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Phones I caved and bought a Nexus 6

MRU

MRU

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Tig Bitties said:
So which Icon pack and wallpaper do you like best here?

Rotox - Icon Pack
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samerzayer.themes.rotox&hl=en
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Atran - Icon Pack
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vertumus.atran&hl=en
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Polycon Icons 1.4 BETA
https://plus.google.com/communities/117468759820012919287
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Rotox is certainly interesting. Last one looks too much like stock icons to be different.
 
jamezr

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so couple of QQ for you guys. I am looking at getting the N6. But I want to be sure I can unlock/root and flash away. It is my understanding that all Nexus 6 can be boot loader unlocked no matter what carrier they were originally bought from. Is that correct? So I can buy a TMO/AT&T N6 from craigslist and use it on Verizon? I read that they all come with a radio(s) that supports all the carriers.
 
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jamezr said:
so couple of QQ for you guys. I am looking at getting the N6. But I want to be sure I can unlock/root and flash away. It is my understanding that all Nexus 6 can be boot loader unlocked no matter what carrier they were originally bought from. Is that correct? So I can buy a TMO/AT&T N6 from craigslist and use it on Verizon? I read that they all come with a radio(s) that supports all the carriers.
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Yep. I bought my Wife a Sprint Nexus 6 off of Craigslist, and using it on ATT. And Rooting and Custom Recovery is super easy on this device.
 
jamezr

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Tig Bitties said:
Yep. I bought my Wife a Sprint Nexus 6 off of Craigslist, and using it on ATT. And Rooting and Custom Recovery is super easy on this device.
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Thanks! I have a chance to get N6 64GB from CL for $425. So I might pull the trigger later tonight
 
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You will need an invite if you want to check out Google's service.

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MRU said:
Junkie I thought we all agreed less phones this year :)
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That agreement had an end date, the more toys the merrier. :p

I doubt I'll get the G4 though. :)
 
jamezr

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Add a new member to the family. Got a blue Nexus 6 32 GB on CL for $350 . Here is the family

S6, N4, 6+, N6

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i just came across a nexus 6 32gb midnight blue (with pictures that look fine) on craigslist for 130$. Im really considering jumping on this even though i plan to continue to use my iPhone, but thats just too good of a deal to get a backup phone. The description says it is factory unlocked, so does that mean i could just pull my verizon sim out and put it right in there? What do you guys think about this?
 
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gc15 said:
i just came across a nexus 6 32gb midnight blue (with pictures that look fine) on craigslist for 130$. Im really considering jumping on this even though i plan to continue to use my iPhone, but thats just too good of a deal to get a backup phone. The description says it is factory unlocked, so does that mean i could just pull my verizon sim out and put it right in there? What do you guys think about this?
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That kinda what i did. The one I bought was from T-Mobile. I just put in my Verizon sim and rebooted the phone. It came up on with LTE on Verizon.
 
MRU

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jamezr said:
Anyone know an app to get battery percentage by the battery icon?
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Custom roms support this. Personally I just swipe down to notification area and it then reveals my battery percentage

There are apps that give you battery percentage but appears in top left of notification rather than on the battery..

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gc15 said:
i just came across a nexus 6 32gb midnight blue (with pictures that look fine) on craigslist for 130$. Im really considering jumping on this even though i plan to continue to use my iPhone, but thats just too good of a deal to get a backup phone. The description says it is factory unlocked, so does that mean i could just pull my verizon sim out and put it right in there? What do you guys think about this?
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There has to be something dodgy about that. Why would it be down from $650 to $130? If its too good to be true, it always is. Could be a mugging trap, remember posting photos of a device on a sales website like CL is easy - they can get them from google images. Doesn't mean they are genuine. Be very wary about that. It sounds like a honey trap.

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jamezr said:
Add a new member to the family. Got a blue Nexus 6 32 GB on CL for $350 . Here is the family

S6, N4, 6+, N6

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I thought you got the white S6e ?
 
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jamezr

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MRU said:
Custom roms support this. Personally I just swipe down to notification area and it then reveals my battery percentage

There are apps that give you battery percentage but appears in top left of notification rather than on the battery..

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There has to be something dodgy about that. Why would it be down from $650 to $130? If its too good to be true, it always is. Could be a mugging trap, remember posting photos of a device on a sales website like CL is easy - they can get them from google images. Doesn't mean they are genuine. Be very wary about that. It sounds like a honey trap.

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I thought you got the white S6e ?
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Yep flashed the Euphoria rom last night and got the battery percentage back instead of just the battery icon.


I had both white and black S6e. But decided to keep the black 64Gb. I sold the white on CL for 850 and bought another 6+.
 
MRU

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jamezr said:
I had both white and black S6e. But decided to keep the black 64Gb. I sold the white on CL for 850 and bought another 6+.
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God your a terror :D




How do you find flashing roms on the nexus and what other extra's does flashing give you other than battery percentage ?
 
jamezr

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MRU said:
God your a terror :D




How do you find flashing roms on the nexus and what other extra's does flashing give you other than battery percentage ?
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I got battery percentage and a little speed increase from this rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/development/rom-euphoria-os-beta-0-3-t2954615
I really love the restore feature in Android now. It brought down all my apps from my S6e. It let me choose which ones I wanted to restore and which ones to leave off.

I got my Samsung wireless charger yesterday too. Nice to see the Nexus supports wireless charging right out of the box.
 
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