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Prevent Virgin Mobile activation

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rmcray08

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Hey everyone:

I bought the Optimus Elite from Radioshack on sale, really not to use as a phone, but to use as a media player/iPod replacement.

I don't really care to activate it as a phone via Virgin Mobile, so I just skipped the activation originally, which works well enough. However, every time I restart the phone, I get prompted to activate it. Is there a way to either disable the activation software or to trick the phone into thinking that it's been activated?

Thanks in advance!
 
Have you tried putting the phone in Airplane mode?. It worked with my Optimus V after I deactivated it and transferred my account to the Elite. I was able to use the wifi and it never asked me to activate it. It also improved the battery consumption of the device.
 
I sometimes use my deactivated boost prevail as a media player. I always keep it in airplane mode to prevent it from trying to constantly contact the network and activate.
 
Wow. That's a really good point. I don't know why that thought didn't strike me, but airplane mode sounds like the perfect solution. Thanks for the input guys, sorry for the dumb question!
 
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