Flash iPhone to Cricket before adding ESN/MEID - Help

[antman1]

I gave it a shot. It does the same thing. I am thinking it is something with my account on Cricket. Here is a video of what it is doing: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

[rich hathaway]

ok dude the vid was helpfull.if it were my phone here is what i'd try. i would write the verizon prl back to it.then try the ota,if it doesnt work then look for that window right after it fails where you loose almost all your sig then quickly try the ota again. if that fails you,you can always send us the phone and we can write your mdn,min,sid,and prl to the phone manually for you for a fee and some freight. i looked at your acct and it is fine.

[antman1]

I appreciate all your help. I have always been the person that wants to learn how to do everything myself. sorta the DIY guy. I will wait and play with it a little. I wasnt even aware you could write the MIN, MDN and such to the phone manually. I hope a better solution comes out for us DIY guys out there. It blows my mind that I cant get this thing back up and going like I did last time. This has me bummed out pretty bad. I hate failing.

[rich hathaway]

did you try to write the verizon prl back to it yet?

[antman1]

I wrote the prl back to the iphone for verizon and when I dial *228 I get the verizon activation and I cant update the roaming list and option 1 is to activate with them. I then tried dialing it again before the bars went away and it would dial like it was showing from my video last night. I then tried *22804 and I got the same message about the call not being able to be completed as dialed.

[antman1]

what I cant understand is why dialing *228 doesnt give me the OTA thing.
"PRL 32000"

*228 "Welcome to Cricket then "Spanish lady" then I am told if I am getting this message it is because my cricket account is suspended.
*22805 gets me the Verizon OTA
*22802 gets me the Sprint OTA
*22804 Gets me the message that my call cannot be completed as dialed
*22801 drops to 1 bar and nothing
*22803 drops to 1 bar and nothing
*22806 drops to 1 bar and nothing
*22807 drops to 1 bar and nothing
*22808 drops to 1 bar and nothing
*22809 drops to 1 bar and nothing