[Nexus 5 General] fishpower187:
There's GOT to be a way to make this beast work on VZW

seriously, I'm a noob here; last phone I altered wasma 1st Gen Samsung Omnia (Windows 6.1, if memory serves). I've read all the doom amd gloom that Verizon's primary LTE band in NA is 13, and according to the Nexus 5 promo site, band 13 is listed NOWHERE. Now there's this business that one may get it (the N5) to work with 1). an already activated nano Sim from an approved Verizon device (such as a Droid Ultra); 2). You have to find yourself in one of these undisclosed locations where VZW is rolling out band 4 (but again, only God knows when and where that'll be. 3). (lastly), having recently departed VZW corporate retail after just shy of six years, I know damn well that ANY RSR with a double-digit IQ can simply go into NetAce (or whatever the hell they're calling their POS system nowadays) and simply add a "ghost" IMEI in the equipment maintenance screen. for Gods sake, I quit in February 2012, but I swear, given a minute and a half, I could access an account, change the IMEI to a ghost model (like 92000000) or whatnot. Fortunately, I still have many good drinking amd hutimg buddies who are now store managers, ASMs, or at least RSRs who'll do me a solid.

That being said; I transfer the active nanosim from my active Droid Ultra, talk to one of the "cool" people in the store to change the IMEI, ensure provisioning isint all jacked up, amd best case scenario, the phone MIGHT work if I find myself in one of these top secret band 4 markets, and that's nothing to say about the apparent and absolute lack of CDMA compatibility with Verizon's pipelines (goodbye phone calls and SMS; hello Talkatone and Google Voice).

Look, over the 6 years or so that I've utilized this site to increase my knowledge and destroy other sales reps, I've come to the conclusion that there are a lot, A LOT of very intelligen, dedicated, and tenacious folks who make this site and the sharing of knowledge a major priority in their lives. I, for one, truly believe that an intrepid and gifted group of programmers are simply going to say c'est la vie, I give up. SURELY thereare steps that even simpletons like myself could take to get this phone working just as well as any of the Droids Verizon is immortally committed to.. cmon mang, I don't buy it. As consumers, we finally have a top-notch smartphone the doesn't cost upwards of $1000, and best of all, no contract extension; er go no more VZW punking the few of us who haven't been screwed out of our unlimited data plans yet. That should be cause enough to make this a priority and score a major victory for us little insignificant consumers.

Anyway, good luck and God Bless this endeavor (should a team decide they don't like the way VZW handled this and they're going to take it upon themselves to make it right for the rest of us phone nerds, and I wear that as a badge of honor yo.

Anyway, please reply to this thread should any breakthroughs occur which will provide those of us who sat at our computers early Halloween morning waiting for that N5 to drop. My unlocked 32GB arrives tomorrow, and call me sentimental, but after dropping $469 (shipping and those dreaded California taxes), I'd like to get some use out of it while not being beholden to a wifo hotspot.

That's all for now. Good luck everyone.