so I found these instructions, that seem to be what I need to fix my phone, unfortunately they give a lot of instructions without a lot of explanations.
http://www.howardforums.com/printthread.php?t=1497899
MDN = my phone number (easy)
MIN2= min area code (?) currently set to 000
MIN1= 7 digit MIN (?) currently set to 0009562
SID/NID (?) currently set to 0/0
Its obvious this is at least part of my problem ?, my search continues.