Well, this is still very confusing for someone trying to do genuine due diligence. The first tier-2 tech support supervisor at Verizon I spoke with:
- checked the bands for the Key2 LE and the Key2 on the BlackBerry website and said since they're identical it will definitely work
- sent me to
http://willmyphonework.net and said it shows it will work
- told me she is seeing more and more "uncertified" CDMA-less phones added successfully to their network and working fine
And, again, a few techs at BlackBerry and another Verizon tier-2 tech support supervisor told me it will work.
Having said that, there were certainly also a few techs at both BlackBerry and Verizon who said they're not sure.
And I'm still not sure if that form that was submitted to add my IMEI/device will be successful or not. A few techs and one tech support supervisor at Verizon said it's pretty standard procedure.
We do have to keep in mind, in supporting your position that it won't work and shouldn't be expected to, that a lot of the confusion probably lies in the fact that, as in my case thus far,
most of the features/functions work but a few do not. Some people might report that as successfully working -- just as I mistakenly did when I started a thread entitled "How I activated my Key2 on Verizon."
So, to be clear, you're pretty sure the Key2 is simp[ly not going to end up working 100% properly on Verizon regardless of whether they work the request for for adding the IMEI/device to my account, or whether I activate my SIM in a Key2 LE?
In other words, if I want to stay with Verizon I really should accept the fact that the Key2 is not an option, period, end of story?
Man, if that's the case, I couldn't agree with you more that I would love to have saved myself over two weeks of lost time in vain!
I almost feel I need to play this out to see what happens if and when they work the request form to add the IMEI/device, and maybe even try to activate in a Key2 LE I buy from (and return to) Best Buy, just so I can help clarify this for others! For goodness sake, one would like to think consistent input from multiple techs at BlackBerry and multiple tier-2 tech support supervisors at Verizon should be reliable. If that's not the case, well, I'm sorry I lost so much time (and expense) and hope others can be spared.