This is for people who want Cricket to work perfectly, just follow these instructions not skipping a beat and you will be OK from then on! If you are not having problems obviously skip this!
This thread is assuming that you already have your phone Unlocked(spc code all zeros)
Edit: Here is My HTC unlock Pack with Instructions
It is also assuming that you already have a CRICKET PRL file loaded in PST. If you have my ROM flashed than PRL's are on device memory we will get to that below.
1. Now first thing you want to do is have a good Cricket ROM installed like "clears throat* Mine lol.
2. Now if you are starting from a fresh flash OK, if you are starting from a Hard reset OK, we can continue. If you have a ROM installed that is having problems I recommend a hard reset and skip customizations using stylus when it says you have 3 seconds.
3. Now open your Phone Application and go to options and make sure smart dial is off. Then dial ##778 call button, now click edit and enter six zeros. Now click view info and goto PRL, now check to make sure you have a CRICKET PRL(1013,1014,1050 etc.. there are others)If you dont have one loaded and you are using my ROM then you can click update and it should goto main root, pick prl 1050. Let it do its thing and restart. If you already have a CRICKET PRL then skip the update step.
4. Now cancel out of EPST if you didnt update PRL. (for both people who had to restart and people who didnt) <--open phone application again and dial *228(this will make sure base settings are good so i will not have to explain as much, it will also download a local EVDO prl to where you are), it will dial cricket and do its programming thing. Do not interupt this. Let it do its thing even if it restarts. Now when you are back in action we can continue.
5. Open phone application and dial ##778 call button, now click edit and enter six zeros. In main page the only two things we are going to do is change the NAM name to Cricket, and check the MSID number make sure its a 10 digit number thats in your area code BUT it IS NOT your PHONE NUMBER!! If its fine we can continue, if not you may of skipped the *228 step so you need to do that or you need to obtain this from calling Cricket.
6. Now click view info and goto AKEY and make sure its blank, nothing there. Now click view info and goto NAM settings, NAM name should be Cricket, Mobile Directory number should be YourTenDigitPhoneNumber, MIN1 should be that other phone number the (MSID) that is not your phone number! but it should be 7 digits, ex: sevendigitnumber, MIN2 should be just your area code. MSID should be 10digitMSIDnumber <--again not yourphonenumber!, MCC should be 310, MNC should be 00, NMSI should be your MSID(XX10digitnumber<--not your phone number) THE XX'S should be zeros, ex: 007185548692, Now if all these settings in this paragraph didnt need touched assuming you didnt skip any of my steps(which they shouldnt be touched i am just making sure) we can move on.
7. Click view info and goto CDMA settings, we are going to make sure they are set right and change a couple things for Clearer voice transmissions, people will compliment how good your phone sounds even in some cases. EVRC should be set at Disable, Home page should be Voice 13k, the Two below it the Same Voice 13k.
8. Click view info click modem settings, change slot cycle index to 1, This will make the phone ring a little sooner, also get your texts a bit sooner. The other 4 options should be Auto, Auto, Enable, No in Order from top to bottom.
9. Click View Info and pick Security, now we are changing this regardless you must do this, we are going to Unauthenticate you and Re-authenticate, it is a Needed step everything in this How To needs to be done and Not skipped! Change the HDR Auth User ID to something bogus like
Boat@amail.com, the passord below it make it something random but remember it, now do the same for PPP user ID and password but make them the same as the HDR ones.
10. Click view info and pick MIP Settings, Make sure Active Profile is on 0, MIP mode should be Simple IP only, MIP reg retries should be 1, MIP reg retry timeout should be 2000 ms, MIP pre-reg timeout should be 30, Mobile Node HA auth should be Disable, send a reg request should be Enable, dormant handoff to disable.
11. Click view info and pick MIP Default Profile, Enable profile should be enable, NAI should be
yourtendigitphonenumber@mycricket.com, MN HA SPI set should be enable, MN HA SPI value should be 12c, MN AAA should be enable, MN AAA SPI value should be 2, reverse tunneling should be enable, home address should be 0.0.0.0, Primary HA address should be 68.28.15.12, secondary should be 68.28.31.12, HA shared secret and AAA secret should be cricket <--lowercase, DMU public should be 0, MN Authenticator should be 0.
12. Click view info and pick MIP customer profile 1 and make sure its Profile enabled is disabled. Now do the same with the other 4 below it.
13. Ok now click menu, ok and let it reset, but make sure not to do anything we are going to be going right back INTO EPST, so when it boots back up open the Phone application and dial ##778, we are going to re-authenticate you its easy, now click edit and enter six zeros, click view info and goto Security, now change the HDR AN Auth to
yourtendigitphonenumber@mycricket.com, password should be cricket<--lower case, same for PPP user id and Password make them same as HDR.
14. Click view info and goto MIP default profile, make sure the HA, and AAA shared secrets are both cricket<---lowercase, then click menu OK and let it reset.
Thats it! PST settings are perfect for CRICKET, you have a Local EVDO prl file installed, and you are Authenticated for Data and EVDO, now if you used my ROM just go to internet explorer and goto a real page, and follow instructions but remember to click save password!
Thats done, every flash from now on should never affect your PST settings and you should always be authenticated. I hope this helps everyone.
Ryan Mogul