Just a heads up for anyone in the UK on O2 as of the 19th September O2 are offering esim support to the pixel 3 XL.
If you want to upgrade to an esim simply go to your local O2 store or contact customer services to get an esim pack.
Setup is as simple as scanning a QR code and it took me about 1 minute to do. Just make sure you're on WIFI when you set it up so the details can be downloaded.
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Now just patiently waiting for 3 to offer esim
Do you get dual SIM dual standby? Thanks
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Do you get dual SIM dual standby? Thanks
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No, not on P3/P3XL. That is a feature that has to be supported by the phone manufacturer, it's not dependent on the mobile provider 9aside from the few ones that sell phones with disabled functionalities, like Verizon in the US disabling the esim completely).
Hi guys,
I received an offer to order a Chinese Oneplus 8 and 8 pro however I am wondering if I can use the 5G here in the UAE.
Our networks support 5G, however, I need to know if the Chinese version OnePlus 8 5G will work.
Is there any bands like LTE that we can check. Or the 5G in Chinese version will only work in Mainland of China?
Thanks guys
hi dear, if you are referring to the ones sold on noon by callmate, they are definitely rebranded chinese variants, and you can check the 5g bands from oneplus spec sheets
https://www.oneplus.com/cn/8/specs?from=8
https://www.oneplus.com/ae/8/specs?from=8
i see that on https://halberdbastion.com/intelligence/countries-nations/united-arab-emirates both of your du and etisalat should work on 5g at n78, and looking at the above spec sheets, n78 is supported on both ae and cn models, so i guess yes it should work.
I might be wrong, so take it with a grain of salt
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hi dear, if you are referring to the ones sold on noon by callmate, they are definitely rebranded chinese variants, and you can check the 5g bands from oneplus spec sheets
https://www.oneplus.com/cn/8/specs?from=8
https://www.oneplus.com/ae/8/specs?from=8
i see that on https://halberdbastion.com/intelligence/countries-nations/united-arab-emirates both of your du and etisalat should work on 5g at n78, and looking at the above spec sheets, n78 is supported on both ae and cn models, so i guess yes it should work.
I might be wrong, so take it with a grain of salt
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WOW! You got what I am thinking. Yes, I am planning to order from Callmate. However I am think if I should buy it this early. Oneplus 8 and pro is now flooded with screen issues in Oneplus forum. What do you think? I am thinking of buying OP 8, Mi note 10 pro or Realme x2 pro. Mi 10 price is crazy high here also so it is not on the option. Last option for me is iphone SE 2020.
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OP8 doesn't seem to have video issues. Where are you reading this?
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alan sh said:
OP8 doesn't seem to have video issues. Where are you reading this?
Alan
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I am reading feedbacks from OP 8 forum:
https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/oneplus-8-oled-screen-quality-problems.1216768/
https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/oneplus-8-display-issues.1218843/#post-21547466
and this is for OP 8 also
I was planning the same. I wonder if the Chinese variant will have L1 wide wine so that Netflix and prime can stream HD content.
I've got a Chinese variant imported to the UK works fine here, no problems at all, as long as it has the bands used in your country it should be fine
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I've got a Chinese variant imported to the UK works fine here, no problems at all, as long as it has the bands used in your country it should be fine
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do you have 5G automatically? mine doesn't have and may need to manually enable 5g in Engineering mode app
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have you flashed Oxygen on your Chinese Oneplus 8? If so, can you give me a pointer to any instructions? Thanks!
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do you have 5G automatically? mine doesn't have and may need to manually enable 5g in Engineering mode app
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Yeah my 5g is enabled in the settings and shows up there, can't test it yet though
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KingUsman
have you flashed Oxygen on your Chinese Oneplus 8? If so, can you give me a pointer to any instructions? Thanks!
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Mine came with it flashed oxygen os already, I believe this is the method to flash it to oxygen os - https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-8/how-to/rom-stock-fastboot-roms-oneplus-8-t4084629
OK, thanks.
Not to start a new thread, so trying to post the question here.
I got a Chinese Oneplus 8 Pro from an online sight who have stated that they've flashed it with the Global Oxygen ROM.
Thing is, while the sites state the 5G Bands that the phone supports, 5G does not want to work out of the box in my country (Saudi Arabia) even though my Huawei P40 Pro used to show 5G at home.
I've read somewhere that someone has purchased a similar phone and has managed to connect his phone to laptop and do a couple of things and get 5G to work.
Could anyone possibly point me in that direction? I have honestly searched for a few days but yet to find a way of activating 5G here.
Cheers in advance.
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Not to start a new thread, so trying to post the question here.
I got a Chinese Oneplus 8 Pro from an online sight who have stated that they've flashed it with the Global Oxygen ROM.
Thing is, while the sites state the 5G Bands that the phone supports, 5G does not want to work out of the box in my country (Saudi Arabia) even though my Huawei P40 Pro used to show 5G at home.
I've read somewhere that someone has purchased a similar phone and has managed to connect his phone to laptop and do a couple of things and get 5G to work.
Could anyone possibly point me in that direction? I have honestly searched for a few days but yet to find a way of activating 5G here.
Cheers in advance.
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I have made instruction how to enable 5G any network: https://mt-tech.fi/en/modify-oneplus-7-pro-5g-8-and-8-pro-nr-lte-a-band-combos/ - but of course there is limit in hardware supported combos. Many devices have 5G enabled only certain networks.
I'm very intrested about logs from your OnePlus device. I have instruction to get combos https://mt-tech.fi/en/how-to-get-4g-supported-ca-combinations-from-your-android-phone/ (Go to OnePlus section). In log i can see if 5G enabled or not and also 4G combos enabled.
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I have made instruction how to enable 5G any network: https://mt-tech.fi/en/modify-oneplus-7-pro-5g-8-and-8-pro-nr-lte-a-band-combos/ - but of course there is limit in hardware supported combos. Many devices have 5G enabled only certain networks.
I'm very intrested about logs from your OnePlus device. I have instruction to get combos https://mt-tech.fi/en/how-to-get-4g-supported-ca-combinations-from-your-android-phone/ (Go to OnePlus section). In log i can see if 5G enabled or not and also 4G combos enabled.
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Hey thanks for your work on it. I've found that QPST up to 2.7.480 does not support the 8 (No Phone, but device manager sees it properly. I've also tested QPST with my OP6 and it's fine). Which version of QPST did you use?
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Hey thanks for your work on it. I've found that QPST up to 2.7.480 does not support the 8 (No Phone, but device manager sees it properly. I've also tested QPST with my OP6 and it's fine). Which version of QPST did you use?
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I have QPST 2.7.460 and OnePlus 8 works fine. You see on Device Manager COM-port?
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I have QPST 2.7.460 and OnePlus 8 works fine. You see on Device Manager COM-port?
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Yep, lemme try downgrading to 2.7.460 and check. In your case, were you able to modify LTE bands at all or did you try?
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Yep, lemme try downgrading to 2.7.460 and check. In your case, were you able to modify LTE bands at all or did you try?
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in carrier_policy.xml you can change policy to enable 5G, modify 4G CA Combinations and enable/disable single band support certain PLMN.
Amazing, I can confirm that 2.7.460 works, but 480 does not. That said, can modifying carrier_policy.xml result in enabling bands that NV has locked? I assumed that adding bands required modifying the nv section?
Edit: Enabled additional bands via lte_bands section, but it didn't work (downgraded to 3G instead, no LTE bands shows up)
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in carrier_policy.xml you can change policy to enable 5G, modify 4G CA Combinations and enable/disable single band support certain PLMN.
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hi, i bought oneplus 8t china version, my carrier in malaysia which is DIGI support band 3 and 7 (from a quick google search). currently i dont have 4g+ or LTE-A. Can i use this method to unlock 4g+? i dont really know how to read the spec sheet regarding LTE bands.
Good evening. I bought the note 20 ultra (SM-N986U1) how can I activate ESIM because it does not work as an option. thanks .
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Good evening. I bought the note 20 ultra (SM-N986U1) how can I activate ESIM because it does not work as an option. thanks .
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You can't. It's disabled.
Disabled on all U and U1 models. No way to enable it manually.
adrikos23 said:
Good evening. I bought the note 20 ultra (SM-N986U1) how can I activate ESIM because it does not work as an option. thanks .
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Send an email to Samsung, I'm doing the same. This is ridiculous that a Flag-ship phone that costs $1500 has ESIM disabled for USA models
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Send an email to Samsung, I'm doing the same. This is ridiculous that a Flag-ship phone that costs $1500 has ESIM disabled for USA models
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You're an intelligent lad, why do you think Samsung did this ?
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You're an intelligent lad, why do you think Samsung did this ?
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My guess would be carrier pressure, but then they're not an up and coming startup cellphone manufacturer so if Google and Apple can have ESIM enabled, they should do it as well.
Also they promised ESIM in future update for S20 USA model which has not yet happened with no explanation from Samsung.
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My guess would be carrier pressure, but then they're not an up and coming startup cellphone manufacturer so if Google and Apple can have ESIM enabled, they should do it as well.
Also they promised ESIM in future update for S20 USA model which has not yet happened with no explanation from Samsung.
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It's carrier pressure, they did this to appease their major usa carrier clients. Whereas Apple stuck a middle finger at them. Oneplus eventually did the same and enabled dual sim functionality, but they are small fish in sales volume in the NA market compared to Samsung.
Unfortunately like you mentioned the s20 still hasn't got dual sim functionality and I very much doubt that they ever will. All eyes will be on the next generation S series for the NA market, in relation to their stance on this matter.
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It's carrier pressure, they did this to appease their major usa carrier clients. Whereas Apple stuck a middle finger at them. Oneplus eventually did the same and enabled dual sim functionality, but they are small fish in sales volume in the NA market compared to Samsung.
Unfortunately like you mentioned the s20 still hasn't got dual sim functionality and I very much doubt that they ever will. All eyes will be on the next generation S series for the NA market, in relation to their stance on this matter.
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True, I hope with more people voicing their opinion regarding ESIM directly to Samsung, they'll change their stance.
We got them to do it to unlock bootloader a few years back at least for a few years that was going well so let's hope this will work...
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Yes I have contacted with Samsung Help Center it cut be activated but now there is't this futures. Sorry
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aj2019 said:
Does anybody know how to enable E-sim (or get Sim Management Options) in Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 USA Version?
I have SM-F916U1 and as far as I know E-sim has been enabled in international version.
By the way, I originally have SM-F916U (AT&T Model) which I unlocked and then flashed SM-F916U1 firmware on it. So, my box has two IMEIs written over it.
Can someone help?
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If it is like the Note 20 and S10 Samsung has to enable it. Which they never did on those devices. It is capable but not enable and no figured out how to do it on those either.
nrage23 said:
If it is like the Note 20 and S10 Samsung has to enable it. Which they never did on those devices. It is capable but not enable and no figured out how to do it on those either.
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Noted! Thanks a lot.
As this thread w/ Pixel 6 didn´t provide any solution i want to ask if anyone succeeded connecting to Mexican/Guatemala network with eSIM on Pixel 6a (Carrier Services from December 2022)?
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As this thread w/ Pixel 6 didn´t provide any solution i want to ask if anyone succeeded connecting to Mexican/Guatemala network with eSIM on Pixel 6a (Carrier Services from December 2022)?
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Pixel 6a isn't supported in both countries.
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Pixel 6a isn't supported in both countries.
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Doesn't matter. If you can find a eSIM provider it will work. I'm using a eSIM from Paraguay without any issues with my Pixel 6a. Also, there's a app called Airalo that provides you a eSIM with data plan only
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Pixel 6a isn't supported in both countries.
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Meloferz said:
Doesn't matter. If you can find a eSIM provider it will work. I'm using a eSIM from Paraguay without any issues with my Pixel 6a. Also, there's a app called Airalo that provides you a eSIM with data plan only
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It works well with Airalo (in Belize) Just my local eSIM cannot connect to foreign network when i am outside EU
Just to let you know that eSIM Roaming works now (in Mexico) after Android 13 Beta QPR2 was applied