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My dads leaving to lebanon and I told him to get me a phone and I've taken an interest in the G2. I've been constantly searching and Ive read that the lg g2 verizon is unlocked globally but I need confirmation before I end up getting a worthless phone. Thanks.
rasdabess said:
My dads leaving to lebanon and I told him to get me a phone and I've taken an interest in the G2. I've been constantly searching and Ive read that the lg g2 verizon is unlocked globally but I need confirmation before I end up getting a worthless phone. Thanks.
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Yes the VS980 Verizon G2 is unlocked. al you do is setup an APN i believe but I know it is unlocked. :good:
Hey so I ordered a Verizon LG G2 off of eBay excellent condition clean esn because it was only $250 which is a a great price. So I read online that you can use it with T-Mobile because the phone is factory unlocked. Could you guys list the steps on setting up the Verizon LG G2 on T-Mobile? Thanks!
mkhan231 said:
Hey so I ordered a Verizon LG G2 off of eBay excellent condition clean esn because it was only $250 which is a a great price. So I read online that you can use it with T-Mobile because the phone is factory unlocked. Could you guys list the steps on setting up the Verizon LG G2 on T-Mobile? Thanks!
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I picked one of these up earlier today. Put you SIM in and when asked switch to global. Put in the tmobile apn and your done. I'm using mine on a at&t straight talk SIM. Paid 160$ for mine
Thanks, and nice buy
mkhan231 said:
Thanks, and nice buy
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If you haven't rooted the iroot works flawless just have to remember when you plug it in choose internet then ethernet or it will not connect to adb correctly for the rsa. Trying to decide if I want to keep this phone or my s4. Button location is killing me but the knock on makes up for it. Love my galaxy though.
Dude, keep the G2. The specs blows the S4 out the water. And if you use custom roms on the G2, you'll see that phone's speed will be more likeable coming from the S4 (Such as myself). After a while, the button placement will just become muscle memory. Just give it a week or two.
After attempting to buy from 3 retail tmobile stores (who wouldn't sell me the phone without a plan) I ordered my nexus 6 via the phone. Several retail workers and customer support agents on the phone have told me I need to keep service on my phone for 45days to get the unlock code from them. Currently awaiting delivery (back ordered )
What happens if I don't wait for the unlock code And I just insert my Verizon sim?
The tmobile nexus 6 is suppousedly the same as the Unlocked GP nexus 6, so what exactly is unlocked?
I'm coming from a note 4 (my note 4 lags a lot more than everyone else and I can't take it anymore, couldn't figure out the cause)
will the nexus 6 have multi windows at all?
Also how do you use the notifications on this (I played with a 2013 moto x, is it the same?)
Sorry for all the question and thanks in advance for any help.
I just bought the phone from T-Mobile with their cheapest plan Wednesday and I'm canceling them today. From what I've been Reading I shouldn't have to pay anything for the plan. I haven't used it at all and just popped my Verizon Sim card right away.
GreeleyXda said:
After attempting to buy from 3 retail tmobile stores (who wouldn't sell me the phone without a plan) I ordered my nexus 6 via the phone. Several retail workers and customer support agents on the phone have told me I need to keep service on my phone for 45days to get the unlock code from them. Currently awaiting delivery (back ordered )
What happens if I don't wait for the unlock code And I just insert my Verizon sim?
The tmobile nexus 6 is suppousedly the same as the Unlocked GP nexus 6, so what exactly is unlocked?
I'm coming from a note 4 (my note 4 lags a lot more than everyone else and I can't take it anymore, couldn't figure out the cause)
will the nexus 6 have multi windows at all?
Also how do you use the notifications on this (I played with a 2013 moto x, is it the same?)
Sorry for all the question and thanks in advance for any help.
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tmobile n6 is not sim locked, most tmo employees dont know the right answers.
simms22 said:
tmobile n6 is not sim locked, most tmo employees dont know the right answers.
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Suppousing i got the 45day unlock code, what would it do then lol if its not sim locked?
GreeleyXda said:
Suppousing i got the 45day unlock code, what would it do then lol if its not sim locked?
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nothing, except youll have a code that does absolutely nothing. i bought my n6, n5, and n4 via tmobile. they have never ever sim locked a nexus, never. its exactly the same n6 that you can buy at the play store.
simms22 said:
nothing, except youll have a code that does absolutely nothing. i bought my n6, n5, and n4 via tmobile. they have never ever sim locked a nexus, never. its exactly the same n6 that you can buy at the play store.
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Thank you, you pretty much saved me 45 days of phone bill payment.
Im assuming if i dont activate the tmobile sim, i can cancel/not have any charges.
I prev had the z1s with them for like a month and canceled due to their poor customer service , surprised they let me sign up again. (Then again theyre the ones who wanted me to sign up, i just wanted to buy the phone outright and use it on my unlimted data verizon line)
T-Mo Nexus 6 on VZW
OK, so I see that the T-Mo Nexus 6 works fine on VZW, however I see that all of you said you bought it outright, how about buying subsidized? Will it work if on VZW then, since the phone is getting activated, will it lock it to work only on T-Mo? Thanks for the help in advanced!
tolucafreak said:
OK, so I see that the T-Mo Nexus 6 works fine on VZW, however I see that all of you said you bought it outright, how about buying subsidized? Will it work if on VZW then, since the phone is getting activated, will it lock it to work only on T-Mo? Thanks for the help in advanced!
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As stated above T-Mobile doesn't sim lock phones.... They also don't subsidize phones because they are the "uncarrier" so it will work if you pop the Verizon sim in assuming you have a bank sim ready to go.
As what others have said, T-Mobile doesn't lock the phones.
AT&T and Sprint are on a different story, AT&T I've heard locked their phones via carrier.
Sprint doesn't lock their phones but some people have reported buying them from Amazon have carrier locked so be careful on that.
T-Mobile will however make you stay with them for one month (I believe) before you can cancel. If you cancel, your EIP balance is due. If you pay outright, you'll still have to stick with them for a month. At least thats my understanding of it.
U.S. Cellular also sells the phone now but I'm not sure about their policy.
I just bought a white 64gb off swappa, anything in particular to check for? (My tmobile one is backordered).
Pretty sure i overpayed, but as long as the phone is like new i'll be happy.
GreeleyXda said:
I just bought a white 64gb off swappa, anything in particular to check for? (My tmobile one is backordered).
Pretty sure i overpayed, but as long as the phone is like new i'll be happy.
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Check the imei of course to see if it has been reported stolen etc or if the user has paid off the financing if it is financed.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
Swappa pre-checked it, ill check it the imei again when i receive the phone
Its a 64gb CW with an extra turbo charger, dBrand skin, and a qi wireless charger. And it has the one year manufacture warranty.
http://swappa.s3.amazonaws.com/listings/GCM288/images/HwOwxHlg_small.jpg
I (over)paid $910 ($900 + $10 swappa charge) and its my first swappa purchase so hope all goes well.
Double checked my tmobile order and its not arriving till 1/19/15-2/2/15. And i havent seen any avail 64gb on moto or the GP store
GreeleyXda said:
Swappa pre-checked it, ill check it the imei again when i receive the phone
Its a 64gb CW with an extra turbo charger, dBrand skin, and a qi wireless charger. And it has the one year manufacture warranty.
http://swappa.s3.amazonaws.com/listings/GCM288/images/HwOwxHlg_small.jpg
I (over)paid $910 ($900 + $10 swappa charge) and its my first swappa purchase so hope all goes well.
Double checked my tmobile order and its not arriving till 1/19/15-2/2/15. And i havent seen any avail 64gb on moto or the GP store
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Wow.... I would have definitely waited a bit longer than pay that much for a phone.
Theres availability, you just need to stick around for them. Have a auto refresh script that alerts you when its available. They randomly add them in stock.
zephiK said:
Wow.... I would have definitely waited a bit longer than pay that much for a phone.
Theres availability, you just need to stick around for them. Have a auto refresh script that alerts you when its available. They randomly add them in stock.
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Ive tried that, they always sell out after its in my cart. Motorola had alot of stock earlier of the 32gbs, but i need 64 (currently have 32gb phone + 64gb card at about 75% full)
New Rising said:
I just bought the phone from T-Mobile with their cheapest plan Wednesday and I'm canceling them today. From what I've been Reading I shouldn't have to pay anything for the plan. I haven't used it at all and just popped my Verizon Sim card right away.
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Glad I caught this thread. Few questions to get clarification:
Assuming I buy the N6 from T-Mobile (subsidized or not) - what is their cancellation policy? Someone mentioned 45 day scenario where you can cancel without penalty? Is that true?
Thanks!
jn1520 said:
Glad I caught this thread. Few questions to get clarification:
Assuming I buy the N6 from T-Mobile (subsidized or not) - what is their cancellation policy? Someone mentioned 45 day scenario where you can cancel without penalty? Is that true?
Thanks!
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They dont do contracts. Just dont activate their sim and call them up saying you want to cancel.
If youre looking for a 32g id recomend buying off motorola.
So, I just got a brand new Moto Nexus 6 from Motorola themself. New IMEI, never had ATT service and I try to unlock the thing and it say's I didn't fulfill my Next agreement or pay it off? WTF I just got this phone brand new and I can't even sim unlock it? What kind of BS are they pulling. Its not even blocked on anything or showing up as financed.
If you got it straight from Moto, it should be unlocked already.
liquidzoo said:
If you got it straight from Moto, it should be unlocked already.
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I got the device replaced. Its a ATT branded phone but still locked? I think it's some BS that ATT added so we can't unlock their phones.
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I got the device replaced. Its a ATT branded phone but still locked? I think it's some BS that ATT added so we can't unlock their phones.
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If you're not on AT&T, call them up and ask them to unlock. It should be fairly easy to determine that you got the phone as a replacement and that you've never had AT&T service.
You may have to jump through a hoop or 2 (it's AT&T, wouldn't surprise me) but they should do it.
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If you're not on AT&T, call them up and ask them to unlock. It should be fairly easy to determine that you got the phone as a replacement and that you've never had AT&T service.
You may have to jump through a hoop or 2 (it's AT&T, wouldn't surprise me) but they should do it.
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I'm prepared for them. I'm going to keep calm. This is the 2nd phone that said this. It says the device is clear on their bring your own phone esn check. I think they are trying to force me to get service with them. I had a Note 4 and it said the same thing.
This is deeper than i thought. My phone is a brand new ATT device and Motorola doesn't even know wtf is going on
Solved it. I had to go through Corporate and show them the invoice I got from Motorola and then I got the unlock code. It took 30 minutes. More reasons I hate AT&T.
Yea. They want you to activate for 30 days if paid for to give unlock. They a PITA.
After exhaustive searching, I've come to the conclusion that my brand spanking new G5 on the Rogers network cannot be rooted. Looks like I'll have to move south of the border to get a US model.
Does the EU model with the official bootloader unlock not work on Canadian networks? That would be preferable to a US model and a root that might not work after version updates.
@Kudalufi, that might work but it's too much of an unknown for me. I read somewhere along the way that the Canadian LTE frequency bands are unique to Canada. And although I can't see how that would affect a rooting attempt, I'm not going to risk it. A good thought though, thanks anyway.
I find that hard to believe... in 10 years I haven't had a phone that these dudes at XDA haven't figured out... the G4 was a pain but the root was still out there.
Fair enough. But - for me - the potential headaches of rooting this particular phone outweigh the benefits. If I can find a no muss no fuss solution, wonderful and I'll take it. And if I can't get it, that's cool too. In that case, I'll go hang out with my buddies or play with my kids instead
God67 said:
I find that hard to believe... in 10 years I haven't had a phone that these dudes at XDA haven't figured out... the G4 was a pain but the root was still out there.
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Unfortunately only the handsets THAT LG.. in their wisdom.. deem "unlockable"(EU/European).. will ever have a fully unlockable bootloader.
Unless anyone finds a way.. that so far through all research.. has been for the most part.. A dead end, there will be no rooting ?
The G5 is long past it's new and exciting phase. The root experts have moved on to better pickings. Platforms where rooting will get them attention, money, fame, and wimmin.
I'm relatively certain there will be no general root for the G5. Which is a shame, because this lost LG my business.
Anarchist77 said:
Unfortunately only the handsets THAT LG.. in their wisdom.. deem "unlockable"(EU/European).. will ever have a fully unlockable bootloader.
Unless anyone finds a way.. that so far through all research.. has been for the most part.. A dead end, there will be no rooting
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i can guarantee you that the big companies like rogers, at&t, etc. offered LG money to have the bootloader locked. and LG, like the idiotic company that it is, accepted.
what is the real difference between the european G5s and the north american G5s? the t-mobile and the factory unlocked US versions(just recently released) can have their bootloaders unlocked. why can't the rest?
my first LG phone and my last. i'm actually thinking of selling this great phone.
By definition carrier never liked root-able phone as they are bearing the risk whatever are the terms, if your phone brick you may ultimately move somewhere else and cost them money in the process.
Whatever we agree on this is or not is not the point, they do prefer locked phone, a lot of the hardware manufacturer also prefer to see their hardware installed inside locked handset this is why some camera are not as good on the rooted version than the locked version (they protect the firmware that work only fully on locked handset)
As far as I know LG never sold the G5 claiming they would support unlocking boot loader on all the SKU... I will always prefer an unlocked device over a locked one. I bought mine used and it was a good deal, but I would not purchase a new phone at full price if it is locked. Some company are better in this regard. Unlocking should be a matter of choice for any non-subsidized model.
sal82 said:
i can guarantee you that the big companies like rogers, at&t, etc. offered LG money to have the bootloader locked. and LG, like the idiotic company that it is, accepted.
what is the real difference between the european G5s and the north american G5s? the t-mobile and the factory unlocked US versions(just recently released) can have their bootloaders unlocked. why can't the rest?
my first LG phone and my last. i'm actually thinking of selling this great phone.
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I had an H840 that cannot be unlocked, I spent countless hours searching online and following spam tutorials to get it unlocked but no luck. In the end I sold it on eBay hoping to get about £200 for it but to my surprise I sold it for £264 and I bought a used H850 for £240. Now I have a rooted device.
Has anyone tried Magisk?
Try this for bootloader unlock, can't hurt..
https://www.change.org/p/lg-electronics-unlock-lg-g5-bootloader-for-all-varients?
God67 said:
I find that hard to believe... in 10 years I haven't had a phone that these dudes at XDA haven't figured out... the G4 was a pain but the root was still out there.
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The reason Canadian G4 has root, is because there was a loophole in the Android 5.0 software that allowed you to do some code injection and root it without unlocking the bootloader. But that was patched in Canadian G4 6.0. And the G5 came even later, so for sure the loophole has been patched. Now, bootloader is everything, and if it is not unlocked, you're out of luck when it comes to gaining root access.
God67 said:
I find that hard to believe... in 10 years I haven't had a phone that these dudes at XDA haven't figured out... the G4 was a pain but the root was still out there.
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Hope and pray that petition works...
Can I use a LG G5 RS988 anywhere in the world? It says north american varient but its specs would work anywhere where the carrierd use them no?
Storkish said:
Can I use a LG G5 RS988 anywhere in the world? It says north american varient but its specs would work anywhere where the carrierd use them no?
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As far as I've read it should work almost everywhere as I've saw the frequencies on first eye.
http://www.lg.com/us/cell-phones/lg-RS988-Silver-g5-unlocked
Scroll down to the specs and compare it to the frequency the country you are living in/want to visit has.