A Monkey With a New iPhone - Advice, Please...
 

OK...just got Paul's (widgeon13) iPhone5 and managed to turn it on.
Screen says, "Set up."
Called Cricket store the other day and they said to bring it in.
Should I just take it there and let them do the initial "Set up" or should I dink around with it myself.
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Be easy, now...I'm not a techie.
My old 2007 flip phone is steam-operated...so I'm new to this. :)

mr. monkey.
take it to the store and let them do what they do.
then go online for tutorials and read the manual - you do read English, don't you? :D
welcome to 2014. ;)

You really can't do anything without the Cricket sim installed, so start there!

Or, you could put it in airplane mode, connect to a wifi network, and start learning.

K...I'll go there.
'Feel like a monkey in front of a set of encyclopedias. :o
Thanks.

Did you get the phone numbers of all of Mr. Widgeon13's old girl friends?

Not sure yet. 'Soon as I know my way around this rig, I'll be looking for porn.

If it starts in set up mode it's wiped.

Ain't nada on it.

Well sh_t rag sh_t!
What did he sell me? :D

OK, got Cricket on the IPhone. Cancelled my Virgin acct. & auto pay.
I can call out on the "new" iPhone, but I still receive incoming calls on my old Virgin phone.
I guess it takes a while for Cricket to kick in. Who knows?
This iPhone is sumpin' else.
Thanks for the input.
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PS The signal on my iPhone is clear as a bell, unlike my old Virgin which was spotty at best - constant dropped calls.
Last week, I called a salvage yard in Mich. and had to call them back 6 times.

Yes takes a few hours for everything to get sorted out between carriers...

Glad you are enjoying it, have fun. SmileWavy

Don,

This is something I can help you with. While females are still a mystery, modern (ahem, 2 year old) tech is not.

The iPhone 5 came out in 2012 so the should be welcome to 2012. ;)