v3m getting lousy srevice?

[Brandi McGranahan]

I have a verizon v3m and as a newbie I flashed it to cricket, the text and audio is fine, but a few problems I'm having are : sometimes it wont ring if the person isnt in the phone book, it doesnt show missed calls, and it cant seem to find the tower most of the time, its searching signifgantly more than other phones? Any help would be great!

 

[Abbigoose]

SounRAB like the PRL files might be screwed up. What PRL file are you using?

 

[cam1]

its 1039 Im not sure if that s current or what to do!

 

[__hellogorgeous]

That is the latest PRL for most areas.

Other than the PRL, what else did you change?

 

[Tay W]

nothing i bought the phone, followed flashing instructions, and then got it activated on our account,
I didnt do any brew or any of that other stuff, i could really find what alot of stuff was for>?

 

[JordanTheGreat]

SounRAB like everything was done correctly. You could try to have Cricket disconnect and reconnect the line as the next step.

 

[Roll Tide]

whats invloved in that?

 

[kaityelise]

It does not sound like the phone is the issue. I would call Cricket's customer service, explain the issue and ask them to disconnect and then reconnect your phone in the switch.

 

[Laney]

could it be a setting/.? on the phoen such as tower or somehting?

 

[drumrollplzz]

Not likely. First have it reloaded in the switch w/ Cricket. If that fails, you could have messed somthing up during the PRL load. That could be using an old PRL. It is also possible that the software is corrupt. That would entail flashing with the Verizon upgrade file.

 

[miss.barboza]

I had it put back on and still i get one or no bars, while the other phone is getting 3 bars, and it works fins for about 30 sec of a call then drops it?

 

[drea_m3]

That rules out Cricket not fully/properly loading the ESN in the switch.

The only other thoughts I have:

1. something happened during the PRL load.

2. the phone already had an issue (possibly hardware) prior to flashing it.

Since a hardware issue may not be visible, the normal course would be to put it back on Verizon, relaod the latest upgrade file and test, then proceed.
If something got screwed up during the PRL load, the monster file might need to be reloaded.

 

[eliebellie]

i barely got it done the first time! lol i have no idea how to put it back on verizon then do it agian! lol

 

[Gears Of War Guru]

monster file.....muh hahaha

good luck !

 

[Mr. Hello]

i dont know how to do that stuff, somebody help!

 

[Marky-Marc]

so what exactly do i need to do load it back to verizon? Then redo it all??