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[Q] T-Mobile Nexus 6 on Verizon Upgrade to 5.1

I am a Verizon Wireless customer who bought a T-Mobile Nexus 6 back when Verizon didn't sell it. It has been working great on Verizon's network. However, I haven't gotten the OTA for the 5.1 update yet and was wondering if it was related to the VW network vs TM phone. My phone is as I received it (meaning no unlocking or rooting). I've been an android user since the Thunderbolt but haven't dived into tinkering as I'm nervous to get my feet wet. Any suggestions on how to proceed or answers to why I don't get the OTA would be helpful. Thanks!

mjondle said:
I am a Verizon Wireless customer who bought a T-Mobile Nexus 6 back when Verizon didn't sell it. It has been working great on Verizon's network. However, I haven't gotten the OTA for the 5.1 update yet and was wondering if it was related to the VW network vs TM phone. My phone is as I received it (meaning no unlocking or rooting). I've been an android user since the Thunderbolt but haven't dived into tinkering as I'm nervous to get my feet wet. Any suggestions on how to proceed or answers to why I don't get the OTA would be helpful. Thanks!
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I'm not 100% positive on this, but I don't think LMY47E was ever pushed to VZW N6's. The reason being that LMY47E is the shipping software for VZW purchased devices. So you'll either have to unlock your bootloader and fastboot flash the factory image, or live with 5.0.1. I think...

Or, quite possibly, just do the pull the Sim card routine and possibly get the LMY47D OTA update.

Evolution_Freak said:
Or, quite possibly, just do the pull the Sim card routine and possibly get the LMY47D OTA update.
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So because I'm on Verizon's network and they haven't pushed it to their stock of phones I wouldn't get it? I'll try the pull the SIM card route. Thanks for the suggestion.

mjondle said:
So because I'm on Verizon's network and they haven't pushed it to their stock of phones I wouldn't get it? I'll try the pull the SIM card route. Thanks for the suggestion.
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What @Evolution_Freak said. If you pull your SIM, there's a good chance that you'll get D. But the radio on E (98R) is supposedly optimized for Verizon. The only way you'll get E is what I suggested above. With the 95R radio from LMY47D, you may have some sub-optimal connections to cellular service.

Sorry new at this so What is the pull the sim card routine? pull the sim and hard reboot or pull and factory restore?

beeks92868 said:
Sorry new at this so What is the pull the sim card routine? pull the sim and hard reboot or pull and factory restore?
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Neither. Shut phone down. Remove SIM. Boot up and connect to WiFi. Wait for OTA to download. Install OTA. Shut phone down. Reinsert SIM. Boot up and enjoy.

Tried the suggestion and pulled sim and restarted but no update so how long should you normally have to wait

beeks92868 said:
Tried the suggestion and pulled sim and restarted but no update so how long should you normally have to wait
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You could give it as much time as you could spare, to be sure. Maybe overnight? Otherwise consider unlocking and doing the factory image thing.

New to flashing

Hey! So I've had very little experience in flashing custom roms and I have a question. I have a Verizon Nexus 6 (Verizon branded), I know that besides the stamp on the back its the exact same phone as the one directly from the google store or motorola. If I flash a google factory image onto it will I start getting OTA updates directly from google instead of waiting for Verizon's un-godly long updates as long as I don't mess with rooting it or installing a custom recovery. Also will I be able to flash back the Verizon rom and get Verizons OTA's if i ever decide for some reason I need to and also, where would I find the Verizon roms for it? I know where to find googles factory roms but not verizons. Thank you for all your help, I've switched from iPhone 6 and have always jailbroke it so I need all the help I can get with this.

Let me attempt to find it for you

dillonh0978 said:
Hey! So I've had very little experience in flashing custom roms and I have a question. I have a Verizon Nexus 6 (Verizon branded), I know that besides the stamp on the back its the exact same phone as the one directly from the google store or motorola. If I flash a google factory image onto it will I start getting OTA updates directly from google instead of waiting for Verizon's un-godly long updates as long as I don't mess with rooting it or installing a custom recovery. Also will I be able to flash back the Verizon rom and get Verizons OTA's if i ever decide for some reason I need to and also, where would I find the Verizon roms for it? I know where to find googles factory roms but not verizons. Thank you for all your help, I've switched from iPhone 6 and have always jailbroke it so I need all the help I can get with this.
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no. you, using verizon, have to use a verizon sim in your phone. that verizon sim is whst tells google which update to send you(verizon does not update the n6, google does). you can flash whatever factory image you want, but your sim card is what tells google to send you a verizon update.

Okay but...
simms22 said:
no. you, using verizon, have to use a verizon sim in your phone. that verizon sim is whst tells google which update to send you(verizon does not update the n6, google does). you can flash whatever factory image you want, but your sim card is what tells google to send you a verizon update.
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No, I don't think thats it, I'm new but I'm pretty sure thats not the case because how come when people buy it factory unlocked, but lets say for example put a att sim in it, they still get updates from google which is the newest faster than those who bought phone through att. Its the carrier that sends out updates not google in that case . Even on motorola website it says "Factory releases software>carrier modifies rom>carrier sends out update" under their update status page. Thats why carrier bought phones have slower updates than factory phones. Which is why I asked "If i flash a google "factory unlocked" nexus 6 rom will i then get updates from google directly and not verizon".

If you have a Verizon sim in your phone you will only get updates from VZ. If you pull the sim and go wifi there are a good number of reports of people pulling from google.
I have seen that reported several times. Not tried it myself, I just flash myself and skip user do I don't wipe data.

dillonh0978 said:
No, I don't think thats it, I'm new but I'm pretty sure thats not the case because how come when people buy it factory unlocked, but lets say for example put a att sim in it, they still get updates from google which is the newest faster than those who bought phone through att. Its the carrier that sends out updates not google in that case . Even on motorola website it says "Factory releases software>carrier modifies rom>carrier sends out update" under their update status page. Thats why carrier bought phones have slower updates than factory phones. Which is why I asked "If i flash a google "factory unlocked" nexus 6 rom will i then get updates from google directly and not verizon".
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The carriers do not send out the updates. At first, all nexus 6 got the same roms. Then verizon and tmobile decided they wanted to approve the updates before they were sent. Then, verizon and tmobile added stuff to their builds, but google still send them out. If you have a verizon or tmob sim, google send you those updates, otherwise, google sends you a generic update.
Everything changed with the nexus 6. Updates didn't used to be linked to sim cards, but now they are.
But in answer to your question, if you flash a generic rom and have a version sim card, you won't get any updates because google will detect your verizon sim and not send generic updates, and you won't be on a verizon rom, so you won't be able to get those updates either.
FYI, even if you bought an n6 from play, if it had 5.0 on it, put a verizon sim in it, you would get verizon updates.
But you're right, on pretty much every other (non-nexus) phone in the world, the carrier sends the updates and what you suggested would work on those phones. Just not here.

sprint nexus 6 to verizon

I have a nexus 6 on sprint. i bought it full price and it supposed to be unlocked . I would like to take it to verizon when my contract is up shortly. What will i need to do is it as simple as popping in verizon sims?

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You may need to do a factory reset and then pop in the sim but yep it will work just fine ....
Sent from my Nexus 6

Thanks for reply ...I am running purenexus but will factory reset if necessary.

Depends on the rom. Stock they use same factory image.

I had to go back to stock AFTER putting the VZW sim in the phone - it worked, but would take forever to connect and would never hold LTE for more than a few minutes.
After flashing back to stock it all seemed to correct itself.

iRub1Out said:
I had to go back to stock AFTER putting the VZW sim in the phone - it worked, but would take forever to connect and would never hold LTE for more than a few minutes.
After flashing back to stock it all seemed to correct itself.
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Thanks i have a stock backup if needed.

At&t bloatware on Android M dev 3?

Last night I flashed M dev 3 on my N6 after wiping everything. I was very surprised to find My At&t, at&t live, and Visual Voicemail loaded when I booted up for the first time. I didn't find this on my N5 when I flashed dev 3 onto it. Did anybody else? Then when I was looking on the play store for a tethering app I got an error saying the app wasn't allowed by my carrier. Not sure if this is normal. My SIM card is straight talk on the AT&T network.

Check this ROM out. http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/development/rom-jdx-1-0-t3121053
It has all the good stuff and no bloatware. Running it since June on ST/AT&T.

machinist25 said:
Last night I flashed M dev 3 on my N6 after wiping everything. I was very surprised to find My At&t, at&t live, and Visual Voicemail loaded when I booted up for the first time. I didn't find this on my N5 when I flashed dev 3 onto it. Did anybody else? Then when I was looking on the play store for a tethering app I got an error saying the app wasn't allowed by my carrier. Not sure if this is normal. My SIM card is straight talk on the AT&T network.
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there is no bloat in the rom at all. what happened is that it get downloaded automatically according to your sim card. if you boot without sim card, then no apps get installed.

simms22 said:
there is no bloat in the rom at all. what happened is that it get downloaded automatically according to your sim card. if you boot without sim card, then no apps get installed.
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Thanks for clarifying that.

S6 Edge + Metro PCS Verizon problem nougat update

Last July, I switched over to MetroPCS from Verizon with my girlfriend to save money and ever since then, I've had all kinds of problems:
Some numbers can't call or text, and even though I'm now with MetroPCS, the Verizon boot screen is still there along with a bunch of Verizon apps I can't get rid of. The phone also alerts that the SIM card isn't from Verizon. On top of that, the upper left says "T-Mobile".
I am not able to update to Nougat because of this.
Is there anything I can do to get the update?

I switched from Verizon to Tmobile. I can not get update from verizon by OTA. You need connect your phone to computer, download VZW Software Upgrade Assistant. Then you can update your phone.
Yes, you can not get rid of Verizon boot screen, you can disable some verizon apps, the alert of no verizon sim will be shown each time you reboot the phone. And I believe MetroPCS is using Tmobile network, so displaying Tmobile logo is normal.
xlazerxx said:
Last July, I switched over to MetroPCS from Verizon with my girlfriend to save money and ever since then, I've had all kinds of problems:
Some numbers can't call or text, and even though I'm now with MetroPCS, the Verizon boot screen is still there along with a bunch of Verizon apps I can't get rid of. The phone also alerts that the SIM card isn't from Verizon. On top of that, the upper left says "T-Mobile".
I am not able to update to Nougat because of this.
Is there anything I can do to get the update?
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That answers my question! I appreciate it!