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Will Verizon Wireless activate a Nexus 7 (2013) 4G LTE tablet on its network? Has anyone tried to do this, and what were your results?
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It's no more additional cost than paying for service for the tablet. If you don't even have a phone with Verizon, why do you care who provides the service for the tablet?
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The additional cost is in the extra price for the LTE capable tablet. Plus, the cost of another phone or hotspot and its service. Right now, I have tablet on Verizon and want to replace it with the Nexus 7. Verizon has the best network in my rural area. Why are you determined to find fault with me? Don't you think Verizon ought to certify the N7 like they said they would?
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I wonder if you could go to a corporate store and get them to activate the SIM card on one of the display tablets. Then remove the SIM card from the temporary tablet and then put it in the Nexus 7 LTE tablet.
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Thanks Ann154, that is a good suggestion. I was hoping to avoid going to the corporate store, but that looks like my best option at this point. I know that what you are suggesting is possible, hopefully I will find a capable/willing customer service person at the Verizon store to help me. I'd still like some official word from Verizon, though.
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Went to the Verizon store today, and hero employee set me up with an activated sim card, so now running on LTE.
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watts4u2 wrote:
Went to the Verizon store today, and hero employee set me up with an activated sim card, so now running on LTE.
Thatโs great to hear!
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Does anyone know if the Sim card from an iPad3 will work in the Nexus 7? I've been trying to find out if I can use this SIM or if it uses a different size SIM.
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I have been using my Verizon hotspot device SIM card in my Nexus 7 2013 LTE since the Nexus 7 2013 LTE first became available with no issues thus far. I did have to increase my data plan from 4 to 6 GB after the first 3 weeks but this was to be expected as I am definitely consuming more data with the use of my new tablet. Prior to purchasing the 2013 LTE I had already owned 2 iPad (1st Gen) with AT&T 3G/CDMA (slow as molasses in an arctic winter), a Verizon hotspots device, a Verizon Home Phone Connect, a Verizon network extender and a Verizon HTC DNA.
For me, "activating" the tablet was as easy as obtaining a hotspot 4G LTE WIFI device from Verizon for $0 one time device cost and inserting the SIM card into my new Nexus 7 2013 LTE.
For full disclosure, the downside is that the hotspot has its own 2 year term (contract), the reoccurring monthly cost is $20 for the hotspot's SIM instead of the standard $10 per month for a tablet and there is no Verizon equipment protection (insurance) available for my Nexus 7 2013 LTE unlike the rest of the Verizon network devices that I own.
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Any update on this? Also, a question, what version of the LTE device should I purchase for use on Verizon -- assuming it will be approved for use. I don't see a "Verizon Wireless" version per se on Google Play. They offer (along with WiFi only):
- LTE (GSM networks)
- LTE with AT&T
- LTE with T-Mobile
Thanks.
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don13 wrote:
Any update on this? Also, a question, what version of the LTE device should I purchase for use on Verizon -- assuming it will be approved for use. I don't see a "Verizon Wireless" version per se on Google Play. They offer (along with WiFi only):
- LTE (GSM networks)
- LTE with AT&T
- LTE with T-Mobile
Thanks.
I would suggest the GSM networks version. The other two would likely come with a SIM card from one of those carriers.
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You purchase the 4G/LTE version of Nexus 7 (2013)
Then you insert your active micro sim/or resize your existing mini Sim to micro Sim size (that's what I did)/or obtain a free micro Sim from Verizon that is pre activated and then insert it
Done.
You now have Verizon LTE on your 4G/LTE 2013 Nexus 7 device
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On a further note.โฆ
For those unaware the Nexus 7 2013 can also read/write to USB thumb drives (no rooting required), via a $4 app called Nexus Media Importer on Play store.
You will of course need a micro USB to female USB adapter. These can be obtained pretty much anywhere, and run about $3 (got mine at micro center)
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Hey there don13,
I'm always excited to hear about the next latest and greatest device that is being released. I don't have any information on the Nexus 7, but you can always visit http://bit.ly/n5snpq for updates.
NicholasB_VZW
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Thank you for this waste of air. "I don't have an answer to your question, but I have answers to questions you didn't ask." How helpful of you Nicholas, and what a great contribution to supporting your loyal Verizon customers.
Here's a clue... The people on this thread are loyal Verizon customers who have purchased a compatible device from another source to which they are loyal. AT&T and T-Mobile are OK with this. Verizon is not.
Now we learn that Verizon will not support the (Google) Nexus 5 phone, which offers its users the the latest unfiltered Android experience they want. Verizon doesn't want us to have it. Verizon has only two things other than inertia that are keeping me as a customer... the best LTE network and a good data plan. But the network is becoming less and less an issue as other carriers build theirs out, and soon the data plan competition will catch up. When that happens, (or sooner, if my frustration continues to build) I will be gone. I am the customer, and Verizon doesn't want to give me what I want and what other carriers will give me. I hate you, Verizon, for the contempt that you display toward me and the disregard for the favor of my business. As soon as it is practical for me, I will leave and tell you to stick it.
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Waste of air? Perhaps that person didn't know the official links for updates. In reality the Nexus 7 and Nexus 5 are rather similar when it comes to Verizon. The Nexus 7 LTE version doesn't have 3G to fall back on when you get into a non-LTE area. The Nexus 5 doesn't support band 13 LTE, which is what Verizon's network runs on (you wouldn't have LTE if you were running the phone on the network).
You can argue band 4 all you want, but that is just starting to get built out by Verizon. As it stands right now, neither one would provide a decent experience for majority of their customers. Verizon was estimated to have 116 million subscribers as reported by Strategy Analytics (Q4 2012).
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I don't have a hotspot, and I have been running verizon LTE Sim on my nexus 7 since I got it.
All you have to do is move a Sim from one lte device to another. I talked to Verizon corp store, nothing else needs to be done. Simply get another Sim for the other device, and reactivate it with the new Sim.
I did it with my Xoom, and got another Sim for the Xoom for month 2 month data. (No contract on either the Xoom or nexus 7) $30/month for 2GB
Activating the nexus 7 is not difficult
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Another option is to get a broken/cheapo Verizon lte tablet off eBay, activate it prepay (no contract, no overages, no activation fee) data plan, move the Sim (even if it takes a regular Sim/mini its easy to resize it to micro (I did it with my Xoom), you can also get nano adapters to micro.
Prepay data plans for tablets....
$20 for 1GB, $30 for 2GB, $50 for 50GB, $80 for 10GB
And if you want phone capability (crystal clear) $5 for GrooVe IP, and text/SMS Google Voice (free) apps from play store. No tweaking of groove IP app. Works perfect on default config
Now you have a nexus 7 lte phone/tab
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Ps- if you go the nexus 7 phone route, recommend a BT headset (I use the Moto H730).
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Update
Nexus 7 activation/verizon certification process is suspended
Process for lte network certification on Verizon network will start all over once the tablet gets the kitkat 4.4 update scheduled to roll out in the next few weeks.
After that, the process on Verizon's end could take months.
You can either wait, or as suggested, and as I have done, activate a Sim on another device and move that Sim to the nexus 7
For more info see :http://androidandme.com/2013/11/news/verizon-wont-start-certifying-nexus-7-lte-until-after-kitkat-ot...
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I just spoke with "Troy" from Verizon's Advanced Tech Support while trying to activate my Nexus 7 LTE on their network. Troys responses are summarized below:
- IMEI given for my Nexus 7 LTE is NOT a Verizon IMEI and can not be added.
- Troy then spoke with their "Midwest Region Techs" who confirmed that the Nexus 7 LTE WILL NOT BE ADDED to the Verizon network now or in the near future.
- I asked Troy to confirm that despite Verizon's claim -- that the Nexus needed to be updated to Kit-Kat before they would consider certifying it for their network -- that he was sure it WOULD NOT be added or supported.
- Troy confirmed that the Nexus will not be added or supported officially and that my device is an AT&T or Sprint device (which it is not) and my best bet would be to activate with them or purchase a MiFi device for $20/month (rather than the charge of $10/month it would be if they could activate it).
At this point I would recommend that everyone read this article : http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/213070/ and then follow suit and file FCC complaints that Verizon is violating both the FCC neutrality rules as well as violating the conditions of it's 2008 acquisition of "C" block spectrum for LTE.
I encourage you to file FCC complaints here : http://www.fcc.gov/complaints until Verizon makes the right decision and chooses to play fairly and according to FCC guidelines and stipulations of the C block spectrum acquisition and neutrality rules.
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I wouldn't take Troy's word as set in stone. There is no consistency when you ask Verizon Tech Support a question, you'll often get several different answers. I'd just hold tight until another official statement is released.

