Following these steps for verizon wireless in the US , MUST HAVE WORKING CELL SERVICE IN ANDROID .
Fresh flash of debian with flash tool
connect to wifi
connect via usb ssh to 10.15.19.82 for ease of keyboard cmds or run in term
on first login sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install ofono-scripts
now disconnect from wifi
cd /usr/share/ofono/scripts
power on cellular from cmst
sudo ./create-internet-context vzwinternet "" ""
sudo reboot
remove sim and reinstert
sudo ./activate-context
updated 8/6 , Resualts not working with new android image and tp3 , missing something in the order .