HT4528 Carrier issue. Help!

I have an iphone 4 under verizon wireless. Ive recently divorced and I was on my ex-wifes plan. I now have a new number under sprint. I need to know how i can get the carrier on my phones software switched from verizon to sprint, so that sprint will allow me to use it, otherwise they will not accept it. They want me to purchase thier phone of course. I know it can be done, but sprint refuses, claiming it cannot be done. Its simply a matter of switching the carrier to sprint instead of verizon on the phone itself. How do i go about this? PLEASE HELP ASAP!!! Thank you!
If needed, my contact info is as follows, though i do not usually answer unknown calls on the first try, so you may need to leave a message so i know what the call is pertaining to. Thank you SO much to whomever can help me!
Randy Folks
mobile #: 352-727-6611
email: [email protected]
Again, i have an iphone 4 (NOT a 4 S) and simply need to know what it takes to switch the carrier from verizon to sprint on the phone software so that sprint will allow me to use it instead of buying ANOTHER iphone from them instead of using the perfectly good phone I already own. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANY HELP!
Regards,
Randy
Message was edited by: Snarfle

Noble Seven wrote:
I imagine if you could get Verizon to unlock the phone, then it wouldn't be difficult to get the device on Sprint. Have you asked Verizon about unlocking it?
Verizon does NOT unlock the CDMA portion of the iphone. That phone will never be able to be used on Sprint.

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