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Nexus 7 won’t be allowed on Verizon LTE until KitKat rolls, “systems issue” blamed

If you have a Nexus 7 you’re waiting to activate on Verizon’s LTE network, there’s good news and bad news …

The good news is Verizon has acknowledged the issue that has been preventing the device registering on its network, and says that a solution is in hand. The bad new is that solution is to wait for KitKat to be installed on the tablet, and there’s as yet no word on when this may be. Google has said only that it will be “in the coming weeks” and that is for the Wifi versions … 

During the certification process for the Nexus 7, Google, Asus and Verizon uncovered a systems issue that required Google and Asus to undertake additional work with the Jelly Bean OS running on the device.  Since Google was about to launch its new Kit Kat OS, rather than undertake this work, Google and Asus asked Verizon to suspend its certification process until Google’s new OS was available on the Nexus 7.

It had earlier been suggested the issue is that the network was unable to activate an LTE-only device, requiring a 3G connection (which the latest Nexus doesn’t have) to register on the network.

Oh, and @evleaks says it is coming soooo…

[tweet https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/398167786448764928]

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