A disclosed method includes preventing a first mobile device from connecting to configured networks having connectivity information stored in a configured networks list stored in memory of the first mobile device, establishing a peer-to-peer connection with a second mobile device, performing a data transfer from the first mobile device to the second mobile device over the peer-to-peer connection while continuing to prevent the first mobile device from connecting to the configured networks, and enabling the first mobile device to connect to the configured networks after completion of the data transfer.