Flashing UK SM-G900F to Sprint SM-G900P? - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a new samsung s5 from the UK (vodafone) and am now living back in the states. I have sprint service already with a sprint sim card (lg g3 phone). However i want to use the s5 on sprint. slapping the sim card into the s5 yields no help. So can i flash the s5 to the g900p?
I went to sprint store and they couldn't get the phone to work because it was missing the shorter IME number, not the full IMEI number thats behind the battery. Any help is greatly appreciated.
ive flashed phones before using odin so no worries there. just need some help/advice

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