[veedubguru]

If it's letting you dial *2 it sounds like you're still running a Sprint PRL file. Might try searching for what's called a "Modified Verizon PRL". This PRL will have the device using Verizon towers, but reporting back to the phone that it's on Sprint so that the device doesn't put the little roaming triangle in the title bar.

Once you have it, put it on your SD card and dial ##PRL#. Or for the long way, you can use ##778# and go to the PRL screen, tap, hold, and edit the PRL. It will most likely ask for your MSL code, which you should already have if you were editing settings before. Then point it to your new PRL and let it do it's magic and restart.