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[Nexus 6  General] azula9999:
Working with HD voice

I just got my 5.1 today and .......

I enabled HD voice on my N6 from amazon and these are the steps I followed.

*#*#4636#*#*

then restart then go to settings and enable enhanced 4G LTE mode all is super amazingly clear

thanks
[Nexus 6  General] tcrews:
It was pretty simple for me. I have a Motorola purchased Nexus 6 on Verizon using the same cut SIM I used in my Dev Moto X (cut from my Droid 4 SIM). Once I installed 5.1 I used the My Verizon App and selected the "Change Features", clicked on the Advanced Calling and added HD Voice. It also added Basic Visual Voicemail along with the HD Voice. When I confirmed it, I noticed my radio blink out and come back on and I then went in to Settings, ".....more" and "cellular networks" and "Enhanced 4G LTE Mode" was now listed and already enabled. A few seconds later I got a text from Verizon with a link to the Visual Voice Mail app in the Play Store. Installed, activated and it works. I actually like getting the voice mails this way as I hate having to call in to hear and clear my messages.

Motorola purchased Nexus 6 on Verizon (cut SIM).

Unencrypted, rooted on 5.0.1

Fastboot flashed the bootloader, the radio, system.img and cache.img from the 5.1 fastboot file, flashed the new unencrypted 5.1 boot.img, flashed twrp-recovery and immediately booted to recovery and installed SuperSU. -- 5.1, rooted, unencrypted and HD Voice/Advanced Calling....and kept all my data
[Nexus 6  General] cjkacz:
I added it to my account yesterday and an on/off option showed up on my phone.
[Nexus 6  General] Larzzzz82:
works like a charm

with all the tweaks and mods I had on my phone it was rather silly of me to try for an OTA. downloaded the image from Google flashed the radio and the system image tried to reboot and ended up in a boot loop. a couple hours later I got it working. so far it is very very smooth.:D
[Nexus 6  General] koftheworld:
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it's not available for those of us that don't have a nexus 6 or a moto x. would you be able to post it anyway? thanks!
[Nexus 6  General] elreydenj:
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Here you go.
[Nexus 6  General] elreydenj:
What part of Central Jersey you from. I grew up in Bound Brook along 22.
[Nexus 6  General] koftheworld:
Thanks! It installed fine but wouldn't work for me. Oh well.

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Old bridge by the Driscoll Bridge. I'm very familiar with Bound Brook.
[Nexus 6  General] Konfuzion:
Removed.
[Nexus 6  General] Rakibul Islam:
Just sideloaded the update to 5.1. Prior to doing so, I enabled HD Voice on my line (family plan includes iPhone 6, so it was already available). When the update finished, no Enhanced 4G LTE Mode was available, even after I switched from Global to LTE/CDMA. I tried dialing the 4636 number, but it wasn't working. So I went into and out of Airplane Mode a couple times, seeing if that would send the settings across. Suddenly the Phone Information screen popped up. I clicked Turn On VoLTE Provisioning Flag, went into and out of Airplane Mode, and boom, Enhanced 4G LTE Mode appeared. It works too!
[Nexus 6  General] Nacho~:
Question for all of you that got HD voice working and had to switch to basic visual voicemail.

I havent used verizons voicemail service in ~4 years maybe 5. I have been using google voice for my voicemail service. Can someone try switching their voicemail to GV that has HD voice please? I'm waiting for a decent 5.1 ROM to be released before updating from 5.0.2.
[Nexus 6  General] djsiva:
I had to follow theses steps to get my Google Voicemail working after adding HD Voice. This is from Google's help page.

If you are having trouble configuring Google Voice as your voicemail service on Verizon you can make the switch manually by dialing these three activation codes:

*71[Your Google Voice number]

*90[Your Google Voice number]

*92[Your Google Voice number]
[Nexus 6  General] elreydenj:
I just switched to Voicemail in Google for my carrier number after reading your post. I always knew it was possible and never gave it serious thought. It does the same thing as Verizon basic visual voicemail without the extra app. Plus, it upset me that the visual voicemail app would keep running after using it. I figured why download an extra app to do literally the same thing.
[Nexus 6  General] Nacho~:
Is there a way to test that HD voice is working without knowing someone else with HD voice enabled?
[Nexus 6  General] djsiva:
The easiest way is to test your simultaneous voice and data. Call any number, and make sure your LTE logo doesn't go away when you start dialing. If it doesn't, you should be able to surf and talk.
[Nexus 6  General] JulesJam:
While on a call, try to use data.
[Nexus 6  General] Nacho~:
That isnt HD voice though. that's just simultaneous voice+lte.
[Nexus 6  General] djsiva:
Yes, but they go hand-in-hand as part of the HD Voice update.
[Nexus 6  General] JulesJam:
All HD Voice means is that the call is being placed over the LTE network rather than the CDMA network. All calls placed over the LTE network are HD Voice calls on the caller's end - whether or not they are HD Voice on the receiver's end depends on what phone/carrier the receiver is using.

To test if your call is being placed over the LTE network, you see if you can use data during the call. If you can, then the call is being placed over the LTE network.
[Nexus 6  General] stevexyz0:
This is not correct.

VoLTE refers to the process of placing the call over the LTE network -- it describes how the call is transmitted from your phone to Verizon's infrastructure. This is what allows you to use simultaneous voice and data, but the other end of the call has nothing to do with it -- it's purely between your phone and Verizon's infrastructure.

HD Voice refers to the codec that is used to transmit your voice to the other end of the call. A standard codec will be lower quality, while HD Voice codec will be higher quality due to higher bitrate, more advanced compression, or both. But the other end of the call (or at least some proxy or translator in between) has to cooperate in the codec selection. HD Voice intrinsically doesn't have anything to do with VoLTE -- in some other markets e.g. Europe HD Voice codecs are supported over the 3G network. But AFAIK no American carrier has deployed HD Voice except with VoLTE.

How can you tell if HD Voice is actually working correctly? You'll see an "HD" icon in the phone dialer app while the call is in progress. This won't appear until the other end picks up. The call should sound noticeably different/better as well.

And no, calls made to landlines are not using HD Voice, you can tell by test dialing a couple different numbers and you'll see the HD icon does not appear.

The only way to test it right now is to call someone else with an HD Voice enabled phone. For example, my wife's iPhone 6 on Verizon with VoLTE enabled. We tried this and it did work. Supposedly AT&T and Verizon have this interoperating correctly too such that if you call an AT&T customer who's on a phone provisioned for HD Voice it will work too but I haven't tested it.
[Nexus 6  General] JulesJam:
AFAIK, all calls on Verizon placed over VoLTE are placed as HD Voice calls so the codec is always used to place the call if the call is going over the LTE network. This is based on what I am told by Verizon.

As I said in my post, whether or not the receiver receives the call as a HD Voice call depends on the phone the person is using (i.e., they need a VoLTE enabled phone and they need to have enabled HD Voice as a feature on their line), their carrier (they need to be Verizon subscribers on the Verizon network and not roaming on another network) and whether or not they have an LTE signal when they receive the call.

But as I said in my earlier post, if you can talk and surf at the same time, your call is being placed as a HD Voice call. It may or may not be received as a HD Voice call depending on who you are calling, what carrier they are with, what phone they are using and where they are when they receive the call. So at least as to what I posted, I am correct.

I never said that all calls placed as HD Voice calls would be received as HD Voice calls - in fact I said the opposite in that I specifically pointed out the receiver would only receive the call as an HD Voice call in certain circumstances.
[Nexus 6  General] blackhartct:
FYI I am on a business line and Verizon won't provision HD voice until the nexus hits their systems. I can't even activate my nfc sim since the nexus isn't in thier system.
[Nexus 6  General] JulesJam:
They may not even activate the SIM card after the Verizon N6 is released either. There is a whole thread about this. What phone do you have now?
[Nexus 6  General] moosetender8:
I have the (almost) same issues

I have a Nexus 64, purchased from Motorola, that has been working on Verizon. I took the SIM from my Moto X, put it into my Nexus 6, and it has been working. I am also on a government/business line and today I called to have them add HD voice to my line, but it did not work. They tried many times, but no dice.

Did they say it would work once the Nexus 6 hits their system? I am going to try to find someone with a HD Voice capable device so I can swap SIMs, enable HD Voice, and swap it back into my Nexus 6.

I'll post updates.
[Nexus 6  General] termleech:
I have a n6 purchased from Moto. I signed in to my account yesterday and it let me enable HD voice. Once I enabled that on the line about 10 minutes later I had the Enhanced call toggle. I've been on calls and using data for the last two days with no issues. Works like a champ.

FYI HD voice is what Verizon calls their VoLTE.
[Nexus 6  General] MG386:
I'm also on a business line. I borrowed a droid turbo and put my Sim in it and called to have VoLTE added, they did it right away. Hung up, switched my Sim back to N6 and volte works great.
[Nexus 6  General] stevexyz0:
Source?

Point taken, I missed that when I replied previously.

This statement is still not accurate or at least confusing. VoLTE refers to the concept of the call being placed over LTE vs. CDMA. HD Voice refers to the way the voice payload that call is carrying is encoded. Verizon may be conflating the two in their marketing because they only deploy them together, but they're still two different layers of the networking stack.

The previous poster was interested in HD Voice per se, as we can see from this reply:

So I maintain the best answer is still "call someone else with HD voice enabled and see if the HD icon in the dialer app appears", since the most reasonable way to interpret "HD Voice working" is "working end to end".
[Nexus 6  General] ChristianLife21:
Mine still is not showing up correctly.

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So i've got a Google Play N6. 64gb white and i love the hardware. hate the software.

too many overall issues. HD voice doesn't work and it kills my calls in general.

so I go to My Verizon page and Enable HD voice. I turn it on, on my phone. and it works. i have HD calling. what it breaks though is, all calls from any landline phone. Cell phone to cell phone on any carrier work fine. But i cannot place a call to a landline or receive a call from a landline. If i call a landline, as soon as the call connects it's Dead Air and then the call disconnects a few seconds later. If i receive a call from a landline, as soon as i press the answer button, it's like i'm ignoring the call. the call answers and immediately hangs up.

I go to my Verizon page, turn off HD calling and everything works fine. I can send and receive calls to landlines and cell phones.

Even with HD calling enabled, i still cannot use the phone and use data at the same time.

This is just the tip of the problems i'm having with the phone. I love the hardware, but hate the software.

This same HD Voice Calling situation happened the exact same way when i had the Samsung Galaxy S5.
[Nexus 6  General] stevexyz0:
This is not correct. VoLTE refers to the process of transmitting voice service as a data flow over the LTE data bearer channel. HD Voice refers to a system for transmitting high quality audio end-to-end. Neither of these terms are defined by Verizon. The Verizon term is "Advanced Calling 1.0" which appears to refer to their deployment of both technologies.

HD Voice: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wideband_audio

VoLTE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VoLTE
[Nexus 6  General] JulesJam:
As I said, I was told that by Verizon reps. I have also read that others have been told the same thing by Verizon reps - that the call is placed as an HD Voice call if it is placed over the LTE network. ALL calls on Verizon placed over the LTE Network are HD Voice - that is how Verizon implemented it ACCORDING TO VERIZON REPS.

I have no way of knowing whether or not the Verizon reps are wrong, but it seems reasonable to me.

The previous poster was SPECIFICALLY interested in knowing how to test HD Voice WITHOUT having to know someeone else who had HD Voice. Guess you missed that part?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=59420061&postcount=120

No it's not for the reason I said above - he was looking for a way to test it without doing what you just said. Hence the reason me and the other poster answered the way we did.

Moreover, your way is unnecessary. If he can talk and use data on the LTE network at the same time, according to Verizon, then HD Voice is working on his line.
[Nexus 6  General] JulesJam:
However, according to Verizon reps ALL calls placed through their LTE network are HD Voice calls. That is how they chose to implement it.
[Nexus 6  General] blackhartct:
I wish I had a friend with a phone that supports advanced calling... We are an iPhone house at work. Gonna need to get my hands on a 6.
[Nexus 6  General] MrSpohn1:
VoLTE working on VZW on Sprint Nexus 6

All,

I have a Sprint Nexus 6, rooted, unlocked, and grandfathered unlimited data from Alltel. I got the VoLTE working with the Adding HD voice and *#*#4636#*#*

Then turning the flag on. Thanks!!! Didn't know if that would work or not with Sprint phone. Glad to see it is! I have never had another HD voice phone, but I had to scroll over to the free apps (because it defaults to premium).
[Nexus 6  General] jrbxx7:
HD calling is working on my T-Mobile n6 with a Verizon sim after the 5.1 update. Bout d@mn time. Lol.

TaPpEd FrOm My N6
[Nexus 6  General] LunaticSerenade:
I have an odd issue. I can enable the VoLTE flag in the info menu, but when I try to place a call with it on, it says "server unavailable" then flips the flag to off.

Thoughts?
[Nexus 6  General] djsiva:
Have you enabled Advanced Calling on your Verizon account?
[Nexus 6  General] MadManMoon:
I added HD Voice to my Verizon account, enabled the feature on the phone, and called my house. Talked to myself while I surfed. Success! I'm on a Google Play Store 32GB white Nexus 6.
[Nexus 6  General] ChristianLife21:
Can you receive calls to your hd calling enabled cell from a land line or does the line just disconnect?
[Nexus 6  General] MrSpohn1:
Ensure you are in cdma/LTE mode. If you are in global it will deactivate. You also have to select the HD voice, but that shouldn't cause the flag to deactivate.
[Nexus 6  General] Larzzzz82:
No it doesn't as mine is set to global right now.
[Nexus 6  General] MrSpohn1:
Could possibly be certain devices? I had trouble last night because in global node I lost the enhanced LTE and it reset the flag. Weird.
[Nexus 6  General] tcrews:
Same for me...mine is in global and Enhanced 4G LTE Mode stays enabled. Motorola purchased Nexus 6 on Verizon.
[Nexus 6  General] LunaticSerenade:
I have. I'm doing a full wipe and reflash now, because I think my dirty flash was a little janky.
[Nexus 6  General] cmh714:
I am curious to know if anyone has yet tried to flash the VZW radio since its different than the Google version.....
[Nexus 6  General] Smokuevo:
It was a clean install of chroma preview build.
[Nexus 6  General] LunaticSerenade:
Yeah, so, that part where I said it was enabled on my account?

Turns out I'm an idiot. :P

Works great!
[Nexus 6  General] One20One:
It works for me.

Sent from my 6" of rock hard Nexus
[Nexus 6  General] termleech:
FYI if you enable HD voice and use google voice for voicemail you'll have to reset up the forwarding. I got a voicemail yesterday but instead of Google voice it was the Verizon voicemail.
[Nexus 6  General] GMoGoody:
GPS MB 64GB. Everything working. Actually had my first HD voice call today. Seems nice though the other caller said it dropped some of my words at times. Never used HD voice before. Does it have this type of issue sometimes?

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6  General] Shaffer678:
Working great hear! A big plus to have data back while on a call
[Nexus 6  General] w4itg:
It works for me no problem
[Nexus 6  General] Xplicit84:
Just curious, under "Preferred Network Type" is everyone leaving it as Global or changing it to LTE/CDMA?
[Nexus 6  General] elreydenj:
Mine remains on Global. I enabled HD Voice in Verizon before updating to 5.1 manually. I have a GP N6 on Verizon since initial release. As soon as I updated to 5.1 the enhanced voice option or whatever it is was already checked and everything just worked.
[Nexus 6  General] pwned3:
I have both toggled the volte option in the hidden menu and have advanced calling turned on in network options. Still, no voice and data. Advanced calling is enabled on the Verizon site as well. I'm guessing it just isn't available here? Or is there something else I am missing?

Sent from my Nexus 6 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 6  General] elreydenj:
I did not mess with the hidden menu whatsoever. Just enabled it in my Verizon profile and it worked as soon as I booted 5.1 up. Advanced calling was already checked when I booted up as well.
[Nexus 6  General] pwned3:
So I assume that my area doesn't have volte as of yet

Sent from my Nexus 6 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 6  General] Lw00d:
for me too..

+1:D
[Nexus 6  General] mclardass:
Anyone know if adding Advanced Calling affects grandfathered unlimited on VZ in any way? I usually try to be (overly) cautious making account changes since I don't want to give them an excuse to pull unlimited data.

Thanks!

GP N6 running 5.1
[Nexus 6  General] mwalt2:
It did not affect unlimited data on my line.
[Nexus 6  General] digitaloutsider:
I don't know if it's related to 5.1 or VoLTE or what, but now I'm getting "Message not sent" errors every few SMS/MMS messages. Disabling VoLTE made no difference. Great.
[Nexus 6  General] lionelhuts:
Business account user here.

I talked to my company's phone admin and he said that Advanced Calling 1.0 is enabled for all users. Three of my cow-workers have an iPhone 6, and they were able to select "Voice + Data" for LTE without issue so I assume the admin was correct.

After upgrading to 5.1, the Enhanced option was not available instantly for me. I enabled the VoLTE provision flag in the test menu and toggled airplane mode. The option was selected in cellular network settings, but as soon as I attempted to make a call, I received the "server error" message. The enhanced option then disappeared.

I put my SIM into my colleague's iPhone 6, and attempted to activate VoLTE that way. The iPhone popped up with a message saying my account wasn't activated for it. I talked to our phone admin who logged into the company account and confirmed my number had Advanced Calling 1.0 activated.

We put the SIM back in my Nexus 6 and called *611. The automated system asked what I was calling about, and I said "Advanced Calling 1.0". It responded, "Advanced Calling 1.0 requires you to add a free feature to your account. Press 1 if you would like this free feature enabled." After pressing 1, the system confirmed advanced calling was activated on my number. I hung up, re-enabled the flag in the test menu, toggled airplane mode, performed a test call and SUCCESS!

TL;DR: If you're a business user, try calling *611 to enable Advanced Calling 1.0
[Nexus 6  General] joshw0000:
By "working" you mean, you've tested it and successfully made a VoLTE call? Reason I ask is I have a One M8 running Sense 7 (One M9 build) with Advanced Calling enabled but it's not available when I call my wife (S5 with VoLTE enabled). I came from an S5 so I'm 100% sure it's enabled on my account. The boxes are their in the phone app but grayed out. If my wife calls me it says it's not available for me.

If it works now on the Nexus 6 I'll come running back!
[Nexus 6  General] jasoraso:
I got a Google Nexus 6 last week - traded it for my Droid Turbo. I had VoLTE enabled on my Droid Turbo. I upgraded the Nexus 6 the same day I traded for it.

I can confirm that VoLTE is working on my Nexus 6 with 5.1, including making HD calls to my daughter on her iPhone 6. Simultaneous phone and data works. Icon at the top shows 4G while on a phone call.

I haven't tried video calls, I know that didn't work before from my Turbo to my daughter on the iphone 6 (I believe iphone 6 doesn't work, even if Droid Turbo would have).
[Nexus 6  General] kvnhmmd:
Exact same issue here. Enabled on my Verizon, enabled on the phone's menu. Still drop LTE when making a call
[Nexus 6  General] ScottIsMyName:
Does anyone on verizon have working basic visual voicemail on a custom rom? I'm on 5.0.2 (Chroma) and cannot get the app to work. not sure if 5.1 fixes that with custom roms or it needs to be a stock rom. Right now the app just says it's not compatible with my device.
[Nexus 6  General] mwalt2:
It's only compatible with 5.1 (at least the version for the Nexus 6 on the play store).
[Nexus 6  General] DA6030:
Business users should call *611

Awesome suggestion!

It took me several times through the phone tree to get to an open-ended voice prompt (rather than multiple choice "press 1 to pay your bill, press 2 to reset your voicemail password"), but I think it was down the tech support branch. When I got to the voice prompt, it took me a couple tries to discover that "Advanced Calling One Dot Zero" were the magic words.

Literally 60 seconds after hanging up (no reboot necessary, no hidden menu necessary) the Enhanced 4G LTE Mode appeared on the phone. If you can, I recommend calling after hours (currently 8am-8pm Mon-Fri Mountain Time) so you don't accidentally get routed to an agent (who won't help you, unless you are the master account owner).
[Nexus 6  General] GTvert90:
I got my N6 off of Craigslist I believe it's an att version (looks like they scratched off the att branding) I flashed meanpop with the 98R radio. I enabled HD voice back when Droid life post there article about voice and data. I went into the dialer menu and it was already turned on as well as enhanced LTE under network settings. Tried it out and it works.

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Does anyone know if you'll drop the call if you lose 4g coverage like they first announced advanced calling?
[Nexus 6  General] prdog1:
Pretty sure it will drop call. I work in Hospital . Have to turn off HD as the signal is too weak and breaks up. CDMA call is fine. :cool:
[Nexus 6  General] GTvert90:
I drove through a lte dead spot while on a call and couldn't get it to drop to 3g. I think it tries to hold on to LTE more
[Nexus 6  General] prdog1:
They need to work on a handoff fix bad. :cool:
[Nexus 6  General] JulesJam:
Yes, if you lose the 4G LTE signal, you drop the call.
[Nexus 6  General] moosc:
Do u we need to do anything on the phone end? Secret programming?

Sent from my Nexus 6 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 6  General] larrykl:
Yes, this worked PERFECTLY for me. The secret menu is not needed. You an try it but the advanced calling feature will just go away if you haven't enabled it in your account. If your a private or corporate users, you can follow these instructions exactly and you'll get it enabled. I'm a corporate customer so I had to do this. It is indeed in the Tech Support sub-menu.

Have simultaneous voice+data and it seems I have the new voice mail system.

Enjoy!