I left cricket :(

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I feel bad because i liked cricket however...

not having messenger was a HUGE deal for me :( also the internet.. i dunno it was run down and I didnt want to pay to get a bad *** phone flashed.

Also unlimited.. I LOVE unlimited but in reallity.. i use around 300 minutes a month.. WTF.. im always at work. I was paying 56 dllrs for cricket.

I switched to t mobile and got the dash. Which i find it usefull for all my messaging neeRAB and internet.


Ill be porting my nuraber during the week.

Also another reason was that my nokia 6265i had to be replaced because the memory card slot died(as my previous nokia 6265i)

I didnt feel like paying the 45-80 dllrs for a reolacement that cricket will tell me that its irrepairable and has customer damage.


it really doesnt.. i never dropped it.. i guess using the mem card alot can wear the contacts out or something?

:( well thats mky story. Ill still be around these forums for the tmobile forums and see what else is up.

Thanks for all your advice and help over these 2 years with cricket!

Il probably come back once the service is better :D

OHH and another reason!!

To use an unlocked i phone for tmobile
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Good for you dude... Cricket isn't for everyone.. It's for folks who can't get service elsewhere, and for people who use enough minutes that their bills would be over $100 elsewhere..
 
Im still bummed about it :( but i needed real internet and messenger features, I know i could have bought a bad azz phone and flashed it. Cricket hasnt been the best in my area lately. I WILL go back when it gets better, i dont care if i oay cancellation fees elsewhere. im sad that my nokia broke down :( i loved it.. but at the same time it was limited. :(
 
Since I was 13 my mom has had me w/ cricket and for a few years after then I always wanted verizon because of the fact that it does have AIM and all those other good messengers. But when I got older I realized it wasn't nothing important to me so I'm happy w/ cricket.

All that matters now is the picture messaging.

But I wouldn't mind at all if they started adding those features :D
 
You could have use eBuddy Mobile to access all the major IM clients.

It's not a dedicated IM client, but it does the job.

But hey, to each his own! Like the Bad Boy said--Cricket isn't for everyone!

Cheers.
 
Somebody should write a GUI frontend for that SMS short code based AIM service. Intercept an incoming IM, see if it came from 265***, parse it to decide the next logical action, etc. SounRAB very possible to me... maybe I should read up on my .NET stuff.
 
Is t-mobile's web unlimited?


When I build a package on their website, under services/accessories, I see an option for T-mobile web for $5.99/mo, or T-mobile internet add-on for $19/mo... any idea what the differences are?
 
the t-mobile internet gives you access to wifi hotspot service, and an email account i think. the t-mobileweb is just wap browsing. you might need the full internet package to use pop email, but i'm not sure.
 
I got an 80 dllr plan.

its a special promo 1000 min plan, unlimited text and unlimited internet.. i assume its going to be around 90 dllrs :S ouch..

considering it may be cheap to cancel it thats why i am trying it.

As soon as cricket rools out new phones and better internet.. im down to go back!


the 5.99 plan is wap the 20 dllr one is unlimited internet and its the real internet.. well mobile :/
 
Man, that sounRAB like a HUGE ripoff for an extra $15/month. I could understand an extra $5ish, but $15, with the primary advantage being an email account? That's a joke (there are plenty of non-tmobile hotspots that you could use with the phones built in wifi, so who cares about the T-mobile branded ones?)

If I switched, I'd love to have pop mail access, but not for $15/month. I'd just set up text notifications.
 
Thanks.. that makes more sense of things.

The biggest restriction of T-zones are port restrictions, meaning that you'll be limited on what 3rd party apps you can use...

Still not a big enough deal that I'd pay an extra $15/month.. If T-zones includes IM availability, no biggie.. They've got ports open for POP and IMAP email access, and I don't use any programs that don't use port 8080 because of cricket anyway...
 
WOAH WOAH WAOH wait.. I just uploaded my contacts to windows live in my hotmail page and just hit sink in my phone and walla... ALL my contacts sinked automatically.. I was never able to do that with cricket... when my first nokia took a dump.. i lost m,y phone nurabers. Here there is no way... unless you got a smart phone. Im starting to like the msn messenger thing on my phone.
 
good for you to leave cricket. and dont fell bad. cricket sucks

I had cricket since they first started and switched to tmobile and Ill tell you what since being on tmobile, I have never looked back and will never go back to crappy cricket. better service and better customer service.

now I can take my phone anywhere and use it and dont have to pay outragesh roaming charges. i get signal everywhere. and if I wanted unlimited calling tmobile offers unlimited calling, but I never go over my 1000 minutes. and bonus the iphone works great on tmobile, plus my bill for tmobile is less than what i was paying on cricket!
 
lol.. How long ago did you leave cricket?


As for T-mobile's customer service...I'm not convinced at all that they're better than cricket. I was t-mobile for a year (my contract) a few years ago... Out of 12 months, they messed my bill up 10 times, often to the tune of being overbilled by $50+, and on one occasion (the last straw) by over $300.

They were really good about fixing their error the first 5-6 times, but after that, they started saying "we've already made several bill adjustments for you. We won't keep doing this".... The last bill, they refused to correct, even after I sent them documentation that it was incorrect. they were billing me for a ton of text messaging...At the time, the bills included hard copies of your text messages, and I went through a the first 5 pages of a 32 page bill and highlighted at least 30 places where they had billed me for one text message between 5 and 8 times.

Luckily, that happened the last month of my contract, so I told them to jump in a lake and came back to cricket. As of now, I get everything with cricket that I got with T-mobile (I didn't have national roaming with T-mobile)...

I actually went into the t-mobile store yesterday, thinking of switching back. After talking with their salespeople, who know NOTHING... looking at their equivalent of the phone I currently use (FYI, the wing is cheap looking garbage), and realizing that even with their smallest plan, unlimted text messaging, and T-zones, I'd be spending $15/month more than cricket (and incurring overages every month), I said screw that and decided to stick with cricket. I'll switch when they get an unlimited plan that's all inclusive for $70-100.
 
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