Yeah mine didn't get charged until the day it arrived. How much did you pay on Craigslist?
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Nexus 5 |OT|
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Yeah mine didn't get charged until the day it arrived. How much did you pay on Craigslist?
$500. Ok but here's what was weird... Google had a pending charge on my bank card. It showed up in my bank account and everything. And now it's gone.
Randy Lanzarote
Member
That's a pre-authorisation charge to ensure you have the funds available. The actual charge will appear in a day or two.
AIO's speeds are fine for day to day usage, just no bragging rights. My only issue with them is lack of premium sms/sms shortcodes. My Gmail, Facebook, and bank accounts send me a password if I log in from a new device, but with AIO I had to turn this option off.
GoPhone is what I currently use, but I only use 1-1.5gb of data a month so it works for me. If you use a lot of data AIO is better.
Sprint has an As You Go plan for $65/month for unlimited everything, but I've never used it and I'm not sure if you pay taxes and fees on top. If there are additional taxes on top then this plan is really closer to $75 and to close to normal postpaid plans.
Boost Mobile is Sprint's prepaid arm, but they don't have a true byod (bring your own device) option. There's rumors that they will have true byod by early December, and if that pans out I wouldn't mind trying them Since the Nexus 5 works on Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile. T-Mobile has great speeds here in Houston (I actually used Metropcs for a few months which uses T-Mobile's LTE network), but there's too many places indoors where I drop LTE and 4g (what they call their HSPA network) and fall back to 2g/EDGE.
Just US English. It was actually a workaround to switch it to generic English on the Nexus 4 because search crashes otherwise.
Awesome. Time to go sell the other Nexus 5 for $600 on Craigslist to some thirsty little troll.
ThatObviousUser
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If I go with ATT proper do I have to sign up for a set period of time?
I think I'll go with GoPhone for now, and if I go over the limit try AIO out. There seems to be too many problems with activating the N5 on Sprint right now (dude says only the 16 GB model will ever be supported??) Then if I get annoyed with AIO's speeds just bite the bullet and go with AT&T.
ThatObviousUser
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http://www.christianpost.com/news/n...experiencing-problems-with-activation-108134/
Sounds like Sprint stores will "sell you one at No Charge" (whatever that means.) But there's still problems, apparently.
Well...that's quite bad :-( At least can I know if there is a compromise like: Google Now in english and use italian for the other things (sms, mail etc.), is there a workaround for this?
Charges fine on my Maxell charging mat which I used for the Nexus 4.
I might get something more like this though since I don't like the look of the mat:
What is that?
Edit: Found it Bah, doesn't show up in the Canadian store.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Good luck with that. I can't imagine many jumping at the opportunity to pay $200 more for the phone.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
omgomgomg just got mine.
Does the imei sticker come off easily? Is it supposed to? lol.
Does the imei sticker come off easily? Is it supposed to? lol.
It's just a quirk for people like me who are too impatient to wait for Google to roll out KitKat to other Nexus devices. This was just from the sideloaded APK. Surprisingly, everything else works.
You'd be surprised dude. Lots of people can't get these and will pay a premium. Hell, I won't even mind selling it for my cost. I only paid $50 more to get one anyways. And the White 32GB seems hard as hell to get. Tons of black 32GB's floating around.
It goes easily. It doesnt leave any glue or mess, atleast for me.
ThatObviousUser
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Just an update on this, the info in the OP was wrong. The resolution is 1920 by 1080, or 16:9.
All Sprint reps that I have talked to have told me to pick up a SIM card on Friday from a local store. However, the local stores have no clue and assure me they will never give me a SIM card without buying a phone. They are also saying that they cannot activate the Nexus 5 until Friday, which is completely false because many folks have successfully been able to activate over the past couple days.
You can order a SIM from Sprint World Wide, but they are sold out and on backorder. I've been told that it will be at least 10 days before they get more in stock.
Every Sprint rep I have talked to has said something different, and there is no sort of consistency or organization on what each rep says. The best part is they speak misinformation with confidence - they don't ever question that the customer may have done previous research.
It gets a bit more complicated if you are a SERO customer. If you are a SERO customer and you try to order a SIM from Sprint World Wide, they will immediately deny you because they don't have the appropriate permission to access your account.
So, it appears that Sprint customers have a few options:
1.) Wait for Friday - try our luck in clueless corporate Sprint Stores. (Even if they have the SIM cards, they will likely question you and refuse your requests.)
2.) If you aren't a SERO customer, you can order a SIM from Sprint World Wide by chat or phone. However, you'll likely be waiting another week at the least.
3.) If you are a SERO customer, you can call the Employee Reps and ask for them to assist you in contacting Sprint World Wide and working together to order you a SIM. However, you will also be waiting at least another week as the SIM cards are out of stock.
Once you have successfully obtained a SIM card you can contact Sprint over the phone or via chat and they should be able to activate your phone without any issues. Getting the SIM is the hard part.
It has been a very frustrating experience, but I hope this has helped!
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
For $600 though? I haven't looked, I'm just surprised it would fetch such a high premium, not the fact it was fetching a premium. I guess the fan base helps with driving the cost too.
For anyone on tmobile, does it show an LTE symbol or no? I get an H over my signal strength but nothing saying LTE. I just activated last night but I did give them my imei number too when activating my sim.
-Pyromaniac-
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you're right I was just paranoid.
man this hardware feels fucking SOLID. And everything is so fast.
AT&T still hasn't shipped that GoPhone sim card (even though it's the wrong size).
I sent my mom to their store since it's 1.5 hours away from me. Dude is telling her the fucking sim card costs $60 and he won't give it to her unless I give all my information to sign up right there.
WTF? I'm looking at the frickin' site where you can do all that online right now. =/
edit: She want and asked another worker who said "here you go" and gave her the sim card free. Balance has been restored.
I sent my mom to their store since it's 1.5 hours away from me. Dude is telling her the fucking sim card costs $60 and he won't give it to her unless I give all my information to sign up right there.
WTF? I'm looking at the frickin' site where you can do all that online right now. =/
edit: She want and asked another worker who said "here you go" and gave her the sim card free. Balance has been restored.
ThatObviousUser
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Despite talking to people in the shipping area of my work's building to give my floor to UPS when asked, UPS must not have asked cause now I don't have my N5 and the tracking details are all "Action Required: A correct suite number is needed for delivery. UPS is attempting to obtain this information." And of course Google Play doesn't let you change your address after ordering.
FML. It's going to end up refused and I'm going to have to wait at the back of the damn line for another 2-3 weeks.
FML. It's going to end up refused and I'm going to have to wait at the back of the damn line for another 2-3 weeks.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Got my case coming today. £16 on Amazon :
Possible to just use the bumper and not the ugly back?
If you want it this evening, you should be able to stop by the UPS distribution center near the end of the day and pick it up when the driver returns. You should probably give them a call first. If not, you can have them hold it for you so they dont put it back on the truck and you can pick it up tomorrow.
AstroNut325
Member
Google asking $35 for the case is outrageous.
Everywhere I have read with people activating them mention they avoid stating its a Nexus 5 and just say they need to activate their device. They provide the MEID number which is the IMEI without the last digit and they are good to go. Also they did it online and then used the chat for the last piece. We will see as I will give it a go tonight.
I ordered my SIM from SWW yesterday. Good thing I did if they are sold out now. Sucks for others.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Nope, it's too big and wouldn't fit right anyway.
BertramCooper
Banned
I know, right? That would be perfect.
I'd love to have that bumper, but I don't see any need to cover the back.
ThatObviousUser
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How do I figure out which distribution center it'll be at?
BertramCooper
Banned
Not that I personally have a problem with it, but isn't selling this unofficial merchandise with the Nexus logo on it illegal?
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
It's finally here!
Goodbye POS Moto Atrix.... Hello new hotness!
I'm thinking about a case, but might just have to go bareback it feels so good! lol
I see a lot of people got the Spigen's, but everyone on Amazon says Spigen screwed them. So I'm not sure I want to support their shady business tactics.
Goodbye POS Moto Atrix.... Hello new hotness!
I'm thinking about a case, but might just have to go bareback it feels so good! lol
I see a lot of people got the Spigen's, but everyone on Amazon says Spigen screwed them. So I'm not sure I want to support their shady business tactics.
I've been following some Sprint forums regarding the activation issue. Sprint apparently didn't have the black 32gb model IMEI's in their system, but now that has been resolved. The sim card issue is still out there because most stores don't know if they have it in stock or claim not to have it in stock. I'm sticking with GoPhone for now, but once Sprint starts turning on their triband LTE in more markets I'll give them a shot.
BertramCooper
Banned
I would never go with Aio, not with that 8 Mbps cap on LTE.
That's bullshit.
That's bullshit.
That's a great question. In my area, there is only one. If you call UPS, you should be able to ask them which distribution center your package was delivered from and I'm pretty sure they can also initiate a hold on your item so they don't put it on the truck again tomorrow.
i3allistic
Member
I'm having this werid problem with my phone, yesterday i charged my phone when it was at 5% battery life, woke up this morning for work at 6am ...my phone stop charging at 76% ...anyone else having this problem? haven't had a chance to call google yet since i'm at work ...
I sync them with Google Contacts. Couldn't be easier.
what this could mean is that a Nexus 5 (or variant) could come to Verizon
...branded and 199 on contract
The Nexus 7 LTE supports the Verizon bands. They are just a holes. Once the device past the FCC certification there was no need for VZ to stop people from using it on their network.
Goddam assholes.
Over/under on a Verizon-made lookalike? I mean, the made this:
Evil in electric form
ThatObviousUser
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what this could mean is that a Nexus 5 (or variant) could come to Verizon
...branded and 199 on contract
I really doubt that. N7 is only possible cause it's LTE only and Verizon has to be open about LTE. Throw CDMA into the mix and making a new model with Verizon bands, and yeah... very doubtful.
I see. Thanks for the advice, I'll give it a shot.
cartoon_soldier
Member
What launcher are you guys using with the N5?