Sometimes you find yourself wanting to use a phone for Wi-Fi, gaming only, or maybe you just need to access content on an old phone but you can’t seem to get past the activation screen.
There has to be a way to make an “un-activated” phone more useful. Well, there is, and it only requires a secret key press combination to get you past the activation screen.
Obviously, you will not have the “full” functionality of the phone, but at least you don’t have to use it as a paperweight.
For the Samsung Galaxy S3 press this key combination:
- Bottom left corner
- Bottom right corner
- Bottom left corner
- Bottom right corner
- Volume up
* TIP: You should be on the language selection screen when entering the key combination.
For the Samsung Fascinate:
- Enter the emergency dialer
- Dial *#83786633
- Press Send
- Press Home Key