[Q] Switching Carriers & Unlocking Download Booster

i am currently on Sprint and have had it with their service. I live near Chicago, supposedly one of Sprint's maiden Spark cities, and their speeds have either stayed the same or have been worse than in the past. Because I just bought my phone under contract and other reasons, I am looking to jump to T-Mobile.

One thing I am considering is whether or not I should keep my current S5 or trade it into T-Mobile and get a new S5 from them. I know T-Mobile has the Download Booster feature unlocked on their handsets, but I am not sure if this is something deleted from Sprint's handsets before they sold them, or if the device is locked by the SIM or any other reason.

Has anyone else had an experience making this switch? I am curious what others have experienced.

koolboyztn said:

u can not use Sprint S5 on T-Mobile anyway, time for new S5 if u made that switch.

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In the past, that is true. The S5 actually uses a SIM card and can be used on a GSM carrier.

koolboyztn said:

lookup Sprint S5 (CDMA) and T-Mobile S5 (GSM) then u will know what is the different.

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I am fully aware the difference between Sprint's CDMA network and T-Mobile's GSM network. If you look at Sprint's S5 specs, it still has a GSM antenna. Here's my reference.