Iphone prl to cricket, but not prgramming?

[jackfalk]

@tsaharms, tried 32100 and no luck, but one interesting change: with 32100, when I dial *228 instead of Sprint's "you are not authorized" I get METROPCS's OTA programming message!

Could it be that Cricket and MetroPCS have roaming agreements, and MetroPCS doesn't charge Cricket as much as Sprint does, therefore Cricket considers the MetroPCS areas to be "primary coverage" (dark green) instead of expensive "partner coverage"? This might explain a lot. Hopefully somebody with an inside line to Cricket can comment...

[jackfalk]

@rich, thanks, I sent you my zip in a private message.

I'm also willing to drive an hour or two if anybody knows of a location in Northern California where Cricket OTA definitely works (just being dark green on the coverage map may not be enough...).

Thanks!

[jackfalk]

More information: with PRL 32100 loaded I dial *228 and get a greeting from MetroPCS (NOT CRICKET). I went ahead and told it to "download the latest romaing list" anyways. My iPhone then said "iPhone activation complete" (the little dialog box popped up), so SOMETHING worked!

Unfortunately now when I make phone calls I just get a message that says "MSF02 your call cannot be completed as dialed, please check the number and dial again". So I did over-the-air something or other, but it didn't actually work.

Thanks for any help guys!!

[rich hathaway]

check yer prl again,sound like you rewrote it to metro. for cricket your gonna have to use *22804 bro and be in a good signal area for cricket

[rich hathaway]

@rich, thanks, I sent you my zip in a private message.

I'm also willing to drive an hour or two if anybody knows of a location in Northern California where Cricket OTA definitely works (just being dark green on the coverage map may not be enough...).

Thanks!

ok here your most recent map,hot off the presses from the zip you sent me.so you can see what you gotta do bro

[jackfalk]

ok here your most recent map,hot off the presses from the zip you sent me.so you can see what you gotta do bro

Looks like it was TOO hot off the presses, Rich -- you didn't let the webpage finish loading before you took the screenshot! Here's the coverage map after you let it fully load:



You can see that I'm definitely well within a totally dark green area already.

But like I said, if I need to drive somewhere, let me know.