I want to activate my new Lenovo Tablet as a secondary device. In case I continue with the SMS/phone activation, my primary device (phone) gets disconnected. 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 just like the tablet were a primary device only (which it should not). 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).

So, Viber tries to activate this tablet as a primary device only. However, it seems that this new tablet is treated like a mobile phone by Viber (although it is a WiFi only device). 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. Lately, my old Samsung tablet started to fail, so I bought a new tablet ( Lenovo TB-8505F 8' Wifi only). I have been using Viber for almost ten years on many devices (including Blackberries, Android phones and tablets, Windows and Linux PCs).

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