Activate before unlocking an rooting?

So I jus got my Moto g 3rd gen for virgin Mobile an I was wondering if I should activate the device while it's on stock 5.1.1 or wait till I root an unlock the bootloader an get a new rom on it. I figured doin it before I root would get me the latest prl an profile updates but didn't know if it'd break the data switching to a newer rom

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