I'm stuck in a two year contract with Verizon with a P.O.S phone and my dad won't extend the contract so i can get a new one, but i found a phone that i really like but it's on sprint. I've heard that you can flash a CDMA phone to another carrier, but I have also heard that when you call in the ESN number Verizon doesn't recognize it in their database and will not activate it. My question is, is this true and if not can the Instinct be used on Verizon?