Hey guys, I just picked up a Nexus 6 64GB to use on my Verizon unlimited account ($699, OUCH!). So far everything has been great, but I'm playing with different ROMs and trying to find the best one. In the past I've used CM and AOKP, but AOKP is all but dead and CM is still on 5.0 as far as I can find. I'm trying to find a reliable ROM that has VoLTE (so 5.1+) and has the ability to change the menu bar buttons.
I would use cleanROM with the 98R radio heard it works best for VZW users...
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Chroma 3-27 build works great for verizon
the_rooter said:
Chroma 3-27 build works great for verizon
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I'm on 3/25 now, having trouble with network access after the latest flash. What radio are you using?
DracoDan said:
I'm on 3/25 now, having trouble with network access after the latest flash. What radio are you using?
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scratch that, just needed a reboot. I'm still not sure VoLTE is working though, as soon as I try calling someone the LTE on the signal bars disappears.
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scratch that, just needed a reboot. I'm still not sure VoLTE is working though, as soon as I try calling someone the LTE on the signal bars disappears.
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Toggle the 4g calling off and then on and then it will work.
Reboot looses volte till u toggle it off. The setting under networks
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Toggle the 4g calling off and then on and then it will work.
Reboot looses volte till u toggle it off. The setting under networks
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I'm not seeing that setting, can you double-check the name/location?
DracoDan said:
I'm not seeing that setting, can you double-check the name/location?
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settings;more;cellular networks; and toggle off and then on enhanced 4glte mode
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settings;more;cellular networks; and toggle off and then on enhanced 4glte mode
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I'm not seeing it... I couldn't imagine it's in Chroma 3/27 but not 3/25...
Euphoria ?
DracoDan said:
I'm not seeing it... I couldn't imagine it's in Chroma 3/27 but not 3/25...
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Do u have it activated on your account and also did u do the *#*#4636#*#* menu.
Do any of these need extra radios flashed to work properly?
ronaldheld said:
Do any of these need extra radios flashed to work properly?
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For verizon use the 98r. seemed to work best for verizon users
I'm on Cleanrom which is on the 95r radio. I had to submit a ticket to add the N6 so its going to be a few days.
bill3508 said:
I'm on Cleanrom which is on the 95r radio. I had to submit a ticket to add the N6 so its going to be a few days.
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It won't be added many of us tries. Since the imei doesn't start with 99 it won't be added.
bill3508 said:
I'm on Cleanrom which is on the 95r radio. I had to submit a ticket to add the N6 so its going to be a few days.
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You mean as an Aroma option?
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did u do the *#*#4636#*#* menu.
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Ah, that was the piece I was missing. I had incorrectly assumed that the hidden menu applied only to the stock ROM, as was the case with past phones I had.
Unfortunately it's still not working, the "TURN ON VOLTE PROVISIONED FLAG" does nothing when I tap it, I've tried several times now, rebooted, flashed the 98r radio... What could I be missing? Could this be an issue caused by getting my phone from Google directly instead of through Verizon?
Thanks for all the help
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Ah, that was the piece I was missing. I had incorrectly assumed that the hidden menu applied only to the stock ROM, as was the case with past phones I had.
Unfortunately it's still not working, the "TURN ON VOLTE PROVISIONED FLAG" does nothing when I tap it, I've tried several times now, rebooted, flashed the 98r radio... What could I be missing? Could this be an issue caused by getting my phone from Google directly instead of through Verizon?
Thanks for all the help
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Did you enable HD voice from within your Verizon account?
Chroma 3/27
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Strange thing has happened to my beloved N6. This was a Tmob purchased device. Activated on via an existing VZ sim & been working since day 1 no prob. However, about 3 hours ago or so, its lost all its cellular data. Tried reboot, take sim in/out, etc. No luck.
Also, under Network Operators, choosing VZ and trying to register fails - Selected network (Verizon) unavailable
Anyone seeing similar behavior?
By ANY chance, did you put the TMobile SIM back in? For whatever reason, when I did that, I had to factory reset my device to get it to recognize the VZW SIM.
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Strange thing has happened to my beloved N6. This was a Tmob purchased device. Activated on via an existing VZ sim & been working since day 1 no prob. However, about 3 hours ago or so, its lost all its cellular data. Tried reboot, take sim in/out, etc. No luck.
Also, under Network Operators, choosing VZ and trying to register fails - Selected network (Verizon) unavailable
Anyone seeing similar behavior?
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By ANY chance, did you put the TMobile SIM back in? For whatever reason, when I did that, I had to factory reset my device to get it to recognize the VZW SIM.
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I dont think so, but there are an awful lot of sims floating around my house. Strange as it happened mid morning after I had been using data for quite some time. Then poof. No signal.
What state you live in? Indiana has had a blackout for all cell carriers since yesterday/today around knox,greene, and other counties. Bloomington, columbus.
That really, really sucks. Is it possible that Mobile Data is out in your area?
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I dont think so, but there are an awful lot of sims floating around my house. Strange as it happened mid morning after I had been using data for quite some time. Then poof. No signal.
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VZ data was ok for co-workers, so data was def good.
Ended up doing a factory reset, and all is good again. I can see a difference in my Cellular Network Screen though...
When I first got it, it was using 'Global' as the 'Preferred Network Type'. When it was busted early today, that was set to LTE with no option for Global. Also, earlier, it would let me scan for available carriers...now after the factory reset...its locked into VZ once again.
I didnt do anything, to my knowledge, to cause it to do any of this...And thats the scary part.
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VZ data was ok for co-workers, so data was def good.
Ended up doing a factory reset, and all is good again. I can see a difference in my Cellular Network Screen though...
When I first got it, it was using 'Global' as the 'Preferred Network Type'. When it was busted early today, that was set to LTE with no option for Global. Also, earlier, it would let me scan for available carriers...now after the factory reset...its locked into VZ once again.
I didnt do anything, to my knowledge, to cause it to do any of this...And thats the scary part.
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I saw a post somewhere about changing some APN settings from ipv6 to ipv4 but Verizon doesn't have these or do they?
crashercarlton said:
I saw a post somewhere about changing some APN settings from ipv6 to ipv4 but Verizon doesn't have these or do they?
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here you go.
http://apn-settings.com/verizon-4g-lte-apn-settings-detailed-configuration-steps/
Happened to me as well. I'm unlocked and rooted on a custom ROM. It just happened to me 2 hours ago. I had to reflash the ROM to gain service again. Bought from Motorola and used on Verizon with an activated sim.
Here too. Motorola bought using an activated verizon sim. Happened a few times. Once in a well covered 4g area. That time recovered on it's own.
Last night happened again. Reboot didn't fix, but airplane mode toggled on and then off did the trick.
I had to flash my ROM again and go through activation before I was able to regain service again. Not sure what happened.
This has been happening to me since last night. The signal icon shows I have half signal, but no LTE and it has an exclamation point on the bars.
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This has been happening to me since last night. The signal icon shows I have half signal, but no LTE and it has an exclamation point on the bars.
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Are you running a cm based ROM? Some cm Roms have different RIL's and can cause this. Mine is clean stock ROM so I'm not sure why it happened.
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Are you running a cm based ROM? Some cm Roms have different RIL's and can cause this. Mine is clean stock ROM so I'm not sure why it happened.
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It was actually my T-Mo account. It was suspended for having an overdue bill. It was our first bill with T-Mo and they never informed me that we were not signed up for paper bills, only paperless. I just made the online payment 20 mins ago and everything is working fine for everyone on our account. I also changed our paying options to paper billing. Thanks though!
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It was actually my T-Mo account. It was suspended for having an overdue bill. It was our first bill with T-Mo and they never informed me that we were not signed up for paper bills, only paperless. I just made the online payment 20 mins ago and everything is working fine for everyone on our account. I also changed our paying options to paper billing. Thanks though!
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You guys were starting to scare me here as I haven't had any issues.
Had to post... That is an awesome screen name
Larzzzz82 said:
You guys were starting to scare me here as I haven't had any issues.
Had to post... That is an awesome screen name
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Well with my issue I have no idea why I lost service. I notice that with any ROM you flash the cell network on version stays on global. Even stock, I had mine set to LTE which said recommend but that may have been why I lost all service and had to reflash to get it back.
Fastboot oem config carrier vzw
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Fastboot oem config carrier vzw
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What does this do?
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What does this do?
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According to the cyanogenmod wiki it fixes the vzw data problems.
Today my Nexus will only get 3G and says "000000" in the settings instead of Verizon. What could be the problem?
TIA
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Today my Nexus will only get 3G and says "000000" in the settings instead of Verizon. What could be the problem?
TIA
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I had the same issue trying blisspop, got a roaming notification, and could only get 3g after turning on data roaming. The only way to get LTE back was to flash a stock based rom, I used cleanrom, then I was able to go back to liquidsmooth. I tried going straight from blisspop to liquid while having the issue and same issue.
I did manage to try bliss one more time, and it worked..until I rebooted and same issue again. So back to cleanrom then to liquid..ugh
Thanks for the reply. Same thing. I just did what you mentioned. I had LTE working and on Blisspop. I then rebooted to install some navbar mods and bam lost LTE and got the "000000" instead of VZW.
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Thanks for the reply. Same thing. I just did what you mentioned. I had LTE working and on Blisspop. I then rebooted to install some navbar mods and bam lost LTE and got the "000000" instead of VZW.
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Having weird issues where I am suddenly only able to get LTE on stock (cleanrom) based roms as well. Never had an issue on any rom previously. Weird.
Ok, so I just went from CleanROM to MeanPop rebooted and lost LTE and was only on 3G. Then from CleanROM to Chroma rebooted and lost signal entirely. I am not on Liquidsmooth from CleanROM and I have rebooted and still have LTE signal.
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Having weird issues where I am suddenly only able to get LTE on stock (cleanrom) based roms as well. Never had an issue on any rom previously. Weird.
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I am also having issues with Verizon as well, It started happening yesterday around 10am. I was on Puritan ROM, I switched to Chroma, Temasek, Euphoria and having the same issues where it's either 3G or the bar with an exclamation point. I flash Clean Rom and Sinless and I am able to get LTE again. Has anyone found a solution cause I would like to go back to Euphoria or other ROMS? Thanks
Can't even get LTE with Clean ROM anymore. After further testing, I put the phone on airplane mode for like 10 seconds and was able to get back LTE. This whole thing is just so weird
Yeah it's very odd, tried a few more times myself, and both times when I got LTE on bliss, a reboot would instantly kill it and it would go back to the data roaming 000000 issue, and 3g only. Tried the fastboot oem config carrier vzw command, flashing the zip, nothing had any effect.
I always have to go back to cleanrom to get LTE back. A couple times, when cleanrom was installed, it didn't give LTE right away, but I changed from global to LTE, toggled airplane mode and LTE was back. I tried going directly from Bliss to Liquid again, but it's like LTE must be working before it will work on liquid, even from a nandroid backup.
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Yeah it's very odd, tried a few more times myself, and both times when I got LTE on bliss, a reboot would instantly kill it and it would go back to the data roaming 000000 issue, and 3g only. Tried the fastboot oem config carrier vzw command, flashing the zip, nothing had any effect.
I always have to go back to cleanrom to get LTE back. A couple times, when cleanrom was installed, it didn't give LTE right away, but I changed from global to LTE, toggled airplane mode and LTE was back. I tried going directly from Bliss to Liquid again, but it's like LTE must be working before it will work on liquid, even from a nandroid backup.
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yup I was desperate too and tried the fast boot oem config carrier VZW command, flashing the zip, to no effect as well. Since I am under no contract I might as well go to Tmobile. Have you tried Sinless?
I haven't tried sinless, but maybe I'll check it out and see what happens... Hope someone figures it out soon as I'd like to try other roms, but need to keep LTE.
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I haven't tried sinless, but maybe I'll check it out and see what happens... Hope someone figures it out soon as I'd like to try other roms, but need to keep LTE.
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Well, if anything changes please keep me posted. Thanks for your input
this is a known issue for just about all roms except stock based.
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this is a known issue for just about all roms except stock based.
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I know, but everything was going well. In the past I had flashed DU, Tamasek, Chroma and purity without an issue. The LTE bar and signal was always consistent, but starting yesterday things went sour. I even tried flashing old versions of my previous ROMS and I am still seeing no LTE. It's so weird that out of the blue a few people just lost LTE on verizon. Clean ROM still an awesome ROM so no issues for me but it was nice to try other builds.
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I know, but everything was going well. In the past I had flashed DU, Tamasek, Chroma and purity without an issue. The LTE bar and signal was always consistent, but starting yesterday things went sour. I even tried flashing old versions of my previous ROMS and I am still seeing no LTE. It's so weird that out of the blue a few people just lost LTE on verizon. Clean ROM still an awesome ROM so no issues for me but it was nice to try other builds.
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i am on pureandroid made by the same developer of cleanrom
Works great with xposed
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i am on pureandroid made by the same developer of cleanrom
Works great with xposed
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Great! Will give it a try!
I had to switch to MeanPop to get LTE back. Does anyone know the technical reasons this stopped working?
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I had to switch to MeanPop to get LTE back. Does anyone know the technical reasons this stopped working?
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From my understanding a few ROMS used a certain commit that dealt with Verizons APN's setting and It didn't play nice with VZ. Chroma is up and running.
Made a thread about this about a month ago. It was a PIA. Verizon does not recognize this phone as a compatible phone with their network. I went from a working phone for 2.5 months to not being able to get service. Was on the phone over a couple days trying to go through with tech on making it work. I had intermittent 3G, ! in navigation bar, and many other problems. I finally spoke to a guy in tech and he told me that the phone kept being registered in Verizon's network as incompatible and consequently being stolen. He finally got it rolling again and haven't had too many problems, but he said that it could easily happen again and to have a back-up Verizon phone to switch the sim card into when calling tech support. Since then it has been fine, but I did have 3G for a day. I did reboots and backup restore, etc...None of it was an immediate fix. I just waited till the next day and when I looked at my phone LTE was back. d
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Made a thread about this about a month ago. It was a PIA. Verizon does not recognize this phone as a compatible phone with their network. I went from a working phone for 2.5 months to not being able to get service. Was on the phone over a couple days trying to go through with tech on making it work. I had intermittent 3G, ! in navigation bar, and many other problems. I finally spoke to a guy in tech and he told me that the phone kept being registered in Verizon's network as incompatible and consequently being stolen. He finally got it rolling again and haven't had too many problems, but he said that it could easily happen again and to have a back-up Verizon phone to switch the sim card into when calling tech support. Since then it has been fine, but I did have 3G for a day. I did reboots and backup restore, etc...None of it was an immediate fix. I just waited till the next day and when I looked at my phone LTE was back. d
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Has nothing to do with this issue
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I'm beginning to think that this may be on Verizon's end because I can't get LTE back on any ROM. Mabey because if the official release of nexus 6 on their network.
Just to update everyone. I just went from Liquidsmooth to Chroma without going to Stock based ROM and was able to get LTE. The first time I rebooted it took some time, but I have rebooted twice and have not lost LTE. Hoping it stays that way. This is using Chroma's latest update 3.2.15 r2
Hi everyone ,
i have a nexus 6 which i rooted, sideloaded 5.1 with disabled force encryption. Everything works fine besides some random lags which are no problem because they are just random and may happed and some other times dont happen. My main problem now is when i try to call someone or someone calls me and i pick up or even the time im talking, i lose network, it drops like dead with a wierd sound (a wierd bip) and i get the message "Network callular has stopped". After some seconds networks works again and i am able to call again. It never happed twice, maybe one time, it dont happens all the time, but it happens and when it does its very annoying. Is it maybe because the disabled force encryption? because this never happened before i sideloaded 5.1 and disabled force encryption. I sideloaded and disabled the force encryption the same day so i cant be sure if its the one or the other that caused it.
Thank you in advance guys
Have you disabled any apps?
no i havent because i thought it might be an issue of the update or because of the disabled force encryption
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no i havent because i thought it might be an issue of the update or because of the disabled force encryption
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What network are you on?
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What network are you on?
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I live in greece, using greek cosmote, 4g lte
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I live in greece, using greek cosmote, 4g lte
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Which version of 5.1 do you have?
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Which version of 5.1 do you have?
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The first that came out
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The first that came out
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That would be D. It might be worth giving I a try.
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That would be D. It might be worth giving I a try.
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Ok ill give it a try and come again
On n preview 3 it appears that the enhanced LTE toggle for data while in call on Verizon is gone, can anyone confirm or is it just me??
its a "beta", that means that it WILL have issues. and, they dont take any reports of issues with it.
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its a "beta", that means that it WILL have issues. and, they dont take any reports of issues with it.
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So you are confirming that you do not have the toggle available either then, thanks for the assistance
oakley470 said:
So you are confirming that you do not have the toggle available either then, thanks for the assistance
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no, im not confirming.. my tmobile isnt run by verizon, sorry :angel:
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no, im not confirming.. my tmobile isnt run by verizon, sorry :angel:
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Neither is my n6 but the toggle has nothing to do with Verizon. Enjoy
Does *#*#4636#*#* work to get to the testing menu? If so, check to see that the VOLTE provisioning flag is on in the phone information menu. The button will say turn on or off telling you what will happen if you press it.
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Does *#*#4636#*#* work to get to the testing menu? If so, check to see that the VOLTE provisioning flag is on in the phone information menu. The button will say turn on or off telling you what will happen if you press it.
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I can get into the menu and toggle the VOLTE provisioning control but it doesn't hold after backing out of the menu.
My switch works just fine on Verizon. Have you tried to reflash the preview?
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My switch works just fine on Verizon. Have you tried to reflash the preview?
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Thanks I'll try that
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On n preview 3 it appears that the enhanced LTE toggle for data while in call on Verizon is gone, can anyone confirm or is it just me??
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Works fine on my device. Don't know your update process but I factory reset my device (been a while since I did), set up clean Marshmallow then applied the N6 beta 3 OTA. After the OTA updated my enhanced LTE was already toggled on.
Edit: Might want to check the Verizon website to see if the device is still recognized????
Have finally found the VoLTE settings on the phone but for some reason when I activate it using. *#*#4636#*# it deactivated as soon as I leave the page. Is this because my mobile provider (3 UK) doesn't support it on the Oneplus 3t?
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Have finally found the VoLTE settings on the phone but for some reason when I activate it using. *#*#4636#*# it deactivated as soon as I leave the page. Is this because my mobile provider (3 UK) doesn't support it on the Oneplus 3t?
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Do you have the volte switch in your settings ?
VoLTE is a feature that is provisioned by your carrier. Most carriers will not provision VoLTE unless they have an open policy (allows all capable devices), or if you are using a carrier-branded phone. For the second option, lots of carriers claim that it is to ensure stability and quality of service, though I suspect that's all BS they spew in an attempt to sell more of their own phones.
Anyhow, try to find out if your carrier provisions VoLTE to unlocked/unbranded phones. If not, activating the VoLTE setting within the phone will not do anything.
I'm in an AT&T HD Voice coverage area.. never been able to use it or even see if it works. The build.prop edits seem to work for some but I've never been able to get it to work at all.. Could be AT&T blocking it of course since I don't have an AT&T device really on any of my 4 lines.. All unlocked non-carrier phones.
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I'm in an AT&T HD Voice coverage area.. never been able to use it or even see if it works. The build.prop edits seem to work for some but I've never been able to get it to work at all.. Could be AT&T blocking it of course since I don't have an AT&T device really on any of my 4 lines.. All unlocked non-carrier phones.
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No issues at all for me. USA TMO.
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It is toggled on under status bar together with VoWifi but no idea how to activate it. I suspect my carrier doesn't allow it yet for this phone.
I seem to now have been able to activate it by *#800# but still no joy. I'm guessing this is due to three blocking it rather than my phone.
I use the VoLTE enabler in Magisk and once I enable and restart I have no issues. Workout it I don't get HD calling and any call I make, my phone drops from LTE to H. I'm on AT&T.
OP3T on Three UK. Been using crDroid Pie recently and i'm now able to make VoLTE calls. It comes and goes though. The options are in Settings and 'Enabled'. Phone Test shows VoLTE Provisioned. VoLTE icon show up in Status Bar.
Most of the time when i make a call i still see the Signal Icon drop from '4G' to 'H', but if i repeat dial a few times it latches on to VoLTE. I'm not sure why the inconsistency, but my 4G reception is weak and prone to disappearing entirely, so maybe that's why.
Three APN settings in ROM are same as always. No special 'ims' APN or settings.
@Eggstones
Edit: The package 'org.codeauora.ims' has been mentioned a few times for throwing up a 'Device is HD capable' Notification. I assume it's updates to this package that have enabled VoLTE?
@Dirk
I can get the volte to work fine but not the WiFi calling. I'd love to get that working ok.
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I can get the volte to work fine but not the WiFi calling. I'd love to get that working ok.
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It's working for me. Turned off Mobile, enabled Wifi calling and had no problem making a call. I think the necessary settings have been added to the ims packages that are commonly included in Pie custom ROMs now.
What ROM are you using at the moment?
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It's working for me. Turned off Mobile, enabled Wifi calling and had no problem making a call. I think the necessary settings have been added to the ims packages that are commonly included in Pie custom ROMs now.
What ROM are you using at the moment?
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My phone is an OnePlus 3t, android 8.0.0 OOS 5.08
Switched off data and reactivated WiFi calling toggle but no success.
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My phone is an OnePlus 3t, android 8.0.0 OOS 5.08
Switched off data and reactivated WiFi calling toggle but no success.
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As i said, it's working on Pie ROMs. It's not going to start working for you unless you update. It's impossible to say if the same will apply when OOS Pie is released. Maybe, maybe not.
Ok ta
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Ok ta
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Have you used custom ROMs before? Is there something holding you back, or do you just prefer OOS?
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Have you used custom ROMs before? Is there something holding you back, or do you just prefer OOS?
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No. I have never tried to install one. Not sure how to do it. I'm aware of various guides but haven't taken the plunge. The furthest I got was rooting some old phones.
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No. I have never tried to install one. Not sure how to do it. I'm aware of various guides but haven't taken the plunge. The furthest I got was rooting some old phones.
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You wouldn't need to Root. Everything else is a doddle on this phone. You might give it some thought. The obvious thing is to find out what the differences are and weigh up the pro's and cons. If Battery life is your absolute priority then OOS might be better. If wifi calling is your priority then custom ROMs are the answer. Gotta decide where you might gain, and where you might lose out.
If you decide to go for it, this is a good guide:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5/how-to/oneplus-5-unlock-bootloader-flash-twrp-t3624877
Of course that is for the OP5 so you wouldn't use the software linked in that thread, but the principal is the same. The equivelent software for this phone is available here. The guide gets you through the important steps of unlocking Bootloader and getting TWRP on your phone. Beyond that it's easy as Pie to get a custom ROM on your phone.
Just ask if you need help. I can link you to the files you'd need.
Thank you. I might give it a go later this week