Manually Program A Blackberry For Cricket

This is a guide for those people who have purchased a Blackberry that was flashed to cricket but can not for whatever reason get it to OTA program.First and foremost we DO NOT regemend that you take your phone into a Cricket store for programming. (Just trust us on this one please). When you receive your phone if it was bought as a flashed to cricket phone. To verify that it is actually on the cricket network dial *611 if it says "Welgee to Cricket" then it is ready for you to activate. If you already have an account, the easiest way to activate your phone is simply dialing *611 and add it to your account. After you call Cricket and have the phone activated on your account the phone still needs to know your information. To do this dial *22804 and follow the prompts to program your phone. At the end of the call it should say programming successful.If it does not then your phone will need to be manually programmed with the following instructions. Some of the information needed below you can call Cricket (*611) to get it.To enter the programming mode, key in the symbols ## followed by 000000.Press the side button or enter.The CDMA Service Program Edit Screen appears.In the Mobile Directory #: enter your 10 digit mobile numbers (MIN) assigned to the unit at time of activation.Check the IMSI_S field. If it does not contain the MIN, enter your number here.Depress the track wheel to view the menu in the top right corner.Select Save. Write Successful. Resetting device will be displayed and your phone will initializeCheck at the top of the phone where it shows My Number make sure your number is correctImportant: In order to have the device register on the network, it is necessary to place a voice call. Please scroll to the phone icon, select one time dial and call *611. This will call Cricket and verify that the phone is on their network.Troubleshooting:Most of the problems we hear about with any phone flashed to Cricket can be resolved by simply calling Cricket (*611) and telling them to refresh your account.Texting-Sometimes text in or out will not work. This can be fixed by dialing *611 and telling Cricket to refresh your account. This sometimes has to be done more than one time for everything to work properly.Remember when you have trouble, reset your phone, call cricket and have them refresh your account. (90% of the problems we see can be fixed by calling cricket)