which cricket prl file works in florida

[palmbeachboii]

i tried the cricket prl 38644 and 38944 i got a sprint signal , when i dial *228 it says your phone is not authorized for service at this time.

[whitey10tc]

Originally Posted by palmbeachboii

i tried the cricket prl 38644 and 38944 i got a sprint signal , when i dial *228 it says your phone is not authorized for service at this time.

How do you know it's a sprint signal? Is your phone sprint branded?
OK these are the only two listed for the extended coverage area in Florida, cricket does not have native service in Fl. You will not be able to *228 while in that area. You will need to do the following
Do an ESN swap with cricket on your account.
If the above has been done then you will need to do the following
program MDN/MSID
program SID/NID
load PRL
These Items can most likely be found on the phone that you have currently working in Florida. If it has a different PRL let me know and I can get it for you.

[palmbeachboii]

Ok i will do it tomorrow, i'll let you know what happens, i really appreciate your help.

[whitey10tc]

Originally Posted by palmbeachboii

Ok i will do it tomorrow, i'll let you know what happens, i really appreciate your help.

Also double check all your pst setting http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1507276

[palmbeachboii]

its not working for me. i tried every prl file. my pst settings r correct. but no luck. im going to georgia in 2 days i will do it there . it might work. cuz they have cricket coverage .
thanks guys.

[whitey10tc]

Originally Posted by palmbeachboii

its not working for me. i tried every prl file. my pst settings r correct. but no luck. im going to georgia in 2 days i will do it there . it might work. cuz they have cricket coverage .
thanks guys.

You should have no problem in crickets native coverage area.. Also I would recommend that you call cricket and double check that they have the correct ESN. It has happened to me before that it was wrong in there system.

[ls40095]

Originally Posted by whitey10tc

How do you know it's a sprint signal? Is your phone sprint branded?
OK these are the only two listed for the extended coverage area in Florida, cricket does not have native service in Fl. You will not be able to *228 while in that area. You will need to do the following
Do an ESN swap with cricket on your account.
If the above has been done then you will need to do the following
program MDN/MSID
program SID/NID
load PRL
These Items can most likely be found on the phone that you have currently working in Florida. If it has a different PRL let me know and I can get it for you.

Could you please help a newbie?


I have a BB Pearl I just flashed using QPST to cricket...I was told by cricket that when I travel I would have to manually load the PRL to where I am going. I went through this last month after buying an old BB 7130 and traveling to Ft lauderdale Florida only to be stranded with out a phone that worked..the phone works fine in my home area but not when I travel cause when *228 or any variation is called, it will not program forward PRL..

could you please advise on how to do this?

thank You so much.. (copy via PM)

[whitey10tc]

Originally Posted by ls40095

Could you please help a newbie?


I have a BB Pearl I just flashed using QPST to cricket...I was told by cricket that when I travel I would have to manually load the PRL to where I am going. I went through this last month after buying an old BB 7130 and traveling to Ft lauderdale Florida only to be stranded with out a phone that worked..the phone works fine in my home area but not when I travel cause when *228 or any variation is called, it will not program forward PRL..

could you please advise on how to do this?

thank You so much.. (copy via PM)

I didn't mention this in my PM but your BB is a dual band CMDA and won't work in all cricket markets (AWS) so be advised that in places like most of FL you will be roaming on another network and will need either money in ur flexbucket or a plan that includes roaming.

You can also load one of these http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/attachment...1&d=1257307095 through QPST while in a native cricket area. Don't do the OTASP it will overwrite them with a local PRL.

[whitey10tc]

Keep in mind that cricKets extended coverage is not cricket native coverage and features like WAP/MMS and *228 OTASP will not work because you will be roaming on another network. You also will need PEC on the account.

[ls40095]

<OK in the thread there is a link to two PRL's unzip them to your PC, then hook up to your phone and run QPST service program and click the ROAM tab, towards the bottom you'll see browse click it and find the PRL that you want to load and then click write to phone let it do it's thing and it should load. Pretty much load it like ya did when you flashed it.>

OK.. but I cant find them, still looking.....


<I didn't mention this in my PM but your BB is a dual band CMDA and won't work in all cricket markets (AWS) so be advised that in places like most of FL you will be roaming on another network and will need either money in ur flexbucket or a plan that includes roaming.>

My plan includes roaming.

<You can also load one of these http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/attachment...1&d=1257307095 through QPST while in a native cricket area. Don't do the OTASP it will overwrite them with a local PRL. >

Ok.. I loaded it but whats it for?...Do you mean my home area when you say native?..Is otasp dialing *228?

<Keep in mind that cricKets extended coverage is not cricket native coverage and features like WAP/MMS and *228 OTASP will not work because you will be roaming on another network. You also will need PEC on the account.>

Not sure I understand ..Whats PEC?....Thanks in advance...I will donate something..