no there not the same,(our) crickets partner coverage is sprint,but that doesnt matter.

so heres what u do,have someone add the meid to your cricket acct,or call us and we will do it then try the ota first it will be the easiest way to program your fon.if it doesnt work be persistant,redial and keep retrying when it fails quickly redial it use *228xx
(xx) means start at 00 then try 01 then try 02 and so on,usually *22804 works,but that phone needs to roam to work with ota alot of the time and for hard to program phones especially.if that still wont program or you still dont get the "welcome to cricket" msg then follow my directions on that thread.as for your difficulty viewing the thread you need to push the thanks buttons directly on the bottom of my post (the first one).i just checked and your user name wasnt listed there so you must be pushing one on a diff users post.hollar if your still having troubles.