Iphone prl to cricket, but not prgramming?

[yoyoitsevan]

I flashed the prl to cricket and had my meid added, but for some reason when I dial *22804 it doesnt even connect the call.. the prl is 32500, I'm running 4.2.8

when I dial #228 it says "welcome to your wireless carrier" instead of welcome to cricket...

there's been talk of mayube I have to do more than just edit my prl file? Something about changing an SID or something else in the PRI file?

I'm not sure, but I tried changing the SID to 4729 like I saw in a post... still nothing happened..

idk what to do, please help?

[whitey10tc]

I would ask this,

Is 4729 the SID for your area?
Are you in a cricket market? <------- Are there cricket stores in your town/city?

I ask because looking at crickets coverage map, Roanoke, Virginia, is a partner coverage area. Meaning, if you do get service it could be terminated for abuse of the partner coverage. This could also explain why your not getting a connection to cricket (possibly no cricket coverage there only Sprints). Try going down to Greensboro and see if it works in the native cricket coverage. "I know it's a long drive" but it would be a good test on a theory.

[yoyoitsevan]

There's a cricket retailer in Washington DC and in Arlington, VA.. but I'm not really in the position to drive to either of those places... is there something else I could try? I already paid to set up my account and everything. MY prl has been flashed to 32500... but if theres some other settings I should try let me know.. I don't even know anything about SID so I don't now if its the right number for my area or not..

[rich hathaway]

check this thread for cricket sid if it is not there google it for your cricket sid

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[rich hathaway]

I flashed the prl to cricket and had my meid added, but for some reason when I dial *22804 it doesnt even connect the call.. the prl is 32500, I'm running 4.2.8

when I dial #228 it says "welcome to your wireless carrier" instead of welcome to cricket...

there's been talk of mayube I have to do more than just edit my prl file? Something about changing an SID or something else in the PRI file?

I'm not sure, but I tried changing the SID to 4729 like I saw in a post... still nothing happened..

idk what to do, please help?

by the way 4729 is san deigo,CA. sid for cricket

[whitey10tc]

There's a cricket retailer in Washington DC and in Arlington, VA.. but I'm not really in the position to drive to either of those places... is there something else I could try? I already paid to set up my account and everything. MY prl has been flashed to 32500... but if theres some other settings I should try let me know.. I don't even know anything about SID so I don't now if its the right number for my area or not..

I see, just an FYI Both DC and Arlington are AWS markets so a flashed phone will not function properly in those markets because it would be using partner coverage.

When you setup the account did they assign you a local phone number for your area/city?
I referred to Greensboro because it appears to be the closest cricket CDMA market to Roanoke, Virginia, take a look at the cricket coverage map.

good luck and let us know how it works out. Some have had success with flashed phones on the partner coverage.