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[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thigatl:
Yes - stock ROM...

My SIM seems to fine since it still works on the Note3 but I may try to activate a new SIM for the N6 when I can find time.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
All nexus 6 devices will say unrecognized device on Verizon. Try changing your network from global to LTE under CDMA options in network settings.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaisanNYC:
I thought I read in another thread that if you are on Verizon, and either you roam on another carrier, or insert another carrier's SIM, then revert back to Verizon, you will not get service unless you factory wipe?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmh714:
Actually I believe I read that as well somewhere along the way......
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BitNotFound:
I work at a Best Buy. They gave me a sim card just because I asked for one. They cost $20, so not exactly cheap, but you don't have to wait. Tell them that you need to get a new SIM card and they may give you one.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
I think this may be correct. The activate and setup of the service is done once when the phone is first set up as long as an active Sim card is inserted. Try toggling the cellular network settings and if that won't do it, you may need to reset the phone.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RandoTheKing:
I've been through this nightmare. I went to a Verizon store only to be told they cannot activate the phone. They refused to activate the sim from a Moto X and give it to me. I went to an authorized retailer and they activated a Moto X nano sim and placed it in my phone. It didn't work. I tried a factory reset and during the setup Google was finally able to activate the SIM

Getting the SIM is only half the battle. I don't know why but you may have to wipe your data partition once you get everything setup on Verizon
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biggiestuff:
That sucks because I was planning on trimming my verizon nano and switching back and forth between it and my t-mobile sim.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RandoTheKing:
From everything I've read, my situation is slightly unique. The carrier I came from was Cincinnati Bell which is GSM, so perhaps that is why the activation didn't work. I used a trimmed down Cincinnati Bell SIM until I was able to get onto Verizon. I'm not sure what special method Google is doing during the Nexus 6 startup configuration, but that is what fixed it. I was very skeptical when I came across a different forum post telling me that a factory reset allowed them to activate the sim. It was worth it

The Verizon authorized retailer rep told me he has had to reset a few Moto X's for activation as well
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
I didn't have to do that with an activated nano Sim. I popped it in, and it worked. If you you are coming from a different carrier than yea I could see why you would need to run the wipe so you can go through the activation section again.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funkpod:
You should still be able to.

I would buy a high quality micro Sim adapter, though. Sadapter brand.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninjaijr:
Can't you use *228 to re authorize it?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teddyvong:
I was very fortunate that my experience at my local Verizon Wireless store gave me a nano sim, though with some persuasion from my side. I was also being very respectful of their "Policies" and not being a jerk always helps.

I went to the store had both phones in my possession and asked them for a nano sim for my N6. At first the VZW associate tried to input the IMEI of the N6 into their system for the nano sim and it didn't work. Then the associate went to the back to ask for some guidance and then told me I would not be able to activate the sim because I did not purchase the phone from VZW...blah..blah....you all know the load warm turd they tried to feed me. I tried to reason with the associate that I have been a long time customer of VZW and I told the associate if I already had a phone that used a nano sim I would not be here asking for assistance, then I asked to speak to the manager. He went to speak with the manager and the manager came by and said they will work around the issue. Since they are not able to activate a nano sim because of the IMEI not registering a phone not purchased through VZW. Apparently the manager has seen other N6's come through the store and already knew the work around. The manager simply used an IMEI of a Droid Turbo, applied it to the nano sim then popped it in the N6 and the phone came to life. So far the N6 has been working fine since I got the phone 5 days ago. I left a happy customer.

Disclaimer: N6 is identified as "Non-VZW Device" in my Verizon Mobile app.

In the end the VZW store had already come across this issue and probably didn't want to deal with another N6 customer and the nano sim, and it didn't hurt that I was being very nice and respectful to all people involved at the store.

Hope this helps.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
DO NOT DO THIS on a 4g LTE phone it will fry your Sim card. I did it and only got 3g, 1x, then no cell service whereas previously I had 4g and everything was working. Had to get another Sim card and now everything is fine.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninjaijr:
I thought that only applied to custom roms..not stock....?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
Nope I'm completely stock and it screwed my Sim up. Didn't realize it until I left the house because I had all bars except I tried to make a call and it said no cell service. Then I only had 3g or 1x and I would loose connection every 10 minutes.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninjaijr:
Ouch...now I know
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SLMcc:
Can't I just buy a new sim card from eBay? Like this one? ebay.com/itm/New-Verizon-4G-LTE-Certified-Nano-4FF-Sim-Card-for-Apple-iPhone-5-5S-iPad-Mini-/271578014045?pt=SIM_Cards&hash=item3f3b4fa15d

Wouldn't that be easier than dealing with Verizon?

Sorry about the truncated link but the forum wouldn't let me post the whole thing.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sentrix27:
Opened a new account with Verizon with a new phone number and a Moto X 2nd Gen.

Free device with a 2-year agreement and the 2GB/$75 individual plan.

From here I'm assuming I activate the Moto X 2nd Gen, wait a few minutes, then put that Nano-sim into my Nexus 6.

Am I correct in thinking that should work?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmh714:
yep that theoretically should work.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jah Ruggz:
Yes that's what I did and it worked perfect! The rep actually messed up and I got a free moto x without a 2 year contract.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funkpod:
What? You got a free phone somehow?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jah Ruggz:
Yes they messed up on my initial new line setup. So when I view my Sim card in my nexus 6 or moto x it says I'm due for an upgrade without contract. Pretty awesome deal. I did the setup through a Verizon reseller.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenshin087:
Sorry to be off topic. I read on a site that my t mobile n6 will show up as a non-vzw device now on Verizon. And that could make it hard to get a replacement Sim card if ever needed.

Couldn't I just stick the Sim back in my droid turbo and be fine? I would think it would show up as the turbo again.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tnmurdock:
Which cutter did you buy?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thepiombino:
All N6s will show up as "non-VZW" and yes- simply swapping the SIM to any VZW recognized device will update the info on MyVerizon.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
For a Sim I just call the 800 number. I actually fried my last Sim and I was at the mall at a corporate store. They tried selling me a Sim for $20 I told them its suppose to be free since im a Verizon customer. I wanted a nano Sim and told them I just needed a new one. The guy kept trying to say I would need to pay, eventually he went to look for one, found it and gave me it free of charge.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] John Kotches:
Apparently Google is now backing away on support of the N6 on Verizon.

From my chat with support:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninjaijr:
I'm using a N6 on Verizon...can your define what you mean by support?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmh714:
if your foolish enough to believe what some moron tells you......I wont finish my thought....

the device works just fine on the VZW network.

I woudl say the "support" if you actually need it is somewhat weak, VZW support has no information whatsoever on the device, as in they have no docs on it, so they cant help.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
The reps don't know anything. Neither do the Verizon reps. My phone is working fine on Verizon. It has all the bands available for each carrier so if Verizon ever blocks it I'll go to metro.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] John Kotches:
Yes, I understand it works fine on Verizon, neither the vendor nor the carrier are so enlightened.

I'm not playing the activate it on another phone and move the SIM or chop down the SIM game. I should not have to do so to "make it work".

I've been contemplating a move from Verizon, this is just the final push to move away.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmh714:
I ordered a new SIM the day I ordered the NX6 and when the device got here I threw the new SIM in called VZW and was up in less than 5 minutes....I realize thats not been everyones experience
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] John Kotches:
If it were everyone's experience this thread would have no raison d'etre.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmh714:
Touche :) :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
I'd save myself money going somewhere else, only reason is the unlimited data. Which I've only gotten about 4-5Mb down in an LTE speed test anyway.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djmend:
FYI... I went into my Verizon store talked to a guy who knew exactly what to do. I had my wife's phone with me, she has a Droid Turbo, he went to the back got me a Nano Sim and he activated the nano sim on my line using my wife IMEI #, which he read from the System page in the settings. It was that easy, he handed me the sim I put it in my N6 and I was off. Thank you sir.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slapshot30:
Along those same lines... you don't even need another phone with a nanoSIM. Call Verizon, give them your CURRENT phone IMEI (regardless of if it's nano or microSIM), give them the number on the NEW nanoSIM , and you're good. The phone rep has no idea the SIM and phone aren't compatible. Put that nanoSIM in the N6 and you're good.

edit: Provided you have a nanoSIM, which is not hard to get.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djmend:
Well, that's not true in my experience, I actually tried this first. Problem is I was coming from a Note3 and their system did not let me activate the nano sim with the IMEI from the Note3 because their system flagged it as incompatible because of the SIM card, so then we used my wife's Turbo and did the same thing without a problem.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slapshot30:
Odd... That does make sense though. I feel bad for people that don't have access to another compatible phone to do this. Some VZW store employees know what they're doing and could help, but many don't.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
Yea it sucks you have to lie and say you have an m8 third party and need a nano on the phone. In my case I just walked into a store told them I fried my current nano Sim and needed a new one.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pvillanu1:
Ok I just want to share my experiences in getting up and running on Verizon - because not everyone has talked about what doesn't work on Verizon...

I'm a current customer of Verizon, past my upgrade contract, so I'm on their month to month plan now. Came from a Note 2 to the Nexus 6. I called Verizon, said I was long time customer and wanted a new phone. I explained that I had purchased the Nexus 6 from Motorola and needed a Nano SIM, because my Note 2 had a Micro SIM. After a couple seconds of back and forth explanation, the Verizon rep agreed. She then asked me if the Droid Turbo has the same size SIM. I said yes they're both Nano SIM's. So she said OK I can send you a Nano SIM intended for the Droid Turbo, free of charge.

I read all the threads about having problems activating the Nexus 6 on Verizon, so what I did instead was buy a 2 dollar Nano to Micro SIM kit from Amazon. So when my Nano SIM came in, I popped it into the Micro SIM adaptor and put it into my Note 2. I then logged into my account on VerizonWireless, clicked on my Note 2 device, clicked on "Activate or Switch Devices", then clicked on Activate my device. Powered on my Note 2, and I was now running on my new Nano SIM w/ adaptor. Popped the Nano SIM into my N6 and I was successfully up and running on Verizon network.

Now here's what I found that does not work so far...

1. Visual Voicemail. Since Verizon does not recognize the Nexus 6, it cannot establish a token with the phone to download the voicemails. So you have to update/downgrade your plan to the Basic Voicemail feature. At least this way you can dial *86 to get to your voicemail or download one of them cheapie apps that dials *86. This was a major bummer for me as I have grown very accustomed to Visual Voicemail. But I keep telling myself this is only temporary until Verizon recognizes Nexus 6 devices, then I can enabled Visual Voicemail again... AM I RIGHT ON THIS GUYS - or does anyone know a way to get Visual Voicemail working now?

2. My Verizon Mobile app. You always have to login to this. For some reason it does not save my credentials. No big deal. As long as I can get in so I can see my data usage.

3. Verizon Data Usage widget. This widget absolutely does not work. So no live updates on where you are a with your data plan. You have to log into the above app.

Other then those 3 items above, everything works for me with my Nexus 6 on Verizon.

One other bonus when talking to my Verizon rep. I complained that since I'm past my two year contract, why am I still paying the same price for a phone that I now own? Shouldn't my plan drop down since the subsidy on the phone is all paid for. To that the rep responded by saying she can give me a month to month discount. Since I'm on the 10GB data plan she can knock off $25 off my monthly bill. Sweet!

Thanks!

Paul
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djmend:
Thanks for sharing that. One thing you might want to look into is using Google Voice to handle your Voicemail. With GV you will get better integrated Visual Voicemail with the built-in dialer and options to have the the Voicemails automatically transcribed and sent to you as a text. Optionally, if you use hangouts as your SMS app, you can have the transcriptions appear automatically in hangouts as well. I have been using it since 2011 when I was on Sprint at the time. Setting up Voicemail via GV on Verizon is easy. See https://support.google.com/voice/answer/165656?hl=en

Never worry about having to get a Verizon Voicemail app again and never worry about what carrier you are on. :)

EDIT: One thing I forgot, if you go with GV, make sure to change GV settings on the web and on the advanced options for your phone number under Forwarding options set it to go straight to voicemail. If you don't do this GV will continue to ring your phone and any other phones on your GV account before going to voicemail.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
Anyone else on Verizon have their Sim card revert to 3g? This is the second Sim that has done this for me. No clue what's going on.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmh714:
So you lost Global and LTE? That happened to me after looking at the Field Test Menus.....Only way to fix it was to nuke and repave with the Google images including userdata....I did ask for a new SIM which actually arrived just minutes ago :) but I didnt want to wait 2 days or go to a store so I started over.

hth
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jah Ruggz:
Did you enter *228...that'll hose LTE.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
The first time I fried my Sim with *228 so I got a new one. The second time I was replying to a hangouts message and noticed an ! by my bars. Then it said 3g..it came back to LTE a couple of seconds later. First time this happened when the Sim was fried also had to do a factory flash using nexus root toolkit.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parcou:
I read so much here don't know who to thank... Have a Verizon Note 3

1. Borrowed my friend old iphone 5

2. Had verizon rep to get me a sim for it to activate my number

3. Soon as he did right there I took out the sim

4. Pulled out my N6 and place it in.

Worked

I did get a SimDevil adapter so if I want to use my Note 3 again I just pop the nano in the adapter and place nano sim adapter back in the Note 3 and works just fine. I have to do that at times when I travel since verizon does not have the advance calling for us yet.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SLMcc:
Can't you just get a nano sim, put it in an adaptor for your Note 3, have it activated in that then put it in the N6?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djmend:
No, verizon's system won't let you activate a nano sim on a non nano sim device. At least that is what has happened when I tried it.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pvillanu1:
That's exactly what I did. I stuck the nano into an adaptor in my note 2 and activated it on Verizon.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtherrell:
It's not a game. It's real life.

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My experience the opposite. Nano in micro adapter activated fine in my GS4. Then took the nano out of the adapter and into the N6. Been fine ever since.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] John Kotches:
My desire to part ways with Verizon has been brewing, I just used this as the final push.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SLMcc:
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Did you have to call or could you do it online? I bought a nano sim and adaptor kit on eBay and I have a Galaxy Nexus.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtherrell:
I called.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SLMcc:
Thanks. I'm going to try when I get home. I forgot the adapter at home and I'm at work.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tnmurdock:
Adapter

Just ordered an adapter from Amazon, Opened chat with Verizon, stated he would send me a nano sim that would work as long as it was a verizon phone. So I can just stick in adapter and into my S4 let it come up and then just use it in my 6? Or am I missing a step? Thanks
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
Yea use the adapter, but call the 800 number tell them you need your new Sim activated. They will ask for the new Sim number. They will activate it and then you use the adapter in the s4 to see if everything works and then just pop it in the n6.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tnmurdock:
How exactly did you do that? I have my nano sim on the way and a GS4. Ordered an adapter from Amazon. I just place the nano in an adapter and then just put in GS4 once that boots up I'm good? Or are there other steps that I am missing?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SLMcc:
The way I understand is that you call to get the sim activated, then put it in the phone.

Will a 4g LTE sim work in a non LTE phone?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtherrell:
Once the new Sim is in the GS4 call and have them activate it in the GS4. Once it's working there, it will also work in the Nexus 6.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
No I think non LTE phones don't use nano Sims anyway.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SLMcc:
Here's my experience... I currently have a Galaxy Nexus. I got a micro sim card and have been trying to get it activated using my GNex and a SIM to micro SIM card adapter. I started with online chat. They can't do it because the SIM isn't compatible with my phone. They told me to try calling tech support so I did. They can't activate the SIM card because they have to activate the phone at the same time. I went back online to My Verizon and looked and saw my phone is no longer listed there so I put my regular SIM card back in and now neither SIM card works.

EDIT: Just got off the phone with support again and she got my phone working with the original SIM card but cannot activate the micro SIM in my GNex.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sentrix27:
Lucky. I did mine online with corporate VZW, and they did not mess up haha.

Was still a good deal and now I have an extra asset in the X 2nd Gen that I can choose what to do with.

I took the advice here and let the X activate before switching the Nano into the Nexus 6, then factory reset the Nexus.

Post-wipe when it booted up it had VZW service and was up and running on my new number!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbwesner:
I see that some people have bought a Moto X 2014 and used that IMEI to activate, then return the Moto X.

How is that any different than just taking a picture of the IMEI screen on a verizon store demo Moto X and using that? What about that would not work?

I have my 64gb CW Nexus 6 arriving tomorrow. I am porting a number from sprint. My plan was to just tell them I have a motox to activate, give them a ripped off IMEI and do that. Would that not work?!?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SLMcc:
I've read on this forum about people using the IMEI of demo phones. I've also read phones can be blocked (blacklisted?) by the IMEI number if they are reported as stolen. Getting a number doesn't seem too hard but how long is it going to work if Verizon decides to take all the display phones and blacklist the IMEI's? I like the coverage Verizon has but really don't trust them. I'm sure they have a department that follows forums like this. The company I work for has a dept. that does nothing but search eBay for people selling merchandise stolen from our stores.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biggiestuff:
So it sounds like even if I cut my activated microsim from Verizon it won't work unless I factory reset? since my phone has already been activated by my T-Mobile Sim?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funkpod:
I think so

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I think that should work.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbwesner:
I am a bit concerned about this also, but I have not been able to find out exactly how they use IMEI for sims. It seems to me that they use it as part of activation to figure out what size sim card to use and to make sure its an authorized phone, but is that it?

Does anyone know exactly how the IMEI is used once a sim is activated? I am assuming that the activated sim is used to talk to the network and then the real IMEI is sent and that is why you see non-vzw phone. It knows the real IMEI is not 'authorized' but it still works. My current theory/hope is that the fake IMEI is needed to jump through silly VZW system hoops and that it shouldn't matter later?

Has anyone had a SIM get shut down due to an IMEI issue? Or is that also just conjecture?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PJcastaldo:
I'm confused.. I work for a major cell phone provider in the U.S. and I do not understand why you guys think you have to lie about what phone your using to get a Sim... Just take your phone to the store and get a Sim and activate it. Its not a James Bond flick. They'll give you a Sim they don't care what your doing. LoL..
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbwesner:
If it were that simple then this thread would be a lot shorter. You must not understand the issue. I am sure you know exactly how to setup a sim and bypass the IMEI issues on Nexus 6, but it does not seem that most VZW employees do. They are prompted for an IMEI which wont work yet in VZW's system.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PJcastaldo:
So wait.. You can't bring an unlocked device to Verizon?

Like ATT and T-Mo and Sprint?