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[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
Pretty soon you won't need to do the run around.

http://androidcommunity.com/verizon-nexus-6-coming-soon-20150204/
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xlxfoxxlx:
Anyone else experience custom roms causing 3g to be displayed a roaming?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madmuthertrucker:
Welcome to the forum. Yah that's it. Or cut 1 down to nano size out of a Verizon phone that you already have.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] violentbydezign:
Has anyone experience losing data when making a phone call on Verizon? LTE symbol disappears completely while making a phone call but reappears when the call is finished.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SLMcc:
Data and voice do not work simultaneously. Rumor has it that may change when / if the N6 actually does show up with VZ but one source I read said that it would only work on phones bought from VZ, again assuming the N6 actually does show up.

That's just what I've read but you know you can't post it on the internet if it isn't true.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] violentbydezign:
LMAO!! but on a side note that is a major disadvantage for Big Red.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dualityim:
I'm seeing people post about how they used an adapter to activate a nano-SIM in a phone that normally takes micro-SIMs. How were you able to do it? I have a Verizon nano-SIM from an iPhone 5S and a Verizon Galaxy Nexus. I popped the nano-SIM with an adapter into the Galaxy Nexus, booted it up, but nothing prompted me to activate the SIM. So I then went to Verizon's online device activation tool, entered the SIM ICCID and the Galaxy Nexus' IMEI, and it told me I can't activate the SIM with the device because the device takes a micro-SIM. So now I'm totally stuck.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] violentbydezign:
Call the Verizon CS and activate the Galaxy Nexus when that trans action is done go ahead pop the SIM into the Nexus 6 preferably when it powered down then turn it on. If you're on a stock ROM you should be OK good to go if not it may require wiping the phone clean as I had issues getting it to pick up Verizon signal.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SLMcc:
Verizon can't activate the nano Sim in a GNex, at least not the 3 techs I talked to. I cut my micro Sim from my GNex down to nano size. It's a little thick but it will fit the N6.

Violentbydesign , did you get VZ tech to activate a nano Sim in a GNex?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] violentbydezign:
Is the GNex from VZ? If not ask a friend who may have a VZ phone to activate your SIM or go to a Best Buy store pop the SIM in one of those display phones and proceed with activation there.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SLMcc:
Yes, my GNex is from VZ. I talked to 3 different people at tech and all 3 said the system would not activate the nano Sim in the GNex because it was the wrong Sim.

I ended up talking to a 4th person because they even had the micro Sim from my GNex deactivated and had to reactivate that.

I gave up, took a pair of scissors and a fingernail file to my GNex Sim and turned it into a nano. It's a bit too thick to slide right in but fits.

The only problem I've had is I can't use my N6 as an occasional WiFi hotspot like I could my GNex.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] violentbydezign:
So go to the VZ store activate the SIM there then go to Best Buy and have them cut it there or buy a SIM cutter.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PDFierro:
This has probably been covered in the thread already, but Verizon gives you a nano SIM when you sign up for their prepaid service. That's what I was planning on doing anyway.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madmuthertrucker:
File the back down, just a hair to thin it. Use your fingernails to slide it. So they will get smooth too. Get a sim adapter from Amazon. Media Devil works good.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coco Savage:
I'm on vzw with a g2 and that is not my experience at all. I can do both data and be on the phone no problem.

So I'm wondering is it something isolated to the n6 /vzw :confused:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
If you can do both and you are sure you don't have WiFi on, then your phone has both antennas. I don't think the n6 does but it should support both when Verizon pushes the new service. My HTC one also did both.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtherrell:
You talked to the wrong techs, then.

My nano in adapter in GS4 (gs4 takes a micro) activated just fine by the tech. Popped it out of gs4 then out of the adapter and into Nexus 6. Works perfectly.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatNslow:
Seems that people are having trouble with getting Verizon to send a Nano sim card to you....

What I did was I called customer service and told them that I got an iPhone 6 and that my current sim card (Samsung Galaxy Note 2) did not/does not fit and asked to get a new sim card sent to me.

(For those who do not know iPhone 6 uses a Nano sim card)

Representative then put me hold (probably to verify sim card size?) and when the representative returned I was told that I should be receiving the new sim card in a few days. Which it did and is currently in my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (I bought one of $1.50 adapters from Amazon)

When I received the sim card using the adapter I bought from Amazon I put it into my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and called to get the new sim card activated and now I am just waiting for my Nexus 6 to arrive (waiting patiently as I was able to get a pre-order from motorola website)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coco Savage:
Did vzw charge you for the new SIM?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Masx:
SIM cards are free if you ask/order it from VZW.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coldconfession13:
I tries to get a Sim from vzw said I needed device so I ended up buying one from best buy then called verizon customer service. She couldn't locate imei but told her I just needed Sim activated so I gave her Sim number and bam I was set to go.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NWNJ:
I really don't understand why all the problems? I called Verizon customer service, told them I bought a Nexus 6 directly from Motorola because they don't have it, even though every other carrier has it, chastised them for not having it yet, then told them I would need the nano sim card for the Nexus 6 because my Note 2 has a micro. They said fine and shipped it to me the same day. Not sure why all the problems here? Oh, yeah, no charge either.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SLMcc:
The problems stem from what rep you talk to. I got my nano Sim with limited effort. I told them I was buying a phone from a friend. He wondered why I wasn't getting the Sim with the phone. Said something about the Sim usually staying with the phone. Yadda, yadda. In the end they second day FedEx shipped me a Sim.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ooofest:
Related to the Rep/store, IMHO. My local store is usually pretty good for support, but they woudn't give me the SIM yet - even though they tried to put my phone in their system (yeah, we knew that wouldn't work) and said that they'd be happy to go give me the SIM and activate it under my existing UDP plan after formal support of this device starts up.

I might call and try my luck that way just for laughs, but otherwise will wait another 2-3 weeks for them to catch up with the rest of the carriers.

- ooofest
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NWNJ:
Why wouldn't you just have them activate it through your old Verizon phone. Put it in that phone, have them add the sim, then transfer the sim to your new phone?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ooofest:
I have a Galaxy S III - can't rightly ask them for a nano-SIM with that phone.

If I get hold of a nano SIM, sure, I could go that route to activate before the 26th.

- ooofest
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NWNJ:
I just straight-out told Verizon that I wanted a nano sim for my new Nexus 6 and they sent it to me.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ooofest:
Hey, that's great!

I think my post above shows how that doesn't always happen, though.

- ooofest
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
Because now they are aware of it being on Verizon since it says coming soon. Before, they didn't have a clue about the phone.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NWNJ:
Yeah, that makes sense.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JasonJoel:
Bah, just buy a $7 sim cutter and cut your micro down to size.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biggiestuff:
my ultimate setup will be when they get voice commands working with the google voice number. Then I can have my verizon sim in my nexus and my t-mobile sim in my moto x and I can use whatever phone i feel like that day without having to swap sims.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rudedog830:
I had a Samsung Galaxy S3 and bought a sim cutter. Worked perfectly. If you PM me, I'll send it to you for the price of shipping.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwebb34:
No need to waste money on a sim cutter. I just used a really shaft knife. I played my micro sim card flat then I took the knife and rolled back and forth onto the sides of the sim leaving room as to not cut into the metal. I left a little plastic around the sim,then I took a course file and started gently going around the edges of the sim until I was right upon the metal. Bam popped it into my nexus 6 and taadaa it worked.

---------- Post added at 09:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:24 AM ----------

The sim I cut also still works in my g3
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ooofest:
I decided to call Verizon to get my free nano SIM by telling them that I got a new Motorola phone (for an existing line) which required it. They mentioned that I could get it from a store (which doesn't work at the moment using a Nexus 6, as I and others have tried), so I mentioned that it would be easier for me this way and they were very nice about sending one via post.

Will activate using an adapter in my Galaxy S III, then switch it over to the Nexus 6. Don't know if I need to worry about my IMEI eventually being accepted by Verizon if I go this route, though my sense of completeness makes me think that would be good to check out after they formally recognize these phones.

- ooofest
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MunkinDrunky:
I went to the closest verizon store (corporate) to me, asked to get a nano sim- cause I was buying a new phone that uses a nano and said I understand sims are free and also asked what can be done so that I can leave with a nano sim right then and :victory: ....no problem they "sold" me one for $0 ...still waiting for phone though...
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ooofest:
Best laid plans and all . . .

Got my free nano SIM from Verizon today and tried to activate it online using my older Samsung Galaxy S III with a SIM adapter, because that phone has a micro-sized slot.

Wouldn't you know it, but Verizon specifically checks if your phone matches the SIM size/type and it spit me out of activation. I tried calling and got a friendly Technician, but she couldn't push it through, either.

My goal was to activate the new SIM with a phone that Verizon recognized, then simply move that SIM to the new Nexus 6 without changing my other account settings.

So, it seems that you can only activate a nano SIM on Verizon Wireless using a phone which specifically takes the nano SIM format.

Oh, and she tried activating my Nexus 6 and it didn't show up, of course. She was sympathetic and tried to make it work, but no go. Same advice as what I heard in the store: as soon as they formally announce support, we should be able to activate using the N6 with their network.

She did add that some of her tester friends in a related department were putting the Nexus 6 through its paces on the Verizon network and she really liked what she saw, to the point of her voice sounding increasingly excited as we spoke about the phone.

Unless there's something else I missed here, I'll just be waiting a couple weeks or so to get this new phone on their network.

- ooofest
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SLMcc:
Cut your Sim. Been there, done that. N6 on Verizon. :) Oh, my cut Sim works just fine in my GNex with the adapter.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ooofest:
Ha, true - that can work, though we had a bad experience trying that once (i.e., destroyed the SIM, as the cut size was slightly off) so I've not been interested in trying that again, if not needed. And, I'm usually a measure-three-times-cut-once person, too. Guess it can happen to any of us.

Just so happens that I might be able to borrow an older Moto X that's floating among relatives, which could help do the activation trick for the nano SIM, then move it to the Nexus 6 right after. At this point, I'm kind of happy to go against Verizon's grain even two weeks or so before they formally recognize the phone, considering how unnecessarily tight they made this SIM activation process.

- ooofest
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biggiestuff:
Here is a question. I know once I get the sim cut, that I have to factory reset my phone to get my phone activated with the SIM. Once that is done will I plan on switching back and forth between that and a t-mobile sim. The question is, when I go back to my verizon sim will it still work or will i have to factory reset again?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoeDaddy:
I cut my SIM and didn't need to factory reset my nexus... Also I broke my nexus and went back my previous phone with a sim adapter for 2 days while waiting for a replacement from google and then put the sim in the new one and it worked straight away... Not sure about tmobile to vzw though
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biggiestuff:
did you ever set up your phone with another carrier's sim initially or was the VZ sim the very first sim you put into your phone?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ooofest:
And, using a Moto X (2013), I was able to get the new nano SIM activated, then place it into my Nexus 6 and activate the phone to use Verizon's network on its first bootup with the SIM.

Google Voice and everything else seems to be working at the moment and it synched data for my apps with the Galaxy S III by touching the backs together, was cool - i.e., didn't have to reconfigure Locale or any other custom apps.

In my Verizon Wireless account, this line no longer shows the Moto X but instead is blank (as others have reported). A new message on the My Verizon page says:

Just for the sake of completeness, I'll check with Verizon to ensure that they show support for this device's connection after they announce.

- ooofest
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmuzzy:
I was able to cut my SIM using this template. Worked like a charm.

http://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/microSIM_to_nano_SIM_iPhone_5_guide.png
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ooofest:
I couldn't print that template to the correct scale, not matter which printer options I used. It was rather frustrating and odd, because that's never been an issue before and my printer driver options are rather thorough.

From the way my micro SIM was eventually marked, I should have left the line instead of taking it when cutting. That made all the difference between matching a nano SIM's size and being too small for a holder. If I was to do it all over again, I'd use one of those inexpensive stamp-action cutters.

- ooofest
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JasonJoel:
I used the printout template first, and although it looked correct, it wouldn't work in my nexus 6 - but would still work in my Galaxy S5 w/adapter.

I got a replacement micro Sim, and bought a cutter off amazon for $7. This time the cut one worked perfectly in both phones.

Go figure.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 8Fishes:
You will probably have to reset the APN settings on the phone but that's about it. Depending on where you get the phone, I would recommend TMUS/play/moto store since they phone comes sim unlocked. Verizon's is probably going to be sim locked like ATT's just because 'they can'.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
Depends on your store. Easier to call and tell them you bought an m8 third party and need a sim for it.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hlxanthus:
I just found a cell repair shop with a Sim cutter and they cut down my micro Sim from my gs4. Works perfectly.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] situman:
Best buy is another option to get your sim cut or have a nano sim activated. Relatively inexpensive option if you don't want the headache that is vz or finding a corner store.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YanksWinAgain:
I was just thinking it is easier to get the new SIM and activate it in the VZW store as opposed to calling customer service and telling them my new IMEI # on the N6. FWIW the folks in the store seem to be more on the ball that the ones with customer service.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
You don't have to tell them the imei number on the phone if you call. You do have to tell them in the store. Their pos system won't let them check out without your new phones imei in store.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YanksWinAgain:
Sorry if I am being dense here, but:

I have an existing phone on my account (my HTC DNA) and that phone's SIM is tied to my cell phone number.

I am getting a Nexus 6 from GPS that Verizon doesn't recognize (and doesn't know the IMEI for).

How will Verizon know I put the new nano SIM in the non-Verizon Nexus 6 and associate it to my existing Verizon cell phone number unless I provide them the unique IMEI on the 6?

Is it that when Verizon gives/mails me a Nano SIM are they doing the association in their system at that time (yankswinagain's new nano SIM = yankswinagain's existing cell phone number) and then, when the activation occurs, the IMEI gets "sent" to VZQ during the activation routine?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjfreak5:
I may be stupid, but I am on the Moto X right now. I will have no problems like this at all because it already has a nano SIM correct?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hlxanthus:
That would be correct. Nano Sims are not that commonly used till recently.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
Imei is not tied to the sim your Verizon account is. You just need a valid Verizon imei to provision the sim for service on verizon.

I have an m7 and i received my nano SIM from Verizon in the mail. I just called customer service and told them I need to activate a new SIM because I was having issues with my current one. I told them I already received the sim. They had me read the sim number to them then it was active.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YanksWinAgain:
So... I called Customer Service, they told me to go to the store to get the SIM. At the store, two different reps told me if the IMEI is not in their system (i.e., white listed in their system), they can't activate it. They didn't give me the Nano SIM.

I have two working M8s (both active, both on my account).

If I take one of the SIMs from the M8 and put it in my new Nexus 6, what will happen?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjs2011:
I believe the m8 is a nano sim so just take it out of your m8 and into your Nexus 6 before booting it up the first time and you should be good to go.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YanksWinAgain:
The M8 is a nano SIM, but once I put it my N6, doesn't VZW see it as the phone number from the M8 where I got the SIM?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjs2011:
Yes they should
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YanksWinAgain:
OK... I gave up and started a chat session with VZW and told them a friend gave a his old HTC One M8 and I needed a SIM for it so I could replace my existing phone. They are sending it. Should have just done that to begin with.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Picao:
Yep, they will ship Fedex 2 day shipping, no cost to us.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbrown2036:
I ended up sending a tweet to Verizon and after much arguing they finally mailed me a nano SIM (I currently have a SGS3 with micro SIM and had to tell them repeatedly that I had a tray adapter so it would fit). I've since switched to T-Mobile and the customer service is a 180 degree difference. Wifi calling supposedly coming early next year to N6 on T-Mobile.

So...public shaming may help those getting the runaround. Verizon...you'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
I don't know why people are having problems calling the 800 number telling them you bought an m8 third party. They will send you one in two days. If they say they can't they are lying.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbrown2036:
Because I didn't buy an M8. You shouldn't have to be dishonest to do business with them (regardless of their honesty levels).
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selayan:
I understand that but here is the problem: they look up the type of SIM you need via the device you tell them. Since nexus 6 is not yet in their database they don't know which sim to send you. Similarly in store their point of sales system won't let them check out with a free sim because their system needs an imei to process it. It can be any imei that is available on Verizon. Some reps have been nice and used a dummy display device like the m8 to add the sim card to the account.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbrown2036:
I'm fully aware of that. How difficult is it for a DBA to insert a range of IMEIs into their database? Or else do a Google search to determine that the N6, while not yet whitelisted, takes a nano SIM and send one to their paying customer?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MunkinDrunky:
That is strange and unfortunate. I bought a sim adapter (picked up a tmobile sim starter kit for $5 at best buy rather than waiting for shipping). After I got a nano sim from verizon (few posts back), I insterted the new nano sim into the micro adapter and put it into my note ii, called up the verizon sim activation number, followed the steps of giving my various numbers for sim, phone etc., and never was once told and no indication given that this sim would not work in a micro sim phone. The sim was activated on my number just fine in my note ii. No way I was going to bother talking to them to activate my nexus 6 :)

Maybe the SIII is slightly too old for the use of the adapter? I dunno...
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hurricain:
Question, I have a Verizon Droid Maxx which I believe has a nano sim in it already. It should work in a N6 no problem, correct? Also if i were to buy a N6 from GPS or Motorola dont I have to select which carrier I want? I realize Verizon is not an option at this point, but if I want a N6 that is going to work on Verizon network which one should I get? AT&T, Sprint, or T-Moblie?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lesser Version:
The Nexus 6 has two variants, one for the US and one for International. Whether you buy from T-Mobile, or GPS, or Moto for the US, it is the same with all needed radios included. Pop in your sim and off you go. I bought mine from GPS and have been using on Verizon for 3 months.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrbxx7:
Yes your sim will work. I just cut a micro down to nano no problem. I don't think u have to select a carrier from them. I'm using a T-Mobile n6 on vzw. Don't buy the at&t one as its carrier locked from what I've read.

TaPpEd FrOm My N6
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hurricain:
Thanks guys, I appreciate the feedback. I know Verizon will soon have them but I really do not want all there bloatware. I will pick one up soon.