I bought my nexus from Sprint without contact but I have service with sprint thinking about changing providers how would I put my nexus on a different provider without buying a phone for a new Sim thank you
Just put the SIM card inside of the device and you're set.
For Verizon, you'd have to contact them to activate, I could be wrong. Not familiar with Verizon, but either way you'd need a Verizon SIM card.
Would they give me a sim if I get a plan with them
thorracing1 said:
Would they give me a sim if I get a plan with them
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They sure would. You can get pre paid or bring your own device. Haven't done it myself but I've seen many on here do it.
thorracing1 said:
Would they give me a sim if I get a plan with them
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See the thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/how-to-verizon-nano-sim-nexus-6-t2944308
thanks guys
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can someone point me to or tell me how to unlock the s4 active for a normal contact to be used for an att prepaid. any help would be greatly appreciated... thanks
gnexuser said:
can someone point me to or tell me how to unlock the s4 active for a normal contact to be used for an att prepaid. any help would be greatly appreciated... thanks
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Unless I misunderstand your question, you can use either version of the S4 Active with AT&T prepaid "out of the box". You don't need to unlock anything.
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Unless I misunderstand your question, you can use either version of the S4 Active with AT&T prepaid "out of the box". You don't need to unlock anything.
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a friend of mine just bought a new s4 active. she was/is on a business plan on her family account. they are no longer going to use att for service. so she is stuck with this phone. she wants to do a prepaid plan with att. is it possible to make a regular service phone a prepaid phone. if so how and someone please point me in the proper direction.
You are going to have to have ATT unlock it
popfan said:
You are going to have to have ATT unlock it
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Umm, why? I'm not arguing; I'm just curious, since my experience was different.
I have an "extra" i537 that I got from AT&T when we signed up (signed up 4 lines on contract and got all new Actives when I did, but am using one of my SIMS in a different phone). It was brand new out of the box and, I assume, SIM locked to AT&T. When a friend was visiting from Europe I let him use the i537 while he was here. He walked into AT&T with it, bought a pre-paid SIM of some sort, stuck it in the phone, and started using it just like that. Never had to unlock anything, or at least never told me that he did...
she tried going directly to att and they failed. so i will give it a try when i get my hands on it. thanks for the help people. any additional horror stories or advise would still be greatly appreciated.
thanks again
I just did exactly this for a customer. Just insert the go SIM. No unlock required for gophone
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I have a at&t locked active I traded a guy my note 2 for. No unlocking needed for me to use my net10 sim card in it. You shouldn't have to unlock anything to use it on prepaid.
drivers1492 said:
I have a at&t locked active I traded a guy my note 2 for. No unlocking needed for me to use my net10 sim card in it. You shouldn't have to unlock anything to use it on prepaid.
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Only ATT based MVNOs or gophone. Tmo based MVNOs will not work
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nerdfacenyan said:
Only ATT based MVNOs or gophone. Tmo based MVNOs will not work
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Yes exactly but I thought that was common knowledge of the use of prepaid sim services. Sorry for not specifying.
thanks for all of the help. after att would not give me the code for the phone i went online and found sim-unlock.com and paid for the code. i inserted the straight talk sim card ( its what she ended up going with.) and it didnt ask for a code. but only had 2/3g connection and was only able to make calls and text. so i inserted my verizon card and voila it asked for the code. entered the code and restarted with the new card and i now have 4g and data. thanbs for all of the help
So i have a brand new sim from tmo and a sprint nexus 6. To the best of my knowledge this is supposed to work by just popping in the new card and rebooting. Phone says no service. Tmo says the account and card are good.
Any way to manually program this to work?
vitaminjay1982 said:
So i have a brand new sim from tmo and a sprint nexus 6. To the best of my knowledge this is supposed to work by just popping in the new card and rebooting. Phone says no service. Tmo says the account and card are good.
Any way to manually program this to work?
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Factory reset the phone if you previously used it on Sprint
PaisanNYC said:
Factory reset the phone if you previously used it on Sprint
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Thats what Im doing now. Thank you though.
I wonder if ill be able to hot swap the two sims after this...
I was wondering if I am able to use my N6 on sprint or Verizon network. Been going through the web and XDA but just like a straight forward answer. Just a simple question that's all. Thanks in advance.
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I was wondering if I am able to use my N6 on sprint or Verizon network. Been going through the web and XDA but just like a straight forward answer. Just a simple question that's all. Thanks in advance.
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Yes. I bought my nexus 6 from Moto's website and popped my SIM in and it works perfectly. Don't know what your experience might be if you had to take it to the store to activate.
nativesmiley said:
I was wondering if I am able to use my N6 on sprint or Verizon network. Been going through the web and XDA but just like a straight forward answer. Just a simple question that's all. Thanks in advance.
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Your subject line indicates that yours is an AT&T N6. It is carrier locked to AT&T. You will have to get an unlock code, either directly from AT&T or from a third party. Can only be unlocked if you bought it outright, without subsidy. Do a Google search, there are plenty of articles on how to do this.
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Your subject line indicates that yours is an AT&T N6. It is carrier locked to AT&T. You will have to get an unlock code, either directly from AT&T or from a third party. Can only be unlocked if you bought it outright, without subsidy. Do a Google search, there are plenty of articles on how to do this.
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I can get it unlocked, but question is, CAN i use it on sprint or Verizon network?
nativesmiley said:
I can get it unlocked, but question is, CAN i use it on sprint or Verizon network?
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Yes. But you'll have to get a SIM card from an already activated phone. You won't be able to just walk into a VZW store. The IMEI number won't show up on their list. Go over in General section, there's a thread that explains how this works.
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Yes. But you'll have to get a SIM card from an already activated phone. You won't be able to just walk into a VZW store. The IMEI number won't show up on their list. Go over in General section, there's a thread that explains how this works.
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What about sprint?
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What about sprint?
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I don't know. But I'd guess it's much the same as VZW. Let's see if any Sprint users chime in.
Sounds good. But thank you. Appreciate the feedback
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What about sprint?
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Same story as VZW, it seems.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/unable-to-activate-motorola-purchased-t2943701
I have N6 on Verizon
When from Retail Rooted Note 3 to N6. They had to dummy a phone on my line that required a nano to get the nano then removed the phone but left thet nano activated. I then popped nano in N6 and good to go. Only downside you CAN NOT use data the same time as making a call. Everything else works great. Extended network, 3G...etc
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I don't know. But I'd guess it's much the same as VZW. Let's see if any Sprint users chime in.
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As far as I know, activation on Sprint should be as easy as getting their Sim card and putting it in. Once the device is freed from the AT&T lock of course.
Read this post and the next few after. Sprint may even have this sorted out by now too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=58159518
So, I am trying to do the same now. I have an iphone 6 plus with a micro sim in it, and I am trying to swap that over to an att n6 I just got off the craigs list. I get some bars, and the "hands free activation". But it never goes anywhere and eventually the bars go away and say no sim available. How have people gotten this done?
loudog3114 said:
So, I am trying to do the same now. I have an iphone 6 plus with a micro sim in it, and I am trying to swap that over to an att n6 I just got off the craigs list. I get some bars, and the "hands free activation". But it never goes anywhere and eventually the bars go away and say no sim available. How have people gotten this done?
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The AT&T Nexus 6 is carrier locked. You need to go to the AT&T web site and request an unlock code. > https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/?#/
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The AT&T Nexus 6 is carrier locked. You need to go to the AT&T web site and request an unlock code. > https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/?#/
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Mine is already unlocked.
loudog3114 said:
Mine is already unlocked.
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Bootloader unlocked, or carrier unlocked?
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Bootloader unlocked, or carrier unlocked?
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Both. I was actually able to get it activated using sprints online activation tool. I just had to enter in my MEID rather than IMEI (meid is IMEI minus the last number).
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Both. I was actually able to get it activated using sprints online activation tool. I just had to enter in my MEID rather than IMEI (meid is IMEI minus the last number).
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Glad you got it solved.
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Glad you got it solved.
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Roger that, thanks for your responsiveness.
I purchased my nexus 6 from a T-Mobile retail store and later read somewhere that T-Mobile nexus 6's come out of box network unlocked from T-Mobile. I ran a Sim card manager and its saying I'm network locked????? Here's a screen shot of what the Sim manager said.
Any truth to this ??
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Mine is unlocked, I did pay my phone off before trying other carrier sim cards, which worked fine, I only tried VZW & AT&T.
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I purchased my nexus 6 from a T-Mobile retail store and later read somewhere that T-Mobile nexus 6's come out of box network unlocked from T-Mobile. I ran a Sim card manager and its saying I'm network locked????? Here's a screen shot of what the Sim manager said.
Any truth to this ??
Sent from Nexus 6
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your sim is network lockef, not your phone. the tmobile n6 is not network locked.
simms22 said:
your sim is network lockef, not your phone. the tmobile n6 is not network locked.
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OK so I can go get a att nano Sim slap it in there and it should work?? Or are there other steps I need to take.? I'm sorry I've have never swapped out or had a unlocked device. So if you could please explain what I need to do to get att working on my tmo n6.. I just want to be able to use my phone when I go to my farm out in the country. There isn't any tmo coverage out there but att does have service. I thought it would roam on att out there but it don't. I called customer care and they said att towers out there are not able to roam to my n6 for what ever reason. She said they probably will though in the near future.
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OK so I can go get a att nano Sim slap it in there and it should work?? Or are there other steps I need to take.? I'm sorry I've have never swapped out or had a unlocked device. So if you could please explain what I need to do to get att working on my tmo n6.. I just want to be able to use my phone when I go to my farm out in the country. There isn't any tmo coverage out there but att does have service. I thought it would roam on att out there but it don't. I called customer care and they said att towers out there are not able to roam to my n6 for what ever reason. She said they probably will though in the near future.
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Pop in the SIM and that's it. Literally. The APNs should populate on their own by inserting the SIM.
The Nexus 6 is fully unlocked. FULLY! Works on all US carriers.
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I purchased my nexus 6 from a T-Mobile retail store and later read somewhere that T-Mobile nexus 6's come out of box network unlocked from T-Mobile. I ran a Sim card manager and its saying I'm network locked????? Here's a screen shot of what the Sim manager said.
Any truth to this ??
Sent from Nexus 6
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I purchased a T-Mobile Nexus 6 on craigslist for use on Verizon. The phone was not carrier locked when I bought it and the seller assured me he didn't believe the phone to be locked. I do not believe your phone is SIM locked as I just ran the same program on my Nexus 6 and it says the same thing. I believe AT&T's variant is the only one with locked SIM.
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I purchased a T-Mobile Nexus 6 on craigslist for use on Verizon. The phone was not carrier locked when I bought it and the seller assured me he didn't believe the phone to be locked. I do not believe your phone is SIM locked as I just ran the same program on my Nexus 6 and it says the same thing. I believe AT&T's variant is the only one with locked SIM.
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So your n6 also said ( Sim state- network locked)??
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So your n6 also said ( Sim state- network locked)??
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Yeah, so the Sim is locked, but the phone isn't.
Used Cricket which is Att MNVO can confirm that T-Mobile bought Nexus 6 is in fact unlocked.
That being said unless Att is the only coverage you get don't go to Cricket. Ran right back to T-Mobile in less than a billing cycle.
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I purchased my nexus 6 from a T-Mobile retail store and later read somewhere that T-Mobile nexus 6's come out of box network unlocked from T-Mobile. I ran a Sim card manager and its saying I'm network locked????? Here's a screen shot of what the Sim manager said.
Any truth to this ??
Sent from Nexus 6
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Nexus bootloaders are always unlockable, network simlocks are possible afaik if you buy a subsidized phone.
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Nexus bootloaders are always unlockable, network simlocks are possible afaik if you buy a subsidized phone.
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So what your saying is since I'm still paying for my n6 through T-Mobile post pay plan that this is why my sim is network locked??? I usually just pay for half the price of the phone and jump to an upgraded phone. See this is what's confusing the heck out of me.. So once again am I going to be able to just put a activated att Sim card in my n6 and I'll be good to go.??? Orrr do I have to pay off the phone? Or do I need to get a unlock code from T-Mobile?? So confused??.the app I used Sim card manager said my Sim card is network locked do I need to unlock or do I just through a active att Sim in and go.? Thanks
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So what your saying is since I'm still paying for my n6 through T-Mobile post pay plan that this is why my sim is network locked??? I usually just pay for half the price of the phone and jump to an upgraded phone. See this is what's confusing the heck out of me.. So once again am I going to be able to just put a activated att Sim card in my n6 and I'll be good to go.??? Orrr do I have to pay off the phone? Or do I need to get a unlock code from T-Mobile?? So confused.the app I used Sim card manager said my Sim card is network locked do I need to unlock or do I just through a active att Sim in and too. Thanks
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I`am speaking for the European situation as it is here, i`am not familiar with the US policy`s tbh. Just put in a non T-Mobile simcard and if you are connected to data and speech there is no problem.
I have the same case as you. I tested with and AT&T Sim and works perfectly. The SIM is locked, the Phone is not.
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So what your saying is since I'm still paying for my n6 through T-Mobile post pay plan that this is why my sim is network locked??? I usually just pay for half the price of the phone and jump to an upgraded phone. See this is what's confusing the heck out of me.. So once again am I going to be able to just put a activated att Sim card in my n6 and I'll be good to go.??? Orrr do I have to pay off the phone? Or do I need to get a unlock code from T-Mobile?? So confused.the app I used Sim card manager said my Sim card is network locked do I need to unlock or do I just through a active att Sim in and go.? Thanks
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I have an at&t version that is off lease. The phone was paid for so I kept it and basically been using it as a mini tablet on my home WiFi for the last year.. it still works fine
Is there anything I can do to make it work off a Sim card?
Paul
Take any SIM from a phone you already have active, place it in the Nexus and Viola!!!
CenturionFive said:
I have an at&t version that is off lease. The phone was paid for so I kept it and basically been using it as a mini tablet on my home WiFi for the last year.. it still works fine
Is there anything I can do to make it work off a Sim card?
Paul
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If you want to use the phone on a carrier other than AT&T your going to need to unlock the phone first. You can request an unlock code from AT&T here.
Thanks, but I have since found it was with Sprint.
Thanks for your help. I've sense discovered it was with Sprint. You wouldn't happen to have a link for them would you? TIA
PAUL
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If you want to use the phone on a carrier other than AT&T your going to need to unlock the phone first. You can request an unlock code from AT&T here.
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Thanks for your help. I've sense discovered it was with Sprint. You wouldn't happen to have a link for them would you? TIA
PAUL
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If it is on Sprint it should already be unlocked. AT&T was the only carrier to offer the Nexus 6 and therefore it was the only locked version.
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If it is on Sprint it should already be unlocked. AT&T was the only carrier to offer the Nexus 6 and therefore it was the only locked version.
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That's odd. This is a Nexus 6 and it was on Sprint. It hasn't been active for over a year but the carrier still says Sprint.
Will the internal antenna allow it to work on a Tracphone (generic prepaid Verizon network) sim?
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That's odd. This is a Nexus 6 and it was on Sprint. It hasn't been active for over a year but the carrier still says Sprint.
Will the internal antenna allow it to work on a Tracphone (generic prepaid Verizon network) sim?
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I'm not sure about it working on Tracphone but my gut feeling is that it will. The Nexus 6 worked on Verizon so that shouldn't be a problem but I'm not sure if the APN settings for Tracphone will be there or if you will have to manually create a new APN for them.
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I'm not sure about it working on Tracphone but my gut feeling is that it will. The Nexus 6 worked on Verizon so that shouldn't be a problem but I'm not sure if the APN settings for Tracphone will be there or if you will have to manually create a new APN for them.
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It uses the Verizon network just not their prices
Paul
CenturionFive said:
That's odd. This is a Nexus 6 and it was on Sprint. It hasn't been active for over a year but the carrier still says Sprint.
Will the internal antenna allow it to work on a Tracphone (generic prepaid Verizon network) sim?
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So, the phone will "remember" its last carrier until you pop in a SIM. Should work just fine.
Thanks