tcross8361

Well I ordered a Galaxy S2 and have been watching Youtube videos and reading articles about it. There's one thing I've seen and have a question about. What's the best way to activate it?

I've seen a few cases where people had problems activating it. One unboxing video I seen showed it had a sticker on it that said you had to call VM to activate it. Can you do it through the VM site. Thanks in advance!

Last edited by tcross8361; December 8th, 2012 at 08:50 AM.

rcarter10

Just go online to the virgin mobile site, takes about five minutes. Look for the "activate"tab

tcross8361

I've never had any problems doing it that way before with any other device. I just wondered if there was something different with the SGS2.

rcarter10

Nope

TheBritton

I had a big problem activating it. Well, not so much a problem as it was a pain in the neck. After successfully swapping phones on the VM website, I attempted to activate the phone from the handset's "Hands Free Activation" .. over and over it said that activation was unsuccessful and to try again. I called VM customer service and they told me I needed to have 4G (which is absolutely not true so disregard that) and after talking to tech support they explained that:
After swapping the phone online the device may not activate over the air for a couple of hours.

All in all, the only problem I had was the phone would not activate for about one and a half hours after I swapped the phone online. If that happens to you, just wait everything will be fine

PiitaaDerbez

I did have some problems with my triumph the first time. But ever since, swapping/new phones have never been a problem.

tcross8361

Got it yesterday and it only took 20 minutes to activate. Man this thing is sweet!

rcarter10

'Tis