Help Nexus 6 will work on all major US carriers

zipred · Oct 25, 2014

WoooHooo!

KOLIO · Oct 25, 2014

KOLIO said:
BEER & WINGS Summary:

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

My name is BUCKWHEAT

And I approve this message! :thumbup:

kinfolk248 · Oct 25, 2014

I just wish the N5 would get cleared for everyone *cough *cough I mean its physically capable... cus IFFFF for some reason i couldnt get a 6, a 5 would be more than adequate...

zipred · Oct 26, 2014

kinfolk248 said:
I just wish the N5 would get cleared for everyone *cough *cough I mean its physically capable... cus IFFFF for some reason i couldnt get a 6, a 5 would be more than adequate...

After a full year of stellar performance from my much loved Nexus 5, that's really been pushed and put to the test, I happily endorse the N5 as one of the finest Android smartphones.

In a short while I'll have both the Nexus 5 and 6 models, at which point I'll gradually reduce the size of my vast selection of new current model Androids.

Too spoiled by pure Nexus...

jkc120 · Oct 27, 2014

Does anyone think Verizon is being hush-hush on the Nexus 6 until the Turbo launches or is announced (tomorrow I think)?

We all know how little Big Red thinks of Nexus devices, but waiting for the Turbo is the only reason I can think of that they'd have a self-imposed embargo on even mentioning it on their web site or acknowledging it at all on social media.

Thoughts? The closer we get to the pre-orders the more nervous I get that Big Red will screw this up ala the Gnex and N7 debacles.

kinfolk248 said:
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...

As much as I hope we're wrong, I have to agree with you.

Doesn't matter to me, though, because the first thing I'm going to do is fastboot oem unlock it and then flash the factory image the moment it's available. And as soon as cm12 is out and stable I'll be flashing that.

tsanuri · Oct 27, 2014

So far only one carrier has said a word and it's T-mobile. So it's not just Verizon being hush hush about dates.

jkc120 · Oct 27, 2014

tsanuri said:
So far only one carrier has said a word and it's T-mobile. So it's not just Verizon being hush hush about dates.

They're the only ones to mention availability, but AT&T at least has a presser about it:

AT&T to Welcome First Nexus Device; Confirms Nexus 6 Will Join the Nation's Most Reliable 4G LTE Network

And Sprint has a Nexus 6 landing page where you can pre-register for info, too:

Nexus 6 from Sprint

Verizon hasn't even officially confirmed support for it, except indirectly to droid-life.

The fact that Verizon won't even mention the device on their website is concerning to me, but then again Verizon usually does this. And I just looked and they don't have any mention of the Droid Turbo on their site either.

I'm just paranoid after the galaxy nexus I guess. hahah

Huitzi · Oct 27, 2014

jkc120 said:
They're the only ones to mention availability, but AT&T at least has a presser about it:

AT&T to Welcome First Nexus Device; Confirms Nexus 6 Will Join the Nation's Most Reliable 4G LTE Network

And Sprint has a Nexus 6 landing page where you can pre-register for info, too:

Nexus 6 from Sprint

Verizon hasn't even officially confirmed support for it, except indirectly to droid-life.

The fact that Verizon won't even mention the device on their website is concerning to me, but then again Verizon usually does this. And I just looked and they don't have any mention of the Droid Turbo on their site either.

I'm just paranoid after the galaxy nexus I guess. hahah

Verizon does have a mysterious blurb about the Droid line on their main page. "See what Droid does next" It doesn't exactly say "Droid Turbo" but it probably is.
New Droid Phone Coming Soon

halon · Oct 27, 2014

The Droid line is Verizon's baby. They won't say anything about the Nexus until after the Turbo is released, but only they know how long after that will be.

I believe anyone can buy it off Google and Verizon will activate it.

timelord65 · Oct 28, 2014

zipred said:
IMHO The Nexus 6 is the single most significant smartphone of our time, in its size class. This is a world class product created by Google and Motorola's finest.

All products are comprised of a series of compromises caused by the multitude of considerations and limitations. This Nexus is the result of these two companies working very diligently to create a truly outstanding finished product. I have no problem with that statement even before the reviews are in.

I predict the Nexus 6 will receive excellent reviews and quite possibly rival the Note 4 in sales volume.

Perhaps I'm completely wrong... Time will tell

Without a single in depth review, that is quite an leap of faith your taking.

jhawkkw · Oct 28, 2014

halon said:
I believe anyone can buy it off Google and Verizon will activate it.

I hope so for all the Verizon customer's sake, but it wouldn't surprise me to see LTE Nexus 7 Act II.

KOLIO · Oct 28, 2014

jhawkkw said:
I hope so for all the Verizon customer's sake, but it wouldn't surprise me to see LTE Nexus 7 Act II.

Perhaps not exactly the same thing,but,this sounds eerily familiar/similar:

John Legere's #tweetstorm on Apple SIM, in case you missed it | TmoNews

zipred · Oct 29, 2014

This answers the question about the difference when buying via carrier vs from the Play Store.

"However, your phone will still be loaded with plenty of bloatware if you buy through a wireless carrier. Sure, you can buy the Nexus 6 unlocked, but when you do so, it starts at $649."

Hands on with the Google Nexus 6: Android goes big

jkc120 · Oct 29, 2014

zipred said:
This answers the question about the difference when buying via carrier vs from the Play Store.

"However, your phone will still be loaded with plenty of bloatware if you buy through a wireless carrier. Sure, you can buy the Nexus 6 unlocked, but when you do so, it starts at $649."

Hands on with the Google Nexus 6: Android goes big

Very interesting. So if you buy from the Play Store, it'll work on all retailers, but will cost you.

If you want to subsidize your phone, you get some bloatware installed (which is detects based on your sim card?). But at least said bloat can be removed! If it's not on /system, not a big deal it'll take a couple of minutes tops to uninstall the stuff you don't want.

That said, if there's bloatware on the carrier devices, who in their right mind would buy one full retail from the carriers?

It makes me wonder if the small amount of stock on the Play Store was because they had stock reserved for the carriers?

zipred · Oct 29, 2014

jkc120 said:
Very interesting. So if you buy from the Play Store, it'll work on all retailers, but will cost you.

If you want to subsidize your phone, you get some bloatware installed (which is detects based on your sim card?). But at least said bloat can be removed! If it's not on /system, not a big deal it'll take a couple of minutes tops to uninstall the stuff you don't want.

That said, if there's bloatware on the carrier devices, who in their right mind would buy one full retail from the carriers?

I'd say after this article and seeing the logos of carriers on the N6 site, see link, they do have bloatware on the carrier phones. Besides the SIM card only holds the users account data, bloat resides on the phone.

Equally troubling is the fact current practice is each carrier charges full price, spreading it out over the 24 mo no interest Next Program - AT&T or the Jump Program - T-Mobile. So it's no cheaper than direct from Google which has NO bloatware and even better NO carrier branding.

Nexus 6 ? Google

jkc120 · Oct 29, 2014

zipred said:
I'd say after this article and seeing the logos of carriers on the N6 site, see link, they do have bloatware on the carrier phones. Besides the SIM card only holds the users account data, bloat resides on the phone.

Equally troubling is the fact current practice is each carrier charges full price, spreading it out over the 24 mo no interest Next Program - AT&T or the Jump Program - T-Mobile. So it's no cheaper than direct from Google which has NO bloatware.

Nexus 6 ? Google

I'm not saying the apps are stored on the sim card. Rather, Google has figured out a way in play services to pull down and install apps or tweak settings (e.g. APNs) based on the carrier identified by the sim card. What's the big deal, just uninstall the apps!

zipred · Oct 29, 2014

jkc120 said:
What's the big deal, just uninstall the apps!

It's NO big deal for me, I've rooted every Android I've had for years, and this will be no different. I was just sharing observations and the principal of it.

For my personal and business use, I optimize mine with so many mods and changes that by the time I'm done it's ideal for my workflow.

jkc120 · Oct 29, 2014

zipred said:
It's NO big deal for me, I've rooted every Android I've had for years, and this will be no different. I was just sharing observations and the principal of it.

For my personal and business use, I optimize mine with so many mods and changes that by the time I'm done it's ideal for my workflow.

You don't even need root, though. It literally means people can uninstall the apps just like any other app downloaded from the play store.

SAL8116 · Oct 30, 2014

zipred said:
This answers the question about the difference when buying via carrier vs from the Play Store.

"However, your phone will still be loaded with plenty of bloatware if you buy through a wireless carrier. Sure, you can buy the Nexus 6 unlocked, but when you do so, it starts at $649."

Hands on with the Google Nexus 6: Android goes big

jkc120 said:
Very interesting. So if you buy from the Play Store, it'll work on all retailers, but will cost you.

If you want to subsidize your phone, you get some bloatware installed (which is detects based on your sim card?). But at least said bloat can be removed! If it's not on /system, not a big deal it'll take a couple of minutes tops to uninstall the stuff you don't want.

That said, if there's bloatware on the carrier devices, who in their right mind would buy one full retail from the carriers?

It makes me wonder if the small amount of stock on the Play Store was because they had stock reserved for the carriers?

So essentially I should be able to remove any potential bloat by just holding down and selecting uninstall just like I would any other app?

I'm probably going to get it from AT&T through Next.

tsanuri · Oct 30, 2014

I wondering where they go the info about bloat. Since they don't have a carrier phone to compare. But it also brings up another question could it be that no matter where you buy it you'll end up with bloat based off the sim you put in it. And that apps will download once your put said carriers sim in? But as has been pointed out as long as they shouldn't be too hard to get rid of anyway.

SAL8116 · Oct 30, 2014

tsanuri said:
I wondering where they go the info about bloat. Since they don't have a carrier phone to compare. But it also brings up another question could it be that no matter where you buy it you'll end up with bloat based off the sim you put in it. And that apps will download once your put said carriers sim in? But as has been pointed out as long as they shouldn't be too hard to get rid of anyway.

Lollipop will try to make it easier to control pre-installed bloatware - Android Authority

kinfolk248 · Nov 6, 2014

So has any of the reviewers popped both a GSM and CDMA (verizon) sim card in and determined that the Nexu6 is truly universal...?!?!

idk if thats what Droid-life tested with their verizon sim or no. Im still confused lol

pequeajim · Nov 6, 2014

Please excuse my dumbness, but if I buy the Nexus 6 from Motorola, is it compatible with Verizon? Are there different versions for V vs ATT, vs S or T?

I just scored on from Motorola's site, and would like to have the flexibility to pick between Verizon or AT&T.

shalemail · Nov 6, 2014

pequeajim said:
Please excuse my dumbness, but if I buy the Nexus 6 from Motorola, is it compatible with Verizon? Are there different versions for V vs ATT, vs S or T?

I just scored on from Motorola's site, and would like to have the flexibility to pick between Verizon or AT&T.

There is currently some question as to if and or when VZW will "allow" the Nexus 6 on their network. There is a couple of threads here that discuss it.

I certainly would not count on VZW service at this point, it will however work on AT&T.

tsanuri · Nov 6, 2014

pequeajim said:
Please excuse my dumbness, but if I buy the Nexus 6 from Motorola, is it compatible with Verizon? Are there different versions for V vs ATT, vs S or T?

I just scored on from Motorola's site, and would like to have the flexibility to pick between Verizon or AT&T.

shalemail said:
There is currently some question as to if and or when VZW will "allow" the Nexus 6 on their network. There is a couple of threads here that discuss it.

I certainly would not count on VZW service at this point, it will however work on AT&T.

If you already have a Verizon sim it will work there is no doubt there.

Nexus 6 Working on Verizon Out of the Box. (Updated: With Video) | Droid Life

Now trying to get a sim could be more problematic.

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