I like this phone a hell of a lot more than the V9m. It's basically the exact same phone. Didn't some people flash their L7c's with K1m firmware a while back with success? The only feature not available on the Alltel V9m thats on the Alltel Z6m is the lock keypad function (since its a slider and has a dedicated key for this). Makes me wonder if the V9m Cricket flash was ever actually shared for download, whether we could do the same thing. Shooting in the dark, but maybe the lock keypad option is seem modifiable. Won't know without trying, but its worked in the past if I remeraber correctly. Letstalk fixed that error, so the cheapest way now is to buy it on prepaid at $189.99 + $35.00 activation + $20.00 initial balance = $245.00.