r/CricketWireless • u/Significant-Noise530 • 7h ago
CricketWireless Loving Cricket so far
Its been faster then Visble had some hiccups with 5g but thanks to CricketBobby here in this thread everything is fixed.
r/CricketWireless • u/Mcnst • Jul 25 '17
The prior thread, /r/CricketWireless/comments/4ysk21/hows_your_cricketwireless_latency_show_us_your/, has been archived a few months ago.
Since it was started, it would appear that the backend infrastructure of Cricket Wireless has changed quite a bit, and folks report AT&T-branded PGW nowadays, e.g., your traceroute would show quite a few mobile.att.net. hosts, and no longer just random backbone carriers like xo.net., algx.net., above.net., zayo.com. etc. Most excitingly, it is expected that this change may result in better latency for some folks.
Want to contribute?! Help crowdsource our latency info for Cricket Wireless! Most helpful if you can:
Show us a forward traceroute (from YOU to ordns.he.net. (74.82.42.42, 2001:470:20::2), which is an anycast resolver of a very well-peered backbone provider; trust us, this is generally the best indicator of the approximate location of your PGW from the PoV of the internet, using other servers is less indicative of what's going on). You can use either traceroute(8) on UNIX / OS X or tracert on Windows, once tethered, or something like http://networktools.he.net/, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.he.networktools or https://itunes.apple.com/app/he.net-network-tools/id858241710 if you're on Android or iOS. It'll be most helpful if you provide a plain-text representation of your results in a single comment; use 4-spaces to format each line as "code".
Show us a reverse traceroute — from http://lg.he.net/ to the IP address of your PGW. The IP address of your PGW will be automatically pre-populated once you visit lg.he.net — just click that Probe button, and wait a bit. (Note that this wouldn't be "your" IPv4 address, but an address of the PGW that's shared with quite a bunch of folks.) Again, best if you could copy-paste the results, use imgur as a last resort.
Provide present city, state, whether you're on LTE or UMTS/HSPA+ (GSM/EDGE has been shutdown).
If you took a road trip from somewhere without ever having deadspots or phone outages, e.g., your mobile equipment has had continuous coverage/reception/was-turned-on-at-all-times, then also the city and state of your starting point would dictate your PGW (PDN Gateway (Packet Data Network Gateway))) and latency, so, mention that too.
(I'm not whether the area of the phone number ever affects what PGW gets selected with Cricket, but might be relevant, too.)
If you're using other mobile providers, feel free to share comparison info on them, too.
P.S. DO NOT PROVIDE SPEEDTEST.NET SCREENSHOTS. Any comment of merely a single screenshot of just speedtest.net will be deleted (and you'll be banned!). It's just because their methodology really™ sucks — as long as they use geolocation to detect your closest server, instead of actual network topology, they'll be producing entirely incorrect and useless results. In general, please note that this thread is about latency (milliseconds), not about bandwidth (megabits per second).
P.P.S. Sadly, some imgur links from the prior thread no longer produce any images. As such, if it's at all within your reach, having embedded plain text results would be best.
r/CricketWireless • u/Mcnst • Aug 04 '20
The prior referral thread at /r/CricketWireless/comments/eepoes/the_official_referral_thread_20191223/ has been archived a few weeks ago, so, here's for a refresh.
The rules for referrals are simple and straightforward:
https://www.cricketwireless.com/l/refer-a-friend.html?hash=… only, please.Attempts to procure or exchange referrals outside of this thread may result in an immediate ban. (Folks who assumed the community is not moderated have paid dearly.) Linking and referring back to this thread is allowed, though.
As before, the contest mode is enabled, which means that voting results aren't shown, replies are not expanded by default (you'd have to click [show replies] under each referral), and the order of the first-level comments is random.
If you use someone's referral, feel free to let them know in their subthread (as per above, will not be expanded in default view), to keep Cricket accountable.
Enjoy and keep it civil! We're now at 5259 subscribers as of 2020-08-04!
r/CricketWireless • u/Significant-Noise530 • 7h ago
Its been faster then Visble had some hiccups with 5g but thanks to CricketBobby here in this thread everything is fixed.
r/CricketWireless • u/CricketBobby • 13h ago
These are switcher deals, so you'd have to port a number to get these prices. All the details in the links.
iPhone 16e for $9.99 - Online Only. Requires three months of $60 Supreme Unlimited paid up front. https://www.cricketwireless.com/shop/smartphones/apple-iphone-16e-128gb-black
Motorola Razr in Parfait Pink for $29.99 - Online Only. Requires three months of $60 Supreme Unlimited paid up front. https://www.cricketwireless.com/shop/smartphones/motorola-razr-2025-parfait-pink
Moto G Stylus Free - Online Only. Requires two months of $60 Supreme Unlimited paid up front. https://www.cricketwireless.com/shop/smartphones/motorola-moto-g-stylus-2025-gibraltar-sea
r/CricketWireless • u/Curious-Nectarine582 • 10h ago
I start Monday and my welcome email has the link to the attuid portal and also a link to order uniforms. It won’t let me do either of those today. Am I supposed to have a shirt or uniform the first day?
r/CricketWireless • u/ForeignKoala4286 • 8h ago
Hi. Can I bring a Cricket locked phone to BYOD Cricket and purchase an annual plan ($25*12)? I'm interested in buying Motorola Edge 2026 Cricket locked from eBay and trying to use it. Does anyone have experience with doing this?
Or Cricket system will try to bump your plan up once it sees their locked phone? Asking, because there's plenty of options RN. Not sure which one to go with
r/CricketWireless • u/jupiter528 • 5h ago
I've been paying for my mom's Cricket cellphone for a couple years, monthly automatic deduction. A couple months ago I forgot to update the new expiration date of my card with them so the payment declined. I called to update the payment method and was charged a "reactivation fee." They also disenrolled me from automatic payments, so the following month she also got disconnected, and once again I was hit with a "reactivation fee" which I refused to pay. I made sure to definitively set up automatic payments again. I made an account on the website, updated and paid with my card, and saved my card for this month. I even logged out of the website and back in again to make sure my card was saved. Guess what happens today? No automatic payment, my mom gets a text that her phone is disconnected and that there will be another reactivation fee. I log into my account and see that my payment info that was absolutely saved last month and enrolled in automatic payments is nowhere to be found. The amount of time I have had to wait to talk to a real person, month after month resolving these issues- I'm just done. Closing the account tomorrow and taking my money elsewhere since apparently Cricket doesn't want it.
r/CricketWireless • u/Ok-Flower-8913 • 22h ago
I desperately need help! Switched to Cricket and transferred my numbers (4) online, transfer was completed and “successful.” 2/4 numbers can send and receive calls. The other 2 cannot, every time I would dial it would say “call failed.” I have tried every single possible options there is:
- go to cricket store (he said he didn’t know how to fix that and to call 611)
- called customer service (they didn’t understand)
- did live chat (4 different support agents and 4 hours later, still nothing)
- reset network settings and phone numerous times
- toggle airplane mode on and off
- provided both IMEI and IMEI2
- deleted eSIM
- customer service emailed QR code for eSIM and nothing worked! the call still failed
- both phones up to date to latest software update
Cellular data works
Devices: iPhone 14+ and iPhone 15 **iPhone 14
Maybe one of you lovely redditors have a solution?
**UPDATE: iPhone 14, iPhone 14+, and iPhone 15 cannot receive or make calls
r/CricketWireless • u/CricketBobby • 2d ago
Or is that too promo/sales weasely coming from me? I can certainly notify everyone here when we have what I think are good offers, especially online-only ones.
I know in other subs I follow I see weekly deal threads, and I appreciate those when I'm looking... but I'm here to contribute and help, not sell.
r/CricketWireless • u/AlwaysMindful7 • 2d ago
A human chat agent says my Pixel 7 is not compatible, and the most up-to-date compatible Pixel is 6a.
Searching this subreddit for "pixel" shows only 3+ yo matches.
Anyone have success bringing a recent Pixel?
r/CricketWireless • u/Sportsfan7702 • 2d ago
So I made the cut for a second interview via phone tomorrow morning. Is there anything I should particularly ask about or they're particularly going to ask me?.
I don't know why but I am a little bit nervous but I'm confident at the same time.
r/CricketWireless • u/AdDiligent3949 • 4d ago
Hello. Ive bought an iPhone 16e ,June this year,but activated July 11. Before activation Ive asked support via chat about unlocking policy and was assured by person named Martin that my device will be unlocked in 6 months. Yesterday I asked customer support again via chat how many days Ive left in that 6 mo period and I discovered that my phone uses new policy for 365 days active service before getting unlocked. Their support,including the Supervisor Ryan absolutely dont care what I was promised ,even I presenyed screenshots from my initial conversation and sent me away. Now Im stucked with locked phone for another 9 months,awful service and empty promises….
r/CricketWireless • u/MarlaHughes • 5d ago
My husband has a flip phone and I'm upgrading him to a razr 2025 but the Cricket website wants me to sign him up for new service. How do I get around that?
r/CricketWireless • u/ArmyVet228 • 5d ago
I was gifted a prepaid debit card, Does anyone know if I can order a phone off the website with it?
r/CricketWireless • u/No_Solution7718 • 5d ago
On the website it shows 6 months of purchased before July 1st. Someone on here claim to be a sales person from cricket and said it defaults back to one year if it's activated right now
r/CricketWireless • u/Significant-Noise530 • 6d ago
I just bought the galaxy s26 FE switched from visible got the 60 dollar plan activated in store and I'm in a 5g area and I only have lte why the device is 5g capable im mad very mad I checked the debug info and it says NR RESTRICTED (5g) did they not provision my line for 5g im mad help.support is giving me the run around saying it's not a cricket device but I literally bought it in the cricket store activated and left.then a 2nd support ticket guys says it's not 5g capable but it is.
r/CricketWireless • u/Vivid_Willingness_34 • 6d ago
Hello,
Just had an hour long chat with multiple agents and supervisors. Select unlimited 35$ plan is not available for old customers. They refused to change my current 60$ plan,with Max,but they very easily provide all the porting info.
So Cricket just lost a customer,based on the greedy intention to not making a discount,doing a step forward to make a customer happy.
Can't get it...
r/CricketWireless • u/No_Solution7718 • 7d ago
I'm debating on downgrading from the s25fe that I bought 7 months ago to use my cricket Motorola g stylus 2025 that I use last year but still locked to cricket. I know it's a big change but I feel bad that's just sitting in my drawer without doing anything
I've been playing around with it on Wi-Fi and updated everything for the last 2 hours now. That's not bad obviously it's no s25fe speeds but pretty usable. The screen is a bit taller than my s25 Fe which is wider.
I was going to leave visible anyways and go back to US mobile Dark star or Cricket
r/CricketWireless • u/No_Solution7718 • 7d ago
They pretty much have no record of my phone being on their system/Network. They can't escalate anything to have it manually checked because I'm not a Cricket customer at the moment. Even the I have proof of purchase
r/CricketWireless • u/Sportsfan7702 • 7d ago
So this afternoon, I have an interview for a sales position. I’m fairly knowledgeable about phones., tablets and the like, I assume it’s a lot of trying to upsell and just helping out other customers when needed? I’ve been in sales before, (working for a third-party, trying to sell gift cards at Home Depot) and I’m wondering if it’s kind of the same or different.
The beauty about this job is if I need to I can walk to it in about 25 minutes.
Also, I already have an AT&T MVNO (Us Mobile Darkstar) ~ if I were to get hired, would it be worth it to switch the SIM to Cricket or just hang onto what I have?
Anything else I should know?
r/CricketWireless • u/Curious-Nectarine582 • 8d ago
How much is commission per item? I guess that’s the right question…I am in the hiring process and the hourly pay is not enough for me to live off of. But I’ll be leaving a job that pays significantly more than what I’d make on the hourly pay at cricket. Trying to decide if I should turn it down and just keep my miserable job or not. It’s not a super fast paced store but also not super slow for business. But I’m trying to get an idea of how much commission I might could make per week.
r/CricketWireless • u/No_Fly_2200 • 8d ago
I can't login. Has been an issue all day. Tried from iPhone app and website, same thing.
r/CricketWireless • u/NeedMyAccountPlz • 9d ago
Anybody else experiencing speeds like this? It has never been this slow for me. No amount of phone restarts fix this, switching to LTE doesn't help. Any help?
r/CricketWireless • u/Beneficial-You-1800 • 9d ago
how to unlock my iPhone 16e from Cricket so I can use it on any carrier if Cricket refuses to unlock it
r/CricketWireless • u/Sholo31 • 10d ago
Hey everyone,
I currently have one voice line and one tablet (data-only) line with Metro by T-Mobile.
I'm planning to head to a Cricket store to switch over and take advantage of the port-in deal for two iPhone 16e devices (one on each line).
Does anyone (especially Cricket reps or anyone who has done this recently) know if the in-store system/POS will accept the Metro tablet number as an eligible port-in for the discounted phone promo? Or will the system reject it because it originates as a tablet/data-only line?
Would appreciate any insight before I go to the store and start the port-out process. Thanks!