Blackberry to Nexus 5

[anuberry]

I'm new to Android and just got my first Android phone yesterday... a NEXUS 5!

1. Do I need to call my carrier (WIND Mobile) to let them know I'm using an Android phone in order for them to change the data plan? (APN settings, BIS data, etc) I just used the same SIM card from the Blackberry and everything seems to be working.

2. So many people are suggesting I unlock the bootloader... should I ?

 

[FuzzyB]

Why would you need to worry about contacting your carrier about the switch?

I too came from BB and never did anything different.

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[Gekko]

congratulations. you went from a go kart to a Ferrari.

 

[Golfdriver97]

I'm new to Android and just got my first Android phone yesterday... a NEXUS 5!

1. Do I need to call my carrier (WIND Mobile) to let them know I'm using an Android phone in order for them to change the data plan? (APN settings, BIS data, etc) I just used the same SIM card from the Blackberry and everything seems to be working.

2. So many people are suggesting I unlock the bootloader... should I ?

Welcome to the forums.
1. Probably a good idea if you did contact them. If they say no, then you are at least covered.
2. It is only required for making significant changed to the phone, like changing the ROM, custom recovery, etc. If I were you, I would not. Unlocking the bootloader voids the OS warranty.

 

[DSWR]

congratulations. you went from a go kart to a Ferrari.

A go kart is pretty nippy though. It's more like going from a pile of bricks to a leather arm chair

 

[netwerx1]

Come on now, if you haven't used a BB10 device, no need to slam it...I'm no BlackBerry apologist (there's plenty of 'em around) but I did just switch from a Q10 and Z10 to the Nexus 5, mainly for the app availability. There are still a few things that the BB10 platform does better than Android in my opinion, and I hope they sort things out to get some stability and close the app gap...but until that happens, I'm pleased with my N5...

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[Fr3lncr]

I have to say, I'm happy with the improvements to the native email app on the N5. I hated email on my N4 which is why my BB phone was my daily driver. I don't use gmail so the native email client not having a real unified inbox (on the N4 the combined inbox sort of sucked as it never defaulted to it rather the last account you were in) or being able to scale HTML emails so you can see it all on one screen was a pain. But on the N5, you can now have both. The only annoyance is still not being able to set to download images by default instead of having it to do by email address but that isn't that bad.

Anyways, I'm happy with the improvements. My only main issue is the still crappy signal strength in some areas which hasn't improved over my N4. Something which was never an issue with my Z10 or Z30.