Are all Roms for this phone going to be universal? - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was wondering if the us and international Roms and kernels are all going to be able to be flashed? I am currently on Sprint and I remember with the galaxy nexus we had to have our own section.
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killakarl said:
I was wondering if the us and international Roms and kernels are all going to be able to be flashed? I am currently on Sprint and I remember with the galaxy nexus we had to have our own section.
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Apart of the radio chip (LTE bands support) all Nexus 5 are the same afaik, so i guess all roms are universaly useable on all devices

Yeah I know that but you active a different radio with Sprint.
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killakarl said:
Yeah I know that but you active a different radio with Sprint.
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There are 2 versions of the Nexus 5. The one used in North America (D820) and the one used in the rest of the world (D821). Whether or not ROMs for one will be usable on the other I don't know, but it doesn't matter if you're using AT&T, Sprint, or T-Mobile in NA because it's all the same phone.

killakarl said:
I was wondering if the us and international Roms and kernels are all going to be able to be flashed? I am currently on Sprint and I remember with the galaxy nexus we had to have our own section.
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That's because the Sprint version of the GNex was different than the GSM version sold on the Play Store for T-Mobile and AT&T.
afazel said:
There are 2 versions of the Nexus 5. The one used in North America (D820) and the one used in the rest of the world (D821). Whether or not ROMs for one will be usable on the other I don't know, but it doesn't matter if you're using AT&T, Sprint, or T-Mobile in NA because it's all the same phone.
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This guy is correct. Unlike the GNex, the N5s being sold for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint are all the exact same device.

Thanks everybody as that was a big concern are we going to have 2 different forums then?
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I have my nexus on Boost and love it...just like it was on Sprint. I don't have 4G in my area and won't for probably years so I made the switch.
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Did you have to root the phone or did it just work out of the box?

[Q] Nexus 5 Verizon radio flash

I purchased a Nexus 5 and I know that it doesn't support the VZW lte band. My question is, doesn't the Nexus 5 have the same SoC as the LG G2? If so, does anyone think they can get the LG G2 radio flash for the VZW version to work on the Nexus 5 to make it work with VZW?
It may be possible but may brick your phone. But this is a message I got when I put in my Sim card. Not sure if it helps at all.
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OK that is very interesting is that the only message you got?
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TheWhiteChallenger said:
OK that is very interesting is that the only message you got?
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I found this and have been making posts on this thread. Someone else has the same idea, but no one has seemed to have tried it yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47195622

Is it ONE ROM for ALL

Im used to always having to buy sprint phones and I've had the nexus S 4G and Galaxy nexus 4G both for sprint and roms were completely separate from the GSM/unlocked versions. My question is does the US version D820 use the same roms and everything as the D821 version. My nexus 5 from sprint is In my mailbox and I'm on a 16 hour drive home from from a wedding. But I plan to unlock and root the min that box is opened. Thanks in advance
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Yep its the same, I bought a N5 from Sprint and am using it on AT&T right now. Same ROM.
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Thank you
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[Q] About the Nexus 5 forums.

I am thinking of dropping my grandfathered unlimited data from AT&T and moving to T-Mobile. Is this the forums for the T-Mobile version of the Nexus 5 or all Nexus 5's.
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milleirish said:
I am thinking of dropping my grandfathered unlimited data from AT&T and moving to T-Mobile. Is this the forums for the T-Mobile version of the Nexus 5 or all Nexus 5's.
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all nexus 5, theres no tmobile nexus 5 xda forums.
All nexus 5's are the same whether you buy it at the T-Mobile store, Sprint store, Google Play or Best Buy. All roms work, all kernels work. No need for more than one forum.
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Nice thanks
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housry23 said:
All nexus 5's are the same whether you buy it at the T-Mobile store, Sprint store, Google Play or Best Buy. All roms work, all kernels work. No need for more than one forum.
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To clarify, there are 2 models of the Nexus 5. D820 for North America and D821 for Rest of the world.
Same ROMs, Same Kernels, NOT same radios.

[Q] play store verison UNLOCKED?

hey guys i am planning to buy the nexus 5 from US Play Store. Can anybody please tell me whether the nexus devices there are unlocked or not?
All nexus devices unnlocked. If you willing to use nexus 5 bought from us playstore, then you can not use lte/4g networks outside of north america
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bitdomo said:
All nexus devices unnlocked. If you willing to use nexus 5 bought from us playstore, then you can not use lte/4g networks outside of north america
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i dnt want to use 4g/lte..i will use 3g/2g here in india. will it work?
atikrasul said:
i dnt want to use 4g/lte..i will use 3g/2g here in india. will it work?
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Sure
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