Question for Pixel 3, 4, 5 6 owners - after Google June update

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#3075406 12-May-2023 11:59

I don't believe the 5G issue on OneNZ is a Google issue, it's a carrier issue.

For the last couple of months we have had a OneNZ specific version of carrier settings (vodafone_nz-43000000001.58 22-12-08). This version implemented VoLTE but didn't enable either VoWIFI or 5g for some reason that OneNZ won't comment on.

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#3075417 12-May-2023 12:04

The Pixel 7a does look good, though at the initial price the Pixel 7 might be a better buy. Over time as it gets cheaper it should be a good phone and a good replacement for my Pixel 4a. I'm not sure I'll go for it though, lack of 5G / VoWiFi without hacks that need to be reapplied after every update makes it a PITA. I'd probably end up with a Samsung, which even at discounted corporate rates are more expensive than Pixels, and I don't much like in-screen fingerprint readers - my wife's S22 reader is fairly slow and somewhat unreliable for me. Dedicated fingerprint readers are so much better.

Crysoganus

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#3075423 12-May-2023 12:13

Oh, to be able to actually BUY a Pixel device online like they can in Australia would be an excellent thing and would stop all this faffing about getting the phone to do what it should do OOTB. Our NZ version of store.google.com looks like a destitute wasteland of minor products.

I've owned Nexus's, and literally all the Pixels, and would never go to a Samsung due to its UI and the bloatware just annoys me.

I post something like this every. single. year. Sigh.

m2geek

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#3075436 12-May-2023 12:58

Crysoganus:

Oh, to be able to actually BUY a Pixel device online like they can in Australia would be an excellent thing and would stop all this faffing about getting the phone to do what it should do OOTB. Our NZ version of store.google.com looks like a destitute wasteland of minor products.

I've owned Nexus's, and literally all the Pixels, and would never go to a Samsung due to its UI and the bloatware just annoys me.

I post something like this every. single. year. Sigh.

The New Zealand google website is INSULTING.

I really wanna get the Pixel tablet, I want a nice tablet but I hate all the samsung ones etc. I had a Nexus7 tablet and a Nexus 5X phone at the same time million years ago. Good times.

zmikep

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#3075437 12-May-2023 12:59

Crysoganus:
Oh, to be able to actually BUY a Pixel device online like they can in Australia would be an excellent thing and would stop all this faffing about getting the phone to do what it should do OOTB. Our NZ version of store.google.com looks like a destitute wasteland of minor products.

I've owned Nexus's, and literally all the Pixels, and would never go to a Samsung due to its UI and the bloatware just annoys me.

I post something like this every. single. year. Sigh.

With you 150% on everything you have just said. It's like you've been on my phone journey and read my mind.

Crysoganus

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#3075451 12-May-2023 13:55

I've to a Pixel 6 non-pro (the AU/"NZ" model ex Dick Smith *shudders*) and it's the best Pixel I've had. But no 5G or anything cool like a flagship phone should have and we all know it's capable of.

The Telcos all seem to be in the Samsung camp, I guess they make far more $$$ from retailing them and gain an extra markup vs a Pixel direct from Google. Good old NZ.

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#3075454 12-May-2023 14:08

robfish:
Pixel 6Pro has 5G and VoLTE on Spark and Skinny

@robfish your 6Pro did this out of the box up to date with no other changes? (hope, hope)

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#3075457 12-May-2023 14:14

gzt:
robfish:

Pixel 6Pro has 5G and VoLTE on Spark and Skinny

@robfish your 6Pro did this out of the box up to date with no other changes? (hope, hope)

My understanding (I am on Kogan but similar situation there), the latest (non beta) update enabled VoLTE. I now get VoLTE without doing anything. The next normal quarterly update (June I think, but could be May) enables 5G. People on the Beta 13 program are reporting 5G without any changes. I still use the hack to enable VoWiFi though.

m2geek

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#3075466 12-May-2023 14:21

I'm Still salty they took away my access to the Google One VPN, the second I paid for a G-O sub. Aholes.

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#3075504 12-May-2023 16:24

Crysoganus:

The Telcos all seem to be in the Samsung camp, I guess they make far more $$$ from retailing them and gain an extra markup vs a Pixel direct from Google. Good old NZ.

I believe the issue sits entirely with Google, they simply refuse to make the Pixel devices available for sale in NZ in any official way probably seeing us as just too small. Even so they could have done some fairly limited work to include NZ carrier settings to enable IMS (VoLTE & VoWiFi) and 5G officially, but they won't even do this.

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#3075505 12-May-2023 16:26

No I have had my 6 Pro for 1 and a half years.

I got VoLTE working 3 months ago with the work around and then after the April update (not Beta) it worked without jumping through hoops.

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#3075506 12-May-2023 16:26

dolsen:

My understanding (I am on Kogan but similar situation there), the latest (non beta) update enabled VoLTE. I now get VoLTE without doing anything. The next normal quarterly update (June I think, but could be May) enables 5G. People on the Beta 13 program are reporting 5G without any changes. I still use the hack to enable VoWiFi though.

I think VoLTE has arrived for 2degrees in Beta also.

tstone

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#3077822 19-May-2023 12:19

Good News? "Additionally, Google has removed a bug that didn’t allow Pixels to register IMS over Wi-Fi after leaving LTE coverage and entering Wi-Fi coverage."

https://www.androidheadlines.com/2023/05/android-13-qpr3-beta-3-2-rolling-out-with-a-host-of-bug-fixes.html?utm_content=buffer69133&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Shaddow798

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#3078514 22-May-2023 11:34

As far as I can tell no one has confirmed of volte works on the 6a so,

On my US Pixel 6a, I got volte on skinny after installing the march update, and I'm tempted to update to the QPR android 13 beta to see if I can get 5g working.

Shaddow798

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#3079136 24-May-2023 08:47

Shaddow798:

As far as I can tell no one has confirmed of volte works on the 6a so,

On my US Pixel 6a, I got volte on skinny after installing the march update, and I'm tempted to update to the QPR android 13 beta to see if I can get 5g working.

After a bit of deliberation I decided to update to the upsidedowncake beta (Android 14), and I can confirm I do NOT have 5g on skinny after updating. The modem firmware in the settings from 2022-12-08, I might see if I can try a ONE nz sim at some point to see if I would be able to get 5g. I have a feeling my present lake of 5g is probaly because I have an American pixel 6a, I think it has the mmwave antennas (at least I think that's what the extra 2 antennas at the top and the one at the bottom are for)

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