Hi all,
I have an ANE-LX3 in Canada and cannot get any updates OTA. Can anyone confirm is Android Auto works on these phones yet? I'm really frustrated with this phone as I bought it as a replacement for a broken Honor 8 (which worked perfectly with Android Auto).
Thanks!
Same here LX3 has horrible update support
Been stuck on the same firmware for 5 months
Hello it's been a long time since I've posted here! Hopefully this is an appropriate question for this part of the forum. I tried to search and couldn't locate anything about this.
I'm currently using a factory unlocked S8 on TMobile. RCS doesn't work on unlocked phones since they don't have the TMobile version of software. I've saw that Android 9 has rcs updates and wondering if anyone I knows if the Unlocked s8/s9 will be able to use RCS once the Android pie update pushes out? I like having an unlocked device but that's the one thing that would make me consider a carrier locked model next time if the Unlocked ones never get rcs support. Thanks
Just got my Xperia 1 III (XQ-BC72) couple days ago, flashed SEA firmware with no problems so far. Except too bad it doesn't support Volte in Canada, which used to be fine on my previous Xperia 1 J9110 with SEA firmware as well.
I was wandering is that possible to flash it with US firmware to unlock that, plus features like more 5G bands support?
Anything helpful would be appreciated.
i7killpii said:
Just got my Xperia 1 III (XQ-BC72) couple days ago, flashed SEA firmware with no problems so far. Except too bad it doesn't support Volte in Canada, which used to be fine on my previous Xperia 1 J9110 with SEA firmware as well.
I was wandering is that possible to flash it with US firmware to unlock that, plus features like more 5G bands support?
Anything helpful would be appreciated.
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Hi, any updates on this? I have an XQ-BC72 coming, and if I can get USA firmware on it I am hoping it will work for me.
Question for you: how did you flash the SEA firmware? Official Sony tools / firmware upgrade?
i7killpii said:
Just got my Xperia 1 III (XQ-BC72) couple days ago, flashed SEA firmware with no problems so far. Except too bad it doesn't support Volte in Canada, which used to be fine on my previous Xperia 1 J9110 with SEA firmware as well.
I was wandering is that possible to flash it with US firmware to unlock that, plus features like more 5G bands support?
Anything helpful would be appreciated.
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charlatan01 said:
Hi, any updates on this? I have an XQ-BC72 coming, and if I can get USA firmware on it I am hoping it will work for me.
Question for you: how did you flash the SEA firmware? Official Sony tools / firmware upgrade?
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I flashed US firmware yesterday but it appears that it still wont work with Verizon even though all the 4G bands are there. I could care less about 5G where I live. I have CMDA less feature activated too but still no go. Worked fine on the HK version of Xperia 5 II so I though I would be OK on this one as well.
@i7killpii you are unlikely to get VoLTE to work (aside from maybe on T-Mobile). Its possible that a Canadian provider may also allow it but I doubt it. You also wont get access to more bands just by switching firmware. Whatever bands came with the phone is all you have access too.
@charlatan01 you can follow the directions here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-flashing-xq-at51-firmware-on-xq-at52-device.4147027/
These are for the Xperia 1 II but its the same process for the 1 III as well. If you use Verizon and somehow figure out to make it work, let me know. Please note, flashing firmware will erase everything. Also I am not responsible for any bricking or issues you may get into. It worked for me on the first try.
I flashed my XQ-BC72 using XQ-BC62 rom before. I cannot afford 5G plan so I didn't try. About VoLTE, I am using Fido and the carrier services are not available (including VoWiFi, VoLTE, showing 4G instead of LTE, etc.). Also I got a lot of problems such as LTE connection disconnection about every 30 seconds. So I flashed it back to TW rom. Still all carrier services are not available but at least the LTE is functioning.
I've searched about the carrier services issues. It seems it's because the carrier isn't cooperating with Google so no carrier configuration is available (I'm not sure because fido has android phones on their website).
morphius88 said:
I flashed US firmware yesterday but it appears that it still wont work with Verizon even though all the 4G bands are there. I could care less about 5G where I live. I have CMDA less feature activated too but still no go. Worked fine on the HK version of Xperia 5 II so I though I would be OK on this one as well.
@i7killpii you are unlikely to get VoLTE to work (aside from maybe on T-Mobile). Its possible that a Canadian provider may also allow it but I doubt it. You also wont get access to more bands just by switching firmware. Whatever bands came with the phone is all you have access too.
@charlatan01 you can follow the directions here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-flashing-xq-at51-firmware-on-xq-at52-device.4147027/
These are for the Xperia 1 II but its the same process for the 1 III as well. If you use Verizon and somehow figure out to make it work, let me know. Please note, flashing firmware will erase everything. Also I am not responsible for any bricking or issues you may get into. It worked for me on the first try.
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Thanks for the follow-up. I managed to cancel my order for the Asia version and am going to snag the NA version when I can.
try only flashing /OEM partition with the OEM files of the firmware from your area.
Usually that brings VoLTE functionality and stuff
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Thanks for the follow-up. I managed to cancel my order for the Asia version and am going to snag the NA version when I can.
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I called Verizon and got them to add the IMEI to my phone line along with CMDA-less feature. It actually worked. I can make phone calls and send/receive texts so it appears its possible to get Verizon to work on Asian model. However, VoLTE is a different story. I dont think I will get that work.
Hi,
I would like to buy a V60 and use it in Europe.
But reading about it makes me wonder if it is such a good idea to buy this phone.
Could you help me out, I'm a bit of a newbie to Roms, rooting and fixing phones so they work.
I was reading something general about importing a unlocked carrier phone and it stated that I can buy an unlocked T-mobile or other carrier and use an european sim. There it stated that it will come a time when you need the us carrier sim card to perform things and I will be unable to do those things without the correct sim card. I do not remember what those things where. Perhaps it was If I need to update it. Is it true that you have to have the carriers sim card even if it is unlocked?
Is there any other problems one might face. e.g.
This was the latest LG phone so perhaps they will not care about customer service so much:
perhaps LG will stop posting security updates:
From what I understand there are two parts of the software of a phone: the firmware and android. The firmware is LG specific and I will not be able to get updates on that. But for android which is on top of the firmware there should be a way to get updates even if LG stops posting them, or?
If not, can I switch to an other rom to have them?
Can I update to a later android version even if LG does not post one for the phone?
Can I root the phone and be rid of all the us carrier stuff, get a phone that is not associated with any carrier?
yes you can root the phone and flash EA firmware. instructions available here and works perfect for ATT unlocked phones. also you can buy a Verizon version, use it 60 days in the Verizon network, after it will work anywhere and get updates. the problem is that no new LG V60 devices left in the stores.
Hi everybody. I'm new here. It looks like this is the place where the battle is raging against the poorly handled 3g sunset from AT&T. I need your wisdom and guidance.
Background: March/April 2022- I was on AT&T prepaid with an LG G8 G820UM, happy as a clam until The Sunset happened and I could no longer make phone calls. Spent a good chunk of time in the AT&T store and on the phone with customer service but no one could get it to work even though it was on the approved list. Finally gave up and had to change devices because I needed a phone. Ended up getting another LG phone (because they are great) LG V60 ThinQ LM-V600AM. This worked out of the box with the AT&T prepaid sim card on android 10 for months with no problems. I switched to Red Pocket in September, partially because I was still salty with AT&T and the terrible way they handled The Sunset, and that sim card worked fine as well. 5G, calls, texts, everything. Until yesterday... *dun dun dun*
Somehow I was forced to update to Android 11 via a pushed software update from AT&T. Sadly this broke VoLTE and calling on my V60. Tried rolling thru all the rest of the updates available and got up to Android 12 V600AM30d. No luck. Still no VoLTE. Tried messing around with the Hidden Menu. No luck either. So now I'm looking at the possibility of doing some sort of rollback to Android 10, or some sort of Crossflash on the V60 (or on the G8).
What I want to know is: Who has actually gotten their LG V60 or LG G8 to work properly with VoLTE reliably in 2022?? What carrier?? What software flash?? And most importantly, how do I replicate it? Tell me your success story. Mine is a story of failure and clinging to LG because I like their phones but AT&T apparently doesn't lol.
Thanks for listening.
Yeah it's a crap. ATT dialer is locked down and so is BAND service menu. Something not right w/ Phone info prob b/c ATT lock down hoodoo. I'm on LMV600AM30c A12 Sept2022 and had to edit build.prop . set ro.telephony.default_network=26,11 (26=NR/5G,LTE,GSM,CDMA & 11=LTE Only) for T-mobile. On stock ROMs seems no 5G. I debate if it's truly avail but got 42.xxM on LTE this morning. I think I am going to go back to GSI ROMS. It's PIA 2 erase data every flash. Shame can't share or split /data & switch between slots. GSI actually worked better! There is a thread for restoring . I cross flashed to T-mobile and was fine. Updated & screwed everything up bad. This uses QFIL & "LUN" backups or chunks. IMO think LG would release more tools or remove damn region locks. My savior was here:
LMV600AM Restore/Ugrade Guide
This restore process is intended for the AT&T V60 (lmv600am) model and will WIPE your data so back it up if you want to keep it! This process will restore the lmv600am to original factory state for the AT&T v60 v20q build (a11). I’ve dumped all...
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