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[Nexus 5 General] Letitride:
With 3G data speed like these inside our 2 story house - the grandfathered $30 unlimited data plan from Big Red is pretty much useless - and we've been loyal to VZW long enough but enough of feeding the corporate evil.

Not about to renew 2 lines with ETF, pay $35 activation fees & device upgrade fees on each line, and spend another $200+ upfront for each device (HTC One and/or Samsung Galaxy S4, etc.) just to feed the 4G LTE frenzy with 2GB cap - and over $160 each month. Plus, when we travel abroad and cruise the Caribbeans, CDMA devices are useless - and, our unlocked global phones can usually get Edge speed using unlocked GSM sims, if we are lucky with the prepaid vendor & the "proper" GSM bands for data.

Once we get the N5 later this week, I'm going to activate/transfer a backup line's mobile # over to test out 4G / HSPA+ mobile data on T-Mo prepaid using the free T-Mo micro Sim by calling customer care (can't do it online) - if all is well as I expected it to be - I will port both lines over to prepaid, to avoid interruption of service - and, then moved them over to postpaid with the Family Plan for 2 lines w starting price of $80 + taxes/fees. Both N5 will pay for itself after in about 7 months - and, no contract.

AT&T in our area is another option - but, a bit more expensive, unless we go with Straight Talk. As for the love for Verizon, sorry - that's long gone - part of the old CDMA phone collection will be donated to charity (and get a modest tax write-off, better than trying to sell them on *Bay or CL as they are worthless 12 months after launch with no hope of software updates - unless one come to XDA ...)
[Nexus 5 General] ggreenwood334:
I agree. But I live on Kansas city, mo. When I travel. T-Mobile kinda sucks.
[Nexus 5 General] JPOKeefe:
If you would've called and asked if the nexus 4 supported LTE they'd have said no too. You never know until someone digs through the phone.
[Nexus 5 General] tech_head:
Some of us don't switch from Verizon because with the deal we have nobody is cheaper. $215 a month with unlimited data across 4 phones including insurance and taxes. Where am I going to go????
[Nexus 5 General] TIProgrammer84:
Verizon's Version of the Nexus 5?

Anyone else here of this rumor of a Verizon Nexus 5 or some nexus phone suited for their network. Apparently, that's one of the projects, but I actually don't know of its true. You guys think that this will save Verizon or just cause more anger like when they got the HTC One months after it was released on other carriers?
[Nexus 5 General] nrvate:
It will probably be just like the Galaxy Nexus: A "special" version for a shortbus carrier.

I'm still perplexed why anyone with a technical background would even consider Verizon's antiquated CDMA network. I'd consider Verizon for data-only on 700mhz LTE for a tablet, IF they offered a $30/month plan with 5+gb, no strings (contract, fees, etc) and didn't hands-down win the worst customer service award. Their LTE network isn't bad... But I don't do CDMA or put up with their level of BS.

I must admit I did a hah-hah and who-hoo when I saw Verizon's LTE bands missing from the spec. :P
[Nexus 5 General] TIProgrammer84:
So I guess the question in this thread should be: Why are we still on Verizon?
[Nexus 5 General] wideasleep1:
Welp, you DO know a TMO acquired phone (not the Nexus) has WiFi calling...these calls sound even better than if you indeed had indoor coverage in your recliner. Still, I smh hearing all the excuses you guys make for sticking with evil overlords.
[Nexus 5 General] hlaalu:
They probably started that rumor to prevent people from dumping them.
[Nexus 5 General] TIProgrammer84:
Petition to Get Nexus 5 on Verizon

Someone started a petition on change.org for Google to update the Galaxy Nexus to Android 4.4 KitKat. Would anyone be willing to sign a petition on change.org, if I created one that would advocate for the Nexus 5 to come on Verizon?
[Nexus 5 General] Lucke:
seems to me that Google is giving VZW a big FU for messing up the Galaxy Nexus... the same way VZW gives it to their customers.

that being said, the only way to actually get any carrier to change is to voice your displeasure with your wallet.
[Nexus 5 General] TIProgrammer84:
So you think a petition wouldn't grab their attention?
[Nexus 5 General] Lucke:
not a snowball's chance in hell. they're so corrupt that they wouldn't care about a simple online petition. vote with your wallet. they'll start caring once they start losing revenue.
[Nexus 5 General] hlaalu:
It's a numbers game for them. They can either sell millions and millions of S4s and droids (which have bloat ware that pays them to be included) or maybe a few hundred thousand (if that) Nexus devices, with no bloat.
[Nexus 5 General] antawnm26:
do what i done swap with another att with unlimited data..Verizon boast of coverage and 4glte, hands down att data speeds are superior...I have been happy since i switched which was about two months ago
[Nexus 5 General] Letitride:
LMAO, anyone else getting an email from VZW promoting a limited time offer, switch your plan & Get 2GB for data for just $60 a month, plus unlimited talk & text. 1 Year Agreement required & ETF applied. Taxes & Surcharges varying from 8% to 46% are additional - for our billing address, it's about 22%

It's an "Exclusive" Offer for mobile # ending in xxxx - well, of course - I'm out of contract, month to month now and just a matter of riding out until the secondary line is free of contract & clean so that the porting can be done.

Now, if they would activate the Nexus 5 on my account, I would consider it - but, heck, that's just another trick to get us off the unlimited 3G/4G data plan grandfathered as part of the older plans - not the new Shared Everything Plans.

No can't do, sorry - ain't no love for VZW left. Too little & too late.
[Nexus 5 General] trent25:
I ran a mobile network operator scan on my N5. Any idea why I can see a verizon network?

As I understand CDMA and LTE bands aren't compatible.
[Nexus 5 General] dragonboydbboy:
Giggidy
[Nexus 5 General] jack584:
The CDMA bands ARE in fact compatible wih Verizon, but Verizon llowing the Nexus 5 to activate on heir network is another story. The LTE bands are halfway compatible I guess you could say. Verizon uses LTE bands 13 and 4, and the Nexus 5 supports band 4.
[Nexus 5 General] TonyTurboII:
That's weird.

I can see my neighbors wifi, but for some reason I can't connect. :shrugs:
[Nexus 5 General] SymbioticGenius:
Running a prepaid T-Mobile Sim right now. Had an emergency last night and T-Mobile ran fine. Drove a good portion of queens and had LTE the whole way. Going to Suffolk county LI tonight but it looks like I'm gonna be moving my family off Verizon.

Also my understanding is that whomever made the processor for the galaxy nexus doesn't make them any more. Good luck trying to make that work. I'm sure someone will custom ROM it for you though

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] trent25:
I wasn't aware that the D820 was compatible with any of Verizon's current Bands, that's all. I know Verizon will never activate it on their network ...duh! :P

The LTE N7 is still there as a reminder :D
[Nexus 5 General] crzycrkr:
Could you please update with your experience with T-Mobile on the island? When my N5 congress in in going to be testing them and AT&T out in Suffolk so I'd like to hear others experiences
[Nexus 5 General] SymbioticGenius:
I have no problem with that. Going as far as Farmingdale rt 110. I'll post back tonight or tomorrow and if I forget just pm me

Sent from my Nexus 5

Edit

It was great or good enough depending on perspective. It hung on to one or two bars of LTE but it only pulled about 2 to 3 Mbps down and 1 or less up. I actually made my first phone call from the Nexus while I was there. Crystal clear. It did drop LTE when we were inside went full bars of HSPA or whatever its called. Same speeds or better. No issues. I also used the Nexus for google play music the whole ride there and back. No stutters, skips or anything, but from what I understand highways have repeaters or something cause they get perfect signal. Full LTE and I was running speed tests on both phones while driving back T-Mobile impressed me with more consistent and more often than not, higher speeds.

Next two tests consist of two colleges in queens and a few hotels I frequent in Manhattan. Should happen within the next two weeks and that will determine if I can move my whole family. As of now though, it seems T-Mobile is better than Verizon and even if they were only half as good, I'd rather have half my money back every month.
[Nexus 5 General] crzycrkr:
THanks for the heads up. Have any chance to run any speed tests while on HSPA? From what I understand those speeds are actually significantly faster than LTE in a lot of areas since LTE isn't built up yet.
[Nexus 5 General] milan03:
Are you a Sprint user? Which market are you in?

Technically, your phone can "see" those networks since its radio is capable, but can't connect to Verizon since Verizon isn't allowing non-VZW devices onto their network. Essentially the IMEI of your Nexus 5 needs to be added to your account.

The problem is that Verizon reps can't just add the unknown IMEI since the system automatically rejects it.

The only workaround would be cloning an IMEI from a known good Verizon LTE capable phone. Preferably Galaxy Nexus. But not sure if that's possible or legal.
[Nexus 5 General] SymbioticGenius:
Yes, actually in my post I mentioned the same speeds on full H vs 1 bar LTE it was about 3 down for both. I just ran a test at my desk in garden city by setting network to 3G and I topped at 3 ish almost 4. I'm not sure if that moves to HSPA though or actual 3g. Before my Nexus arrived I borrowed a friend GS2 on T-Mobile and it pulled mid teens to twenties and consistently beat my GS3 on Verizon. The GS2 isn't even LTE capable lol. That's when I decided to look into this more seriously. If anyone in the queens or long island area decides to go T-Mobile let me know, I've already made friends with a manager at one of their stores.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] crzycrkr:
Sorry, missed that part, lol. I have a few friends that get crazy speeds on gsm so I want to give them both a shot. I hear even better things about AT&T around here
[Nexus 5 General] nickmv:
DEFINITELY illegal. Tampering with IMEI in any way is against the law in the USA.
[Nexus 5 General] SymbioticGenius:
Yeah my understanding is that AT&T is everywhere but the speed is less. Their business prescribes practices are similar to Verizon and most importantly they are the same price. I'm going for savings. In all honesty I didn't have nearly as much the desire to get rid of: Verizon until I realized I could have 80% of the service for less than half the cost and Verizon didn't even try to meet me in the middle.

Now that I've got this Nexus there is no turning back. It's much better than I expected and I'm slowly finding replacements for the cm features I'm missing. I might end up keeping stock for much longer than the 2 days my previous phones lasted. I even ran cm on my GS3 without data for a while cause I hated touch4kidz so much

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] crzycrkr:
In hearing the exact opposite. Some friends send me speed tests constantly in the 40-50mbps range. One lives in flushing. He switched from T-Mobile to AT&T says he made the right choice for speed and coverage. I know they also have a prepaid plan that's comparable. You may want to test them out too. The postpaid plans I've looked at from then definitely weren't as bad as Verizon.

Verizon did the same with my parents, which is why I switched them to Sprint two years ago. They think they're too big to fail
[Nexus 5 General] SymbioticGenius:
I need unlimited data. At&t not an option because of this. They also lock bootloaders too so it's a lateral move in almost all ways. I use over 20gigs per month and their share everything is more expensive at that point. Prepaid costs more too at that level of data. I'm going to see Thor tonight I'll do some more testing in a thick building with lots of equipment around. Hmmm maybe I should visit a hospital

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] crzycrkr:
Isn't prepaid T-Mobile throttled after 5gb? Yeah, if you need that much AT&T isn't really feasible. It's a weird suggestion, but it might be worth trying Sprint. I know LTE is built up better in there than out here, but I'm getting some great speeds in a lot of areas out here. My neighborhood is constantly in the 20+Mbps range. Their 3g is still spotty, but they're really pushing out LTE.

Enjoy Thor. In really looking forward to seeing it.
[Nexus 5 General] SymbioticGenius:
Mine isn't throttled. Also I went to a friends basement and H+ pulled... Matter of fact...

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] crzycrkr:
And what plan are you on?
[Nexus 5 General] Ajfink:
T-Mobile user checking in with some general experiences for you guys thinking of switching. Basically, the speeds and coverage are great in and directly around any major metro. NYC especially is heavily saturated with LTE and HSPA/HSPA+ (3G/3.5G aka faux 4G). A lot of the time you will see both of those pulling the same speeds in tests, but the latency and snappiness will always be better with LTE. Yeah, rural coverage sucks compared to Verizon (and even AT&T), but if you have even T-Mobile's 3G it is incomparably faster than Verizon's 3G (which, granted, isn't much of an issue anymore).

I cannot stress enough that rural coverage blows but more populated areas get excellent service, equal to or better than any other carrier. I've spent lots of time in both of those situations.

If you live in NYC, get a bunch of T-Mobile SIMs on the $30/month plan for your family and save a mountain of money.

Edit - SERIOUSLY, rural coverage sucks.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] SymbioticGenius:
I'm on the unlimited everything 70 prepaid plan which is what I'm going to post paid on anyway. If I'm not mistaken post paid should roam on AT&T in rural areas anyway?

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Ajfink:
In some places. I've run into that a couple of times when hiking. Works just fine.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Smokuevo:
T-Mobile plan roams on att? I got Verizon I've order the phone because I'm tired of Verizon. Any more word on Verizon and this nexus 5 lol. Phone just arrived st home so can't test it now...on route to Pennsylvania
[Nexus 5 General] el6006:
I just activated a T-Mobile SIM to try the service. Got no signal on my nexus 5 even when I went outside. I then activated a straight talk AT&T LTE Sim that I bought when they started offering LTE Sims again and couple of months ago. To my surprise it pulled a LTE on my nexus 5. Signal is anywhere between 1 bar and nothing but the LTE stays on the notification bar. Lol. I'm gonna try it for a while alongside my S3 on page plus. Is there any way to improve my signal reception like perhaps using actual AT&T service instead of straight talk? Is straight talk able to access all the AT&T towers? Thanks.
[Nexus 5 General] compuw22c:
It roams alright... On EDGE. Seriously, like dial up, EDGE. Like the original iPhone. Like apps timing out because of the 300+ms ping times. Yes it works but... (That and unlimited data keep me on Att)
[Nexus 5 General] SymbioticGenius:
Prepaid gets edge, postpaid gets 4g.

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/02/23/will-t-mobile-usas-4g-lte-network-allow-for-att-4g-roaming/

T-Mobile has no contracts so I'll do postpaid

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] hlaalu:
Can you elaborate on this? I paid $70 for the month to try out the service and it sucks, so if I give them my SSN to put me on a post paid plan I might get better coverage?
[Nexus 5 General] Cuppeerr:
no love for verizon is karma for y'all getting 4.2.2 on the htc one first;)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] williamhenry0001:
hi. In the wifi i use (college), torrent is restricted. it is not working. is there any work around?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acejavelin:
That is kind of like saying... "I am driving the wrong way down a one-way street, what should I do". :p

Seriously though, not likely... You could try a different port than standard TCP 6881-6889, or a client that uses a UDP transport mechanism might work, but to be honest, most modern firewall/routers will control this at the application layer, so no matter what you use or try to get torrents to work, it will get shutdown. Your best bet might be to cue up the .torrent files you need, and spend an afternoon at a local coffee shop or other place with minimal security open network access (not Starbucks, they block it too).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chairmansaab:
Hey guys!

I want to change superuser package name, is there any tool beside apktool to do this? Any step by step instructions ?

Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chairmansaab:
Anyone?
[General Topics] superseagulls:
HI, I hope someone can help.

I have an out of warranty Blue Angel (O2 XDAIIS)

Has anyone got contact details of anywhere that could do a repair please?

I have found reference on here to Anovo Digicom, but can't find any contact details... Any others that may be able to do a repair?

cheers
[General Topics] tintoy:
i just got my imate jasjar back from a company called sbe http://www.sbe-ltd.co.uk/ who are the uk service center for imate. very nice people but slow service (2 weeks!)
[General Topics] tintoy:
er... and it would appear they havn't fixed the fault...
[General Topics] copex:
http://www.htceurope.com/

just got a mda compact repaired by them :-) they do mda and orange M range of phones, so they should be able to do the o2 xda.
[General Topics] tintoy:
To SBE's credit i called them today about the phone they failed to repair. They were ver appologetic and are going to collect it tomrrow and repair again all at their expense.
[General Topics] Timewarp:
Did they repair it in the end?

I sent my I-Mate JAM back last Monday as the speaker and LED had stopped working (you couldn't hear the other party unless you used speakerphone). I got it back today and both faults are still there. :roll:

I'll give them a ring tomorrow.
[General Topics] tintoy:
Ultimatly they turned out to be complety rubbish!

The first time they returned it (two weeks and 3 chase calls) it was still faulty (and very obviously so QC?). The second time they took five weeks, six phone calls, 2 of which were direct to their customer services manager, and the threat of a leter to trading standards before they eventually returned it, albeit this time repaired. (they actaully read my leter this time are replaced the pcb as I sugested)

Completly useless bunch of apatentic, diorganised liars in my experience. You'd have more luck trying to repair your phone using tarrot cards and acupuncture than trusting it to SBE...
[General Topics] ftg888:
imate service

It would seem after reading a LOT of different forums that IMATE is great at selling products and ABSOLUTE **** and fixing their own products under warranty if AT ALL. Im glad I have an o2 xda exec. I would rather deal with o2 if mine goes faulty.

BOTTOM LINE DONT BUY IMATE anything, expect no support, no help, and nothing but excuses. Im looking at the QTEC, or DOPOD, or well anything other then IMATE.

I have read over 12 different forums, and everyone is upset with imate support (if you can call it that)

A.
[General Topics] dmwg40:
So no new answers to your question, i must admit i would like to find out as well as my warrnanty is due to run out and would like to know who does good service if i need repairs or should i just take out insurance instead
[General Topics] Timewarp:
If you had insurance, would it be replaced or returned to somewhere like SBE for repair? :?
[About XDA developers] kkoolpatz:
Dear Admins,

I am writing to you on behalf of many users from Countries with slow and unreliable internet connections.

I'm having slow internet connection and the download stops mid way while downloading roms of 1GB+ sizes. What a frustrating waste of time and bandwidth!!

There are many people like me who are victims of these 1 GB+ sized roms. We want to try out these roms just as much as anybody else, but its really kills us to wait for 4 to 5 hours for the downlaod and then see it abort half way without a resume support. I want to reach out to Sr Devs and admins to switch to a resume supported file-hosts or something like torrents where all devs could create and upload their rom torrents. Downloading from torrent is much more convenient since there is a resume support.

If this is not the right section, please move the thread accordingly.

Thank you.
[About XDA developers] "gd":
in actuall the roms are not of this much bigger size,,, but ur option seems to be gud :good:
[About XDA developers] Erwan29:
I agree with you, sometimes downloads are quite long. the advantage of torrents is to download at any time, with no lost connection.
[About XDA developers] bitpushr:
We actually include a torrent option for those who use the XDA Download system for their DevDB projects.
[About XDA developers] voryzen:
I think the reason why developers use their own option is so they can track the downloads of their rom.

I'm not sure if it is, but if it is possible in the centralized torrent hub, maybe the developers would definitely use it.

if it is possible, maybe the developers don't know bout this service and we need to get the word out there :)
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bruce142:
Source : Xbox Live Terms of Usage

I'm getting a popup that I should accept the new end users agreement when trying to install a new app or check my Xbox Achievements, I have however a few questions about this paragraph above (I have honestly never seen this before) :

- Is it safe to accept if I have interop-unlocked my Samsung Ativ S, installed the BootStrapper.xap and EnableAllSideLoading.xap, WP8Tools and WP Tweaks from -W_O_L_F- and GoodDayToDie and jessenic.

- I'd used proxies provided by reker and others on XDA-Developers to access some manufacturing exclusive apps (like Nokia apps)

- Should I be worried if I accept that they can block and/or delete my Xbox account, I have saved a fair amount of temporally free store apps and I don't want to lose them.

If so, should I be better off to switch back to Android because they "allow" (turning a blind eye to) rooting your phone or tablet?

Please help me guys, I'm starting to freak out (I haven't accepted the new version of the EULA yet).
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoodDayToDie:
Terms like that have traditionally been part of the XBL EULA, but in the past they've always related to cheating or piracy on the console itself. People certainly have gotten their accounts banned for that, which is part of why I have nothing to do with such things. As for whether it's "safe" to accept... eh. If they want to, they can easily argue that you broke the EULA (and forfeited your account) when you interop-unlocked your phone, but they haven't - so far as I know - ever tried to attack individuals or their devices. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't do anything so foolish, either. Both Google and Apple have disabled peoples' accounts in the past for EULA/TOS violations - Apple for iOS hacks, Google for incredibly stupid <REDACTED> like breaking the Real Name Policy on G+ - and so for that matter has Microsoft, for something almost as idiotic (if you want to take risqué photos with your phone, make damn sure auto-upload is off even if your SkyDrive profile is set to private; they've called it a TOS violation and suspended, though not quite completely disabled, peoples' accounts for that). Every single one I've heard of resulted in a flood of bad PR, and not in the "all PR is good PR" sort of way... more like calls for lawsuits, and accusing anybody who uses that platform of being an idiot.

If there's one thing Microsoft cannot afford to do with regard to Windows Phone right now, it's give people another reason *not* to buy it. We are probably safe.