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Background

Cricket Wireless is an American prepaid wireless service provider. It was founded in March 1999 by Leap Wireless International. AT&T acquired Leap Wireless International in March 2014, and later merged Cricket Wireless operations with Aio Wireless. Cricket Wireless competes primarily against T-Mobile's Metro, Dish's Boost Mobile and Verizon's Visible in the prepaid wireless segment.

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3rd Logo (2012-2014)	4th Logo (2014-)

1st Logo (2006?-2009)

Startup animation

Shutdown animation

Visuals:

Startup: On an orange background, a green circle grows from the bottom with the white text "free from hassles" in it, followed by another above with "free from counting". The background changes to white as a green "k" appears moving at the bottom left of the screen to off-center. The rest of the word "cric et" in black fades in-between as radial semi-circles emerge next to the "k".
Shutdown: The Cricket logo is shown on a green background. Then it spins rapidly into the screen as a radial blur emerges from it, covering up most of the screen. The screen fades to black.

Variants: On Samsung’s line of Cricket phones, the Samsung logo would fade in after the shutdown animation.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio:

Startup: Eight clanging ascending notes, followed by a two-note atmospheric synthesizer with a bell tune.
Shutdown: Another bell tune, with a descending synthesizer and then the clanging notes in reverse order, based on the startup theme.

Availability: Seen on Cricket phones from the late 2000’s;those to be the earliest ones.

2nd Logo (2009-2012)

Visuals:

Startup: On a black background, the "k" from the Cricket logo fades in glowing. The rest of the word "cric et" fades in white, accompanied by "wireless" below.
Shutdown: A reverse version of the startup animation.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: Seen on early 2010s Cricket phones.

3rd Logo (2012-2014)

Visuals: On a green gradient background, particles form the "cricket" text from previous logo.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A six-note guitar theme.

Availability: Seen on Cricket Wireless phones at the time.

4th Logo (2014-)

Visuals: On a white background, many lines appear in different colors. They then move away while the current Cricket logo is shown, without the green part of the "k". Then a line zooms to form the finished "k".

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: A remix of the current Cricket Wireless jingle.

Availability: Seen on current Cricket Wireless phones.

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 '''Visuals:'''
-*'''Startup:''' On an orange background, a {{Color|green}} circle grows from the bottom with the white text "free from hassles" in it, followed by another above with "free from counting". The background changes to white as a {{Color|green}} "k" appears moving at the bottom left of the screen to off-center. The rest of the word "cric et" in black fades in-between as radial semi-circles emerge next to the "k".
+*'''Startup:''' On an orange background, a green circle grows from the bottom with the white text "free from hassles" in it, followed by another above with "free from counting". The background changes to white as a green "k" appears moving at the bottom left of the screen to off-center. The rest of the word "cric et" in black fades in-between as radial semi-circles emerge next to the "k".
-*'''Shutdown:''' The Cricket logo is shown on a {{Color|green}} background. Then it spins rapidly into the screen as a radial blur emerges from it, covering up most of the screen. The screen fades to black.
+*'''Shutdown:''' The Cricket logo is shown on a green background. Then it spins rapidly into the screen as a radial blur emerges from it, covering up most of the screen. The screen fades to black.
 '''Variants:''' On Samsung’s line of Cricket phones, the Samsung logo would fade in after the shutdown animation.
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-'''Visuals:''' On a white background, many lines appear in different colors. They then move away while the current Cricket logo is shown, without the {{Color|green}} part of the "k". Then a line zooms to form the finished "k".
+'''Visuals:''' On a white background, many lines appear in different colors. They then move away while the current Cricket logo is shown, without the green part of the "k". Then a line zooms to form the finished "k".
 '''Technique:''' 2D animation.