who can i get my phone turned on through? am I stuck with sprint or tmobile?
how can I turn my phone on can I switch my account with cricket so this phone will have my cricket number?
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By the way, make sure your carrier supports 3G on the ZTE Open's bands (listed unofficially here as 850/900/1900/2100: http://www.gsmarena.com/zte_open-5320.php). On the old T-Mobile network (AWS/1700), you might only get EDGE speeds.
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this is great having a new phone that I can't call or text anyone with... I love it
Do you have Firefox OS (B2G)?
firefox os zte open
Modified by RenegadeOfFunk
Please elaborate.... Where did you buy from, maybe you can contact them about your service.
Modified by kobe
You will have to contact the carriers to see if they allow you to bring in an unlocked phone. You will also require a SIM card. Depending on your location, there may be multiple carriers aside from Sprint and T-Mobile.
The ZTE Open requires GSM or UTMS cellular network. Cricket is CDMA: http://www.mycricket.com/support/faq/do-cricket-phones-use-a-sim-card
For this reason, I do not think you will be able to use your Cricket number, but you should call their customer service to be certain.
Modified by ckoehler
You can ask a GSM vendor like AT&T / GoPhone, T-Mobile, Straight Talk / Net10, etc., whether your Cricket number is portable. I think most numbers should be portable now.
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By the way, make sure your carrier supports 3G on the ZTE Open's bands (listed unofficially here as 850/900/1900/2100: http://www.gsmarena.com/zte_open-5320.php). On the old T-Mobile network (AWS/1700), you might only get EDGE speeds.
thanks for the info, I switched to tmobile today and got the same prepaid plan as my cricket plan.