Hey guys,
I just purchased a nexus 6 from t-mobile and popped in a sim from att, sprint, and Verizon. I can confirm all 3 worked flawlessly with no problems.
At the device start up, i did skip the part where it tried to activate on the network the sim was from.
If anyone has any questions feel free to ask.
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Are you seeing the issue of voice + data not working at the same time? When I'm on a call on Verizon, Wi-Fi works, but mobile data shuts off... is this just Verizon, or is this a "feature"?
sephtin said:
Are you seeing the issue of voice + data not working at the same time? When I'm on a call on Verizon, Wi-Fi works, but mobile data shuts off... is this just Verizon, or is this a "feature"?
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That is not activated on Verizon...
But what I do want to know is if Verizon will whitelist the imei numbers . because I am soooo ready to pull the trigger to buy at a tmobile store. Did you have to activate the tmobile first? That's what the rep is telling me here
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Are you seeing the issue of voice + data not working at the same time? When I'm on a call on Verizon, Wi-Fi works, but mobile data shuts off... is this just Verizon, or is this a "feature"?
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Unless something has changed with CDMA technology, the Verizon phones shouldn't be able to use data while on an active call. I know they are working to get that working with some new LTE standard but I haven't heard anything about it being here yet.
dadsterflip said:
That is not activated on Verizon...
But what I do want to know is if Verizon will whitelist the imei numbers . because I am soooo ready to pull the trigger to buy at a tmobile store. Did you have to activate the tmobile first? That's what the rep is telling me here
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I'm considering switching to TMo anyway, so I picked up 30 days of pre-paid with the phone for 45$. I plan to try both carriers on my commute, see how signal is on both carriers on the train ride, downtown at work, etc. before making up my mind, and this device makes it as easy as swapping the SIM out!
The issue I had, was I didn't have a nano-SIM. Verizon rep at the store told me there was nothing they could do... I told them if he got me a nano-SIM, that customer support could active it... He gave me a SIM and let me use their phone to call Support to activate it. The support person did a "SIM swap" for my existing device, even though my Note3 obviously doesn't use a nano-SIM.. but that's all it took to activate the nano-SIM, and it works perfectly.
I may be misunderstanding your question... I believe the confusion is that you don't actually activate the phone... you activate the SIM IN the device. You should be able to take the phone out of the box, and drop in an already activated SIM and all will work fine...
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Unless something has changed with CDMA technology, the Verizon phones shouldn't be able to use data while on an active call. I know they are working to get that working with some new LTE standard but I haven't heard anything about it being here yet.
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Thank you for confirming, that's exactly what I needed to know! I'm sure I can live without needing mobile data while on a call...
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I'm considering switching to TMo anyway, so I picked up 30 days of pre-paid with the phone for 45$. I plan to try both carriers on my commute, see how signal is on both carriers on the train ride, downtown at work, etc. before making up my mind, and this device makes it as easy as swapping the SIM out!
The issue I had, was I didn't have a nano-SIM. Verizon rep at the store told me there was nothing they could do... I told them if he got me a nano-SIM, that customer support could active it... He gave me a SIM and let me use their phone to call Support to activate it. The support person did a "SIM swap" for my existing device, even though my Note3 obviously doesn't use a nano-SIM.. but that's all it took to activate the nano-SIM, and it works perfectly.
I may be misunderstanding your question... I believe the confusion is that you don't actually activate the phone... you activate the SIM IN the device. You should be able to take the phone out of the box, and drop in an already activated SIM and all will work fine...
Thank you for confirming, that's exactly what I needed to know! I'm sure I can live without needing mobile data while on a call...
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I know it works. My question is. Would Verizon block the imei or device I.d.s later down the road to where it doesn't work and only the imei that's been sold on Google play works.
dadsterflip said:
I know it works. My question is. Would Verizon block the imei or device I.d.s later down the road to where it doesn't work and only the imei that's been sold on Google play works.
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Good luck getting your answer. If the device suddenly stops working on Big Red, I'll post here (as soon as I've completed my switch to another carrier).
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Good luck getting your answer. If the device suddenly stops working on Big Red, I'll post here (as soon as I've completed my switch to another carrier).
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Lol. Yea that's what I was worried about. I didn't want to buy it then down the road oh yea this I.d. doesn't work anymore.
I did not register my device on T-Mobile at all. Just popped the other sims in.
What I'm told is that carriers only care about imei when activating for the first time. If you just put your own sim in there they just can't see the device type which really doesn't matter unless you're looking to call them for support.
T mobile store gave me **** about buying the phone out right. I had to get a friend to add me as an authorized user on his account to buy the phone OUTRIGHT. So stupid...
Also, at T-Mobile the phone out right was 649 where everyone else is like 50 or 40 bucks more which was also sweet.
I also did not get bloat Ware on the phone from the carriers.
The devices CDMA identifier (MEID??) needs to be in the carriers whitelist so if the OP didn't place a voice call over either the Sprint or Verizon networks itnis not "safe" to to say it works on all carriers.
This is supposed to be one model for all of the US with 4 SKUs for the variations, and it should work but there is still the question of whether the CDMA carrier. Allows the phone on their network.
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I can confirm I've activated my nexus bought directly from moto on both sprint and T-Mobile. Both voice and data worked with each carrier. Sprint takes a little more when than just putting the Sim in. They need to activate the MEID in their system. You can't just put an active Sim from another phone in and have it work.
Interesting..
Other users have reported the exact opposite.
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Interesting..
Other users have reported the exact opposite.
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If you referring to activating one on sprint, I was one of those users. Since Monday haven't been able to activate it until this morning.
seezar said:
If you referring to activating one on sprint, I was one of those users. Since Monday haven't been able to activate it until this morning.
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Yep, talking about Sprint. IIRC, there were multiple threads on here saying you can only activate on CDMA carriers if you buy from them or Google Play.
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Yep, talking about Sprint. IIRC, there were multiple threads on here saying you can only activate on CDMA carriers if you buy from them or Google Play.
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What about activating on Verizon?
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Buying from T-Mo living in a non-T-Mo area
Yes. I must be one of the only people on here in the U.S. not living in a T-Mo area.
I just ordered from T-Mo (64GB MB). After much conversation and clarification, I've learned that one can buy a Nexus 6 from them outright, which requires also buying a $10 SIM activation kit. Since I do not live in a T-Mo area, I will have to call and cancel my 'yet-to-be-activated' plan, which also required a $50 deposit. By utilizing T-Mo's "buyer's remorse", I will be able to keep the phone, since I bought it outright, but will be refunded my $50 deposit for the service, without ever having to activate it on T-Mo's network. From there, I will pop in my AT&T SIM card, and be on my way! The only thing I'll be out is the $10 SIM activation kit.
Also, the rep's did acknowledge that the Nexus 6 is one of the few phones they have that are already unlocked.
Please do critique this if you foresee any problems I'll have popping in my AT&T SIM and using my existing service with them.
EDIT: Yargh. T-Mo had zero 64GB phones, and have since called me back to tell me they are on back order. But hey... at least I have an order in now. Beats what I've accomplished so far on the Play store all to hell.
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What about activating on Verizon?
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As far as I'm aware, Verizon comes under the same category. You should only be able to activate on Verizon if you buy the phone from Google Play or from Verizon.
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As far as I'm aware, Verizon comes under the same category. You should only be able to activate on Verizon if you buy the phone from Google Play or from Verizon.
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That is what I have read. I am hoping by the 12/2 when I get my phone from Motorola I will have more options regarding Verizon.
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What about activating on Verizon?
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I bought my device from T-Mobile, removed the T-Mobile sim it came with, put my Verizon sim card in, and it worked no problem. This happened with my phone on ATT as well. The guy next to me did the SAME EXACT THING on Sprint.
I am not BSing you guys in the least. I have no problem helping out in anyway I can. I'll even give you the number and the guy at the T Mobile store who watched us do it lol.
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Unless something has changed with CDMA technology, the Verizon phones shouldn't be able to use data while on an active call. I know they are working to get that working with some new LTE standard but I haven't heard anything about it being here yet.
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This is incorrect, it has been working for 3 years now. Data while on a phone call has been working since LTE came out. It worked on my Note 2, Note 3, and currently works on my Galaxy S5. Also works on my families HTC M7 and M8.
However, it no longer works on the Droid Turbo, and now I believe the N6.
But the original assumption was incorrect, data + voice has been working for years. They did something now that it is not working on new devices coming out.
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Has anyone activated their Moto G5 Plus with Verizon? I am wanting to do that myself but need to know if the phone is compatible with the network. Has anyone had any issues with Verizon service on their device? I would like to hear anything, even the most trivial issues. But pros are welcome as well, I'm jus more concerned about the cons. Thanks!
After rooting my phone, I just popped in my sim card from my old Verizon Note 4 to my new Moto G5+. Everything runs fine. There was no activation process. My Note 4 had a micro-sim, so I had to trim it down to nano-sim size, but that was easy.
Same, mine just worked when I popped the sim in. People are reporting bad voice quality on phone calls with VOLTE (verizon's HD voice). But you can disable that until there's hopefully a fix.
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After rooting my phone, I just popped in my sim card from my old Verizon Note 4 to my new Moto G5+. Everything runs fine. There was no activation process. My Note 4 had a micro-sim, so I had to trim it down to nano-sim size, but that was easy.
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Same, mine just worked when I popped the sim in. People are reporting bad voice quality on phone calls with VOLTE (verizon's HD voice). But you can disable that until there's hopefully a fix.
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Thanks for the responses. I don't think I'll ever use VoLTE, and that issue can probably be patched with an OTA relatively easily. So I can just activate by using my old SIM? sounds deceptively easy... Does the phone automatically add APNs as well?
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Thanks for the responses. I don't think I'll ever use VoLTE, and that issue can probably be patched with an OTA relatively easily. So I can just activate by using my old SIM? sounds deceptively easy... Does the phone automatically add APNs as well?
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Yup that's it. Just pop it in and you're good to go. No calling Verizon or adding APNs.
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Yup that's it. Just pop it in and you're good to go. No calling Verizon or adding APNs.
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What if the SIM is activated?
That's okay, it'll work when you turn the phone on. Nothing else is required.
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That's okay, it'll work when you turn the phone on. Nothing else is required.
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Deleted, eyeballed the SIM trim and lucked out
Anyone activate it when they don't have a sim yet for the new number? I just got a G5 Plus for my daughter but I called VZ customer service and they were clueless.
fozzir said:
Anyone activate it when they don't have a sim yet for the new number? I just got a G5 Plus for my daughter but I called VZ customer service and they were clueless.
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I believe you need a sim card. It isn't like it use to be before they had LTE. Your best bet is go to a verizon store, get a sim and have them activate it or get one online and have them do it over the phone.
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Anyone activate it when they don't have a sim yet for the new number? I just got a G5 Plus for my daughter but I called VZ customer service and they were clueless.
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Just head over to a Verizon store and buy a SIM. I recommend activating the SIM with a different phone and just putting it in the G5 when done. Big Red/Big Brother hates unlocked phones and freedom, so give 'em what they want - a Verizon-branded phone - then transfer it over.
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Just head over to a Verizon store and buy a SIM. I recommend activating the SIM with a different phone and just putting it in the G5 when done. Big Red/Big Brother hates unlocked phones and freedom, so give 'em what they want - a Verizon-branded phone - then transfer it over.
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Thanks, after going to 2 different Verizon stores I got it activated. What they did was create a phantom phone in the system under my account, created the sim card and added my G5 to it. Works fine. You are right, Verizon hates when get phones from other Vendors. That's why some employees act so clueless when you try to activate them. I was lucky to find a employee that was knowledgeable enough and willing to do this.
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Thanks, after going to 2 different Verizon stores I got it activated. What they did was create a phantom phone in the system under my account, created the sim card and added my G5 to it. Works fine. You are right, Verizon hates when get phones from other Vendors. That's why some employees act so clueless when you try to activate them. I was lucky to find a employee that was knowledgeable enough and willing to do this.
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This is exactly what happened when I went to activate my moms phone. I basically had to tell them how to do there job. :laugh:
I work at verizon and I myself Activate any phones no problems whatsoever I own G5 Plus myself
Popped in my straight talk sim (using Verizon towers) and everything worked flawlessly.
lolrko said:
I work at verizon and I myself Activate any phones no problems whatsoever I own G5 Plus myself
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You seem to be in the minority :good:
Does voicemail work ok on VZW? Does it just use AOSP client? I mean, no need to dial in *86?
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Does voicemail work ok on VZW? Does it just use AOSP client? I mean, no need to dial in *86?
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Yes visual voicemail works.
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Yes visual voicemail works.
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Does voicemail work ok on VZW? Does it just use AOSP client? I mean, no need to dial in *86?
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Do keep in mind that if you switch to a custom rom, you will be unable to use Verizon's Visual Voicemail service. You'll have to rely on the stock dialer for that.
Great. Sounds like how the non Verizon pixel works on Verizon. Same deal, just need a preactivated sim. Sounds like due to the volte bug, no 4g video chat.
Is anyone going to try and see how the new phone works on sprint? I'm thinking about it.
I saw it has all the bands compatible. Curious if anyone is going to try this.
i have sprint, and want it... waiting for the 128gb to be available again...
edit: chatted with oneplus about sprint compatibility, got this answer : As for that concern, we still don't have official information though you may just wait for further updates from OnePlus or you can refer to our Official website.
idk about 600 for a phone that might work, stuck with about a year left on a 2 year contract...
still waiting to get the sprint chat to show on the site lol.
k4m4kz1 said:
i have sprint, and want it... waiting for the 128gb to be available again...
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So your going to give it a shot also?
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So your going to give it a shot also?
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see my edit above lol
My concern would be that by all bands, they are talking about GSM. Verizon and Sprint use CDMA. I would hold off if I was on either of those carriers.
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I saw it has all the bands compatible. Curious if anyone is going to try this.
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This isn't quite correct. Verizon uses primarily Band 0 CDMA which the OnePlus 5 (And 3/3T) have included. They all lack Band 1 CDMA which is what Sprint primarily uses and Verizon uses in some major markets. Sprint also uses Band 10 CDMA. For Verizon, you can simply pop the SIM in and get service, but Sprint activation is always tied to the device and not the SIM. Sprint only allows approved devices on their network which is the biggest obstacle.
So your service would not be optimal for 1X/3G even if it were activated on Sprint. You'd most likely get no signal at all. The device does support all the LTE Bands, but while there's CDMA Support the OP5 doesn't have any of the CDMA Bands that Sprint utilizes. If you were ever able to get the device manually added in the system or Sprint approved the device on the network, then it would be essentially an LTE-Only device. Note that this might be handy or interesting in a Dual SIM set-up but probably not very optimal for an ordinary Sprint user.
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My concern would be that by all bands, they are talking about GSM. Verizon and Sprint use CDMA. I would hold off if I was on either of those carriers.
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It does work on Verizon as did the 3/3T. Verizon uses Band 0 in most of the country, but they do use Band 1 in some major cities, so it's not optimal. The OP3/3T/5 supports Band 2/4 but not Band 13 which is the primary LTE Band for Verizon. People have gotten 1X/3G/LTE working on Verizon, but it's not optimal due to the band support. There also may have been issues switching between CDMA and LTE but haven't checked recently for updates. If going for Dual SIM then it may work well for some people's needs.
According to this site the phone is fully compatible with Sprint then Verizon, I saw some post where people put Verizon sims and they're not able to get LTE but according to this site it should with Sprint.
Now like the comment above, Sprint will have to approve the phone in their system since they have to activate the phone, yeah it sucks but it's how evil Sprint works, Sometimes they have to add the IMEI number of the phone to put it in their system to activate.
Try and see what they said. When Google released phones that were compatible with Sprint, they did activate the phone you bought through google so this can be the same
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According to this site the phone is fully compatible with Sprint then Verizon, I saw some post where people put Verizon sims and they're not able to get LTE but according to this site it should with Sprint.
Now like the comment above, Sprint will have to approve the phone in their system since they have to activate the phone, yeah it sucks but it's how evil Sprint works, Sometimes they have to add the IMEI number of the phone to put it in their system to activate.
Try and see what they said. When Google released phones that were compatible with Sprint, they did activate the phone you bought through google so this can be the same
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It has zero support for CDMA (1X/3G) on Sprint since Sprint uses Band 1 and Band 10 CDMA. It would be unlikely that Sprint would whitelist the OP5 or manually add them to the database, especially considering they never added the ZTE Axon 7 which had full support for Sprint. Would certainly be pretty awesome if they did so and would benefit anyone intending to use the OP5 as an LTE-Only device.
I got the OP5 today and poped my sim in and got LTE and the carrier ID on the sim carrier information. But i have to wait and see if i can get them to add the device into the system. Which i will be on the phone with them all day I'm sure. But I'm going to give it a shot at the least. So far the phone seems awesome.
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I got the OP5 today and poped my sim in and got LTE and the carrier ID on the sim carrier information. But i have to wait and see if i can get them to add the device into the system. Which i will be on the phone with them all day I'm sure. But I'm going to give it a shot at the least. So far the phone seems awesome.
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We're rooting for ya! Get it... ROOTing...
gmac24 said:
I got the OP5 today and poped my sim in and got LTE and the carrier ID on the sim carrier information. But i have to wait and see if i can get them to add the device into the system. Which i will be on the phone with them all day I'm sure. But I'm going to give it a shot at the least. So far the phone seems awesome.
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Any luck in getting it activated?
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Any luck in getting it activated?
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So far no. But today brings a new day. lol not giving up just yet. The guys I have talked to last night with Sprint tech support, told me to go into the store and get a new sim and that should fix my problem. They are saying that because I'm coming from a IPhone a new sim card is required. I will update tonight when I get done.
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So far no. But today brings a new day. lol not giving up just yet. The guys I have talked to last night with Sprint tech support, told me to go into the store and get a new sim and that should fix my problem. They are saying that because I'm coming from a IPhone a new sim card is required. I will update tonight when I get done.
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Pls do I need a new phone
gmac24 said:
So far no. But today brings a new day. lol not giving up just yet. The guys I have talked to last night with Sprint tech support, told me to go into the store and get a new sim and that should fix my problem. They are saying that because I'm coming from a IPhone a new sim card is required. I will update tonight when I get done.
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Any luck with new sprint sim card? I was not able to activate OnePlus 5 on Sprint Service. Here is comments from Sprint customer care:-
Laine P. : I totally understand how much you wanted to activate your phone. However, to activate it here in our network, I would suggest to contact back oneplus company to let the device be activated so that it will be loaded here in our system.
When I contact OnePlus they said "We are not supporting Sprint and Verizon"
I will be watching this very closely.
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Any luck with new sprint sim card? I was not able to activate OnePlus 5 on Sprint Service. Here is comments from Sprint customer care:-
Laine P. : I totally understand how much you wanted to activate your phone. However, to activate it here in our network, I would suggest to contact back oneplus company to let the device be activated so that it will be loaded here in our system.
When I contact OnePlus they said "We are not supporting Sprint and Verizon"
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Well I will have my final answer today. I go back into the store and get my sim card and pop it in and see what happens if this doesn't work. Bye OP5 :crying:
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Well I will have my final answer today. I go back into the store and get my sim card and pop it in and see what happens if this doesn't work. Bye OP5 :crying:
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I'm guessing it didn't work?
realbananA said:
I'm guessing it didn't work?
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No it didn't. :crying: I spent several days and driving to different stores and getting different stories from sprint tech support, but I expected that.
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No it didn't. :crying: I spent several days and driving to different stores and getting different stories from sprint tech support, but I expected that.
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Disappointing to hear. Thanks for giving it a try and letting us know and sharing the info
Can I just change the Sim and use the phone on t mobile or Verizon?
stevo760 said:
Can I just change the Sim and use the phone on t mobile or Verizon?
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I have the Sprint variant, but right before I turn it on for first time I remove the sim and pup in my Tmobile one and is working perfect
That no longer works with they do now is when you're in the store they turn it on to verify it on their network even if you factory reset with the Sim no longer of a option
so update if you change sims prior to activation in sprint it remains unlocked. However unsure what happens when you put the sprint sim in
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so update if you change sims prior to activation in sprint it remains unlocked. However unsure what happens when you put the sprint sim in
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If the sprint sim is in, I am pretty sure it locks the phone to their network until you call and request to have it unlocked. I will know soon enough, even though I got the pre-order discount, I hate having phone payments and pay them off as soon as possible.
Some one knows if sprint stores sells screen protectors?
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If the sprint sim is in, I am pretty sure it locks the phone to their network until you call and request to have it unlocked. I will know soon enough, even though I got the pre-order discount, I hate having phone payments and pay them off as soon as possible.
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Keep me(us) posted but for testing purposes sake when you open up a sealed box try it with a different carrier first T-Mobile AT&T Orange River you happen to be located verify that it works and then try to put in the Sim card in and see if maybe that doesn't autolock it I'm kind of reaching in granted I don't have a lot of knowledge about these things but again thank you
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Keep me(us) posted but for testing purposes sake when you open up a sealed box try it with a different carrier first T-Mobile AT&T Orange River you happen to be located verify that it works and then try to put in the Sim card in and see if maybe that doesn't autolock it I'm kind of reaching in granted I don't have a lot of knowledge about these things but again thank you
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I know people have been successful, when buying it from Sprint directly. You just have this make sure the phone isn't powered up with a print sim in it. Also Amazon had them back in stock as of a couple days ago.
The next question would be, if someone out right bought an unlocked version and they popped a sprint sim into it what would happen....
Traded in my LG G6 from Sprint on September 13 for the PH-1(Directly from Sprint)..Phone was setup when I walked out of the sprint store..A hour later after a couple of calls and texting I switched over to T-Mobile with no problems..The phone comes unlocked out the gate..Reports told you that before the first phone ever shipped..Factory unlocked with all U.S. LTE bands..
Have you tried putting the sprint sim back in
Here was the first phone that they set up in store
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Have you tried putting the sprint sim back in
Here was the first phone that they set up in store
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Isn't that saying a locked bootloader, not carrier locked SIM?
I have a essential ph-1 from Sprint and cannot unlock bootloader... Any help?
So i currently have an iphone xr on at&t and personally dont like this, so i will be buying this op6t soon. My question is can i just transfer the sim card and set up apn and thats it or do i need to take the phone to at&t to activate it ?
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So i currently have an iphone xr on at&t and personally dont like this, so i will be buying this op6t soon. My question is can i just transfer the sim card and set up apn and thats it or do i need to take the phone to at&t to activate it ?
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You might wanna give this thread a look,I'm sure someone on AT&T will be glad to assist you.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/help/att-verizon-volte-vowifi-calling-t3860031
If nothing else,it's a good read,as making sure the OP6T is a good choice & all the AT&T functions you want/need will work (WI-FI Calling/VoLTE/VVM,etc....).
Typically,you shouldn't have to do a thing as far as setting the APN.
However,I'm not sure about VoLTE/VVM/WI-FI Calling working,or,if it does,requires any account adjustments/account settings changes/etc..... by AT&T Customer Care.
I have cricket (owned and operated by at&t) and as far as I know service is basically the same. All I had to do was insert the Sim from my old phone and after about a minute everything was working.
I have AT&T and when my 6T arrived I inserted my sim and received service with no issues. For lack of a better phrase it should be plug and play. I did not have AT&T for anything.
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I have AT&T and when my 6T arrived I inserted my sim and received service with no issues. For lack of a better phrase it should be plug and play. I did not have AT&T for anything.
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That's what I figured, judging by the short time I used AT&T Prepaid a few years back.
What sux is, at least browsing their site as a non-customer, they (AT&T) aren't exactly clear on that.
They try to make it sound as if you need to order (buy) a new SIM Card to use in a different phone, whether it's one of theirs or, a BYOD.
Is Wi-Fi Calling/VoLTE/VVM working on your OP6T w/AT&T?
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That's what I figured, judging by the short time I used AT&T Prepaid a few years back.
What sux is, at least browsing their site as a non-customer, they (AT&T) aren't exactly clear on that.
They try to make it sound as if you need to order (buy) a new SIM Card to use in a different phone, whether it's one of theirs or, a BYOD.
Is Wi-Fi Calling/VoLTE/VVM working on your OP6T w/AT&T?
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Nope. They don't allow it on unlocked devices except iPhones and a small selection of Android devices. I have tried a few of the suggestions in various forum posts but none work. It's not a big deal to me because I've always had unlocked devices since I switched to AT&T and I live in an area with for reception so I'm not really missing anything that I rely on.
KOLIOSIS said:
You might wanna give this thread a look,I'm sure someone on AT&T will be glad to assist you.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/help/att-verizon-volte-vowifi-calling-t3860031
If nothing else,it's a good read,as making sure the OP6T is a good choice & all the AT&T functions you want/need will work (WI-FI Calling/VoLTE/VVM,etc....).
Typically,you shouldn't have to do a thing as far as setting the APN.
However,I'm not sure about VoLTE/VVM/WI-FI Calling working,or,if it does,requires any account adjustments/account settings changes/etc..... by AT&T Customer Care.
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Thanx defenetly a good read
Has anyone been able to use an ESim with Verizon? I can't seem to get it working, I called Verizon twice, was told it will work once (but they couldn't get it to) was told it won't work the next time, and pixel support said it might work in a couple months. Just wondering if anyone else has had any luck or more definitive answers. Thanks
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Has anyone been able to use an ESim with Verizon? I can't seem to get it working, I called Verizon twice, was told it will work once (but they couldn't get it to) was told it won't work the next time, and pixel support said it might work in a couple months. Just wondering if anyone else has had any luck or more definitive answers. Thanks
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eSim does not work on Verizon unless you have an iPhone. Do the Verizon branded P4s even have an eSim available for any carrier activation? Up until now they didn't. Verizon disables eSim on their phones up to and including the 3a.
Yes the Verizon P4 esim is available and not deactivated. I have not tried it yet but was planning on going into a store to see. ?
bono81310 said:
Yes the Verizon P4 esim is available and not deactivated. I have not tried it yet but was planning on going into a store to see. ?
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I'd be really curious to know what you found out.
I have an unlocked P4 and was a no go. It's more on VZW end until they allow it now. Bummer?
Edit.. hmm @bono81310 Anyway good try.. Verizon doesn't care and they won't do a thing about it. Apple demanded it or they couldn't sell their phones. Yeah I know it's frustrating.
Well I solved my issue this morning by porting my Verizon over to fi. It's funny that they will sell the phone even though they don't fully support it, but I've been burned by them in the past via the locked down phones they sell.
maximus4 said:
Well I solved my issue this morning by porting my Verizon over to fi. It's funny that they will sell the phone even though they don't fully support it, but I've been burned by them in the past via the locked down phones they sell.
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Can't blame you for that. I have Fi too and it's a pretty good service. I need it for my business line. Where did you buy the device, just curious?
bobby janow said:
Can't blame you for that. I have Fi too and it's a pretty good service. I need it for my business line. Where did you buy the device, just curious?
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I got it from Google, got my pixel 2 from Verizon when I was in a bind and learned it was locked down the hard way....
So if I purchased an unlocked p4, can I use fi esim and vz sim together?
larod213 said:
So if I purchased an unlocked p4, can I use fi esim and vz sim together?
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Yes.
I'm currently not In a "supported" country.
"Tap the + icon next to Mobile network."
The plus icon is not present.
Is this something the carrier has to support?
My carrier supports Apple iPhone esims.
Constructively speaking would I have to approach my carrier to get this to work?
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I bought a Verizon bad esn Pixel 3 XL off ebay and i was able to use it overseas (outside usa) on GSM network without problems.
If I buy a Verizon Pixel 4 with bad esn, will it be same or it will be locked to Verizon?
If no, anyone know how much unlock will cost?
stanley08 said:
I bought a Verizon bad esn Pixel 3 XL off ebay and i was able to use it overseas (outside usa) on GSM network without problems.
If I buy a Verizon Pixel 4 with bad esn, will it be same or it will be locked to Verizon?
If no, anyone know how much unlock will cost?
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What are you talking about? Are you serious?
bobby janow said:
What are you talking about? Are you serious?
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Are you trolling me or what?
Sorry if I'm off topic but I'm looking for answers
stanley08 said:
Are you trolling me or what?
Sorry if I'm off topic but I'm looking for answers
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I don't troll. Answers to what? If you have a bad esn? Stop playing games.
Can't post the URL, I guess ?.... But last month, Verizon AT&T and GSMA agreed to end the eSim restrictions to avoid a class action lawsuit..
https://www.phonearena.com/news/DOJ...to-collusion-by-Verizon-ATT-and-GSMA_id120753
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Will this agreement force Verizon to unlock the eSim feature on our phones?
I tested T-Mobile network using network pass. Esim worked fine, however since that I've had issues with my phone dropping service unless I'm sitting still in the center of town. Prolly unrelated but who knows yet.