I had to get a 4G LTE SIM card from Best Buy. The Nexus 5 on Sprint will only activate with a SIM card. The Best Buy associate discounted the SIM card to make it free. Call your local Best Buy Mobile store and see if they have an LTE sim card in stock, and if they do I would go tonight and pick one up. My Sprint Nexus 5 is fully functional on 4G right now.
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According to sprint, best buy, and google, the nexus 5 can only be activated with a 4 g l t e g_s_m sim card. It will not activate over cdma . It has to have the 4g simcard.
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The issue is really with 32GB versions. What size is yours?
I popped the SIM from my HTC One into it and went through the activation process. The only hiccup was I needed to drop the last number from the IMEI to get the system to recognize it.
I have the 32 gb
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My note 3 Sim wouldn't work. I had to get a new sim
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How much did they charge you? The best buy over here wanted 30 for one.
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das7982 said:
My note 3 Sim wouldn't work. I had to get a new sim
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u have the white nexus 5 correct??
lordlugard said:
the issue is really with 32gb versions. What size is yours?
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the issue with 32g black nexus 5s were fixed late last night.....there are no more issues with sprint registrations of this device for 32g units!
QWIKSTRIKE said:
the issue with 32g black nexus 5s were fixed late last night.....there are no more issues with sprint registrations of this device for 32g units!
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I can verify, successfully activated my 32 GB black tonight (online) with Sprint SIM card ordered yesterday through chat service(international). So far, so good. (cross fingers, knock on wood). Only thing I haven't checked on is 4G service, since I've been busy installing apps, etc. over WiFi tonight.
Anybody on Sprint's SERO account and activated online themselves successfully? Or how did you guys go about switching to the N5?
Online? Chat? Over the phone?
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I know the Nexus 5 has LTE support, but I just wanted to be sure before I purchase it, that it'll be usable on Verizon. Always wanted a Nexus device!
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Won't work with Verizon they are of control freeks
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Definitely a no go on Verizon. Pretty much everyone offers LTE now, and the Nexus 5 works with all of them... except Verizon.
UchihaKite said:
I know the Nexus 5 has LTE support, but I just wanted to be sure before I purchase it, that it'll be usable on Verizon. Always wanted a Nexus device!
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I bet Little Red will get it next year... that's one of the reasons I switched carriers.
Seriously. Thanks guys! I was an inch away from buying it. Hopefully Verizon pulls the stick out of their asses and brings the Nexus 5 over. I get the feeling they just don't want a device of such a caliber to be sold through them at such a low price. Needless to say however, if the Nexus 5 comes over to Verizon, I'll have to retire my HTC DNA. Love it, but the Nexus 5 is such a sexy phone >.<
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Jesus. Going with Verizon was the BIGGEST mistake of my life.
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I ordered 2 nexus 5s and going to play ETFs and never touch Verizon again
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So, what's the basis for the incompatibility? Is the Nexus 5 just flat-out incapable of working on Verizon if I were to plug in a Verizon SIM?
Will Google have to make another version of the 5, or is this something that can be rolled out with a firmware update?
I've given up trying to understand Verizon's customer satisfaction strategy, but want to understand the nuts and bolts of why it won't work on their network.
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I ordered 2 nexus 5s and going to play ETFs and never touch Verizon again
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Yeah, I bought a 32GB version today too only to find out that it will not be compatible on VZW. Luckily, my contract is up pretty soon, I think. I plan on going to my VZW store and finding out the exact date. But yeah, I'm hopping off of VZW as soon as possible. I'm so sick of their nonsense. AT&T Straight Talk, here I come!
I have a Sim card from my lg optimus l9 can I just use the Sim card from tat or do I have to go to metro PCs and get a new one?
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I have a Sim card from my lg optimus l9 can I just use the Sim card from tat or do I have to go to metro PCs and get a new one?
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You can use the same SIM, but you have to call MetroPCS and give them the serial number of the new phone.
They lock you to the one phone, unlike T-Mobile where you can swap phones all day.
Thank you! I got it activated without issue!
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metro pcs nexus 5 how is hotspot / tethering ?
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Thank you! I got it activated without issue!
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have looked everywhere for a metro pcs review that includes hotspot / tethering performance and any issues with plans . anyone chime in experiences ?
I have not used tethering yet. Ever since I got the nexus 5 I kinda put the nexus 7 down lol
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MetroPcs thetering on Nexu5
I tried today with my Nexus 5 (not rooted). The wi-fi shows on my Mac but it will not connect to it and will not load the pages. Any ideas?
Without the $40 or $50 plan with added tethering fee of $5 tethering doesn't work on metropcs out of the box.
Tethering is blocked on the unlimited plan, similar to the block for T-Mobile.
I have metropcs and can't tether either, I suspect the T-Mobile tethering hack that is floating around might work but I haven't tried it as I don't need it.
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Anyone happen to know what SIM is needed to get this working on Sprint? Sprint rep didn't have any when I visited the stores but they assured me the SIM was different from the S4 SIM. Was going to try going to a local Best Buy to see if they might have them.
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I've read of people using S4 SIM successfully. I ordered my SIM from international Sprint chat. It was free.
Microsim
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I used my s4 Sim . I had to use the chat feature to activate .
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parmend said:
I used my s4 Sim . I had to use the chat feature to activate .
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Does LTE work for you?
I just activated my phone today and there is no LTE..
kyoon19 said:
Does LTE work for you?
I just activated my phone today and there is no LTE..
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I also used SIM from my S4. What is strange is some ROMs I have LTE, while others I do not. Doesnt make much sense, but when has anything Sprint related made sense!
Thanks for all the info. I have a sero account so chat said I had to call in. Calling in led them to say that I need to go to store to pick one up. Store claims s4 SIM won't work and they don't have any n5 Sims yet, but then again they said sprint wouldn't activate the phones from Google either. Guess I'll head to best buy.
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Thanks for all the info. I have a sero account so chat said I had to call in. Calling in led them to say that I need to go to store to pick one up. Store claims s4 SIM won't work and they don't have any n5 Sims yet, but then again they said sprint wouldn't activate the phones from Google either. Guess I'll head to best buy.
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A lot of the stores won't have the Sim, for some stupid reason. If you can, talk them into giving you any micro Sim they have. The best buy ones are only $7 and they work like a charm!
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Thanks for all the info. I have a sero account so chat said I had to call in. Calling in led them to say that I need to go to store to pick one up. Store claims s4 SIM won't work and they don't have any n5 Sims yet, but then again they said sprint wouldn't activate the phones from Google either. Guess I'll head to best buy.
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I'm relatively new to the SIM game but my understanding is that there is no difference between the SIM they will send you and the SIM from an S4. I activated my N5 using my S4 SIM and I get LTE just fine. The only problem I have is that when I'm on WIFI at the house, my N5 usually won't make or receive calls via the cellular network. I've seen others talking about the same issue in Google Groups.
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Thanks for all the info. I have a sero account so chat said I had to call in. Calling in led them to say that I need to go to store to pick one up. Store claims s4 SIM won't work and they don't have any n5 Sims yet, but then again they said sprint wouldn't activate the phones from Google either. Guess I'll head to best buy.
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S4 Sim works in mine and I get LTE just like my s4 did . the troubles I've read about seem to be in certain areas . I don't think all states/areas are having LTE issues . check out http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/5001-tri-band-lteecsfb-issues-thread/
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Can this phone be used on Straight Talk via Sim card?
If so will it be carrier unlocked like my GP Nexus 5 or will I need to have it unlocked?
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scoot0073 said:
Can this phone be used on Straight Talk via Sim card?
If so will it be carrier unlocked like my GP Nexus 5 or will I need to have it unlocked?
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all nexus 5 are unlocked, no matter what sprint employees tell you. and with a sim card, they will also work on tmobiles and atts network,. so yea, pop in the right sim and itll work on straight talk.
Thanks homie
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I dont think that will work. i put a tmobile sim and nothing happened. no calls could be made or received.
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I dont think that will work. i put a tmobile sim and nothing happened. no calls could be made or received.
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When I put my sprint sim in nothing happened either... than I went online and activated it and all functions worked
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I received my Nexus 5 before leaving to work and on my lunch brake I took my full size AT&T Sim card out of my S2 and trimmed it to fit,popped it in and works great.I did need to activate the IMEI the next day and have had strong LTE
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Is anyone else having issues with the note 5 saying invalid sim or no sim detected errors? Its becoming more common this month and sprint store wanted $75 to replace it because i not part of there warrenty program.
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brejzek said:
Is anyone else having issues with the note 5 saying invalid sim or no sim detected errors? Its becoming more common this month and sprint store wanted $75 to replace it because i not part of there warrenty program.
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I get that pretty regularly. I take the sim out and wipe it off, then put it in and out several times, and it's fine for about a month is seems? Crappy contacts or something, I dunno.
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I get that pretty regularly. I take the sim out and wipe it off, then put it in and out several times, and it's fine for about a month is seems? Crappy contacts or something, I dunno.
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Oh ok yeah me too..at least I'm not the only one
Bestbuy has sim cards for $10 so hopefully that fixes my issues
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