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Does Mi4 have LTE now?

Planning to buy a new Mi4 from kijiji. Wondering whether it supports LTE bands in Canada? I;'m with telus

Short answer. No, not yet.

veladem said:
Short answer. No, not yet.
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OK.Thanks
Is this a software issue or the LTE version is a different hardware in the future? In other words, if i buy the mi4 now, will i be able to get LTE when its available?

Sadly it seems to be a hardware limitation. Xiaomi was smart when they made the phone and only have it what it needed unlike some companies that overlook the small things and pay in the end.

yes it does not. as no opomart and other sites are selling FDD-LTE version which 1700/2100 works perfect with ATT / T-Mobile in US

4G:FDD-LTE 1800(B3)/2100(B1)MHz

This may seem far fetched but I'll ask anyway. Is there a way to change the hardware frequencies set within the phone to match the connectivity frequencies that's in your area?

shakim24 said:
This may seem far fetched but I'll ask anyway. Is there a way to change the hardware frequencies set within the phone to match the connectivity frequencies that's in your area?
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In theory, the chip should support them. It would be a matter of writing the specific band values into your phones memory (NV). However, this pre-supposes that the phone could be modified on that level to begin with, which is doubtful.
You would need:
Unlock/root
Custom rom
Custom kernel
QPST (for editing)
QXDM (write enabling)
access to switch usb diagnostic mode
The majority of the work would be getting around MIUI and Qualcomm's restrictions they implement in their code. While not impossible, as you can see, the changes required aren't necessarily for the faint of heart. I suppose one upside would be the phone doesn't cost an arm and a leg, so if you wound up with a brick, you might have an easier time bouncing back from the loss.

kibmikey1 said:
In theory, the chip should support them. It would be a matter of writing the specific band values into your phones memory (NV). However, this pre-supposes that the phone could be modified on that level to begin with, which is doubtful.
You would need:
Unlock/root
Custom rom
Custom kernel
QPST (for editing)
QXDM (write enabling)
access to switch usb diagnostic mode
The majority of the work would be getting around MIUI and Qualcomm's restrictions they implement in their code. While not impossible, as you can see, the changes required aren't necessarily for the faint of heart. I suppose one upside would be the phone doesn't cost an arm and a leg, so if you wound up with a brick, you might have an easier time bouncing back from the loss.
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Thanks for the insight bro. You really broke down into detail what was needed to be done. Was scrolling around and found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2871269. Would like your opinion on it. It's for unlocking LTE as well.

I think they released the LTE-FDD version , seach for it!

already got one with LTE...its out already

Hi, I don't know how helpful this is for you but I have bought two from China for myself and my wife. Although I have not tried on the MIUI OS, I have flashed AOSP on to both phones and they both work at least on O2 and EE. I am receive 4G on my EE Mi4, however my wife does not have a 4G sim so can not confirm hers but she does receive 3G signals.
O2s 4G sim did not receive 4G signals on my Mi4 though (reason for me switching)
Hope this helps you

Only bands 1, 3, 41

LTE Band 12, VoLTE, and T-Mobile

I am starting this thread, since there seems to be a lot of confusion around "newer" LTE bands, like Band 12 on T-Mobile, which apparently require a fully functioning and "approved" VoLTE phone to get reception.
There are various threads in device-specific forums, but they are not getting a lot of attention, and this is a significant enough problem that it should be more visible.
T-Mobile at this point has pretty fantastic coverage via the 700MHz Band 12 LTE network.
The only problem is that Band 12 requires the phone to be VoLTE "certified". The rumor was that phones could still connect to this band/LTE-network and send/receive data, but that they would fall back to alternative bands, even 3G or 2G, for phone calls. For a lot of people that would be "good enough" if not ideal.
Based on some recent testing, this is NOT CORRECT:
While phones may "sometimes" connect to Band 12 for data, the much more common scenario is apparently that the phone will disconnect from Band 12 almost immediately, or will refuse to connect to Band 12, and will instead default to an alternative LTE, 4G, 3G, or 2G connection.
In other words: even if you have perfect LTE Band 12 coverage (5/5 bars, or 100%), your "Band 12 capable" phone may instead try to connect to a really ****ty GPRS or EDGE tower that has barely any reception for the phone.
I recently encountered this with my Xperia X Compact while travelling: My phone would barely be able to connect to a T-Mobile tower with a GPRS data connection, while my wife's Moto G4 would get 5/5 or 100% LTE reception. Swapping SIM cards had the same result, so we know the problem rests with the phone.
Searching for "Available Mobile Networks" on my "band 12 capable" phone would show various T-Mobile 4G networks, but the phone would be unable to connect to them.
Talking to other Xperia X Compact owners, they have the same problem: the phone will sporadically connect to Band 12, but it is not a reliable connection (if the phone even connects) and it will (more likely) prefer other networks/bands/frequencies.
Based on the phone having the proper frequencies, I would assume that T-Mobile has some mechanism on some (or the majority of) towers where they disconnect non-VoLTE certified devices.
Anecdotally, I also had a similar issue with my previous phone - a Nexus 5x. The phone is even VoLTE certified, but when using Cyanogenmod/LineageOS, it would have really terrible reception, despite the location having almost perfect Band 12 coverage - LineageOS/CM does not (or had no) VoLTE support.
I have also tried "hacking" the X Compact to enable VoLTE support by adding the relevant lines to the build.prop and enabling the option under Settings and (*#*#4636#*#*) but this does not appear to make any difference.
A list of T-Mobile "VoLTE certified" phones can be found here:
http://www.spectrumgateway.com/compatible-phones
Would be great if anyone has any suggestions how to resolve this, or force the phone to prioritize Band 12, but it would otherwise appear that the only solution is to get the phone certified by T-Mobile (so much for net neutrality and open access).

I'm using an Xperia X Compact and my home market only has band 12 lte and I can't connect to it. Which means I'm always in 3g or roaming and rarely have data in buildings. It's maddening because I will only buy Sony. I think they are the only manufacturer making attractive handsets and the build quality is light years beyond well marketed, poorly constructed brands like Samsung and LG. But regardless of anyone's choice of manufacturer, a device with a functioning 700 mhz lte radio should function just fine on the corresponding network regardless of where it was purchased.
Would certifying this device and enabling VOLTE be particularly costly to Sony? Correct me if I'm wrong but based on internal components this device should be capable of this ja?
I think it wouldn't hurt to send petitions to both the manufacturer and T-mobile USA. This certainly doesn't help Sony in a market they are seriously struggling in. It also isn't very uncarrier to favor certain devices over others.
The only reason I switched from Verizon was the ability to choose my device. That and the things John Legere was doing to change the industry. I believed in what he was saying. But right now it isn't working for me and likely many others. He should know. I can say firsthand that the guy answers his emails. I think we need to show both parties that this is worth their attention.
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I should mention that after multiple calls to T-mobile tech support I received a cryptic call very late at night from someone high up in tech support.
Long story short he at least admitted that even though it wasn't a t mobile device and even though it didn't support VoLTE, it should still connect to band 12 just fine. He also said that they were having problems with this sort of thing in my area and that it should be resolved in a month. He also said my IMEI was logged and I would be given priority in the matter. Whatever that means.
I should also mention that was a month ago and he didn't have an email to give me. He did however give me a phone number (probably just the department) that I need to dig up.
Could just be a bunch of fluff because they are afraid to lose customers. Then again he was from tech support not customer retention. And as I said t mobile does listen to its customers.

POMF2K said:
I'm using an Xperia X Compact and my home market only has band 12 lte and I can't connect to it. Which means I'm always in 3g or roaming and rarely have data in buildings. It's maddening because I will only buy Sony. I think they are the only manufacturer making attractive handsets and the build quality is light years beyond well marketed, poorly constructed brands like Samsung and LG. But regardless of anyone's choice of manufacturer, a device with a functioning 700 mhz lte radio should function just fine on the corresponding network regardless of where it was purchased.
Would certifying this device and enabling VOLTE be particularly costly to Sony? Correct me if I'm wrong but based on internal components this device should be capable of this ja?
I think it wouldn't hurt to send petitions to both the manufacturer and T-mobile USA. This certainly doesn't help Sony in a market they are seriously struggling in. It also isn't very uncarrier to favor certain devices over others.
The only reason I switched from Verizon was the ability to choose my device. That and the things John Legere was doing to change the industry. I believed in what he was saying. But right now it isn't working for me and likely many others. He should know. I can say firsthand that the guy answers his emails. I think we need to show both parties that this is worth their attention.
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I should mention that after multiple calls to T-mobile tech support I received a cryptic call very late at night from someone high up in tech support.
Long story short he at least admitted that even though it wasn't a t mobile device and even though it didn't support VoLTE, it should still connect to band 12 just fine. He also said that they were having problems with this sort of thing in my area and that it should be resolved in a month. He also said my IMEI was logged and I would be given priority in the matter. Whatever that means.
I should also mention that was a month ago and he didn't have an email to give me. He did however give me a phone number (probably just the department) that I need to dig up.
Could just be a bunch of fluff because they are afraid to lose customers. Then again he was from tech support not customer retention. And as I said t mobile does listen to its customers.
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Since I did encounter this also on my Nexus 5x with LineageOS, I doubt that what T-Mobile told you is true. They must be actively blocking these non-certified handsets, since the phone should just attempt connecting.

So who do we need to appeal to? T mobile or Sony.?

POMF2K said:
So who do we need to appeal to? T mobile or Sony.?
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Both. Maybe also complain to the FCC - I thought that carriers needed to provide open access to their network. Verizon got into hot water for not doing so ...

Does your compact ever connect to lte for a few seconds after a reboot?
I might try to force LTE and restart and see if that has any effect.
I just flashed the UK. T mobile networks work just fine. Well except lte/4g but that was expected.

POMF2K said:
Does your compact ever connect to lte for a few seconds after a reboot?
I might try to force LTE and restart and see if that has any effect.
I just flashed the UK. T mobile networks work just fine. Well except lte/4g but that was expected.
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It does connect sometimes but it then usually kicks down to Band 4 or a GSM band (HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, or even GPRS).
I cannot find any info how to prioritize LTE bands, so I assume this is T-Mobile's band 12 cell tower's kicking the phone off when they notice that it is not VoLTE approved.

Interesting discussion on Howard forums....
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...rtphones-with-band-12-LTE-w-o-VoLTE-now/page2

POMF2K said:
Interesting discussion on Howard forums....
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...rtphones-with-band-12-LTE-w-o-VoLTE-now/page2
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Interesting discussion though nothing new.
Yes, we know that Band 12 phones should be able to get a data connection, yet T-Mobile apparently actively disconnects them (or bars them from connecting), especially in areas where Band 12 would give you great coverage but there is no other coverage.
F Sony and F T-Mobile for this!
BTW: here is an article about the follow up model: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/08/sony-xperia-xz1-compact/
Please leave comments about Sony not getting their phones approved for VoLTE with T-Mobile and the phone therefore NOT REALLY WORKING with the carrier.

It would seem to me that the only solution to this problem would be either T-Mobile accepting a standard spec for VoLTE, they open source their code for VoLTE, or someone figures out how to implement VoLTE and trick T-Mobile to think it is an approved "whitelisted" phone.
Given that the T-Mobile network is getting worse and worse every day without Band 12 coverage, I find it really surprising that most people just don't seem to care. Does nobody use their phone outside of WiFi?

andTab said:
It would seem to me that the only solution to this problem would be either T-Mobile accepting a standard spec for VoLTE, they open source their code for VoLTE, or someone figures out how to implement VoLTE and trick T-Mobile to think it is an approved "whitelisted" phone.
Given that the T-Mobile network is getting worse and worse every day without Band 12 coverage, I find it really surprising that most people just don't seem to care. Does nobody use their phone outside of WiFi?
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There is a standard spec, the problem is the certification. It requires a certificate from T-mobile to be used by the phone, which is gained through certification. And if SONY is detecting T-mobile at the modem level then there isn't anything a ROM can do with or without a ROM. I had a Z5, but this drove me crazy so I switched to a Pixel.
I wouldn't expect this to change based on SONY de-prioritizing the US phone market, so either upgrade to a new supported sony phone or move on (shrug)

sovanyio said:
There is a standard spec, the problem is the certification. It requires a certificate from T-mobile to be used by the phone, which is gained through certification. And if SONY is detecting T-mobile at the modem level then there isn't anything a ROM can do with or without a ROM. I had a Z5, but this drove me crazy so I switched to a Pixel.
I wouldn't expect this to change based on SONY de-prioritizing the US phone market, so either upgrade to a new supported sony phone or move on (shrug)
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That can't be true.
I accept that T-Mobile may issue a certificate but that must be processed on the rom/OS/phone.apk level. Otherwise, every custom ROM on any certified phone would work. We all know that is not the case.
If it's the rom/OS/phone.apk though, why can't we hack a phone to work with TMUS / VoLTE?
I have an x compact and while it is the best device I have ever owned it is essentially unusable on T-Mobile or att.

andTab said:
That can't be true.
I accept that T-Mobile may issue a certificate but that must be processed on the rom/OS/phone.apk level. Otherwise, every custom ROM on any certified phone would work. We all know that is not the case.
If it's the rom/OS/phone.apk though, why can't we hack a phone to work with TMUS / VoLTE?
I have an x compact and while it is the best device I have ever owned it is essentially unusable on T-Mobile or att.
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Because the SONY modem firmware doesn't even attempt to negotiate VoLTE, which does *not* happen in user space. It is likely possible to hack the qualcomm modem with QPST to enable this, but without documentation and correct values one will not get very far.

sovanyio said:
Because the SONY modem firmware doesn't even attempt to negotiate VoLTE, which does *not* happen in user space. It is likely possible to hack the qualcomm modem with QPST to enable this, but without documentation and correct values one will not get very far.
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If it was the modem, then flashing a new system (eg custom ROM) should not make any difference.
I also have a Nexus 5x. With stock it is fantastic and uses VoLTE on T-Mobile. With LineageOS, it is useless on Band 12. SAME MODEM!
Experience therefore shows that it is the OS/System that somehow prevents this from working.

andTab said:
If it was the modem, then flashing a new system (eg custom ROM) should not make any difference.
I also have a Nexus 5x. With stock it is fantastic and uses VoLTE on T-Mobile. With LineageOS, it is useless on Band 12. SAME MODEM!
Experience therefore shows that it is the OS/System that somehow prevents this from working.
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The Nexus 5x is a different phone made by a different manufacturer with a different firmware scheme. You cannot compare them directly.

I noticed that the XZ1 Compact says right on the website compatible with t mobile band 12 and wifi calling... this is infuriating. It should be easy for them to patch the Xperia x compact.
I would have never purchased this if I had known. Especially since they apparently flashed an update to my old t mobile z3 that allows voice over lte and band 12.

Sony X Compact
sovanyio said:
There is a standard spec, the problem is the certification. It requires a certificate from T-mobile to be used by the phone, which is gained through certification. And if SONY is detecting T-mobile at the modem level then there isn't anything a ROM can do with or without a ROM. I had a Z5, but this drove me crazy so I switched to a Pixel.
I wouldn't expect this to change based on SONY de-prioritizing the US phone market, so either upgrade to a new supported sony phone or move on (shrug)
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It has to be on Sony, use the t-mobile BYOD app to check, I have a Huawei mate 9 that I just purchased, connects perfectly on band 12, VoLTE works just like it's supposed to. On a side note I went through three Sony phones before I bought this Huawei, had to return all three due to quality control issues, one had worst touches that made the phone unusable, one wouldn't pick up the SIM card, and the third wouldn't power on at all, thank good Amazon refunded my money on all three. They may have the Sony name on the phone, but they are still build by the lowest bidder in China and makes with Sony's name.

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It has to be on Sony, use the t-mobile BYOD app to check, I have a Huawei mate 9 that I just purchased, connects perfectly on band 12, VoLTE works just like it's supposed to. On a side note I went through three Sony phones before I bought this Huawei, had to return all three due to quality control issues, one had worst touches that made the phone unusable, one wouldn't pick up the SIM card, and the third wouldn't power on at all, thank good Amazon refunded my money on all three. They may have the Sony name on the phone, but they are still build by the lowest bidder in China and makes with Sony's name.
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See this: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...cked-smartphones-and-yep-its-still-confusing/ It is up to an OEM to decide to go through this process per-phone. Since no US carrier carried the phone they didn't not bother spending the money or time to certify it. I loved the SONY design, but since they weren't supporting the market I had to abandon them for other phones.

Unlocking Band 66/71

Hello,
I haven't posted here in quite some time, but I picked up the Mi Mix 2s (Fantastic device), and the only thing that's missing to make this perfect for me, is the inclusion of Band 71 (600MHz). I've seen on multiple posts about Qualcomm phones having bands unlocked using QDXM and QPST tools. In other tutorials I see that they use an app to calculate the proper NV values, but I can't seem to find one that goes beyond Band 44. Does anyone know of a manual way to calculate this value, or another tool I could use?
Thank you much,
Blimey

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Hello,
I haven't posted here in quite some time, but I picked up the Mi Mix 2s (Fantastic device), and the only thing that's missing to make this perfect for me, is the inclusion of Band 71 (600MHz). I've seen on multiple posts about Qualcomm phones having bands unlocked using QDXM and QPST tools. In other tutorials I see that they use an app to calculate the proper NV values, but I can't seem to find one that goes beyond Band 44. Does anyone know of a manual way to calculate this value, or another tool I could use?
Thank you much,
Blimey
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What app are you using to check current supported bands?

pi4a7a said:
What app are you using to check current supported bands?
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I've used NV calculator and LTE Band Calculator on the Play Store.

I found this video. I can't test it until 2 weeks from now as I just started unlocking process. If you test, please let me know if it works.

Ascertion said:
I found this video. I can't test it until 2 weeks from now as I just started unlocking process. If you test, please let me know if it works.
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By taping Lock bands then LTE all of them are checked, is that how it's supposed to be ?
I also don't have the option LTE Band Append...

pi4a7a said:
By taping Lock bands then LTE all of them are checked, is that how it's supposed to be ?
I also don't have the option LTE Band Append...
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I checked mine on my other rooted device. It looks like they removed the LTE Band Append option sometime between January and now. I sent the dev an email asking for more about this, I'll keep you posted.
If it turns out to be a paid feature, I think the price gouging is ridiculously too high. It's $50/week! But we'll see.

Ascertion said:
I checked mine on my other rooted device. It looks like they removed the LTE Band Append option sometime between January and now. I sent the dev an email asking for more about this, I'll keep you posted.
If it turns out to be a paid feature, I think the price gouging is ridiculously too high. It's $50/week! But we'll see.
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This was their response. I guess we can't use this feature.
HI
This feature is not allowed to access since it’s not safe to mobile phones. Please understand…
Regards

mobile data.

Hi. Im in uk and have f2 pro 5g. I have in settings set prefer network to 5g. 5g is not available where i am at all. My problem is my mobile data (working fine with lots of other phones so not signal related) sometimes just stops working.
I have set to prefer to 4g and still the same. I have updated my apn settings ( not much to change) and done factory reset. I have looked on the dial *#*#4636#*#* and i have phone info 1 and phone info 2. I go to set network type and have a list. Whenever i chose one after reboot it changes back to unknown. (Please see pics)
Any ideas???
Thanks guys.

Hello mate, phenomenally I've just received the phone yesterday. Beautiful phone. However I've come to notice the same issue. Changing over prefer lte or 5g does nothing. The only real fix is switching off data and switching it back on. Never had this issue with all my previous phones, including realme, oneplus and Huawei. It's most probably a software fault. But it's making me want to return it.
Im noticing the following, switching WiFi off when outside doesn't cause the issue but need further testing to confirm.

I read about that bug but I can not confirm it. If you turn on 5G you can only use 1 sim card but 5G is anyways almost useles on this device (only N77/N78)

3 uk is on N78

Linuxkek said:
I read about that bug but I can not confirm it. If you turn on 5G you can only use 1 sim card but 5G is anyways almost useles on this device (only N77/N78)
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Agree, I live in Puerto Rico and it doesn't even have T-Mobiles band 66 LTE. Incredible that a phone powered by a SD 865 lack of all of these. Software updates are super bad, I haven't got 1 single update and 5G on this phone is useless.

Question 12S Ultra UK Questions and early thoughts.

Hi all, layman none developer nerd here. Bought the 12S Ultra from Wanda. Been using for nearly a week now. Camera seems great which is very important to me, battery great, software not amazing and oddities that are frustrating such as volume rocker on right and no buttons on left of phone.
Anyway two questions,
1) Android Auto will not work. Wired or wireless. Not a deal breaker at all but any way around this? Gives an error message 22 saying it wasn't pre installed on OS so won't work.
2) I'm not in a contract I've got a cheapo EE PAYG which I just put in this. Network doesn't seem great. Occasionally I lose signal at home. Didn't on my OnePlus7 Pro. 3 bars now actually, maybe it can improve?
Does anyone know what provider would be best suited to this phone, ie. The best match on bands?
Thanks for input.

There is no workaround for android auto for the moment (at least I don't know it).
The best network for UK should be EE and Vodaphone, because 12s ultra lacks only one band that they use (b20).
But if you are on a rural area, you will notice the slower connectivity exactly because b20 is used to cover huge rural areas and on remote places b20 is the only available band for ee.
I'm from UK and haven't noticed any drops compared to my p6p. Living in London but travel to the south coast and no issues by now.

I'm using Three (smarty) and have no connection issues in my rural area. My 10 ultra had band 20 missing when I was with Sky (o2) and all though I had very little 4g because of the missing band, my 3g was amazing with great throughput. Probably because everyone was using 4 g!
May be wait for the Xiaomi EU ROM and see if AA works with it.

LeicesterMoobs said:
Hi all, layman none developer nerd here. Bought the 12S Ultra from Wanda. Been using for nearly a week now. Camera seems great which is very important to me, battery great, software not amazing and oddities that are frustrating such as volume rocker on right and no buttons on left of phone.
Anyway two questions,
1) Android Auto will not work. Wired or wireless. Not a deal breaker at all but any way around this? Gives an error message 22 saying it wasn't pre installed on OS so won't work.
2) I'm not in a contract I've got a cheapo EE PAYG which I just put in this. Network doesn't seem great. Occasionally I lose signal at home. Didn't on my OnePlus7 Pro. 3 bars now actually, maybe it can improve?
Does anyone know what provider would be best suited to this phone, ie. The best match on bands?
Thanks for input.
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I have Chinese ROM 12/512 and its working fine in UK inluding 5G ( am on O2).
Awesome camera and superfast CPU with great battery life.
I don't own a car so cannot test Android Auto , but have yo tried disabling battery-optimisation and enable ALL permissions on the App?

Gboard remains the default for me on rebooting.

dezborders said:
I have Chinese ROM 12/512 and its working fine in UK inluding 5G ( am on O2).
Awesome camera and superfast CPU with great battery life.
I don't own a car so cannot test Android Auto , but have yo tried disabling battery-optimisation and enable ALL permissions on the App?
Minor Niggles x2
1. After every reboot GBOARD gets disabled and default keyboard reverts to chinese. Easy fix, change default back to GBOARD.
2. MIUI13 on Chinese ROM *ONLY* supports built-in Chinese Widgets. Workaround: use a different launcher (I use Nova Prime).
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1. GBoard stays as default after restarting for me. I did notice that it would change back to MIUI keyboard when typing a password but there is a security setting that can be disabled, so now GBoard is the only keyboard that pops up when typing anything.
2. It also supports Android widgets: Go to Widgets section > On the top right, Click on the button with squares > Click Android widgets on the bottom. You will now be able to add android widgets. See screenshots attached.

bscorpion09 said:
1. GBoard stays as default after restarting for me. I did notice that it would change back to MIUI keyboard when typing a password but there is a security setting that can be disabled, so now GBoard is the only keyboard that pops up when typing anything.
2. It also supports Android widgets: Go to Widgets section > On the top right, Click on the button with squares > Click Android widgets on the bottom. You will now be able to add android widgets. See screenshots attached.
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Awesome, thanks
bscorpion09 said:
1. GBoard stays as default after restarting for me. I did notice that it would change back to MIUI keyboard when typing a password but there is a security setting that can be disabled, so now GBoard is the only keyboard that pops up when typing anything.
2. It also supports Android widgets: Go to Widgets section > On the top right, Click on the button with squares > Click Android widgets on the bottom. You will now be able to add android widgets. See screenshots attached.
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Thanks now my 12s ultra is perfect and Nova launcher is uninstalled

Does Google Pay/ Wallet work on the 12S ultra? Netflix HD?

Olao99 said:
Does Google Pay/ Wallet work on the 12S ultra? Netflix HD?
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Google pay works fine (UK) but i dont use netflix so dont know.

dezborders said:
Google pay works fine (UK) but i dont use netflix so dont know.
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what about 4g signals and bank apps? are there any issues using this phone in the UK? planning to change my s22 ultra to 12s ultra due to lagging a lot on social apps

I'm in the UK and have no trouble with any apps including bank ( Lloyd's). As a Xiaomi 11 and 10 ultra both starting on stock Chinese, I've had no app issues but will be flashing Xiaomi EU's ROM when ready. If you have not heard, pop over to their forum for details. But it will make a good phone great.
One word of warning though. Please check the network bands that your network supplier use. The 12s ultra does have a couple of missing 4g UK bands. The 10 ultra was the same and my 4g on sky ( 02) hardly worked. However, I didn't really miss it as everyone else was using 4g, my 3g was blisteringly fast. I'm on 3 now, so no issues.

alandd86 said:
what about 4g signals and bank apps? are there any issues using this phone in the UK? planning to change my s22 ultra to 12s ultra due to lagging lot on social apps
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4g and banking apps are all fine for me in UK (o2 network). I have 3 banking app all are fine
For any app you are experiencing notification problems, set app autostart to enabled and battery management to disabled.

dezborders said:
4g and banking apps are all fine for me in UK (o2 network). I have 3 banking app all are fine
For any app you are experiencing notification problems, set app autostart to enabled and battery management to disabled.
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Im on O2 too, out of interest , whereabouts in the UK are you to understand signal for B20 ?

thepublocal said:
Im on O2 too, out of interest , whereabouts in the UK are you to understand signal for B20 ?
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Hi I'm 10 miles from Glasgow so only getting 4g signal where I live. I get 5g no problem if I travel into city though
How can I test B20 for you ? Happy to help

The way I see it:
Because 12s ultra is lacking b20, other phone has to be used for testing.
Set the phone to work ONLY on lte (4g), install cellmapper and check the bands from there while travelling.
The other way is to set 12s ultra on 4g only and when you see yourself out of signal - I bet, you are on b20 only area (but knowing this band is used mainly in rural areas to cover more land, I'm not sure you will happen to be in ONLY B20 area)