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Which Nexus 6 to buy for Verizon?

Quick Q
If I want to activate a Nexus 6 on Verizon, do I buy the Sprint Nexus 6 or can I buy any carrier model. Thanks in advance!

badboyg200 said:
Quick Q
If I want to activate a Nexus 6 on Verizon, do I buy the Sprint Nexus 6 or can I buy any carrier model. Thanks in advance!
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any US nexus 6 is the exact same model, no matter where you buy it. the only thing is that the att version comes sim locked.

So which one is the best to buy if I want to activate it on Verizon (in terms of feasibility of bootloader unlock, rooting, etc)? Which would you recommend?

badboyg200 said:
So which one is the best to buy if I want to activate it on Verizon (in terms of feasibility, etc etc)? Which would you recommend?
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best options are google play or motorola. then the other best option would be tmobile. but if you buy it through google play, they will replace the device one time if you break your screen.

I am thinking about trading my unopened Verizon Note 4 for one. Due to the lack of ROM support and a locked bootloader/non-rootability, the note 4 is virtually worthless to me at this point.

badboyg200 said:
I am thinking about trading my unopened Verizon Note 4 for one. Due to the lack of ROM support and a locked bootloader/non-rootability, the note 4 is virtually worthless to me at this point.
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well, the note 4 is rootable, the verizon version though might not be. i own a sgs4, verizon version, and i rooted it using towelroot. but 50% of the time, it wont boot. i get a message that its running unofficial verizon software, and to take it into a verizon.

simms22 said:
well, the note 4 is rootable, the verizon version though might not be. i own a sgs4, verizon version, and i rooted it using towelroot. but 50% of the time, it wont boot. i get a message that its running unofficial verizon software, and to take it into a verizon.
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There is a bounty for both root and bootloader on Verizon Note 4. But you are correct in that other carrier models of Note 4 are already rooted, unfortunately I have waited too long for this phone and need to move on.

badboyg200 said:
There is a bounty for both root and bootloader on Verizon Note 4. But you are correct in that other carrier models of Note 4 are already rooted, unfortunately I have waited too long for this phone and need to move on.
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The bootloader isn't getting unlocked on Note 4
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badboyg200 said:
I am thinking about trading my unopened Verizon Note 4 for one. Due to the lack of ROM support and a locked bootloader/non-rootability, the note 4 is virtually worthless to me at this point.
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Good luck, the VZW Note 4 unopened can barely fetch $600 on swappa. You'd have to settle for a used Nexus 6 I would think with current values. You might have better luck on Craigslist but it's going to be hard getting a straight trade.

It's not worth getting a carrier version N6 until you verify it's been fully bought. And I thought the N6 users on Verizon were having data issues?

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And I thought the N6 users on Verizon were having data issues?
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I'm not, but I am stock other than unlocked and rooted with a few roms.

fraser.dk said:
It's not worth getting a carrier version N6 until you verify it's been fully bought. And I thought the N6 users on Verizon were having data issues?
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Nope, works perfectly fine. Have to jump through a few hoops to get the SIM working (VZW doesn't recognize the Nexus 6 IMEI as compatible) but after that it's great. In the beginning certain ROMs weren't working natively with Verizon, then a simple text edit fixed it, and now I think it's fixed out of the box for all custom ROMs.

I have a google play store N6 running perfectly on Verizon. Had to cut down my micro sim card to nano, popped it in, unlocked bootloader and on custom ROM number 3 so far. No data issues or any operational issues at this point.

darbylonia said:
I have a google play store N6 running perfectly on Verizon. Had to cut down my micro sim card to nano, popped it in, unlocked bootloader and on custom ROM number 3 so far. No data issues or any operational issues at this point.
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Do you have to call and get it activated or do you literaly just pop in the Sim and is good to go?

hlaalu said:
Do you have to call and get it activated or do you literaly just pop in the Sim and is good to go?
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Just pop in the sim and go. Might take a few minutes to get the Verizon signal on the initial boot, but afterwards, everything should be good to go.

Diocat said:
Just pop in the sim and go. Might take a few minutes to get the Verizon signal on the initial boot, but afterwards, everything should be good to go.
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Yup, it was that easy. I read a ton before I made my decision. I bought the Aerb sim cutter from amazon, unboxed my GPS N6, cut my micro sim and had to sandpaper it a little bit to fit, popped it in, 5-10 minutes later I was up and running with zero issues. Happy customer, love this device!

A problem people have had is the IMEI of a device not purchased from Google, Motorola or Verizon will not be in Verizon's database if you have to activate a new SIM card. An already activated SIM will work.

Which device?
A Sprint employee told me to get the Tmobile Nexus since Sprint customers were having pretty bad issues with the nexus 6 on the sprint network. Does carrier specific Nexus 6's have better or worse service on the VZW network? I thought all the phones were the same more or less with the same hardware.

badboyg200 said:
A Sprint employee told me to get the Tmobile Nexus since Sprint customers were having pretty bad issues with the nexus 6 on the sprint network. Does carrier specific Nexus 6's have better or worse service on the VZW network? I thought all the phones were the same more or less with the same hardware.
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all US versions are exactly the same device. google play, tmobile, sprint, etc.. they are the exactly the same device.

question.

I have a Nexus 6 I bought from a 3rd party. Its a TMo variant so its Sim unlocked and whatnot. When I put my VZW Sim in I get LTE and such. I can't call nor send texts messages from said device. From what I get from threads on here I should request a new Sim card and stuff from VZW but if that doesn't work how would I go about fixing this issue. I mean I've already tried the whole calling the Verizon and having them elevate the case but that doesn't do anything. Eh. I mean I still have my M8 so I've been using that but it seems like this phone just doesn't want to work on VZW.
Are there any special things I should do to my phone to make it work. Or any special APNs I should use
Thanks
-ElChibo

Please could you describe your question in the thread title? Maybe something a bit more descriptive like "using Verizon sim in TMO N6 - no calls or sms"? That way you will target the people who may know the answer whilst saving people who don't the time spent on reading the thread?
Thanks for your consideration

The phone is going to be blocked via the IMEI.
I don't see it happening on Verizon. Maybe after they roll out the Nexus on their network we would know more.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...or-that-carrier-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/
Sent from my Nexus 6

DebianDog said:
The phone is going to be blocked via the IMEI.
I don't see it happening on Verizon. Maybe after they roll out the Nexus on their network we would know more.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...or-that-carrier-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/
Sent from my Nexus 6
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Mine was purchased from Motorola and activated just fine on VZW. Used a cut down sim card from my last phone. Phone was purchased in November.
Sent from my SinLess Shamu

My N6 is from Sprint. Installed my Nano Verizon Sim and it works perfectly.

trickster2369 said:
Mine was purchased from Motorola and activated just fine on VZW. Used a cut down sim card from my last phone. Phone was purchased in November.
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Yes direct from Google or Motorola has always worked. I have one from Google myself on Verizon.
lukesdiesel said:
My N6 is from Sprint. Installed my Nano Verizon Sim and it works perfectly.
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This surprises me maybe Verizon has decided to stop being such douchebags.
Sent from my Nexus 6

The N6 is carrier unlocked except the AT&T version and that's easily remedied, it's got to be APN related. Try a ROM that includes all of the Verizon APN's like Chroma and see if that helps.

If you have a SIM that was already activated then there probably won't be a problem -- it should work fine in any N6 (except I hear the AT&T is network locked).

Is T-Mobile Nexus 6 unlocked?

I purchased my nexus 6 from a T-Mobile retail store and later read somewhere that T-Mobile nexus 6's come out of box network unlocked from T-Mobile. I ran a Sim card manager and its saying I'm network locked????? Here's a screen shot of what the Sim manager said.
Any truth to this ??
Sent from Nexus 6

Mine is unlocked, I did pay my phone off before trying other carrier sim cards, which worked fine, I only tried VZW & AT&T.

beachbum40 said:
I purchased my nexus 6 from a T-Mobile retail store and later read somewhere that T-Mobile nexus 6's come out of box network unlocked from T-Mobile. I ran a Sim card manager and its saying I'm network locked????? Here's a screen shot of what the Sim manager said.
Any truth to this ??
Sent from Nexus 6
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your sim is network lockef, not your phone. the tmobile n6 is not network locked.

simms22 said:
your sim is network lockef, not your phone. the tmobile n6 is not network locked.
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OK so I can go get a att nano Sim slap it in there and it should work?? Or are there other steps I need to take.? I'm sorry I've have never swapped out or had a unlocked device. So if you could please explain what I need to do to get att working on my tmo n6.. I just want to be able to use my phone when I go to my farm out in the country. There isn't any tmo coverage out there but att does have service. I thought it would roam on att out there but it don't. I called customer care and they said att towers out there are not able to roam to my n6 for what ever reason. She said they probably will though in the near future.
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beachbum40 said:
OK so I can go get a att nano Sim slap it in there and it should work?? Or are there other steps I need to take.? I'm sorry I've have never swapped out or had a unlocked device. So if you could please explain what I need to do to get att working on my tmo n6.. I just want to be able to use my phone when I go to my farm out in the country. There isn't any tmo coverage out there but att does have service. I thought it would roam on att out there but it don't. I called customer care and they said att towers out there are not able to roam to my n6 for what ever reason. She said they probably will though in the near future.
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Pop in the SIM and that's it. Literally. The APNs should populate on their own by inserting the SIM.
The Nexus 6 is fully unlocked. FULLY! Works on all US carriers.

beachbum40 said:
I purchased my nexus 6 from a T-Mobile retail store and later read somewhere that T-Mobile nexus 6's come out of box network unlocked from T-Mobile. I ran a Sim card manager and its saying I'm network locked????? Here's a screen shot of what the Sim manager said.
Any truth to this ??
Sent from Nexus 6
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I purchased a T-Mobile Nexus 6 on craigslist for use on Verizon. The phone was not carrier locked when I bought it and the seller assured me he didn't believe the phone to be locked. I do not believe your phone is SIM locked as I just ran the same program on my Nexus 6 and it says the same thing. I believe AT&T's variant is the only one with locked SIM.

mlin said:
I purchased a T-Mobile Nexus 6 on craigslist for use on Verizon. The phone was not carrier locked when I bought it and the seller assured me he didn't believe the phone to be locked. I do not believe your phone is SIM locked as I just ran the same program on my Nexus 6 and it says the same thing. I believe AT&T's variant is the only one with locked SIM.
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So your n6 also said ( Sim state- network locked)??
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beachbum40 said:
So your n6 also said ( Sim state- network locked)??
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Yeah, so the Sim is locked, but the phone isn't.

Used Cricket which is Att MNVO can confirm that T-Mobile bought Nexus 6 is in fact unlocked.
That being said unless Att is the only coverage you get don't go to Cricket. Ran right back to T-Mobile in less than a billing cycle.

beachbum40 said:
I purchased my nexus 6 from a T-Mobile retail store and later read somewhere that T-Mobile nexus 6's come out of box network unlocked from T-Mobile. I ran a Sim card manager and its saying I'm network locked????? Here's a screen shot of what the Sim manager said.
Any truth to this ??
Sent from Nexus 6
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Nexus bootloaders are always unlockable, network simlocks are possible afaik if you buy a subsidized phone.

gee2012 said:
Nexus bootloaders are always unlockable, network simlocks are possible afaik if you buy a subsidized phone.
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So what your saying is since I'm still paying for my n6 through T-Mobile post pay plan that this is why my sim is network locked??? I usually just pay for half the price of the phone and jump to an upgraded phone. See this is what's confusing the heck out of me.. So once again am I going to be able to just put a activated att Sim card in my n6 and I'll be good to go.??? Orrr do I have to pay off the phone? Or do I need to get a unlock code from T-Mobile?? So confused??.the app I used Sim card manager said my Sim card is network locked do I need to unlock or do I just through a active att Sim in and go.? Thanks
Sent from Nexus 6

beachbum40 said:
So what your saying is since I'm still paying for my n6 through T-Mobile post pay plan that this is why my sim is network locked??? I usually just pay for half the price of the phone and jump to an upgraded phone. See this is what's confusing the heck out of me.. So once again am I going to be able to just put a activated att Sim card in my n6 and I'll be good to go.??? Orrr do I have to pay off the phone? Or do I need to get a unlock code from T-Mobile?? So confused.the app I used Sim card manager said my Sim card is network locked do I need to unlock or do I just through a active att Sim in and too. Thanks
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I`am speaking for the European situation as it is here, i`am not familiar with the US policy`s tbh. Just put in a non T-Mobile simcard and if you are connected to data and speech there is no problem.

I have the same case as you. I tested with and AT&T Sim and works perfectly. The SIM is locked, the Phone is not.
beachbum40 said:
So what your saying is since I'm still paying for my n6 through T-Mobile post pay plan that this is why my sim is network locked??? I usually just pay for half the price of the phone and jump to an upgraded phone. See this is what's confusing the heck out of me.. So once again am I going to be able to just put a activated att Sim card in my n6 and I'll be good to go.??? Orrr do I have to pay off the phone? Or do I need to get a unlock code from T-Mobile?? So confused.the app I used Sim card manager said my Sim card is network locked do I need to unlock or do I just through a active att Sim in and go.? Thanks
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[Q] Just got a used, unlocked N6. How do I know it is unlocked?

Okay, maybe a dumb question. But when I booted up the phone after a system reset it had 3 ATT apps on it. I am with ATT and did have my SIM card in. There also isn't any carrier branding on the back of the phone. So what is a surefire way to know that this is an "unlocked" phone and not an ATT phone?
Also the phone isn't updating to 5.1

If ATT lock their sim phones, a surefire way to check if it is locked is put a sim from another network in it.
Sim and sim lock and even carrier have nothing to do with updates. It takes 3 weeks for most people to get the ota

If you go thru the initial setup process with an AT&T sim already installed, it will install the AT&T apps. Just for the hell of it, take a look at the bottom of the back of the phone. I have watched many videos on how to remove the AT&T logo, but every single one I watched, always left a little outline of the logo. Sure it will eventually wear off completely in time, but look for that little logo. If you see nothing at all, that's a good sign, as I have yet to see a Nexus 6 sold by AT&T, come unbranded. Yeah that's not a definitive way to check if its actually an unlocked phone, but its a good start

Tower1972 said:
If you go thru the initial setup process with an AT&T sim already installed, it will install the AT&T apps. Just for the hell of it, take a look at the bottom of the back of the phone. I have watched many videos on how to remove the AT&T logo, but every single one I watched, always left a little outline of the logo. Sure it will eventually wear off completely in time, but look for that little logo. If you see nothing at all, that's a good sign, as I have yet to see a Nexus 6 sold by AT&T, come unbranded. Yeah that's not a definitive way to check if its actually an unlocked phone, but its a good start
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I noticed the same thing. So to get rid of the AT&T logo on the back, I replaced the back. Cost was $10 for new back, and it only took about 10 minutes.
My point is caveat emptor.
If it has been carrier unlocked, it doesn't matter how it started life.

All Nexus (devices) N6 are unlocked by default. Carrier "bloat" is dependant on which SIM is inserted.

LordLugard said:
All Nexus (devices) N6 are unlocked by default. Carrier "bloat" is dependant on which SIM is inserted.
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This isn't true with the nexus 6. Some carrier versions are locked. I just don't remember which.

rootSU said:
This isn't true with the nexus 6. Some carrier versions are locked. I just don't remember which.
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I know the AT&T version is Sim locked, not sure about Verizon's model. Sprint and T-Mobile's are unlocked.

Evolution_Freak said:
I know the AT&T version is Sim locked, not sure about Verizon's model. Sprint and T-Mobile's are unlocked.
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Only the AT&T phones were SIM locked.

jawmail said:
Only the AT&T phones were SIM locked.
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I believe Rogers may be too, from Canada

cam30era said:
I noticed the same thing. So to get rid of the AT&T logo on the back, I replaced the back. Cost was $10 for new back, and it only took about 10 minutes.
My point is caveat emptor.
Only sure way to know if it was an AT&T phone originally is via the IMEI number. AT&T's start with "359". Unlocked variety start with "99".
And, if it has been carrier unlocked, it doesn't matter how it started life.
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That's not true I bought mine from Motorola directly and I have the first 3 digits as 359.

Pilz said:
That's not true I bought mine from Motorola directly and I have the first 3 digits as 359.
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OK. Thanks.

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OK. Thanks.
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No problem, I don't thin there is a definitive way they assign them but I could be string

Switch to SIM card?

I have an at&t version that is off lease. The phone was paid for so I kept it and basically been using it as a mini tablet on my home WiFi for the last year.. it still works fine
Is there anything I can do to make it work off a Sim card?
Paul

Take any SIM from a phone you already have active, place it in the Nexus and Viola!!!

CenturionFive said:
I have an at&t version that is off lease. The phone was paid for so I kept it and basically been using it as a mini tablet on my home WiFi for the last year.. it still works fine
Is there anything I can do to make it work off a Sim card?
Paul
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If you want to use the phone on a carrier other than AT&T your going to need to unlock the phone first. You can request an unlock code from AT&T here.

Thanks, but I have since found it was with Sprint.
Thanks for your help. I've sense discovered it was with Sprint. You wouldn't happen to have a link for them would you? TIA
PAUL
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If you want to use the phone on a carrier other than AT&T your going to need to unlock the phone first. You can request an unlock code from AT&T here.
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CenturionFive said:
Thanks for your help. I've sense discovered it was with Sprint. You wouldn't happen to have a link for them would you? TIA
PAUL
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If it is on Sprint it should already be unlocked. AT&T was the only carrier to offer the Nexus 6 and therefore it was the only locked version.

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If it is on Sprint it should already be unlocked. AT&T was the only carrier to offer the Nexus 6 and therefore it was the only locked version.
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That's odd. This is a Nexus 6 and it was on Sprint. It hasn't been active for over a year but the carrier still says Sprint.
Will the internal antenna allow it to work on a Tracphone (generic prepaid Verizon network) sim?

CenturionFive said:
That's odd. This is a Nexus 6 and it was on Sprint. It hasn't been active for over a year but the carrier still says Sprint.
Will the internal antenna allow it to work on a Tracphone (generic prepaid Verizon network) sim?
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I'm not sure about it working on Tracphone but my gut feeling is that it will. The Nexus 6 worked on Verizon so that shouldn't be a problem but I'm not sure if the APN settings for Tracphone will be there or if you will have to manually create a new APN for them.

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I'm not sure about it working on Tracphone but my gut feeling is that it will. The Nexus 6 worked on Verizon so that shouldn't be a problem but I'm not sure if the APN settings for Tracphone will be there or if you will have to manually create a new APN for them.
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It uses the Verizon network just not their prices
Paul

CenturionFive said:
That's odd. This is a Nexus 6 and it was on Sprint. It hasn't been active for over a year but the carrier still says Sprint.
Will the internal antenna allow it to work on a Tracphone (generic prepaid Verizon network) sim?
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So, the phone will "remember" its last carrier until you pop in a SIM. Should work just fine.

Thanks