Text messaging is a feature that allows customers to send short messages (up to 160 characters) from their Cricket phone. With a text messaging capable phone, customers can send messages to most other wireless users in the United States and Canada by simply using the 10-digit mobile number of the recipient. Customers can also send text messages to friends, family and business associates internationally for $0.10 per message.
You can sign up for text messaging by logging into My Account and adding the feature to your monthly plan by clicking on the link "Change/Add" next to your current plan features. You can also call 1-800-CRICKET or visit your nearest Cricket store.
If text messaging is already included in your monthly rate plan you do not have to pay anything extra for the service. If text messaging is not already included in your plan you have the following options:
1. You can choose to add text messaging as a feature add-on to your account for a flat monthly fee.
2. You can pay per outgoing message using your Flex Bucket or PAYGo account balance.
Text messaging works on all phones Cricket currently sells and most phones sold previously. To see if your Cricket phone is compatible with text messaging call 1-800-CRICKET to speak with a Customer Service representative.
You can receive emails on your Cricket phone in the form of a text or multimedia message if the email is sent to your Cricket phone email address.
For text messaging:
Your e-mail address is yourphonenumber@sms.mycricket.com. For example, a customer with the phone number 123-456-7890 can receive a text message at 1234567890@mms.mycricket.com.
For multimedia messaging:
Your e-mail address is yourphonenumber@mms.mycricket.com. For example, a customer with the phone number 123-456-7890 can receive a multimedia message at 1234567890@mms.mycricket.com.
No. Unfortunately at this time Cricket customers cannot view a log of past text messages. However if you are interested in viewing any text messaging purchases you have made you can access this information in My Account.
You cannot send a text message if text messaging is not included in your monthly plan or added onto your monthly plan. However, anyone visiting the Cricket website can send a text message to any Cricket subscriber, using the Cricket subscriber's phone number. The sender does not need to be a Cricket customer to send the text message and the recipient does not have to be a subscriber to the text messaging service in order to receive the message.
Many phones display an envelope icon, but different phones notify users that they have received a text message in different ways. Check your phone's user guide for specific information regarding text message notification.
Specific instructions on how to send a text message from your phone are in your user guide. In general:
1. Select the messaging option from your phone's menu.
2. Enter in the 10-digit mobile number of the message recipient.
3. Type in the text message.
4. Press SEND.
