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Background Info: I work at Walmart in the Connection Center, and today I had a customer wanting to switch to Family Mobile from AT&T, so I showed them our Family Mobile devices and T-Mobile Devices, they didnt seem interested in them and said they wanted somthing that had Android 5.0 Lollipop, I thought about it for a minute and remembered that the Moto E (2015) shipped with Lollipop installed, I also knew that Verizon phones come unlocked, so I showed them the device and they decided to go with it, they bought the Family Mobile Micro SIM starter kit, and the Moto E, but once I powered it on, I couldn't get it to connect to Family Mobile, so I tried to access the advanced radio menu (*#*#4636#*#*) to no avail, but I eventually got it working, with full LTE support, heres how:

1. Power on the device with the GSM SIM card in the SIM card slot

2. Connect to WiFi and complete Google Sign-In

3. Go to the Play Store and search "Network" download the first app (A white circle with a black phone in it) (This will allow us access to the advance radio options)

4. Open the "Network" shortcut

5. Change the radio mode from "CDMA/LTE PRL" to "GSM/LTE Auto"

6. Open up the settings app, go to the mobile networks panel, select "Prefered Network Mode" and change it to "4G"

7. Input the appropriate APNs for your specific carrier

8 (Optional). Disable all Verizon apps through settings or Titanium Backup.

The only thing I couldnt solve was how to remove the "SIM Card is not from Verizon Wireless" error in the status bar permanently, but thats just an annoyance, and causes no usability decrease.