[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] aer0zer0:
Thomas: How may I assist you today?

John: i have just purchased an HTC u11

Thomas: Congrats on the new device!

John: what do i need to do to make it work on my line

John: i have heard some horror stories trying to activate it on vzw

John: and keep it activated

John: i just wnted to confirm some stuff

John: I need to check that the VoLTE is provisioned in my line

John: remove the CDMA-less provisioning service from it

John: and i have to add the IMEI to BYOD Pool Prior

Thomas: Did you order the direct directly from HTC?

John: i did

Thomas: With ordering through HTC it is automatically considered a BYOD

John: sure, and once i have the imei, i need to add it to your pool, correct

Thomas: In addition to that the VoLTE is set up as well

John: im square there

John: what about this cdma-less provisioning

John: i was told i need it removed?

Thomas: When you worked with HTC did you request a Verizon model of the 11?

John: yes

John: i selected the verizon solar red

Thomas: If it is a Verizon model it would automatically have the device in our system there is not any specific things you would need to do to the account prior for it to activate

John: so it is in an imei pool for you if selected verizon specific?

Thomas: When the device arrives you can hover on my device and select to active a new one or you can always chat in with us and we can assist with that activation as well.

John: ok

Thomas: Correct

John: what is cdma-less provisioning?

Thomas: We have you all covered :]

Thomas: to be 100% honest I am not sure what that is referencing.

Thomas: Verizon's network runs on a CDMA network however almost every Verizon 4g device comes with CMDA and GSM network functions

Thomas: If it is a Verizon branded device you would not need to change any provisioning or settings. All you need is a Verizon sim card

John: its unique, ill say that

John: what i believe it means is that i wont get 3g/1x capability

John: its lte or nothing

John: so, i should just be able to take my 10 sim, and pop it in the 11, since i have HD voice/volte already provisioned on the sim

John: and itll work

Thomas: Gotcha! I apologize the wording was throwing my off. I did just confirm and it does mean it is 4g only

Thomas: We only have 1 other device like that currently so it is fairly new.

John: what other device is like that?

Thomas: The other device is the Asus ZenFone AR

John: so, what i gather here is i need cdma-less provisioning

John: and it cant be removed

Thomas: With the sim question before we skip over that as long as the new device takes a 4g Nano NFC card you will be all set to just insert the one from your HTC 10

John: ok

John: it does

John: then i would ask for you guys to add cdma-less provisioning

John: then i should be good, right

Thomas: our network should auto update any provisioning needed when you insert the sim card however if you are having any issues we would need to have the device on the account as the provisioning options we have available are based off the phone that is currently active.

John: yup, understoof

John: understood

Thomas: Other than that minor detail everything else is good to go for you :]

John: perfect

Verizon chat today. Big things here are cdma-less provisioning has to be added (reverse of what HTC told me), my 10 sim is all ready to go, and cdma-less should happen by default. Verizon selected 11's are in an imei pool already, so you dont need to go through the big part of byod. And the ASUS zenfone AR is also cdma-less, i bet they have the perfect preactivated sim for the 11. Wonder how they are doing keeping signal?