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Cricket New Customers: 64GB Apple iPhone SE + 3-Mo. Prepaid Unltd Service Expired

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Cricket Wireless offers New Customers: 64GB Apple iPhone SE on sale for $0 + Pre-Pay for 3-Months of $60 Prepaid Unlimited Service for $180 (for total of $180). Shipping is free.

Thanks community member sduser1 for sharing this deal

Deal Instructions:
  1. Add your choice of Apple iPhone SE below to cart by selecting 'New Customer', then 'I'm Switching to Cricket or I Need a New Number'
  2. Next, select the $60 Unlimited Plan
  3. Price for 3-Months of Service plus iPhone will be $180 + free shipping.
About this product / service:
  • Cricket Wireless is a prepaid no-contract service owned by and operated on the AT&T network (coverage map).
  • This device is locked to the Cricket Wireless network and can be unlocked after 180 consecutive days (6 months) of active prepaid service on Cricket Wireless (unlock policy).
  • You may switch to any other lower-priced service plan once your first 2 months of prepaid service on the $60 unlimited plan ends or cancel service at any time. Note that you will not be refunded for unused time remaining on the amount you prepaid with this offer if you cancel before the initial 60 days period has completed.
  • $60 Unlimited Plan features:
    • Unlimited talk, text & picture messages in the U.S.
    • Unlimited high-speed 4G LTE data access (Cricket may temporarily slow data speeds if the network is busy)
    • 15GB Mobile Hotspot
    • 150GB Cloud Storage
    • SD quality video streaming (480p)
    • Mexico and Canada usage (Canada usage cannot exceed 50%)
    • Unlimited texts from the U.S. to 37 countries
    • HD Voice & WiFi Calling
Device Specifications:
  • 4.7" 1334x750 IPS 'Retina' Display
  • Apple A13 Bionic Chip (same chip as the iPhone 11 series)
  • 3GB RAM
  • 64GB Internal Storage
  • 12MP Rear / 7MP Front Cameras
  • Fingerprint Sensor w/ Apple Pay
  • IP67 Dust/Water Resistant
  • 1821 mAh Battery w/ support for up to 20W fast charging (20W charging adapter sold separately)
  • Qi Wireless Charging
  • Upgradable to the latest iOS 14 (with planned update to iOS 15 upon release)
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Cricket 64GB Apple iPhone SE (2020) [black, white or red] + 3-Months Prepaid Unlimited Service - $180 (tax included).
No port needed for this deal.

If plan is immediately downgraded to $30/mo plan, this will pay for 6 months which is also cricket's requirement for unlock.
Optional - may get $25 referral.

https://www.cricketwireless.com/c...black.html
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Last Edited by mohammadsp June 22, 2021 at 08:42 AM
There is a visual walkthrough at the end of this post. Read the instructions first. Most of the instructions is from previous Cricket deals. I tried to update them according to the terms of this deal but I might have missed something so please ask if anything is unclear.


EXISTING
Cricket Customers


Approach 1:

Note about this approach: This instructions is from a previous deal, I personally tried it and at the last step of merging two accounts after 2 months, the credits were messed up and I didn't get all of the credits from the new account. Do it at your own risk and see the second Approach further down that I personally used recently.

STEP 1
Create a new account to purchase the phone. You can self refer and both your existing and new accounts will each get $25

STEP 2
Before purchasing this device with the new email address, generate the $25 referral coupon from your existing cricket amount. (If you've reached your referral limit, can also search eBay for "cricket $25 referral code"- the FREE referral link is in the eBay item description there's no need to pay $0.99) REMEMBER sharing, advertising, or PMing referrals is a VIOLATION of SD rules!

Your referral code expires 30 days from generation- purchase and activate during this time period

STEP 3
IMMEDIATELY after activating your new phone, enter your unique referral code emailed to you in the "Everything's Better with Friends" section of the myCricket app or Cricket online website. After inputting referral code, you will see a 60-day countdown tracker in the "Everything's Better with Friends" on when your $25 credit is credited.

Downgrade immediately your plan to the $30 plan. You will get the full $30 prorated credit if you downgrade within the first day of activation.

STEP 4
After 2 months on the cricket plan, both your new and old accounts are credited each with the $25 referral. The $25 referral credit will apply on the 59th day and you will get a text notifying you of the credit. After the credit posts, 1 day before your third month is charged on your new account, call Cricket customer service to merge your new account with your old account ensuring your $25 credit from the new account is transferred/ merged with your old account and then cancel that additional line that was merged

Approach 2:

NOTE: I have personally done this approach but don't know if anybody else has tried it. So, do it at your own risk.

Purchase the phone and pay $180, immediately after activation downgrade your plan to the $30 plan. You will get the full $30 prorated credit if you downgrade within the first day of activation. Right after that merge your new account into your main account by chatting/calling Cricket customer service and during the process make sure that the $150 credits in your new account will be transferred to the main account. Finally, cancel the additional line. You will have the phone for $30 and will have $150 credits in your account.


NEW
Cricket Customers


STEP 1
Before purchasing your free phone, secure a $25 referral coupon from the cricket referral program (Search eBay for "$25 cricket referral code"- the FREE referral link is in the eBay item description there's no need to pay $0.99) REMEMBER sharing, advertising, or PMing referrals is a VIOLATION of SD rules!.

Once a referral code is generated, it expires within 30 days.

If you get the error "Well that didn't work as expected!" when trying to claim a code, you need to find a new link as this person has already reached their refer limit. NOTE: I also had this "Well that didn't work as expected" error when using a VPN (Torguard) service. Turned it off and it worked fine.

STEP 2
IMMEDIATELY after activating your new phone, enter your unique referral code emailed to you in the "Everything's Better with Friends" section of the myCricket app or Cricket online website. After inputting the referral code, you will see a 60-day countdown tracker in the "Everything's Better with Friends" on when your $25 credit is credited.

Change your plan to the $30 plan. You will get the full $30 prorated credit if you downgrade within the first day of activation. You should now have 2 full months of service with the $60 you prepaid and just have to pay $5 more for an extra third month of service. The $25 referral credit will apply on the 59th day and you will get a text notifying you of the credit. After 6 months on Cricket, you can request your free cricket phone to be unlocked


Visual guide for the process to activate new Cricket phone accounts for anyone who is confused about the process:

New Cricket Phone Activation Walkthrough [wixsite.com]


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what if i just need phones for existing cricket plans?
About to do this deal, can anyone elaborate on the process to "immediately downgrade to the $30/mo plan"? Is it done through their site, or do I have to call them? Do I change it right after signing up, or do I wait until I've received and activated the phone? Thanks

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06-27-2021 at 07:41 AM.
06-27-2021 at 07:41 AM.
My phone is still in "processing". I've contacted chat, and they first said there was a problem with the sim transfer. Then they said everything was fine, but still nothing. Funny thing, after I got the sim transfer issue resolved, every time I'm on chat, they leave me on waiting for like 15 minutes while they're "looking into it". Is this just a crickett thing? Anybody else waiting for their orderss to ship
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06-28-2021 at 12:05 PM.
06-28-2021 at 12:05 PM.
Is there somewhere on my account I can see the 'timer/number of days' for unlocking the phone?
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06-28-2021 at 12:34 PM.
06-28-2021 at 12:34 PM.
Quote from LavenderManatee434 :
Is there somewhere on my account I can see the 'timer/number of days' for unlocking the phone?
login to your account
goto "Account Settings'
Under "Account Information", click "Get Code"
Click on "Request Unlock" button under the device you want to unlock, the timer/ no of days remaining will display.
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06-28-2021 at 05:11 PM.
06-28-2021 at 05:11 PM.
Quote from SlickPickSlim :
Seems soft unlock might not be a problem down the line. Can simply wipe it and sell as an unlocked phone when done with it. $180+~$10 is a great deal for essentially an unlocked iphone se from day 1.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoContra...fere_with/
Update:
Opted for the new blank white "turbo sim" (pretty generic on ebay) that after initial insert and removal, you don't need anything awkwardly wrapping around your sim cards for it to work.

After updating the ICCID, now my phone carrier lock status shows as "No SIM restrictions" and I can easily swap around my available SIMs. Thumbsup

Still 174 days (as shown on cricket site) to request factory unlock, but essentially there's no longer any real urgency.
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07-01-2021 at 08:28 AM.
07-01-2021 at 08:28 AM.
Lol good luck getting this unlocked, I activated on 12/31/2020, their system said 1/1/2021 (odd when I log in it says 12/31/2020). Try to unlock it on 7/1/2021 they say it hasnt been 6 months, ask them to count it they say its been 5 months 28 days... Um no it's been 6 months not sure how you can't count to 6 but it's 6 months. They hung up on me, three times, once after trying to speak to a manager, next time with a rep who I asked if he could count to 6, and now another time same thing asking please count it and I'm paid up past the 6 months. Cricket is an awful company, and if there are any cricket reps on this forum your customer service is not only awful but apparently can't count from 1 to 6.
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07-01-2021 at 10:49 AM.
07-01-2021 at 10:49 AM.
I had no issues unlocking my 2 iPhones 4 to 5 days prior to the end of 6 months.

Did you trying unlocking from your Cricket account via account settings -> account information -> get code -> request unlock?
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07-06-2021 at 11:51 PM.
07-06-2021 at 11:51 PM.
Quote from SlickPickSlim :
Update:
Opted for the new blank white "turbo sim" (pretty generic on ebay) that after initial insert and removal, you don't need anything awkwardly wrapping around your sim cards for it to work.

After updating the ICCID, now my phone carrier lock status shows as "No SIM restrictions" and I can easily swap around my available SIMs. Thumbsup

Still 174 days (as shown on cricket site) to request factory unlock, but essentially there's no longer any real urgency.
Thanks bro, it worked for me.
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07-10-2021 at 01:21 PM.
07-10-2021 at 01:21 PM.
This is what I did:

1. brought iphone SE,
2. down graded to $30 plan and
3. need to merge new account to my original account with 5-lines ($100).

I chat with them but they said they need to merge the new line as the 6th line in my plan and will make it $160/month(6 lines).

Should I cancel the new iphone SE phone service (not sure they will let me do it) then try to merge the two account again ?

Please help.
Thanks in advance !!
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08-15-2021 at 11:06 AM.
Quote from SlickPickSlim :
Update:
Opted for the new blank white "turbo sim" (pretty generic on ebay) that after initial insert and removal, you don't need anything awkwardly wrapping around your sim cards for it to work.

After updating the ICCID, now my phone carrier lock status shows as "No SIM restrictions" and I can easily swap around my available SIMs. Thumbsup

Still 174 days (as shown on cricket site) to request factory unlock, but essentially there's no longer any real urgency.
Thank so much. Could you please link the RSIM/NYTurbo you used?
So how does this work? Once it is unlocked we start using another SIM. Meanwhile - the Cricket SIM is still sitting unused with all the $180 credits in a drawer.
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So an we call in after 180 days and still get the iphone unlocked?
Will Cricket know that the phone is using ANOTHER SIM and that the cricket SIM is not used in the phone.
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08-15-2021 at 11:13 AM.
08-15-2021 at 11:13 AM.
Quote from SlickPickSlim :
Sim card only needed for activation to start your counter. Contrary to popular lore, you don't need to keep it in the phone or even use the phone at all after that. Just as long as you not use the sim on another phone, cuz that would reset the timer.
Thanks for this.
So after I activate the new SIM and have $180 credits, I can then remove the Cricket SIM put it in a drawer. Unlock the iphone with RSIM and keep using it with another network SIM.

Now after 6 months when I request unlock will cricket not know that the phone wasn't used with a Cricket SIM? During the unlock process does the iPhone have to be with me and have the cricket SIM card in it?

What if I give the iPhone SE to a friend or give it overseas? Can I still request unlock with just the Cricket SIM card being active and not in the iPhone at that time?

Thanks in advance.
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08-25-2021 at 06:08 PM.
08-25-2021 at 06:08 PM.
On the first day, I downloaded my service from $60 to $30. During the 2nd month, I spent $10 on 1GB of addon data. I'm about to start my 3rd month and it asks me to pay $30. Isn't it too early? Does this happen to others? I thought I have another 2 months with $30 plan.
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09-14-2021 at 10:40 AM.
09-14-2021 at 10:40 AM.
What are the steps to get the $25 discount coupon? I'd like to order one. Thanks
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09-29-2021 at 07:53 AM.
09-29-2021 at 07:53 AM.
Quote from mohammadsp :
Here is what I did with the previous deal. Purchased the phone on a new account. downgraded immediately to $30, chat with Cricket and merged the two accounts (to transfer the credits on the new account), and then canceled the new line. At the time, the deal was the phone for $50 with two months of $60. It ended up $50+$30+tax for me, because the remaining $90 was transferred to my main account when I merged the two accounts. Based on this experience, one should be able to get the phone for $30 and the remaining $150 should be transferred to the main account as credit. For a cricket customer, it couldn't get sweeter actually!
How long after having the two accounts merged did you call and cancel the new line? After cancelling the new line, can you take a sim from a phone already in use and put it into the SE and use it without issue?
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09-29-2021 at 07:58 AM.
09-29-2021 at 07:58 AM.
Quote from mulliganman :
How long after having the two accounts merged did you call and cancel the new line? After cancelling the new line, can you take a sim from a phone already in use and put it into the SE and use it without issue?

Immediately. The same person that merged the two accounts canceled the line for me. And yes, you can just put your old sim into this phone and use it. That is what I did
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09-29-2021 at 10:14 AM.
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Quote from mohammadsp :
Immediately. The same person that merged the two accounts canceled the line for me. And yes, you can just put your old sim into this phone and use it. That is what I did
Thanks for confirming! But, that seems kind of crazy Cricket would be okay with then merging the two accounts and then cancelling the newest line that came with the SE...
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