Looking at getting a mate to get me a Nexus 4 from the google play store while he's in the US. Everything should work on the phone fine in New Zealand right, no region locked type stuff?
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Yes, it will work fine, no N4s are carrier locked and they ask have the right radio bands. I bought an N4 from Google in the UK and sent it to my son in NZ.
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Hi!
I'm thinking of buying a Nexus 4 from a play store in Canada. My question is, does an unbranded Canadian Nexus work on European networks and sims?
Yes, nexus 4 is Quadriband and Sim Free.
I have a Nexus 4 that I've rooted but still use the stock ROM. I am going to Germany soon for a vacation and wanted to use it as a GPS device with a Telefonica O2 SIM from the Frankfurt airport. My question is this: does the US version of the Nexus 4's stock ROM have good GPS performance in Europe or should I switch to CM? I've been burned before with the US stock ROM on my Nexus S in France where it NEVER found a satellite.
Download this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.fastergps
There is no US version of Nexus 4, every stock Nexus have this same software on whole world. Nexus S and Gnex have had few variants but Nexus 4 is only one
The nexus s had crappy gps, everyone knows that. The nexus 4 it a totally different beast. There is also no US or EU versions, they are all the same. What happened was your phone couldn't go online to download AGPS data so it takes much longer to get its first lock. The same will be true for the nexus 4 too and any smart phone that just travelled 4,000 km and needs to figure out where it is.
If you are using that SIM, are you using Google maps navigation as well as that will suck down tons of data so be prepared for that.
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Excellent, I have pre-cached the areas we are going to be driving through in Bavaria so hopefully it won't be too bad on data. O2 has a 15 Euro data plan for 1 Gb over a month, so I hope to be just fine data-wise. I really appreciate the help!
The GPS worked fine in Sweden and Norway but I would watch for data usage....
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Hi all,
I am thinking about buying the new Pure google S4 thats coming out, but i am not sure if it will work on the uk networks.
Does anyone know if it will work in the uk (the 3 and vodaphone networks)?.
Seeing it works on tmobile USA and AT&T is it possible to know what frequencies it operates on???.
Thanks
Corey
Yes it will. It's just an i9505.
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I would like to buy a nexus 7 tablet with cellular data. I saw on google play device page there is a version for AT&T. I live in a different country. Device from at&t is compatible with my country network. I bought a Motorola Atrix 4G throught amazon.
If i buy from Google Play would the device be network locked to at&t? Should i buy from other place?
It is not a version specifically for AT&T. It is an unlocked GSM device. You can use it as long as you have a data plan for tablets or something similar.
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Confirm. If you buy from Google Play it will not be locked to AT&T.
It's not sim locked, it just comes with a AT&T sim card, same goes to the T-Mobile version.
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Mach3.2 said:
It's not sim locked, it just comes with a AT&T sim card, same goes to the T-Mobile version.
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I can confirm this (least with a Nexus 4). The only difference between for example a Nexus 4 purchased from google directly and from T-Mobile is the higher price + Sim card, otherwise you can just pop in a new GSM sim card and it'll work. The same should be true of the Nexus 7, and Nexus 10 with 3G capabilities. (Google as I recall won't deal with carriers that wish to sim-lock their devices).
so basically there is no such thing as a locked nexus 7 2 gen + 4g (2013) ?
I'm looking for a nexus 7 2 gen 32gb + 4g and the seller stated that it's locked on t-mobile
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so basically there is no such thing as a locked nexus 7 2 gen + 4g (2013) ?
I'm looking for a nexus 7 2 gen 32gb + 4g and the seller stated that it's locked on t-mobile
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I'm not sure about the nexus 7 but Google will allow simlocks what they will not allow carriers to do is lock the bootloader. The nexus range are first and foremost a developer range simlocks don't interfere with that but locked bootloader do.
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I don't want to start a new thread for an old topic, so I'm recycling this one with the same basic question.
I have a chance to get a Nexus 7 2013 with LTE, but the seller claims that it is "locked to T-Mobile" and comes packaged with a T-Mo SIM.
I never thought these Nexus 7s were locked to any carrier. Has anyone here confirmed that these will work on other carriers, before I take the leap?
Have a Nexus 7 2nd gen, won't work with T-Mobile
I bought a used 2nd gen Nexus 7 which was sold as being unlocked, but it wouldn't sign in to T-Mobile's network. Their tech called support at ASUS who replied that the Nexus 7 can be locked by a particular carrier when it joins their network.
I did two full factory resets to no avail. My SIM works in my Chromebook but not in my tablet.
HI all,
I'm being moved to China through work. I'd like to take my Nexus 4 with me. It's an off-the-shelf phone, meaning I haven't rooted or done anything to it.
Will it work in China if I buy a local SIM?
Thank you for your assistance.
I dont know a reason, why this shouldnt work in china. Take care and check your food twice. Dont want you to expereince 'hot dog' or something over there
Yup, as long as your chosen carriers uses one of the frequencies the N4 works on you'll be OK.
I come from China. And I'm using China Unicom 3G sim card with my N4.
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