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Non Verizon Nexus 6 Booted off the Network.

Verizon Booted me from the Network
4 Months ago I moved to Big Red with my N6.
The signal wasn't as strong as my other Verizon devices which I found odd. I lived about 2 miles away from a Verizon tower and on this device I was only connected 45-50% of the time while at home.
After the first 3 weeks I was still frustrated with the poor signal and I read online everyone cried foul on Google(or Motorola), so forced a PRL update to see if that would fix the issue:
I lost LTE connectivity.
I was connected to 3G but I had no service.
I re entered the APN, nothing.
I took the SIM out put it back in, nothing.
I read online that someone else had a similar issue with the Nexus 6 on Verizon and the only way to resolve the issue was to replace the SIM and that's what I did, LTE service was restored.
About 2 weeks ago I moved about a mile further away from my nearest Verizon tower, so I'm about 3 miles away from a Verizon tower and 80-85% of the time at home I'm not connected.
Today:
Around 3 PM I was in the city and my LTE was fine, I had bars, I had a signal, nothing had changed on my end but I was unable to send text messages, I kept getting this message "Can't send message with CARD 1 error 98" And when I spoke with my sister she said she had been trying to call me for the last 3 hours.
So I contacted Verizon and asked if there was an outage in my area, they said no so I went on to explain the issue(s), and I was told by the customer service rep that my phone wasn't making a connection to the Verizon network, they couldn't see my phone and I needed tech support. Which made sense because of the poor signal all of the time.
So I called Verizon tech support. And the service rep said that I need to enable roaming by entering
PHP:
*22898
This did not fix my issue but maybe it could benefit someone else on Big Red.
I told them the error code and Tech support said we need to check if your phone has dual SIM, I said no it is a Nexus 6 it does not have a second SIM slot I don't care what the error message said. Then I was directed to another tech rep and he said "your phone is NOT a Verizon Nexus 6 and we cannot find it on our network, your phone will not activate on our network, your IMEI is not available to activate on our network" I said wait a minute. I understand the whole FCC ruling and months ago this was suppose to be resolved(I read the post here on XDA). I went online activated the phone when I moved my Nexus 6 over to Verizon, it shows up as a Non Verizon Nexus 6. It allowed me to activate it. It took the IMEI and now they are telling me, NOT ANY MORE!?
I was transferred to a supervisor. He said the same thing, he said he would try to reset everything for my phone but still poor signal and still I have no idea what calls or messages I'm missing and a few text messages are not being sent. I'm on call 24/7 but it looks like I'm going to have to go back to AT&T or T-Mobile.
I believe the poor signal issue is not only Google but also Verizon is still keeping us off the network for the most part and only allowing us to piggyback the rest of the time. Maybe I'm wrong but I hope my 3 hours wasted helps someone else with a similar experience.
I thought I also read somewhere that T-Mobile shut off Band 12. Seriously what the hell is going on with these carriers.

The Closet Candian said:
Verizon Booted me from the Network
4 Months ago I moved to Big Red with my N6.
The signal wasn't as strong as my other Verizon devices which I found odd. I lived about 2 miles away from a Verizon tower and on this device I was only connected 45-50% of the time while at home.
After the first 3 weeks I was still frustrated with the poor signal and I read online everyone cried foul on Google(or Motorola), so forced a PRL update to see if that would fix the issue:
I lost LTE connectivity.
I was connected to 3G but I had no service.
I re entered the APN, nothing.
I took the SIM out put it back in, nothing.
I read online that someone else had a similar issue with the Nexus 6 on Verizon and the only way to resolve the issue was to replace the SIM and that's what I did, LTE service was restored.
About 2 weeks ago I moved about a mile further away from my nearest Verizon tower, so I'm about 3 miles away from a Verizon tower and 80-85% of the time at home I'm not connected.
Today:
Around 3 PM I was in the city and my LTE was fine, I had bars, I had a signal, nothing had changed on my end but I was unable to send text messages, I kept getting this message "Can't send message with CARD 1 error 98" And when I spoke with my sister she said she had been trying to call me for the last 3 hours.
So I contact Verizon and asked if there was an outage in my area, they said no so I went on to explain the issue(s), and I was told by the customer service rep that my phone wasn't making a connection to the Verizon network, they couldn't see my phone and I needed tech support. Which made sense because of the poor signal all of the time.
So I called Verizon tech support. And the service rep said that I need to enable roaming by entering
PHP:
*22898
This did not fix my issue but maybe it could benefit someone else on Big Red.
I told them the error code and Tech support said we need to check if your phone has dual SIM, I said no it is a Nexus 6 it does not have a second SIM slot I don't care what the error message said. Then I was directed to another tech rep and he said "your phone is NOT a Verizon Nexus 6 and we cannot find it on our network, your phone will not activate on our network, your IMEI is not available to activate on our network" I said wait a minute. I understand the whole FCC ruling and months ago this was suppose to be resolved(I read the post here on XDA). I went online activated the phone when I moved my Nexus 6 over to Verizon, it shows up as a Non Verizon Nexus 6. It allowed me to activate it. It took the IMEI and now they are telling me, NOT ANY MORE!?
I was transferred to a supervisor. He said the same thing, he said he would try to reset everything for my phone but still poor signal and still I have no idea what calls or messages I'm missing and a few text messages are not being sent. I'm on call 24/7 but it looks like I'm going to have to go back to AT&T or T-Mobile.
I believe the poor signal issue is not only Google but also Verizon is still keeping us off the network for the most part and only allowing us to piggyback the rest of the time. Maybe I'm wrong but I hope my 3 hours wasted helps someone else with a similar experience.
I thought I also read somewhere that T-Mobile shut off Band 12. Seriously what the hell is going on with these carriers.
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T-Mobile has not shut band 12. They did it only for Project FI users.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

The Closet Candian said:
Verizon Booted me from the Network
4 Months ago I moved to Big Red with my N6.
The signal wasn't as strong as my other Verizon devices which I found odd. I lived about 2 miles away from a Verizon tower and on this device I was only connected 45-50% of the time while at home.
After the first 3 weeks I was still frustrated with the poor signal and I read online everyone cried foul on Google(or Motorola), so forced a PRL update to see if that would fix the issue:
I lost LTE connectivity.
I was connected to 3G but I had no service.
I re entered the APN, nothing.
I took the SIM out put it back in, nothing.
I read online that someone else had a similar issue with the Nexus 6 on Verizon and the only way to resolve the issue was to replace the SIM and that's what I did, LTE service was restored.
About 2 weeks ago I moved about a mile further away from my nearest Verizon tower, so I'm about 3 miles away from a Verizon tower and 80-85% of the time at home I'm not connected.
Today:
Around 3 PM I was in the city and my LTE was fine, I had bars, I had a signal, nothing had changed on my end but I was unable to send text messages, I kept getting this message "Can't send message with CARD 1 error 98" And when I spoke with my sister she said she had been trying to call me for the last 3 hours.
So I contact Verizon and asked if there was an outage in my area, they said no so I went on to explain the issue(s), and I was told by the customer service rep that my phone wasn't making a connection to the Verizon network, they couldn't see my phone and I needed tech support. Which made sense because of the poor signal all of the time.
So I called Verizon tech support. And the service rep said that I need to enable roaming by entering
PHP:
*22898
This did not fix my issue but maybe it could benefit someone else on Big Red.
I told them the error code and Tech support said we need to check if your phone has dual SIM, I said no it is a Nexus 6 it does not have a second SIM slot I don't care what the error message said. Then I was directed to another tech rep and he said "your phone is NOT a Verizon Nexus 6 and we cannot find it on our network, your phone will not activate on our network, your IMEI is not available to activate on our network" I said wait a minute. I understand the whole FCC ruling and months ago this was suppose to be resolved(I read the post here on XDA). I went online activated the phone when I moved my Nexus 6 over to Verizon, it shows up as a Non Verizon Nexus 6. It allowed me to activate it. It took the IMEI and now they are telling me, NOT ANY MORE!?
I was transferred to a supervisor. He said the same thing, he said he would try to reset everything for my phone but still poor signal and still I have no idea what calls or messages I'm missing and a few text messages are not being sent. I'm on call 24/7 but it looks like I'm going to have to go back to AT&T or T-Mobile.
I believe the poor signal issue is not only Google but also Verizon is still keeping us off the network for the most part and only allowing us to piggyback the rest of the time. Maybe I'm wrong but I hope my 3 hours wasted helps someone else with a similar experience.
I thought I also read somewhere that T-Mobile shut off Band 12. Seriously what the hell is going on with these carriers.
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I have VZW and I am not seeing any of the issues that occurred before VZM finally allowed the Non VZM N6s on Network.
- I can still make account changes
- I still have my monthly discount.
Those are typically the two easiest ways to see if you have a supported phone or not. I think you may have signal quality issues but I think those reps may have been wrong. I have a GPS N6 though what version do you have?

BigDig said:
T-Mobile has not shut band 12. They did it only for Project FI users.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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Thanks for the clarification.

GMoGoody said:
I have VZW and I am not seeing any of the issues that occurred before VZM finally allowed the Non VZM N6s on Network.
- I can still make account changes
- I still have my monthly discount.
Those are typically the two easiest ways to see if you have a supported phone or not. I think you may have signal quality issues but I think those reps may have been wrong. I have a GPS N6 though what version do you have?
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My N6 was unlocked new from Google.

Zero problems after a year with the GPS N6 on verizon. What radio are you running?
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

bill3508 said:
Zero problems after a year with the GPS N6 on verizon. What radio are you running?
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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That I couldn't tell you, if you could explain or provide a link on how to check and select it would be greatly appreciated.

The Closet Candian said:
That I couldn't tell you, if you could explain or provide a link on how to check and select it would be greatly appreciated.
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Settings > About phone > Baseband version

patmw123 said:
Settings > About phone > Baseband version
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MDM9625_104662.22.05.27R
I thought you meant
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It has an option to select band

The Closet Candian said:
MDM9625_104662.22.05.27R
I thought you meant
PHP:
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It has an option to select band
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Are you 100% stock?
Even if you are, you might try flashing the latest factory image to restore phone to out of box settings.
The reason I am suggesting this is because I had the same issue on my previous phone(HTC M8) with Verizon. I tried everything you have tried and nothing worked until I RUU'd back to stock and it magically started working again.
I realize the M8 is a completely different phone, but if all else has failed it is worth a shot.

FYI, *228, *22898, & *22899 do not work on any LTE enabled VZW device. That is/was used on 3G devices for updating the PRL. In very early LTE devices, dialing that could have actually caused the phone to stop working. It's been fixed now so it doesn't do anything. With the SIM card, the PRL updates automatically when the device connects to the network, so you don't need to dial anything to get the latest PRL.
As for fixing your problem, the only other suggesting I'd say is to try just getting a new SIM card and see if the problem continues.

I find it odd that you are having all of these problems. I originally got my Nexus 6 from Sprint. I am now using Straight Talk. I bought the BYOP kit that came with 9 sim cards, a Verizon activation code, and the $45 monthly service card. The sim cards you get are for Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. (Regular, Micro, Nano for each) I went the Verizon route for obvious reasons. I have had zero problems with service and my LTE is twice as fast as when I was on Sprint. When I look at my lock screen it even says "Verizon Wireless" in the top left corner.
I have yet to experience any of the issues you are having. I know I am not "directly" on Verizon like you are, but that is why I wanted to bring this to your attention. If you would like Verizon coverage on your Nexus 6 for $45 a month check out Straight Talk. You get unlimited talk, text, data. Data is 5GB of LTE then throttled. I have heard the only difference is that you can't quite roam / utilize the partner coverage that someone directly on Verizon can. I have yet to come across anywhere that I have not had signal though.

ldjr said:
Are you 100% stock?
Even if you are, you might try flashing the latest factory image to restore phone to out of box settings.
The reason I am suggesting this is because I had the same issue on my previous phone(HTC M8) with Verizon. I tried everything you have tried and nothing worked until I RUU'd back to stock and it magically started working again.
I realize the M8 is a completely different phone, but if all else has failed it is worth a shot.
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100% Stock, locked bootloader, no root. I might try that if all else fails, I have an invite to project fi. I was thinking about trying it out even though sprint was horrible in my area and I doubt it has improved.

imnuts said:
FYI, *228, *22898, & *22899 do not work on any LTE enabled VZW device. That is/was used on 3G devices for updating the PRL. In very early LTE devices, dialing that could have actually caused the phone to stop working. It's been fixed now so it doesn't do anything. With the SIM card, the PRL updates automatically when the device connects to the network, so you don't need to dial anything to get the latest PRL.
As for fixing your problem, the only other suggesting I'd say is to try just getting a new SIM card and see if the problem continues.
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This is my second Verizon SIM and I'm not impressed with the reception.

Rektifying said:
I find it odd that you are having all of these problems. I originally got my Nexus 6 from Sprint. I am now using Straight Talk. I bought the BYOP kit that came with 9 sim cards, a Verizon activation code, and the $45 monthly service card. The sim cards you get are for Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. (Regular, Micro, Nano for each) I went the Verizon route for obvious reasons. I have had zero problems with service and my LTE is twice as fast as when I was on Sprint. When I look at my lock screen it even says "Verizon Wireless" in the top left corner.
I have yet to experience any of the issues you are having. I know I am not "directly" on Verizon like you are, but that is why I wanted to bring this to your attention. If you would like Verizon coverage on your Nexus 6 for $45 a month check out Straight Talk. You get unlimited talk, text, data. Data is 5GB of LTE then throttled. I have heard the only difference is that you can't quite roam / utilize the partner coverage that someone directly on Verizon can. I have yet to come across anywhere that I have not had signal though.
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Wow I might give that a try. I might have been misinformed but I heard that prepaid plans didn't give you the full service as contract plans.

The Closet Candian said:
Wow I might give that a try. I might have been misinformed but I heard that prepaid plans didn't give you the full service as contact plans.
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I have been running on straight talk for years across many devices. There is almost no difference. Yes they throttle you after like 4gb or something but I havew never reached that limit with wifi everywhere

The Closet Candian said:
This is my second Verizon SIM and I'm not impressed with the reception.
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The SIM card has nothing to do with reception. Have you tried a new SIM since the problem started? I suggested it to fix your problem of having no service, not to get a better signal.

+1 on reflashing stock images.
Same problem I had with Verizon on straight talk. I went through so much bs with these people, with same issues you had. It seemed like it was still stuck in GSM or something, and the only band that would work was band 6 on 2g. I could send mms and browse the internet, but a phone call would hang up immediately. USA Band wouldn't work WHATSOEVER.
I called customer service and talked to about 6 different people, all who told me my phone wouldn't work on VZW. When I told them they were full of crap, they would transfer me to somebody else. I finally found someone who ended up changing my phone number on the spot and gave me 5 more gigs of data, but my n6 still wouldn't work; I could call out, but no data or MMS/internet.
I was on the verge of saying **** Verizon. I reflashed factory images and everything was smooth sailing and worked properly. I think there is a bug when you change your radios, something fudges up.
The Verizon straight talk plan is nice if you can get around the hurdles I faced. The only downside,besides what I have already mentioned, is they cap your max speed at 5 mb/s when downloading. I live in an area where ATT rules all, but Verizon picks up LTE in places ATT can't even get 2g (whereas ATT ST downloads around 20+mb/s)... so you'll have to compromise.
FWIW, if you ever hear a customer service rep tell you that they cannot change your phone number without sending you a new sim card, that's a damn lie.
Also, here are my apns to compare with yours. I did not touch these after flashing. I read somewhere that these were the old ones, but they work perfectly.

Using a non Verizon n6 with no issues. I had a local repair shop cut my micro Sim to a nano Sim,and I've been up and running since June. Too bad you are having issues.

Kroniq said:
+1 on reflashing stock images.
Same problem I had with Verizon on straight talk. I went through so much bs with these people, with same issues you had. It seemed like it was still stuck in GSM or something, and the only band that would work was band 6 on 2g. I could send mms and browse the internet, but a phone call would hang up immediately. USA Band wouldn't work WHATSOEVER.
I called customer service and talked to about 6 different people, all who told me my phone wouldn't work on VZW. When I told them they were full of crap, they would transfer me to somebody else. I finally found someone who ended up changing my phone number on the spot and gave me 5 more gigs of data, but my n6 still wouldn't work; I could call out, but no data or MMS/internet.
I was on the verge of saying **** Verizon. I reflashed factory images and everything was smooth sailing and worked properly. I think there is a bug when you change your radios, something fudges up.
The Verizon straight talk plan is nice if you can get around the hurdles I faced. The only downside,besides what I have already mentioned, is they cap your max speed at 5 mb/s when downloading. I live in an area where ATT rules all, but Verizon picks up LTE in places ATT can't even get 2g (whereas ATT ST downloads around 20+mb/s)... so you'll have to compromise.
FWIW, if you ever hear a customer service rep tell you that they cannot change your phone number without sending you a new sim card, that's a damn lie.
Also, here are my apns to compare with yours. I did not touch these after flashing. I read somewhere that these were the old ones, but they work perfectly.
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The thread owner is on Verizon directly, not Straight Talk. I just offered him the idea. I am using Straight Talk (Verizon Sim Card) with my Nexus 6 and I have had zero issues. When you are on stock / flash stock images, when you boot up your phone, the proper APN settings will load right up and LTE will take off. Works great. Now, what you need to do is write these APN settings down, precisely. I have noticed that sometimes when you flash a custom ROM, the APN settings won't load automatically.
This just happened to me when I flashed "The Pure Nexus Project". I ended up with no data. I manually entered the APN settings and boom. Full data, LTE, MMS, etc

SM-G900P on Straight Talk (AT&T)

Hi everyone,
I've been a lurker of this site for a little while now, so thank you all for your productivity and guides (If I can get this to work, I will create a guide myself to share ) I recently purchased a Brand New Sprint Galaxy S5 (SM-G900P) with the hopes of unlocking it and using it on Straight Talk AT&T's network. I've made incredible progress so far, but I feel like I'm missing something. Up to this point I've spent countless hours online reading about this device and troubleshooting it.
Current Issue: Phone will not contact any GSM network. I have the sim card in and it just says no service. I know this is only on GSM networks because I disabled all CDMA bands using DFS. All AT&T bands are active and I believe the Galaxy S5 supports almost every band available. APN Settings are set correctly.
Things I have done / tried:
Using Cyanogenmod13 KLTE ROM, Cyanogenmod12.1 SPR ROM, Unofficial CM13 SPR ROM. Also, tried using a "stock?" 4.4.4 ROM that was a little glitchy, but worked nonetheless (tried using SSU.apk here, but afterwards it seemed to sim-lock my phone by giving "Invalid SIM"
Phone unlocked with IDoneApps (no more invalid sim) IDoneApps says its for International and Domestic.
I paid for a Network Access Code and registered the phone with Straight Talk and attempted to transfer the service over (not sure if this is necessary as I am using a GSM SIM, which still works fine in my other phone, perfect service)
Also, on the stock ROM it keeps trying to "Activate the device" and won't be able to. Sometimes the phone goes into roaming and when I call it sends me to Verizon Wireless Customer Service (not sure why on this)
Phone will receive service fine when set to Automatic or CDMA LTE. If I attempt to call a phone I will get "Your account is not authorized to make calls to this phone number" with a mans voice.
-Do I need to do something with Sprint to go forward?
SOLVED IT:
Had to enable the "GCF Setting" on the phone.
YouTube Video: "How to enbale GFC settings on any Samsung Galaxy " - This guide worked flawlessly.
Now all I need to do in order to have perfect service on this SM-G900P on AT&T is to enable the rest of the AT&T LTE Bands on it.

Hey, I know this is necro'ing but I hope you are still around.....
I'm in the same situation as this post right now...I have have a SM-G900P (Sprint Galaxy S5), now activated through Straight Talk, but my data doesn't work when using CM13. I was wondering more what you mean by your GCF settings and maybe some quick tips to get 4G/LTE while on CM (Preferably 13+). Stock Rom I get LTE just fine, but for some reason it gives me this *FUGLY* Creedo mvno app suite when I do a fresh restore of stock rom, and just the whole touchwhiz thing sucks in general. I'd much prefer CM or any other custom ROM that cuts out the BS but gives me data.

Phweak said:
Hey, I know this is necro'ing but I hope you are still around.....
I'm in the same situation as this post right now...I have have a SM-G900P (Sprint Galaxy S5), now activated through Straight Talk, but my data doesn't work when using CM13. I was wondering more what you mean by your GCF settings and maybe some quick tips to get 4G/LTE while on CM (Preferably 13+). Stock Rom I get LTE just fine, but for some reason it gives me this *FUGLY* Creedo mvno app suite when I do a fresh restore of stock rom, and just the whole touchwhiz thing sucks in general. I'd much prefer CM or any other custom ROM that cuts out the BS but gives me data.
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no worries about necro'ing a thread, im not sure why some folks get bent out of shape about it :/ anyways, what service provider are you using via straight talk? they use all of the major 4 (vzw, at&t, tmob and sprint)
the basic answer to your question is APN settings. did you ever have data working with str8 talk? if so, your gcf settings dont need to be fiddled with, if not, then you have some tinkering to do. not at all difficult really, just some button presses

youdoofus said:
no worries about necro'ing a thread, im not sure why some folks get bent out of shape about it :/ anyways, what service provider are you using via straight talk? they use all of the major 4 (vzw, at&t, tmob and sprint)
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Well, the only band that identifies when I actually have a working data connection (tops I get is 3G) says Sprint. So I think that's who they're routing me through. I'm not a total rookie when it comes to this, but I don't know how to change the radio bands outside of what apps like Radio Switcher do (which actually just gives me a short cut to quasi-service mode settings in CM).
I get the cell data to read LTE on stock, but it's gross touchwiz and it never seems to get GOOD signal, two bars of LTE was the most in Milwuakee suburbs, an area I'd assume would be swimming in 4G/LTE. I'd much rather use CM for the customization (or any more "purer" android ROMS). If I select CMDA auto PRL I get a solid 3G and all voice/text/data services work. But any other option that includes LTE drops my data entirely.
Edit: I just realized I repeated myself lol. I've made a few posts on various forums about this. Kind of forgotten what info I've provided where. Sorry for the redundancy.

Phweak said:
Well, the only band that identifies when I actually have a working data connection (tops I get is 3G) says Sprint. So I think that's who they're routing me through. I'm not a total rookie when it comes to this, but I don't know how to change the radio bands outside of what apps like Radio Switcher do (which actually just gives me a short cut to quasi-service mode settings in CM).
I get the cell data to read LTE on stock, but it's gross touchwiz and it never seems to get GOOD signal, two bars of LTE was the most in Milwuakee suburbs, an area I'd assume would be swimming in 4G/LTE. I'd much rather use CM for the customization (or any more "purer" android ROMS). If I select CMDA auto PRL I get a solid 3G and all voice/text/data services work. But any other option that includes LTE drops my data entirely.
Edit: I just realized I repeated myself lol. I've made a few posts on various forums about this. Kind of forgotten what info I've provided where. Sorry for the redundancy.
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i dont have any experience with the sprint flavor of straight talk service, but it should be on the same LTE bands as normal sprint. shouldnt have to monkey with anything tho. ill have to look more when i get home

Phweak said:
Well, the only band that identifies when I actually have a working data connection (tops I get is 3G) says Sprint. So I think that's who they're routing me through. I'm not a total rookie when it comes to this, but I don't know how to change the radio bands outside of what apps like Radio Switcher do (which actually just gives me a short cut to quasi-service mode settings in CM).
I get the cell data to read LTE on stock, but it's gross touchwiz and it never seems to get GOOD signal, two bars of LTE was the most in Milwuakee suburbs, an area I'd assume would be swimming in 4G/LTE. I'd much rather use CM for the customization (or any more "purer" android ROMS). If I select CMDA auto PRL I get a solid 3G and all voice/text/data services work. But any other option that includes LTE drops my data entirely.
Edit: I just realized I repeated myself lol. I've made a few posts on various forums about this. Kind of forgotten what info I've provided where. Sorry for the redundancy.
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Ok, I reread your op and it said that you're using at&t. Are you sim unlocked? If not, Mr @stifilz, do you think you could hook this guy up? He has a proven track record of unlocking S5s

Just a heads up I'm not OP, that's @aventurer. I just happened to find a very similar situation. Probably changes your train of thought but for what it's worth in my situation, the phone sim came from Sprint originally, and the Straight Talk people said they use that sim to connect to the LTE bands.

WIFI calling on VZW

Hey guys been doing some searching do not have a definitive answer. I know Verizon Wireless recently enabled wifi calling on their network for iOS and select android devices which was back at the end of last year. As Android has native support wifi calling since Lolipop I believe, does anybody know if wifi calling works on nexus 6p with a verizon SIM card inserted? I have read different places its part of advance calling, or you may need the verizon messages app, so conflicting information, my new job provides me a phone with VZW, I am currently on T-Mobile do not want to carry two phones but VZW gets next to no service in my neighborhood, talking 1 or 2 bars of 1X only! Any help would be appreciated.

There is currently no wifi calling on VZW and the nexus 6P unless you use VZW's message+ app.
I'd be surprised if any non VZW Android phone ever gets it.

gunnyman said:
There is currently no wifi calling on VZW and the nexus 6P unless you use VZW's message+ app.
I'd be surprised if any non VZW Android phone ever gets it.
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Thanks! But the wifi calling definitely works with that app installed? I use google voice so SMS isnt what I am looking for as that always works on wifi, I am talking about actual phone calls lol which I know in this day and age is crazy talk
Edit - you mean this app right? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.verizon.messaging.vzmsgs

yeah that's the app. It has a voice call option, I just put the phone in airplane mode and enabled wifi. It would NOT make a call so maybe I have no idea what the heck I'm talking about.

Verizon compatibility broken after update?

Hey guys, I just saw a YouTube video that was posted yesterday where the guy shows that after the update he no longer could connect with his Verizon SIM card in the axon 7. Has anybody else run into this? Mine won't be here until Monday but if this is true I'm going to be sorely disappointed. Thanks for your input.

I am on verizon with no additional problems after the update. I am still always roaming, and my signal is the same (more bars but still the same reception). LTE, MMS, SMS, Cdma all work the same.

I'm really glad to hear that. I'm not so sure the guy knew what he was doing either... Lol :silly:

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I am on verizon with no additional problems after the update. I am still always roaming, and my signal is the same (more bars but still the same reception). LTE, MMS, SMS, Cdma all work the same.
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Quick question for you bud. I currently have the Moto Z-Force, but I want an unlocked phone that I can root and mess around with and unfortunately this phone doesn't have that capability. Would you say this is a great alternative in terms of functionality and specs? Tia

CaptainElwood said:
I am on verizon with no additional problems after the update. I am still always roaming, and my signal is the same (more bars but still the same reception). LTE, MMS, SMS, Cdma all work the same.
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I second this. No issues on Verizon unlimited plan after update. Always showing roaming also. Mms, sms, calls work as suppose to. All out of the box settings.
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tolymatev said:
I second this. No issues on Verizon unlimited plan after update. Always showing roaming also. Mms, sms, calls work as suppose to. All out of the box settings.
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I can third it lol no issues here. Mine actually has better signal after update on verizon and sms/mms everything works still no issues anywhere

My VZW situation. Just an FYI post AND how to fix it.
I'm on Verizon, have had my Axon 7 for over a month now. No issues other than not having VoLTE, and the occasional software farts (Using Nova Launcher now). When I initially set-up my phone, I imported all previous apps directly from the Play Store. I should have known not to install the VZW apps that were previously installed on my HTC One M8 (purchased directly from VZW), but in my excitement for the new phone, it skipped my mind. Anyhow, no issues through 9/19. "Verizon" displayed as my carrier, and full access to the LTE network.
Fast forward to 9/20 (post B27 update) when one of the VZW updated automatically (I don't recall which of the 2 apps I had installed), and BAMM, "123456" displayed as my carrier and no more access to the LTE network (3G only). Later that evening, my VZW account showed my number with an "unauthorized, non-VZW device", whereas, before the VZW app update it showed my HTC one M8. I removed the SIM and shut down the phone, re-installed the SIM and re-booted....nada. Tried what seemed to be every permutation of replacing the SIM card, played around with APN settings...no dice.
My feeling is they booted me off 4G LTE once the app recognized I was using an unauthorized, non-VZW device. The steps below solved the issue (Provided by "vzwcdma" via the ZTE Community Forum).
"As for losing LTE connectivity, I've had a similar problem before, both on the A7 and other devices. On other devices, like Motorola devices, I could just boot into the bootloader and clear the modem state partitions via fastboot, but ZTE seems to have disabled that function in the A7's bootloader. So, for the A7, I had to mess around a bit with the modem mode. Download "Network" or "4G LTE Switch" from the Play Store. Open it and scroll down to "Set preferred network type", where it should say "LTE/GSM/CDMA auto (PRL)". There isn't really a set guide for what you have to do, but try switching into LTE-only mode, try hitting "Turn off radio" and "Turn on radio" (not Airplane Mode), maybe try "LTE/CDMA audo (PRL)", maybe turn off radio, switch to LTE-only mode, turn on radio, etc. At some point (I'm not sure what) the phone will reset its modem state, and should re-connect to Verizon LTE (and when it does, switch the network type back to LTE/GSM/CDMA auto PRL.
My Verizon account also shows "unauthorized, non-VZW device". Shouldn't affect anything. I've been using an unauthorized/non-VZW device prior to the A7 with no issues as well."

roseykr said:
My VZW situation. Just an FYI post AND how to fix it.
I'm on Verizon, have had my Axon 7 for over a month now. No issues other than not having VoLTE, and the occasional software farts (Using Nova Launcher now). When I initially set-up my phone, I imported all previous apps directly from the Play Store. I should have known not to install the VZW apps that were previously installed on my HTC One M8 (purchased directly from VZW), but in my excitement for the new phone, it skipped my mind. Anyhow, no issues through 9/19. "Verizon" displayed as my carrier, and full access to the LTE network.
Fast forward to 9/20 (post B27 update) when one of the VZW updated automatically (I don't recall which of the 2 apps I had installed), and BAMM, "123456" displayed as my carrier and no more access to the LTE network (3G only). Later that evening, my VZW account showed my number with an "unauthorized, non-VZW device", whereas, before the VZW app update it showed my HTC one M8. I removed the SIM and shut down the phone, re-installed the SIM and re-booted....nada. Tried what seemed to be every permutation of replacing the SIM card, played around with APN settings...no dice.
My feeling is they booted me off 4G LTE once the app recognized I was using an unauthorized, non-VZW device. The steps below solved the issue (Provided by "vzwcdma" via the ZTE Community Forum).
"As for losing LTE connectivity, I've had a similar problem before, both on the A7 and other devices. On other devices, like Motorola devices, I could just boot into the bootloader and clear the modem state partitions via fastboot, but ZTE seems to have disabled that function in the A7's bootloader. So, for the A7, I had to mess around a bit with the modem mode. Download "Network" or "4G LTE Switch" from the Play Store. Open it and scroll down to "Set preferred network type", where it should say "LTE/GSM/CDMA auto (PRL)". There isn't really a set guide for what you have to do, but try switching into LTE-only mode, try hitting "Turn off radio" and "Turn on radio" (not Airplane Mode), maybe try "LTE/CDMA audo (PRL)", maybe turn off radio, switch to LTE-only mode, turn on radio, etc. At some point (I'm not sure what) the phone will reset its modem state, and should re-connect to Verizon LTE (and when it does, switch the network type back to LTE/GSM/CDMA auto PRL.
My Verizon account also shows "unauthorized, non-VZW device". Shouldn't affect anything. I've been using an unauthorized/non-VZW device prior to the A7 with no issues as well."
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Good to know! I've had so many phones and this hardware looks so awesome for the price, but of course vzw isn't gonna play nice with it without some work. Looking forward to getting mine

Verizon still working fine for me.

After the b27 update I saw improved signal strength. I'm on page plus mvno. After driving in a fringe reception area, I lost lte,and I showed as roaming. It seemed to be using boost Mobile from what the phones network menus displayed. Axon doesn't have a mobile network setting for 'system b', only auto & home only. Tried both, rebooting each time, no fix. I ended up resetting phone, fixed it all. I then switched mobile network to home only, and hoping that it's done.
PS-after b27 I had to re-enable a couple settings, pinch for screen shot, etc.
Edit: it's now been several weeks with it set to home network only. I daily drive in fringe reception areas and have better signal strength than ever, with any phone/carrier combo. All is great, no more issues. Great phone!
For reference, I'm on page plus mvno, dropped in my activated sim from my old phone into the right-side sim slot for CDMA services. Then set to home only. Done.
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Just wanted to see if anyone else had inputs of post update Verizon service, good and bad... hasn't been a ton of chatter in the last week. I have a phone on its way from the egg, trying to decide if it's worth starting a new sim card with Verizon and dealing with that work around... is getting the number off a display and ordering online still the easiest way to get activated?

Works great on VZW still. Love the phone.
methcat said:
Just wanted to see if anyone else had inputs of post update Verizon service, good and bad... hasn't been a ton of chatter in the last week. I have a phone on its way from the egg, trying to decide if it's worth starting a new sim card with Verizon and dealing with that work around... is getting the number off a display and ordering online still the easiest way to get activated?
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I'd say that the Axon works just as well on Verizon as it did prior to the update, but with potentially better signal strength though I didn't really have a big issue with that prior to the update so I'm not sure (the T-Mobile SIM does seem to do a lot better post-update...but Verizon has always worked well).
I really doubt you'll have any substantive trouble with VZW on this device, especially if you're willing and able to mess a bit with some of the more advanced settings just in case a problem does arise. Here are the oddities, and I'm trying to list *all* of them!
1. No VoLTE or (I presume) HD calling
2. Voicemail appears to have to be accessed by dialing *86 as opposed to long-pressing the '1' key
3. Roaming icon is present intermittently
4. Data roaming *must* be enabled to ensure consistent and reliable data service
5. Verizon's website won't recognize the device at all in the Account Overview pages (mine still shows the last "approved" device I had with my VZW SIM - an iPhone 6S)
6. MMS *may* require a hack to get the proper APN, though I've had no trouble with this (I'm prepaid though); the hack requires a GSM SIM, so beware of this
7. 1X reception *seems* a tad weak in terms of dBm but functionally it almost seems better than my other Verizon phones (weird!)
8. Carrier label will be either '123456,' '002127' (EvDO only), or (I think?) '31000' when not using LTE (i.e., 1X or 3G). When on LTE the phone should show "Verizon Wireless" as normal
9. A SIM/modem reset may be necessary once in a great while it seems...so it's good to understand how to navigate to the "Phone Information" screen to toggle radio settings...also, I've found just SIM-cycling with a GSM SIM will often fix any connectivity problems as well...and sometimes just rebooting the phone with no SIM at all can help too (or a combo of all the above!)
If you can tolerate the above issues then the phone is great. I really enjoy it. I've found the Verizon side of things to be pretty reliable on the Axon 7, even with my endless tinkering with radio modes and other stuff, which has seemed to get me into (recoverable) trouble a few times.
Most importantly - the endless chatter on various forums that Verizon "blocks" the Axon 7 and other non-approved devices is total bunk. In every case where I've run into an issue it can be resolved on my side - Verizon is doing nothing whatsoever to inhibit the use of the Axon 7 on its network as far as I can tell (notwithstanding activation hurdles, admittedly)...many of the people making such claims seem to be speaking from a standpoint of total ignorance and it's kind of getting annoying, to be honest...it seems like the minute someone has an issue with the Axon 7, some ignoramus gets on the relevant forums/comments and claims that Verizon is "blocking" the device. Total BS IMO.
Good luck! As far as activation is concerned...I'd say it might be best to just go to Wal-Mart and buy a cheap prepaid phone or something (looks like the HTC Desire 526 has a nano-SIM and is only $37.49 on their website)...or maybe a cheap nano-SIM'd Verizon phone off of Swappa or eBay? That's probably what I'd do...But I know neither of those solutions are particularly helpful...VZW definitely makes it a bit of a pain.

flyer_andy said:
I'd say that the Axon works just as well on Verizon as it did prior to the update, but with potentially better signal strength though I didn't really have a big issue with that prior to the update so I'm not sure (the T-Mobile SIM does seem to do a lot better post-update...but Verizon has always worked well).
I really doubt you'll have any substantive trouble with VZW on this device, especially if you're willing and able to mess a bit with some of the more advanced settings just in case a problem does arise. Here are the oddities, and I'm trying to list *all* of them!
1. No VoLTE or (I presume) HD calling
2. Voicemail appears to have to be accessed by dialing *86 as opposed to long-pressing the '1' key
3. Roaming icon is present intermittently
4. Data roaming *must* be enabled to ensure consistent and reliable data service
5. Verizon's website won't recognize the device at all in the Account Overview pages (mine still shows the last "approved" device I had with my VZW SIM - an iPhone 6S)
6. MMS *may* require a hack to get the proper APN, though I've had no trouble with this (I'm prepaid though); the hack requires a GSM SIM, so beware of this
7. 1X reception *seems* a tad weak in terms of dBm but functionally it almost seems better than my other Verizon phones (weird!)
8. Carrier label will be either '123456,' '002127' (EvDO only), or (I think?) '31000' when not using LTE (i.e., 1X or 3G). When on LTE the phone should show "Verizon Wireless" as normal
9. A SIM/modem reset may be necessary once in a great while it seems...so it's good to understand how to navigate to the "Phone Information" screen to toggle radio settings...also, I've found just SIM-cycling with a GSM SIM will often fix any connectivity problems as well...and sometimes just rebooting the phone with no SIM at all can help too (or a combo of all the above!)
If you can tolerate the above issues then the phone is great. I really enjoy it. I've found the Verizon side of things to be pretty reliable on the Axon 7, even with my endless tinkering with radio modes and other stuff, which has seemed to get me into (recoverable) trouble a few times.
Most importantly - the endless chatter on various forums that Verizon "blocks" the Axon 7 and other non-approved devices is total bunk. In every case where I've run into an issue it can be resolved on my side - Verizon is doing nothing whatsoever to inhibit the use of the Axon 7 on its network as far as I can tell (notwithstanding activation hurdles, admittedly)...many of the people making such claims seem to be speaking from a standpoint of total ignorance and it's kind of getting annoying, to be honest...it seems like the minute someone has an issue with the Axon 7, some ignoramus gets on the relevant forums/comments and claims that Verizon is "blocking" the device. Total BS IMO.
Good luck! As far as activation is concerned...I'd say it might be best to just go to Wal-Mart and buy a cheap prepaid phone or something (looks like the HTC Desire 526 has a nano-SIM and is only $37.49 on their website)...or maybe a cheap nano-SIM'd Verizon phone off of Swappa or eBay? That's probably what I'd do...But I know neither of those solutions are particularly helpful...VZW definitely makes it a bit of a pain.
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#6 might not need the GSM SIM workaround anymore after the B27 update. The + sign shows up for me all the time now, even if I only have a Verizon SIM inserted.

thanks for the list guys, i think i'll give it a shot. i'm going to try to add it as a second line to my wifes plan online. is borrowing a friends imei from a nano phone still the best way to get a new activated sim for this phone?
that 526 is a predaid, will verizon just switch that sim to plan if i call in? or are they different?
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that 526 is a predaid, will verizon just switch that sim to plan if i call in? or are they different?
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found this, not sure if this is still the rule...
http://www.prepaidphonenews.com/2016/02/new-policy-may-require-verizon-prepaid.html
"It turns out that Verizon made a policy change effective 1/17/16 that requires Verizon Prepaid Phones to be activated on Verizon Prepaid and have at least $30 in airtime applied to them before they cam be used on Verizon postpaid. A Reddit user posted a copy of an internal Verizon document detailing the new rule:
Effective 1/17/2016, customers who purchase a Prepaid 4G device must activate on a $30, $45, or $60 Prepaid plan and make at least 1 monthly service payment before they are eligible to move the device to a new or active Postpay account .
Device remains locked until first month’s payment is made on their Prepaid plan.
Device is unlocked automatically upon successful first month’s payment and can be used on Postpaid plan (new SIM or SIM swap).
Attempting to use an active Postpay SIM Card with a new 4G LTE Prepaid PIB smartphone prior to making the required monthly payment, hotlines the Postpay MDN (SFO 83643) . The hotline remains until first month’s payment is made.
Customers who activate on the $45 or $60 Prepaid plans and enroll in Auto Pay, receive bonus 1GB data per month.
If account is hotlined:
Data access, outgoing calls, and text messaging do not work.
Text message is sent to smartphone.
*VZW FREE MSG: Phone must be activated on Verizon Wireless Prepaid service and first monthly payment must be made before it can be used with any other service. *
Auto-remark is placed on the customer's account.
*SIM Swap attempted: MDN Hotlined. Phone must be activated on VZW Prepaid service and first month paid before it can be activated as postpaid. *"

methcat said:
thanks for the list guys, i think i'll give it a shot. i'm going to try to add it as a second line to my wifes plan online. is borrowing a friends imei from a nano phone still the best way to get a new activated sim for this phone?
that 526 is a predaid, will verizon just switch that sim to plan if i call in? or are they different?
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found this, not sure if this is still the rule...
http://www.prepaidphonenews.com/2016/02/new-policy-may-require-verizon-prepaid.html
"It turns out that Verizon made a policy change effective 1/17/16 that requires Verizon Prepaid Phones to be activated on Verizon Prepaid and have at least $30 in airtime applied to them before they cam be used on Verizon postpaid. A Reddit user posted a copy of an internal Verizon document detailing the new rule:
Effective 1/17/2016, customers who purchase a Prepaid 4G device must activate on a $30, $45, or $60 Prepaid plan and make at least 1 monthly service payment before they are eligible to move the device to a new or active Postpay account .
Device remains locked until first month’s payment is made on their Prepaid plan.
Device is unlocked automatically upon successful first month’s payment and can be used on Postpaid plan (new SIM or SIM swap).
Attempting to use an active Postpay SIM Card with a new 4G LTE Prepaid PIB smartphone prior to making the required monthly payment, hotlines the Postpay MDN (SFO 83643) . The hotline remains until first month’s payment is made.
Customers who activate on the $45 or $60 Prepaid plans and enroll in Auto Pay, receive bonus 1GB data per month.
If account is hotlined:
Data access, outgoing calls, and text messaging do not work.
Text message is sent to smartphone.
*VZW FREE MSG: Phone must be activated on Verizon Wireless Prepaid service and first monthly payment must be made before it can be used with any other service. *
Auto-remark is placed on the customer's account.
*SIM Swap attempted: MDN Hotlined. Phone must be activated on VZW Prepaid service and first month paid before it can be activated as postpaid. *"
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Dang...yeah I think you're right about this. My mistake...ugh I wish they'd just make it easy! In that case I'd say Swappa would be the best route...I've bought a few phones off of there and it's always been a great experience.

What are your APN settings? I'm having issues getting my data to work on Verizon.

Salmonella lolz said:
What are your APN settings? I'm having issues getting my data to work on Verizon.
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Mine: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68263623&postcount=61

So frustrating. Before update used today Verizon in upper left corner. Switched to 123456 after update. Rebooted and it went back. After another reboot it only says 123456 and nothing I do will change it back. And now when I get an MMS hangouts tells me it needs to download it but nothing happens. I never get LTE anymore either.
Edit: not sure what I did but it's back now. Might have something to do with bearer in apn settings being lte.

KyJelly69 said:
So frustrating. Before update used today Verizon in upper left corner. Switched to 123456 after update. Rebooted and it went back. After another reboot it only says 123456 and nothing I do will change it back. And now when I get an MMS hangouts tells me it needs to download it but nothing happens. I never get LTE anymore either.
Edit: not sure what I did but it's back now. Might have something to do with bearer in apn settings being lte.
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That's #9 in the above list that was posted. Need to cycle the modem state of the device.

so, can someone help me with a little clarification? did ZTE ever actually disable anything regarding Verizon on this phone? i know when people quote the webinar, it sounded like they were going to. i understand that the functionality is basically all still working, but i'm wondering if maybe i'm confused on the terminology.
in this post on reddit, i heard the same thing that has been repeated by some, and i am wondering if i have my band terminology confused. is the cdma part different from the 4g lte part(and that's why it's still working)?, or is sarah just incorrect?
SarahSchmera 3 points 9 hours ago
Axon 7
Doesn't work on Verizon yet. It supposedly has CDMA radios but the radio firmware has them disabled. ZTE can't by law enable the CDMA radios because they didn't get FCC approval for the CDMA radios. They would have to pay for the testing and then resubmit the device to the FCC to get approval before they turned on the CDMA radios through a software update.
And the device doesn't have the firmware for VoLTE, HD calling or WiFi calling on Verizon.
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Complete debrand of LG G6

I was wondering if like Sony and Samsung devices, if it's possible to completely debrand a G6 to enable Wifi calling and VoLTE on a specific network's branded software? I know the G5 left the original operator's customisation files (unless rooting to change the cust folder) but has this changed with the G6?
Haven't bought the phone yet but seen an unlocked one which obviously wouldn't have network branded software.
Thanks.

Not sure of the purpose of this. So you want a completely unbranded phone and then want to install a specific network's software for wifi calling and VoLTE? If so, why not buy the phone from that network? Example: I bought an unlocked T-Mobile phone (on Amazon, not directly from T-Mobile) that can be used on any network, but contained T-Mobile software. I disabled what I didn't need. I am on T-Mobile anyway so I can use their wifi calling app.

patruns said:
Not sure of the purpose of this. So you want a completely unbranded phone and then want to install a specific network's software for wifi calling and VoLTE? If so, why not buy the phone from that network? Example: I bought an unlocked T-Mobile phone (on Amazon, not directly from T-Mobile) that can be used on any network, but contained T-Mobile software. I disabled what I didn't need. I am on T-Mobile anyway so I can use their wifi calling app.
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Purpose is that a second hand unlocked phone is much cheaper than one branded to the network at the moment.

wifi calling is mostly junk and over-rated feature. I know of no phones that can do a decent handoff in the event that wifi signal drops out of range then the phone wants to continue the call on LTE but if your LTE signal is already weak the call will just drop. Happened to me all the time so I just disable it and all the HD voice garbage too. Forcing back to the old 4G network thats now less congested than its ever been!

Admittedly wi-fi calling has only come in useful a handful of times, but the 4G calling feature has worked for me in a few places where 2G/3G is patchy. Guess I could do without it though.

Install Google Voice, hangouts, and hangouts dialer. Then you can use Wi-Fi or data calling in any phone or any rom.
I'm using a US997(16a) in Verizon and it works fine.

Spookymyo said:
Install Google Voice, hangouts, and hangouts dialer. Then you can use Wi-Fi or data calling in any phone or any rom.
I'm using a US997(16a) in Verizon and it works fine.
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Thanks, had those installed on my G5 but never used them. Will give it a go.

I switched from an S7 Edge, on which I was able to change the CSC Code and get features different Canadian Carriers had to offer. The particular one I was interested in was VoLTE(Video/Voice over LTE) video calling was the main feature I wanted to keep. That's why when I switched to the G6, I made sure it was from Rogers so I can continue to use that feature. It's pretty sweet... great quality video calling without using any data
I wish LG had a feature like this too, where you can change carrier settings on unlocked phones. It would be helpful

It would indeed be helpful! I guess I managed fine without the features before and it's not a huge loss but wi-fi calling definitely came in handy at a couple of places I used to work at.
IME Samsung and Sony phones were fairly easy to fully change carrier firmwares on and I remember HTCs being a pain (not sure what they're like now). But LGs seem to be able to debrand 90% of the firmware but still leave enough of a trace of the original software to block off a couple of features, which is slightly annoying. Ah well