Help Nexus 6 will work on all major US carriers

SAL8116 · Oct 17, 2014

If you buy from a carrier will it have their bloatware?

If so, I'll bite the bullet for an N6, but may take me a few weeks to get it from Google.

If no bloat at carrier, I may end up doing AT&T's Next.

Rxpert83 · Oct 18, 2014

SAL8116 said:
If you buy from a carrier will it have their bloatware?

If so, I'll bite the bullet for an N6, but may take me a few weeks to get it from Google.

If no bloat at carrier, I may end up doing AT&T's Next.

No, they aren't allowed to put bloatware on it.

All devices sold in the US are the exact same

marctronixx · Oct 18, 2014

Rx,

just so im clear (im late to the party here),

if I purchase a nexus 6 from the carrier i use which is sprint, are you saying it will have not sprint bloat on it?

im thinking of getting the nexus 6 to go with the nex 9 since android L is such a radical new thing (in my eyes), but i would like to have it as vanilla as possible.

OR, if i grab this phone direct from google, i ASSume it will be as vanilla as they come and I can then walk right in the sprint door and activate it with no issue?

so educate me kind sir.

halon · Oct 18, 2014

marctronixx said:
Rx,

just so im clear (im late to the party here),

if I purchase a nexus 6 from the carrier i use which is sprint, are you saying it will have not sprint bloat on it?

im thinking of getting the nexus 6 to go with the nex 9 since android L is such a radical new thing (in my eyes), but i would like to have it as vanilla as possible.

OR, if i grab this phone direct from google, i ASSume it will be as vanilla as they come and I can then walk right in the sprint door and activate it with no issue?

so educate me kind sir.

They way I see it: when the LTE N7 came out you could put an Verizon SIM from your phone andyou are good to go. Seeing as there is only one US version most are thinking you could buy the phone from Google and just slap whatever carrier SIM you have in it and go on about your day. But, none of this has been specified as of yet.

jj14x · Oct 18, 2014

marctronixx said:
if I purchase a nexus 6 from the carrier i use which is sprint, are you saying it will have not sprint bloat on it?

OR, if i grab this phone direct from google, i ASSume it will be as vanilla as they come and I can then walk right in the sprint door and activate it with no issue?

While the question wasn't directed at me, here's what I think...

based on how the nexus 5 was handled, the answer to your questions is yes and yes*.
The N5, even when purchased from sprint had no Sprint bloat on it.

You can buy N5 from Google and sprint will activate it for you
2 things to note :

With the N5 release, Google did not include a SIM for Sprint and asked users to go to Sprint. Sprint stores had almost no stock for a few weeks, and caused issues because of that.
The 2nd issue was that for the first few days after the N5 was released, Sprint didn't have the 32GB version's ESN in their system and couldn't activate those. That was fixed in a few days

SAL8116 · Oct 19, 2014

Rxpert83 said:
No, they aren't allowed to put bloatware on it.

All devices sold in the US are the exact same

Thanks!

Rxpert83 · Oct 19, 2014

marctronixx said:
Rx,

just so im clear (im late to the party here),

if I purchase a nexus 6 from the carrier i use which is sprint, are you saying it will have not sprint bloat on it?

im thinking of getting the nexus 6 to go with the nex 9 since android L is such a radical new thing (in my eyes), but i would like to have it as vanilla as possible.

OR, if i grab this phone direct from google, i ASSume it will be as vanilla as they come and I can then walk right in the sprint door and activate it with no issue?

so educate me kind sir.

Assuming things go the way they did with the nexus 5, there were no differences on the phones sold through Sprint and the play store. :thumbup:

There were early issues using a play store bought phone on the network, as well as using sprint purchased phones on a sprint mnvo like ting. They seemed to lock it to post paid on their network

ExtraCrispy · Oct 20, 2014

There are multiple levels of device lockdown.

- based on different hardware - this is not possible as its one model for all US carriers
- locking the phone so it won't activate on another network - this is possible
- locking down the phone via radios, baseband, or RIL updates - this is also possible

CDMA needs proprietary code from carriers, thus its still possible for Verizon/Sprint to block activations of phones based on IMEI etc, like they have done in the past. This is not possible for an unlocked Play Store GSM version - you can add any activated SIM and it will work, guaranteed.

Summary - Verizon still has ways of controlling updates for the phone and spoiling the party. I hope this doesn't happen.

halon · Oct 20, 2014

When does the Droid Turbo come out? I doubt verizon will say anything about the N6 until after that comes out.

Jerry-rigged · Oct 22, 2014

VERIZON!?!?! NEXUS?!!!

WOOOOWWOOOTT!!!!

Ok, sold. My upgrade is November, right on time.

I loved my GNex. Everything but the battery life. Been lusting for a N3 or N4 for a long time, but this looks like everything the Note can do (Except for the Pen -

) but with open system, quick updates and front speakers. As a side note, I had a Moto OG Droid, and the wife is currently running the Moto X (OG) - the Moto builds seem much higher quality than Samsung

KOLIO · Oct 22, 2014

Good news for the MAGENTA crowd:

T-Mo to sell 64GB Nexus 6 online TmoNews

No word on color options yet,stay tuned.

Orion · Oct 22, 2014

That's definitely awesome news.

SAL8116 · Oct 22, 2014

Wonder when AT&T is going to start orders?

Also we know pre-ordres are the 29th. When's the actual release date?

tsanuri · Oct 22, 2014

SAL8116 said:
Wonder when AT&T is going to start orders?

Also we know pre-ordres are the 29th. When's the actual release date?

The pre-orders from Google will start then.
So far there hasn't been any news for the carriers doing them.
The t-mobile news gives us a date of Nov 12th. So you'd think that is going to be the actual date.

Biaviian · Oct 22, 2014

Any conjectures as to the time it will go on sale on the 29th? I can't recall the last few release times although if I recall correctly the N4's release was pretty botched so the time was off.

KOLIO · Oct 22, 2014

LOLLIPOP will be released on 11/3/14,so,I'd guess anytime between then & mid-November for the NEXUS 6 to be readily available/deliverable:

Google Confirms To Developers That Their Lollipop Apps, And Therefore Android 5.0, Will Be All Ready To Go On November 3rd [Updated]

zipred · Oct 22, 2014

Typically T-Mobile is the last carrier to offer various model phones. This time I'm very happy to hear of their release date being the first announced.

Even if someone else decides to release earlier it won't be much. Then again if Google is turning over a new leaf all four will go out the same date.

Blue218 · Oct 23, 2014

If there is no Verizon Bloat and the Nexus 6 will actually work as a phone (Gnex) then I will most likely buy one

halon · Oct 25, 2014

The "NexSix" has made it thru the FCC.... https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=830965&fcc_id=IHDT56QD1

kinfolk248 · Oct 25, 2014

halon said:
The "NexSix" has made it thru the FCC.... https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=830965&fcc_id=IHDT56QD1

Ok, so what does this chart mean in simple everyday hot wings and beer guy terms...?!

KOLIO · Oct 25, 2014

kinfolk248 said:
Ok, so what does this chart mean in simple everyday hot wings and beer guy terms...?!

BEER & WINGS Summary:

The FCC has given the O-TAY to sell/use this phone in the US.

kinfolk248 · Oct 25, 2014

KOLIO said:
BEER & WINGS Summary:

The FCC has given the O-TAY to sell/use this phone in the US.

lol Nice, you guys crack me up lol

zipred · Oct 25, 2014

We be smart

kinfolk248 · Oct 25, 2014

Im still willing to bet that there will be a ever so slight diff b/t play store models and carrier (Vzw) models... something just tells me...

halon · Oct 25, 2014

zipred said:
We be smart

Speak for yourself!

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