it this possible?

mike420 · May 27, 2012

Okay well i have a verizon gnex had one since launch day and i love the nexus experience and do not wanna give it up for anything. But im on my dads plan and hes thinking about switching to us cellular to save some money. Is there any way to get this phone activated on their service? If not my only option is their crappy s2 which will never see ics and its not oure google i hate the manufacturers ui's. Also if i cant activate this phone how much should i sell my nexus for. Its in perfect mint condition just got a new one sent to me from verizon, ive had a zagg on and a silicone cover since day one. And i have the extended battery along with the standard battery. If i have to sell this i think i will cry.

artman540 · May 27, 2012

I imagine it's possible since they use the same bands. Only way to know for certain is to ask them if they can activate it for you.

Demache · May 28, 2012

In theory, its possible. You can probably get them to activate it. However you may need to find a way to modify the network specific settings.

However, if you do end up selling the phone, you could always buy the GSM Nexus on Google Play for $400 (which I'm sure you could sell the VZW Nexus for at least). Then go the prepaid SIM route. Coverage willing of course.

sleedeane · May 28, 2012

mike420 said:
Okay well i have a verizon gnex had one since launch day and i love the nexus experience and do not wanna give it up for anything. But im on my dads plan and hes thinking about switching to us cellular to save some money. Is there any way to get this phone activated on their service? If not my only option is their crappy s2 which will never see ics and its not oure google i hate the manufacturers ui's. Also if i cant activate this phone how much should i sell my nexus for. Its in perfect mint condition just got a new one sent to me from verizon, ive had a zagg on and a silicone cover since day one. And i have the extended battery along with the standard battery. If i have to sell this i think i will cry.

Their crappy s2 will never see ICS?
My very nice S2 sees it, is it, just fine.

I didn't know these forums reached other planets.

I guess getting your own plan instead of using daddies is out of the question?

mike420 · May 28, 2012

sleedeane said:
Their crappy s2 will never see ICS?
My very nice S2 sees it, is it, just fine.

I didn't know these forums reached other planets.

I guess getting your own plan instead of using daddies is out of the question?

Yea yours has it cause your obvisously not with usc. They have not released any info with plans to update it to ics. And yea its pretty crappy imo going from a nexus to that is a huge downgrade imo. Who would ever want to go to touchwiz after pure google?
And my own plan isnt really reasonable right now because im only 21 on my own paying for school and everything else exceot my phone bill so i kinds gotta stay on his plan til im done with school.

But ty for info on the google gsm version. Think he might look intp tmobile now so we can still have a nexus.

sleedeane · Jun 8, 2012

mike420 said:
Yea yours has it cause your obvisously not with usc.

No I'm not.
It's called an xda hack.

mike420 said:
They have not released any info with plans to update it to ics.

June11,2012

mike420 said:
Who would ever want to go to touchwiz after pure google?

Pure Google? Is that a UI term?
And I don't use tw. It's called Go.

mike420 said:
And my own plan isnt really reasonable right now because im only 21 on my own paying for school and everything else exceot my phone bill so i kinds gotta stay on his plan til im done with school.

That's cool. School's expensive. And I hope you excel at it.
But I work hard to pay my own. All of it.
You probably would know that a g2 is not a step down from any phone out there if you ever actually held one, which I doubt you have.

popovpumpkin · Jun 8, 2012

the real question is why is this s2 guy in a nexus forum giving ppl a hard time lol

sleedeane · Jun 8, 2012

popovpumpkin said:
the real question is why is this s2 guy in a nexus forum giving ppl a hard time lol

because you guys are much more colorful and outgoing and friendly than us s2 people.And somebody said I could come over if I behaved myself.

Slug · Jun 8, 2012

Mike420, if you have to go with the Galaxy S2 (aka the Epic 4G Touch) you can always root it and install CyanogenMod 9 to regain that vanilla ICS experience. There may be other similar ROMs also, but I'm not familiar with the CDMA side of the range.

Turdbogls · Jun 8, 2012

sleedeane said:
No I'm not.
It's called an xda hack.

some dont like to root and ROM....why that is, i am not sure...lol...but they are out there.

sleedeane said:
June11,2012

is that just a general SGSII date, or is that the specific US cellular date?
source?

sleedeane said:
Pure Google? Is that a UI term?
And I don't use tw. It's called Go.

TW goes deeper than the launcher. it is in pretty much every aspect of the phone(dialer, messaging, mail, camera, gallery,ect). some of it good, some of it bad. some like it, some despise it. usually once you run stock android, you notice the little things here and there about the skins that bother you.

sleedeane said:
That's cool. School's expensive. And I hope you excel at it.
But I work hard to pay my own. All of it.
You probably would know that a g2 is not a step down from any phone out there if you ever actually held one, which I doubt you have.

I have, and IMO, it IS a step down from the nexus...the only thing i like on the SGSII is the camera.
While it is not a bad phone by any means (its acutally like #4 on my fav phones currently behind the OneX,S3,and nexus) you have to admit, TW and the lower res screen really are starting to show their age.

sleedeane · Jun 8, 2012

Turdbogls said:
some dont like to root and ROM....why that is, i am not sure...lol...but they are out there.

is that just a general SGSII date, or is that the specific US cellular date?
source?

TW goes deeper than the launcher. it is in pretty much every aspect of the phone(dialer, messaging, mail, camera, gallery,ect). some of it good, some of it bad. some like it, some despise it. usually once you run stock android, you notice the little things here and there about the skins that bother you.

I have, and IMO, it IS a step down from the nexus...the only thing i like on the SGSII is the camera.
While it is not a bad phone by any means (its acutally like #4 on my fav phones currently behind the OneX,S3,and nexus) you have to admit, TW and the lower res screen really are starting to show their age.

6/11 is when my phone (t-mobile) gets it. the other s2's already have received the u/ds.
And all I know about the Nexus is what I have read. Of course I want one! (well, I really want an S3 now).
And since all I have used is my Hercules, I have nothing to compare it to. So I am extremely satisfied with this phone and don't believe it's a step down from anything (since I'm on "my" top step).
And I understand that after having the N an S2 would be a downgrade, but not "crappie" by any standard.
J'm just envious of the kid (young, just starting out fresh in life), so I wanted to give him a hard time. :cool:

mike420 · Jun 8, 2012

Thanks for the replies guys. Thankfully the day before we got the update on our phones Verizon turned 4g on in our area so my dad has decided to stay with Verizon foe the time being. He said he wouldn't switch til us cellular got the s3 but he doesn't think he would even switch then because this 4g is bad a$$.

sleedeane · Jun 8, 2012

mike420 said:
Thanks for the replies guys. Thankfully the day before we got the update on our phones Verizon turned 4g on in our area so my dad has decided to stay with Verizon foe the time being. He said he wouldn't switch til us cellular got the s3 but he doesn't think he would even switch then because this 4g is bad a$$.

I am glad things worked out for you.
And sorry for the hard time.
Good luck with your studies. :cool:

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