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[Nexus 6  General] truoc444:
You can only switch to an account that already has an invite. My wife got one and I had to call support to initiate the switch. Of course that was a week ago and I'm still waiting on it to be completed. They aren't very helpful.
[Nexus 6  General] ceo.mtcl:
Thanks for reply. This is what I got from their team:

Thank you for contacting Project Fi. I hope you're having a wonderful weekend! I'd be more than happy to assist with your request. We can definitely have your*invite transferred to a different email address. In order to do so, I just need to escalate your request to our team of experts to make the transfer. This process can take a few days to complete, but once it is, we'll contact you immediately.*

It was my pleasure helping you today. If you have any other questions, you can contact the Project Fi team directly at any time. Please reply to this*e-mail*and we'll get back to you as soon as possible!

Thanks!

The Project Fi Support Team
[Nexus 6  General] truoc444:
Yeah I got the same. That was 10 days ago. Last Monday I got a follow up that said it'd be a few days....they have a funny definition of "few"
[Nexus 6  General] arunsharma7:
if someone want to buy nexus 6 with even better deal here is the new one going at ebay for $440 hurry up!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/201371932732
[Nexus 6  General] kolyan:
Or not

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/04/07/police-man-sold-more-than-8000-counterfeit-phones/
[Nexus 6  General] arunsharma7:
You have paypal money back guarantee if you feel unsafe about the transaction, personally i never had issues buying from Ebay.. I always check the seller rating though before making any purchase
[Nexus 6  General] kolyan:
Not saying about this specific listing, but don't be so naive....

PayPal is a rip off company by themselves and its nothing new when scammers have high eBay ratings....it all gets hacked and done...
[Nexus 6  General] grayson73:
There's also an Ebay money back guarantee.
[Nexus 6  General] mem4720:
Can someone post the Project Fi app APK? I am using a Project Fi SIM card in my T-Mobile Samsung S5. FYI, my phone is SIM locked to T-Mobile and accepts the Fi card without an unlock code.
[Nexus 6  General] baudi11:
Can't you get it from Google play?

Edit: Oh. S5. Nevermind.
[Nexus 6  General] pcrussell50:
i make all my paypal payments by credit card, so if i get defrauded (which happened once, and not on ebay*), the credit card company reverses the charge and fights it for me.

*i ordered some wax from an auto detailing web site, paid with paypal using my credit card, and they never sent it and never answered my emails when i asked about it. my credit card company reversed the charge and handled it themselves. easy peasy.

-peter
[Nexus 6  General] stilger:
So I started cancelling my Project Fi service to go back to Google Voice today. After working with Project Fi support they determined that I am having problems moving from 3G to LTE and back. Hopefully at some point the service will get better around Grand Blanc, MI. When it does I will be back. Hopefully others will have a better experience then I did.
[Nexus 6  General] Schoat333:
Any specifics on the network types? I have been able to switch from T-Mobile LTE to sprint 3G without issues. I know this because I am a past T-Mobile user, and where the LTE ended, there was nothing before.

What software version was on your Nexus 6?
[Nexus 6  General] pcrussell50:
BTW, I read with interest, the guy who activated his project Fi on his N6 and then switched the sim to his N5 and said it worked. The reason this is interesting to me, is that at least one of the tech blogs in the early days of the Fi announcement said that the reason it's limited to the N6 for now, is that the N6 is the only phone so far with special hardware designed to handle the handoffs between T-Mobile and Sprint, smoothly and seamlessly.

-Peter
[Nexus 6  General] boomerbubba:
Just use Swappa.com. It is a market designed especially for phones, and at least there is minimal vetting of the phone's serial number to ensure that it isn't stolen or blacklisted.
[Nexus 6  General] akellar:
It will "work" in a limited manner. It won't switch networks and all reports I have seen have been horrible slow data.
[Nexus 6  General] kolyan:
I am afraid if I go to Europe it will have hard time roaming....
[Nexus 6  General] pcrussell50:
We go to Europe all the time and wife with T-Mobile works great all over Europe, voice and data. If Fi uses T-Mobile, the 'fixins' are there for it to work in Europe too. In theory.
[Nexus 6  General] kolyan:
Yeah I go to EU often too and used T-Mobile fine, actually better then in USA :)

But Fi might be different, plus I don't even know if its through T-Mobile since Fi speed is double of T-Mobile
[Nexus 6  General] stilger:
I had problems on T-Mobile and Sprint. I *think* it would go to from LTE to 3G and notice LTE on the other provider and then switch over. I *think* when I had problems this was happening often. When I tested T-Mobile and Sprint in my area in the past they never worked near as well as AT&T or Verizon.

I started with a mostly stock LMY47D then tried both LYZ28E and LMY47Z before finally flashing LVY47H. Nothing really seemed to help. Before cancelling I left the Project Fi SIM in my device for two torturous days and created about 15 different bug reports when I had problems. Those have been provided to Project Fi support so hopefully they will figure something out.
[Nexus 6  General] pcrussell50:
I wonder why they are giving out Fi invites in areas with sketchy tmo/sprint coverage while those of us in areas of great coverage wait on the sidelines? Maybe they are trying to find out just how weak of an area will still work, and they learn from the bad experiences of cats like stilger above?

-peter
[Nexus 6  General] Schoat333:
Seems weird for sure. I wonder if it was a bad sim or something?
[Nexus 6  General] californiarailroader:
They won't even send one to our area here in Northwestern California, Mendocino County, Sprint doesn't have service in the county (they roam on U.S. Cellular), but T-Mobile has service here, and much of it is LTE, including my home of Redwood Valley. What it says is my area isn't one included in the test, and that I'd have to wait until the beta was over to sign up.
[Nexus 6  General] ak47nerd:
Update: Almost 2 months, and I have yet to receive my invite. I have the N6 (AT&T, but unlocked and on T-Mobile), and I live in an area covered pretty well by Project Fi.

Google, Y U NO SEND ME INVITE?!?!?!?!
[Nexus 6  General] Schoat333:
I live in an area with great T-Mobile and Sprint coverage, and got mine. Seems like they are simply spreading it out to try and get a good sample of users from all over.
[Nexus 6  General] stilger:
I think that is exactly what they are doing if you look at this map (http://j.mp/1MbfR53) which is generated from user responses on Reddit you will see for Michigan it is pretty spread out. Which to me looks like they are trying to figure out how it works in Michigan. I am sure the data on the map only represents a small portion of Project Fi users based on the fact that the Project Fi Google plus group has over 1000 members. Which itself probably only represents a portion of the Project Fi users.

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I thought that same thing but Project Fi support never offered to send me another sim or phone even when I hinted that might be a good way to troubleshoot the issue.
[Nexus 6  General] californiarailroader:
Wow, nothing at all here in NorCal north of Sacramento and San Francisco, Southeastern and Northern Idaho are left out, as is all of Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, all of Nevada except for Las Vegas, all of WA and OR except for Seattle and Portland, all of AZ except for Phoenix. If that map is correct, Google is only testing in large urban areas, which leaves out a lot of the country.

Edit- This proves they are leaving out some areas for testing, when I check coverage for my area, I get this-

Redwood Valley CA, 95470

You'll have 4G LTE coverage here, so you can download, upload, surf and stream without having any problems.

That is correct, we have LTE at my place from T-Mobile, however, Sprint doesn't have any service in our county of Mendocino, beyond roaming on U.S. Cellular, are they deliberately leaving out areas like ours that have no Sprint service? I am happy with Cricket and metroPCS, l'm just confused by their reasoning.
[Nexus 6  General] shamelin73:
I am still patiently waiting. Just really tired of waiting.
[Nexus 6  General] sneezyH:
If you go to the Project Fi coverage map you'll see that it's not covered very well for service in those areas so that's probably why.
[Nexus 6  General] californiarailroader:
Not in all areas, T-Mobile covers many area of NorCal well-

Oh well, what can ya do.
[Nexus 6  General] sneezyH:
Did the email they send you when you requested an invite say you are on their list?
[Nexus 6  General] adrman:
Only 8 invites in Manhattan and 3 in Brooklyn. :eek: Guess I'm in for a looong wait.
[Nexus 6  General] Schoat333:
According to that map, no one in my area has Fi. I promise that is not true lol.
[Nexus 6  General] grayson73:
If I'm using the Nexus 6 on AT&T, do I need to factory reset before putting in the Google Fi sim?
[Nexus 6  General] stilger:
Yeah.. I am sure many many locations are missing. As I said the map is can only be a small subset of actual users and locations..
[Nexus 6  General] Hosehead:
Invite arrived June 12. Now to decide if I want to have two phone bills, since I am under VZW contract until September.
[Nexus 6  General] TokedUp:
Only 8 invites in NYC? I feel super lucky. Service has been great. I'm officially leaving VZW
[Nexus 6  General] nxt:
Are there people who ALREADY have a Nexus 6 (on any carrier) and then received an Invite?

Seems like a lot of people who got invites are those who do NOT have a Nexus 6 already.
[Nexus 6  General] Schoat333:
Yes, a few people in the Google+ group were invited and already had a Nexus 6.
[Nexus 6  General] notinmybutt:
I'm guessing it's going to be a while before custom ROMs will support Fi. I don't want to root and install a new ROM if I'm just going to have to switch back as soon as I'm used to it.
[Nexus 6  General] crachel:
No

Yes. I already had an N6 when I received my invite
[Nexus 6  General] cronojay:
Signed up April 22, 2015

Received invite june 1. Waiting to drop t-mobile next month
[Nexus 6  General] GeneticJim:
I already bought a N6 thru Motorola a while back. I was on sprint with it.

I did not have to reset my phone going from Sprint to Project Fi.
[Nexus 6  General] navnit1:
I got invite on June 15 and ordered SIM. I am using AT&T line till I get FI sim i.e. 22nd June.
[Nexus 6  General] rhray:
Is anyone else checking their gmail spam folder on the *chance* that a google invite email made it's way in there? I'm asking because I did. It's gotten to that level for me.

I really didn't think it would this long to get an invite for this service.
[Nexus 6  General] wekebu:
Yes, I check. Yes, I didn't think it would take this long. I really wish I had said I didn't currently own a N6. It seems it would have helped my odds. I'm almost to the point of crabby about the waiting.
[Nexus 6  General] ceo.mtcl:
Damn!! They worked on my case pretty fast. Within three working days they transferred the invite from my friends account to my account. But I was following up with them multiple times a day lol.
[Nexus 6  General] StormMcCloud:
I wish I could sign up for Project Fi but it would be insanely too expensive for me. Guess I'm stuck with either Sprint or T-Mobile.
[Nexus 6  General] NYZack:
Not to be off topic, but you should check out Cricket (especially if you can put more than one person on your account) or Harbor Mobile (same exact deal as T-Mobile post-paid, but cheaper and prepaid).
[Nexus 6  General] StormMcCloud:
I'm going to be splitting the T-Mobile account with my brother so it'll be ~$55ish each with their current 2 lines $100, unlimited everything. I go through about 20-30GB a month so I need truly unlimited LTE.

Sucks Google isn't doing an affordable unlimited plan.
[Nexus 6  General] ceo.mtcl:
Me on the other hand, is always on WiFi I hardly use 500megs a month.
[Nexus 6  General] StormMcCloud:
I wish I could but there are zero WiFi spots near where I work so I do everything on my phone's data. If I could get WiFi I'd be on Fi in a heart beat, lol.
[Nexus 6  General] NYZack:
Check out Harbor Mobile. $50 per month unlimited, don't need multiple people on account, prepaid.
[Nexus 6  General] StormMcCloud:
Pass, never heard of them before and I doubt they'll pay my ETF to get me off of Sprint. Thanks for the suggestion though.
[Nexus 6  General] truoc444:
Finally got my invite today. Took 10 days to transfer my wife's invite to me.

Chicago suburbs.
[Nexus 6  General] ceo.mtcl:
Congrats man. I already signed up for the service. Waiting for the sim card to arrive.
[Nexus 6  General] kolyan:
Signed up today. Rep said you dont even have to activate the service now....If it gets here by 23rd, maybe I will activate it, otherwise will wait a month
[Nexus 6  General] Joshonekenobi:
1) What city are you in? Rochester, New York

2) April 22, 2015

3) I am still waiting. I currently don't have a personal cell phone I carry a work device.

4) Still waiting.
[Nexus 6  General] dfin13:
Good to know -- I have to wait until July 6th to activate mine (have to change from TMO family plan to individual for my wife's phone), and I was hoping that waiting almost 3 weeks after I received the SIM wouldn't be an issue. In the meantime, I trimmed down the SIM from my TMO Nexus 5 and stuck it in the 6, works great :)
[Nexus 6  General] markwebb:
Not true: a bud picked up his shiny new Nexus 6 from Google via FedEx and no project fi sim.
[Nexus 6  General] pr0ndigy:
1) Overland Park, KS

2) Signed up: May 21, 2015

3) Received Invitation: June 16, 2015

4) Getting the phone tomorrow
[Nexus 6  General] ph00ky:
I got my invite a few days ago, as did about 7 of my friends who also requested an invite on launch day.

I live in Brooklyn, and the others are all Brooklyn/Manhattan/Queens.
[Nexus 6  General] notinmybutt:
I spoke with support and the big things that I got out of it were that

1) No, they can't check how long before you get your invite.

2) They ARE rolling out a tool to see how long before you receive your invite "soon."

3) You can port from a provider to another provider and then to Fi within the span of a month with no issues.

4) Welcome kits will be sent to "everyone who starts service for a while" in response to me asking if they were going to stop going out soon.
[Nexus 6  General] kolyan:
Do people really go though 20-30GB of data if they have internet at home and dont tether ? My buddy said he does, but he is running HD youtube in car almost every day

I would LOVE to switch to Tmobile Family plan for $100 bucks and stop paying my Comcast bill ($56 bucks) but I dont see a way to tether conveniently to 5 devices, stream HD movies daily, and not get cut off by Tmobile for using close to 100GBs. If there was a way to maybe have my router connect to phone wirelessly and then route everything to my hardwired connections that would be nice
[Nexus 6  General] zeavott:
1) What city are you in? Queens, NY

2) Let us know when you signed up for your invite. Please use the date and time on the email that Google sent to thank you for requesting an invite. Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:18 PM

3) Let us know when you received your invitation. Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 5:43 PM

4) Let us know when you activated your service and info on the process (when did you receive your SIM, how did you activate it, etc.). I activated earlier today (I actually received 2 for some reason. Probably an error on my end). I activated it using the Project Fi app. Grabbed my old Google Voice #.. Calls worked immediately, text and incoming calls took about 30 minutes to complete. I immediately had access to Project Fi's network. So far... so good.. I like the service.
[Nexus 6  General] ggreenwood334:
Kansas city, MO

April 22 3:22 pm

Waiting...

How do I leave T-Mobile grandfathered in to unlimited internet for $20/ month....
[Nexus 6  General] socalphil:
Phone went to band 41. Said clearwire. I am in Bay area ,CA.
[Nexus 6  General] socalphil:
And band 41 is TDD-LTE. Interesting.
[Nexus 6  General] tmuka:
On your sprint line did you use Google Voice on Sprint with the Nexus 6? I do. I'm getting frustrated my sprint an non-sprint friends WITHOUT Nexus 6 are receiving invites for the past few weeks and I still haven't. Can't help but feel there is some priority given to selling new nexus devices, even though i tell myself that google hasn't really ever seemed to care if they sell a lot of nexus devices...

I'm in Grand Rapids, MI...
[Nexus 6  General] GeneticJim:
I had my sprint number integrated with g voice. I also had a g voice number. I noticed a few days before my invite I was unable to make or receive calls. I would get a fast busy and so would people calling me. I un integrated my sprint number and was able to make and receive calls. I'm not sure if that was a coincidence or Google was prepping my account for my invite.
[Nexus 6  General] electryon:
My thought is the rumor of invite priority going to those without a Nexus 6 was brought on because for the first week or so of invites, only those without a Nexus 6 were given invites but that has changed.

I don't have a Nexus 6 and I haven't received my invite either.
[Nexus 6  General] GeneticJim:
Waiting no more...
[Nexus 6  General] cam30era:
Would be kind enough to post your experience, positives and negatives?
[Nexus 6  General] GeneticJim:
I apologize. I received my nexus last night. I was so excited I posted waiting no more in the wrong thread. I will be certain if I get an invite for project fi I will post my experience
[Nexus 6  General] cam30era:
OK. Thanks for clarifying. ;)

And enjoy your N6!
[Nexus 6  General] TBarb169:
1) Minneapolis, MN

2) 4/22/15 @ 1:30pm

3) waiting

4) n/a
[Nexus 6  General] TLiesener:
City: Goldvein, VA 22720

Signup Confirmation Email Date: 4/22/15 @ 2:57 pm EST

Invitation Received: Still Waiting

Service Activation Date: N/A
[Nexus 6  General] rcbarrieault:
Nothing Yet

City: Smithsburg, MD

Confirmation Email: April 27, 2015 @ 9:49 AM

Invitation: June 22, 2015

Activation: Non Yet
[Nexus 6  General] mowgli762:
SIMM only situation

No change in my status from post#22 in here - but I had a nice conversation with a Project Fi rep. at the Project Fi number 1-844-825-5234.

She indicated that as of Noon today California time we should be able to order a SIMM only service rather that have to buy (another) NX6 to activate the service.

Now all I need is my invite.
[Nexus 6  General] qnet:
Atlanta Ga.

Put in for invite on April 23rd, not sure what time (in the late evening) Got my confirmation email from Project Fi around 10:50 PM.

No invite yet

No activation of course.
[Nexus 6  General] paztine:
Fi icon..

If everybody noticed that Fi icon is on the status bar..I have the icons for 3 days now but still couldn't activate without the Sim card.. Still waiting..I guess you need to download the apps..
[Nexus 6  General] :
You can go to: Settings>apps>downloaded>Project Fi and uncheck the box for show notifications, to get rid of the status bar notification.
[Nexus 6  General] electryon:
1) Detroit, MI

2) Apr 23, 2015, 12:27 PM

3) Waiting

4) See # 3

Is it just my login message on the project fi site that changed or did it change for everyone? I'm probably just getting the site confused with the confirmation email.
[Nexus 6  General] galaxys:
I took it one step further and TB froze that puppy! :D
[Nexus 6  General] arunsharma7:
1) Madison, WI and one from San Antonio, TX

2) 04/22 12:49 PM CST

3) Nothing yet :(

I have just started to believe that google has ran into some kind of Technical glitch on this launch else there would have been lot many story about the invite instead of just one from reddit which I started to feel may not be genuine or could be posted by Google insider to keep the excitement level..

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1) Madison, WI and one from San Antonio, TX

2) 04/22 12:49 PM

3) Nothing yet :(

I have just started to beleive that google has ran into some kind of Technical glitch on this launch else there would have been lot many story about the invite instead of just one from reddit which I started to feel may not be genuine or could be posted by Google insider to keep the excitement level..
[Nexus 6  General] Jgard:
Yeah, I've had Fi activated for 24 hours now. I got an invite on Tuesday, but a friend of mine works for Google and he got me on the friends & family list I guess.

Basically, it's been spotty. I've had a lot of random data disconnects. Like, while connected to WiFi, the icon changes to have an exclamation point next to it and I have to toggle airplane mode to get it working again. A few times after leaving my office (where the cell signal indoors is very poor, but outdoors is very strong) I've had no data connectivity over LTE, although signal shows as strong. Airplane mode toggle again.

So don't worry about getting invites yet, it appears my friend getting me onto an early list just allows me to help beta test a little more.

On the bright side, when I've commuted last night and this morning, once I had my data connection up, I was able to stream music (both Spotify and TuneIn) flawlessly. No pauses for buffering or anything, which isn't something I could say about my OPO running on AT&T.

FWIW I live in Austin
[Nexus 6  General] clairez:
Just wondering, did Google send you a sim card to use in your existing N6, or did you purchase a new N6 with the sim card installed? And is TMO signal strength better than Sprint where you work/live?

Thanks ...
[Nexus 6  General] Jgard:
I bought a new N6 with a SIM card in it. I also just noticed the build number of my Nexus is different than what they list as official builds currently available.
[Nexus 6  General] clairez:
Just curious, What is the build number? Is it 5.1.1?

I am assuming the Project Fi app was pre-installed?

Did you use the app to setup your account?

What kind of support is available through the app (email, chat, video) and is it available 24/7?

Thanks ...
[Nexus 6  General] Jgard:
It's just 5.1. Build number is LVY47H

When I booted the phone it automatically took me through activation, so I believe it did use the app, but I didn't have to go open it myself to get it working.

In the app you can see your usage, access voicemail, see billing statements and change your payment method, and access support but only via call or email, no live chat available. It doesn't say anything about hours
[Nexus 6  General] guitarman584:
Nothing yet
[Nexus 6  General] ggreenwood334:
I use around 15-20. But I use LTE sometimes when at home even. And my wife has 1 GB. So I hotspot her every now and then. Lol. Not bad for unlimited $20/month T-Mobile.
[Nexus 6  General] ktetreault14:
That awkward moment when.....

Toy have an s6 edge tmobile
[Nexus 6  General] ceo.mtcl:
Sent you a pm. please check.
[Nexus 6  General] raiderep:
You don't need the invite? Want to pass it on?
[Nexus 6  General] tmuka:
I'm not a aware of a rumor, just my own experience with people I know getting invites not owning nexus devices yet...

Invites aren't transferable, are they? My friend tried to forward theirs to me but they seemed to be linked to the Google account...
[Nexus 6  General] vboyz103:
I live in DFW area and got invite a couple of weeks back. I requested in late April and just got my N6 today (traded in my N5 to BB) and waiting for SIM kit to arrive.
[Nexus 6  General] GeneticJim:
Have your friend call Google Fi support. I've heard of.people transferring their invite
[Nexus 6  General] :
ktetreault14, I sent you a PM. I'd love to be able to use the invite if you have no need for it. I have a Nexus 6, but project fi would be a great way for me to save money on my phone bill (I don't use much data). Let me know if you're up for it! Peace be with you ~