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Pinephone Verizon Compatibility - syrinx - 08-26-2020
I just went into the local verizon store a few hours ago to activate my Pinephone. I was told that it was not compatible with verizon after they put in the IMEI. I have seen a few other people on the forum using their Pinephone with verizon. Any idea what is going on?
RE: Pinephone Verizon Compatibility - rocket2nfinity - 08-27-2020
(08-26-2020, 05:06 PM)syrinx Wrote: I just went into the local verizon store a few hours ago to activate my Pinephone. I was told that it was not compatible with verizon after they put in the IMEI. I have seen a few other people on the forum using their Pinephone with verizon. Any idea what is going on?You may have to escalate it being sure to make clear that it is a verizon approved quectel eg25-g modem capable of VoLTE. Verizon is being squirly about that lately because of the 5g change over. The local sales rep likely won't have any clue about the pinephone. So, don't take that as the final answer. Several people have gotten theirs on the network after escalating it to tech support.
RE: Pinephone Verizon Compatibility - syrinx - 08-27-2020
(08-27-2020, 01:28 AM)rocket2nfinity Wrote:Okay, thanks.(08-26-2020, 05:06 PM)syrinx Wrote: I just went into the local verizon store a few hours ago to activate my Pinephone. I was told that it was not compatible with verizon after they put in the IMEI. I have seen a few other people on the forum using their Pinephone with verizon. Any idea what is going on?You may have to escalate it being sure to make clear that it is a verizon approved quectel eg25-g modem capable of VoLTE. Verizon is being squirly about that lately because of the 5g change over. The local sales rep likely won't have any clue about the pinephone. So, don't take that as the final answer. Several people have gotten theirs on the network after escalating it to tech support.
RE: Pinephone Verizon Compatibility - bcnaz - 08-28-2020
I think most people just use a different phone to activate the sim card.
Though I think the fact that Verizon only works on 4g would be a deal breaker anyhow...
RE: Pinephone Verizon Compatibility - syrinx - 08-28-2020
(08-28-2020, 03:45 AM)bcnaz Wrote: I think most people just use a different phone to activate the sim card.It would be a deal breaker, however verizon is the only carrier that works reliably in my area. I don't like them, or how much they charge, but I don't really have a choice
Though I think the fact that Verizon only works on 4g would be a deal breaker anyhow...
RE: Pinephone Verizon Compatibility - rocket2nfinity - 08-28-2020
(08-28-2020, 03:13 PM)syrinx Wrote:You could use a Verizon network MVNO that is cheaper and less restrictive. US Mobile, Visible, and PagePlus for instance.(08-28-2020, 03:45 AM)bcnaz Wrote: I think most people just use a different phone to activate the sim card.It would be a deal breaker, however verizon is the only carrier that works reliably in my area. I don't like them, or how much they charge, but I don't really have a choice
Though I think the fact that Verizon only works on 4g would be a deal breaker anyhow...
RE: Pinephone Verizon Compatibility - daniel - 08-29-2020
(08-28-2020, 06:45 PM)rocket2nfinity Wrote:(08-28-2020, 03:13 PM)syrinx Wrote:You could use a Verizon network MVNO that is cheaper and less restrictive. US Mobile, Visible, and PagePlus for instance.(08-28-2020, 03:45 AM)bcnaz Wrote: I think most people just use a different phone to activate the sim card.It would be a deal breaker, however verizon is the only carrier that works reliably in my area. I don't like them, or how much they charge, but I don't really have a choice
Though I think the fact that Verizon only works on 4g would be a deal breaker anyhow...
These are good suggestions. Have anyone tried them?
What about goolge fi? I saw people mentioning it, and I think can use all networks (verizon, at&t, ...)
RE: Pinephone Verizon Compatibility - rocket2nfinity - 08-29-2020
(08-29-2020, 01:20 PM)daniel Wrote:I know I saw someone try one of the verizon MVNOs, but can't remember where. Someone will hopefully test them and report at some point. I use Google Fi. The Pinephone lacks support to take advantage of the automatic network hopping, so it's stuck on t-mobile. Google Fi uses t-mobile, sprint and us cellular. That may change now that sprint is being merged with t-mobile. Haven't seen any updates on new partner prospects though. Red pocket, US Mobile, Tracphone, and a few others let you pick a network as well, but only google fi does so dynamically.(08-28-2020, 06:45 PM)rocket2nfinity Wrote:(08-28-2020, 03:13 PM)syrinx Wrote:You could use a Verizon network MVNO that is cheaper and less restrictive. US Mobile, Visible, and PagePlus for instance.(08-28-2020, 03:45 AM)bcnaz Wrote: I think most people just use a different phone to activate the sim card.It would be a deal breaker, however verizon is the only carrier that works reliably in my area. I don't like them, or how much they charge, but I don't really have a choice
Though I think the fact that Verizon only works on 4g would be a deal breaker anyhow...
These are good suggestions. Have anyone tried them?
What about goolge fi? I saw people mentioning it, and I think can use all networks (verizon, at&t, ...)r
RE: Pinephone Verizon Compatibility - YepYepperson - 08-29-2020
Mobian is pretty much fully functional with Verizon in my testing. There was an issue receiving texts, but that seems to have been fixed a few weeks ago. It can take a bit when first setting up to use mobile data, since the APNs can take a while to show up, but afterwards it just works in my experience.
I haven't tried activating a new account with it, though.
RE: Pinephone Verizon Compatibility - bcnaz - 08-29-2020
I believe there is a "Carriers" thread, - however it is kind of buried because no one has posted
anything there in quite some time.
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