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chilo
10-26-2010, 02:16 PM
So I came to a conclusion...cricket will not work right here in florida I would have to buy roaming mins and what not....is there any other service I can flash to? Straight talk? I think metro would be on the same boat as cricket..or what about boost? I have a sprint blackberry 8330 I can use for its settings

rich hathaway
10-26-2010, 02:26 PM
are you sure about that cricket coverage?? try this link,then put your zip code in.it will give you the specifics for your area in fl. my map shows almost 100% coverage.

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chilo
10-26-2010, 02:40 PM
mine says
Nationwide Talk & Text Partner Coverage
its light green....smitty said, "No, Cricket won't cut you off for roaming. You are going to have to pay for that up front. If you flash it, you will get talk and text. The data will be spotty at best. You will have to pay for the monthly service in addition to adding Roaming minutes to your account. In short, it isn't worth it." so im sol on cricket here in gulf breeze, fl i suppose

whitey10tc
10-26-2010, 03:53 PM
To flash to boost the legal, but not easy way you'll need to have sprint/boost accept the esn.



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chilo
10-26-2010, 04:00 PM
...looks like thats not gonna happen..i heard sprint got it locked down when it comes to esns...my droid is on the verizon prepaid smartphone plan so it wont be hard to switch my esn out that way itll be clear...but still even if its clear it will be very hard for them to accept it right?

rich hathaway
10-26-2010, 05:03 PM
i think you meant smitty said yes they will cut you off for that. here is the deal with roaming and partner coverage with cricket.
they call it the 50/50 rule it goes like this:

if you have more than 51% of your airtime that is roaming on your acct.in any one month cricket will terminate your acct. for what they call convenience,which is really inconvenience (to you)
sending you a letter saying something like were sorry we think you would be better served by another provider closer to your coverage area or something like that.
so if you are in partner coverage,you might as well save your money.

chilo
10-26-2010, 05:09 PM
That blows...I guess I'm stuck on expensive verizon prepaid...from what I hear str8talk may be a possibility....but idk where to start

whitey10tc
10-26-2010, 05:16 PM
That blows...I guess I'm stuck on expensive verizon prepaid...from what I hear str8talk may be a possibility....but idk where to start
Page plus, or str8talk are going to be your best bet. I have seen on howardforums that the Moto Droid has successfully been activated with out modifications.

chilo
10-26-2010, 05:24 PM
I heard pageplus doesn't activate droids anymore...but if it can be activated on str8tlk omg I will donate at least 25 if not more to cdmagurus I have been searching for hours and days and I can't to seem to find anythin...imma head over to howardforums right now thanx whitey

flashingjoe
10-26-2010, 09:49 PM
in florida you should have pretty good metro coverage.... not sure maybe a metro dealer can help u out

chilo
10-26-2010, 10:27 PM
in florida you should have pretty good metro coverage.... not sure maybe a metro dealer can help u out

Well I went to the website and it said no service is being sold in my area so I couldn't shop for a plan or nothin

Houseflipper
10-27-2010, 04:45 PM
I heard pageplus doesn't activate droids anymore...but if it can be activated on str8tlk omg I will donate at least 25 if not more to cdmagurus I have been searching for hours and days and I can't to seem to find anythin...imma head over to howardforums right now thanx whitey

I had 2 in my shop yesterday that we put on page plus

chilo
10-27-2010, 06:15 PM
I had 2 in my shop yesterday that we put on page plus

Really? What are pageplus plans looking like any good

chilo
10-28-2010, 03:41 PM
no luck on cricket or mpcs ugh! i wish someone could flash it to boost and help me out