[ad#cricket-1]I recently bought a Cricket Broadband USB for 40$ a month. I tried to get the system to activate it automatically but that kept on failing. Finally called the tech support and found out this little tip. So here is how you manually activate it:
Once your are to the Quicklink Mobile Menu you will want to hit Control-D:
It will bring up this:
The Password to get into manually activate your Broadband USB card is six zeros no more no less!!
Once your enter the password your will get this screen:
[ad#cricket-1-1]Activation Code : Same from above Six Zero’s
Phone Number : The Phone number that is your broadband card
The IMSI (Min) Code : You will find that in the Indirect Dealer Copy. It will be the one telling you another number. In mine it said this:
“In order to program your phone, you will also need the following number (###)###-#### (MIN)”
Enter that number in there without any special characters it would be ########## and then press enter. Close out the Quicklink Mobile menu and reload it. Then click Connect and you should be ready to go!!!
The bad news is, we have discovered a Leopard-related issue that may very well throw a monkey wrench into your Time Machine. Anyone trying to use Time Machine with a previously PC-formatted drive could be at risk. The good news is, there is an easy—albeit none-too-obvious—fix. Here’s the dilly-o:
