Troubleshoot xv6700 flashed to Cricket

[azrifraf]

Hi all, I have a problem that I don't know if it's a rom, setup, or cricket issue. I just purchased a verizon xv6700 which was flashed by the previous owner. I took the phone to a Cricket store and got it activated. Once activated, it seemed to work, but intermittently disconnect phones as soon as you dialed them. I drove home and hit this site for help. I loaded the latest Helmi Kitchen rom without any issues and the phone boots up without any glitches. I also went through the 'flashing for cricket' post and followed all the steps.

Once I rebooted, the only number I can call without getting disconnected is 611. I can sit on Cricket's perpetual forever hold, but try dialing anything else and all I get is a quick disconnect.

The one thing I did notice is when I do dial a number, it seems to connect to Cricket's network, then all of sudden, the cell strength meter disconnects and reconnects.

And that's where Im at,, If anyone can help,, I'd really appreciate it.

[TechnoHippie]

Hey - I'm trying to do the exactl same thing. I think you've actually made it just a little farther than me however, as I can't get my to connect to a tower at all.

1. What area are you located in? Are you in the Las Vegas area?
2. Which PRL file are you using?
3. Are you in roaming ?
4. Are you connecting to the towers at 1x or EV?

I think between what the two of us have here, than we can get this going.

If you want, email me at technohippie@gmail_dot_com....

[azrifraf]

Heya TechnoHippie,

1: I live in Southern Arizona (Casa Grande Area)
2: Don't know which one is loaded, it was flashed by the previous owner. Where do I look?
3: Nope I have 5 bars
4: It shows 1x in the top taskbar. When I click on it, it goes to wireless settings. Is that wrong? Should it be EV?

[TechnoHippie]

Originally Posted by azrifraf

Heya TechnoHippie,

1: I live in Southern Arizona (Casa Grande Area)
2: Don't know which one is loaded, it was flashed by the previous owner. Where do I look?
3: Nope I have 5 bars
4: It shows 1x in the top taskbar. When I click on it, it goes to wireless settings. Is that wrong? Should it be EV?

1. Rats, I was hoping we were in the same area, might make it eaiser to figure this out..haha

2. do this:
a) in dialer, hit ##778 TALK
b) enter the SPC code when it asks. If you don't know it, try 000000, if that fails try 333333. If that fails let me know I'll show you how to get yer SPC code.
c) assuming you got past B, at the top of the screen you'll see the word "Display". Click on it and a menu will appear, the 7th item down is "PRL" - click on that.
d) Now the 2nd line of the grid that appears will say "PRL ID", and have a number after it. In my case it says "1050" - which is where I belive my problem is.

3. You do not see a little triangle then, right? That's how you tell if you're roaming.

4. Well, it would be nice if it showed EV instead of 1x. This means you're connecting at 1x speeds instead of EVDO speeds, and EVDO is a lot faster. The real question is why it's 1x. Perhaps the area your in isn't covered by EVDO, or the PRL file that YOU have might not be good either. It's the PRL file that the phone uses to tell which towers to connect to.


Lastly, it's come to my attention that Cricket has flipped the switch on their "AWS" network, which actually runs on a different band freq than the other CDMA phones. What I haven't found out yet is how that effects the people with non AWS phones like ours. MetroPCS did that in the Las Vegas area and they claim they can't do the "MetroFlash" thing their press release said they could do just last week. (MetroFlash is where they flash another carriers phone to theirs). Well, it sounds to me like the person you talked to at Cricket was under them impression he could flash our phone.....so who knows? It's either the PRL file, the fact the switch has been fliped on the AWS and the person you talked to in the store was an idiot and these units dont work on that frequency, or there is an issue with the home/sid settngs and a bunch of other headaces that are hard to figure out without another working pda on the same network.

Anyway, let me know which PRL file you have & that will clear up a lot of things I think. If the guys at Cricket WILL flash a phone, I'd be willing to blow a few bucks just to get all the settings we need so I can share with everyone else who's going to want to do this.

[MatsuroX]

Hey guys, I just posted a similar issue ....

"Hello everyone, this is my first post. First off, I would like to say thank you to the community here for all the help I've recieved from all the searhcing in these forums. You guys and gals rock. Some hot girls here

Cricket just came to St. Louis a couple months ago. I didnt want to use one of their bs phones, so I just purchased an XV6700 on ebay. I did weeks of research before hand and dl'd all the tools and info I needed for the switch over to cricket.

I have updated the .prl and called cricket to activate, they told me to bring the phone into the store bc its not on the network. When I dial *611 I dont connect. My question is this ... does cricket need to add my esn to their network before Im able to dial *611. Im thinking yes, but I dont know. Also, what do I need to tell the cricket associate ... just put my esn on their network and start me an account? Calling it a moto rzr wont work here in St. Louis, only tri band phones work here. I still have more provisioning to do on the phone, but I cant do anything else until they add my esn ... is that correct?

Thanks in advanced guys. "


I've tried 1039, 1040 and 1050 .prl's. but I dont think I can do much until I get my esn activated.

[azrifraf]

ok, i just checked and my prl# in 1041. Is that good or bad and/or do I need to try and change it?

MatsuroX - Actually, my phone does work when I dial 611. I believe TechnoHippie works as well. It sounds like your phone hasn't been flashed. You should follow the steps TechnoHippie just gave and check your PRL# That should give you your first clue if it was flashed or not.

[MatsuroX]

Ive flashed with 1039, 1040 and 1050 prl's. Each time whenever I dial 611 or *611, I try both, dont know which one I should use. I get 'cannot complete the call. the signal may be unavailable or the phone number may not be valid'

does the esn need to be active in order to dial to 611?

[MatsuroX]

I think I may have found my answer. I have a Sprint xv6700 which is cdma. The Cricket network here in St. Louis is tri band only. I dont think the two are compatible. Could someone clarify this for me. If thats the case, I'll be selling this phone, lol.

[azrifraf]

Wow,, that's odd that they would switch formats? Are you sure about that?

[MatsuroX]

look on their web site and coverage areas. http://www.mycricket.com/cricketcoveragemaps/

St. Louis, Las Vegas, Oklahoma City, etc are tri-band only phones. If someone got a Sprint 6700 to work in Las Vegas, then I should be ok. But I just figured I would add my phone to my fathers existing Sprint unl. shared plan and pay only $20/mnth, heheheheh. Just need to flash my phone back to Sprint now