yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reaper000:
I flashed another custom Marshmallow ROM (Phantom) and lost data capabilities. Had to restore the previous nandroid of PureNexus and looked up the APN settings which allowed full functionality on Straight Talk VZW. Once I created and used an APN with the following settings and rebooted, I was online! Here they are as a series of screenshots:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Winesnob:
If anyone is having problems sending MMS while on Wi-Fi, try these settings http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...issue-correct-apn-settings-3.html#post3756679

Edit: This is for StraightTalk on AT&T
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaypuck:
If I activate my Nexus 6 as a GSM phone, will it still work on CDMA networks? Where I live there are only CDMA towers, but where I work there are GSM and CDMA so I can use my work address to activate as GSM but I want to make sure it will work at home too.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Witek_M:
Activate with which carrier?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaypuck:
Sorry, with Straight Talk
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Witek_M:
Straight Talk is not a carrier. There are re-seller of "big four" services.

Have you thought of giving Project Fi a test drive? It combines services from Timo and Sprint so you get both CDMA and GSM coveridge.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaypuck:
I doubt seriously it's available here. The only networks in my area are Verizon and AT&T, and actually only Verizon where I live. I'll look into it, though, thanks!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Witek_M:
Then go with Straight Talk/VZV. Straight Talk has issues with their IMEI verification. You may need to find friend with VZV phone to get SIM card activated after that you just put it in Nexus 6.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaypuck:
I'm trying that now, activation process seemed to go ok but the sim hasn't actually activated in the phone yet. Hoping it works.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaypuck:
Did you activate the sim IN his phone, then move it to the Nexus 6, or just enter his IMEI on the ST website and activate the sim in your Nexus 6? I activated mine earlier today using an IMEI I obtained and it still hasn't activated. Of course I'm also porting a number so that may be delaying it.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewjt19:
This is awesome. Thanks for the into. Is the LTE service good?

---------- Post added at 10:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:15 PM ----------

So are you saying that you initially had service on Pure Nexus, but when you flashed a different ROM you lost service and then saved the settings that worked on PN ROM and put those into the new ROM? I was winding if this technique would work since everyone is saying they lose data after flashing a new ROM.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewjt19:
So are you saying that you initially had service on Pure Nexus, but when you flashed a different ROM you lost service and then saved the settings that worked on PN ROM and put those into the new ROM? I was winding if this technique would work since everyone is saying they lose data after flashing a new ROM.

---------- Post added at 10:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:34 PM ----------

So were you able to copy the APN settings from Pure Nexus and run it on the any other ROMs?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reaper000:
Yes. The screenshots of the APN are from PureNexus. On another ROM, I manually entered these same parameters and was able to get full data connection.

---------- Post added at 10:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:11 AM ----------

Had to call ST Customer Service for them to activate the SIM, which I then placed directly into my N6. Never had the ST-VZW SIM in my friend's phone...
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reaper000:
Had to call ST Customer Service for them to activate the SIM, which I then placed directly into my N6. Never had the ST-VZW SIM in my friend's phone...
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cheshire Delusion:
Quick question here...

I have a Nexus 6 (Model XT1103) that is already activated on Verizon. I plan on canceling service with Verizon and going to Straight Talk. Can I use the IMEI information that is already on the phone to activate the BYOP sim and have LTE data service? I would think that I could since it is already Verizon but I want to be 100% sure before I move forward.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
As long as the device is paid in full then yes it should not be an issue. Just have to make sure the device is paid off.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reaper000:
I agree that you should not have a problem activating it under Straight Talk VZW. However, please be aware that using Straight Talk VZW has limitations that regular VZW does not. Namely:

- LTE speeds are 5Mbps max

- no VoLTE

- no simultaneous voice and data

Then again, you are saving over $30 per month...
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cheshire Delusion:
Thanks to both of you.

I know the service won't be quite the same, but it meets my needs for the money I can spare. Thanks again!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buschris:
Actually, my IMEI shows up on Verizon's network now. Before it said Unknown Device, now it says Nexus 6.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike102871:
Run in on att on stt. I had 50 Mbps . if you're going to have just 5mbps may as well use cricket. It's at 8 Mbps and cheaper plans than stt
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rektifying:
I am currently using Straight Talk with my Nexus 6. I am using their Verizon Sim. Service is awesome! I have had zero issues! My LTE is faster than when I had Sprint directly. Full service LTE on Sprint was slower than my Straight Talk Verizon LTE.

Where I live Verizon is king though. Then it is US Cellular, Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile. In that order. Pretty sure T-Mobile doesn't even have coverage where I live.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Forge64:
Just took my Nexus 6 from T-Mobile to VZW via Straight Talk this morning, no fuss, and everything is working nicely. LTE Discovery says I'm currently on XLTE Band 4 (big city, peak hours), and I'm seeing about 10Mbps down/3Mbps up. Earlier today I was on standard bands 2/4 LTE and saw about 20Mbps down and 10Mbps up. I'm just excited that I can stream from my Plex at home at normal speeds again. Before BingeOn, I had a great experience with T-Mobile via Family Mobile MVNO, but BingeOn hard caps all video streams at 1.5Mbps, which murdered my Plex habit pretty hard. 5$ more a month gets me slightly better coverage with VZ via ST, and same unlimited/5GB-unlimited as I got with T-Mobile.

I might use the included GSM SIM to try out T-Mobile or AT&T via Straight Talk in my second month, but I'm not sure if I can influence which network I'll get.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
[MENTION=4841273]Forge64[/MENTION]: Why didn't you simply shut off BingeOn in your T-Mobile user settings? That would have solved the bandwidth issue since T-Mobile throttles all video streams and violates Net Neutrality provisions in the process.

I've been using Straight Talk for years now, and have always stuck with AT&T as they get better coverage than T-Mobile while at the same time avoiding Verizon's speed limits. So unless coverage is an issue I would switch to the AT&T SIM if you want higher speeds.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike102871:
Been with cricket for almost a year now. 20gb for $55. Yes it's 8mbps but I can stream and its perfectly usable data.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Forge64:
No T-Mobile control panels for Family Mobile users. No way to disable BingeOn, MusicFreedom or any of T-Mobiles other business-friendly, choice-killing bribe shenanigans.

I don't necessarily need a ton of speed, I just need video to not be locked at 1.5Mbps or less. Was on ST VZW on the way home and watching Plex the whole trip, even in the tunnels under the city, where I had zero T-Mo signal before, and Plex was working fantastically. After my initial speeds of 10Mbps+, I haven't gotten anything higher than 6Mbps since, which must have been a brief period where I was on VZW but not yet profiled correctly. Still works for my purposes, though.

I'm actually planning on taking the "grand tour" with Straight Talk, I'll end up using two of their multi-SIM kits from Walmart and spend about a month each on VZW, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile, and take notes on my experiences with all of them. Just not sure how to steer myself between Sprint/VZW when setting up, since the N6 is fully unlocked and has all the bands. I may just skip Sprint, I saw their "coverage" when I was on Google Fi, and wasn't impressed. Speeds were good, coverage less so.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
How to steer yourself between them is simple, and you can retain your existing number in the process. When you activate a BYOP SIM, you have the option of transferring your existing service to the SIM. Pick that and you don't need to go through the rigor of borrowing SIMs from anyone. In fact, I did that today, and transferred service from a Straight Talk-branded Galaxy SIII using Verizon towers to my unlocked international Galaxy S4 that up until a week ago was running Straight Talk on AT&T towers.

A couple bits of advice regarding transferring service.

SIM cards from Straight Talk seem to have a higher rate of defects than carrier SIM cards. In the three times I've transferred my service from one SIM to another, I lost my phone number once, and the SIM cards ended up defective out of the box twice. Only with this current transfer did I successfully port the number AND not have a defective SIM.

If transferring service between CDMA and GSM, it may be better to open up a chat session in the Contact Us menu on the site and have the operator do the transfer. That way problems are minimized. For example, attempting to transfer the service from the Galaxy SIII to the Galaxy S4 failed on the site, but the operator was able to successfully do the transfer.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Forge64:
I don't have any Sprint service now, and I'm not signing up with them just to get ST to put me onto Sprint's network. I'm not sure you understood what I meant. I have a Nexus 6, it supports every band, every carrier, so when I put in ST's CDMA SIM (they only have the one), I didn't choose between Verizon/Sprint, it just picked one and dropped me onto VZW.

Regarding the SIM cards having a high failure rate; that's fine. If I end up staying with ST long term, I'll put more thought into it. It's more likely that I'll use ST to easily test drive all the networks, then I'll find an MVNO with better pricing/terms to stay on. I use my Google Voice number, not the number from the service, so signing up with ST over and over doesn't bother me any, I can take a new number every time without any problems.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
In the five years of Straight Talk I've repeatedly researched the alternatives. In general, the alternatives provide less data than Straight Talk's 5GB (BYOP) and/or have a smaller coverage footprint than the Straight Talk AT&T SIM. For example, Cricket uses AT&T towers but only provides 1GB of data. The T-Mobile MVNOs have more data than Cricket, less data than Straight Talk, and the smaller footprint of T-Mobile. Verizon MVNOs all throttle LTE to HSPA+ speeds, and Sprint simply doesn't work in locations where it should work. On that last one, regarding Sprint, there is a reason as to why Straight Talk replaced their Galaxy S4 that connects to Sprint towers with one that connects to T-Mobile.

Regarding the CDMA SIM, it's not a pick and choose thing. You will always be placed onto Verizon's network, as the activation kit Walmart sells specifies that Sprint, Boost, and Virgin Mobile phones cannot be used on the BYOP plan. This is because it is notoriously difficult to activate a Sprint phone on another carrier, even a MVNO.

You didn't ask my recommendation, but GSM is the way to go when using Straight Talk, and AT&T is the better of the two GSM carriers, especially if T-Mobile forces BingeOn on its MVNOs with no way of shutting it off.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike102871:
You're misinformed on cricket data. It's.2.5 , 5 or 10gb. Yes it's 8mbps download but completely usable for browsing and streaming hd video. I have 20gb for $55
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Yes, yes I am. But they throttle the LTE speeds to HSPA+, just like Verizon. Having a large amount of data with a narrow pipe simply makes Cricket a non-starter.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike102871:
I think too many people are caught up in the speed hype. Yes it's 8mbps on LTE network. O can stream HD video with no problem. Browse the net. Use my nexus 6 in the car as hotspot while the kids watch vidoes on nexus tablets and or iPads. Sometimes both kids watching Netflix or hulu on 2 separate devices on my hotspot. Would faster data be better? Sure? Bit the 5gb for almost $50 vs 20gb for $55 . I'll stay with the latter. If tmo would have had more than edge in my area I would have stayed with them.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Forge64:
Mark me down also for feeling that the throttling is overdone. With BingeOn I was locked to 1.5Mbps or below, which didn't work. 5Mbps limit or 8Mbps limit is something I can work with. 8Mbps in particular covers all of my use cases, my very highest bitrate material on my server is 20Mbps or less, and I don't need to throw bitrates like that at a phone or tablet. 8Mbps is dandy for me, and I usually use 5-10GB in a month at most, the last few months on T-Mo my usage dropped like a stone when my Plex became unusable, I was averaging 1-2GB/month. I'd like to get back to 5-6GB/month and stay there.

Also, ST might have avoided Sprint in the past, but it's no longer in the list of no-nos. The back of my package says Branded phones are not eligable, including but not limited to Blackberry and a long list of MVNOs. The front of the package says "Works with top 4 carriers", and last I checked the top four are AT&T, T-Mo, VZW and Sprint, so it looks like things have changed. I've also seen phones on ST/Sprint, but I don't have a Sprint-locked phone to trigger ST's Sprint activation path.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
[MENTION=3689490]mike102871[/MENTION]: LTE is intended for high-speed data. If I have a service plan which includes LTE I expect to get high-speed data, period. Any throttling of speeds whatsoever is not acceptable. Such throttling runs contrary to the definition of LTE, and therefore the service is not LTE, regardless of what appears on the signal indicator.

Since most MVNOs throttle their LTE service, and since most people do not understand what LTE actually is, the people are willing to settle for less. You can settle all you want, but I will not.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike102871:
I would never think of settling for anything that didn't work. I did stt on at&t after t mobile didn't follow thru with there network upgrades. After settling for unlimited edge I went to stt. After about 6 months of that . when it was 3 gb for nearly $50 with tax and 911 fee. I was having to be real careful with only 3 gb. Then cricket ads came up with 20 gb for $55 with auto pay . I gave it shot. When seeing 8mbps allowed everything I needed to do and then some. Works great for my family with plenty of data. We can debate this all night. If its not for you. So be it. For what I pay now for all the data we have . it'd be nearly $400 for full speed on at&t. We are happy with what we have . Not going to debate it . If its not for you. That's fine .
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Forge64:
Your opinion is just that. LTE doesn't "intend" or "mean" anything, it's a simple standard for connecting to towers and routing data, there's no definition of minimum speeds. I'm not saying I disagree with you, I'm saying that you're presenting an opinion as fact.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
[MENTION=4841273]Forge64[/MENTION]: The guys who define the standards would disagree with you. The standard is 300 down and 75 up, though in real world usage speeds will be less (50 down, 10 up). So please, explain to the rest of the audience how throttling LTE to 8 down, 1 up is in any way acceptable.

I'll give you a hint. It's not.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Forge64:
The data rate limitation isn't on the LTE link, it's on the actual internet connection itself. the 300 down/75 up is like your home wifi speed, the throttled/limited link is between that and the rest of the network. The LTE spec does not require me to give you 300Mbps down and 75Mbps upload speeds, it just specifies that that is the maximum it can support over an LTE link.

Seriously, I'm not trying to pick a fight, but your argument is deeply flawed. You're basically saying that if Comcast sent you a 108Mbps router, but you could only get 50Mbps down/15Mbps up (this is a real thing), that it's "lying" and "not as intended".

But your real point is that "unlimited data transfer" doesn't in any way imply "unlimited data rate". If I give you "unlimited data" internet connection at 5Mbps, it's not dishonest or illegal. Capped is when Comcast sells you a 105Mbps service with a 300GB limit, after which it shuts off or adds extra charges.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knives of ice:
has anyone ever found a way to get around the Verizon lte 5.5 or so mbps limit? perhaps some different apn settings or something like that?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
You won't be able to get around it. No apn will block the carrier from seeing how much data you use.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Get a Straight Talk AT&T SIM to replace your Verizon one. That is the only way I know of to bypass the throttling, as the AT&T side doesn't throttle. Straight Talk T-Mobile may also work.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harry44:
I left Straight talk for this very reason. Throttling on Verizon was horrible. We all know Verizon reigns supreme in overall coverage. How comparable is AT&T?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
Att does throttle. I use it regular. I seldom go over the data but have a time or to and sure enough Dara was unusable
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
I've used Straight Talk AT&T for years now without problems. Coverage is nearly as good as Verizon plus the LTE isn't throttled from the last time I tested it.

Harry asked about LTE download speeds, not data caps. Straight Talk for us is a 5GB cap. The speeds aren't throttled.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
The speeds are throttled after 5gb. After that it is 2g for the rest of the month
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
You're misunderstanding the question [MENTION=2746210]Harry44[/MENTION] asked, and I'm sure my last answer only added to that.

On Straight Talk Verizon, download speeds are capped, regardless of how much data is used, at 5.5Mbps. This is a Verizon policy applicable to all MVNOs. What Harry44 wants is to be able to download at full speed, which he can do if he switches to the Straight Talk AT&T SIM from the Verizon one he currently has. We're not talking about the throttling that occurs when you hit the 5GB data allowance.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
Ahhh ok. Then I did. I have not used Verizon in years and will not use the outdated cdma tech. I would rather not have data at all lol
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Just to clarify, it was [MENTION=536049]knives of ice[/MENTION] that asked about getting away from Verizon's speed cap, not [MENTION=2746210]Harry44[/MENTION]. Mea culpa.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knives of ice:
yeah, see i just left Project Fi and came back to straight talk because i was tired of not getting a data signal on a stretch of road i drive at least once a week. i had used straight talk with AT&T in the past and thought i should try Verizon on straight talk now that its available since they supossedly have the best coverage. was stunned when i was only getting 5.5 down as no throttling occurred with at&t.

really 5.5 down should be good enough for my needs but we will see how it works out. if the data coverage works better it will be worth the tradeoff.....MAYBE and if it isn't i'll switch to the At&t sim
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
5.5Mbps is actually very usable. My Galaxy S4 was an international model and thus LTE didn't work in the US. Yet I had no problem playing videos or streaming music with it on HSPA+ with a download of about 5 or 6Mbps. However, I would direct you to my previous posts in this thread regarding Verizon, LTE, and getting what you pay for. But, if you don't want to read back, here's the short, short version.

I don't like Verizon's "LTE" and would never use it.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
The same can be said for ATT. I shut lte off on my device as it really doesn't make a diff.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
I have had better speed results in the past, but the speed increase due to LTE is noticeable, even at only double my HSPA+ speeds on my Galaxy S4, so I left it enabled.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
For me and my personal use it didn't really matter. When I do use data it is normally wifi and if I'm not around my home wifi then I normally have more to deal with then worrying about my phone. Plus in my groups it is rude to be always on the phone while hanging out.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mituzora:
When I had my nexus 4, I tried it using the standard HSPA+, but kept going back to the band4 LTE radios that were generously created for us to use, and my biggest issue with it was that I couldn't stand the latency on HSPA+. it seems to take much longer to start a download and such.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HandBanana6969:
very good info. to date you can't use a moto factory direct nexus6 on verizon straight talk.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkP80nj:
So, I did everything with the pairing tool, and it worked the first time.

Played a bunch of games with it.

Today I got my mhl to hdmi, and when trying to connect the ps3 controller to play games on the TV, the app won't detect my phone.

It just says looking for controllers and never finds it.

I looked at the pairing tool again, and the phone Bluetooth address is still the master.

Any tips?

TIA
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkP80nj:
Well, since the thread where I found the answer to my problem is not specific to the sixaxis app,I am posting the link here for anyone who is havingthe same problem and can't find it.

Make sure to thank XevoX for his help.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=56771599
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ermmanuel:
try this

Try freezing BT sharing app work for me..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] tbern123:
I am a complete novice when it comes to upgrading, radio roms and os roms..

Anyway, I have been playing around with my Vario II trying different Roms and Radio Roms:

I currently have:

Herm300

ROM Version : 2.025.255.1

Radio Version :1.27.00.00

Protocol Version : 32.60.7020.06H

Anyway, back to the point of this thread.

As I said I have been playing around with all the things you guys have been posting. I reinstalled TOMTOM today.

After about 10 secs, it changes from NO GPS device to Connecting to GPS Device, this is with no external gps being paired.

Then when you go into the menu, it now says no valid gps signal, instead of NO GPS Device.

I have posted this thread in this forum as I know you guys are working hard on the GPS possibilities.

Sorry if Connecting to GPS device and no valid gps signal, doesn't actually mean anything.. I though it was just worth sharing... As before my Vario II never used to say this.