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Help Bypass Activation Screen Droid Eris Help!

I know that this is an old thread but I just had this same problem and I found a solution. I am visiting family in Canada and I reloaded 2.1v3 and did a factory reset. Unfortunately it prompted me to activate my phone and I couldn't because I was out of the country (it dialed *228 and that connected to Rogers in Canada).

I was able to bypass this by holding power and going into airplane mode then restarting the activation... this time it didn't even ask and just continued with everything else. I was able to connect to wifi and my phone is working again.

hope this helps.
 
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Stuck at problem with activation screen? How do you bypass that i hit try again it goes to 228 but says out of range doesnt dial. Im just using it for wifi anyways just to goof around but cant get it past that screen. Please anyone help

Lots of threads out here re. this...various methods with varying success...

Check this one out:

http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/429804-using-eris-after-hard-reset-wifi-device-only.html

and this one:

http://androidforums.com/eris-support-troubleshooting/350723-activating-eris-without-having-3g-service.html

Good luck and cheers!
 
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