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Can you flash a Indian version Nord 2 with EU Firmware?
Short answer is I wouldn't risk it
Long answer is: It seems to mostly depend on what update version you're runing, as .A11 is the latest update where both phones used the same OTA update, since then, it branched to A12 and A14 which was rolled out specifically only to EU devices, and A13 specifically only for Indian devices, and they do not seem to be cross compatible with alot of bootloop issues for trying to run the wrong boot images.
If you wanted to experiment you'd have the highest chance of success by ensuring you're flashing the entire EU stock rom(all partitions), but as oneplus doesn't currently officially publish the nord 2 stock rom, you'd be at the mercy of whatever you can find from what other users have pulled from their own phones, with some partitions not being compatitible between phones, and backup methods aren't always 100% reliable.
Yeah I made the mistake of buying a Nord 2 while in India with the hope I could use it in the US. I was hoping to flash the EU firmware after finding this out to potentially gain one of the frequency bands that is covered in the EU firmware. I'm back in the states and cant return the phone obviously. 400 dollar mistake I guess then...........
I don't know if anyone has tried flashing the EU DN2103 firmware onto an indian DN2101 device; But your issues could be compounded by the fact the DN2101 could be missing physical hardware present in the DN2103 so even if the software side worked, it wouldn't do much good if the hardware wasn't there to begin with.
As far as i understand missing a few frequency bands shouldn't be too bad, at worst it might just mean lower signal strength or coverage depending on the prevalence of bands used by your provider. If you're lucky and live in an urban environment, your coverage should be nearly unaffected.
My understanding is all of the hardware is the same. Sounds like I should just give it a try. What do I have to lose at this point besides the money wasted. Experiments are fun and if it works I can report back.
Zombnombs said:
I don't know if anyone has tried flashing the EU DN2103 firmware onto an indian DN2101 device; But your issues could be compounded by the fact the DN2101 could be missing physical hardware present in the DN2103 so even if the software side worked, it wouldn't do much good if the hardware wasn't there to begin with.
As far as i understand missing a few frequency bands shouldn't be too bad, at worst it might just mean lower signal strength or coverage depending on the prevalence of bands used by your provider. If you're lucky and live in an urban environment, your coverage should be nearly unaffected.
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On the hardware side both are same I think
PWRFADE said:
My understanding is all of the hardware is the same. Sounds like I should just give it a try. What do I have to lose at this point besides the money wasted. Experiments are fun and if it works I can report back.
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Instead of this can you try pac man edition phones firmware it may be more interesting and will give something unique
Suppose I have to find out if someone has pulled the EU PacMan Firmware.
Can I use SP Flash tool to update?
What was the outcome ?
Were you able to do it ?
I was able to flash my XQ-BC62 (US) model with the XQ-BC42 (JP) firmware using newflasher. Everything seems to work OK except the mobile radio. The radio is completely disabled (as reported by *#*#4636#*#* status screens), not just unable to connect. The hardware is still fine since flashing back to XQ-BC62 firmware gets a signal again.
Unfortunately I need to use XQ-BC42 as the other firmware images are missing the VoLTE support for my JP carrier and it fails to provision. At best I can force it into data only mode by setting radio to LTE only. The carrier does not support 3G at all.
Extra steps I tried:
- Perform factory reset after flashing
- Swap out the files for the modem firmware from the US firmware and reflash
Has anyone had luck with this, or are there any additional steps I might need to try?
This phone keeps getting worse. I literally bought it to use in the US and Japan. Sony support said it is officially unsupported by all US telcos. No SA 5G, no VoNR, no VoWiFi. Now I hear that it doesn't work in Japan?!
I already know it's close to useless in French Polynesia despite having all the right radio bands.
You can try swapping both OEM-xxx.sin files from the XQ-BC42 firmware folder into the XQ-BC62 firmware folder and flash there XQ-BC62 firmware with that, then you should be able to get VoLTE and modem working at the same time.
If that doesn't work, there are other methods but they will require root access.
kevinmcmurtrie said:
This phone keeps getting worse. I literally bought it to use in the US and Japan. Sony support said it is officially unsupported by all US telcos. No SA 5G, no VoNR, no VoWiFi. Now I hear that it doesn't work in Japan?!
I already know it's close to useless in French Polynesia despite having all the right radio bands.
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Might you elabortate a bit on this?
So which modell? which provider? comeing form a country where all of these 5G related features are just in development this would be nice to get some further informations on this topic.
VoWiFi is highly likely a provider "problem" - as we have another thread here where these "offical support" statements are at least highly questionable, as we have multiple users here using VoWiFi.
Here is one example of an answer one got from sony
T-Mobile USA Volte and VoWifi support?
Hey XDA, is USA model XQBC62 work with T-Mobile Volte and VoWifi? PS: my old Xperia5 II wasnt able to work and returned back to Sony week later (sad)
forum.xda-developers.com
What is not working in French Polynesia?
Which carrier are you talking about? using a second sim card or use roaming capabilites? keep in mind that not all providers might allow access to all availeable networks based on there roaming contracts. just to give you a idea check these information from one of the providers over ther
https://www.vini.pf/sites/default/files/docs/liste_partenaires_vini-roaming_dec17.pdf
I took my device through several countries already not one having trouble with connectivity as long as the bands are supported and there.
On my trips to japan i head several different devices with me over the yeras, beside the xperia, not once having problems as long as the bands where supported / one is using a local sim - card.
cjmovie said:
Unfortunately I need to use XQ-BC42 as the other firmware images are missing the VoLTE support for my JP carrier and it fails to provision. At best I can force it into data only mode by setting radio to LTE only. The carrier does not support 3G at all.
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Did you try to get in contact with the japanese carrier asking if they are supporting VoLTE for devices from other markets?
Maybe the easiest way would to switch your carrier at all.
If you are willing to dig around more you could try something like this
5II/1&5III VoLTE patch. [Guide to release the root]
In the Xperia user group in cafe.naver.com/x1smart I'm HTCMAGE. Last year, Xperia 1II. How to activate VoLTE. After the guide version...
forum.xda-developers.com
But you will need the profiles for your vendor. One could play around and try to integrate these profiles into your XQ-BC62 Firmware and see if this would work out. But well - keep fingers crossed that you don't brick anything.
OhayouBaka said:
You can try swapping both OEM-xxx.sin files from the XQ-BC42 firmware folder into the XQ-BC62 firmware folder and flash there XQ-BC62 firmware with that, then you should be able to get VoLTE and modem working at the same time.
If that doesn't work, there are other methods but they will require root access.
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I'll give this a try and report back. Thanks!
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Did you try to get in contact with the japanese carrier asking if they are supporting VoLTE for devices from other markets?
Maybe the easiest way would to switch your carrier at all.
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No, they don't support overseas models. I don't know if it's ignorance around the security or an attempt to prop up their own phone sales. Both are honestly believable over here.
This is the only reasonably priced major carrier plan with unlimited international roaming included (ahamo from NTT Docomo). Not being able to use the 1 iii sucks but I'll just write the 1 iii off if it can't be fixed and continue using my JP variant 1 ii.
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I'll give this a try and report back. Thanks!
No, they don't support overseas models. I don't know if it's ignorance around the security or an attempt to prop up their own phone sales. Both are honestly believable over here.
This is the only reasonably priced major carrier plan with unlimited international roaming included (ahamo from NTT Docomo). Not being able to use the 1 iii sucks but I'll just write the 1 iii off if it can't be fixed and continue using my JP variant 1 ii.
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sad to hear - but just out of curiosity:
Why did you get yourself the "American" Variant? Docomo has, as well as softbank, there own supported devices. Kind of similar to TMobile US. Sounds you are spending most of the time in japan. I know that the Docomo version isn't so well supported regarding updates though ...
Hudrator said:
Might you elabortate a bit on this?
So which modell? which provider? comeing form a country where all of these 5G related features are just in development this would be nice to get some further informations on this topic.
VoWiFi is highly likely a provider "problem" - as we have another thread here where these "offical support" statements are at least highly questionable, as we have multiple users here using VoWiFi.
Here is one example of an answer one got from sony
T-Mobile USA Volte and VoWifi support?
Hey XDA, is USA model XQBC62 work with T-Mobile Volte and VoWifi? PS: my old Xperia5 II wasnt able to work and returned back to Sony week later (sad)
forum.xda-developers.com
What is not working in French Polynesia?
Which carrier are you talking about? using a second sim card or use roaming capabilites? keep in mind that not all providers might allow access to all availeable networks based on there roaming contracts. just to give you a idea check these information from one of the providers over ther
https://www.vini.pf/sites/default/files/docs/liste_partenaires_vini-roaming_dec17.pdf
I took my device through several countries already not one having trouble with connectivity as long as the bands are supported and there.
On my trips to japan i head several different devices with me over the yeras, beside the xperia, not once having problems as long as the bands where supported / one is using a local sim - card.
Did you try to get in contact with the japanese carrier asking if they are supporting VoLTE for devices from other markets?
Maybe the easiest way would to switch your carrier at all.
If you are willing to dig around more you could try something like this
5II/1&5III VoLTE patch. [Guide to release the root]
In the Xperia user group in cafe.naver.com/x1smart I'm HTCMAGE. Last year, Xperia 1II. How to activate VoLTE. After the guide version...
forum.xda-developers.com
But you will need the profiles for your vendor. One could play around and try to integrate these profiles into your XQ-BC62 Firmware and see if this would work out. But well - keep fingers crossed that you don't brick anything.
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I have the US model - the same as this thread topic.
It's Sony tech support themselves that told me that there is no carrier support for the US model in the US. It was such an incredible conversation that I saved it. An excerpt:
(Adrian) said :I'm asking you this because at this moment Verizon is currently the only U.S. carrier that supports 5G on the Xperia PRO model. The 5G network service is
not currently available in the Xperia 1 III model and this is why you're getting that
issue. In this particular case we recommend you to check with your phone carrier
if there is a way for them either to provide a different network service or if there is
a work around on their system for you to use your Xperia phone with their service
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Don't repeat Sony's claim about 5G being in development. T-Mobile has been running SA 5G where I live for nearly 2 years. I've done side-by-side comparisons between an older phone with SA 5G and my Xperia by swapping the SIM. The XPeria has a lot of "no service" problems because it's using SA 5G channel aggregations without having SA 5G. There's another thread on this - Sony has explicitly disabled SA 5G on all US NR bands. https://cacombos.com/device/XQ-BC62
The Sony phone was unstable roaming in PF and could not see several 3G, LTE, and 5G bands that were available to it. Again, an older phone worked better. I used a much more modern coverage map than your 2017 document.
I haven't been to Japan with this my Xperia yet due to COVID restrictions, but I normally spend ~2 weeks a year there. I know my old phone works well there so I'm going to be mad if a new Xperia is stuck looking for old 3G cells that only exist in subways.
I have an XQ-BC42 that I'm using in Europe with 5G working (which isn't supported officially).
All I had to do was flash the XQ-BC42 firmware with the following 3 files replaced by their equivalents from the XQ-BC52 firmware:
* modem_X-FLASH-ALL-4BA8.sin
* modemst1_X-FLASH-ALL-4BA8.sin
* modemst1_X-FLASH-ALL-4BA8.sin
So in your case you just have to take the 3 files above from the XQ-BC42 firmware and combine them with everything else from XQ-BC62 firmware and flash that.
From what I've gathered, assuming your phone has XQ-BC62 firmware on it already, it might only be necessary to flash the XQ-BC42 modem files and nothing else, but I haven't tested this.
I'm assuming you can swap other files too but what definitely didn't work for me was the oem .sin files from another model's firmware. I don't know if there's something incompatible about the XQ-BC42 compared with other models but using non-XQ-BC42 oem .sin files disabled my radio completely.
kevinmcmurtrie said:
I have the US model - the same as this thread topic.
It's Sony tech support themselves that told me that there is no carrier support for the US model in the US. It was such an incredible conversation that I saved it. An excerpt:
Don't repeat Sony's claim about 5G being in development. T-Mobile has been running SA 5G where I live for nearly 2 years. I've done side-by-side comparisons between an older phone with SA 5G and my Xperia by swapping the SIM. The XPeria has a lot of "no service" problems because it's using SA 5G channel aggregations without having SA 5G. There's another thread on this - Sony has explicitly disabled SA 5G on all US NR bands. https://cacombos.com/device/XQ-BC62
The Sony phone was unstable roaming in PF and could not see several 3G, LTE, and 5G bands that were available to it. Again, an older phone worked better. I used a much more modern coverage map than your 2017 document.
I haven't been to Japan with this my Xperia yet due to COVID restrictions, but I normally spend ~2 weeks a year there. I know my old phone works well there so I'm going to be mad if a new Xperia is stuck looking for old 3G cells that only exist in subways.
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no, i am not saying it is under development. The standards are there. How ever - in different regions some of the 5g is still not rolled out / will never been seen (mmWave,SA 5G - at least for private customers).
Well i read the message you quoted a bit different - and i would love to know what other carriers have to say about that.
I personally would find it completly unlogic to sell a device like the Pro, which is said in your excerpt, to have 5G support on Verizon - but then sell the 5G capable phones which have this deactivated at all.
Supported Major U.S. Carriers: Verizon (5G), T-Mobile (4G), AT&T (4G)*
*As of 9/27/2021, please consult with your network operator to ensure compatibility with their network.
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Source:
Sony Electronics
electronics.sony.com
Might be, that t-mobile is using some more advanced features. how ever: here where i live most phones up to now don't support 5G SA, at least thats what the carriers say, as there are updates needed to make this work. So we will see here some selected phones using 5G SA - as the providers are working together with SOME of the major OEMs.
You can know ask who is responsible for supporting 5G SA or providing updates... As much as i got from t-mobile usa, they where always not really open to devices, which they don't sell directly ....
Hudrator said:
sad to hear - but just out of curiosity:
Why did you get yourself the "American" Variant? Docomo has, as well as softbank, there own supported devices. Kind of similar to TMobile US. Sounds you are spending most of the time in japan. I know that the Docomo version isn't so well supported regarding updates though ...
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I happened to be in the US at the time to pre-order and it wasn't clear that Sony would release an unlocked dual-SIM model for the JP market. I checked the radio bands before purchasing but all of this client provisioning stuff is new to me. Seems like all these laws were made to force carriers to unlock their phones / allow any standards compliant phone on their networks, and then they find this loophole with provisioning that requires more than just a SIM card...
OhayouBaka said:
You can try swapping both OEM-xxx.sin files from the XQ-BC42 firmware folder into the XQ-BC62 firmware folder and flash there XQ-BC62 firmware with that, then you should be able to get VoLTE and modem working at the same time.
If that doesn't work, there are other methods but they will require root access.
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Unfortunately this didn't work. But I did learn that the radio problem isn't an issue with the firmware itself.
Immediately after flashing the mobile radio was OK and I could use it with my alternate SIM card. As soon as I inserted the JP SIM card it triggered OMA client provisioning and killed the radio. After this happened not even the US SIM card would work anymore, and any radio related configurations can no longer be changed.
My hypotheses at this point are either (a) the client provisioning step found something off with my phone and forced it to lock down (not sure if client provisioning has the authority to do this though), (b) the client provisioning is interacting with the modem firmware in a JP-specific way and the US modem firmware is borked by this.
playstation360 said:
I have an XQ-BC42 that I'm using in Europe with 5G working (which isn't supported officially).
All I had to do was flash the XQ-BC42 firmware with the following 3 files replaced by their equivalents from the XQ-BC52 firmware:
* modem_X-FLASH-ALL-4BA8.sin
* modemst1_X-FLASH-ALL-4BA8.sin
* modemst1_X-FLASH-ALL-4BA8.sin
So in your case you just have to take the 3 files above from the XQ-BC42 firmware and combine them with everything else from XQ-BC62 firmware and flash that.
From what I've gathered, assuming your phone has XQ-BC62 firmware on it already, it might only be necessary to flash the XQ-BC42 modem files and nothing else, but I haven't tested this.
I'm assuming you can swap other files too but what definitely didn't work for me was the oem .sin files from another model's firmware. I don't know if there's something incompatible about the XQ-BC42 compared with other models but using non-XQ-BC42 oem .sin files disabled my radio completely.
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Other than the issue after provisioning the OEM files from the JP model did work for me. If (b) is true then flashing both the oem and modem files might be a solution. I'll give that a try!
playstation360 said:
I have an XQ-BC42 that I'm using in Europe with 5G working (which isn't supported officially).
All I had to do was flash the XQ-BC42 firmware with the following 3 files replaced by their equivalents from the XQ-BC52 firmware:
* modem_X-FLASH-ALL-4BA8.sin
* modemst1_X-FLASH-ALL-4BA8.sin
* modemst1_X-FLASH-ALL-4BA8.sin
So in your case you just have to take the 3 files above from the XQ-BC42 firmware and combine them with everything else from XQ-BC62 firmware and flash that.
From what I've gathered, assuming your phone has XQ-BC62 firmware on it already, it might only be necessary to flash the XQ-BC42 modem files and nothing else, but I haven't tested this.
I'm assuming you can swap other files too but what definitely didn't work for me was the oem .sin files from another model's firmware. I don't know if there's something incompatible about the XQ-BC42 compared with other models but using non-XQ-BC42 oem .sin files disabled my radio completely.
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cjmovie said:
Other than the issue after provisioning the OEM files from the JP model did work for me. If (b) is true then flashing both the oem and modem files might be a solution. I'll give that a try!
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Same result, no radio after client provisioning runs and it stays borked even with the SIM card swapped out.
cjmovie said:
Same result, no radio after client provisioning runs and it stays borked even with the SIM card swapped out.
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Have you tried with only the modem files taken from the XQ-BC42 firmware? Might be worth a shot.
Also, it might be worth asking on the 5ch thread if you speak Japanese.
playstation360 said:
Have you tried with only the modem files taken from the XQ-BC42 firmware? Might be worth a shot.
Also, it might be worth asking on the 5ch thread if you speak Japanese.
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I spent a few more days trying various combinations of flashing, factory resets, etc. and finally have it working. I don't know if this is the only way to achieve this, but I can share the sequence I did most recently. This was inspired by the discussions in that 5ch thread - thanks for the link!
1. Install JP variant ROM with full factory reset.
2. Install the JP SIM card and wait for provisioning to finish. The radio stops working at this point.
3. Create and flash a hybrid ROM, using the modem*.sin files from the JP variant and everything else from the original (US) variant. Do NOT factory reset.
4. Set the correct APN (sp-mode.net for ドコモ).
After this both the JP and US SIM cards are working.
@cjmovie
Congrats on this achievement! Hope you can now use your device as you wished!
Hi Guys,
I logged into this xda forum after ages, can someone let me know how to use/enable VoLTE on my Pixel 6 Pro (bought from Amazon US)
hi please refer this link i hope it will help you, https://www.droidwin.com/how-to-enable-volte-in-google-pixel-6-pro/
cash2phone said:
hi please refer this link i hope it will help you, https://www.droidwin.com/how-to-enable-volte-in-google-pixel-6-pro/
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Oh, so without root no way to use VoLTE!
Not only volte but also 5G and vowifi are disabled if you are not on one of the few supported countries and operators. And while volte and vowifi can be force enabled with root 5G is totally out of the question for now. Send feedback via phone and write in pixel community forums about the issue. I hope that when there are enough complains they will unlock this basic functionality.
What's worse, I am seeing Google admin locking threads on this topic. FYI Singapore is one of the country they are selling the devices.
hey guys,
did anyone manage to get those option working? (wifi calling / volte / 5g) in any country other then the 12 official supported countries?
i'm living in the middle east and i got the us version of pixel 6.
these options are disabled here. it's an issue from google's side, as they worked for me on my previous samsung phone. network provider said there is nothing they could do about it.
Only by rooting you can enable VoLTE but don't expect 5g until 2026
Google is blocking both. VoLTE is possible by Magisk module, 5G isn't
i see... thank you for answering.
i'v filed a feedback to google anyhow, maybe they will consider it if many people will complain
I've found a thread with instructions for enabling 5G for Pixel 4/5. But we have Exynos modem in 6th generation so they are not working... Is it a big deal to change Samsung modem settings?
So how can i enable Wifi Calling and Volte with Magisk can anybody help me?
I used this one from this thread
Finally , One Module-unlock 5G-Volte-VoWIFI
Hello,, After a long term of tries and workarounds. Finally found some module by ender-zhao :love::love::love::love::love::love: Thanks for him so much. Simply one module to enable 5G and Volte ,vowifi... install it from magisk , restart and...
forum.xda-developers.com
yo, we just opened a bounty for anyone who unlocks 5G for not officially supported countries. For more details go here:
{CLOSED} [BOUNTY] Activating 5G for unofficial countries on Pixel 6 (Pro)
As we discussed xxxx I decided to prepare the bounty for anyone who will unlock 5G support for most/all countries. Feel free to support it (because Google doesn't want to...). You can find it there: xxxxxx Introduction and details are either in...
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reas0n said:
yo, we just opened a bounty for anyone who unlocks 5G for not officially supported countries. For more details go here:
{CLOSED} [BOUNTY] Activating 5G for unofficial countries on Pixel 6 (Pro)
As we discussed xxxx I decided to prepare the bounty for anyone who will unlock 5G support for most/all countries. Feel free to support it (because Google doesn't want to...). You can find it there: xxxxxx Introduction and details are either in...
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awesome!
here's for hoping this will work soon enough
or that google will get they're act together and enable 5g / volte / wifi calling lol
mr.serfus said:
awesome!
here's for hoping this will work soon enough
or that google will get they're act together and enable 5g / volte / wifi calling lol
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Well, XDA dumped my thread, I'm so disappointed about what happened with this community. I'm in the middle of moving everything to Telegram.
reas0n said:
Well, XDA dumped my thread, I'm so disappointed about what happened with this community. I'm in the middle of moving everything to Telegram.
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yeah, just saw this...
what was the reason they have given you?
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yeah, just saw this...
what was the reason they have given you?
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That I'm not a developer (well, I was) and I only can collect money when I need it for developing (??) Honestly no idea, I'm confused as well, that's not a bounty anymore then, hackers get encouraged by money but we need to collect some..
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Well, XDA dumped my thread, I'm so disappointed about what happened with this community. I'm in the middle of moving everything to Telegram.
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What you are asking is illegal and stealing. That is why XDA closed your thread.
It is up to the cell carriers to enable 5g.
XDA and Google has nothing to do with it.
Also social media links are against the XDA rules.
nutzcase said:
What you are asking is illegal and stealing. That is why XDA closed your thread.
It is up to the cell carriers to enable 5g.
XDA and Google has nothing to do with it.
Also social media links are against the XDA rules.
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XDA has nothing to do with it, sure, they literally have nothing to do with it.
but Google on the other hand, has lots and lots to do with it.
I for the billion percentages have 5G, i've checked on 2 phones, one has 5G, the other, not.(even talked and went to my carrier for triple verification)
The stupid phone will straight up not even take the risk to turn on the 5G modem while you're scanning for nearby cellular towers(try it on the "automatic select network", in the network(s)).
Go on your phone, open your phone dialer, input "*#*#4636#*#*" (without the quotes), now a menu should pop up named "Testing"(without pressing on the (to)PHONE icon), click on the "Phone information" tab, you should now see lots of information about your cellular and network connectivity, search for the "NR available", if it's False and not True, you cannot use 5G, the modem is locked by software, and who happens to be the developer for this Phone? Google. blame it on Google, they make these stupid discissions, and blame it on others, and continue on. Literally like any other company(plus minus)
nutzcase said:
What you are asking is illegal and stealing. That is why XDA closed your thread.
It is up to the cell carriers to enable 5g.
XDA and Google has nothing to do with it.
Also social media links are against the XDA rules.
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Illegal is accusing someone of doing a crime without evidence. it's called defamation I guess.
No it's not up to the cell carriers, check previous Pixel forums.
Hi to all,
Well I bought the new pix6 just to find out that the connectivity to 5G network's is limited to supported counters end not to other countries beside the selected few.
Is there a way to enable 5G while keeping the phone unrooted? Coming from a M11i that in my area has 600-700Mbit/s coverage to the supposed king of Android that has barley 80Mbit/s is just disappointing. I'm in Croatia and the 5G here is in every activated in every single plan.
Thanks in advance.
Regards Goran
Ask your carrier to support the Pixel 6.
There is no way to enable it even with root unfortunately. Google locked it and they will not unlock it.
neptun2 said:
There is no way to enable it even with root unfortunately. Google locked it and they will not unlock it.
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Do you have a link to support your statement?
Look at this:
5G on your Pixel
Check your 5G availability
pixel.withgoogle.com
If you choose other as country you see this:
At this time, unlisted countries have no selected 5G carrier networks that work with Pixel phones.
There also quite a lot of topics in the pixel community like this one discussing the problem:
Pixel 6 : 5G problem Europe - Google Pixel Community
neptun2 said:
Look at this:
5G on your Pixel
Check your 5G availability
pixel.withgoogle.com
If you choose other as country you see this:
At this time, unlisted countries have no selected 5G carrier networks that work with Pixel phones.
There also quite a lot of topics in the pixel community like this one discussing the problem:
Pixel 6 : 5G problem Europe - Google Pixel Community
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Thanks for your reply.
But I do not see anything about Google being at fault.
I am just assuming that it is the government and carriers fault of said countries.
Well if the 5G phones of every other big android manufacturer like samsung, xiaomi, oneplus, motorola and so on are working great almost everywhere and pixels only work in select countries for me it is pretty clear who is to blame. In addition to that the modem inside is the same samsung modem used in the samsung s20 series and it clearly supports needed bands to work in much more than 13 countries in whole world. There are enough operators in europe present in several countries and using same equipment and bands in these like A1, T-mobile, Vodafone, Orange and so on. If it is operator's fault what is the logic phone to work from one side of the border and not from the other? To sum it up - if anything works in 100 countries and do not work in 10 you should check these 10 countries. If anything works in 10 countries and does not work in 100 it is device problem. I have not seen a single report from person in unsupported country who managed to activate 5G.
To add some history - older google 5G phones behave the same way. They are locked to support 5G in only certain countries. In these models though this is done via simple configuration files which can be edited if you have root. After that 5G works flawlessly in every country. Unfortunately for pixel 6 this does not work.
Finally , One Module-unlock 5G-Volte-VoWIFI
Hello,, After a long term of tries and workarounds. Finally found some module by ender-zhao :love::love::love::love::love::love: Thanks for him so much. Simply one module to enable 5G and Volte ,vowifi... install it from magisk , restart and...
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Danm Google not even Apple did **** like that...
take a look on Pixel5GBounty Telegram group, we're collecting money for anyone who would unlock 5G wherever the modem supports it. $290 for now
why is it that not even custom ROMs can't get the 5G working on "non-supported" carriers? Is it somewhere in the kernel? or what am I missing here? I'm android noob, so sorry if this is obvious... Thank you
I asked my provider about this 5g, and they told me that it's not the phone, but the provider that blocks the 5g connection.
My provider is fastweb, they also use windtre network in some areas. I have a 5g included plan, but I cannot have 5g connection.
They told me that there is a list of compatible devices, and this list is different from provider to provider. Simply, Fastweb has no intention to enable 5g on google pixel devices.
TIM is giving 5g to whatever device, but just for a short period of time (to sponsor their 5g network, I suppose).
Vodafone list of compatible devices is different from fastweb.
Iliad, also has a different list of compatible devices (Iliad gives 5g to pixel5)
So, no reason to blame on google...
well, I'm from Czech Republic, and I have Vodafone... Went to ask them about this issue, they told me they don't block 5G on any device, so if I have new enough SIM (I have e-SIM, so don't have to worry about that), the 5G should work, if the device supports it. Now since Pixel isn't officially available in Czech Republic, it's not working...
Getting 5G working on my Pixel would be good enough reason for me to start rooting and checking other ROMs again (last Android I rooted was I think KitKat ).
f1d0 said:
well, I'm from Czech Republic, and I have Vodafone... Went to ask them about this issue, they told me they don't block 5G on any device, so if I have new enough SIM (I have e-SIM, so don't have to worry about that), the 5G should work, if the device supports it. Now since Pixel isn't officially available in Czech Republic, it's not working...
Getting 5G working on my Pixel would be good enough reason for me to start rooting and checking other ROMs again (last Android I rooted was I think KitKat ).
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Same issue with T-mobile CZ. Said me that this is the problem of google, VoLTE working, nothing else. Have to say this is my last google phone.
It's very obvious google is whitelisting the carriers that they allow 5G access.
Pixel 6's 5G is unavailable on my carrier but it works with Google Fi sim roaming.
VoLTE is also disabled here. But I managed to just turn the switch on with root and it just works (with some extra battery drain)
And No. There's no way to unlock 5G on blocked carriers yet. Might be available in future if the bounty succeeds.
I contacted Google Support about one of the 5H networks in Ireland not being supported & they said they only support the networks listed here - https://pixel.withgoogle.com/5G/
Nothing that the network provider can fix. The support person told me to send feedback from the phone requesting support for the missing network which I do every week although I suspect I'm wasting my time.
There's also a very long thread on the Google support forum here.
Well, I've rooted mine and I'm squeezing the **** out of him right now, little rusty since I've done nothing for few years now ...but did find some articles about restricting and un restricting 5G inside Android 12 (https://developer.android.com/refer...rierConfigManager#CARRIER_NR_AVAILABILITY_NSA.) and related sub articles.
Worst case scenario it will finish in the garage, as for now garage it is.
smog3r said:
Same issue with T-mobile CZ. Said me that this is the problem of google, VoLTE working, nothing else. Have to say this is my last google phone.
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Google does not care if you buy from them. The Pixel 6 is not sold in your country anyway.
It is your government and carrier that is at fault. Your rules and laws are stopping Google from selling in your region.
vandyman said:
It is your government and carrier that is at fault. Your rules and laws are stopping Google from selling in your region.
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Could you give some evidence for that?
djoka60 said:
Could you give some evidence for that?
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Is the Pixel 6 sold in your region?
Here in the US, the FCC dictates if an electronic product can be sold.
Google is in the business to make money, they are not selling you there product for spite is Ludacris to think so.
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Well, I've rooted mine and I'm squeezing the **** out of him right now, little rusty since I've done nothing for few years now ...but did find some articles about restricting and un restricting 5G inside Android 12 (https://developer.android.com/refer...rierConfigManager#CARRIER_NR_AVAILABILITY_NSA.) and related sub articles.
Worst case scenario it will finish in the garage, as for now garage it is.
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did you try this method:
Activate 5G on non-5G Country
Hey, this tuto is working for several user to activate 5G on unsupported 5G country by Google. You need : Rooted phone, 5G Plan, 5G Coverage. STEP 1 : Install the module on magisk to activate VOLTE and reboot. STEP 2 : Install Network Signal...
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I am waiting for someone else from Croatia to try it