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[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] OrangeX:
Loving my 1+3 :D, been on it for a week now, can't imagine going back to my old phone. Anyone having weak signals on the Telus network?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] capone20:
Has anyone received the new update 3.2.1 without doing the VPN trick??

Juat checked now and still haven't received it.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
I'm getting weak signal on Rogers.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hw4ng3r:
I work downtown Toronto so LTE is quite strong here. Went away to a cottage this past weekend near Bancroft, ON and was still getting a decent LTE signal. Yes on Telus.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] RoccoN4:
I am on Bell in Toronto and for the past two days, i have been losing LTE. going to H+. Or it gets stuck on LTE! and I don't get any text or calls. Or it actually shows LTE with full bars but not getting and actual network. I have had the phone for three weeks and have never had an issue like this.

Any ideas?

Thanks
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] scoobydooby:
Just got mine yesterday.. Rooted and installed FreedomOS, now just tinkering. not sure if I have to change my Bell APN or not as I haven't used data at all, but loving the phone. Very feature rich and perfect size. Early tests seem to show a strong camer, good clear speaker output, and I'm quite pleased with the brightness the screen can achieve.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] OpusX11:
Just ordered mine, looking forward to it. Coming from a N5.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] drewbot95:
Just side load the update.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Yup I've been having signal drops too. Full LTE signal but no connection.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] superbrowndude:
Bells LTE isn't great In general though

Running Android since 1.5..... Boosted OP3
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Team_Maldonado:
1st time 1+ owner

Got mine a week ago, shipping was really quick too. I'm coming from owning a Galaxy S5 and I'm absolutely love my OP3! I'm on Rogers so no LTE don't notice it much tho, my wife has the LG G4 and after showing her the 1+ and letting her play with it shes a bit jealous now.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
What do you mean you're on Rogers so no LTE. You're assigned the old apn on start up. Go to your apn settings and select ltemobile.apn. Keep those 3 apns and delete everything else.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Team_Maldonado:
Completely forgot about the old apn, I appreciate the reminder :good: cheers!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
:svetius:
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] scoobydooby:
So, everything on this phone is great, but I have yet to see it connect to LTE. I'm sticking constantly on HSPA, and I don't know why.

Actually, that's not true, I saw LTE in the status bar for about 10 seconds one day and that's been it. Whether I'm at work or at home. I've gone in and completely re-entered the APN settings twice now, and it just doesn't get LTE really at all. I'm on Bell, and confuzzled by this...
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] GeneralDisaray2:
Not sure man. Do you have a LTE SIM card from Bell?

Im in the GTA. On Telus. Have constant LTE no matter where I go and sometimes near my work in the downtown core, I get 4G+. My understanding is that is LTE-A.

APN settings didn't automatically register when I put in the SIM card the first time but I went in to the APN settings and it found a bunch of TELUS APNs. I used the normal one SP.Telus.com. Used that same SIM card and APN settings for the last 4 LTE phones I've had. HTC One M7, Sony Z3 Compact, Moto X Play, and now this. The HTC One was carrier-unlocked from the USA. The Sony Z3 C was carrier-unlocked bought from the UK. The Moto X Play was bought from Koodo and no-unlock was required (though I bought a code for $4 on eBay.)

In terms of coverage, I notice 0 difference compared to any of my old phones with LTE. Maybe even a bit better. Calls are clear. Data is fast.

Really happy with the OP3. Smoothest User experience on Android I've ever had. Battery life is good for my uses and everything works. Other than a few small gripes (the alert slider is finicky), I've been one happy camper.

Going to post some accessory reviews for this. Just got a few Orzly cases shipped from the UK and some other accessories from Amazon. Look out for those in the Accessory subforum!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] scoobydooby:
Yeah it must be something I'm doing, as my previous handset had no problems connecting.. never had to adjust the APN for it either. Just connected and worked right from the start.

Its definitely an LTE sim. I'm going to try the alternate SIM slot just to see I guess.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma4321:
By default , it was set on the wrong APN for me. Switched to the right LTE for Rogers and immediately got LTE
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Team_Maldonado:
Anyone rockin a case, skin and/or screen protector, I love the phone naked but I spent way too much and need it to last. I ordered a case (fusion bumper case) and tgsp about a week ago from Orzly, just a couple of days ago I started looking at some mixed reviews of the tgsp :rolleyes: so I'm kinda worried but I'm going to give it a shot anyways, wish me luck. I'll post pictures once it gets in and I install it.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] GeneralDisaray2:
Have both TGSP & Orzly Fusion. It's a bit on the bulky side. Normally I rock my phones completely naked but I'm on a budget these days and can't afford any cracked screens :( Check out my reviews on YouTube

https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/op3-orzly-fusion-case-unboxing-review.456410/

https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/...glass-screen-protector-type-c-adapter.456399/
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] scoobydooby:
See in my case now I've triple checked it. Found the APN for Bell online, deleted it and re-entered it from scratch. Still no love.

If I do this, select the APN, and then look to search for networks, I can see Rogers 3g/4g, Telus 3g, Bell 3g, but no Bell 4g. Even though I have LTE selected as the preferred network, the best it connects to is HSPA.

I swapped the sim out for both SIM2 and SIM1 slot.. no change. I know the sim is good as in my P8, I just tested it and it obtains LTE no problem. Something weird here..
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma4321:
Well that's frustrating and weird.. not sure how to help. My sim is in slot 1 and only put it in once. The first time I turned it on, my sim was in, maybe that could help..
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] GeneralDisaray2:
Make sure you have Dark mode turned off.

Dialer > *#*#4636#*#*

Phone info

Set preferred network type drop down > Try to force LTE only, see if you get signal.

Also try to reboot after changing APN settings. Sometimes that will make it work.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] scoobydooby:
Thank you for the suggestions.

I turned off dark mode, went in and searched for available networks. For the first time I could see Bell 4g in the list. Connected to it okay, then turned off Wifi radio and it still showed as H. Rebooted, but staying on H.

If I go into the service menu, I don't see where I can adjust for only LTE. I notice the radio option, but don't see Band 4
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] GeneralDisaray2:
Do you see "USA Band" after you select the 3 dots menu in Phone Info > Select Radio Band.

Also, do you see the same carriers as me when you select LTE/GSM (auto) or try LTE only, you will only see BELL, TELUS, ROGERS 4G.

This is when I do LTE/GSM Auto I see all the 3G and 4G networks
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] scoobydooby:
When I do as you suggest, leave on LTE only, I see EXT 4G and Telus CA 4G and that's all.

Set to LTE/CDMA I see all the Rogers Wireless and Telus CA and then Bell 3g. No 4g. Bizaar!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] GeneralDisaray2:
Was it working when you were stock OxygenOS/unrooted?

Just curious, what model number do you have is it A3000? It's weird you can't see the 4G bands of TELUS or BELL. They run on AWS LTE Band 4. Rogers also has Band 7,17 as well as Band 4.

Telus/Bell share their LTE towers so you should be able to see both or none. Not sure why you can see Telus and not Bell.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] scoobydooby:
Yes, A3000. Are there different varients of A3000? I did get mine via Ebay from Asia.

I have it rooted and running FreedomOS atm. Cant say whether or not it was okay initially when it was unrooted out of box.. I rooted it the same night I got it, so didn't notice.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] GeneralDisaray2:
Ahhh, as I suspected. That is your problem. Yours is probably the A3000 TDD-LTE (AKA CHINA MODEL).

It's a weird naming scheme:

A3000 is North American spec

A3003 is Europe/Asia model

A3000 TDD-LTE is China model

I remember reading a thread about that exact question. Someone wanted to buy a A3000 in HK/China/Philippines but was unsure if it would work in N.A. market.

If your box has Chinese on the back and specifically the words "A3000 TDD-LTE", then it's likely the China model and unfortunately you won't be able to get LTE unless you are on Rogers or Telus and even so the coverage footprint will be much less than with the N.A. variant.

It explains a lot actually. It just means that Bell doesn't have the correct LTE band in your area. I've done a lot of research in the Canadian market before buying this phone so here's my take on it:

Nearly every Canadian carrier uses a combination of different bands to achieve consistently good LTE performance.

The four main LTE bands in use in Canada right now are:

Band 12/17 (700Mhz)

Band 13 (700Mhz)

Band 4 (1700/2100Mhz)

Band 7 (2500/2600Mhz)

Some carriers, such as Bell and Telus, have refarmed part of their aging 3G networks for the purposes of LTE transmission, which include:

Band 5 (850Mhz)

Band 2 (1900Mhz)

China model lacks Band 4. Secondary bands for Rogers are Band 7 in your area (Vancouver), which is why you can pickup Rogers 4G. But it's another network that's why you see EXT 4G. I had the same issue with an European-spec phone, would only pickup Rogers 2G EDGE as EXT 2G. And since I'm on TELUS it is useless here as the 3G bands are incompatible and Telus doesn't have a 2G GSM network.

Band17-700MHz, Band4-AWS, Band2-1900MHz, Band7-2600MHz. Those are the bands used in Canada by Telus/Bell.

China model has: FDD-LTE : Bands 1/3/7.

So as you can see, the only band that would work is Band 7-2600MHz. Unfortunately, doesn't look like Bell has any Band 7 in your area but Telus does?

Check out: Everything you need to know about 4G LTE in Canada

http://www.androidcentral.com/everything-you-need-know-about-4g-lte-canada

And have a look at:

http://willmyphonework.net/
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] scoobydooby:
Very informative thank you for letting me know. Its a bit disappointing, but truth be told its a work phone which I use 95% on wireless, so not a huge deal.

Good to know though.. I was under the impression that all OP3 were alike. At least now I wont be losing any more time trying to figure out what was up.

Cheers!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] scoobydooby:
So this is super weird, but low and behold I have LTE now.

All day today it was on H, I leave work am diving. Stop at a light and get a notification, and notice that LTE is up in the status bar..

Managed to run a speed test and got 100mbps down, so clearly this device actually does work on the proper bands.

The weird thing is that I didn't do anything different between today and days prior, other than get Amplify setup.

What the heck?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] superbrowndude:
That's messed up, but at least all is good now!

Running Android since 1.5..... Boosted OP3
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] GeneralDisaray2:
You probably drove in to a Band7-2600MHz zone :) Glad you experienced LTE :)

That's one of the secondary bands used by Bell/Telus.

Does anyone on Bell/Rogers/Telus have VoLTE on their OP3? I heard it's a backend thing where the carrier needs to enable the phone to work...so maybe we'll never get VoLTE. Technically iPhone 6S/Nexus5X/6P have VoLTE capabilities but it's not whitelisted by the Canadian carriers...only a handful of phones.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hw4ng3r:
I have Telus so I can only speak for Telus. VoLTE is only available in select cities in BC and Alberta on a select number of devices. Not really sure when they're planning to roll it out to other provinces and to more devices.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] sluma:
Anyone using OP3 on wind? My LG G4 died on me and I'm looking at getting this, however Im worried about the connection
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
What exactly are you worried about? The phone has all the Canadian bands as far as I know.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] LuigiC6:
I am. Been using it for over a month now. Full connectivity to the network, but there's call issues. When the screen turns off during a call, the mic is muted and the other side can't hear you. When you turn the screen on or put it in speakerphone the mic works. It's definitely a software thing and it's not just for wind mobile, but it's annoying as heck and I severely regret buying this phone.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] k.s.deviate:
I'm on rogers, no VoLTE here. Like mentioned before only select devices are able take advantage..
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
I don't know if it's specific to Rogers but if you didn't buy the device from them VoLTE won't work. I had a note 5 from Bell and no matter what I did. Flashed Rogers firmware and changed csc to Rogers. VoLTE still would not work. Then I got a note 5 from Rogers. Worked right away. I know they do it on purpose because people with t-mobile are using VoLTE with the oneplus 3.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] GeneralDisaray2:
It's not just Rogers but all the Big 3 Carriers that do this device-specific check. Therefore, OP3 will never have VoLTE in Canada.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] GeneralDisaray2:
Just FYI, on TELUS everything is buttery smooth. Running Freedom OS 1.4.1 with ElementalX 0.11 and had previous versions before that. All the major bugs have been ironed out. Except for the weird rainbow LED notification light.

The CM-based ROMs fix everything that I had issues with (mainly the light and automatic DND rules.) But the big downside is that the camera sucks balls on CM. Everything else is amazing but that's a pretty big downside.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
There's an HTC camera port. Don't remember where I found it but it's pretty solid. I use it for CM roms.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Henaway:
So far, no issues on tbaytel (regional Rogers affiliate). I had to change my APN to the LTE one to get more than 4G, but it's been fine since. Better signal on average than the carrier LG G4 it's replacing. No problems with call quality/clarity.

My dbrand skin finally arrived today (was supposed to be here last Thursday), so tonight's job is to get it installed. I've always preferred not having a case, but the OP3 is so slippery, it needs something. I have a Ringke Fusion case, which I actually quite like, but it isn't playing nice with the Orzly TGSP, and I'd rather have the screen protector on than the case. So until I find a better slab of glass for the front, no case for me.

Anybody in Canada receive the 3.2.6 OTA update yet, without any VPN trickery? I keep watching, but so far, nothing.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] therussian87:
Hey did you ever get this issue fixed? I currently have same issue. Thanks!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Nope. It only happened on stock roms though, not cm. Got rid of the phone tho.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] superbrowndude:
I flashed the 3.2.6 update through twrp, it has definitely increased the battery screen on time. A normal day for me is a few mins of phone calls, 4g/wifi and some YouTube videos. I was getting about 3 hours of sot, now I'm getting about 4.5 of sot.

Running Android since 1.5..... Boosted OP3
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Henaway:
I caved and used the VPN method to get the update to show up. (Opera VPN in my case) Turned VPN on, checked for update, turned VPN off, downloaded, installed. So far no issues. We'll see how it goes with some use. 3.2.4 was pretty smooth for me already.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wirelessgirl:
That's good to hear. I'm still on 3.2.2 because I read issues with 3.2.4 and that's what prompting me to update to. Should I update mine?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Henaway:
Never had any issues with 3.2.4 ... it updated to it on first boot, and was smooth as butter. The only issue I'm seeing so far on 3.2.6 is in my settings, the Pocket Mode toggle is displaying as a bunch of numbers after an @ symbol, as some others have reported. I wiped cache from recovery, but that didn't seem to fix it. I'm not going to lose any sleep of it though.

I'm crazy about updates. I always want the latest update installed - mostly because it keeps my security patches current, as well as adding whatever optimizations have been done. I've debated a lot about trying the 3.5.2 community build, just to satisfy my itch to see what's coming down the pipes. But Oxygen official has been running so nicely, I also don't want to mess with that. Of course, I can just restore a backup if it comes to that, right?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wirelessgirl:
When I got my phone it didn't update to 3.2.4 automatically. It did prompt me to update but I didn't because I wanted to read more about the update. I'll update it today and hopefully it improves things for me and not make things worse.

I used to update my phones right away. But I've learned from many years of using phones to wait because a lot times they fix a few things and cause one major issue.

There's an update for my S7E with Rogers and I haven't updated yet. Again I'm hesitant to update it right away because Rogers has a tendency of causing other issues. But I read it's a major security issue, so I'll update it today. Lots of updates!

So far my OP3 has been very smooth even without the latest software. I had some weird YouTube issues but that could be me hitting the back button by accident, hard to explain. Battery life is amazing so far. I'm still trying to get used to the UI because I've been using Samsung phones for many many years now and I'm used to all the features TW has to offer. It's nowhere as laggy as it once before. TW has gotten a lot better. But I can see why some Samsung users switched over to the OP3 because Oxygen OS offers some pretty cool customization.

I'm impressed!
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Henaway:
It took me a while last year to adjust to a skinned version of Android when I went from a Nexus 4 to the LG G4. Pretty big jump. But Oxygen is a lot like stock - or more specifically, like some of the custom roms I used to run on the N4. Stock, with nice extras. I'm curious to see what happens when they merge it with Hydrogen - and that's part of why I'd like to try out the community build. But stock is pretty awesome in my books, and I don't much want to mess with it right now.

My biggest thing right now is trying to find a good screen protector. The tempered glass ones are all having some sort of issue or another, and I haven't spotted many/any plastic ones that sound like what I want. If Spigen would release their Crystal or Ultra Crystal films for it, I'd be all over it. I really liked them on my G4 and it saved the screen more than once on my wife's Nexus 5. But I think she's dropped it a few too many times. Every now and then it's been dropping all radio signals for short times. Told her once the LG is back from warranty repair, she can upgrade to it if she wants ... to which I got, "But then I'll have to get a new case." Some days ... there is no winning. LOL
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wirelessgirl:
I used to love stock Android devices. I had the very first stock Android phone, HTC Nexus One. That's when I signed up in XDA because the OS was so boring. I flashed it to CM7 and loved it. From there I owned every Nexus device but stopped at the N5. I got bored and switched to Samsung and other Android phones, but kept going back to Samsung. But at times TW would annoy me and I was tempted to get the Nexus 6p but wasn't in the mood to flashing it. I just wanted a phone that works out of the box. I knew about OP but read the One Plus 2 had a lot of issues. My aunt has it and complains about it. And when the OP3 came out I was like, "ooh, I must get it". Lol. So here I am. This is as stock as I will ever go. The new Nexus devices don't even appeal to me even though they haven't been officially announced, but we know what to expect.

Did you leave the screen protector that came with the OP3 on? I left mine on and bought the extra insurance because I knew it would be a pain to find a really good tempered glass screen protector due to the slight curved screen.

At least your wife isn't asking for a brand new phone. She's taking the G4 and only want a new case right? That's much cheaper than a new phone. You got lucky there. Lol.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Henaway:
I don't know if she'll take the G4 or not. She likes her N5 still. And she doesn't care a lick about updates and such, so it being officially unsupported now doesn't matter to her.

I wanted to like the OP2 - but the lack of NFC was a big hell no for me. That was a stupid omission. They nailed just about everything on the OP3, except no microSD. It's dang near a requirement if you shoot 4k video. (I don't, but I wouldn't want to do much with no storage expansion.) I peeled the factory screen protector off when I put on the Orzly tempered glass. But I'm going to have to replace it shortly. The sides aren't sticking ... most likely my fault for having to peel it after installing when I found there was some bit of dust stuck to the BACK of the glass after peeling the plastic off. Then the case I was using caused it to pop on the sides after a day. I think if I didn't have to re-install, and waited a couple of days before trying the case, it would be fine. It fits well, and there are no touch response issues - unless the sides have started to lift. That's how I noticed the case popped them ... started getting dead zones. I'd settle for a good full coverage plastic film though. They've always served me well in the past. Maybe someone will eventually mimic the OP official curved TGSP and it's full adhesion. That's what I'd really like. But the "dot matrix" ones don't bother me at all.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wirelessgirl:
If her N5 continues to give her problems then she has no choice but to either use the G4 or get a new phone. And since she doesn't really care about phones, using the G4 makes sense.

During the time when the One Plus 2 came out, I wasn't really interested in buying unlocked phones again. I used to buy unlocked phones all the time, but that was years ago before Android existed. There were so many choices and I spent a lot of money back then. Then Android came along and that made the spending even worse for me. Lol. There were so much competition during the ICS and Jellybean years. Motorola, HTC, Sony Ericsson, and. Samsung came out with some great phones. I went back and forth with them. But I sorta felt the choices for phones wasn't as big back then..... until companies like One Plus, ZTE, Xiaomi, Huawei etc comes along and now I feel we have more choices now. So now I'm more opened to buying other brands other than Samsung. I do agree with you, I wish the OP3 had an expandable memory card slot. I was going to get the Axon 7 because of that and also for the 2k res screen but read the UI wasn't that great. I watched a bunch comparison videos and chose the OP3.

I'm just leaving the screen protector that came with it. Finding the right glass screen protector and case is a bit hard for the OP3.