Cricket iPhone 4S can't be activated?

So I bought an iphone on Craigslist, on general, about, it says network: cricket. Carrier: cricket 14.0. I tried to activate it online but I only got to where you choose a plan and a message says to call cricket support to activate it. I took it to a cricket store and they said they couldn't activate it. Then they said it was a flashed phone and they didn't activate flashed phones. I checked the MEID on checkesnfree.com and it is a clean esn for cricket. I called the cricket support number and they transferred me to the iphone support team and they couldn't activate it. One said that it was still active, another said it wouldn't let him, another said that they couldn't activate that phone. I asked why and they wouldn't give me an answer just that it wouldn't let them. When I try to make a call from the iphone a machine from American roaming service answers and says if I want to make a collect call to a land line phone etc using a pin to press 1 etc. The phone should automatically send me to cricket not that machine. On the top of the phone it has service bars and says cricket. It can't be a flashed phone if it has cricket on top. The phone number on the iphone is a fake number, its 555-555-1137, i google that are code and it does not exist, its a fake. Any number i dial either to make a call or to display information from the phone, it sends me to that stupid machine. I try voice mail its that stupid machine that answers. I need help activating this phone, I try to google for answers but I find nothing no matter what I search.

Propaganda, why do people let it control their lives?

I have been self studying propaganda for a couple of years now.

It all started when I met an old school friend who I hadn't seen for nine years, he was working as a trainee manager at a supermarket and had recently got married and was speaking about his new car.

When I replied that I went back to Uni to study, didn't drive a car, had no girlfriend and still lived at my parents house he asked me where did I f'up in life.

Also my family can be the same too such as my sister that says I'm too old to learn a new language or play an instrument. (btw I'm 29)

And this year one of my friends new girlfriend laughed at me when I said I didn't drive.
And a few friends do not invite me out unless I dress the way they want.
(such as I will wear jeans, trainers, t-shirt, hoodie/jumper but they say I can't come to house parties or go to certain places with them unless I wear expensive jeans, shoes, shirt, done my hair etc)

Its even happened at Uni when younger students laugh at my ideas saying that they are outdated or unheard of. (I study games design… Which some people think I'm too old to do too.)

I came to the conclusion that most people in life have been programmed by propaganda to think a certain way and to shun out the people that do not follow the system.
It can be something like "you are meant to go to school, then college, learn to drive, buy a car, then Uni, move out of your parents house before you are 30, etc"

Or it could even be something to do with products such as a few of my Apple or Sony fanboy friends hate it and even argue with me when I say I do not want an iphone or a playstation.

What I want to know is why do you, or these people think that there/your way is correct and others that do not follow like sheep are deemed as failures or outcasts?

When I did ask this to a group of my friends they all looked dumbstruck and thought I was going crazy and told me to see someone who can help me think that what I'm thinking is wrong, so I thought I would ask online as people tend to answer questions about certain subjects when they are not face to face.

Gmail sound alert on iphone 5?

Just got myself an iphone 5. I'm on Gmail. Please advise me on how to set the iphone to alert me by sound each time an email comes into the inbox or into spam.

What should I do? Will I have a future?

I think that I'm great at writing and others do too. I was always one for words, I'm good at grammar, and I know some pretty big words for a incoming sophomore. I have always really thought about a career about writing, because I'm good at it and I love it. I've always wanted to be like a journalist or something, and I think that writing articles for newspapers would be so cool. I just took a test for what job would be right for me: pretty basic questions. The job "writer" came up as a 100% absolute possibility for a job. I did some research though, and found out that 80 percent of American families did not read a single book in the last year, and not to mention with more technological things coming up in the future, and what we've already gotten so far to eliminate books and stuff (kindles, iPhones, etc) will there be a future for writers? With reading rates dropping so fast is it worth it or should I consider a different career? Or do you think there might still be possibilities? I mean, I'll graduate high school and go off to college in only three years, and I want to be prepared and know what I should do for a career. This is an opinionated question, feel free to answer whatever you want, thanks.

Is iphone 5 really worth it?

The bigger screen seems to be the only improvement to me, I don't know if it runs faster than iphone 4 but any difference would be insignificant to average consumers.

Why won't my iphone 4 lock or go to home?

Ok I got a reminder to go manage my storage so I did. And I was in setting and I was listing to a app called Itube and it was taking up a lot of storage so I deleted it and then I deleted ruzzle and coccoppa. And I pressed the home button and it wouldn't work. So I thought it was broke and I pressed the lock button and it wouldn't lock either. Then I turned on my assistive touch and it won't even let me go to the home page. And I can't get it replaced cause this is a replacement phone.

IPhone 4 6.1.3 stuck on please wait?

I have a iPhone 4 6.1.3 that keeps gettin stuck on please wait. Iv done everything rite. Even run in administrator. Wat do i do? I can downgrade i don't have tha shah blobs.

(Verizon) My iPhone broke.what do i do now?

I have no insurance, no upgrades available, and a whole year before i'm eligible for one. I was playing basketball and my phone broke and i have no replacement phone so what do i do now? Am i gonna have to buy a new phone at retail value or do i just live without a phone for now?