[Q] Setting up without sim card - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I am going to get Nexus 6 in few weeks, I ordered with delivery estimation end of December.
My question: Can I setup everything without sim card?
Things like: unlocking boot loader, turning off encryption, rooting, installing all apps and so on. To the same stage as my current Nexus 5.
Because it might took a few days for me to get the "nano" sim card. I know, I can cut the micro sim to make nano sim. But, I am thinking to just wait to get the real nano sim. Hence my question above
Thank you.

yup, just boot it up, then just hit the Skip button all the way.
no need to even connect to Wifi.
Which is what I did.

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Sim Card Question [Help]

Hello all, I know it might sound weird or impossible, but Im researching if there is a way for me to use multiple sim cards with the G1.
I have a rooted AND unlocked phone, I was wondering if I cound use BOTH T-Mobile's and AT&T Sims AT THE SAME TIME on my phone.
Maybe trough a ROM or a hack, or app.
I know the phone has only 1 physical Sim Card slot, Im looking for a way around shutting the phone, take sim out, place the other sim in, and boot up...
Thanks...
Isn't the battery in the way of taking the SIM card out?
They do have dual sim adapters available, but haven't tried it yet. I need to tho since I got 2 phones. This is just one example
http://www.shopblue.co.uk/phone-dua...ack-dual-sim-adaptor-604555.html?currency=USD
supremeteam256 said:
They do have dual sim adapters available, but haven't tried it yet. I need to tho since I got 2 phones. This is just one example
http://www.shopblue.co.uk/phone-dua...ack-dual-sim-adaptor-604555.html?currency=USD
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I wouldn't even try putting one of those in my phone.
Android does not have a way to run 2 sims in one. Development has been started (by
Google, not by XDA), this is why you would see STK.apk if you look in /system/app but I wouldn't hold my breath for that one, in short... no, you can't run dual simcard set-up. Sorry.

[Q] AOSP, 4G, and Sim Card

OK, sorry if this has been addressed somewhere directly but after nearly 2 days of banging my head around the forums and google I can't seem to find a solution intended for my purpose....
Basically, I have yet to find an AOSP Rom(which i heavily prefer to Sense Roms) that recognizes my Sim Card and will, therefore, pick up 4G as the Sim is a requirement for 4G with this phone...
I can run Insert Coin and pick up 4G just fine but I do have to unlock the Sim with a Pin(which I apparently thought it was good to place on the Sim at the time) everytime I reboot my phone.
Before placing a Pin on the Sim Card I did not experience this issue. However, I see no way at all to reverse the damage. I can force lock it with the wrong Pin, enter the PUK code I got from Sprint, and then put a new Pin but the new Pin still has to be 4 characters (was hoping I could just do a blank one).
To further complicate things, the stock Rom (latest or each version back through to 1.15) doesn't even have a Sim Card lock setup section in the Security preferences of the Settings menu for the phone.....which is what HTC told the Sprint technician I should do to "unlock" my Sim Card and remove the Pin.
When I run some of the AOSP Roms, Paranoid Beta or Pacman for examples, I do see the Sim Card Lock Setup in the Security settings, however, it is grayed out and unclickable....as if there isn't a Sim or it cannot access the one that's there....probably the latter as if I remove the Sim that section of the settings disappears upon refresh.
All I want is to be able to pick up 4G with, preferably, Paranoid Beta or Gummy Rom.. Does anyone please know how I can accomplish this? Do I need an entirely new Sim Card that hasn't had a Pin put onto it? Can I flash something that will actually have a working Sim Card Lock Setup for my Sim card that was already setup through a different Rom?(Don't remember which one I used initially but I think it was Stock or Sense-based at least).
Thank you very much for any help you can provide and for your time in reading about my issue.
Regards,
Guy Who Really Wants 4G on AOSP as it is Also His Only Source of Internet at Home and He Can't Stand Blinkfeed or Uncustomizable Nav Bars.
Mods can close this if needed. Resolved the issue FINALLY!!!!!!! Whoooooo!!!!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!! lol
The Answer in case anoyone else has this occur (one of these two actions did it or both together )
- Used Captain Throwback's GPE 4.4.4 Edition Rom, however, before installing I purposefully locked the Sim Card via incorrect Pin, then when it asked me for the PUK I popped the card out of contact with its reader (slid it out of the phone a few centimeters) rebooted to recovery, reinserted the Sim Card, installed GPE.
When GPE first loaded I was prompted to unlock the Sim which I then did using the PUK I had ready, assigned a new Pin, finished Rom setup, then went to Security and BAM, the option was finally selectable to Setup Sim Card Lock.....all I had to do after clicking that was remove the checkmark next to Lock Sim Card =D =D =D
Thank you for being a part of my struggle, readers, I'd like to think you were rooting for me. =)
Sidenote: as you can tell I...get around...the Roms on here so it may well have been Captain's that I first placed the Pin on the Sim Card with so perhaps that would explain it as well but can't recall for certain....

[Q] Rooting with no SIM?

So, my N6 is supposed to arrive on Tuesday. I am currently using a Galaxy S3 on Verizon. I am going to trim my SIM card and pop it into the nexus when ready.
My question is, can I put on a custom recovery, root, decrypt, update to 5.0.1, etc all without utilizing the SIM? Is there anything specific other than using mobile cell/data services that are going to fail from not having a SIM? I know that when the SIM accidentally pops out of my GS3 the phone pops up a window saying a reboot is necessary to try to find the SIM and there is only a single OK/Reboot button and no other options.
I want to try to do all the main imaging and rooting work while still utilizing my GS3 as my phone, and then when I have the N6 ready I nandroid backup both phones and then pop the SIM over. I did pick up a nano to micro SIM adapter in case I need to move the SIM back to the GS3.
Well, I guess if no one knows I will give it a try when I get the phone this week and update you all on if it works.
you can do whatever you want with it without ever putting a sim card inti it. the sim card is only for your phone/data provider. and has nothing to do with rooting your phone.
simms22 said:
you can do whatever you want with it without ever putting a sim card inti it. the sim card is only for your phone/data provider. and has nothing to do with rooting your phone.
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Cool. I figured as much but had not heard anyone that had done it. I wasn't sure if there was some technical requirement to have the phone activated before root/recovery took place or anything. All my previous phones came from carriers so they were all activated before leaving the store and before being rooted.
rgraville said:
Cool. I figured as much but had not heard anyone that had done it. I wasn't sure if there was some technical requirement to have the phone activated before root/recovery took place or anything. All my previous phones came from carriers so they were all activated before leaving the store and before being rooted.
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na, ive done that. my sgs4 was never with a sim. my n4 and n5 are without a sim at the moment, the n4 and n5 were rooted before i even booted it the first time.
I did it with my new N6 because I had to wait as well to get new Sim.
Unlocked bootloader, rioted in encrypted. Screwed it up and started all over again. I think I flashed the factory image 5 times that night trying new stuff

[Q] Nano sim activation through Verizon - insight needed

I'm unsure if my problem has to do with Verizon or if I need to run a factory reset or try other options. Here's my story:
As soon as the phone arrived today, I unlocked, rooted, and flashed TWRP. No sim was in at any point since I didn't have a nano sim to use for it.
I tried cutting my Galaxy Nexus micro sim into a nano sim (apparently this works for some people), but the N6 states "no sim card - no service" so I don't think it worked.
Went to a Verizon store and got a nano sim for 28 cents, but the clerk couldn't activate it or bind it to my account since Verizon doesn't have the N6 IMEI numbers in their database. He told me to call support. Support was actually helpful, somewhat knowledgeable at least, and tried to activate the sim card over the phone.
Apparently the sim is pending activation from the phone, but I'm still getting the "no sim card - no service" errors. Does anyone know if this error means that it can't connect to the network, or if the phone thinks the sim is physically missing? There seems to be only one way to add the sim to the little tray as far as I can tell (gold face up, matched corner).
Has anyone else had similar issues? Should I try reverting (unroot/stock recovery/etc)? I'm not sure what the best approach is to activate the sim as I'm uncertain if the issue is still with Verizon or the N6.
EDIT: Everything is working now. For those of you moving from a phone with a micro sim, all you need to do is:
1. Cut the micro card down to the size of a nano
2. Drop it in your nexus6
3. Make sure wifi is off if you've already run through the setup. This was my mistake!
4. Give it a few minutes and you'll see the mobile icon flash LTE
It may help if you change your mobile network settings to LTE preferred.
Same thing happened to me. Did you try spinning the sim card around? The notched corner didn't look so much like a notch by the time I was done trimming...
Larzzzz82 said:
Same thing happened to me. Did you try spinning the sim card around? The notched corner didn't look so much like a notch by the time I was done trimming...
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Interesting. I trimmed off all the white plastic on the left and right sides so that I can rotate it or even flip it over. Going to try a few permutations... nothing yet. That's all it took eh?
That's all it took for me. Everything works. Data, voice, sms,mms... Everything.:good:
Larzzzz82 said:
That's all it took for me. Everything works. Data, voice, sms,mms... Everything.:good:
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Still no dice. The gold face should be face up, right? I noticed that after a few minutes the error changes to "selected network unavailable", so maybe I'm putting it in right but now its just not being registered.
So far in my experience that message means you need to nuke and repave, including userdata.....YMMV
EDIT: Probably easier to get a new SIM from VZW, thats what I did
cmh714 said:
So far in my experience that message means you need to nuke and repave, including userdata.....YMMV
EDIT: Probably easier to get a new SIM from VZW, thats what I did
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Thanks, I'll try a factory reset. I'm only running stock... can't imagine root or custom recovery would prevent the sim from being recognized. Perhaps when you click "skip" for the sim card part of the setup it can never be reconciled.
Factory reset didn't work either. Really irritating, it looks like the N6 that shipped from the play store came with android 5.0 instead of 5.0.0 or 5.0.1... possibly a development version from months ago?
I flashed the latest 5.0.1 factory images (boot, system, radio), then flashed TWRP, then did a factory reset to wipe data. At the setup prompt when I rebooted, it still says "insert sim card".
I'm not sure what else to try. If the sim card isn't activated I can't tell if that's why it wants me to insert a card, or if it physically thinks it is missing. I may need to order a nano sim to micro sim adapter, then put that in my old gnex and activate it that way, and finally move it over to the N6.
Does anyone have any other ideas or think I may have overlooked something?
mordrukk said:
Factory reset didn't work either. Really irritating, it looks like the N6 that shipped from the play store came with android 5.0 instead of 5.0.0 or 5.0.1... possibly a development version from months ago?
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All of the stock shipped with 5.0 so far. Not 5.0.0. 5.0.1 update notification "should" arrive after initial bootup
Contacts screen side up. It took a while to get onto the network initially. .#.#4636#.#. On the dialer opens a testing menu. There is a drop down menu, middle of the phone info page. Mine is set to lte/cdma auto
Thanks, never knew about hidden dialer apps. I set mine to the same. It's been a few hours and still no connection, so I'm going to assume the fact that the sim isn't activated is what's causing the phone to believe it's not inserted. I really need another phone to test with... if the sim card can be activated or work on another device, and still doesn't work in the N6, then it'd be a hardware problem.
Also good to know 5.0 is standard.
Update: I tried using the cut micro sim again, but this time turned wifi off. Looks like cutting the micro sim worked after all. I'm somewhat recognized by the network, but the sim used no longer maps to my account, so I'm getting a verizon webpage stating "device error" and to call customer support. I think if I can get verizon to revert changes made on my account yesterday back to the gnex with my old sim that this will work.
Moral of the story - cutting micro sim cards will work, but turn off wifi when trying to test your sim!
I'll report back once this is finally resolved. Hopefully this helps someone else.
Got it working - just had to get a new micro sim for my gnex, re-activate that device, then I was able to cut it down to nano size and load it into my nexus6. With wifi off this time, everything worked, and it connected to the network.
I've updated the original post with instructions for anyone else who might be having this problem.

Two Sim Cards?

I'm on a trip and just purchased a Xiaomi MI5. I have been setting it up with wifi and putting all of my favorite apps on it but thought that I would wait until I get back home before I put my sim card in and start using the phone every day. First impressions are very good but I would like to know why does it have two sim card slots and can you use it with one sim card? Where I purchased the phone they spoke little English so they couldn't answer my question. Thanks.
SamStone said:
I'm on a trip and just purchased a Xiaomi MI5. I have been setting it up with wifi and putting all of my favorite apps on it but thought that I would wait until I get back home before I put my sim card in and start using the phone every day. First impressions are very good but I would like to know why does it have two sim card slots and can you use it with one sim card? Where I purchased the phone they spoke little English so they couldn't answer my question. Thanks.
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It is a dual sim phone. You can choose to put 2 sim cards in. Or use it with just one.

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