LG

Just got an LG lotus from sprint. I was trying to change the buttons on the carousel. I don't have a data plan, so I have no use for the bubbles, but I see no reason to need data just to change the buttons on the carousel. One button is Call Log, which I would need no data plan for. I read that a lot of people had the problem of seeing the "awaiting data refresh", but have yet to find an answer that's worked for me. Is there any way to fix this problem without a data plan? Any help would be much appreciated.