under warranty, or see if they will meet you part of the way to get a different phone.
 
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