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Super Slow 3G, someone help!

Alright. I got my Fuze about a week ago. Since I started using it I noticed that my 3G speed is extremely slow. It takes forever for youtube videos to load and when I do a speed check at dslreports.com/mspeed I only get an average of 50Kbits/sec!!! This is on 3G with full service. I was using a BlackjackII and with it I always got about 900-1100kbits/sec and youtube videos loaded in just a few seconds. It's like I am dialup now that I switched to the FUZE. I talked to HTC and they said it had to be the carrier, which is BS in my opinion. When I am at my house I only have EDGE and it works as expected, about 150kbits/sec, sometimes higher.
I have already upgraded to ROMeOS and it is much smoother and drastically improved battery life but didn't help my 3G speed problem.
Anyone have any ideas on what could help me? I am not familiar with changing the radio, is that something that might help?
Thanks,
Sam

It's still possible that this is a provider issue, maybe they cap their 3G speeds at 50kbit/s?
When my phone switches to 3G reception, the signal strength decreases.
Maybe that can be an issue too?

MrMoustache said:
It's still possible that this is a provider issue, maybe they cap their 3G speeds at 50kbit/s?
When my phone switches to 3G reception, the signal strength decreases.
Maybe that can be an issue too?
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I don't think so, that would be false advertisement. And besides, sitting here at my desk at work with my blackjackII just over a week ago I could bet 1000kbits/sec easily.
Man, I really love this fuze, but it is pointless to have it if I can't use 3g.

first go to settings
connections
advanced network. make sure hsdpa/hsupa are enabled
and if that dont help sometimes roms get better speeds
im on proven and ive gotten over 1000 before so give it a shot

I just tried it both ways...enabled and disabled. 30-50kbits/sec both ways. I had the same problem with ATT stock ROM and now with the ROMeOS. Do you think a diffrent ROM would help?

what does your phone say at the top
e or 3g or h?
and roms do effect it but it could even be your area
have you tried it different places?

lbhocky19 said:
what does your phone say at the top
e or 3g or h?
and roms do effect it but it could even be your area
have you tried it different places?
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When I have HDSPA enabled it says H, then under it says 3G AT&T. If I disable it then it says 3G instead of H.

id say try out another rom
even different versions of the same vary.
one of the older proven roms i only got like 400 on 3g then the next it was up over 1000

BLUR2U said:
Alright. I got my Fuze about a week ago. Since I started using it I noticed that my 3G speed is extremely slow. It takes forever for youtube videos to load and when I do a speed check at dslreports.com/mspeed I only get an average of 50Kbits/sec!!! This is on 3G with full service. I was using a BlackjackII and with it I always got about 900-1100kbits/sec and youtube videos loaded in just a few seconds. It's like I am dialup now that I switched to the FUZE. I talked to HTC and they said it had to be the carrier, which is BS in my opinion. When I am at my house I only have EDGE and it works as expected, about 150kbits/sec, sometimes higher.
I have already upgraded to ROMeOS and it is much smoother and drastically improved battery life but didn't help my 3G speed problem.
Anyone have any ideas on what could help me? I am not familiar with changing the radio, is that something that might help?
Thanks,
Sam
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You can try flashing a new radio by following the following two threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=448008
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=439566
Hope that helps.

incisivekeith said:
You can try flashing a new radio by following the following two threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=448008
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=439566
Hope that helps.
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Do you think that will help me?

Maybe it's your SIM card. I know that when I got the orange SIM card my speeds were absolute ****e. Its pretty obvious why when if you just take a look at the size of the gold contact. Needles to say my problems went away once I got a new blue SIM.
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[GUIDE] Fixing OPO CM11S modem problem

*** After gathered most of the comments around, I think only China version OPO having this problem ***
Some of you may encounter some problems as me while running on CM11s (Regardless of version 22Q/22R/25R)
These are the symptoms that you may encounter if your modem are not running correctly.
4G = Data connection alright, but unable to make any calls. (While trying to call, "Out of service area" will be displayed)
3G = Data connection not stable, signals are dropping, calls are dropping.
2G = Both Data and Call network are fine, but no one is going to use 2G in a high performance phone like our OPO.
These steps "MAY" or "MAY NOT" work on your phone, I'm not a very professional guy in android development. But I am here to sharing my experiences in solving this problem
1) Download the modem bin file from this link (This is extracted from CM11 Snapshot m8 - https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=bacon)
You can download the zip file from there. then extract "NON-HLOS.bin" from the zip file
Here I provide you a mediafire link for quicker access:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/uukgumzi2hf6ey5/NON-HLOS.bin
2) Copy "NON-HLOS.bin" into same directory as fastboot.exe
3) Boot your OPO into fastboot mode.
4) Follow the steps in the CMD of this attached photo
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P/S: there are a lot of guides which make your phone connect with your PC thru adb interface. so you can google around these information.
Again I'm not an expert, but I got these working, there are risks of bricking/damaging your phone. so take care

Thank you! I'll give it a try

Is this to get the international modem? @reinerlee

omarvel0us said:
Is this to get the international modem? @reinerlee
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I don't really get you.. if you had the symptoms stated above. then you should do this.

@reinerlee i was wondering if the modem you posted is the international one to get 4g in USA with the Chinese opo?

omarvel0us said:
@reinerlee i was wondering if the modem you posted is the international one to get 4g in USA with the Chinese opo?
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As far as i know, No. it's more on the hardware side (chipset). it can't be fixed via any software.
You can refer to this.
http://digiex.net/guides-reviews/gu...s-one-china-lte-bands-what-you-need-know.html

@reinerlee so there isn't a flashable modem to get 4g lte in USA with Chinese opo? I only get hspa +

omarvel0us said:
@reinerlee so there isn't a flashable modem to get 4g lte in USA with Chinese opo? I only get hspa +
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dude, there's no way to do it via flashing anything. it's the hardware.

I'm having a similar issue but my phone is the International not the Chinese version, I assumed I couldn't make calls on 4g because T-mobile VoLTE isn't out yet. I'm very tempted to try this to see if it solves my terrible reception issue. What are the risks in doing this?

kyleallen5000 said:
I'm having a similar issue but my phone is the International not the Chinese version, I assumed I couldn't make calls on 4g because T-mobile VoLTE isn't out yet. I'm very tempted to try this to see if it solves my terrible reception issue. What are the risks in doing this?
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I think, there is almost no risk of doing this. if this can't work on your phone. you can just simply swap the modem with the others one.

Thank you man. You are my God. Works fine and you solve my problem.

What problem did you have? I'm on AT&T and have trouble keeping strong LTE compared to other phones. My phone will drop to H+ and get stuck in H a lot.
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I was messing around flashing roms(last flash was oneplus aosp) with twrp and I lost my modem(baseband) and do not have voice or data. I tried flashing just NON-HLOS.bin but did not regain the baseband. What to do?

I was having terrible connection issues when I received my Opo.
I ended up flashing the latest CM nightly, since it includes the radio now, and that greatly improved my connection.
Before at home I was going 50% with no signal. Now it doesn't drop. I used the 7/24 build. Then went back to my PA backup.
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Awesome! This is encouraging to hear. The radio issues are my biggest gripe with the phone. Even right now as I type this it's jumping between H and H+ when I should have LTE.
Is there a separate radio file from the nightlies we can flash in the mean time?
Edit: OK LTE is back!
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poor reception
I flashed this modem but problem still exist. I don't have 4g coverage in my area so I basically use 3g (HSDPA+) and I noticed that the signal strength is not quite as good as other phones in the same area. And signal strength goes up and down all the time, from -80 dBm to -107 dBm and sometimes even switches to the 2g (EDGE). Also noticed that if the phone is downloading data signal strength is good, around -80 dBm. In idle signal strength goes down and became poor, around -101 dBm.

Thank you - works a treat!
Would I be right in saying that if I factory reset my phone, I would keep the radio I flashed rather than revert back to the original as it has been overwritten?
Thanks
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dainys said:
I flashed this modem but problem still exist. I don't have 4g coverage in my area so I basically use 3g (HSDPA+) and I noticed that the signal strength is not quite as good as other phones in the same area. And signal strength goes up and down all the time, from -80 dBm to -107 dBm and sometimes even switches to the 2g (EDGE). Also noticed that if the phone is downloading data signal strength is good, around -80 dBm. In idle signal strength goes down and became poor, around -101 dBm.
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are you using international version or China version?
Sent from my One using XDA Free mobile app

I do get more consistent 4G/LTE signal after flashing this .. thank you!

reinerlee said:
are you using international version or China version?
Sent from my One using XDA Free mobile app
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I'm using China version. But I don't think there is difference, people on official oneplus forum have the same inconsistent reception signal.
Yes, this modem behaves better than older versions, but still not as good as other phones.

Dual 4G Dual VOLTE

Does oneplus 6 support Dual 4G standby and Dual VOLTE in India(i.e Two Jio sims simultaneously)?

According to my research, that would not be possible, as most smartphone dual SIM implementations are dual standby, whereas for this to work, you'd need dual active SIMs (with two separate radios), as two 4G-only (this is how JIO works, I understand) networks are unable to standby on only one radio. Unless something changed with Snapdragon 845 modem and this is now somehow technically possible, then please correct me.
What I would like to understand is, if dual VOLTE is suppososed to work on usual 3G/4G networks on the OnePlus 6.
Thank you.

dextart said:
According to my research, that would not be possible, as most smartphone dual SIM implementations are dual standby, whereas for this to work, you'd need dual active SIMs (with two separate radios), as two 4G-only (this is how JIO works, I understand) networks are unable to standby on only one radio. Unless something changed with Snapdragon 845 modem and this is now somehow technically possible, then please correct me.
What I would like to understand is, if dual VOLTE is suppososed to work on usual 3G/4G networks on the OnePlus 6.
Thank you.
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Thank you mate. Could u please update when you have more information about this, because buying this phone for that price without this feature will be waste.

Dual Volte is supported by the SD 845, but it isn't activated on the OP6 and there's no word on if it'll be activated later

It's the latest SD845 with LTE CAT 18 MODEM. So definitely it will support the Dual VOLTE

iamsabresh said:
Dual Volte is supported by the SD 845, but it isn't activated on the OP6 and there's no word on if it'll be activated later
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Thanks. Is this information public, otherwise how reliable is your source on this?
It seems I won't be able to test it myself yet, as even though for the first time ever my own carrier (Telia in Lithuania) is selling the device themselves, they don't support VoLTE on their network... Hoping OnePlus will sort it out and add via software update later.

https://www.qualcomm.com/documents/snapdragon-845-mobile-platform-product-brief
Hardware support definitely available. Software support, well, remains to be seen i guess

Huawei phones already supports Dual 4G and VoLTE. It makes sense OnePlus will follow soon. Hopefully, will see the feature in OnePlus 6.

I guess it is available. Saw it in one of the review videos where the specifically mentioned that he is able to use both airtel 4g and Jio 4g at the same time.

So, I'm not that informed about the hardware and I don't even really know exactly, what you are talking about.
But to me it sounds like this post from the official AMA could be on that topic: (https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/...-wireless-ama-now.835469/page-9#post-18434071)
Maybe it can contribute to this discussion. If it isn't on topic, please let me know.

amulbaby said:
I guess it is available. Saw it in one of the review videos where the specifically mentioned that he is able to use both airtel 4g and Jio 4g at the same time.
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Mate, can you specify the link of that video?. thank you.

4G Volte Support
atf2m4 said:
Mate, can you specify the link of that video?. thank you.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0lMfxpey-Y
Watch this, he claims that it supports dual 4G volte.

He talks about dual volte at around 5:15 mark .

OnePlus 6 supports Dual VoLTE, at least thats whats was confirmed by OnePlus India twitter handle.
EDIT: Amazon India listing Page now confirms Dual 4G for OnePlus 6

Yes, it does support dual 4G standby. It was confirmed during QnA on OnePlus forums.

Oneplus 6 does support dual VoLTE
Yes, the Oneplus 6 does support dual VoLTE and you can use two SIMs with VoLTE simultaneously!

Guys, I just got the phone delivered and I confirm it support native dual active 4G LTE. I am using Airtel an Jio's SIM with my OP6 and using Airtel's data network. I could make and receive calls from both SIMs.

zanderzone said:
Guys, I just got the phone delivered and I confirm it support native dual active 4G LTE. I am using Airtel an Jio's SIM with my OP6 and using Airtel's data network. I could make and receive calls from both SIMs.
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Hi .. as you have the phone with you. Could you please update us about the audio quality of the phone through speaker and headphone.
Waiting to book the same , but not clear about speaker and camera !! Help needed !!!

ravikeshri_0341 said:
Hi .. as you have the phone with you. Could you please update us about the audio quality of the phone through speaker and headphone.
Waiting to book the same , but not clear about speaker and camera !! Help needed !!!
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Hello, Audio quality via the earpiece is very crisp. Network reception is good as well, it could pick up the signal from an area which generally has poor network reception. Audio via speakerphone is adequate and you won't miss a call. About the camera, I find it better than S8 plus (I have that as well. ) I am not starting a debate but camera and audio are very subjective things and telling my opinion.

It supports Dual VOLTE!!!
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8T having data/radio issues ... After EU conv

So I'm seeing this issue back in January from other users forgive me for wanting a rebooted thread on current software.
I have a KB2007 with a build now that of
11.0.10.10 GLOBAL-EU KB2005BA
Originally purchased from Sprint, after the merger was given T-Mobile SIM cards and if I call tech support route through T-Mobile SIM network is T-Mobile everything's T-Mobile.
Before the conversion didn't have radio issues and I called tech support today they had me pull the Sim rebooted put to sim back in and rebooted again. It seem help ( before I literally had no connection for phone calls without Wi-Fi calling) as now it can at least show 5G connection. However the upload speeds are concerning I think? I live in Kansas City and have amazing signal coverage typically even in a tunnel LOL
People take a look at this and give me your thoughts? I was about to roll it back over to the TMO software earlier, I was that frustrated.
Bootloader unlocked- Magisk w/ minor modules
Thank you for your time in advance
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@OP6Tluvvvaa,
First off, I want to thank you for the level of detail in your post. Usually, when I respond to a post, I have to start with numerous questions, just to determine what the actual question is.
I happen to own a KB2007 on T-Mobile and I am VERY happy with it.
My 5G speeds have been excellent. I live in Las Vegas, which is rated like T-Mobile's #2 network site by speed on connection.
One thing I CAN tell you is you should not under any condition be establishing an HSPA+ connection for your mobile network.
Your speed test App, however, shows you have an LTE connection, which seems much more likely in line with the speed you are getting.
Your download speeds are actually not bad, but your upload speeds are anemic.
Where I live (at home), I actually get better upload than downloads speeds on my 5G connections, this is very uncommon, however.
What is your full BASEBAND version under About phone->Status ?
The BASEBAND code largely determines how the 5G connection is established, and the resultant upload/downloads speeds.
In the USA, if you are on T-Mobile's network, you should have
BASEBAND version: MPSS.HI.2.0.c9-00145-SDX55_RMTEFS_PACK-1.367946.14
if you have a european BASEBAND version, this could be causing your problems.

I'll check right now, what blows me away is that I cannot be the only 2007 model that did the conversion, that is experiencing the issue right? You think it would be widespread baseband issues or not connecting to the right ones.. and that debloating aside it would have been massively talked about on XDA?

Yes, you definitely have an older BASEBAND.
The thing is that on the T-Mobile branded OnePlus phones, T-Mobile supplies custom T-Mobile specific BASEBAND code for the build.
That's the main reason I hesitate to install a "GLOBAL" image to my phone.
I figure that T-Mobile is going to supply the fastest, most optimized code for their network.
Let me to a little research on this. I am pretty sure you can install "just" BASEBAND code on your phone if you are rooted.

tecknight said:
Yes, you definitely have an older BASEBAND.
The thing is that on the T-Mobile branded OnePlus phones, T-Mobile supplies custom T-Mobile specific BASEBAND code for the build.
That's the main reason I hesitate to install a "GLOBAL" image to my phone.
I figure that T-Mobile is going to supply the fastest, most optimized code for their network.
Let me to a little research on this. I am pretty sure you can install "just" BASEBAND code on your phone if you are rooted.
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So that's what I was going to research myself as well I can just flash an image and where it's located, take a look at this the speed test shows LTE when my signal shows 5G

OP6Tluvvvaa said:
I'll check right now, what blows me away is that I cannot be the only 2007 model that did the conversion, that is experiencing the issue right? You think it would be widespread baseband issues or not connecting to the right ones.. and that debloating aside it would have been massively talked about on XDA?
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You would be surprised how many people do minimal performance testing on their devices.
I bought a Nord N10 5G about 6 months ago and I found it wasn't actually connecting to 5G AT ALL.
See this post I made:
How 5G Enabled is your Nord N10 5G ?
I have been noting that my Nord N10 5G isn't getting any better of a connection than my old 4G phone, so I set out to see which bands I was connecting on and which were actually enabled on the phone. I have done this in the past on various...
forum.xda-developers.com
Many other owners of this phone confirmed the same thing, so I returned mine to Nord

What else contained in a firmware package? And buy T-Mobile firmware is that what I'm getting rid of when I do a conversion? Is the baseband contained within that

OP6Tluvvvaa said:
So that's what I was going to research myself as well I can just flash an image and where it's located, take a look at this the speed test shows LTE when my signal shows 5GView attachment 5404229
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That's a slow download speed

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That's a slow download speed
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Could u pls help to pull the MPSS.HI.2.0.c9-00145-SDX55_RMTEFS_PACK-1.367946.14 's modem for me pls? I can't find the full OTA of KB2007 anywhere.
Thanks in advanced mate!

Question Canadians POV

What networks does this beast work on? Does it get 5 G on Rogers, Bell or Telus?

def-g said:
What networks does this beast work on? Does it get 5 G on Rogers, Bell or Telus?
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I am also waiting for someone to test this. Regardless of the bands, Rogers do not always 'allow' 5G and VOLTE on their network for phones that are not officially recognized. I found this out with the Oppo FInd X5 Pro which cannot get 5G or VOLTE on Rogers. VOLTE is especially an issue as it means you cannot make phone calls if there is no 3G.
I am hoping the 12S Ultra does not have this issue and can get VOLTE.

scdoyle said:
I am also waiting for someone to test this. Regardless of the bands, Rogers do not always 'allow' 5G and VOLTE on their network for phones that are not officially recognized. I found this out with the Oppo FInd X5 Pro which cannot get 5G or VOLTE on Rogers. VOLTE is especially an issue as it means you cannot make phone calls if there is no 3G.
I am hoping the 12S Ultra does not have this issue and can get VOLTE.
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If you can't get VoLTE enabled by default, you can dial *#*#86583#*#* to force enable VoLTE.

Any Canadians receive their phones yet?

VoLTE working as pre activated. (Usa tmobile)

Good to knows - thanks! Would be great if someone on Rogers could also confirm.

Any Canadians get there phone yet? PDA Plaza is taking forever

def-g said:
Any Canadians get there phone yet? PDA Plaza is taking forever
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Got mine but they sure do take their time. They are cheaper than most however. No duties.

Give a quick rundown when u got time. Does it get 5 G?

Only seen LTE+. However my area doesn't get 5G and I haven't had a chance to test it otherwise.

What carrier are you on please and do you see the VOLTE option in settings?

Rogers, but I have yet to test other options. I'm going to be unlocking bootloader and rooting.

avetny said:
VoLTE working as pre activated. (Usa tmobile)
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are you getting t-mobiles 5G UC, or just 5G NSA?

GodKingKnight said:
Rogers, but I have yet to test other options. I'm going to be unlocking bootloader and rooting.
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I'm also on Rogers and have ordered the Xiaomi Mix Fold 2 which has similar firmware. I'm curious whether VoLTE appears in the Settings/Mobile Network by virtue of your SIM, or whether you can enable it with the Xiaomi dialer code (disable carrier check). If not, I assume you can unlock, root with Magisk and use a VoLTE enabler module or edit your build.prop to get VoLTE. Not an issue for us yet as voice calls drop to Rogers 3G network, but when we follow suit with the Americans and shut down 3G we will need VoLTE to make voice calls over 4G (or one day 5g VoNR).

Finally got my phone. Can verify 5G works on Rogers. I'm in Winnipeg. Cheers

Canadian - bought phone from PDAPlaza - on Koodo
all is working well from a network perspective
any of y'all that have the phone, are keeping the china rom, and have any good tips on how to tune the phhone (debloating, app settings or anything else) please post for us!!
I'm still experiencing alot of little quirks here and there that I can't seem to figure out
I have an unexplained connectivity issue I can't quite put my finger on as the main quirk - like the network performance is generally good and speeds are fast but..there's these times when it seems to want to take a sec to properly connect to a server. Examples would be if I focus Discord it'll say "connecting..." for like 3-5 seconds before refreshing the content - it's a strangely long lag for something so minor. Another one is if I open my friends list in Pokemon go it's unusably slow (while it connects to the corresponding pogo server) for like...5-7 seconds then is perfectly fine. Those are just examples but there's others where it's fine once it establishes the connection but isn't in any hurry to establish it

I haven't noticed any connection issues. Most of the Chinese stuff can be installed. The only issue I have is WhatsApp isn't showing contact names. Just profile pic and phone numbers.

That's just permissions. Allow it to use contacts and you should be ok

Hi there,
May I know can We Unlock WiFi 6E(6GHz) by flashing to EU firmware?
Like the default China MIUI firmware won't support 6Ghz when it's not enabled in China, but I don't know if there's 6GHz RF and Antenna which could allow us to flash the phone to EU version, then able to connect my new router which supports WiFi 6E(6GHz).