I sent you a pm with a couple questions but you seemed to have answered them in the posts above
should have checked here first lol.
I don't mind checking out cricket here in the midwest US, travel between Missouri/Kansas since I live on the border and I drive around the states with friends too.
edit: from what I can tell online, it looks like it is a mini usb cord for charging? I got a few of those from old phones
edit: ugh... I just noticed.. but you said metro pcs phone on cricket? Those aren't the same companies...