Unable to activate Lenovo tablet as a "secondary" Viber device

I have been using **Viber** for almost ten years on many devices (including Blackberries, Android phones and tablets, Windows and Linux PCs). Lately, my old Samsung tablet started to fail, so I bought a new tablet (**Lenovo TB-8505F** 8" Wifi only). I tried to activate Viber on this tablet as a **secondary device** which is the way I had used Viber for years: mobile phone is always my **primary** device; tablet *and* PCs are my **secondary** devices. However, it seems that this new tablet is treated like a mobile phone by Viber (although it is a WiFi only device). So, Viber tries to activate this tablet as a **primary** device only. As a comparison: 1. On the old Samsung tablet, the "activation screen" which is displayed just after I enter my mobile phone number, shows the relevant QR code to be scanned by my **primary** device (phone). [This is the correct behavior]. 2. On the new Lenovo tablet, the "activation screen" which is displayed just after I enter my mobile phone number, shows that an SMS or phone call activation will be attempted [wrong behavior] just like the tablet **were a primary device only** (which it **should not**). In case I continue with the SMS/phone activation, my **primary device** (phone) gets disconnected [as expected]. I want to activate my new Lenovo Tablet as a **secondary** device. Is there a workaround to force Viber to "treat" this device as a secondary device?