Patent ID: 8406761

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting, by a device, coverage provided by a first cellular network that is available to the device, wherein the device comprises a first type of cellular capability for connecting to the first cellular network and a second type of cellular capability for connecting to a second cellular network; terminating, by the device, advertisement of the first type of cellular capability responsive to determining that the device is not in an initialized state with respect to the first cellular network; detecting, responsive to the terminating of the advertisement, coverage provided by the second cellular network that is available to the device; transmitting, by the device via a restricted access connection provided by the second cellular network, a request to the second cellular network by using the second type of cellular capability; receiving, responsive to the request, initialization information, associated with the device, from a server and via the restricted access connection provided by the second cellular network; terminating, responsive to the receiving, the restricted access connection provided by the second cellular network; initializing, responsive to the terminating the restricted access connection, the device with respect to the first cellular network based on the initialization information; advertising, responsive to the initializing, the first type of cellular capability; and re-detecting, responsive to the advertising, coverage provided by the first cellular network that is available to the device.