I was wondering if i could downgrade my s20+ 5g dual global from android 12 to 11, the 5g reception on android 11 was much better and there was actually a toggle for me to turn on or off 5g. can't even use 5g in android 12 as 5g is only shown when my mobile data is off, and once u turn it on it automatically switches to 4g+ although the reception is maxed out
As long as the bootloader wasn't upgraded it's doable. It likely wasn't.
I have 2 N10+'s snap's, one on 9, the other 10.
They likely will never be upgraded as they run well.
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So I see that the OnePlus 3 is listed as supporting Band 12 LTE and it looks like the OnePlus 2 did as well (this would be my first OP device). From what I saw though, the OP2 did not support VOLTE on T-Mobile at launch. How did Band 12 support work then, since I believe T-Mobile requires devices to support VOLTE to use Band 12? And does the OP3 support both?
Yes it does support both
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raptir said:
So I see that the OnePlus 3 is listed as supporting Band 12 LTE and it looks like the OnePlus 2 did as well (this would be my first OP device). From what I saw though, the OP2 did not support VOLTE on T-Mobile at launch. How did Band 12 support work then, since I believe T-Mobile requires devices to support VOLTE to use Band 12? And does the OP3 support both?
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Since the Oneplus 3 is an unlocked phone and T-Mobile is one of several carriers that uses Band 12, they can't force Oneplus to disable/remove Band 12 from the phone, so Band 12 will be supported.
Additionally, per the recent AMA thread from Oneplus, the phone is capable of voLTE.
However, what T-Mobile CAN (and almost certainly will) do is prevent the Oneplus Three from being registered as a supported voLTE device on their network until Oneplus completes their costly/time-consuming voLTE certification.
What this basically means is that until OnePlus jumps through T-Mobile's certification hoops, we'll be able to use Band 12 for data, but as soon as we make/receive a call, we'll be kicked down to H or H+ (assuming we have the coverage).
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Since the Oneplus 3 is an unlocked phone and T-Mobile is one of several carriers that uses Band 12, they can't force Oneplus to disable/remove Band 12 from the phone, so Band 12 will be supported.
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While I understand that they can't force it, the US models of the Nexus 5x and Moto X Pure launched with Band 12 disabled and only received it in a later update.
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While I understand that they can't force it, the US models of the Nexus 5x and Moto X Pure launched with Band 12 disabled and only received it in a later update.
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The Oneplus 2 was reported to have worked on Band 12 the way I previously mentioned more than a month before the Nexus 5X's release date, and Oneplus still lists Band 12 support for the North American Oneplus 3 on their website.
T-Mobile was also happy to sell you the T-Mobile version of the 5X which was certified for band 12.
Additionally, Band 12 is not as much of a T-Mobile monopoly as it was last year. AT&T just started transitioning to Band 12 last fall, announcing in their status update report to the FCC early last October “many of our devices have been sold with Band 12 filters and can be upgraded via software to support Band 12. We will begin the process of transitioning to Band 12 late in 2015 and / or early 2016.”
All things considered, it would make no sense for Oneplus to disable Band 12 this year.
Hi,
I read any threads and even one called unlock all LTE bands. however i can not get band 12 to work on my zenfone 2 (z00ad)
does this phone have the physical capability to connect to band 12?
if it does, if i were to install a custom rom such as cyanogenmod13, will it automatically search and connect to band 12?
can i also user VOLTE with a custom rom?
is there another better way to get band 12 on this phone? i am trying to get t-mobiles extended range lte, as in my house i got very bad signal! my friend has a band 12 phone and he gets perfect signal in my house!! huge difference!
Thank you in advance
Ben
So I modified the carrier policy and LTE features restrictions on my T-Mobile oneplus 9 pro LE2127 in order to be able to 5G signal access for my carrier.
My carrier Rogers has probably the best 5G coverage and speed in Canada, and certainly in my hometown.
I have a plan with 5G capability, and when using my Motorola Razr 5G I have tremendous 5G download speeds, and even the Oneplus 8T 5G I had pretty good speed. My son's iPhone 13 Pro Max also has tremendous 5G download speed (but inferior 5G upload speed compared to my Oneplus 9 pro.
But my Oneplus 9 pro on 5G download speed is significantly slower than any other 5G capable handset (I do random speedtest.net downloads at the same time with both handsets side by side). 50% slower than my Razr 5G or my son's iPhone 13 pro max, and 30% slower than my previous oneplus 8T 5G.
For the record, the Oneplus 8T 5G from T-Mobile worked in 5G mode without any carrier policy, nor lte feature restrictions mods. Anybody have similar slower 5G, or is there something else that needs to be done.
Cheers,
I got my hands on a One+ 8T 5G and loved it. It was fast (on 5G in Canada) right out of the bat, smooth, snappy and bug free. I did root it, and debloated some T-Mobile stuff and had an opportunity to move on to One+ 9 Pro 5G LE2127 T-Mobile.
As a stock out of the box smartphone, the LE2127 is hit and miss. Most of what I didn't like I could fix and improve, some, I couldn't. I unlocked the bootloader, rooted the device, modified the policy restrictions and debloated. All of this improved the smartphone, but as an out of the box smartphone there is not a lot to improve upon if your NOT in Canada.
I was disappointed with the performance of the device on the 5G network. Yes, the handset would say that it connected to a 5G network, but many times it was a 4G LTE tower despite the handset showing the 5G icon. The truth was in the pudding, the connection speedtest on the 5G Network were on average 50% less than the comparable out of the box working One+ 8T 5G. And for what it's worth, I could not get the device to convert to the global LE2125 image (I tried a half dozen times, not wholeheartedly because I failed). What really irked me was the subpar service red tape mumbo jumbo that this device has if you are not in the USA. In Canada, it's a caveat buyer beware hate hate relationship.
I am now running a true global One+ 9 Pro LE2125 handset that you CAN unlock the bootloader without the 7 day wait period that you must endure with the LE2127. From there I refused to take the upgrade to Android 12, and I only modded the policy restrictions so as to access the 5G Network in Canada (therefore, not rooted, not bootloader unlocked). Once again, I was disappointed with the results and performance.
So I stumbled upon this... I decided that if I was going to unlock the bootloader, I would need to format and start all over again. So that is what I did, I decided to unlock the bootloader and set up my device and take all the updates. I can't say on the surface Android 12 is better than Android 11, but then I can't say I am experiencing any issues or bugs. From there, I then followed the guide and decided to root my device and install one of my favorite apps, Adaway.
To my dismay, I found out that I could not mod the policy restrictions because I could no longer access engineering mode. The following also did not work *#*#4636#*#*. And worse, the handset no longer showed 5G as an available option in the "Preferred network type" Aw [email protected]!
But, to my surprise, I did try 5G switch from the playstore and it worked (allowed me to choose NR and therefore my device accesses the 5G network type). But better than that, the actual performance on the 5G Network running Android 12 w/ 5G Switch is a lot faster than using the SAME handset on Android 11 w/ the Policy restriction mod on the 5G network. You might want to consider this route if 5G is important to you.
So far, I have not had the time to investigate whether or not you can access the engineering mode on Android 12 (so as to permanently mod the policy restriction file in order to access the 5G network), nor whether or not you can debloat some of the LE2125 global bloatware.
All this to say that I am more satisfied running this configuration (Android 12, bootloader unlocked, rooted, 5G Switch) on my device.
Cheers
I have a OnePlus 9 currently and T-Mobile's 5G SA annoys me because my phone was always getting stuck on it instead of the zippy midband. I discovered that in developer options I can actually switch the 5G network mode to NSA only and I have been quite happy since as the phone is only ever on fast midband or LTE. Does the Pixel 6 series have something similar?