Strange internet outages / PRL 1004?!

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sNYDER

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Has anybody using EvDo noticed that web and MMS have not been working since yesterday?

Get this, I called Cricket to tell them my service was not working, and they couldn't figure it out. So I started thinking, "Did they blacklist me??" They kept telling me to turn the phone off, on again, and *228. I'm thinking, "Hell, no, I've got PRL 1050 on there and it'll just screw it up." But nothing else I did worked, so I gave in and did an OTA. I ended up getting PRL 1004, which still enabled EvDo, but I still got no WAP or MMS service. Finally, I got fed up and loaded in 1040, which dumped me back down to 1x but worked like a charm. Strange, that 1040 would work and nothing else would. I guess it affected EvDo, too.

So anyway, I was just told by a rep (who KNEW what I meant when I mentioned PRL 1004 and 1040! WOW!!) that they were using 1004 temporarily in an effort to alleviate server traffic while they fixed their network, though he said that it really didn't work well, even at full signal strength. We're all supposed to receive a message in about 6 or 7 hours to notify us that the network is up again and that they apologize for the outages, blah blah blah.
 
That's what I thought, too. Like I said, it gets EvDo, but for some reason my WAP or MMS wouldn't work at all as long as I was using 1050 or 1004.
 
Could it be that Cricket is a little uh...overwhelmed at the Evdo usage? I mean I can't think that many people have it, but they will have to increase their rates if more people use it won't they?
 
There seems to be an authentication error. I reloaded 1050 on the phone, and only get 1x. Weird. So no matter how many times I've called Cricket to refresh my services, or OTA'd the phone (which gives me Ev PRL 1005 now), or reflashed it, it never connects. I keep getting an "Error: Cannot resolve hostname" message from the browser, the MMS stays at 0%, and tethering will dial through until it says "checking user name and password" for nearly two minutes before giving up. What the hell is wrong with my phone?!
 
What's even wierder is that I had PRL 1040 for the past two weeks, but yesterday I stopped being able to send or receive MMS. I figured I should try to OTA and get PRL 1005, and I was able access my homepage (Google), but as soon as I tried to go to another website, I got an "Error: Cannot resolve hostname" message. And MMS was still not working. To top it off, I got 2 unsent messages in my Outbox that I cannot delete. I HATE that.
 
i had a phone once. that had a text stuck in inbox. and everytime i tried to open it. it would reset my phone. tried reseting. everything never got rid of it. then i tried reading flash.... and think it got to that text and restarted phone in middle... and never powerd back on :P lol, what causes that?
 
lol. cant wait for evdo to hurry up here. in boise. i get evdo signal. have 01050 prl in it, but loses once on web. lol thought i was getting evdo early for awhile :P but not sposed be available till end of month. i havnt even tried ota to see wut prl it will dump in my phone. im almost positive not going to be a evdo prl tho since its not ready here yet. =/
 
I wonder if cricket is going to disable DUN on their evdo hanRABets to help prevent some of the traffic. I am also willing to bet that phones will still continue to use the wap proxy. From what I have researched about the cricket internet carRAB it STILL uses the proxy as well..

Is there any insider information to shed some light on this? Most people I run into around here (at the cricket stores) barely know that evdo even exists..
 
not many people use it? in boise most people with cricket use there internet. lol its soo slow of course. but. hmm iunno. its going to get popular fast. 45$ unlimited internet. long as u dont have a life like me and dont travel. cricket is awsome.
 
any updates on fixing this? since I am not as skilled as most on here, I will gladly payapl for a way to get the wap and mms working again. I am using the exact instructions from LorRAB Generic V3 Monster-
 
odd- just started working. Not sure if it was on crickets end or mine, but i went into the browser setting on the phone and change the password to "Cricket" instead of "cricket" and it came on immediately.

but--- no MMS yet
 
1) cricket already disables DUN on all their hanRABets
2) regardless of whether or not there is a proxy involved the internet carRAB do not limit you to http traffic. you are able to use email service, vpn's etc...
 
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