Getting the following error when I try to active my new One Plus 7 Pro, > **The Google Assistant isn't available for this account** > > The Google Assistant needs Activity controls that your device administrator has limited on this account. Check with your administrator or switch accounts and try again

I bought 2 Moto G Play 2023 phones off of eBay and I want to use them only with WiFi for development purposes. So I turn them on, and a little red bubble that says Hello pops up, and then a Verizon logo pops up. Then it goes to the screen with the Start button. I click that, then it wants me to insert a SIM card. There is no skip button, and when I try all the secret number codes in the Emergency Call section, they all are blocked saying that it is not an emergency number. There are some stickers on the back of the phones. Please ask me if you need them. So can someone please help me with this? Thanks! P.S. It runs Android 12.

How can Samsung S23 initial setup be finished with no internet connection - no Wi-Fi and no SIM card with data? When the phone is started with no SIM card inserted, initial setup wizard page "Choose a Wi-Fi network" can't be skipped. When the "Skip" button is clicked, a popup is shown with message: > A netwok connection is needed to continue setup. Connect to Wi-Fi, or insert SIM catd and use mobile data.

Ages ago, while running Lollipop, I found a setting to allow activation of the camera whilst locked. All you have to do is shake the phone. I'll give that a try, I thought. After all, I can always cancel it if I don't like it. However, the thing is way too sensitive and has been driving me mad taking photos of pocket lint and my feet mostly I can't find the setting to turn it off, despite a great deal of menu exploring and even checking the 'similar questions' panel currently to my right as I type. Upgrading to Marshmallow hasn't got rid of it. I've got a sneaky suspicion it's a function of a 3rd-party app since there's nothing obvious in the Android settings screen or in the app settings. Has anyone else come across this or actually figured how to disable it?

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?

I want to know if I will have to reactivate my phone since it is already currently on through boost mobile. It is a LG tribute for which I paid a full $35 for a prepaid plan on June 27,2015. It is now July 3, 2015.

I just purchased a used Samsung Tab S3 which comes with Verizon network capabilities. I don't want to use cell capabilities, just Wifi. After setup, on the lock screen and in the notification center is a message from "Setup Wizard" that says "Activation Incomplete" and to call Verizon support to activate the device (which I don't want to do). Is there a way to remove this message without calling Verizon?

I want to use a Samsung Fascinate (model SCH-I500) in WiFi only mode for development and testing purposes. The device has been factory reset and boots to the Verizon activation screen. How do I bypass activation? Do I need to root the device?

I'm looking for a large phone (4-5 inches) to be used like a small wifi tablet. The problem is, that one's I've tried previous are pretty insistent on activation. They'll ask multiple times everytime I reboot, which makes them very difficult to use as a mini-tablet. Is there a way to tell which phones can have this easily turned off before I buy it? Or is there a generally easy way to avoid that screen on all Android devices?

it appears that a user has declined the device administrator prompt for an exchange email account on samsung galaxy. It doesnt prompt anymore just displays a message about requiring a device administrator, but in the setting>location & security>device admin there are no options at all and nothing displyed. Is there another menu option somewhere to enable the device administrator for exchange after it has been declined?

I have a Sprint HTC One (m7wls) and recently switched over to Ting. I was using Cyanogenmod and couldn't use Ting's instructions for activating with them, so I used an RUU from HTC to get back to stock. Now I can follow the reset instructions, but they don't seem to be working. When I enter # # 72786 # I can see some fields (MDN, MSID, M.IP Customer Profile...). Not sure how important it is, but the MDN and MSID show 'No' rather than any info. So then I tap 'Reset' in the menu, and the phone reboots but then that's it. No more activation activities happen on their own from there. I can continue to Update Profile and Update PRL in settings and that will get me a 4G connection, but still no cellular network (no texting or calling and no bars). Using code # # 3282 # gets me into a more advanced menu where I can see more fields (other than MSID and MDN) and alot of them say 'No'. I have that Slot Mode is enabled, but there's a 'No' under Slot Index. Mobile Country Code and Access Overload Class also say 'No'. I'm not sure what they all are, but I thought I'd mention them incase they help point to a bigger problem. I'm guessing that part of the problem is the missing my MDN and MSID numbers, so I've been focused on getting those configured. I've tried using these menus to set the values (just MDN and MSID at first, but I've also tried once with just the Slot Index) and every time I tap 'Commit Modifications' in the menu to save it I see a toast that says 'Commit Failed'. Using captured logs from logcat and a decompiled version of the EPST I think I've found that it won't save anything because the Telephony interface indicates that the radio is still on when it's about to save. I'd greatly appreciate any thoughts are explanations of how things work. I'm going to try a rooted stock ROM that will let me get into the EPST app. If I still see the same problems then I'm going to write an app that will let me turn off the radio (hence, the *rooted* stock) before trying to set the MDN and MSID. But I'm still worried about all those 'No's and am wondering if those will have to be set too before network connection will start to work.

I've tried every combo I've seen for bypassing the S5 Galaxy (SMG900VZKV) Samsung's activation screen. Phone is Verizon branded. Anyway around this screen with 4 corners or volume button presses? Or any other combo? I've tried them all

I have an android device (registered to my gmail account), which I want to give to someone else. What steps do I have to take, so that the device is no longer activated/registered/linked with my email address, and can be re-activated with the other person's gmail account? What happens with any apps installed on that device (bought using my account)? Should I remove them manually?

- Is it possible to activate an Android phone on a network with IPv6-only access to the Internet? - Does Google support all their services over IPv6? - Has anyone tried it? I'm going to need to activate an Android device on an IPv6-only network in the near future. Any help regarding this appreciated.

I recently bought a new contract-free Verizon CDMA Samsung Galaxy S3 for testing purpose and I couldn't pass the activation setup wizard. When I reached the customer service they said I have to activate it to use it which is lame. I buy a 300$ phone and they force me to activate it with a plan to use it. How can I skip this? I tried [how-do-i-bypass-the-verizon-activation-on-a-samsung-fascinate](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/42421/how-do-i-bypass-the-verizon-activation-on-a-samsung-fascinate) but it didnt work.

I want to put a custom ROM on my D2G, but I think I went about it in the wrong order. I thought that I had to do a factory reset, but that wound up setting me back. The phone demands that it be activated, but I can't get past that step. I don't want to go back to Verizon with this phone. How can I get past activation? I don't want to use the phone on another carrier. I just want access to the phone.

I purchased an old Droid 2 with a clean ESN today, rooted it, installed Droid2Bootstrap, loaded Monster_D2_2.3.2_4.5.153 onto the sdcard, cleaned the cache, wiped the data, rebooted into recovery, loaded the new images, rebooted. Came back up just fine. Now, here is a problem you may not have experienced before. I am not a Verizon customer. Just wanted the phone to develops Apps and play with. How can I get past the phone number activation requirement?

I am trying to figure out when my devices (tablet, tv dongle, etc) were activated. Is there a place (in google account settings, device files, anywhere) this data can be obtained? My devices are rooted, so I can use terminal access to read internal files if needed. Some suggestions in the net say to find the first day of data usage in the logs, but I want to find an accurate date (preferably a timestamp) of the device activation. I can't seem t be able to type dialer codes in a tablet, there's no phone app. Also this question is about android devices in general, not only phones.

If I get a new T-Moble SIM and activate it on my Google Nexus 4, then put the old one back in, will the old one still work?

I have a situation similar to https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/3897/can-i-use-an-android-phone-without-an-internet-access-plan but with one key difference, I don't even want to use it as a phone. Just a PDA. I have an original VZW droid, the phone powers up and I can start apps etc; however, I cannot even connect to WiFi (it tries and fails with an error that just says unable to connect, try again). Is this a limitation of the phone being ***not*** activated? I used to use this phone as my every day driver, but I've since upgraded to a new phone, but would still like to use this droid as a wifi web browser around the house.