yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deekayy:
If you have an active Verizon sim card just put it in the 6P. If it's a micro then cut it, it still works. Another trick is if you happen to have a IPhone6 IMEI or any phone that is on the Verizon phone list that is Nano SIM you can use that in lieu to activate your 6P.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Big Cam:
My friend just got a moto x pure and he just threw in his nano Sim and it worked right , plus tethering is unlocked since verizon doesn't have their mits on the phone first.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cccoltsicehockey:
Well that is a fail. I extracted the VVM app from both my Nexus 6 and my Work GS6 and neither APK works with the 6P. Verizon appears to be signing these APKs to be device specific. Is there a way we could possibly remove that signing at all? I am not familiar with the inner workings of APKs and what not.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RED ZMAN:
I should note, Fedex tried to deliver my Sim card anyways, and of course did it when there's ALWAYS someone home, 10AM on a Tuesday...

I signed the sticky they left on the door and they left it under my mat the next day. Opened it up, and yep, the correct nano sim! Why cut one down when you can get one for free and not have any issues?

And a native one too at that. LOL I actually live in Los Lunas these days though, it makes ABQ special to me again. The Android iOS fight is huge in this region for some reason. I don't understand it ma'am, you are on food stamps but you have a $700 phone? LOL But yes, that would make us friends. Now all we need is a green chile live wallpaper and a tortilla case.

That's not racist everyone by the way...

:cowboy:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peckaldee:
Anyone here give an affirmative on using tethering with UDP without triggering a tethering up charge to their account?

I don't want to activate my 6P until I know for sure. It's my only way to Internet in my home currently.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cares:
Just use Google Voice to handle your voicemail. You can make it integrate with the Phone app on your phone. You can see the voicemail, listen to it, etc. in the Voicemail tab of your phone.

1) Call forward your missed calls to Google Voice

2) Turn on Do Not Disturb on Google Voice

3) On the Google Voice app turn on the option Voicemail display

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No one can confirm this for you. A full billing cycle has not gone by. If you absolutely must know then you'll have to wait at least a month.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slacker101:
Literally already a thread for this. TLDR YMMV, some people can and some people cannot. Personally I always manually edit the build prop unless the custom ROM I'm on was made by someone I trust. Tethering, and not getting charged for it, are important to me.

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/help/edit-build-prop-wifi-tethering-unlimited-t3237877/page1
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 640k:
i've been using tethering on my UDP plan for years now and have yet to see any notice/upcharge.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] case-sensitive:
How to force 3G

After I put my verizon sim into the 6p and check Settings>(Wireless & Networks)>Cellular Networks I see tha "Enhanced 4G LTE Mode" is on. Good! Question: Is there an option to force 3G instead? As I understand, 3G is more battery friendly, so I plan to stay on 3G most of the time and switch on LTE only when I need the bandwidth.

(I tried the obvious thing by turning off "Enhanced 4G LTE"; I still have data, and the phone still says LTE so I assume I'm still on 4G even with this off?)

Thanks!

(edit: I remember reading a thread here that says there is a way to force 3G, but I couldn't find that post)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 318sugarhill:
Why do you hate yourself so much? 3G?why? Battery life on this phone is great.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akellar:
In dialer *#*#4636#*#* and the turn to cdma only.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Born<ICs:
Could you post link for phone codes please?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cccoltsicehockey:
So having a new issue this morning with Textra. It can't send MMS now for some reason and I have already used to send them since I got the phone.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 640k:
if you enable CDMA only - i think you disable simultaneous voice/data. can anyone confirm?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrBewst:
Mark me down for another case of successfully walking into a Verizon store and receiving a sim at no charge or hassle. The worst part was the 10 minute wait while I looked awkwardly at the Droid Turbo 2 and the new watches. When it was my turn I told the rep that I was coming from a Galaxy Nexus and needed a nano for my 'new phone'. He asked to see it (seemingly just for the device ID but I had to dig that up for him with my GN) and 2 minutes later he came back with the red sim card, scanned it, made sure it activated, and then shook my hand and said have a nice day. Quite painless if you ask me. I do not have an unlimited data plan but it sounded like this device change didn't affect data plans and should not require any fees as I've heard. This was also a Verizon store and not 'premium retailer'.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] collinjm01:
Just for reference, do you guys have is set to global or cdma/lte? I lose my lte connection way more frequently than I did with my n6. I've tried both and neither seen to make any difference.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Badger50:
Mine is set to global. No troubles as of yet, and call quality is way better than my S5 was! :)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] collinjm01:
Also I have 6 APNs... Which one should I use? Should I delete any? My n6 didn't have but 1.

EDIT: Also what are everyone's settings in your selected APN?

mine was way different than what most websites were showing...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tfly212:
Mine was defaulted to VZWINTERNET after I popped in my chopped down SIM card. I did not change anything and all features have been working just fine (three days of heavy use).
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] collinjm01:
whats the MMSC in the edit menu?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tfly212:
All fields including MMSC are "Not set" with the exception of the following:

NAME - Verizon

APN - VZWINTERNET

MCC- 311

MNC - 480

APN Type - default,dun,supl (commas, not periods)

APN Protocol - IPv4/IPv6
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djlenoir:
Thank you! This was driving me nuts! I use my GPS frequently while driving. A call was killing that. My wife also thanks you as she can now surf and talk on her iPhone 6s Plus too.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] collinjm01:
appreciate it, but what's your MMSC?

its a web address... mine:

http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms

(thats the one i added, but the defaulted one did have one at all.)
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tfly212:
It is "not set" and MMS works fine.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] collinjm01:
thats how mine was but LTE was choppy (and still is occasionally)

i set it like this and it seems better but still kinda choppy.

https://apn.gishan.net/settings/1259_13_verizon_apn_settings_for_huawei_nexus_6p.php
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wak7eeM:
Can gltool work on samsung galaxy s3 verizon plzz tell me....?
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kradkovich:
I have a galaxy s6 on verizon, so when i ordered my Nexus 6p i just popped the nano sim card into the 6p and everything activated!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kd-:
I updated to 6.0.1 and my setting for "Enhanced 4G LTE Mode" went away - happen to anyone else? HD Voice seems to have stopped working as a consequence. I checked *#*#4636#*#* as indicated here: http://www.theandroidsoul.com/how-t...ng-enhanced-4g-lte-mode-on-android-5-1-74096/

But I only see an option to "Turn Off VoLTE Provisioned Flag"

Anyone else? Ideas? I'd like to avoid a factory reset. Already tried a "network reset" and it didn't seem to help.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kd-:
Also, I can't seem to send MMS messages that aren't text... from logcat:

12-13 14:07:02.092 22443 18430 I Babel : MmsUtils: No incompatible APN MMS proxy configurations found.
12-13 14:07:02.105 4947 8419 D MmsServiceBroker: sendMessage() by com.google.android.talk
12-13 14:07:02.106 7530 8461 D MmsService: sendMessage
12-13 14:07:02.107 7530 8461 D MmsService: Current running=0, current subId=-1, pending=0
12-13 14:07:02.108 7530 8461 D MmsService: Add request to running queue for subId 1
12-13 14:07:02.108 7530 13895 I MmsService: [SendRequest@9939c85] Executing...
12-13 14:07:02.108 7530 13895 I MmsService: mms config for sub 1: Bundle[{httpSocketTimeout=60000, aliasMinChars=2, smsToMmsTextThreshold=3, enableSMSDeliveryReports=true, maxMessageTextSize=-1, supportMmsContentDisposition=true, enabledTransID=false, aliasEnabled=false, supportHttpCharsetHeader=false, allowAttachAudio=true, smsToMmsTextLengthThreshold=-1, recipientLimit=2147483647, uaProfTagName=x-wap-profile, aliasMaxChars=48, maxImageHeight=1944, enableMMSDeliveryReports=false, userAgent=, config_cellBroadcastAppLinks=true, maxSubjectLength=40, httpParams=, enableGroupMms=true, emailGatewayNumber=, maxMessageSize=307200, naiSuffix=, enableMMSReadReports=false, maxImageWidth=2592, uaProfUrl=, enabledMMS=true, enabledNotifyWapMMSC=false, sendMultipartSmsAsSeparateMessages=false, enableMultipartSMS=true}]
12-13 14:07:02.108 7530 13895 W ResourceType: For resource 0x01040036, entry index(54) is beyond type entryCount(1)
12-13 14:07:02.109 7530 13895 W ResourceType: For resource 0x01040037, entry index(55) is beyond type entryCount(1)
12-13 14:07:02.112 7530 18387 E MmsService: PDU read is too large
12-13 14:07:02.113 7530 13895 E MmsService: [SendRequest@9939c85] Failed to prepare for request
12-13 14:07:02.114 7530 13895 D MmsService: getAutoPersisting
12-13 14:07:02.121 7530 13895 D MmsService: Schedule requests pending on SIM
12-13 14:07:02.128 22443 18428 E Babel_SMS: MmsSender: failure in sending mms. requestId=14 resultCode=5 httpStatusCode=0
12-13 14:07:02.128 22443 18430 E Babel_SMS: MmsSender: permanent failure with status code 5
12-13 14:07:02.129 22443 18430 E Babel_SendMmsNetworkRequest: SendMmsRequest: failed to send message dtu
12-13 14:07:02.129 22443 18430 E Babel_SendMmsNetworkRequest: dtu

No luck with the steps at https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/VW_L9kVVy8g

Edit: I think this might be a Hangouts-related issue... sending MMS from Textra or Hangouts works fine :/ Also, those `Babel_SMS` appear to be coming from Hangouts according to the decompiled source at https://github.com/FabianTerhorst/H...4b4119cadf7c8a7f2b75e9843fa/src/dtz.java#L127
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sheeken:
Anyone using a vzw network extender have any luck preserving battery? It's a pretty well known problem with these as your radio continues searching for a tower even though the extender is available but I've never seen a solution. I'm attempting to force CDMA using the dialer code mentioned earlier..
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 640k:
i think there are enough resources on this forum alone that support methods of getting non-vzw branded phones working. vzw reps know just as much as any of us do. they're not privy to corporate banter and are only fed what they're told.

if the guy doesn't even know that the two devices are unique, you should probably stop listening.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ginfest:
I just went on the VZW website and through chat, they are sending out the nano-sim card. He asked if I was going to get a new phone but not what brand. He told me it would be plug and play, just remove my existing sim card form my S6 Edge. Now to wait for my Nexus 6P to arrive!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] collinjm01:
Why did you need to do that?

Is the S6 Edge not a Nano Sim?

If it was, all you had to do is throw that sim card into the nexus.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 318sugarhill:
Funny.... VZW website chat rep told me today that I'd have to take it to a VZW store for a new SIM
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ginfest:
Actually, I'm not sure what the Edge uses ! Just wanted to be ready when the Nexus arrives, was reading this thread and figured I'd order the nano-sim.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rufflez2010:
I lied and said I had a moto x that I bought used that I needed a nanoSIM for. Store manager gave me a nanoSIM without the IMEI number. Worked immediately in my Nexus 6.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gig103:
That's the opposite of my experience. I went to two corporeal retail locations and nobody would give me a SIM without the phone in hand. Called up and told them I was getting a Motorola X, and they sent me... A micro SIM. I called back and the first rep clicked "Xperia" when I said X. Second rep clicked Nexus 6 and the correct nano SIM came in two days via FedEx.

I activated it with an adapter in my current phone and will swap it into the new device tomorrow. I will post back if it fails for any reason which I don't expect.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blindprophet32:
I still haven't seen my nano sim.... Think she lied to me
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 318sugarhill:
I ordered a Sim cutter from amazon. I'm not playing around with Verizon. When I first got the S4 from a Rezound I didn't use the sim that came with it as it didn't work so I just cut down the sim from the rezound into a micro. I later on got a micro that I've been using ever since. Ill just cut this one down and pop in the store one say to get a real nano sim after I already have the phone
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gig103:
When I ordered my SIM I had an email very quickly afterwards with a FedEx tracking number. You might want to call.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blindprophet32:
Ya i nevsr got an email.. They will be tomorrow though.. Even though i just cut my micro sim down to a nano and put it in an adapter for the time being in my G3.... I still want a nano lol
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gig103:
I felt the same way, I didn't want to "just cut" my SIM. I've been using the same 50-cent circuit for 3 years, they can send me a new one!

FYI to you and others, Verizon classifies their SIMs by feature including NFC. I'm not sure why they think the SIM needs to know about that, but all the same, when I said I was looking at a Nexus 6, they sent me a "GEMALTO 4FF NFC SIM CD"
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 640k:
FYI - i activated a XPE on the wife's account and it just shows up as the XT1575...
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pahlerc1:
i just called VZW and talked to a rep, told him I ordered the Google Nexus 6P straight from Google... he put me on hold and came back to tell me everything on that phone will work with VZW. I told him I just want him to ship me a nano-sim to fit in the phone since I have a G3 and it takes a micro-sim... He put in an order and it is in process to be shipped free of charge and should arrive by Friday!! Didn't think something could be so simple with VZW but it was! Now just a waiting game!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdMire:
^ I did the same thing Friday of last week but chatted with them. First rep said I need to go to a store, 2nd rep helped me out immediately and I had it show up yesterday via FedEx and had to sign for it. It was simple which stuck me as odd. I figured after the first rep, I was out of luck. All depends on who you talk too.

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Is the GEMALTO 4FF NFC SIM CD not the correct nano sim because that's what Verizon sent me for the 6P.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nidstang:
This pertains to the 5X, not the 6P, but I suspect both phones will be treated similarly.

If you bury into the comments to this article, there is a report by "mcshady1996" that Verizon gave him a nano sim, and then activated it when he gave them the 5X's imei number. No problems at all.

This is consistent with what Verizon has told me over the phone, but it is the first report I have seen of a 5X working on Verizon without swapping sims.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gig103:
It is correct - I was just saying that it's what they sent me. The first time I got a SIM it was not that one and wasn't nano.

I'm coming back to report that I'm up and running with the Nano sim they sent me. I swapped it over and it's running on LTE no issues. When I log in, Verizon shows it as "LG-LGH790"
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firewater88:
Thinking of getting the 6p, on VZW unlimited now. Have Moto X 2014 with a cut down sim (ordered cutter and adapters off Amazon) from my Note II. So I don't for-see any issues in activation. My question is, I've never had an unlocked phone before, will wifi tether work "out of the box" with this phone on VZW? That is my main concern at the moment.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ylexot:
http://www.droid-life.com/2015/10/22/activating-a-nexus-6p-or-5x-on-verizon-some-things-to-know/
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wonderrx:
I have read this thread completely and I know tether has been touched on, but I wanted to ask again, big leap for me to buy this.

QUESTION 1 - VERIZON 3G & 1X SERVICE FROM NANO SIM

If you just pop in an activated Verizon nano sim from another phone do you still get 3G and 1X service or just 4G/LTE? I often am in poor coverage areas where my phone does drop down to 3G or 1X

QUESTION 2 - VERIZON UNLIMITED DATA TETHER

I have Verizon unlimited data, need tether for use from time to time. I have had rooted/custom rom'ed phones that have allowed that. Will a factory unlocked 6P have the blocks on tether working from the factory, will root be required to use tether, will root & a custom rom be required to use tether in my case?

QUESTION 3 - CUTTING A SIM

If I have to cut down my sim any sim cutters than people recommend more than others, I know some people have talked about free handing it with a printed template, guess I am nervous since I haven't done it in the past, probably should go look for some good YouTube videos, just haven't done that yet.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 318sugarhill:
The nexus 6 required a build prop edit to enable tethering on an UDP with Verizon. I've researched it and it looks like you can unlock the bootloader, load custom recovery and add some commands to edit the build prop. Root won't be needed unless you want it. I'm hoping to do it without root to keep android pay working.... But I need tethering more than android pay.

Cutting a Sim is easy. Done it from regular to micro. Bought a cutter to go to Nano. Don't want to play with the template this time..... Plus the cutter came with adapters in case I need to go back to my old phone.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ewto16:
This! Would love an answer.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 640k:
its been touched upon several times in this thread. current versions of android have a simple line in the build.prop that disable carrier entitlement checking. there's lots of documentation here on xda on what to do.

however, since the file is in the system folder, you WILL need ROOT access to modify the file.

additionally if you have UDP right now, and are not under a contract, your rate is going up $20/per plan/per month starting 11/15. i would figure out a way to get your lines under a contract ASAP.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ewto16:
No idea how I would get under a contract and keep my unlimited data. They don't offer contracts to us folks anymore.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razor237:
Would you happen to know if this would still be the case if im on a shared plan that allows tethering ? Thanks for the info on this
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 318sugarhill:
If you are on a shared data plan.... Tethering is enabled in your account already. It should work for you out of the box. The build prop edit is needed for those where the Carrier DOESN'T allow tethering without a separate paid service. UDP users are not supposed to be able to tether.... So with the phone out of the box or any other phone with the Verizon tethering app.... The phone checks for approval from the network (I. E. Is this feature enabled in your account) before allowing you to tether. All the tethering mods and build prop edits work around the phone checking for approval.

I would like to enable it without root.... Or at least root to enable it it then unroot so I can use android pay and any other features/app that don't work when rooted.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisexv6:
I had the ability to re-up my contract with a UDP line, just did the "buddy upgrade" process between our other lines. I should now be locked in for 2 years of UDP and no extra 20/month charge for it.

I think it had to do with our pretty old 700 minute nationwide plan.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ewto16:
Can you explain what a buddy upgrade is please? I am on that same really old plan. I've bought my last two phones outright
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atomsmasher80:
Currently using a micro sim on my note 4. Neither chat nor phone representatives were willing to ship me a nano sim, both told me to go to the store. Will try that route, but I'm guessing verizon store will ask me to bring in the new phone before they give me a nano sim.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 318sugarhill:
My Sim cutter came today and worked like a charm. There is a metal adapter you put the micro sim in, slide it in, and just punch it like a hole puncher. Came with a micro adapter and full size sim adapter. Glad it came with both. I put the now punched nano sim in the micro adapter and it worked fine in my S4. Unfortunately playing around with it, I stuck the adapter back in as the sim fell out.....leaving the adapter stuck in the S4 without a sim in it. Getting the adapter out with quite a trick and it bent a sim slot pin....so now the slot is busted and wont recognize any sim (have an old extra micro sim won't work either). So now I'm using my really old HTC Rezound (my wife's old one so its not even rooted and unlocked bootloader like mine was before it died) and the now cut down Nano sim works in the full size adapter in my rezound. Good thing I was using VZW messages so I can still text with my tablet. Basically, My rezound is now really only for phone calls and tethering. I'll be using my Nexus 7 for everything else. Good thing the rezound is so old that firefox works. No more messing around for me. While waiting for my Nexus 6p I've smashed my LG G3 screen so that's unusable, and now damaged my S4 sim slot...to be stuck on an HTC rezound. This 6P can't get here soon enough. I've NEVER damaged a phone before.....always babied my devices....and have screwed up 2 within 10 days.

Bottom line is cutting a sim will work no problem. I'm not dealing with VZW in store.....although it has hit me now that I could have just taken my wife's work Iphone 6 in and made up some bull how I wanted to activate it for me and they probably would have given me a sim. May still do that since I have the adapters now to work for any size sim slot, but the cutter I got was $7.99 on Amazon. Also came with the sim removal tool for iphone/nexus.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 640k:
The best buy loophole still works.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 318sugarhill:
Ok... So for the best buy loophole..... I can't transfer an upgrade from another line to my UDP line can I? All my available upgrades are in dumbphone lines.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rainstalk:
I just contacted Verizon via chat and asked for a nano Sim for my iPhone 5c (girlfriend's phone) . They had no problem sending it. I'll just activate it then put it in my 6P boom problem solved. They do charge you for shipping and handling.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DukeofPhone:
I tried two different reps via chat and one over the phone and no dice for getting a Nano sim. These reps suck, I think they are just too lazy to search for a solution.