Yes, you are correct
@maximuslyricus and thank you, although I already got things straight on my own. I almost left Boost mobile and I wouldn't have been happy to because it's the best deal going for my particular situation. I bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 9, 512/8gb unlocked from an online site that deals with refurbished, renewed, and certified used phones and specified that I would be using it on CDMA networks and specifically Sprint/Boost. I had originally intended on getting a "new", other, open box phone from eBay but the sellers were all against selling these phones to CDMA customers with particular emphasis on Sprint/Boost. I could have got this phone in better condition for around the same price or maybe even a bit less but gave up on it after all the flack I got about it so I went to research the issue. After doing this and being fairly confident that I could get this phone working with Boost, I was still skeptical about the ebay units so I got this one. It's a nice phone, I shopped for a few days to find one in the best condition possible in my price range, but I'd still rather have a new one. I sacrificed on color choice for better condition. I'm still going to get the one I ultimately wanted now that I know I can get it to work but have to wait a while to recover from this incident, both mentally and financially as these phones aren't cheap and I still have a headache from jaded sellers and Boost customer service.!
Anyhow, back to the subject of my original query, I bought this phone, my Note 9, and 2 if the Boost Mobile 4 in 1 SIM card activation kits for "byop". I put one in here and this phone went very smoothly. It was working in less than 5 minutes. No customer service or online activation at all. I just popped in the right SIM card and off it went. I don't even think it took 2 minutes. Then I waited a few minutes and attempted to get my S9+ to work on my other line and it went through just fine as well. Same deal, I just did it myself without customer service involved, however I did have to use the automated online activation service from the line I wanted the phone on. Thankfully that went without issue.
I apologize for a long post but I want others to have some clear info about how to get the devices we want and remain with Boost because between Sprint and Boost customer service and these sellers out there that won't sell phones to us because of the returns they get from people who used customer service only to be told their phones can't be used, there's a lot of negative info out there based on false info attained from Sprint and Boost because nobody wants to do their jobs anymore and it's easier just to talk them into buying one of the lame options that they offer. I mean, an iPhone?! Gimme a break! I feel bad for all the poor suckers that fell into that trap. Or $1300 for a new Galaxy that doesn't even have a physical audio output jack? Wow. I am saddened by where this industry is headed. My next phone will probably be a $20 Alcatel flip phone, ditch the data and just get a Hotspot for my pc.
