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My Nexus will be here tomorrow and I'm wanting to sign up with AIO's $60 plan. On their site it is asking for an IMEI. My concern is that the new Nexus IMEI may not be compatible with their 4g network. Has anyone else had success with AIO? I don't want to be stuck on 3g. Should I be seeking an IMEI from another device as a work-around? If so, what device, and where? My current phone is a 1st gen HTC Evo with sprint. Any help and advice is much appreciated!
Ive been wondering the same thing also.
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1stx2 said:
Ive been wondering the same thing also.
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They're using AT&T's network, I'm on it right now and get HSPA, HSPA+, and LTE. Works 100% fine. Used the same SIM card on my nexus 4 and had great service.
Rarscaryfrosty said:
They're using AT&T's network, I'm on it right now and get HSPA, HSPA+, and LTE. Works 100% fine. Used the same SIM card on my nexus 4 and had great service.
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I've also wondered if AIO's LTE (AT&T) will work on the N5. So you have the N5 and it is working no problem? How are the speeds on LTE and HSPA+ (yes i know they throttle, just wondering how it feels)??
Rarscaryfrosty said:
They're using AT&T's network, I'm on it right now and get HSPA, HSPA+, and LTE. Works 100% fine. Used the same SIM card on my nexus 4 and had great service.
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Unfortunately i don't have have a Sim to swap. I'm wondering if I order one using the IMEI from the new Nexus 5 will I be able to access 4g? Or will I be bumped to 3g because the Nexus 5 does not show up in their system?
Using Aio SIM from my N4 with not so good reception where I live and getting decent speed.
FYI, the N4 wasn't in their system either and needed the EMEI to activate.
Activating a nexus 5 on aio will be a cake walk. Nothing like the problems people over on sprint are having.
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doubleatheman said:
Activating a nexus 5 on aio will be a cake walk. Nothing like the problems people over on sprint are having.
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I hope so. I can't wait to ditch sprint
I know the playstore nexus 5 doenst support wifi calling with T-Mobile sim.
But my question in theory is ... if I root do and will T-Mobile Branded n5 roms work on the play edition N5 ... with WiFi calling ?
Seeing like how we can flash T-Mobile roms on att htc one or s4 and get wifi calling since its baked into the Roms?
Seeing as its unbranded phone one would assume this is already a possibility if not yet already
I havent seen any mentioning but wanted to ask before I buy it.
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There is no such thing as branded or Google Play Edition Nexus 5.
There is only the one Nexus 5 like you can get from the play store.
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Instead of criticizing my way of wording my questions an actual response on the subject matter would have been more cconstructive..
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Nope, won't work. The phones are the same and the ROM's are the same. It was the same situation with the Nexus 4 as well.
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Instead of criticizing my way of wording my questions an actual response on the subject matter would have been more cconstructive..
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His response is on point. There are no tmobile versions of this phone, therefore there are no tmobile roms for this phone, therefore no tmobile wifi calling is possilble.
So we can flash T-Mobile roms on the google play nexus Not the carrier branded and it still wont produce wifi calling
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lojak29 said:
Instead of criticizing my way of wording my questions an actual response on the subject matter would have been more cconstructive..
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I just wanted to say that there's no difference, so no special Tmo Roms
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Then explain why if you walk into their store buy it from them Wifi calling is a feature
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no bro it wont work
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So we can flash T-Mobile roms on the google play nexus Not the carrier branded and it still wont produce wifi calling
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Lulz there are no T-Mobile roms. There are custom roms such as Cataclysm, Mahdi - ROM, and others, in addition to other AOSP based roms, but no roms from T-Mobile. The n5 you buy from T-Mobile is the same phone you buy from Google play
Your phrasing is a little abrasive, just saying.
But why is the t-mobile rep telling you it supports wifi calling? You should ask the rep. Clearly the rep is misinformed.
It is a feature on a tmo branded device. This is not a tmo branded device... The moto x is another non branded tmo device. Sadly it only works on to branded phones... Ones that have to branded Roms. I don't even think the iPhone 5/c/5s has WiFi calling either.
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Let's clarify something here: there is only one version of the nexus 5 (OK 4 if you count colors, and storage space )
Whether you buy the phone on contract, off contract, from retail store, or Google play store, your getting the exact same phone. An already carrier unlocked, bare bones android experience (which in turn allows you to customize your way and not be limited by bloatware). No specific carrier software gets pre-installed.
So no specific T-Mobile software gets preinstalled. Unfortunately I don't know if there's a way to add support for what you asked, as I don't have T-Mobile or know anything about it lol.
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lojak29 said:
I know the playstore nexus 5 doenst support wifi calling with T-Mobile sim.
But my question in theory is ... if I root do and will T-Mobile Branded n5 roms work on the play edition N5 ... with WiFi calling ?
Seeing like how we can flash T-Mobile roms on att htc one or s4 and get wifi calling since its baked into the Roms?
Seeing as its unbranded phone one would assume this is already a possibility if not yet already
I havent seen any mentioning but wanted to ask before I buy it.
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As for T-Mobile ROMs, I would look on the nexus 5 development forum section to see if there are any with T-Mobile software baked in, though I haven't seen any carrier specific ROMs yet.
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lojak29 said:
Then explain why if you walk into their store buy it from them Wifi calling is a feature
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It is not.
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Let's clarify something here: there is only one version of the nexus 5 (OK 4 if you count colors, and storage space )
Whether you buy the phone on contract, off contract, from retail store, or Google play store, your getting the exact same phone. An already carrier unlocked, bare bones android experience (which in turn allows you to customize your way and not be limited by bloatware). No specific carrier software gets pre-installed.
So no specific T-Mobile software gets preinstalled. Unfortunately I don't know if there's a way to add support for what you asked, as I don't have T-Mobile or know anything about it lol.
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As for T-Mobile ROMs, I would look on the nexus 5 development forum section to see if there are any with T-Mobile software baked in, though I haven't seen any carrier specific ROMs yet.
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I already knew the answer, but thanks for answering this poor guys question the way it should have been answered in the first place! It's a shame that it's not as easy as baking the WiFi calling feature into a custom ROM. Or better yet it's a shame nobody has been able to do it... yet. It would give me a legit reason to root!
On the old G2x they were able to include wifi calling on Aosp roms. So it can be done, not sure if it's worth the time to find out
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The g2x was a tmo branded phone with tmo bloatware....no nexus phone will support T-Mobile WiFi calling...ever
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laker666 said:
The g2x was a tmo branded phone with tmo bloatware....no nexus phone will support T-Mobile WiFi calling...ever
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Being a T-Mobile phone had nothing to do with it unfortunately. If that was the case they would have wifi calling on CM on the GS4, but they don't.
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qbanlinxx said:
Being a T-Mobile phone had nothing to do with it unfortunately. If that was the case they would have wifi calling on CM on the GS4, but they don't.
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I think that's his point. On AOSP and CM ROMs you won't have it only on devices with the tmobile bloat
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OP, I think you're confused by the fact that there are no variants of the N5 like there are with most phones. Let's take the Galaxy S4, for example. There a Verizon variant, a Sprint variant, a T-Mobile variant, an AT&T variant, an international variant, and a Google Play Edition variant (and probably others).
With the N5, there is ONE (1) variant (yes, I realize there's an international version, but for the purposes of this post it's not relevant). Whether you get the phone from Google Play, Sprint, Best Buy, Amazon, or somewhere else, you're getting the exact same phone. Since there are no variants of the phone, there are also no carrier-specific roms like you would see with other phones like the GS4. There's also not a Google Play Edition N5 - it's just the Nexus 5, period, end of story. I realize that it's a difficult concept to get your head around, because I can't think of any other phone that's been made and marketed this way, but there ya go.
Hey all.
Lifelong Verizon user looking at the Nexus 5. Would have to go with Sprint as they are the only other carrier with coverage in my area (and only 3G for the time being).
I've had many Android devices in the past and have unlocked/rooted/flashed them all. I'm only used to CDMA/LTE and seeing carrier specific branding on custom ROMs though. Does it not matter with the N5? I thought there was a difference between Sprint (LTE) and AT&T/T-Mobile (GSM) but perhaps I'm mistaken. Would appreciate any clarification.
Thanks.
Nexus 5 isn't available for Verizon. Nexus has the radio frequencies for sprint T-Mobile and at&t so all you need is the APN and it works
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nemofbaby2010 said:
Nexus 5 isn't available for Verizon. Nexus has the radio frequencies for sprint T-Mobile and at&t so all you need is the APN and it works
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Yeah like I said I'd be looking at switching to Sprint. Curious about the custom ROM question I posed, thanks.
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Yeah like I said I'd be looking at switching to Sprint. Curious about the custom ROM question I posed, thanks.
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I answered it you can any custom ROM for all three carriers it doesn't really matter the phone is unlocked.
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Look for small local GSM or cdma carriers in your area such as mine in Hawaii we have mobipcs and they told me the nexus 5 works on their network
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markdapimp said:
Look for small local GSM or cdma carriers in your area such as mine in Hawaii we have mobipcs and they told me the nexus 5 works on their network
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Sadly I'm from a farm community and we don't have much here. Verizon and US Cellular CDMA/LTE and Sprint 3G are the only carriers we have with data coverage.
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Sadly I'm from a farm community and we don't have much here. Verizon and US Cellular CDMA/LTE and Sprint 3G are the only carriers we have with data coverage.
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You sure there is absolutely no tmo coverage there check on the website or something not even AT&T?
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You sure there is absolutely no tmo coverage there check on the website or something not even AT&T?
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Actually I hadn't looked at AT&T in a few months and looks like we picked up their LTE recently!
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Actually I hadn't looked at AT&T in a few months and looks like we picked up their LTE recently!
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Welcome to the nexus 5 world if you can hold for a couple more months and want T-Mobile they will usually follow behind after At&t
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What about Page Plus? Granted it isn't LTE but it is something.
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Sprint should have lte everywhere in the coming months. If its not there yet it will be soon.
With custom roms most have cdma implemented and work fine.
What is your location?
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Sprint should have lte everywhere in the coming months. If its not there yet it will be soon.
With custom roms most have cdma implemented and work fine.
What is your location?
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"Soon" the term soon and "coming" is very potent in sprint
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So I have been told that in order for our phones to be able to connect to the new spark network we need to have a build number of KOT49Y and that it should have been an update that was released a month ago. Does anyone have that build number? mine is KOT49H. Can anyone make sense of what sprint just told me?
To get technical Spark we will need to wait for an update, still. However we can at least connect to the other two bands one at a time so if the network is overloaded on band 25 like usual, you may see your phone connect to 26 or 41. Try playing with band priorities as well as enabling them. Also use the .15 or .17 radio. I use .15 and got band 26 last Friday. I made a thread in N5 General if you wanna look.
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To get technical Spark we will need to wait for an update, still. However we can at least connect to the other two bands one at a time so if the network is overloaded on band 25 like usual, you may see your phone connect to 26 or 41. Try playing with band priorities as well as enabling them. Also use the .15 or .17 radio. I use .15 and got band 26 last Friday. I made a thread in N5 General if you wanna look.
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Well it sounds like it has been released already.That build number is for the Spark update. I know for sure i dont have that build. I was curious if anyone else might have it.
The latest build is KOT49H. There is no KOT49Y.
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No I'm on the same build just I only can connect to one band at a time. Spark should be all three at once.
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No I'm on the same build just I only can connect to one band at a time. Spark should be all three at once.
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Spark update is not out yet but I think you are confused as to how it works. Spark will merely prioritize bands for you, not connect multiple bands at once.
lafester said:
Spark update is not out yet but I think you are confused as to how it works. Spark will merely prioritize bands for you, not connect multiple bands at once.
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I was thinking it aggregated the bands together and that's how it gets its speed.
Well I was just repeating what the rep said. I know not to trust what they say but it seemed that he actually knew what he was talking about and when he gave me a diff build number that I didn't have I was like, Yes!!! finally someone knows what they are talking about, I guess it was another bust...
He probably did, but used Google real quick.
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He probably did, but used Google real quick.
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OK just got off with sprint. KOT59Y started being pushed by google 2 weeks ago to certain Nexus 5's.
Doubtful as that build number would be from December 2013. The build numbers going around now rumored to be the next release are from last month.
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Doesn't sound right.
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Doesn't sound right.
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i agree, sounds like some miscommunication at sprint plus i highly doubt google would create and release an update and just send it to sprint costumers.. if thats even possible for them to do. This latest 4.4.3 update coming out soon is probably what they are talking about.. perhaps in sprints environment that were calling it KOT59Y and google is rolling that all up into one single release for all n5's hence the long delay, that radio needs to function correctly across all providers and supported bands. Like i said i highly doubt google would do this to such a small % of n5 owners.
Nevertheless thanks for sharing, got me excited for a minute lol
Has I missed but has anyone tried using the nexus 5 with a T-Mobile Sim outside USA? It doesn't work. I never knew it was the phone until I took a old unlocked from Att phone with me and as soon as my nexus lost signal I popped my Sim in the iphone and got full signal. Next I tried with a T-Mobile Galaxy s4 nexus lost signal S4 worked like a champ. Called google and the first person I talked to told me it was a known issue and her husband takes a back up phone when he travels. The next person told me to call Tmobile.
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Aaaaand, here comes the lock.
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This is the nexus 5 thread and why are you posting this in a dev section anyway
^ because he wants a magical elixer, secret potion, or flashable .zip to cure his problems and increase his benchmarks.
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