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Sprint nexus 5 activated. Here is how

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?

N5 SIM for Sprint

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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mumbles202 said:
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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mumbles202 said:
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.

mumbles202 said:
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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CDMA S3. End up being a paper weight??

Hi guys.
So i was given an cdma S3 as a present.
Now I do not know what network it belongs to.
Is there a way I can
a) Find out if its verizon or sprint?
b) Unlock it ?
c) wild question.... Can it be changed to GSM
Thanks

To find out the carrier that it belongs to: Settings - About Phone - Model Number. Go to Google and then type in the model number ... Voila! You cannot switch to GSM.
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schooner said:
Hi guys.
So i was given an cdma S3 as a present.
Now I do not know what network it belongs to.
Is there a way I can
a) Find out if its verizon or sprint?
b) Unlock it ?
c) wild question.... Can it be changed to GSM
Thanks
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You can use a CDMA S3 on GSM networks. I am using one right now. If you pop your GSM SIM card in the phone, you will have service to make calls and text. Getting data is a bit trickier.
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ProtheusIRC said:
You can use a CDMA S3 on GSM networks. I am using one right now. If you pop your GSM SIM card in the phone, you will have service to make calls and text. Getting data is a bit trickier.
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But there is no where to put the sim card

schooner said:
But there is no where to put the sim card
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Then you have the Sprint S3 and are out of luck. Sorry.
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ProtheusIRC said:
Then you have the Sprint S3 and are out of luck. Sorry.
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Ah ok fair enough.
So this phone is more less useless

schooner said:
Ah ok fair enough.
So this phone is more less useless
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Well, no. Sprint has prepaid plans, right? And with WiFi its a small tablet. There are tons of thing to do with it. If you don't want it, I can give you my mailing address
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ProtheusIRC said:
Well, no. Sprint has prepaid plans, right? And with WiFi its a small tablet. There are tons of thing to do with it. If you don't want it, I can give you my mailing address
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Is there really no sim card under the battery on the Sprint S3? I wasn't aware of that but clearly so since I don't own one.

SlimSnoopOS said:
Is there really no sim card under the battery on the Sprint S3? I wasn't aware of that but clearly so since I don't own one.
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From what I've read, Sprint does not use Sim cards. I could be wrong though.
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The lte sim card is built in, under the center mid cover. Unfortunately, I have never tried to rrplace one with a prepaid.
I can, and have, flashed them to boost mobile and page plus. Talk and text is easy using wifi to update the profile, but data better than 1x is trickier, and requires a "friend".
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Google Nexus Phones on Tmobile lose signal outside USA!!

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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T-Mobile is Unlock App Rocks

Not sure if this can go here but I was having problems unlocking my Note 5 on T-Mobile, I am financing it but I have had it on my account account for more than 45 days and every time I used the unlock appreciate it would error out well I called T-Mobile and I decided to trying while I was on hold and BAM it unlocked, so I was able permanent unlock KY T-Mobile Note 5 sexyness, which is awesome the app took a little loving to work but it did eventually and now I can use my AT&T Sim when I'm out in the boonies.
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bsanto9 said:
Not sure if this can go here but I was having problems unlocking my Note 5 on T-Mobile, I am financing it but I have had it on my account account for more than 45 days and every time I used the unlock appreciate it would error out well I called T-Mobile and I decided to trying while I was on hold and BAM it unlocked, so I was able permanent unlock KY T-Mobile Note 5 sexyness, which is awesome the app took a little loving to work but it did eventually and now I can use my AT&T Sim when I'm out in the boonies.
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That's odd - You aren't supposed to be able to unlock until the device is paid for.

I just tried it and it permanently unlocked mine too! Woot!

Confirmed on mine and my wife's phone too. That's hilarious.

I'm disagreeing at all, but I believe they do say in the fine print you can as long as the phone has been on your line for 45 days
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is this the "device unlock" app from playstore?
I tried using that one and it told me that my device is not compatible.

Confirm worked on both of my Note 5, but not work on my S6 edge

To those who had the app work, are your phones rooted? I wonder if it matters. Mine is fully paid off but was paid for and used very briefly by someone on Swappa. It hasn't been on my line for 45 days yet and is rooted; the app is saying my device isn't compatible.

No I'm not rooted and you cant be it seems and yes you have to have your phone on your line for 45 days or more active
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Mine are not rooted. Also, it wont work if you use wifi connection to request unlock.

I don't see any device unlock app on play worth the try , witch is it ?

daminux said:
I don't see any device unlock app on play worth the try , witch is it ?
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it's here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tmobile.simlock&hl=en, unless it deosn't show up for you for some reason..

Wow...
I'm on Jump on Demand 2 mo's in...

Mine did not work
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Also just did with my girlfriends LG g4 that's still on JOD
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Wondering if this working with rooted devices
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antawnm26 said:
Wondering if this working with rooted devices
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It doesn't work with rooted devices
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bsanto9 said:
It doesn't work with rooted devices
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Do you know if we were to uproot and go back to stock if it would then work since root is being removed?

I'm not exactly sure worth a try.
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well i bought my note phone in the USA (currently in europe) and they unlocked it for me but with root.
And when i try to use this application it either sais failure in procedure or unknow reason.
the phone is fully paid off... so should i reflash the stock version and then try the application to see if i can unlock it (and yes i have my tmobile sim with me)