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[Nexus 6  General] ChristianJay:
Well actually Florida for whatever reason has great coverage with every carrier. I think its probably the only state that Sprint has total coverage, lol. I know because I used a Virgin phones for a while.
[Nexus 6  General] w4itg:
I totally agree. Bought mine at T-Mobile and didn't even last a day on there before I activated an old Verizon Sim from my M8. That Sprint cut your bill in half thing doesn't tell you you'll only get half the coverage. What a crock!!!
[Nexus 6  General] wooddale:
Ya nothing from nothing leaves nothing. Verizon are a bunch of arrogant pricks but they have the best signal no way around it. I travel a lot and can almost always get a signal. When all the guys go out on our man trips I end up getting calls from the other guys wife's because they don't have signal or maybe its BS and they all turn there phones off lol.
[Nexus 6  General] PaisanNYC:
I've travelled a bit, and even in the backroads of central Kentucky I had a 2G/3G T-Mobile signal. But those times on the open road when I get no T-Mo signal, I keep a drop-phone on PagePlus for the Verizon service in my truck's glovebox as a backup. (And it's a Motorola StarTAC too!)
[Nexus 6  General] wooddale:
My point exactly I'm in Wisconsin now US Cell land and Verizon actually has better 4G than US Cell home land. If your in a good Sprint T Mobile anybody and don't travel much you can't beat the lower prices. I'm at $170/Mo everything Unlimited except my wife and I share 1400 min which we hardly go over 800 minutes. I've been on this plan for about 6 yes on Verizon for at least twice that long. Seemed like a lot when we first got it but not as much now lol.
[Nexus 6  General] PaisanNYC:
I am in NYC, one of the biggest cities in the world, and you would think Sprint would be good here? LoL total crap.
[Nexus 6  General] wooddale:
At my house in Illinois around O'Hara airport Sprint is pretty good but dont move to far lol.
[Nexus 6  General] TiltedAz:
My wife has an unlimited VZ plan otherwise we'd dump VZ. For us it's not worth the price. At times she has more challenged coverage than my tmobile.

Looking forward to see what Google's new service will offer via S and TMobile networks. Wonder if they would be able to cherry pick networks on the fly.
[Nexus 6  General] akellar:
Actually due to the mass amount of people, huge building interference, etc I would assume NYC is one of the harder places to provide good coverage.
[Nexus 6  General] PaisanNYC:
With that reasoning, all 4 major carriers should be equally horrible, no? But Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T are all excellent. Especially T-Mobile, who is the youngest one in the game.
[Nexus 6  General] akellar:
Only if you assume they all have the same number and placement of towers and that all the spectrum covers the same area.
[Nexus 6  General] PaisanNYC:
Well I assume since Sprint has been around since the MCI Worldcomm days, they've had a few decades to provide a better network than T-Mobile/Omnipoint/Voicestream, but they didn't/don't.
[Nexus 6  General] Dusty Rhodes:
Tmo suffers from the same issue in NYC as they have anywhere else. If you stay where they have a signal you're fine but once you move around- nothing. TMo is spotty as hell in NYC. Try going across the bridge to Brooklyn and call me to tell me how the signal is. I tried TMo last Spring and until I got my N6 in December. I had TMo on my OnePlus while keeping my VZW MotoX just in case and checked them head to head in 6 different cities and the places in between for months. No contest, Tmo can't hang when compared literally side by side.
[Nexus 6  General] PaisanNYC:
Cross what bridge? Ohhh you're a tourist who assumes Manhattan is the entire NYC. I don't need to cross a bridge. T-Mobile has perfect LTE coverage from East NY to Bay Ridge in Bklyn.
[Nexus 6  General] Dusty Rhodes:
Williamsburg Bridge. The signal is garbage it drops when you cross the bridge from Manhattan and is spotty throughout!

I don't live in NYC but I know the city better than a tourist. My wife was born in Bronx, we met while she was still a partner for a PR firm on Madison Ave. I've probably traveled to NYC more than you've left it. Not knocking you I'm just saying, I have more than a passing knowledge of the area.
[Nexus 6  General] simms22:
nyc is tmobiles largest market, so they watch over the signal quality. after the failed att/tmobile merger, tmobile got a bunch of atts signal, and its active around nyc as well. but yea, tmobile in nyc is just awesome. as they have the newest towers around nyc, and incredible data speed around nyc(mostly).

---------- Post added at 05:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:32 PM ----------

the only spot i dont get tmobile service, or slow data speeds in nyc is on a small section of the belt parkway, near the drawbridge. which is near nothing brooklyn, and the ocean, where there are very few people.
[Nexus 6  General] ckarrow2:
I can confirm. My friend is on my plan and he uses my old Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Great device. Fully unlockable and he's running the latest version of KK. Google relented to Verizon to allow for a few pieces of Verizon software to be shipped installed. My Verison and VZ Navigator for example. All you had to do was unlock the bootloader, root and you could install any rom's you wanted. Google cut short it's support for the Verizon SGN.
[Nexus 6  General] tshelby73:
Every version of galaxy nexus got updated to 4.3 except for Verizon version it's stuck on 4.2.2 with broken Bluetooth.

Sent from S4 using the worst jacked up version of Tapatalk to date
[Nexus 6  General] rockwell1013:
February 13th

Just talked to a rep today that said he had no idea. Then I had him ask his coworkers and they said it could quite possibly be February 13th. Here's to hoping.
[Nexus 6  General] ooofest:
After deciding that being unable to focus my worsening eyes on my beloved Galaxy S III for text in most apps is stupid, I did some research and decided on a Nexus 6. Yeah, the Note 4 was looking mighty attractive to me and supposedly has a better camera, etc., but I wanted to try something bare to the metal this time around.

So, I have a new Nexus 6 being shipped my way this week. I'm on Verizon Wireless.

My understanding is that any Nexus 6 direct from Motorola should work on Verizon - i.e., they're all the same when purchased from Motorola. They might only differ if purchased from a carrier, in which case they might add branding, bloatware, etc. is my understanding.

Assuming my phone will be compatible with Verizon's network, should I worry at all that they won't want to recognize my phone's IMEI because it was purchased direct from Motorola and not from them?

If this should not be a problem, I can wait for their official support of this model to start before asking them for a micro-SIM (as opposed to cutting mine and trying to get some functions to work in the meantime).

- ooofest
[Nexus 6  General] wooddale:
I have both phones and even though Verizon carries the Note they still don't recognize mine because its a Dev edition. Your phone will come with a nano sim you can buy a sim adapter put the nano sim in your old phone and activate it. Or just like some other guy said just go to a corporate Verizon store and complain and they will get your nano to work you pay them evert month theyndont want to loose that.
[Nexus 6  General] ooofest:
Thanks for your reply - so, you haven't had an issue activating the Nexus 6 on Verizon, beyond their obvious lack of formal support for that model?

- ooofest
[Nexus 6  General] wooddale:
Ya both phones working just fine. Once you get the nano card you will be golden.
[Nexus 6  General] thad137:
Dhacker29, one of the main developers for Motorola devices, has said that if you phone seems to get stuck on 3g, to use the command "fastboot oem config carrier vzw" Other than that it should work fine. (I don't actually own the device, I'm going off of what I've looked up about it.) You may not even have to use that, but just in case.
[Nexus 6  General] Shaggy Kobain:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/search/vzwSearch?Ntt=nexus 6&nav=Global&gTab=
[Nexus 6  General] gtdriver0036:
I saw that! My Nexus 6 still shows up as an unrecognized device on the Verizon My Devices page.

Here's hoping Verizon didn't somehow make any crazy changes to the phone and mine becomes compatible upon official launch!
[Nexus 6  General] ooofest:
Yeah, that's kinda why I'm willing to wait for their official launch to have this phone be formally recognized in the system, not worry about support in terms of getting proper connectivity, etc.

I'll be playing with it for a few weeks using WiFi, most likely.

- ooofest
[Nexus 6  General] gtdriver0036:
I haven't had a single issue with connectivity or speed. The only thing i don't have is simultaneous voice and data and HD calling. I'm sure if verizon doesn't "give" it to me there will be verizon specific ROMs that will enable it now that the phone is coming.

I'm rooted unlocked and unencrypted anyway with wifi tethering unlocked. I'm in no way OTA eligible at this point lol.
[Nexus 6  General] ooofest:
Ha, that's cool. I'm just a stickler for getting Verizon to support my device properly at first, then get into configuring as I want - always having a reliable base I can fall back on.

I simple don't trust Verizon farther than I can throw them. And, that's not far.

- ooofest
[Nexus 6  General] wooddale:
Like I said before Verizion will probably never recognize the phone because you didn't buy it from them but they will recognize it if you tell them your gonna go elsewhere. Not to worry.
[Nexus 6  General] ooofest:
Sure, we'll see . . . I coincidentally just spoke with a live Verizon rep and she said that either they or the in-store folks will have no problem giving me a new SIM for the Motorola-bought Nexus 6, certainly because it has no other provider's software or IMEI claim, but maybe she was being highly optimistic. She spoke confidently about it being a common architecture phone that Verizon will support and offer. So, it'll be interesting when they announce formal support/availability and I actually try to get that SIM.

- ooofest
[Nexus 6  General] wooddale:
They will give you a sim for it now if you tell them your gonna go else where. They will never recognize it because you didn't buy it there warranty and stuff but it will always work the same as it does now. You just have to ho to Moto for support.
[Nexus 6  General] cocachoopa43:
Officially "coming soon" maybe it is February 26th! :fingers-crossed:

http://www.droid-life.com/2015/02/03/nexus-6-shows-up-on-verizons-site-as-coming-soon/
[Nexus 6  General] ooofest:
Oh, I was already cool with that - thanks for clarifying what you meant (sorry, I'm slow, been away from mobile things and on autopilot with my Galaxy S III for at least a year, now).

- ooofest
[Nexus 6  General] Afro Samurai:
I really hope so, and if Verizon does get this can they lock this down at all?
[Nexus 6  General] JulesJam:
There will likely be some Verizon bloatware on it and a hideous Verizon logo somewhere on the case if the past is any indication. You can remove the bloatware but not the logo.
[Nexus 6  General] Afro Samurai:
That's expected, I just don't want these fools to keep us from rooting and flashing roms. As long we have root, Tibu will take care of the rest.... ?
[Nexus 6  General] madmuthertrucker:
Verizon seems to be backing off of their cat and mouse game of OTA locking bootloaders and bricking phones. They need to just accept us and keep taking our money. This coming soon is good news. Maybe we can get VoLTE now.
[Nexus 6  General] kimdoocheol:
The Note Edge had this same thing happen around the 8th of Dec. It didn't get released until a month later, on the 8th IIRC.

So I'm guessing a realistic timeline is by the end of the month or beginning of the month.

I'm wondering if they'll have white and 64gb... Knowing VZW, probably is going to be only 32gb lol.
[Nexus 6  General] ooofest:
When the Galaxy S IIIs finally came out on Verizon, I got the 32GB version on first day of ordering - could have had that in either a white or blue. Also got a white 16GB at the same time.

So, anything can happen.

- ooofest
[Nexus 6  General] hotrodwinston:
Was in a VZW store today and asked the rep about the nexus 6 - she told me "officially" she can't say anything but that it was coming "soon" so I asked about the 26th and she looked at me and said "soon" and that most if not all stores would have good stock on launch day.

Nothing more than we already know but more confirmation.
[Nexus 6  General] ChristianJay:
Launch day being the 26th then I assume?
[Nexus 6  General] zetsumeikuro:
32GB with a big ol VZW tramp stamp.
[Nexus 6  General] supragrom:
Ok, I'm waiting for Nexus 6 but I'm so tempted to go for Note 4 and/or Edge, tell me if Nex is so much better?
[Nexus 6  General] akellar:
There's threads for that, this isn't it
[Nexus 6  General] flyinj54:
What makes the nexus 6 better? Three words touchwiz, updates, and development
[Nexus 6  General] neyenlives:
Note 4 and Edge don't even have root yet and may never get it. supragrom, if that matters to you.
[Nexus 6  General] madmuthertrucker:
Here it is complete with tramp stamp.

http://phandroid.com/2015/02/05/verizon-nexus-6-render/
[Nexus 6  General] Afro Samurai:
That's fine, just as long as we can root it and flash roms.
[Nexus 6  General] biggiestuff:
I wonder if that's just a bad photo or if it's really black. I'd like a black on because I like that black metal trim vs the silver or the blue. Maybe they'll start having it on ebay like the other colors.
[Nexus 6  General] FatCat0:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...e-prime-and-the-droid-turbo-in-sapphire-blue/

Not an official word, maybe fake, etc.
[Nexus 6  General] jonw757:
This doesnt go to the phone, but doesnt throw an unknown page error either...

http://www.verizonwireless.com/smartphones/motorola-nexus-6/
[Nexus 6  General] madmuthertrucker:
Looks like the OP was right all along.
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
Let us hope the 26th is the release day.
[Nexus 6  General] TeeX2.0:
thanks! :D

let's hope!
[Nexus 6  General] ihavenoeffort:
Don't hold your breath.
[Nexus 6  General] Afro Samurai:
You got info about this phone not being rootable on Verizon or are you speculating? Got a link to an article? I won't be purchasing until it's confirmed.
[Nexus 6  General] Cincybearcatfan:
Still have to wonder if those who have a non-Verizon N6 will be treated as red headed step children on the network once they release their version.
[Nexus 6  General] akellar:
Just dumb speculation based on the anti-Verizon opinions that are popular. There's almost no chance it will be any different from every other Nexus 6 shipped with the obvious exception of the logo and potential boot animation.
[Nexus 6  General] Afro Samurai:
It wouldn't surprise me if they did lock this down. If they do I'll no longer be a Verizon customer. Been modding phones too long to stop now. It sucks as right now I have a Note 3 that I'm praying nothing happens to because the replacement will be unrootable.. ?
[Nexus 6  General] akellar:
As I've said before, the only way this gets locked down is if Verizon is the only carrier to have their own specific firmware. Since every device has the exact same hardware this would be a nightmare for Google to keep straight. Could it happen? Sure anything is possible. This exact same discussion was had with the Galaxy Nexus and it was unlockable just like every other Nexus device ever released. There's simply no basis for this fear-mongering.
[Nexus 6  General] Afro Samurai:
Thanks for specification, in all my years I've never owned a Google device. It's been either HTC or lately Samsung.
[Nexus 6  General] madmuthertrucker:
I was thinking the same thing. I'm sending them $200 a month, that has to buy me some good will, I hope.
[Nexus 6  General] RW-1:
Having it as a non VZ version only affects your account with VZ in terms of:

Activating - they may or may not be able to activate it once they release theirs, if the IMEI's that VZ bought are the only ones in their system, then it isn't happening, and the workaround has been discussed all over this board.

Upgrading - but you just bought your non VZ N6 at full price, so .... you're not caring about Edge or upgrading it, likely you will get another full price phone at the next juncture.

VZ software - possibly, that not being in the system as a VZ phone might have an effect, but again ... do you care having bought a nexus device? (Who would use VZ bloat over google offerings?)

I cant think of anything else off hand...

And yes - it's fear mongering on the lockdown, the damn thing will likely be just like ATT's - an oem partition that you can lose (though a caveat - VZ might block OTA updates based on their imei numbers, but again, you have a nexus - flash) and the bootloader having totally different firmware would most likely result in a different model number for registration - and there are only two models - us and international.

It's going to be unlocked, with oem partition and a nexus.

The only real questions to be asked at this point are the following two:

1. Will the stores actually have stock in hand on the 26th, or is it just the announcement? (not really important, I didn't really want to include this question, I figured they will have it, but CYA)

More importantly: 2. will they have the 64Gb version available?

Stop the madness.
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
http://rootzwiki.com/news/verizon-might-allow-unlock-nexus-6-bootloader-just-crazy/

I prefer this to be false.
[Nexus 6  General] tgyberg:
With ya on that :mad:
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
I can ask at the store about the bootloader, but uncertain I will get the correct answer.
[Nexus 6  General] akellar:
Read it, he himself says it's unlikely they lock it. Also it's nothing more than an opinion post meant to draw clicks to the site.
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
I agree that he has nothing to back it up, but Verizon likes to lock up their phones.
[Nexus 6  General] coldconfession13:
They do but the last nexus was able to be unlocked.
[Nexus 6  General] Kellic:
This is why I didn't even remotely consider getting the Nexus 6 on Verizon. For all I know they are going to encrypt the damn bootloader and add ****ware on the thing. I'll spend the $700 and change on a noncrapaffied Nexus 6 to ensure they don't mess with it.

---------- Post added 10th February 2015 at 12:04 AM ---------- Previous post was 9th February 2015 at 11:49 PM ----------

The basis is on Verizon's past behavior. e.g. My Galaxy S3 was encrypted. My Note 3 is still encrypted. The only other company to pull this with those phones was ATT, and even they have been backing off on this encrypted bootloader crap. And also consider the brazen arrogance of Verizon: http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/01/verizon-wireless-has-no-plans-for-rollover-data

http://www.androidcentral.com/verizons-response-fcc-about-bootloaders-surprises-nobody

If you actually think they care about consumer concerns about these phones. LOL. Right. That isn't to say they won't leave the phone unlocked. But I don't consider the odds low. I'd say it's in the 40% to 50/50 range.
[Nexus 6  General] akellar:
It's sad how much fear mongering is going on in here. And how people don't understand that Nexus devices and stock oem devices have nothing to do with each other. You guys keep stressing out over nothing.
[Nexus 6  General] ihavenoeffort:
Verizon has every right to put what they want on it and do what they want to it for your two year contract.

"Their network.

Their phones.

Their plan.

Get with the program or GTFO. "

That's pretty much what you're signing up for when it comes to a two year contract. They don't care either if you bought the phone from the manufacturer. If it's getting subsidized then they're on the hook for it and recoup the money for it through monthly bills.

They can block your IMEI with the click of a mouse.
[Nexus 6  General] RW-1:
+1

The madness continues, for those in fear, go back to my post before this one and re-read.
[Nexus 6  General] the_rooter:
Not trying to start and arguement but dont all phones come with locked bootloader? just unlocking them is allowed with the oem, and certain providers?
[Nexus 6  General] neyenlives:
Well it's official now. A VZW release anyways. Go to their site and search for Nexus 6 and you will see a banner that allows you to sign up for updates on release.
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Veri...ible-release-date-its-not-certain-yet_id65920
[Nexus 6  General] ooofest:
Yeah, I signed up for that about a week or so ago. No updates since signing onto their mailing list, though.

- ooofest
[Nexus 6  General] Afro Samurai:
Same here, signed up about a month and half ago and nothing yet but soon.
[Nexus 6  General] akellar:
These mail lists are useless, the device will be released or announced before you get an email
[Nexus 6  General] tgyberg:
I got a note back saying: We hate fun. Love, Verizon :silly:
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
I found the phone is released and later the email occurs.

Only 2 weeks to go before I go the VZW store and buy the phone.
[Nexus 6  General] zetsumeikuro:
Hopefully you guys can rub off the VZW tramp stamp like the AT&T death star. On the leak the VZW logo is quite huge and fugly :(.
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
I could live with the one on the back but not on the front .
[Nexus 6  General] zetsumeikuro:
Don't think they can slip a logo onto the front.
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
And it is just as well. Hopefully Verizon will have stock on the 26th.
[Nexus 6  General] neyenlives:
99% of people will put a case on this phone so a logo on the back is a mostly moot point
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
Yes I should have though about that first. I usually go with a pouch.
[Nexus 6  General] oldblue910:
I'm not going to read back 17 pages to see if this has been mentioned before, but...

If you have a Nexus 6 like I do that was purchased from a carrier, don't expect Verizon's system to see your phone as anything other than "Non-VZW Device" even after they launch the phone. Chances are good that the system will only recognize devices bought from Verizon, Google Play, and Motorola.

For instance, I bought mine from Sprint because they actually had stock, then walked it over to Verizon and got a SIM. My phone will most likely never be recognized in Verizon's system as a Nexus 6 because it's IMEI number (which begins with 99) clearly identifies that it came from a CDMA carrier, and digits 9-14 clearly identify that it didn't come from Verizon.

So if you're hoping to be able to do things like add plan features, get a new SIM card if necessary, etc. without jumping through hoops like you have to now, it's likely wishful thinking.

Even AT&T and T-Mobile don't recognize a Nexus 6 from another carrier as a Nexus 6. Of course, unlike Verizon, their systems don't actually care what kind of device you have.

US Cellular also won't recognize a Nexus 6 that was bought from another carrier. On the other hand, Sprint does seem to have AT&T Nexus 6s in its database but I'm not sure about ones from other carriers.

Now, it's always possible that Verizon will add all Nexus 6 IMEI/MEID ranges to it's database and actually recognize devices purchased from carriers. I'm just saying not to count on it.

At this point you should probably assume that Verizon will only recognize a Nexus 6 purchased from Verizon, Play, or Motorola until proven otherwise.
[Nexus 6  General] 000rc9:
IMEI begins with 99

Here is my story: Purchased an unopened Nexus 6 on eBay purchased from Google Play, Acquired a nano sim from Verizon, with the help of Tier two (on the phone) we brought the 6 up and worked like a dream.

Bought a GEAR VR which uses a Note 4, so I brought my old Note 4 up on the 6 account, decided the Vr works perfectly fine with WIFI alone, so I called Tier 2 again to bring the 6 back up, 30 mins later after many back and forths,

6 is back up, suggestion by Tier 2 don't take it off again unless I plan to totally leave the phone for a new one.

LOL

My IMEI does not begin with 99, which blew Tier 2's mind.
[Nexus 6  General] ronaldheld:
Any current news on whether the 26st is still release day?