No SIM Card Installed message iOS8

I have a 3rd gen iPad with LTE. After any reboot using iOS7, I would get a pop up message saying "No SIM Card Installed" and that was that. It would never show up again. After updating to iOS8, this message pops up randomly and it's getting irritating.
I've gone through every app and disabled "Use Cellular Data" but I'm still getting the message.
I don't have a SIM installed since the data plan costs have gotten out of hand and i only use Wi-Fi. What changed with iOS8 to cause this to keep popping up and how do I stop it, save for doing a complete wipe and reinstall?
Thanks,
David

I have an iPad Air and kept getting the No SIM Card message, very frustrating
Went to the Apple store for a dummy SIM, and even after putting it in and leaving it, it didn't work.
But I THINK I FOUND THE SOLUTION!! Haven't seen the message since I tried this
Step 1: Take your iPhone SIM that actually works and put it into your iPad
Step 2: Turn on Cellular Data on iPad, let it connect with network
Step 3: Turn off cellular data, and leave the SIM card in iPad
Step 4: Reset iPad (turn it off by holding the On/Off Sleep/Wake button
Step 5: Turn it back on
Step 6: Take SIM out, there should be the No SIM Card message just once
After this I haven't seen it pop up again (for the last few hours!!!)
Remember to like this if it works for you!!!

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