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Microsoft Update: ‘Lumia 950 XL’ Disassembly, And Why Latest Lumia Phones Will Not Work On Verizon

That's the headline and here's a link to the article on the Morning News USA

http://www.morningnewsusa.com/microsoft-update-lumia-950-xl-disassembly-and-why-latest-lumia-phones-will-not-work-on-ver…

First two paragraphs:

Even though the hardware of the latest Lumia phones is compatible with Verizon, the carrier is blocking the devices on its network. For now, the phones are available only through AT&T in the U.S.

What is more surprising is that both devices will be shipped unlocked, but still, not even Verizon SIM users will be able to make these devices work on the network. Why? Because the company is refusing to authenticate Microsoft’s Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL on its network. Now how do they do it? Every mobile phone comes with a unique Mobile Equipment Identifier, also known as MEID number. To authenticate a device, Verizon authorizes this number in order to connect. So even if you insert the company’s SIM card, it won’t authorize your device, because its MEID number will be either unlisted in its database or blocked.

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Snn5

Even if the Lumias would work on Verizon, why couldn't you do the same thing Nexus users do and use an already activated SIM in a Lumia?

Tidbits

if people PAID attention instead of click baiting into people emotions. To get the MEID MS has to pay licensing to Qualcomm to get them, and to turn on CDMA. Also Verizon moved away from CDMA authenticating when they moved to selling LTE devices. It's not about whitelist anymore.

It won't work because MS didn't make it work. Block C ensures Verizon has to accept the device if MS made it work.

Yes if you want the device you will have to switch carriers. Verizon has nothing to do with it not working on their network.

Tidbits

I forgot the mention even the FCC testing shows that MS didn't do what was needed to work on Verizon or any CDMA carrier for that matter.

ShadowRider

Links to information would be nice,

Tidbits

Go through the other 20 threads on this subject. I posted it multiple times.

Ann154

Blackberry also did the same thing and didn't activate or pay for the licenses for their latest effort. It is a GSM only device too. http://www.droid-life.com/2015/10/21/blackberry-priv-specs-official/

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