Okay so, I'm about to try this nonsense.

I have a sprint palm pre from a while ago, I have not had sprint service in over a year, it has just been sitting in a box. I want to use Cricket for the time being, so I need to unlock my palm pre.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] this is the guide I'm going off of. It says you need to unlock the phone first?

sorry if I am hi-jacking this thread, I just don't want to run into the same problems you did