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Help Cricket issues...

I sent 2 more, give them a try my good friend that started Cricket Mafia said one of them should work for area
 
Ok, so...

Now that I am flashed to root, and I can support APN's...maybe someone can point me to directions to get full internet working? Anyone?
 
Full internet working requires the broadband trick.

If you get a Broadband card from Cricket, and downgrade your Cricket plan (to get rid of Web, to the cheaper one, unless you need roaming!) then you can do it.

It requires putting in the phone numbers and information for your Broadband Card into ##778 instead of your normal one.

You can use APN Backup & Restore to get MMS to work, but if you're using the broadband card trick, you can't get MMS to work either way.
 
pkopalek said:
Full internet working requires the broadband trick.

If you get a Broadband card from Cricket, and downgrade your Cricket plan (to get rid of Web, to the cheaper one, unless you need roaming!) then you can do it.

It requires putting in the phone numbers and information for your Broadband Card into ##778 instead of your normal one.

You can use APN Backup & Restore to get MMS to work, but if you're using the broadband card trick, you can't get MMS to work either way.
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I know all that. But the Eris is rooted now, and supporting APN's, (I am now able to use anycut to make a 'apn' icon, and it lets me edit all the info in there, but it still doesn't seem to work.) so I thought that may change the outcome of Cricket data working. I guess not. With root out, I am sure it's only a matter of time until it gets figured out.
 
Nope.

Cricket uses Simple IP, and you have to go through a Proxy server if you are using a handset with one MIN.

It's now their network works. There's really no way around it. I have root too. It doesn't matter. APN Backup & Restore for MMS to work, and just the PST settings for everything else.
 
Ok...call it a hunch then...but I think the Eris will be working FULLY on Cricket with no broadband workaround soon. Kinda like how the Mogul was NEVER going to work on Cricket either....but then....it was figured out. I have faith.
 
In both cases, the broadband trick is necessary for full functionality.

The only way otherwise would be if there were a way to channel ALL network traffic through wap.mycricket.com:8080, but I'm pretty confident that it only allows you to request http traffic on port 80
 
In both cases, the broadband trick is necessary for full functionality.

The only way otherwise would be if there were a way to channel ALL network traffic through wap.mycricket.com:8080, but I'm pretty confident that it only allows you to request http traffic on port 80.

There is no way around this, that I've even heard of.

So, as such, NO phone is fully functional on Cricket the way the Eris is on Verizon. They aren't set up for it.

Theoretically, you could get your number to also have the access a Broadband Card has, and see what happens. I doubt they'd let you even try, though. There might be a technical reason why you can't, as well.

Who knows.
 
pkopalek said:
In both cases, the broadband trick is necessary for full functionality.

The only way otherwise would be if there were a way to channel ALL network traffic through wap.mycricket.com:8080, but I'm pretty confident that it only allows you to request http traffic on port 80.

There is no way around this, that I've even heard of.

So, as such, NO phone is fully functional on Cricket the way the Eris is on Verizon. They aren't set up for it.

Theoretically, you could get your number to also have the access a Broadband Card has, and see what happens. I doubt they'd let you even try, though. There might be a technical reason why you can't, as well.

Who knows.
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I had (wife has it now) a sprint diamond running windows mobile that had everything working on the data network without the broadband account, including mms, but there was a setting in the networking to channel all internet connections through the data proxy. Well now that I remember I wasn't able to check email. So yea you are right, not everything will work unless they ever decide to remove the stupid proxy. So for me using the broadband gets me everything buy MMS and I am happy with that. I haven't logged onto wifi sense I got the broadband account. I love it.
 
Quick bump for a question: Now that Droid WAP fully works on cricket with the proxy workaround, would I be able to add that HTML data plan and get faster internet? It'd still be running through cricket's proxy, correct?
 
It won't make it any faster than what you have now I have already tried it and didn't notice a difference
 
Okay, so it appears there is a solution to the Cricket proxy issue on the Eris that doesn't require a broadband account...however it's like pulling teeth to get someone with the knowledge to provide some assistance.
 
fritzel67 said:
Okay, so it appears there is a solution to the Cricket proxy issue on the Eris that doesn't require a broadband account...however it's like pulling teeth to get someone with the knowledge to provide some assistance.
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I disagree.

There are no fully functional internet phones on cricket. The cricket web proxy filters everything that isn't http/https on port 80.

You can't just load whatever site you want, going through wap.mycricket.com:8080.

I'd be baffled to see it.
 
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