Help Setting up the Maxx with no 4G coverage

BurnsideAdmiral · May 11, 2012

I had my new Maxx sent home instead of to school because I was coming home this weekend anyways. So I put the SIM card in and turned it on and went through the basic Touch the Android set up. Well then it says "Please wait until your phone has been activated and restarted." It sits on this screen forever and then says that I can either retry or make an emergency call. I'm assuming it's not going through because I'm in an area with no 4G coverage? Or am I doing something completely wrong?

livspop · May 11, 2012

You do not need to be in a 4G area for it to activate. But my experience is that it does take longer and sometimes a few tries before it takes...

BurnsideAdmiral · May 11, 2012

I've tried probably 5 or 6 times now. Still no go. Any suggestions or should I just run over to Verizon tomorrow?

wxman2003 · May 11, 2012

Have you tried removing the sim card reinserting the card?

BurnsideAdmiral · May 11, 2012

Yeah I tried that too. I don't have to do anything on Verizon's website do I?

There is a flashing triangle by the service bars though?

wxman2003 · May 11, 2012

Did you get the phone from Verizon through the mail or from a store? If it was delivered to you, you will probably have to go online to activate. if you bought it from a verizon store, they should have done that for you. On their web page you can activate the phone. If you don't want to do that, do you have another phone you can use? If you do, call verizon and they can activate over the phone. You can use SKYPE or any other voip service to call them if you don't have a landline.

BurnsideAdmiral · May 11, 2012

Yeah I had to call the 800 number. I called my local Verizon and they acted like it should have been fine. Thanks for the help guys.

Barkleyfan · May 11, 2012

611 for the win

syntrix · May 11, 2012

Barkleyfan said:
611 for the win

*611

611 is actually a non-emergency number in some locals!

mineolasmitty · May 21, 2012

Go to settings and switch to 3G. It comes set for 4G and will not activate with this setting in a 3G area. When it activates you can go back and set it for both.

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