LG Volt - Boost Mobile - Different Prepaid card?

This is the first cell phone I have ever purchased, I visited a Best Buy store that is over 2 hours away from my town in order to get help in purchasing a phone. I don't know anything about phones, I just knew I needed one for my job and I need to start using it tomorrow morning. I explained to the clerk that this would be my first phone and I told her it needed to be no contract and have GPS, this is all I knew to ask. She pointed at a few phones, said any of these will have what you want and she walked off. I was left bewildered by the phones and what to do. I took a shot in the dark and decided to get the LG Volt Boost Mobile and she handed me a slip of paper that had several proces on it for prepaid cards, again I had no idea what i needed but after a few minutes i got frustrated and chose something called a $40 Re-Boost Card.
Now once I made the long trip back homesomeone mentioned that we on't have "coverage" for boost mobile at all, so my question is, can I run to walmart and buy a verizon prepaid card or something to use with this phone (which I have not yet activated or do I now own an expensive paperweight? What do i do, please help, I need this phone working by tomorrow morning.

Hello Rozmere-
I apologize for the lateness of this response; we are currently backlogged from the Thanksgiving holiday and trying to catch up. I’m sorry to hear that this phone may not have ended up working out for you and for what sounds like a lack of customer service on the part of our associate.
It does seem like our associate could have spent more time helping you find a phone that would work out best for you, though if you didn’t know you wouldn’t have coverage from Boost Mobile until you got home, they may not have known that.
If this phone did not work out for you, you should still be able to return it to the store with your receipt per our Holiday Return & Exchange Promise found here. Regrettably, we are not able to return pre-paid gift cards, such as this Re-Boost card.
I apologize for any inconvenience that this caused you and hopefully you found a phone that worked out for you.
Sincerely,
Bill|Senior Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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Greetings Earthlings and Android Fans....
Just posted this to my blog and wanted to share a text version here. Check it out if you're looking to tether your tablet to your cell phone. I tethered my Thrive to my Boost Mobile LG Marquee.
From: Kaio's Klassroom: WiFi Tether Your Android Tablet to Your Cell Phone - LG Marquee Infrastruct...
Want to tether your tablet to your cell phone, but Ad-Hoc got you down? How about trying this nifty little tweak that got me up in running in a jiffy!!
I recently got a new LG Marquee Prepaid Phone with Boost Mobile @Amazon and I really love it. Only problem is, I was spoiled with my last phone because it was rooted to support Infrastructure tethering and I had no idea how difficult and unusual that was. I've since done some research with my new Boost Mobile LG Marquee, and after a little trial and error (and some lucky Google searches) I have successfully tethered my LG Marquee to my Toshiba Thrive tablet!!!
Here's what I did:
Mandatory Disclaimer - The following information is for informational purposes only. Proceed at your own risk!!! Rooting will void your warranty and could "brick" your phone if you do something wrong!! So if you damage your phone, or any of your tech, that's on you.
NOTE: If you don't have an LG Marquee, just search "your phone model" + "root" and you should find plenty of information specific to your phone. There's always people wanting to do the same thing you are, so it's just a matter of finding the information that's already out there. Once your phone is rooted, come back here and start on Step 2.
Step 1 -- Root your LG Marquee (You do NOT need to root your Tablet)
The following information was taken from LG Cell Phones Blog and are for the LG Esteem, which is a generic root mod.
> Enable USB Debugging on your LG Marquee: Go to Settings > Applications > Development > Enable Debugging and check the box.
> Download and install the LG USB drivers at: LG Cell Phones Blog You want the file "LGUnitedMobileDriver_S4981MAN32AP22_ML_WHQL_Ver_3. 2.1_2.exe"
> After installing the USB drivers connect your phone to a PC. On the phone, pull down the notification bar at the top of the phone's screen and click on USB Connected. Set the phone to Internet Connection mode (CHARGE ONLY not Mass Storage).
> Download "LG_Esteem_Root.zip" at: LG Cell Phones Blog. Unzip the file and double-click on the run.bat file.
Note: Kaspersky Internet Security will flag this file as a Trojan: "Exploit.Linux.Lotoor.ag" I don't believe this file is a Trojan, per se. I believe it's required during the root process. When I let Kaspersky eliminate the file, my phone wouldn't root. So I decided to run the root program on a secondary computer, just in case. I disabled Kaspersky temporarily on that computer, and ran the root zip and my phone rooted without a hitch. I later scanned my phone with Webroot Security and AVG, and neither found any viruses on my phone, so I believe the process is safe. Technically, rooting your phone probably does involve a Trojan hack, hence why Kaspersky flags that file. However, I must reiterate to proceed at your own risk.
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Use root explorer and delete superuser.apk from the /system/app folder. Go to the Android market and download and install super user. Use root explorer again and delete su from /system/bin. Go to the market and uninstall super user. Do a factory reset & you will be back to square one.
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Step 4 -- Configure WiFi Tether app:
I've tried many settings, but these are the only ones that have worked. Start the app and grant Super User Permissions. Then Click Menu to get into the app's setting. Inside the Settings, do the following:
> Change Device Profile to: Samsung Galaxy S
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> Change Channel to: 4 (2427mhz)
> Disable Update Check: Check box to Disable.
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That's it! Congratulations -- your tablet should now be tethered to your cell phone!
Now that you're tethered to your cell phone, be smart, and DON'T download a ton of gigabytes. Just be smart about it, and you should be fine. Remember, tethering to your cell phone probably goes against the terms of service with your cell phone carrier, so DON'T abuse the privilege.
Now that you're the envy of all your friends, why not test your data speeds: SpeedTest App - FreeMy data speed test results with my Toshiba Thrive tablet tethered to my LG Marquee:
Download: 855kbps Upload: 302kbps
That's pretty great for a 3g no-contract cell phone with unlimited data.
Happy tethering everyone!
Go forth and Androidify!
Hugs, Kaio
;oD
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