Hey everyone, I just bought a used Nexus 4 today. The previous owner had used it in T-Mobile, but I wanted to use it on AT&T. I had read that it doesn't matter who you buy the Nexus from, its always unlocked. When I called AT&T and had the rep run the IMEI, he said it was clean but the phone was carrier locked. Does this sound right or was the rep wrong?
Rep is wrong its unlocked. If I'm not mistaken even the T-Mobile one is unlocked. Try a att sim
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Lmao yea he's wrong
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Change your SIM then change the APN accordingly to AT&T.
Enjoy your Nexus 4!
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Wow he should not be working for AT&T if he thinks a Nexus 4 is ever locked. Lmao!
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Ya, I assumed he was wrong. I explained that all Nexus 4s are unlocked, but he said that it showed it was locked on his end.
Yea he is not aware of the nexus. It will work. Just pop your microsim in there and adjust your APN settings accordingly and you are good to go. Just got mine a few days ago and I had no problems setting it up.
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Hi,
I bought my nexus in a operator shop so it is locked, i can't use others sim.
Do you know how to do it ?
thanks
Dromax said:
Hi,
I bought my nexus in a operator shop so it is locked, i can't use others sim.
Do you know how to do it ?
thanks
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I am pretty sure any nexus 4 bought anywhere was already unlocked. Might want to talk to whoever you bought it from.
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even i got this problem...anybody out there with any suggestions???
I really doubt that it's SIM locked, even if the shop said that it was.
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can you guys let us know which carrier it is locked to?
I have the opportunity to acquire a nexus 4 on virgin UK. An orange sim works in it but atm cannot prove if my o2 simply will work. If anyone can confirm if carrier supplied handsets are unlocked that'd be great.
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Yes as far as I know they are .. for GSM networks.
They are all unlocked.
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From what I have seen, I am sure they are.
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All Nexus 4's come unlocked.
Great thanks everyone - as I don't think this was bought from the Play Store, but instead carrier provided, I wanted to make sure.
As the title suggests, I am talking to a guy who has a t-mobile nexus 4 that he is currently using on t-mobile.
I wanted to buy it but he said I would have to take it to a store to get it unlocked to work on AT&T. Is that true? Or can I just pop in my AT&T sim card and be good to go?
Thanks!
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WizeGuyDezignz said:
As the title suggests, I am talking to a guy who has a t-mobile nexus 4 that he is currently using on t-mobile.
I wanted to buy it but he said I would have to take it to a store to get it unlocked to work on AT&T. Is that true? Or can I just pop in my AT&T sim card and be good to go?
Thanks!
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Yeah, it comes factory unlocked. Pop in an AT&T micro SIM, adjust APN settings accordingly and he should be good to go!
+1 on above post.
theres no such thing as a "t-mobile" nexus 4 , t-mobile just sells it, its the exact same nexus 4 you can buy from the google play store.
just pop your sim in and youll be fine. it comes factory unlocked already.
You can, but, I've read that the data speed is not as fast as it would be on T-Mobile. So just something to keep in mind.
Check the bands for speed reference and its only LTE that operates on a different band for AT&T so you won't be able finger that. Other than that you will be OK.
Hello,
Been wanting to root and maybe even flash a rom to my Nexus 4. But I've hesitant because my nexus 4 service is provided by any of the popular carriers(Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile) but the carrier is exclusive to the 4 surrounding states I'm from(Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico)
So my question is can my phone be rooted? Since it's provided by any of the above carriers
Yep. It has nothing to do with who you have service with.
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Yep. It has nothing to do with who you have service with.
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Okay, thanks I was worried that it might mess up the phone if I tried to root.
So I guess everything is built around [Build Number] or Android version
With the Nexus 5 out (hopefully) soon, Ill have a retired and unused Nexus 4. With the news of the T-Mobile free 200mb for tablets , it got me thinking.
Is it possible to trick t-mobile into thinking the nexus 4 is a tablet? Would this take a custom ROM? (I assume if possible, it would)
Or, is it just a matter of getting a data-only sim and signing it up for the tablet coverage?
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With the Nexus 5 out (hopefully) soon, Ill have a retired and unused Nexus 4. With the news of the T-Mobile free 200mb for tablets , it got me thinking.
Is it possible to trick t-mobile into thinking the nexus 4 is a tablet? Would this take a custom ROM? (I assume if possible, it would)
Or, is it just a matter of getting a data-only sim and signing it up for the tablet coverage?
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+1 I'd also like to know if this was even remotely possible, if so I might trick my dad in getting me a nexus 5 by saying it comes with free data lol
abrahammmmmmm_ said:
+1 I'd also like to know if this was even remotely possible, if so I might trick my dad in getting me a nexus 5 by saying it comes with free data lol
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Sucks being young doesn't it? Glad I'm 27 and can get what I want by working for it lol
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Damn, I just posted the same thought. I never even imagined that someone would have brought it up
+1
I'm looking for a way too
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edit build prop and change device model
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edit build prop and change device model
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I know that works to download "incompatible" apps from the play store.. Could anyone confirm this would work? I actually think T-Mobile confirms it by the device's imei identification code which contains information about the device model, if so tricking T-Mobile would be practically impossible unless we changed it to a nexus 7 one which I've heard doing so is illegal for some dumb reason
Won't work. The IMEI is hard coded into the firmware and changing it is illegal. When you activate the phone on T-Mobile to begin with you give them the imei and seriel number and they put it in their database and know what it is, therefore I'm thinking 0.000001% chance of it working
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I called and acted dumb. I thought it was a nexus 7, the guy said that the imei that I gave him was for a phone. I wish I just had the imei number of a nexus7 LTE, so I could try giving them that
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Won't work. The IMEI is hard coded into the firmware and changing it is illegal. When you activate the phone on T-Mobile to begin with you give them the imei and seriel number and they put it in their database and know what it is, therefore I'm thinking 0.000001% chance of it working
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The legality is gray, since the law clearly mentions stolen phones, and this /should/ be your phone. That's why I consider it okay to change the imei of YOUR phone.
This can be taken back to the jailbreak issue (iPhone crowd). I find it very hard to believe that someone can charge you for anything you do with your phone, on your carrier account.
Look at the people that bypass the network throttling
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