[Official] Ordered/I've got mine thread. :)

Old Member · Jan 9, 2015

I thought that it came with the phone until you just asked. I checked and it's not there. I restored my phone from my Note 4 when asked during initial setup. I think that is one of the Note 4 wallpapers.

Here is a link from droidlife.

Hunter5 · Jan 10, 2015

Shouldn't take long, turned my phone on right out of the box and as soon as I connected to WiFi I was pushed the 5.0.2 update. Within the first hour of owning the phone I was running the latest Lollipop and rooted. Man that was a good day!!

Edit: Sorry everyone, I meant the 5.0.1 update.

lunatic59 · Jan 10, 2015

I didn't know the 5.02 update was out yet. They've only got the 5.01 images up on the Google groups site.

halon · Jan 10, 2015

I know 5.0.2 was pushed out to the 2012 N7 because it was mainly for that.

Hunter5 · Jan 10, 2015

halon said:
I know 5.0.2 was pushed out to the 2012 N7 because it was mainly for that.

My bad, I was confusing it with my N7 2012, it was the 5.0.1 update that i got on my N6. Sorry about that!!

lunatic59 · Jan 10, 2015

Whew. I wouldn't want to be a tenth of a point behind.

ajdroidx · Jan 10, 2015

Its in my hands, updated to 5.0.1, getting ready to unlock bootloader, install twrp and root. I will probably run encrypted.

Quick thoughts:
Phone is big and slick and actually a bit awkward to hold. I am glad I order the cases. Its almost all screen. Power and volume buttons seem to be in a bad place at least for me.

Right now I am unsure if I am going to run this thing full (stick my sim card in it) until I get my cases in. I am leery of dropping this beast and since two previous Nexus 5's hit the ground and shattered the screen, yeah...

Off to unlock and root!

EDIT:
Done!

Also noted my index finger likes to find the dimple... the camera lens that is. D'OH!

Old Member · Jan 10, 2015

Unlocked, Rooted and TWRP. Still encrypted because that seems difficult to turn off.

ajdroidx · Jan 11, 2015

Cincybearcatfan said:
Unlocked, Rooted and TWRP. Still encrypted because that seems difficult to turn off.

I think all you do is flash a modified system image but I have not looked too much into this aspect. It seems like a moot point.

joe71 · Jan 15, 2015

I should be powering on my new nexus 6 in a few hours according to ups tracking it's on the truck headed my way

blkbeltkid17 · Jan 16, 2015

hope you enjoy it joe

joe71 · Jan 16, 2015

My nexus 6 came yesterday but we weren't home when it did, so it got delayed. The good news is it arrived early this morning. I am using my LG optimus L90 still, decided to make sure the battery on the nexus was fully charged before i put it into service, so hopefully the next time i post it will be with my new nexus 6

And we have a green light! All systems are go

halon · Jan 16, 2015

joe71 said:
And we have a green light! All systems are go

Root?

shalemail · Jan 16, 2015

Well update us with your thoughts once you get to play a little.
Hope you enjoy it Joe!

lunatic59 · Jan 16, 2015

Don't forget to unlock the bootloader before you get too far

Guitardoc64 · Jan 17, 2015

I'm 2 weeks in and I have zero complaints. Best phone I've ever had.

andygu3 · Jan 28, 2015

Ordered mine from Amazon for use on Sprint, $200 and also ordered i-BLASON case, received both 2 days after ordering.

Awesome phone, won't be rooting for awhile

DonB · Jan 28, 2015

andygu3 said:
Ordered mine from Amazon for use on Sprint, $200 and also ordered i-BLASON case, received both 2 days after ordering.

Awesome phone, won't be rooting for awhile

Enjoy your new toy my friend, good to see you around

andygu3 · Jan 28, 2015

What's up DonB! Hope all is well with you!!

The Absolute · Feb 6, 2015

Ordered mine finally! Had to buy out my contract with VZW first...should be part of the crew on Monday!

archer75 · Feb 11, 2015

Just ordered a 64gb model. Upgrading from a note 3. I knew I wanted a large screen size but didn't want to get locked into AT&T next as i'd then be stuck on it for life. Not a lot of large screen phones out there so I want with the nexus 6 so I wouldn't be stuck with carrier bloatware and could get updates when they actually come out.
Now I just need to figure out how to root it to get the LED working.

lennydude · Feb 11, 2015

This is the way I did mine. Not trying to say this is the best way but it works very easily and is 100% effective.

I used Wug Fresh tool kit to unlock the boot loader and install a custom recovery. No need to root it. I then used the custom recovery (TWRP) to install Dirty Unicorns Rom and TBO Gapps. This rom is a rooted rom and is IMHO is great! The TBO stands for Team Black Out and is a great Google Apps (GAPPS) package.

Done deal and very easy to do

Lenny

joe71 · Feb 13, 2015

So I have had my nexus 6 going on a month. My wife gave me the choice of switching to the HTC M one 8 or the Samsung galaxy s4. My response was a big hell no!!! I have a nexus 6 one of the hardest to get phones on the market, there is a six to eight week wait to get one of these things

no way I am trading down

halon said:
Root?

No, the phone is under warranty and if I rooted it would cancel the warranty and the second something went wrong,my wife would root me in the worst possible way :thinking:

halon · Feb 13, 2015

joe71 said:
No, the phone is under warranty and if I rooted it would cancel the warranty and the second something went wrong,my wife would root me in the worst possible way

You know you can unroot?

andygu3 · Feb 14, 2015

In my opinion, root isn't necessary with this phone but I'm sure at some point I will root. Nothing wrong with not wanting to root one of the most developed lines of phones,

[Official] Ordered/I've got mine thread. :)

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Yes! Take my money! (Off- Contract)

Yes! With carrier subsidy/payment plan

No - Was going to buy, but now out of my price range

No- Was not going to buy

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