Can a Sprint Nexus 5 work on AT&T?

[adam13141]

I have a Best Buy credit to use and want to pick up the Nexus 5. Best Buy only carries the Sprint Nexus 5. Will this work on AT&T without any limitations? Has anyone tried this?


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[took2089]

Yes it will work

 

[mrsmumbles]

But bb will give you a hard time about buying it without a Sprint plan.

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[benhmadison]

I have a Best Buy credit to use and want to pick up the Nexus 5. Best Buy only carries the Sprint Nexus 5. Will this work on AT&T without any limitations? Has anyone tried this?


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Yes it works fine. I did basically the same thing. I went on bestbuy.com and purchased it for off contact price and selected pick up in store. If you select full price you won't be required to put any Sprint account info in. Once they email you that your order is ready for pickup, just go to the counter to pick it up and if they try to direct you to the mobile department just tell them you don't need it set up and you will be good to go!

P.S. most of the associates don't know crap and will try to tell you it will only work on Sprint or that you have to have a sprint account. Just ignore them and ask for the phone you've already paid for.

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[Cant Miss]

The only difference with the bb version is it can't currently be activated on Ting (and possibly other sprint based byod mvnos), and there's no sim eject tool included.

 

[patruns]

I have a Best Buy credit to use and want to pick up the Nexus 5. Best Buy only carries the Sprint Nexus 5. Will this work on AT&T without any limitations? Has anyone tried this?


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Unless your credit is for $100 or more, but it from the Play Store. Best Buy charges $100 more than the Play Store.

 

[mrsmumbles]

The only difference with the bb version is it can't currently be activated on Ting (and possibly other sprint based byod mvnos), and there's no sim eject tool included.

Are you sure about the no Sim tray opener? When I got my box from Google Play I didn't even know it was in there until I read about it in the forums and looked again, sure enough it was among the papers under the phone. But I did not see that the technical leaflets contained a Quick Start guide as I also read there should be.

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[Cant Miss]

Are you sure about the no Sim tray opener? When I got my box from Google Play I didn't even know it was in there until I read about it in the forums and looked again, sure enough it was among the papers under the phone. But I did not see that the technical leaflets contained a Quick Start guide as I also read there should be.

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Pretty sure. I had one here from Amazon for a time. It did not include one. My understanding is that those from sprint and bb are exactly the same.

 

[mrsmumbles]

Pretty sure. I had one here from Amazon for a time. It did not include one. My understanding is that those from sprint and bb are exactly the same.

Huh. That seems strange that they wouldn't include it, but maybe they thought if you're going to buy it at a store the employees would deal with the sim card.

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[Cant Miss]

Huh. That seems strange that they wouldn't include it, but maybe they thought if you're going to buy it at a store the employees would deal with the sim card.

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Not strange at all. It is a sprint phone, and they don't want you activating it on any network but theirs.

 

[mrsmumbles]

Not strange at all. It is a sprint phone, and they don't want you activating it on any network but theirs.

It isn't a Sprint phone. It's an unlocked Nexus 5.

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[Puzzlegal]

The salesman at a sprint store told me I could use it on other networks.

 

[Cant Miss]

It isn't a Sprint phone. It's an unlocked Nexus 5.

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But it comes through sprint's channel, has a sprint screen protector on it, comes with a sprint guide, and has a sprint recorded ID that they won't let you activate on their network through an mvno.

The ones from the play store do not.

 

[mrsmumbles]

But it comes through sprint's channel, has a sprint screen protector on it, comes with a sprint guide, and has a sprint recorded ID that they won't let you activate on their network through an mvno.

The ones from the play store do not.

If so you can still take it to Gophone, frex, and get them to put the right Sim card in. But I take your point about the packaging. Maybe they exclude the Sim card tool to make it harder for the customer to change their mind.

Edit: I'd recommend anyone just buy their Nexus 5 from the play store and not deal with carrier antics like Sprint packaging.

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[nothappywithsteve]

I bought my N5 from GP as soon as they were available and then activated on Sprint - freakin' headache as Sprint kept telling me I needed a 'Sprint' version, that the unlocked version wouldn't work. But it did activate once they put a Sprint iPhone sim into the N5. I can take this phone to any carrier. Screw Sprint.

 

[alexlam24]

Just a word of thought. Price match guarantee will save you $50+

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[radeon962]

I'm using a "Sprint" version from Best Buy. It's the same thing as the phone from Google except there is a Sprint SIM in the phone when you unbox it and the package contents has Sprint literature and no SIM tool if I remember correctly. Just pop the Sprint SIM out and your SIM in and set it up. You can use a pin or anything else to pop the SIM tray out. There is nothing magical about the SIM tool. There is only one US version and one International version.

Best Buy price matched Google Play Store and did not ask about activation or anything else as i asked to buy one for full retail. Just have them pull up Google Play Store and the CSR will call over a manager to approve the price match.

My wife's N5 is from the PlayStore and everything about the phone itself is identical.

Both phones are in use on AT&T.

 

[whitty123]

I'm confused. I purchased 2 Nexus 5 phones from the Google Play Store (I did this because I thought they were unlocked and I could use them on any carrier). I had them with Ting, which runs on the Sprint network, but now wish to move them to StraightTalk which is AT&T. StraightTalk is telling me they are not compatible with their network. What gives?