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[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] abhishek2386:
Hi Guys,

Can anyone guide how to enable 4G VoLTE support on Honor 5x ?

I am using Indian version KIW-L22

Currently in India, Reliance Jio is the only operator with 4G VoLTE support. Though not commercially launched yet, but Reliance Jio services are available to it's employees.

As I can see Snapdragon 615 already supports HD Voice over 3G and VoLTE

https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/processors/615

I found somewhere that using the code *#*#4636#*#* on dialer app will bring up a menu to enable VoLTE provisioned flag. However that doesn't work on Honor 5x.

I am sure since we have the hardware support for VoLTE, getting this thing enabled over the software should not be impossible.

Anyone any ideas please help!
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] abhishek2386:
Spoke to Honor India chat support today...

They blatantly said VoLTE support won't be available on this handset.

Strange, hardware supports but they won't give a small software path or update to enable this.

Looks like only hope is this community, and may be some custom ROM.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] sudipt123:
Not prudent of Huawei India to give such a response, when competition (aka. Redmi Note 3) has this out of the box! currently waiting for the device to get a decent AOSP ROM, would purchase one then
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] abhishek2386:
There are even many sub 10K (INR) phones which offers VoLTE support.

Was really hoping that Honor India would provide some support, as it is a matter of simple software patch / update.

But alas :(

BTW just to confirm, I am able to use the 4G data using Reliance Jio SIM, but not the voice call, which needs VoLTE support.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] abhishek2386:
I am using Reliance Jio 4G SIM...

Just today got hold of Jio Join app, which allows me to make call from my Honor 5x.

Note: On Reliance Jio only supports 4g VoLTE handsets. However, they have come up with an app called Jio Join which allows users with non VoLTE 4G handsets can still make calls. It uses 4G data to route the call to Jio network. Call quality is nice.

Still being hopeful if Honor gives native support for VoLTE on the handset with some software patch.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] abhishek2386:
Not sure about the codecs but it's definitely not that VoLTE is restricted only to high end phones. In India we have VoLTE enabled android phones starting from as low as $75.

That's true.. There are very few operators around the globe which have VoLTE feature, because it is relatively new technology which comes with 4G. Without VoLTE when you make a call over 4G network you voice call actually gets over 3G or 2G network (but remember you operator should also have a 3G or 2G network for that).

4G VoLTE feature though less available but is not an experimental feature. It's very much supported both by Android and common SoCs like Snapdragon 615. It's true that for True HD call experience 3 entities needs to be VoLTE enabled i) The caller ii) The Network iii) The receiver. In my case all 3 are possible since the network is VoLTE enabled.

The network I am on (Reliance Jio) is a

only

4G Network which means only way to make a call is over VoLTE, as explained before. It's a IP Based Packet switched network and not a Circuit Switched network like traditional 2G / 3G.

This is not a technical limitation, it's simply because your operator has chosen not to implement VoLTE, which means you can use 4G network only for the data, for voice calls you are actually using the operator's existing 3G / 2G network. Thus this 3G/4G switching happens for you.

Not sure I should rightly call it patch or not.. But yes a software update it is. The SoC of Honor 5x supports VoLTE, Android Lollipop supports VoLTE, I don't see a reason why Huawei should not allow it.

Yes lucky to be an early tester of a technology that's gonna drive the future... IP Based network it is :)
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] abhishek2386:
So finally Jio is here, but do we have any option to enable VoLTE on Honor 5x

May be by using any custom rom or whatsoever?
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
i think reliance jio is using lte band 850 for volte. which honor 5x(kiwl22) dosent have..check gsmarena for the specs.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] vsriram92:
Register for VoLTE release on your Honor 5X using this link, click: http://bit.ly/2cgPhhS

Note: You must be in KIW-L22C675B340 version.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
sweet, just registered for ota. thanks honor!!!!!!!
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] abhishek2386:
Thanks a ton.. Truly I have been longing for this update for months now. I had opened this thread months back just in hope that someday either xda developers community or Huawei will give us a solution.

Submitted the request, hope to get the update soon. :laugh:
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
updated!!!!
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] rohitanand1020:
i did not able to activate volte, please help
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
have you received the update???
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] rohitanand1020:
ya, i hav just updated
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
goto settings>more>mobile networks and enable volte calls.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] rohitanand1020:
i have already enabled that.....but hd voice is not activated
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
call this number-1800 212 3852(jio)
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] methuselah:
Anyone of please upload the downloaded zip to cm thread for bademon . He maybe could add support with the help of that file by analysing whats inside that file
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] mani317:
I just updated.

Video is not supported..there is no option to activate it. If someone is calling from jio to ur no., at that type if they are sending video request, call hangs for long time after disconnection also...it is a Very serious bug. Restart is only way option to remove hanged call. Only call hangs..means u cannot call anyone.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] sriramthelord:
Registered but didn't received the update.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
wait, you will get it for shure :)
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] vsriram92:
You will receive for sure. Check whether you have given your IMEI number and device version number correctly in the given form.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] sriramthelord:
I have given them correctly. it's been more than 36 hours I haven't received the update::(

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In hi care app, when I click "OS update early adopters" it shows "failed to obtain data".
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] pankaj786:
i had also register 4 day ago but haven't got update......
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] sriramthelord:
And it's more than 48 hours now. I haven't received yet.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] rajibie:
Same for me. If anybody has the ota zip file please share here
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] sriramthelord:
Yea!! someone please upload.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] HonorUSA_Eric:
Update

We're terribly sorry that you're having difficulty updating your Honor 5X. We advise that you please give our Honor Support Team a call at 1-844-524-6667 for assistance. (ED)
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] vsriram92:
You can ask for support of Honor India at 1800 21 09999

Time: 09:00AM-09:00PM (IST) All 7 days

Or

Visit http://www.hihonor.com/ and click on chat bubble on the right bottom to have a chat about your problem. Hope so they can send you the update or let you know about the pbm due to which the update hasn't be made.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] nimms:
Hi, Eric, Does L24 have Volte too? is it just L22?
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
here it is.... KIW L22 B360 UPDATE(VOLTE+CALL RECORDER+AUGUST SECURITY PATCH)

***B340 BULID IS NEEDED FOR THE UPDATE.

GOOGLE DRIVE LINK

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7NLT04ElYa1UlNVVlNYNjV3Y2c/view?usp=drivesdk

****ONLY FOR KIW L22(INDIAN VARIANT)****
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] nimms:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=68805099&postcount=33 See here.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] shashank1320:
L22 got it officially. no news on other variants.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] rajibie:
Hey downloaded the file. But its update.zip file. How did I install it?
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
Create a folder in sdcard with name "dload" .

Put the downloaded update package in dload folder .

Headover to /settings/update/.

Click on menu at the bottom and select local update .

Now you wil find the update.zip as a incremental update .

Select it and let it reboot to recovery to start installation process .

Thats it it may take upto 5 mins to install the update .

Dont forget to keep 50% minimum charge before updating
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] rajibie:
Ok. Trying

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Doesn't working, there is no option for local update
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
dosent the update show up in updater app after copying to dload????
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] rajibie:
No
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
maybe someone here can help, am not familiar with updates and all, i just shared the update.zip
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] rajibie:
Ok
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] rajibie:
Can you help me just one thing? Go to internal storage, scroll down and find a folder named ‘HwOUC‘. Open it. You will see a folder. Just tell me the name of that folder.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] mani317:
Press volume up & down plus power key at a time. When honor logo will come left the keys. Now updatestart automatically.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
i did factory reset after the update :)
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] rajibie:
It works only for update.app file. Do you tried this to manually update to emui 4.1. Tried this process but failed
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] nimms:
On unzipping, there's indeed an update.app file inside. Could u try with it?
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] rajibie:
Except updater.app there are many others file for system patching. So without them updater.app couldn't be installed.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] clsA:
File mirror here > https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457084094631641224
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] shashank1320:
refer this- http://xdaforums.com/honor-5x/how-to/manual-ota-update-guide-update-app-t3445976

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update from a local file is not available in MM and is there only with Lollipop variant.

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anyone having issue with update.zip (instead of regular update.app) file, refer this guide for upgrade-

http://xdaforums.com/honor-5x/how-to/manual-ota-update-guide-update-app-t3445976

Note- This method is tested on L22 model personally many times and worked but noticed one change in recent times. if your Lollipop shows update available is B320, then it downloads a precheck script for B320 so in that case B340 package wont work and similarly for other versions due to checksum mismatch.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] sriramthelord:
Got the update today! Thanks!!:good:

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Anyone post the change log information after update. It's empty in mine after updating
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
It's empty because you updated :)
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
i dont remember everything, bt the main changes where,

1.VOLTE SUPPORT(JIO)

2.CALL RECORDING

3.CALENDAR ALMANAC ADDITIONS

4.AUGUST SECRUITY PATCH

5.INDIA FM INTERGTATION TO FM RADIO APP

6.HONOR COMMUNITY APP

7.SOCIAL CHANNELS APP

8.SMART SMS
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] sriramthelord:
Lol

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How to make vidoe calls? For that I need to use the battery sucker Jio 4g voice:crying:
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] rajibie:
That's work only when you receive the update notification. Then download some part, pause, copy and paste. Updater shows 100 percent download. I tried this doesn't work. Coz didn't receive the official update notification. After mm update when you receive official update the 5 digit folder name of HwOUC folder changes everytime when you download ota update. So without knowing the proper folder name when you copy the update.zip file it won't worked
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
exatly, tried the dlod folder methord, dosent work on emui4.0, it worked on emui 3.1
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] krispy321:
I just updated to b360, but HD dosent show up in the statusbar!!!!
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
enable volte calls from mobile network settings and reboot the device, if that dosent work then give a miss call to this number

18008899999(only fo jio)
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] krispy321:
Am on jio and it worked, thank u so much :o

Honor is doing great with updates
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
yeah, hope they also add otg support in the future updates
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] krispy321:
Looking forward to it:D
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] vsriram92:
I think they won't enable OTG for 5X.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
i also heard the same.. :crying:
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
Bear in mind that the b360 makes the phone unable to boot custom ROMs (bootloop)

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Oh cmon, why honor won't enable OTG
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
according to honor india, using ust otg is harmful to the motherboard
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
Ah, OTG is nice to have, but since it's harmful I won't use it
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] shashank1320:
It is officially not supported on the Honor devices as it is not mentioned anywhere in the specification(or unless specified for specific device). If the OTG is enabled then there are chances of damaging the USB port and user will not be able to charge also if the port is damaged. We have sd expansion so we are covered. But we have otg on custom roms so if anybody want they can definitely go for it bro..
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
I know it's not officially supported, and thanks for clarifying :)
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] hrimandev:
unable to flash it.

unable to flash it manually..

i have official emiui rom b340... tried it(b360) to flash via dload and hwouc method..... both failed...

Plz help me.. i am unable to use volte...... tell me any other way to update it
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
maybe u should wait for the official update, just register for it if you are from india
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] hrimandev:
They will take a month for it.... Similar thing happened to me...

At the end i had to manually flash the mm update via updater earlier.. . They are delaying the updates.
[MENTION=6139794]venom007[/MENTION]
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
yeah , got it 4days before, dont knw why there are delaying it for other users :confused:
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] hrimandev:
Hmmm.lucky u....Waiting for my luck to work now..????
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
maybe you should wait, as i assume that you have registered for the update!!!!

the rollout is kinda slow,
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] hrimandev:
Yeah.. i have registered... Waiting for now... By the way is there any other way to install the update.zip
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
currently i dont think there is any, dload and hwouc methord dosent work on emui 4.0
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] hrimandev:
Well, thanks... If u found any method plz post it...
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
shure, i will :)
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] vsriram92:
Enabling OTG seems to damage the Printed Circuit Board Assembly in Honor 5X. Also, the USB port on Honor 5X is not that much strong to support more number of plug and remove cycles.

If OTG is enabled, the OTG device will be attached and removed many times a day which will cause the USB port to fail sooner than the expected period of time. That's why it is not enabled.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
Great explanation, thanks :)
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
so they made usb port on the bonor 4x more strong for it to support usb otg officially???... i dont think thats the reason.

if a peripheral device is commected via otg then it consumes power from the main motherboard, and if its connected for long it may cause problems as many websites refer to supplying power from the motherboard in the host most can cause significant failures to the ic's, maybe to safe guard their warrantly policies they may have done this ommision!!!
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] krispy321:
Totally agree with you, even lower midrange phones has usb otg:(
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
you can add otg suppoert to honor 5x by flashing a custom recovery and maiking changes in the bulid.prop:)
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] krispy321:
Can you please share the link???
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
http://xdaforums.com/honor-5x/how-to/tutorial-enable-otg-honor-5x-t3322274/page1
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] krispy321:
Thanks
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] rajibie:
You can try this. I don't know it will work or not. During my b360 update I got it. Open internal storage, go to HwOUC folder. Open it and delete the folder in it. Create a new folder, rename it as pictured. Open it and paste the downloaded file. Now check the update.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] hrimandev:
Thx bro, but now i received the update....
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
it rolling out without registration to all indian variant starting today:)
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] clsA:
So the question is do all the phones that install this update still loose the ability to install any custom roms ?
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
most probably, maybe because the reason that the update contains updated drivers, i think cyanogenomod devopers are aware of this
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] clsA:
I would be nice if someone would upload a Nandroid backup of the System before taking the update so anyone wanting to revert back could easily do so.

The only backup for this model is KIW-L22C675B130.zip from last May :rolleyes:
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
that would be nice, as B360 is causing problems with installing custom roms:crying:
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] clsA:
the only other method to go back is to dload flash the B320 update.app and then take the updates back to B340 and B350
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
As far as I know, all the users that got the B360 reported that they can't install custom ROMs
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] vishal.ekka:
Exactly, I'm one of them. I was on B360 and was so desperate to use the custom roms available, I downloaded the official marshmallow ROM from the repository, did a dload flash and updated to B340. Then unlocked my bootloader and am using a custom rom now..

I have the TWRP Backup of the B340. Don't know how to upload it. :D
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
If you want to upload your backup, it's located under TWRP/backup
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] muradulislam:
Does twrp backup of one phone work on another supposing they have the same build, Cust, region etc?
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
Normally, it should work 100%.

But I never tested it
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] clsA:
Yes it works but you only need to restore /system and /boot

I have a collection of TWRP backups from several models in the Repository

If you want to summit a backup it's best if you

1. take the backup before you do anything else to the phone (no TWRP / Root ..ect)

2. you do this by using fastboot boot twrp.img

3.select backup and only check system / boot /and recovery

4. when the backup is complete 7zip the folder with the actual file's in it like this (2016-07-10--16-37-28_KIW-L24C567B331_Stock_Plus_Stock_Recovery.7z) this way anyone downloading it knows it's not a rom and must be restored using TWRP

5. if you want a complete backup for your own use you would also backup /cust /efs /data (but don't share these files they only work on your phone)
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] muradulislam:
Sorry for spamming but want to say thanks for the knowledge:)
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] Sulbarik:
I us honor 5x model KIW-AL10 not sport Jio sim but why.....
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] sandeep.kumar:
Honor 5x supports voLTE

Honor 5x supports voLTE ( Jio).

Just upgrade to the new update available at emui.

Enjoy free calls through Jio voLTE without Jio 4g calling app.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
yeah, aldredy updated!!

eveything works fine.:)

bt it would be nice if they provide volte update for other regions also,other than india
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] krispy321:
Updated.

Bt connecting to jio network takes lots of time :rolleyes:
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
maybe because of your region.

some regions have some network limitations that may make connection problems, morover the netwotk is still under testing:)
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] PalakMi:
You may need to update your phone first
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] vsriram92:
If it supports Indian 4G band, then it supports JIO sim.

Seems that you have purchased it elsewhere. So your device device might not be compatible.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] vsriram92:
That's why they are giving free calls, SMS and Internet.

If you pay, you will complain for that.

Till they optimize their network for optimal performance. It will be free...
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] aditya_korn:
Any custom ROM for the honor 5x with VoLTE support?
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
currently...NO!!
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] prabu:
Volte release with EMUI 4.0.1 new features for India Market

https://club.hihonor.com/in/honor5x...emui-4-0-1-new-features-for-india-market.8451
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] shashank1320:
This is only stock EMUI and is available for more than a month now
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] bluheart:
Even mate 8 doesn't have volte ;)

Jio4Gcall app does the same work.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
jio4gvoice app consumes lot of bettery
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] bluheart:
True buddy! Unless HUAWEI updates, we have to use Jio4Gcall app. I didn't give it permission to change its default settings of battery manager, so I get fine battery backup
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] krispy321:
True, but its the only option for non volte handsets

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Doing that setting also dosent improve amy battery for me
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] venom007:
hope everyone got the volte update (B360)
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
Not everyone obviously.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] thilak devraj:
right now , it is only available for indian version right guys?? kiw-l22
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] krispy321:
Yup, build 360
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] thilak devraj:
yeah, now using b370
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] SunnyTee:
I got Honor 5x KIW-AL10 (Chinese variant). It's marshmallow update has been patched with VoLTE (yes, i am using it). But only problem is that i can't flash custom ROMs on my variant. I read somewhere that it's due to VoLTE. My Build Number is KIW - AL10C00B430. It's a 2GB variant, not a 3 GB one. I tried flashing other MM firmwares for the same variant but that doesn't work either (Something to do with flashing cust etc?? ). I am probably doing something wrong. Any ideas? (Sorry if this is not where i should have asked it.)
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] shashank1320:
Once you are on volte stock, you wont be able to flash custom ROM. Try restoring the custom ROM backup if you have in twrp.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] SunnyTee:
Unfortunately, i don't have any custom ROM backup, i am trying to flash one. Currently trying to force downgrade to the lower lollipop version but it's not downgrading so far (downgrades fails). Any help would be appreciated.