Flash iPhone to Cricket before adding ESN/MEID - Help

[antman1]

I have an iPhone4 from Verizon and am trying to flash it so it is ready for cricket. Right now it has no service with Verizon as I do not have there service. It also does not have a phone number programmed. I am using iOS 4.2.6 jailbroken using Greenp0ison. I have replaced the PRL file on the phone using WinSCP and replaced the file called "310VZW.prl" with "38515.prl" renamed to the original prl file of course. then using iFile I opened the carriers.plist and turn the option "prlpushflag" to on and then hit done. then I tried restarting the phone and it took a second and said no signal but then said iPhone not activated then shows the 5 bars like it has a signal and no carrier name. I then went into ifile and put the " prlpushflag" back to off. then restarted. after it restarted I got the same thing saying iPhone not activated. I then checked the option when calling "*#5005*4357#" and it still looks the same as it did when I started. I then changed the SID Value in the 310VZW.pri file to the value I saw for the Nashville area "04857"
and the HOME SID looked like this:

<key>NAM - CDMA Settings</key>
	<dict>
		<key>Home SID/NID</key>
		<array>
			<string>4857/65535</string>

I tried dialing the numbers to see if it connects to Cricket for activation of the phone and it all goes to Verizon still. Then if I dial the "*#5005*4357#" then I get this


What can I do to make sure this phone is flashed and ready before I add the ESN/MEID to Cricket? I also do not have the SHSH backed up for iOS 4.2.6 so my next SHSH that I have backed up is 4.2.8, Any help will help me.

[antman1]

ok I successfully flashed my iPhone to cricket. I have an idea why it doesnt work sometimes for a lot of people out there. I think if you jailbreak with Greenpoison it may be what stops it from working properly. I did the same steps as before but this time I loaded version 4.2.8 with Snowbreeze and it worked perfect. now when I dial 611 or any number it says "Thank you for calling Cricket" so I know now that I have it done. I am also gonna try to make it flash to Virgin Mobile if possible.

[rich hathaway]

the prl in your ss is a verizon prl,not cricket.so you muat have gotten the ota to work after your ss.but i assure you jailbreaking does not interfear with ota programming.also when you use sn0wbreeze you are automatically jailbreaking unless you specifically select to not add cydia before cooking.but if you just dl'd a ipsw cooked with sn0wbreeze then it is surely jb.but glad you got it worked out.

[antman1]

there are different ways of jailbreaking an iPhone. I have been jailbreaking and unlocking GSM iphones for a long time now. I remember a while back that when 4.0 came out if you did the jailbreak with Redsn0w if would mess up the APN Settings and such. Then the made a patch for that. I remember that if you did the Jailbreak with Sn0wbreeze back in those days you didnt have that problem. That PRL file I said I replaced it with came from the PRL file area here in the cricket forum. In conclusion I understand that by cooking my ipsw with sn0wbreeze it is jailbroken. But it is jailbroken in a different manner and in my opinion a little bit cleaner.

[antman1]

Thank you Rich, I got it. I am going to do some traveling tonight and keep trying the *228 and *22804. I hope it kicks back in. Its crazy hard to get it going again. After I get it back to being activated I dont think I will be changing anything that might make me have to reload the iPhone again.

When I change the SID in the "310VZW.pri" file does it need to be "04857" or "4857"? I have it as "4857" right now. I only replaced the original "2004" that was in the pri file. I wasnt sure the "0" should be before the number of not because the Cricket rep at the store only told me the 4 digits with no 0.

Also what is a NID? Does it need to be changed cause the NID was never changed.

[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