After my contract is up with Verizon in February 2016 I plan on getting a Nexus 6p. I plan to stay with Verizon, so I have the following questions:
1. Is Verizon allowing this phone on their network?
2. How do I get my contacts transfered from my old phone to the 6p?
3. How does the voicemail and text message services get set up?
There is probably more questions, but that's it for now.
Hopefully someone can answer my questions.
Thanks
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1. Yes the 6P works very well on Verizon's network... all you have to do is swap your nano SIM into your 6P and it'll just work.
Although if you currently don't have a nano SIM in the phone you are using now you will have to get a nano SIM from Verizon which is easy. The trouble is activating that nano SIM in the 6P... since the 6P is not a Verizon phone it won't show up in their system for activation so they usually won't active the SIM with the 6P. Some people have had luck going into a Verizon store and getting it activated... but what I did is get a nano-to-micro SIM adapter from amazon and then I called Verizon and had them activate the nano SIM in my currently phone using the adapter. Once the nano SIM is activated simply put it into the 6P and it'll work.
2. Make sure your contacts are stored to your google account and they'll simply be restored to the 6P when you sign into your google account on the phone... if you currently have a android phone make sure all your contacts are stored to your google account and not the phone storage. If you don't have an android phone you'll have to figure out how to export your contacts and import them into your google account.
3. Voicemail and text messaging services do work...
BUT the Verizon Visual Voice Mail for Nexus app does not work and some people are having problems with the Verizon Messages app for text messages. I use Hangouts app for text messages and I've had no problems with it and MMS works fine. For voicemail you can still dial voicemail from the dialer by long pressing the "1" or I forward all unanswered calls to my Google Voice number and use Google Voice for visual voicemail instead of using Verizon for voicemail. Here's a link for a thread on how to use Google Voice for VVM...
http://forums.androidcentral.com/nexus-6p/609654-verizon-visual-voice-mail-nexus-app-not-working.html
-The Hotspot works great too.
-In order to do simultaneous voice and data you have to make sure on your Verizon account you have Advanced Calling 1.0 enabled (it's free) and on the Nexus 6P make sure you have Enhanced 4G LTE Mode enabled (located under Cellular network in Settings).
-Also for better signal with Verizon on the 6P make sure the Preferred network type (located under Cellular network in Settings) is: CDMA/LTE