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Nexus automatically downloaded my apps after flash?

Hey all,
As Title says, basically I was messing with ROM's, and I know within minutes whether I like it, if not I will re-flash something else.
So I was doing this, and couldnt find one I liked, so I returned to flash Paranoid.
What suprised me, was once I'd booted up, I proceeded to the Play Store, only to realise all my favourite apps were already downloading?
How did my nexus download my apps for me?

The market remembers what apps you use and if you setup your google account in the initial setup phase it downloads them for you.
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It come from google's backup service, see "settings--backup and reset---backup my data"

I may as well jump in and ask a question -
Sometimes it restores it, at other times it doesn't. Is that dependent on the custom rom? I always have the back up ticked.

tremblingwater said:
I may as well jump in and ask a question -
Sometimes it restores it, at other times it does? Is that dependent on the custom rom? I always have the back up ticked.
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I'm sure it matters. Also, it only works on initial setup, not if you add an account after that.
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i loved this feature but its so hit and miss.
i flash a lot of roms on my SKyrocket and if i flash stock roms it odes NOT do this but if i flash CM roms it always does this. if i flash other 3rd party roms SOME of them do this.
its obviously something that the devs are either coding selectively into their roms OR some devs have no idea about it and they kang someone else s roms that had it enabled and they get it too or they don't know about it and thus some roms don't have it enabled.

tremblingwater said:
I may as well jump in and ask a question -
Sometimes it restores it, at other times it does? Is that dependent on the custom rom? I always have the back up ticked.
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There's a box during account setup that says something like: "restore my apps on this device." It only shows up during initial setup. I've noticed not all roms have the option available though.

tremblingwater said:
I may as well jump in and ask a question -
Sometimes it restores it, at other times it doesn't. Is that dependent on the custom rom? I always have the back up ticked.
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I know that, but its only ever worked once for me !!
korockinout13 said:
I'm sure it matters. Also, it only works on initial setup, not if you add an account after that.
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Same here, its only EVER worked ONCE for me.
How can it work once and never again?
+ I always set my Google account on initial boot/setup.

Wilks3y said:
I know that, but its only ever worked once for me !!
Same here, its only EVER worked ONCE for me.
How can it work once and never again?
+ I always set my Google account on initial boot/setup.
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I recognized that it worked for me when I flashed the Google stock images. On real custom Roms it works not always..
Sent from my Nexus 7

It has nothing to do with the rom. It is dependent upon which gapps package is used. Most include market restore whereas some do not.
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Well I don't completely agree.
I pretty much flash the Same GAPPs everytime.
But yet it has only ever restored once !

Ok Google Touchless is not waking up Nexus 7

Hello!
A friend of mine, and i, each have a 16GB WiFi Nexus 7 2013.
While the screen is OFF (Nexus sleeping), my friend's nexus can be woken up by saying "Ok Google".
Mine ONLY works if my nexus has the screen on already (I dont have lock screen enabled).
His is completely bone stock and recently updated OTA with Kit Kat 4.4 KRT16S already.
I have TWRP recovery, and had 4.3 Stock Root.
NOW, i kept the custom recovery, but i flashed Stock Kit Kat 4.4 KRT16S NO ROOT.
and jealous (and lazy).. and i want my nexus to operate just like my friends... so either somethings wrong or maybe lemme know what i gotta flash. Thank you for your time.

Weird that your friends can wake even when the screen is not on... Never heard of that ( unless you have another app.)
What's launcher does your friend have installed? And make sure he does not have any other apps that enable him to do this. Check out "open mic+"

dragonboydbboy said:
Weird that your friends can wake even when the screen is not on... Never heard of that ( unless you have another app.)
What's launcher does your friend have installed? And make sure he does not have any other apps that enable him to do this. Check out "open mic+"
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He is using the stock launcher that came with Kit Kat.
I couldn't even get it to work on the stock launcher, so i decided to look for and install the Google Launcher. I even tried reinstalling Google Now. I have looked at Open Mic+ in the past when i had a custom ROM, but i rather have the real thing from Google.

ElihuRodriguez said:
He is using the stock launcher that came with Kit Kat.
I couldn't even get it to work on the stock launcher, so i decided to look for and install the Google Launcher. I even tried reinstalling Google Now. I have looked at Open Mic+ in the past when i had a custom ROM, but i rather have the real thing from Google.
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Well the real thing from the moto x (always listening) would require source code to be merged to work.
prshosting.org

Your friend isn't running stock. Stop making up stories.

ElihuRodriguez said:
He is using the stock launcher that came with Kit Kat.
I couldn't even get it to work on the stock launcher, so i decided to look for and install the Google Launcher. I even tried reinstalling Google Now. I have looked at Open Mic+ in the past when i had a custom ROM, but i rather have the real thing from Google.
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If he is using the stock launcher that came with the nexus 7 and 4.4, he should not even be able to wake the device from thee home screen, much less a locked device... Only from Google now.
Only the moto x (and other Motorola phones with the special chip) should be able to wake from locked device. Not even nexus 5 can do that... Don't know what's up with your friends tablet

Try this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.RSen.OpenMic.Pheonix

Saythis said:
Try this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.RSen.OpenMic.Pheonix
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And say goodbye to your battery :silly:

Either troll, or is being trolled by said friend
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Pfeffernuss said:
And say goodbye to your battery :silly:
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He's not asking about battery life. He wants MotoX-like voice commands while it's asleep.

Saythis said:
He's not asking about battery life. He wants MotoX-like voice commands while it's asleep.
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Yup, that's the point, it won't sleep anymore. Anyway, just saying, to each his own.

To Pay or Not to Pay, that is my question.

All;
Now that Cataclysm is no more, eventually I will have to move to another rom. #1 criteria is it has to allow Pay. I don't want to debate if Pay is good or bad, just if it works 100% on your rom.
Can you all post what rom you are using that supports or does not support Pay? If you see for ex. Pure Nexus in a prior post's and have nothing to add, no need to repost it unless say you have issues getting it to work or such.
Cataclysm = Yes, currently dead
Benzo (Great!! rom) = No, currently not supported
Chroma = Yes
Pure Nexus = Works with "some work"

I am running Chroma and have had no issues with Android Pay. Have made multiple purchases since I flashed it awhile back.

kinnesotan said:
I am running Chroma and have had no issues with Android Pay. Have made multiple purchases since I flashed it awhile back.
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Do you have Xposed?
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@work said:
Do you have Xposed?
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AFAIK Android Pay will not work on any rom if you have xposed installed.

@work said:
Do you have Xposed?
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It won't work because Xposed has to modify the system partition. I thought I read somewhere that they were attempting to make a systemless Xposed, but I can't find it. I could be wrong.

jackpollard said:
All;
Now that Cataclysm is no more, eventually I will have to move to another rom. #1 criteria is it has to allow Pay. I don't want to debate if Pay is good or bad, just if it works 100% on your rom.
Can you all post what rom you are using that supports or does not support Pay? If you see for ex. Pure Nexus in a prior post's and have nothing to add, no need to repost it unless say you have issues getting it to work or such.
Cataclysm = Yes, currently dead
Benzo (Great!! rom) = No, currently not supported
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I believe you will see Cata roms pop up when Feb. security patch comes around. you just wont see any of his work on XDA. I think he hinted towards it a bit. Not confirmed but a def. hunch. We will find out in a couple weeks. If not i will move towards Pure Nexus and go through the steps of getting AP to work on there. I would jump on Chroma as well but he doesnt support expanded desktop anymore. I believe that is a very underrated feature.

Also on Chroma...for now.

elreydenj said:
I believe you will see Cata roms pop up when Feb. security patch comes around. you just wont see any of his work on XDA. I think he hinted towards it a bit. Not confirmed but a def. hunch. We will find out in a couple weeks. If not i will move towards Pure Nexus and go through the steps of getting AP to work on there. I would jump on Chroma as well but he doesnt support expanded desktop anymore. I believe that is a very underrated feature.
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Good news re Cata, I will keep my eyes open. Do you know if Pure Nexus supports Pay?

jackpollard said:
Good news re Cata, I will keep my eyes open. Do you know if Pure Nexus supports Pay?
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It doesn't, but you can get it to work with a little bit of work. I ran pure nexus for a little bit just to see if it would work, and then I went back to my own build.

Whoa what happened to Cataclysm ? Atlantis was one of the best devs on this forum and Cataclysm was brilliant!
EDIT: Nvm just saw
What a pack of complete twats

bouchigo said:
It doesn't, but you can get it to work with a little bit of work. I ran pure nexus for a little bit just to see if it would work, and then I went back to my own build.
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Pure nexus works with pay. Its thread has instructions.
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markwebb said:
Pure nexus works with pay. Its thread has instructions.
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Yeah, that was my point. It doesn't work out of the box...you have to do "work" to get it to work.

bouchigo said:
Yeah, that was my point. It doesn't work out of the box...you have to do "work" to get it to work.
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Because it has root, any ROM that has root requires some slight work to get it to work. You can always flash the SU remover zip and it should work with no other steps.

geoff5093 said:
Because it has root, any ROM that has root requires some slight work to get it to work. You can always flash the SU remover zip and it should work with no other steps.
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Yes, I know. I was able to get it to work, I never said I wasn't able to get it to work. I think @jackpollard 's question was answered...we can move on from that now :good:

WiFi Assistant for Non Project Fi

I apologize if this is old news, but I just noticed that Wifi Assistant is now active for phones on carriers other than Project Fi.
Settings>Google>Networking>Wi-Fi Assistant

spotmark said:
I apologize if this is old news, but I just noticed that Wifi Assistant is now active for phones on carriers other than Project Fi.
Settings>Google>Networking>Wi-Fi Assistant
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I'm in Canada, using an international version of the Nexus 6p, and there is not even a section called Networking under Google. I'm on the latest version of Google Play Services and Connectivity.
Could this have something to do with me being on the Developers edition of Android N before? I thought it upgraded to the retail edition when Nougat came out???
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montrealguy said:
I'm in Canada, using an international version of the Nexus 6p, and there is not even a section called Networking under Google. I'm on the latest version of Google Play Services and Connectivity.
Could this have something to do with me being on the Developers edition of Android N before? I thought it upgraded to the retail edition when Nougat came out???
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I'm on RomShake, so maybe it has been there since I installed 7.0, and I just didn't notice until now.

montrealguy said:
I'm in Canada, using an international version of the Nexus 6p, and there is not even a section called Networking under Google. I'm on the latest version of Google Play Services and Connectivity.
Could this have something to do with me being on the Developers edition of Android N before? I thought it upgraded to the retail edition when Nougat came out???
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I'm still using PN/M rom and it is showing under google/network. You may need to wait for Google to update your google connectivity services app or go to apkmirror.com to update it yourself.

It's being turned on in waves. Keep checking.

montrealguy said:
I'm in Canada, using an international version of the Nexus 6p, and there is not even a section called Networking under Google. I'm on the latest version of Google Play Services and Connectivity.
Could this have something to do with me being on the Developers edition of Android N before? I thought it upgraded to the retail edition when Nougat came out???
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You can also access the setting under Settings/Wi-fi/Gear icon (not the 3-dot menu)

Caltinpla said:
I'm still using PN/M rom and it is showing under google/network. You may need to wait for Google to update your google connectivity services app or go to apkmirror.com to update it yourself.
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spotmark said:
I'm on RomShake, so maybe it has been there since I installed 7.0, and I just didn't notice until now.
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breezeli said:
It's being turned on in waves. Keep checking.
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wvcadle said:
You can also access the setting under Settings/Wi-fi/Gear icon (not the 3-dot menu)
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Ok this is getting really weird. It does not appear under Settings/Wi-fi/Gear. And Networking doesn't even appear under Settings/Google.
1. I thought it could be because I was still on NRD90M, so I used the Toolkit to upgrade the OTA to NRD90U. It still didn't show up. Are you guys all on custom roms ? I'm wondering if this is why you are all getting it.
2. So then I used http://opengapps.org/ to create a gapps zip of the latest Google apps and installed it. And it STILL DOESN'T SHOW UP! Furthermore, I checked and Google Fi and Android Pay don't show up in my app list, even though they show up under Settings/Apps as Disabled.
Am I doing something wrong here?

montrealguy said:
Ok this is getting really weird. It does not appear under Settings/Wi-fi/Gear. And Networking doesn't even appear under Settings/Google.
1. I thought it could be because I was still on NRD90M, so I used the Toolkit to upgrade the OTA to NRD90U. It still didn't show up. Are you guys all on custom roms ? I'm wondering if this is why you are all getting it.
2. So then I used http://opengapps.org/ to create a gapps zip of the latest Google apps and installed it. And it STILL DOESN'T SHOW UP! Furthermore, I checked and Google Fi and Android Pay don't show up in my app list, even though they show up under Settings/Apps as Disabled.
Am I doing something wrong here?
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It's a server side thing. All you can do is make sure that your have the latest Google Connectivity Services update and wait. I have had this Wi-Fi assistant toggle for a few days on official rooted 7.0 on my 5X.
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@SlimSnoopOS & @montrealguy
I am having similar issues to montreal, the difference with me is that I originally had the networking menu under settings>google>networking. But the connectivity manager would always force close on me when I tried to enable it. I thought it might have been a problem with the permissions or having root, I toggled root off w/ magisk and uninstalled google connectivity services and then reinstalled it. Now, the networking option is completely gone from my menus.

ErikFry said:
@SlimSnoopOS & @montrealguy
I am having similar issues to montreal, the difference with me is that I originally had the networking menu under settings>google>networking. But the connectivity manager would always force close on me when I tried to enable it. I thought it might have been a problem with the permissions or having root, I toggled root off w/ magisk and uninstalled google connectivity services and then reinstalled it. Now, the networking option is completely gone from my menus.
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Are you using a theme?

SlimSnoopOS said:
Are you using a theme?
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Substratum navbar theme. Nothing else. I'll probably just have to reflash everything.

ErikFry said:
Substratum navbar theme. Nothing else. I'll probably just have to reflash everything.
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Might try without the theme just to rule that out. Themes are sometimes responsible for various system FCs from what I've been seeing recently.
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It's in at least the Ontario OTA 7 update...

Are you kidding me? All carriers except Verizon?

Maybe I'm jumping to conclusions, but I thought the 6P was an unlocked device agnostic to all carriers.
I'm tempted to see what happens if I flash this factory fresh on my 6P which is on Verizon.
Edit: If I were to take a guess, either Verizon only wants their Pixel line of devices on 7.1.1, or there is an actual problem.
Regardless, I may bootloader unlock my device again if Verizon gets shafted in the update for 6P

Yeah, that caught me off guard too. Killed the Dev Preview, and updated everything EXCEPT for working on Verizon. Dev Preview 2 worked on VZW, so my question is, what the heck did they break so bad that now VZW doesnt work?

Could it just be something to do with the Visual Voicemail on Verizon being cooked into the newest 7.1.1 build?
But I am no way defending Verizon from being Evil. They are the Evil CDMA Red Dragon for sure.
*Sprint SERO FTW! :toot:

chevycam94 said:
Yeah, that caught me off guard too. Killed the Dev Preview, and updated everything EXCEPT for working on Verizon. Dev Preview 2 worked on VZW, so my question is, what the heck did they break so bad that now VZW doesnt work?
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Yeah, very odd none the less...
IM0001 said:
Could it just be something to do with the Visual Voicemail on Verizon being cooked into the newest 7.1.1 build?
But I am no way defending Verizon from being Evil. They are the Evil CDMA Red Dragon for sure.
*Sprint SERO FTW! :toot:
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I would hope. We may be giving Verizon too much credit though. However I would do the opposite of complain if they did bake in VMM and Wifi Calling into 7.1.1 Nexus. Or heck, even one of those would be nice

Sooooo the real question is, who's gonna try flashing it and report back??

Really though, it must just be some sort of off the wall issue or feature that might have held it back from them alone. The 5X doesn't have the same update limit so, it's just something 6P specific. (Unless 7.1.1 brings Pixel features, and Verizon doesn't want Nexus to rain on their Pixel party just yet...)

ohlin5 said:
Sooooo the real question is, who's gonna try flashing it and report back??
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Lol. Might want to Bootloader Unlock for that one. That is key
If i was still in Custom Rom mode for my daily driver, I'd have no problem doing so.

I just flashed it and so far calls work fine between me and another verizon phone. Messing around to see if I can find what doesn't work, if anything.

This might be a crazy idea but you might just want to flash and see if it works if it doesn't flash back to DP2 or 7.0 what is the problem?

so i flashed it, im on verizon looks like there is no sound for notifications and ringer. In settings it just shows none with no option to change, so far from what ive noticed
edit disregard that, is working

KnifeSkills said:
I just flashed it and so far calls work fine between me and another verizon phone. Messing around to see if I can find what doesn't work, if anything.
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That's cool. Any new features?
theleet said:
This might be a crazy idea but you might just want to flash and see if it works if it doesn't flash back to DP2 or 7.0 what is the problem?
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Right now I am bootloader locked with OEM unlocking unchecked. If something were to go wrong, I'd most likely be screwed. Or maybe it wont even flash for me
infamous84 said:
so i flashed it, im on verizon looks like there is no sound for notifications and ringer. In settings it just shows none with no option to change, so far from what ive noticed
edit disregard that, is working
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Good to know!

bigblueshock said:
Right now I am bootloader locked with OEM unlocking unchecked. If something were to go wrong, I'd most likely be screwed. Or maybe it wont even flash for me
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You can't flash anything with locked bootloader only accept official OTAs which you won't get probably because 'no verizon' so flashing it yourself is the only option really (I guess, OTAs will be rolling out to everyone over the next few days/weeks).

Everything seems to be working so far.
Created a boot.img that doesn't force encrypt. Flashed it then wiped userdata to be unencrypted. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B57DcrCR3fugajI4b3RleTlJSDg/view?usp=sharing
Then got root and adaway working using existing root stuff I had sitting around, I don't even know what the latest versions are but I used - TWRP 3.0.2, Magisk 7.0, phh superuser 17 magisk version, adaway systemless hosts v2, and adaway downloaded from f-droid.
Then flashed a zip I made with Pixel Launcher, Nexus Launcher Icons, and working stock version of the pixel Live Wallpapers with updated libs. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B57DcrCR3fugZDZaSnhYS05OSGM/view?usp=sharing
Next up: pixel navbar icons for this systemUI and build.prop edit for assistant

looks like ambient display still turns on even if set to off

I flashed it. Everything is working on vzw except Bluetooth in my GM vehicle
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=69943736
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It's almost fully working on VZW.
The problem is, and the probable reason for that notice is, that Verizon likes to promote their devices by their sw versions. I remember when their G3 got Lollipop first........that f**kin ad was everywhere.
So I believe they would like to throw in their bloatware in to the OTA first.

mihovil13 said:
It's almost fully working on VZW.
The problem is, and the probable reason for that notice is, that Verizon likes to promote their devices by their sw versions. I remember when their G3 got Lollipop first........that f**kin ad was everywhere.
So I believe they would like to throw in their bloatware in to the OTA first.
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pls vzw cant put there bloatware on google store bought phones only if you buy it from vzw and they never sold it so pls again that only happened with the nexus 6 and people found a way to remove the partition with the apps from vzw
its probably vzw just haven't approved the new radio yet or want a different one for them

KnifeSkills said:
Next up: pixel navbar icons for this systemUI and build.prop edit for assistant
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Could you do a system tuner with the nav bar options for this?
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billycar11 said:
its probably vzw just haven't approved the new radio yet or want a different one for them
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Perhaps, but the DP2 radio is the same as this, and works fine for me. I'm really irritated by this, after buying from Google. It has to be some proprietary stuff to make CDMA work, except isn't sprint CDMA too? And they aren't an exception for the new release.
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Well I just installed the OTA image on my Nexus 6p (which runs on Verizon). After the upgrade completed, I noticed that my data connection was not active. The phone could make calls, but no data. I tried switching in and out of airplane mode, but that didn't fix it. So I powered off the phone, then powered it back on, and all was well. I connected at 4G and everything appeared to be fine. However, I do notice is that the VoLTE setting is nowhere to be found. If I search for "voice" under settings, I see "Enhanced 4G LTE Mode". But if I click it, it takes me to the "Cellular network settings" page, which does not list that setting. I just made a test call to another Verizon phone, and it didn't sound like the enhanced voice mode was active. Not really a big deal though. I'm sure a new update will correct that before long.

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Well I just installed the OTA image on my Nexus 6p (which runs on Verizon). After the upgrade completed, I noticed that my data connection was not active. The phone could make calls, but no data. I tried switching in and out of airplane mode, but that didn't fix it. So I powered off the phone, then powered it back on, and all was well. I connected at 4G and everything appeared to be fine. However, I do notice is that the VoLTE setting is nowhere to be found. If I search for "voice" under settings, I see "Enhanced 4G LTE Mode". But if I click it, it takes me to the "Cellular network settings" page, which does not list that setting. I just made a test call to another Verizon phone, and it didn't sound like the enhanced voice mode was active. Not really a big deal though. I'm sure a new update will correct that before long.
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Aah. Well, on DP2 I noticed I was unable to call voicemail, it just hung up on me. The fix ended up being disabling enhanced lte/hd voice in my account. I still have the vvm. As dp2 is the same version as the official, that's likely the reason a separate release will be needed. Personally, I don't care about the HD Voice, but enhanced LTE would be good to get back.
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