Just in case anyone else is struggling with this, there is a solution,
and it's easy.
When you get your new Dev phone, and you stick a Vodafone SIM in it,
it fails to connect to Google's servers and can't initialise. It seems
to be bricked. But wait, all is not lost.
Buy a T-Mobile pay-as-you-go SIM for £5. Put it in your Dev phone and
get in your car. Drive to the within range of your nearest T-Mobile
tower ('not so much a network, more a sparse matrix'). Switch on your
phone, and register with Google.
Ah, you say, but I don't want a T-Mobile phone, they have virtually no
coverage outside city centres. Verily, I say unto you, be not afraid,
for I bring tidings of great joy. You may now switch off your Dev
phone, extract the T-Mobile SIM card, put in your Vodafone SIM card,
and switch back on. And Lo! all is well and it works.
I've only tried this fix with UK Vodafone, because that's the network
I wanted to use. But if you have trouble getting your Dev phone past
the 'cannot connect to Google servers' phase with your own wireless
provider of choice, this may work for you too.
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