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I just got a new Nexus 7, went into a Verizon Wireless store with it and asked for an LTE SIM. They briefly looked at my account and gave me a SIM card and I pl

by runjake 13y ago

I just got a new Nexus 7, went into a Verizon Wireless store with it and asked for an LTE SIM. They briefly looked at my account and gave me a SIM card and I plugged it into the Nexus 7 and was on my way. This Jarvis guy is talking about how Verizon tried looking up his device's ESN/MEID which is a CDMA thing. The Nexus 7 doesn't have CDMA. This makes me think that both he and the reps he's been working with didn't understand how CDMA and LTE provisioning works. Edit: clarification.

anthonyb 13y ago
From the article: Some also caution that on the Verizon network, my Nexus 7 will connect only if LTE is available; it will not be able to fail down to slower speeds as it could on other networks. True; that is how my Chromebook Pixel works and I am willing to live with the limitation for the price.
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- runjake 13y ago
  I don't understand your point of quoting the article. Does it not hash with what I said above?
  - r0h1n 13y ago
    I don't think it's a rehash. Your original comment makes it seem as though Jarvis was expecting LTE plus CDMA fallback, but the quoted portion from his post says he understands there is no fallback and that he only wants LTE. Yes, but that still leaves the issue of why Verizon would issue you a Nexus 7 SIM while denying officially they can do so, multiple times: "We apologize for any inconvenience; however, it can not be activated." - https://twitter.com/VZWSupport/statuses/380081363166048256 https://twitter.com/VZWSupport/statuses/380081363166048256 "I'm excited you got your Nexus 7 but not all LTE tablets are created equal. It's not part of our line up & can't be activated" - https://twitter.com/VZWSupport/statuses/379946773730443264 https://twitter.com/VZWSupport/statuses/379946773730443264 "This is not yet a device that is Verizon 4G LTE certified. We’ll let folks know when it's certified." - [Edited and corrected the URL] http://www.androidcentral.com/verizon-responds-inqury-about-lte-enabled-nexus-7-activation-issues http://www.androidcentral.com/verizon-responds-inqury-about-...

by runjake 13y ago

anthonyb 13y ago

From the article: Some also caution that on the Verizon network, my Nexus 7 will connect only if LTE is available; it will not be able to fail down to slower speeds as it could on other networks. True; that is how my Chromebook Pixel works and I am willing to live with the limitation for the price.

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runjake 13y ago
I don't understand your point of quoting the article. Does it not hash with what I said above?
- r0h1n 13y ago
  I don't think it's a rehash. Your original comment makes it seem as though Jarvis was expecting LTE plus CDMA fallback, but the quoted portion from his post says he understands there is no fallback and that he only wants LTE. Yes, but that still leaves the issue of why Verizon would issue you a Nexus 7 SIM while denying officially they can do so, multiple times: "We apologize for any inconvenience; however, it can not be activated." - https://twitter.com/VZWSupport/statuses/380081363166048256 https://twitter.com/VZWSupport/statuses/380081363166048256 "I'm excited you got your Nexus 7 but not all LTE tablets are created equal. It's not part of our line up & can't be activated" - https://twitter.com/VZWSupport/statuses/379946773730443264 https://twitter.com/VZWSupport/statuses/379946773730443264 "This is not yet a device that is Verizon 4G LTE certified. We’ll let folks know when it's certified." - [Edited and corrected the URL] http://www.androidcentral.com/verizon-responds-inqury-about-lte-enabled-nexus-7-activation-issues http://www.androidcentral.com/verizon-responds-inqury-about-...