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Will this work?

bob60626

bob60626

Android Enthusiast
1. Buy Verizon LTE tablet full price (300 for a 2, 400 for a 7.7, Verizon prices).
2. Get an LTE sim from Millenicom for one of their Verizon run mifis/dongles/...
3. Stick it in the tablet.
4. Bam! Lots of data for a reasonable price (admittedly more what I need or want to pay for...).
 
Not gonna work. If you wanna use a Verizon device they're gonna make you pay Verizon's ridiculous rates.

Linux user #266351. Android since v1.0
 
bob60626 said:
But it'd be a Verizon tablet using Verizon data.
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It doesn't matter because you aren't technically going through Verizon. Since you are going through a different company they probably have their own way of doing data, and it would require the tablet to be unlocked.

And as of this past Saturday unlocking any device tied to a carrier without asking the carrier's permission to unlock first is illegal.
 
What if I got it unlocked by Verizon? I'm looking more for a technical reason why it will/won't work.
 
I don't know how pre-paid works in the U.S. but in the U.K. if you've had a locked prepaid phone for 6 months the carrier will unlock it for you (free or for a small charge depending on the carrier). But ass it's legal to unlock it here you only use the carrier to unlock as it's usually cheaper than the shops that offer the service. Oh, the ebay 'unlock your phone for
 
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