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Anyone able to get GPS fix in Japan?

I have a Fuze and I'm in Japan on vacation and have not been able to get a GPS fix anywhere.... I have used GPStest and Garmin XT mobile and have not been able to get a fix. Is it an issue with my fuze? I have no problems in North America. Anyone able to get a GPS fix in Japan with their phones? If so, which program are you using?

artofwar said:
I have a Fuze and I'm in Japan on vacation and have not been able to get a GPS fix anywhere.... I have used GPStest and Garmin XT mobile and have not been able to get a fix. Is it an issue with my fuze? I have no problems in North America. Anyone able to get a GPS fix in Japan with their phones? If so, which program are you using?
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Are you getting any satellite signals at all? It may take a little while for your GPS receiver to recalibrate itself to the new hemisphere... and download the almanac of satellites available.

Sure, I have an AT&T fuze and use my GPS in Japan. It does take a bit to get a sattelite lock, quicker if you use quick gps to update your sattelite data before initiation of the chip, but it does work, got a lock on the train from Tokyo to Kyoto and in and around Shizuoka and Osaka.

ms0529 said:
Sure, I have an AT&T fuze and use my GPS in Japan. It does take a bit to get a sattelite lock, quicker if you use quick gps to update your sattelite data before initiation of the chip, but it does work, got a lock on the train from Tokyo to Kyoto and in and around Shizuoka and Osaka.
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Which radio version are you using? Do you have a cooked rom?
Besides using quickGPS, which other gps progs do you use to get a lock? How long does it take you to lock on usually?

drtolson said:
Are you getting any satellite signals at all? It may take a little while for your GPS receiver to recalibrate itself to the new hemisphere... and download the almanac of satellites available.
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Yes, I usually see anywhere from 2-4 satellites depending on where I am but have not been able to get a lock on them.

i was just in okinawa and i got a lock. take your time

I have the standard AT&T Rom and Radio, works fine, but does take a while to get a lock, once done, however, it usually connects in a minute or two. I used Google maps, although it was all in Japanese, worked out for me. No other special programs or fix, other than be patient for the first connect.

[Q] International (D6603) vs T-Mobile (D6616) pros/cons

For those of us who will be using T-Mobile as our carrier and are considering buying an international variant of the Z3 instead of the T-Mobile variant, what are all of the pros/cons? There's only a few that I can think of, and some important ones that we need someone to confirm if possible.
Pros:
Unlocked bootloader
Color options other than black
Cons:
No international variant with LTE Band 12 support
No VoLTE support?
No WiFi Calling support (Android 4.4.4 or Android 5.0)?
Can't use Jump! (ie. no insurance)
Although perhaps negligible, less battery life (from having more frequency support)?
16GB Internal Storage

Pretty much summed it up. The battery life difference should be negligible. T-Mobile version does have 32GB internal storage as well.

se1000 said:
Pretty much summed it up. The battery life difference should be negligible. T-Mobile version does have 32GB internal storage as well.
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There is only one thing I cannot find any clarification on, and that's whether or not the T-Mobile version as Band 12 support. T-Mobile's site says no - Sony's site says yes. Do we know which to believe?
-Collin-

CollinFX45 said:
There is only one thing I cannot find any clarification on, and that's whether or not the T-Mobile version as Band 12 support. T-Mobile's site says no - Sony's site says yes. Do we know which to believe?
-Collin-
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I would say that the T-Mobile version definitely has Band 12, but that it isn't active yet and will be turned on when the network is ready.

CollinFX45 said:
There is only one thing I cannot find any clarification on, and that's whether or not the T-Mobile version as Band 12 support. T-Mobile's site says no - Sony's site says yes. Do we know which to believe?
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There's no debate on this. The T-Mobile version (D6616) has LTE Band 12. T-Mobile may simply not be listing it because they don't want to advertise a network that isn't up yet.

se1000 said:
Pretty much summed it up. The battery life difference should be negligible. T-Mobile version does have 32GB internal storage as well.
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Forgot about the storage difference. I've added that now.

s1dest3pnate said:
There's no debate on this. The T-Mobile version (D6616) has LTE Band 12. T-Mobile may simply not be listing it because they don't want to advertise a network that isn't up yet.
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Thanks, glad to hear it.
After the Moto X "Pure Edition" I purchased as supposedly having Band 12 and finding out it didn't, I'm overly cautious I guess! Then again, I live in the Bay Area and I think T-mo has a lot of work to do to clear up the Band 12 licenses here unfortunately.
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One think to mention of the international version is that it isn't carrier locked and that it is free from T-Mobile's bloatware. I also like a device without carrier's logo on it. Copper and White Z3s looks awesome. Happened the same with my first Xperia Z1, it was international version purple color when all other T-Mo customers has black Z1s.

se1000 said:
I would say that the T-Mobile version definitely has Band 12, but that it isn't active yet and will be turned on when the network is ready.
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There is something else that is unclear to me: • VoLTE support! I did see the T-Mobile's version having an option in settings>call settings: Enable VoLTE if available (check mark). So international version won't have this?

I don't know if the D6603 has the VoLTE menu ootion, however on a hardware level I believe it does.

abhinav.tella said:
I don't know if the D6603 has the VoLTE menu ootion, however on a hardware level I believe it does.
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Thanks. I was ready to buy an unlocked version, but I saw this thread, so I searched online yesterday for a good 30+ minutes, even Z3's white pages, specs, but nothing that would mention VoLTE. The interesting thing that I found is that Xperia Z3 Compact, does mention VoLTE support. I also emailed few people on youtube that had made videos about Z3, waiting on their reply.

Anyone able to confirm if T-Mobile VoLTE works on the D6603 model? Screenshot showing the HD icon?

I can confirm it does have volte. Now if we could just get root Haha!! __
Sent from my D6616 using XDA Free mobile app

s1dest3pnate said:
Anyone able to confirm if T-Mobile VoLTE works on the D6603 model? Screenshot showing the HD icon?
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I had a D6603 using it on tmobile for a good week. No Volte and no Wifi calling. Thats confirmed.

This white paper PDF from the Sony Developer World website contains charts showing the differences between all the Z3 models. It also shows LTE band 12 support in model D6616.
http://dl-developer.sonymobile.com/...ria_Z3_D6603_D6633_D6643_D6653_D6616_WP_1.pdf

Load TMobile software on a D6603 Z3??
Hey everyone. I own a international Sony Xperia Z3 model D6603 and was wondering if it was possible to load US TMobile D6616 software on it in order to enable WiFi calling/texting??
Thanks for everyone's help!

I would imagine so. Just use FlashTool and XperiFirm, but be ready to roll back with the proper files in case something goes wrong. So I'm not 100% sure, but I'd imagine you can if the hardware is similar enough. Do at your own risk, though - perhaps someone who knows more than me about this could chime in.

i just put my t mobile sim in a D6603 and can make calls, but i can't get 4g, 3g or even 2g...
what's going on? bad unit?
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gcbxda said:
i just put my t mobile sim in a D6603 and can make calls, but i can't get 4g, 3g or even 2g...
what's going on? bad unit?
Sent from my XT1053 using XDA Free mobile app
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You likely need to add your APN. Should be plenty of info on how to do that online.

gcbxda said:
i just put my t mobile sim in a D6603 and can make calls, but i can't get 4g, 3g or even 2g...
what's going on? bad unit?
Sent from my XT1053 using XDA Free mobile app
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Did it work eventually???

Does the S6 have FM radio

According to gsmarena, it does but I can't see confirmation anywhere else.
I'm new here so can't post links - hopefully you can decipher this:
3 Ws .gsmarena.com/samsung_unpacks_galaxy_s6_and_galaxy_s6_edge_at_mwc_2015-news-11376.php
where you will see the following:
​The all-round connectivity package includes LTE Cat.6, Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth 4.1, NFC, GPS with GLONASS and Beidou, IR blaster and FM radio
Hopefully, Samsung have seen sense at last.

l.f.hant said:
According to gsmarena, it does but I can't see confirmation anywhere else.
I'm new here so can't post links - hopefully you can decipher this:
3 Ws .gsmarena.com/samsung_unpacks_galaxy_s6_and_galaxy_s6_edge_at_mwc_2015-news-11376.php
where you will see the following:
​The all-round connectivity package includes LTE Cat.6, Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth 4.1, NFC, GPS with GLONASS and Beidou, IR blaster and FM radio
Hopefully, Samsung have seen sense at last.
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Sorry to disappoint you but there is no FM radio.
here is the link for GSMarena S6 full spec: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s6-6849.php
* already checked using SpiritFM app on S6 Edege
Regards

l.f.hant said:
According to gsmarena, it does but I can't see confirmation anywhere else.
I'm new here so can't post links - hopefully you can decipher this:
3 Ws .gsmarena.com/samsung_unpacks_galaxy_s6_and_galaxy_s6_edge_at_mwc_2015-news-11376.php
where you will see the following:
​The all-round connectivity package includes LTE Cat.6, Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth 4.1, NFC, GPS with GLONASS and Beidou, IR blaster and FM radio
Hopefully, Samsung have seen sense at last.
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Mine Sprint S6 does, need to use an app like Next Radio https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextradioapp.nextradio&hl=en and you have to used wired earphones for the antenna. it works pretty good, depends on how good a FM signal you get in your area for any of the stations. I live in a small town, so there are only 2 or 3 FM stations I can pickup.

That app is not avaiable in the other countries.... can you share it in apk format ??? Thanks!

Tried next radio, it says my device is not supported. It seems it is a sprint exclusive feature. Hope there is an fm radio fm chip in our s6s too and is a matter of software to enable it.

Is it possible that sprint's S6 is fundamentaly different from european one? I have tried the app, but force closes.

Next radio app claims that the fm radio is locked by the carrier and sprint unlocks their fm radios, Idk if this is true or not.

RADIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tune-In cannot work for me, am in Africa and internet is terrible here!!!!!!!

funny thing is that my s3 mini has an FM radio ...
can someone pull the apk with this phone
Please Please Please Please Pleeeeeease
(tweak with a recorder , it would be nice )

US T-Mobile VoLTE support?

Does the US version support US T-Mobile VoLTE without reflashing mixing US oem.sin into foreign firmware?

You'd need to be on US region firmware to use VoLTE. For example, I flashed my Xperia 1 (J9110) to J8170 and everything works, including VoLTE - except for the 2nd sim.

It's carrier depending. The Sony is cable.

iArvee said:
You'd need to be on US region firmware to use VoLTE. For example, I flashed my Xperia 1 (J9110) to J8170 and everything works, including VoLTE - except for the 2nd sim.
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Silly me. I didn't realize this isn't out yet. GSMArena indicated October release, and I assumed it was already out and came here.
I suppose we won't know if the Xperia 5 sold in the US (ie Amazon, BestBuy, Adorama, etc) will support VoLTE out of the box. XperiFirm shows:
J8210 (listed in GSMArena) - UK & Ireland
J9210 (listed in GSMArena) - Europe, UK, Russia, Taiwan, HK and China
J8270 (listed in GSMArena) - Not found in XperiFirm
SOV41 (not mentioned in GSMArena) - Japan
901SO (not mentioned in GSMArena) - Japan
I suppose it will support VoLTE, as I read in the past in another thread about how the international firmwares recently started including VoLTE for the US. I am still on the XZ1 Compact, so I don't have any personal experience.
EDIT: Sorry, the thing about US VoLTE support in international firmwares might have been from the Samsung threads. I've been researching the S10e and Xperia 5 as my next phone after my XZ1 Compact, that my brain is fried.

StHalcyon said:
Silly me. I didn't realize this isn't out yet. GSMArena indicated October release, and I assumed it was already out and came here.
I suppose we won't know if the Xperia 5 sold in the US (ie Amazon, BestBuy, Adorama, etc) will support VoLTE out of the box. XperiFirm shows:
J8210 (listed in GSMArena) - UK & Ireland
J9210 (listed in GSMArena) - Europe, UK, Russia, Taiwan, HK and China
J8270 (listed in GSMArena) - Not found in XperiFirm
SOV41 (not mentioned in GSMArena) - Japan
901SO (not mentioned in GSMArena) - Japan
I suppose it will support VoLTE, as I read in the past in another thread about how the international firmwares recently started including VoLTE for the US. I am still on the XZ1 Compact, so I don't have any personal experience.
EDIT: Sorry, the thing about US VoLTE support in international firmwares might have been from the Samsung threads. I've been researching the S10e and Xperia 5 as my next phone after my XZ1 Compact, that my brain is fried.
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IT does not. Here in Denmark, Sony got zero volte or wofi, it's carrier lablet.
And they know, phones is NOT Sony's prime, no more.
We all remember the SE back in the days. :good:

Have a European 5 that I flashed to US version (firmware is now on Xperifirm) and VoLTE does work on T-Mobile US.

thatguy222 said:
Have a European 5 that I flashed to US version (firmware is now on Xperifirm) and VoLTE does work on T-Mobile US.
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Any chance that WiFi calling works as well? I'm seriously considering this device as an upgrade from the XZ1 compact. I'm probably hoping for too much here as that would have required a certification.

Unfortunately WiFi calling is not showing up for me on T-Mobile US. I can't remember the last time this was an issue. I'll call them later today to see whether the plan on whitelisting the Xperia 5 for WiFi calling.
I also can't tell if we're actually using VoLTE or not. The option is there in setting and LTE stays connected during a call, but I'm not certain whether the call is actually connecting nicer LTE.

thatguy222 said:
Unfortunately WiFi calling is not showing up for me on T-Mobile US. I can't remember the last time this was an issue. I'll call them later today to see whether the plan on whitelisting the Xperia 5 for WiFi calling.
I also can't tell if we're actually using VoLTE or not. The option is there in setting and LTE stays connected during a call, but I'm not certain whether the call is actually connecting nicer LTE.
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Okay, thanks. As far as the VoLTE, I've found the LTE Discovery app works well. Just make a call and verify it's still using band 12

genorok said:
Okay, thanks. As far as the VoLTE, I've found the LTE Discovery app works well. Just make a call and verify it's still using band 12
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I just made a call and watched the app. Unfortunately I remained on Band 4 during the call. Sounds like this means the call was not using VoLTE. Very disappointing.
Just received a call and there phone app said the call was over WiFi. That setting is nowhere to be found so that's interesting.
The person on the other end did confirm a echo on speaker phone, though. Not sure how to get rid of that.

thatguy222 said:
I just made a call and watched the app. Unfortunately I remained on Band 4 during the call. Sounds like this means the call was not using VoLTE. Very disappointing.
Just received a call and there phone app said the call was over WiFi. That setting is nowhere to be found so that's interesting.
The person on the other end did confirm a echo on speaker phone, though. Not sure how to get rid of that.
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Thank you. That's an interesting find. Also, I wouldn't expect the phone to switch during a call from band 4 to band 12. The only way to see would be to find a spot where you're on band 12 and see if it switches away during a call. It should stay on the strongest signal band.

genorok said:
Any chance that WiFi calling works as well? I'm seriously considering this device as an upgrade from the XZ1 compact. I'm probably hoping for too much here as that would have required a certification.
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genorok said:
Thank you. That's an interesting find. Also, I wouldn't expect the phone to switch during a call from band 4 to band 12. The only way to see would be to find a spot where you're on band 12 and see if it switches away during a call. It should stay on the strongest signal band.
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Ah, I misunderstood your point about band 12 originally, apologies. I received calls yesterday and today and the Phone app says "calling over data," so I guess that is how they're saying VoLTE. I swear the terminology shown for both VoWiFi and VoLTE was different on my OnePlus 7 Pro.
In summary, for those skipping to the end, VoWiFi and VoLTE seem to work (on T-Mobile USA) even though it's not obvious.

genorok said:
Any chance that WiFi calling works as well? I'm seriously considering this device as an upgrade from the XZ1 compact. I'm probably hoping for too much here as that would have required a certification.
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I am upgrading from an XZ1 Compact as well! will be receiving my US version tomorrow and will post as soon as i find out

Hi, has anyone been able to fully confirm VoLTE/Wifi Calling for T-Mobile? Thanks.

nicogu said:
Hi, has anyone been able to fully confirm VoLTE/Wifi Calling for T-Mobile? Thanks.
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VoLTE is available and works
I do not think WIFI calling is enabled/allowed on this phone.
I could not find wifi calling settings to enable/disable on the phone, so i did some tests to check if it works:
1. When I call within a WIFI network and TMobile off, the calls wont go through.
2. Also, when everything is on and I am connected on WIFI but very poor TMobile connection, I do not see WIFI calling

jckozy86 said:
VoLTE is available and works
I do not think WIFI calling is enabled/allowed on this phone.
I could not find wifi calling settings to enable/disable on the phone, so i did some tests to check if it works:
1. When I call within a WIFI network and TMobile off, the calls wont go through.
2. Also, when everything is on and I am connected on WIFI but very poor TMobile connection, I do not see WIFI calling
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Thats a bummer, thanks for replying though!

nicogu said:
Thats a bummer, thanks for replying though!
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There is indeed no option to enable this but WiFi calling does work on T-Mobile USA.

I bought the phone last week. I compared the bands and connectivity with my XZ1 Compact. It definitely has VoLTE including band 12, but unfortunately it does not have any working WiFi calling on Tmo. No option and it doesn't make calls or texts on WiFi only connections.
I will say that it does seem to have a slightly better signal strength than my XZ1 Compact had.

Bump for any updates?

I get calls in lte mode so yeah I'd say USA volte works

NFC malfunction/problem

Hi guys,
recently I upgraded my Poco F1 to F2 Pro and I'm loving the hell out of it. But there's one problem. I've attached my bank cards to my Google Pay account to pay with them via NFC. However, my Poco after connecting with the terminal pops up an alert in Google Pay "It isn't working" with a pic of my card and red circle with exclamation mark inside. I've changed my NFC setting to mobile HCE wallet, reset my NFC functionality and nothing works. I'm currently on MIUI 12.0.3.0 Stable. It doesn't work on either of my cards. Could you please help me sort this out? I'd be grateful

Can't help you, but I also have a problem with NFC... my Bluetooth speaker which supports NFC doesn't work with this phone via NFC. It works however with all other phones in the house.
I will really consider not buying another Xiaomi phone, since they have many features advertised, but some don't really work (like 5G, which only supports 2 bands).

NPU443 said:
like 5G, which only supports 2 bands
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5G works, just not with your provider which doesn't support those bands. That's not Xiaomi's fault.

Yes , I know it supports exactly 2 bands. If you're from a country in the middle of EU, that will not likely have those 2 bands, you're f****. I mentioned this, because I also have a RN5, that was advertised as having AI which it never had/got to this day.
I like the phone, but it has many bugs. But this is already off topic.

NPU443 said:
Yes , I know it supports exactly 2 bands. If you're from a country in the middle of EU, that will not likely have those 2 bands, you're f****. I mentioned this, because I also have a RN5, that was advertised as having AI which it never had/got to this day.
I like the phone, but it has many bugs. But this is already off topic.
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These are the 5g bands allocated for France, Italy, Spain, Germany etc.
So europa, no problems

So what about NFC problem? I do have the same problem with banking app, it even does not finds NFC.

Try adding NFC permissions at the relevant application.

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Try adding NFC permissions at the relevant application.
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Y te sirvió?? A ver si ayudad
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And did it serve you? To see if you help

It helped to identify the bus card, but I still didn't manage to pay with my phone

NFC is at the top area at the back of the phone. Above the camera, so attach the reader to that point.