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So from what I understand, band 12 is 700MHz A-Block and is owned by T-Mobile. According to this site (http://www.tmonews.com/700mhz-lte-map/) there hasn't been b12 deployment here in Columbus just yet, and it looks like there's a spectrum issue just to the west of us as well.

 

I did enable it just for giggles and there was indeed no signal to be found.

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So from what I understand, band 12 is 700MHz A-Block and is owned by T-Mobile. According to this site (http://www.tmonews.com/700mhz-lte-map/) there hasn't been b12 deployment here in Columbus just yet, and it looks like there's a spectrum issue just to the west of us as well.

 

I did enable it just for giggles and there was indeed no signal to be found.

 

Tmo owns some B12 around the country.  USCC and many other regionals also own Band 12 spectrum.  Band 12 is important for Sprint customers for compatibility with RRPP members and future LTE roaming.  It is not important for just T-Mobile.

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Others have reported to me that when on T-mobile, the Sprint bands appear, also unusable.  My thoughts are this is for the rumored Google MVNO as well.

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Tmo owns some B12 around the country.  USCC and many other regionals also own Band 12 spectrum.  Band 12 is important for Sprint customers for compatibility with RRPP members and future LTE roaming.  It is not important for just T-Mobile.

 

Thanks for the clarification. I'm certainly not an expert. It'll be interesting to see when exactly Google plans on opening up Nova now that the N6 is ready to go.

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Help with this error trying to manual flash new 5.1

 

OKAY [  0.855s]

finished. total time: 4.220s

rebooting into bootloader...

OKAY [  0.001s]

finished. total time: 0.001s

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes

archive does not contain 'boot.sig'

archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'

fastboot(32116,0xa0b921d4) malloc: *** mach_vm_map(size=1779851264) failed (error code=3)

*** error: can't allocate region

*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug

failed to allocate 1778070480 bytes

error: update package missing system.img

geologic:shamu-lmy47d adamjsimon$ 

OKAY [  0.855s]

finished. total time: 4.220s

rebooting into bootloader...

OKAY [  0.001s]

finished. total time: 0.001s

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes

archive does not contain 'boot.sig'

archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'

fastboot(32116,0xa0b921d4) malloc: *** mach_vm_map(size=1779851264) failed (error code=3)

*** error: can't allocate region

*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug

failed to allocate 1778070480 bytes

error: update package missing system.img

geologic:shamu-lmy47d adamjsimon$ 

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Ambient display broken? Now when i pick up my device the screen will NOT turn on. the setting is turned on...

After side loading I had the same issue. Untoggling and retoggling seemed to fix it.

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So is this the phone equivalent of a 72 oz steak to get now that the engineering screen is back

 

I fixed your quote for you.

 

AJ

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Ok So long saga of trying to update my Nexus 6.... Heres the details...

 

Just a heads up to anyone with a nexus 6 trying to do manual update
 
WHATEVER you do - DO NOT lock your bootloader without having a fully bootable OS working
 
because you cant unlock without going into the developer options in the OS and enabling OEM unlock capability
 
fastboot will just kick back an error if you try to unlock without turning this option on - even if there isnt any OS installed
 
I almost bricked my Nexus 6 by locking it thinking I could unlock and it would auto wipe and fix the error I was getting... no such luck. Finally thought to use TWRP that was still setup as my recovery to sideload a third party rom (i couldnt get it to sideload stock) and then I could reenable oem unlock in dev options and then reflash everything from fastboot after unlocking
 
I kept getting a optimizing apps boot loop when I first tried manual update but I think I fixed it by issuing fastboot boot boot.img (using the boot.img from the factory image for 5.1)
 
just some info for anyone who might run into this problem
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I REPEAT DO NOT LOCK YOUR BOOTLOADER WITHOUT HAVING A FULLY BOOTABLE ROM INSTALLED THAT INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THE "ENABLE OEM UNLOCK" OPTION IN THE DEVELOPER OPTIONS CAN BE TURNED ON. YOU WILL BE THE SADDEST OF PANDAS IF YOU DO WITHOUT HAVING THIS ABILITY. YOU WILL BASICALLY HALF BRICK YOUR DEVICE. THIS GOES FOR ANY DEVICE WITH LOLLIPOP.

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I know its in another language but I am pretty dang excited about the performance improvement im reading about to do with the update from 5.0.1 to 5.1.  Wonder how battery life is in comparison.  Mine was great when I first turned on the phone back in November and has gotten worse over time.  But I contribute that to the apps ive installed more than anything.

 

https://plus.google.com/+androidpit/posts/c9NQwmzzf9U

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Looks like a new build of 5.1 has appeared:

 

http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/03/13/new-android-5-1-build-lmy47e-surfaces-for-nexus-6-probably-wont-go-out-to-existing-devices/

 

According to the article it is probably only going to be present on devices shipped by Verizon, but apparently also includes a new radio. Anyone brave enough to give it a shot?

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I REPEAT DO NOT LOCK YOUR BOOTLOADER WITHOUT HAVING A FULLY BOOTABLE ROM INSTALLED THAT INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THE "ENABLE OEM UNLOCK" OPTION IN THE DEVELOPER OPTIONS CAN BE TURNED ON. YOU WILL BE THE SADDEST OF PANDAS IF YOU DO WITHOUT HAVING THIS ABILITY. YOU WILL BASICALLY HALF BRICK YOUR DEVICE. THIS GOES FOR ANY DEVICE WITH LOLLIPOP.

There is no such option under developer options on my nexus 5 on 5.1.

 

Sent from my SM-T217S using Tapatalk

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I REPEAT DO NOT LOCK YOUR BOOTLOADER WITHOUT HAVING A FULLY BOOTABLE ROM INSTALLED THAT INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THE "ENABLE OEM UNLOCK" OPTION IN THE DEVELOPER OPTIONS CAN BE TURNED ON. YOU WILL BE THE SADDEST OF PANDAS IF YOU DO WITHOUT HAVING THIS ABILITY. YOU WILL BASICALLY HALF BRICK YOUR DEVICE. THIS GOES FOR ANY DEVICE WITH LOLLIPOP.

 

I believe you have to do the fastboot oem unlock *twice* and you can unlock the bootloader without having a bootable os.

 

 

Anybody know how to fix this "couldn't load widget" message at the top of the open apps switcher thing?

 

yes, boot into safe mode 

 

Reboot into safe mode (press power button, long press on "Power off")

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=couldn%27t+load+widget&oq=couldn%27t+load+widget&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8

 

 

There is no such option under developer options on my nexus 5 on 5.1.

 

Sent from my SM-T217S using Tapatalk

 

you have to tap the build# in the settings > about to enable the developer options.

 

This has been the case for a couple years now, i think since android 4.0..

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