Nexus 6 and Sprint Activation Saga! - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Please help me! I took my unlocked Nexus 6 64GB to Sprint and after a few days they were able to register this phone on their Network. But, the moment I put a SIM card in the phone, it gets stuck on "Connecting to Network". I cannot change APNs as I believe it is GSM thing so what do I do?
Is there a Specific SIM card I need? I was told this could be the issue. I love my N6 and simply cannot get used to the Flex 2 I have from Sprint. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

HD2FORNICK said:
Please help me! I took my unlocked Nexus 6 64GB to Sprint and after a few days they were able to register this phone on their Network. But, the moment I put a SIM card in the phone, it gets stuck on "Connecting to Network". I cannot change APNs as I believe it is GSM thing so what do I do?
Is there a Specific SIM card I need? I was told this could be the issue. I love my N6 and simply cannot get used to the Flex 2 I have from Sprint. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Go to a sprint store and have them give you a new simcard.

zelendel said:
Go to a sprint store and have them give you a new simcard.
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Already tried that! Thanks!

HD2FORNICK said:
Already tried that! Thanks!
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try it again, with sprint the nexus 6 needs a specially designed sim card JUST for nexus devices. the rep you talked to might not have known that

These are the sim cards I was told work with nexus devices....
Nexus 5:
Sprint Part #SIMGLW206R
SKU - CZ2102LWR
UPC - 760492013536
Nexus 5X, 6, 6P, and Moto X Pure Edition (3rd Generation):
Sprint Part #SIMGLW446C
SKU - CZ2144LWC
UPC - 019962040146

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sprint nexus 6 to tmo

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...

Nano Sim Verizon from Amazon?

I was wondering if anyone had bought a sim like this one for verizon. I know it has to be activated on another phone. But has anyone tried this?
Verizon Nano Sim
I'm thinking of giving it a go but want to make sure this sim is compatible with the nexus...
any information would be greatly appreciated.
t2noob said:
I was wondering if anyone had bought a sim like this one for verizon. I know it has to be activated on another phone. But has anyone tried this?
Verizon Nano Sim
I'm thinking of giving it a go but want to make sure this sim is compatible with the nexus...
any information would be greatly appreciated.
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That would work in a Nexus 6, but I have no idea why you'd buy one. Just go to the Verizon one and get it for free.
trainplane3 said:
That would work in a Nexus 6, but I have no idea why you'd buy one. Just go to the Verizon one and get it for free.
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^^^This!!!!!!
t2noob said:
I was wondering if anyone had bought a sim like this one for verizon. I know it has to be activated on another phone. But has anyone tried this?
Verizon Nano Sim
I'm thinking of giving it a go but want to make sure this sim is compatible with the nexus...
any information would be greatly appreciated.
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Yeah I went and went to vzw they set up my new account with sim using a turbo
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question.

I have a Nexus 6 I bought from a 3rd party. Its a TMo variant so its Sim unlocked and whatnot. When I put my VZW Sim in I get LTE and such. I can't call nor send texts messages from said device. From what I get from threads on here I should request a new Sim card and stuff from VZW but if that doesn't work how would I go about fixing this issue. I mean I've already tried the whole calling the Verizon and having them elevate the case but that doesn't do anything. Eh. I mean I still have my M8 so I've been using that but it seems like this phone just doesn't want to work on VZW.
Are there any special things I should do to my phone to make it work. Or any special APNs I should use
Thanks
-ElChibo
Please could you describe your question in the thread title? Maybe something a bit more descriptive like "using Verizon sim in TMO N6 - no calls or sms"? That way you will target the people who may know the answer whilst saving people who don't the time spent on reading the thread?
Thanks for your consideration
The phone is going to be blocked via the IMEI.
I don't see it happening on Verizon. Maybe after they roll out the Nexus on their network we would know more.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...or-that-carrier-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/
Sent from my Nexus 6
DebianDog said:
The phone is going to be blocked via the IMEI.
I don't see it happening on Verizon. Maybe after they roll out the Nexus on their network we would know more.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...or-that-carrier-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/
Sent from my Nexus 6
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Mine was purchased from Motorola and activated just fine on VZW. Used a cut down sim card from my last phone. Phone was purchased in November.
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My N6 is from Sprint. Installed my Nano Verizon Sim and it works perfectly.
trickster2369 said:
Mine was purchased from Motorola and activated just fine on VZW. Used a cut down sim card from my last phone. Phone was purchased in November.
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Yes direct from Google or Motorola has always worked. I have one from Google myself on Verizon.
lukesdiesel said:
My N6 is from Sprint. Installed my Nano Verizon Sim and it works perfectly.
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This surprises me maybe Verizon has decided to stop being such douchebags.
Sent from my Nexus 6
The N6 is carrier unlocked except the AT&T version and that's easily remedied, it's got to be APN related. Try a ROM that includes all of the Verizon APN's like Chroma and see if that helps.
If you have a SIM that was already activated then there probably won't be a problem -- it should work fine in any N6 (except I hear the AT&T is network locked).

Is T-Mobile Nexus 6 unlocked?

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
Mine is unlocked, I did pay my phone off before trying other carrier sim cards, which worked fine, I only tried VZW & AT&T.
beachbum40 said:
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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beachbum40 said:
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.
Sent from Nexus 6
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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.
beachbum40 said:
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.
mlin said:
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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beachbum40 said:
So your n6 also said ( Sim state- network locked)??
Sent from Nexus 6
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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.
beachbum40 said:
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.
gee2012 said:
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
Sent from Nexus 6
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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
Sent from Nexus 6
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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.
beachbum40 said:
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
Sent from Nexus 6
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Switch to SIM card?

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
alryder said:
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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CenturionFive said:
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.
alryder said:
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?
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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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.
alryder said:
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

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