Hi, new user here, hope I can get help with my questions. I'am currently with MetroPCS using a Sprint Evo 4g with everything working(mms,sms,web,talk/txt,gps). Everything is great with metro except their slow 1x data speeds and honestly have waited too long for them to get at least rev.0 in my area but nothing. What I want to do is simple but at the same time a little tricky. Yes, you might of guessed it, I want to keep the Evo(I love my Evo, cant let it go so easily) and switch to Cricket. Simple right? Not likely. The trick is that I also want to keep my number from metropcs.

I spoke to a sales rep at cricket over the phone and told her what I wanted do and she said that in order to keep the number I would have to purchase a cricket phone and then flash my evo to cricket. Is this the only way to port my number and evo? Is there another way without having to purchase a cricket phone which I will prob never use? What steps should I take to do this whole thing?

I hope I made sense and can get help in the matter as I plan to do this in the next week or so. Great forum and thanks for any help!