Reply With QuoteSome have had success activating the 7 on TF after enrolling in the Android Beta for Pixel program.Originally Posted by SoNic67
This also made Wi-Fi calling work on a 6a.
https://www.google.com/android/beta
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I've climbed a cellphone tower
Pixel 7 series don't work (yet?) on Total by Verizon or other Tracfone brands. Exclamation mark next to the cell level.
No problem activating Apple, Samsung or a Moto on those carriers.
Google doesn't know yet how to make a phone that works as a phone.
I've got more phones than fingers
Some have had success activating the 7 on TF after enrolling in the Android Beta for Pixel program.
This also made Wi-Fi calling work on a 6a.
https://www.google.com/android/beta
I've got more phones than fingers
With the Android beta several people (including myself) have Pixel 7 working on TracFone Verizon. Without the beta it worked on TracFone TMO (I never tried ATT, but assuming its on the whitelist I think it would work there). So not exactly sure where the blame is between Google and TracFone and Verizon here, but there seems to be a workaround for now.
My screen is bigger than yours
:/ I was considering getting a 6a at a very good price, but, it's sad to hear of Pixel headache and troubles. I'm gotten admittedly a lot less patient with age honestly and want the least trouble humanly possible. I used a 4a for a bit back in 2020 fine with a BYOP ATT TF sim, but I popped it out of my V35 and inserted it into the 4a.
I've got more phones than fingers
Foxconn in the news
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/25/tech/...hnk/index.html
I've climbed a cellphone tower
Things that work out of the box for Motorola, Samsung or Apple.
Like I said, Google doesn't seem to get how to make phones to work as... phones.
Phone Expert
After reading through this topic, I have a couple of questions …
I have a new Pixel 6a, which I will be activating as a BYOP on TF/Verizon close to Christmas. It came with Android 13 already installed –nothing beta about Android 13 on this phone.
I want to do a transfer from a TracFone Samsung Galaxy A51 to this new phone. Are there any issues that you can see me encountering during the transfer?... WiFi calling isn’t a deal breaker for me, but do you think it should work given that my phone is already using Android 13?
As for the TF/Verizon BYOP SIM, I have a bunch of unused ones from 3-4 years ago. Will one of those SIMs work, or do I need to buy a new SIM?
TIA!
I've got more phones than fingers
After reading through this topic, I have a couple of questions …
I have a new Pixel 6a, which I will be activating as a BYOP on TF/Verizon close to Christmas. It came with Android 13 already installed –nothing beta about Android 13 on this phone.
I want to do a transfer from a TracFone Samsung Galaxy A51 to this new phone. Are there any issues that you can see me encountering during the transfer?... WiFi calling isn’t a deal breaker for me, but do you think it should work given that my phone is already using Android 13?
As for the TF/Verizon BYOP SIM, I have a bunch of unused ones from 3-4 years ago. Will one of those SIMs work, or do I need to buy a new SIM?
TIA!
I activated a 6a (w/A13) as a new line on TF/V for the AAL and usually new lines come with working Wi-Fi calling.
The 6a didn't and I had to install (enroll in) the 13 beta to get it working.
https://www.google.com/android/beta
People have also done that to get the P7 activated (w/working WF calling).
Phone Collector
just activated a pixel 7 for myself. confirmed that beta does make the phone work. i used the activate button on the website. selected existing phone, used a new byop verizon sim. worked perfect. now hoping to catch the stable release to get out of beta
Phone Expert
Was just waiting for more confirmation - thanks !! will try mine tomorrow.
Phone Collector
The Android 13 beta will become stable in December. So those with issues with the Pixel 7 should have their issues sorted out in a week or two.
Phone Collector
Have you seen something specifying that somewhere? The beta is a quarterly release, so it could be any of the next three releases in theory. I haven't looked though (thus why I'm asking if you know.)
Likes small screens
I received my Pixel 7 Pro 2 days ago and to my dismay, it could not connect to the Verizon network. I'm on TracFone but as everyone should know this is a Verizon owned company and Tracfone uses the Verizon network. I have worked in telecommunications for 30+ years and I was on a team that wrote the software for call features (setup, forward, etc.). With this background I knew the problem was in the call provisioning. During this setup, the Verizon server communicates with the phone. This is called a handshake. Something was definitely wrong in the negotiation between phone and server and the problem was most likely on the phone side. Sure enough I called Google and was told that the 7 does not work on TracFone, StraigthTalk and Total Wireless. So much for having competent software testing in place. Anyway, reading through this forum and others online, I found that some have gotten the 7 to work by downloading the android beta. I'm not a fan of running beta software but had nothing to loose and and was ready to return the phone. To my surprise, after the android beta was installed (took a few hours), my 7 registered with Tracfone and everything works. So again, this shows a very poor software process on the Google side.
I've got more phones than fingers
Is the stable version going to be released later today?
https://www.reddit.com/r/android_bet..._release_date/
https://www.androidpolice.com/android-13-qpr1-beta-3-1/
last one in september, next one in december
https://9to5google.com/2022/08/15/an...beta-unenroll/
I've got more phones than fingers
Ok I believe the stable release is dropping.. I'm downloading something... time to exit hopefully.
https://www.reddit.com/r/android_bet...now_available/
Get out before the 12th I think.
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