Does anyone know if a Nexus 6P bought on contract from a carrier (I'm in Canada and looking at Bell) if the OS updates are received in the usual (quick-ish) fashion directly from Google or if the Carriers get in the way and delay them?
I'm on Rogers and I receive them right away.
It was bought on contract.
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You shouldn't see any delay. This phone works out of the box on virtually every carrier.
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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.
Beamed from my Maguro.
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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
andreavda said:
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.
I use my phone roughly 1/2 year in the USA and roughly 1/2 year in Italy and/or Holland.
Should I get an AT&T or international model?
I'm likely to want to install CM or some other ROM on it so I'm l leaning towards the international model. But will that work with AT&T LTE? Or vice-versa, will the AT&T version work on Italian networks?
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Did you ever find an answer for this? I'm wondering the same thing myself. I have an AT&T HTC One (stock, never rooted, and under AT&T contract) that I'll be attempting to use via roaming in Italy soon. I'll let you know what kind of luck I have.
AT&T has told me that the phone should work fine (which I assumed), but they said the same thing with my old HTC OneX when I went to Morocco and Portugal last year and it never worked. FWIW, my GFs SGS3 (on same account as my phone) worked fine. We had ensured that identical options were set by AT&T CSRs to enable international dialing, etc, and the SGS3 and HOX both contained the same radios, so not sure what the problem was. I guess I'll see if it's fixed on the One soon enough.
Bloatware on Nexus 6P
Has anyone with a Nexus 6P on a contract (i.e. bought direct from their carrier) had any bloatware on their phone?
I'm trying to workout if carriers are respecting the Nexus ethos of it being a pure Android/Google phone or whether carriers are adding their own apps. In particular, is anyone on EE, having got their phone direct from them? I've not been able to work this out nor get a clear answer from an EE rep. I would prefer a pure Android phone, but probably wouldn't mind carrier (EE) firmware, or waiting longer for OTAs, if the only thing that was different was the addition of wifi calling.
Thanks.
What carrier?
As far as I know (in the U.S. at least), you cannot purchase the Nexus 6P (or 5X) through a wireless carrier. You must buy direct from Google or Huawei. Thus, the only apps on the phone are Google ones!
Here in Canada we can buy them from the Carrier. I got mine via preorder from my Carrier and it had ZERO bloat on it. It's also the first phone I've gotten from a Carrier where they hadn't opened the box and get the phone to mess around with it.
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I'm in the UK, so I'm especially interested in UK carriers, in particular EE. But, I'm also wondering if the Nexus is being treated like the iPhone by carriers, which as far as I understand, is left alone by carriers.
BillyTheRatKing said:
As far as I know (in the U.S. at least), you cannot purchase the Nexus 6P (or 5X) through a wireless carrier. You must buy direct from Google or Huawei. Thus, the only apps on the phone are Google ones!
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Thanks. I didn't know that. I wonder why things are different here in the UK?!
UgoyUgoy said:
Thanks. I didn't know that. I wonder why things are different here in the UK?!
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Pretty sure it's the same here as the uk. You can get them through Carriers but they don't have any bloat. There are no CSC packages built into the Nexus factory images. As far as I know. Again mine came from a carrier and no bloat. Just stock.
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Here in Canada we can buy them from the Carrier. I got mine via preorder from my Carrier and it had ZERO bloat on it. It's also the first phone I've gotten from a Carrier where they hadn't opened the box and get the phone to mess around with it.
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That sounds hopeful! Hope they do the same in the UK.
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Pretty sure it's the same here as the uk. You can get them through Carriers but they don't have any bloat. There are no CSC packages built into the Nexus factory images. As far as I know. Again mine came from a carrier and no bloat. Just stock.
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I'll soon order a Nexus 6P. If I get one via a carrier, I'll report back on its ROM and if it comes baked with anything.
Just wondering if anyone has got the Nexus 6P from Vodafone UK?
Has it come with any apps installed?
Is it locked for Vodafone?
If either of the above 2 are yes, how easy is it to undo?
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If your due an upgrade just pop into car phone warehouse and get your upgrade from them, can't think why else you would opt for a Vodafone version?
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I wouldnt go through vodafone, 1)they are crooks 2) their network isnt the strongest coverage 3) they avoid a LOT of uk taxing. 4)o2 is better and their 4g is everywhere iv been with my nexus 6p plus they do deals from 30 a month unlimited calls and texts with 3gb data a month (calls for me include in any part of europe my tariff covers me too)
much better deal and price than vodafone i think
Hello all. No idea if I should post this on XDA or somewhere else but here goes. I'm thinking about doing a one or two week workaway in Singapore and I have a Verizon LTE sim in my North-American-bought 64gb Nexus 6P. According to their TravelPass site, I can pay $10 a day on the days I use the service in Singapore and maybe get 3G service if I'm lucky. Any ideas on prepaid sim cards I could buy when in Singapore or feedback on what kind of cellular service to expect? Any and all help is appreciated, thanks.
One of the awesome things about a Nexus 6P is that it's SIM unlocked. If I were you, I'd buy a SIM card from a local carrier, ideally SingTel. Use that while you're in Singapore then just put the Verizon SIM back in when you get home. You won't be able to call or text using your US number, but you'll likely save a bunch of money.
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