[Tommytwaka]

I purchased a used verison pearl 8130, then went to cricket to hook it up for the second time with them alone; they sold me a plan that had access to web etc.,yet didn't tell me it wouldn't happen that way . cant rouse a connection to wireless whatsoever, have heard about widgets / saving graces unto my sms , radio only waste of the pearl experience

[Outatime97]

As Cricket does not carry Blackberrys, they cannot support BIS/BES. So, unfortunatly any Blackberry flashed to their system is only good for phone calls and text. Possible that someone may hack in some data, but unlikely you will ever have the full Blackberry experience.

[Xotzin]

I can't tell you how much this sucks and how I cannot believe it because I have NEVER seen a BB lover give in ! It'll happen and it'll be amazing! Rhumor has it cricket will be picking up a blackberry fo r their service and that'll be the day baby!

[JBerG]

To this day I still can't imagine why anyone would ever go to cricket for there phone service?? And secondly why in the world would you waste and ruin a Blackberry like that?? First off if your phone is "Red flagged", that could mean a few things..1. You "found" it, 2. You did the insurance on the phone (claiming it was lost/stolen) then you decided to go and sell the old one. 3. You couldn't come up with enough money to either pay your bill or pay the early termination fee. No matter the case what you can do if you want to sell it to another party or use cricket is call customer service and have them perform an esn swap onto a cheap "throw away" phone so that It will release the phone off your account. Then you can have it flashed to cricket or you can wait after 60 days for the previous provider to release it off your old account. Its happened numerous times where someone will use there 1yr or 2yr upgrade to purchase a phone, then the customer can't pay there bill. The provider has the right to hold and "red flag" the esn for up to 60 days because the customer never really paid the full amount for the phone nor complied with the contact and agreements. Well back to the beginning, don't waste your money on cricket! There service is fairly cheap but again they have no available data plan and there fees are crazy! If you want a decent no contract company use Boost. You can still use the web, talk and text and you don't have to ruin a Blackberry! My advice go onto craigslist and swap your curve with a 8350i and go get yourself boost. If you need more info on the process or if you have any other questions just PM or PIN me. Good luck!