No I have not, and I cannot, plus not to mention every update you would have to unlock the bootloader, and that would factory reset your device every time.
How To Guide (Updated 5/21/23) How to enable N77 C-Band with 5G UW icon on OnePlus 9/9 Pro 5G (LE2115/LE2125) | Oxygen OS 11-13.1 with Custom ROM support | Verizon
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My dad had a Verizon Pixel 6 (with mmWave), his speeds were always the same since he got it, up to a few months ago when he traded it in for a Pixel 7 and got the P7 for $~60.
Keep in mind with Motorola devices you will only get 2 Android OS updates, and 3 years of Security updates, not to mention carrier model cannot be bootloader unlocked (to my knowledge), meaning no custom ROMs, no root, etc.
Yeaaaa, I noticed that, but didn't understand it, not sure what they are trying to accomplish, however, Verizon doesn't use N78 (yet), which is probably why this mod works
You already have the untouched "generic_band_restrictions.xml" file, I know this because A. My mod doesn't touch it, and B. Even if you did modify it, for example, you delete everything from it, as soon as you restart your phone, it will revert back to stock. Are you referring to OOS 11, or OOS12 and 13?
The excluded 5G SA bands are 40, 76, and 77.
The excluded 5G NSA bands are 76, and 77.
EtherealRemnant
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This is amazing work! Too bad we can't do something similar to make 5G work on AT&T but this means I can keep my OnePlus 9 as my device for my SafeLink Verizon SIM (which gets access to C-band), use Boost Mobile in my Pixel 7 Pro, and use Tello and Boost Infinite in my S23 Ultra.
You can probably enable 5G on your OnePlus 9 Pro if you went to an AT&T store and asked an employee to whitelist your IMEI as a OnePlus 10 Pro, not guaranteed it will happen though
EtherealRemnant
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Not worth the hassle. I don't have AT&T postpaid service so they're unlikely to want to deal with me. I'll just use my SafeLink SIM in my OnePlus 9. That's an adequate backup device for me.
EtherealRemnant
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Hmm. Doesn't seem to have worked on my 9 (yes, it's LE2115). Maybe this thing just doesn't have a very good antenna. It hops on 5G for a split second and then drops back to 2xCA LTE. I pulled the file from QPST a second time to make sure it was updated. I'll have to remember to bring the phone with me when I go to my partner's house tomorrow night or Wednesday since there is a C-band tower right there. Could just be that my house is too fringe for the OnePlus 9 to grab onto (which is weird because my Pixel 7 Pro can get 200-300Mbps in the same spot).
I had 5g service on My OnePlus 8 5G with Android 11 with AT&T, even though it wasn't whitelisted for 5g, updating to oos12 took 5g Away, I'm curious if you downgraded to Android 11 on the 9 if the 5g would work.
The difference about Android 11 is the AT&T modem file was basically wide open but Verizon's modem file was filled with three different ways to disable 5G for the OnePlus 8, when I upgraded to Android 12 I also lost 5G for AT&T so their modem file for AT&T got updated to include the same language that Verizon included in their modem file so perhaps if you really want 5G on your AT&T device or your OnePlus device I may say try going to Android 11
EtherealRemnant
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I don't know that I ever tested it on 11. It's not a huge deal either way. I will use the S23 Ultra for my Boost Infinite physical SIM and Tello eSIM and my Boost Mobile (both Boost plans are AT&T for now) will go in my Pixel 7 Pro. I'll just leave the SafeLink SIM in the OnePlus 9.
Yeah it's just an option I mean if you ever want to tinker around go ahead and try it and let me know if it works for you.
I was on F.18 the entire time I tested this mod, and yesterday night I updated to F.20 so I had to do the same mod again, I haven't been able to connect to N77 again, a few weeks ago N77 disappeared at my house, I have been able to test it in other areas, I hope the F.20 update did not break this mod, it shouldn't have as I published this mod yesterday afternoon and F.20 came out the first.
EtherealRemnant
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I just checked and I'm on F.18. I stuck the SIM in my Pixel and at least connected to 5G nationwide, which wasn't happening on the OnePlus either (but I seem to remember that has always been a problem on this phone with Verizon for me), but it did not hop onto C-band so maybe they did something and broke it. I'll try to remember to bring my phone with me tomorrow or Wednesday.
I know this mod worked on F.18, hmm, tomorrow, I will test to see if I can connect to N77 in an area I know has N77.
EtherealRemnant
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Oh no I meant Verizon may be having issues since my Pixel didn't pick up C-band either (and it was the first to pick up C-band on my SafeLink SIM which is why I know SafeLink gets C-band). I'll let you know later this week what my findings are.
Ok so I have confirmed with an iPhone 12, that N77 is not working on the OnePlus 9 Series with this mod. But! A big but at that, I think I know the solution to this issue, I will test the fix and publish the results.
Great news, I have confirmed that I made the mod incorrectly, I have applied the fix and will be updating the guide, give me a few minutes!
Updated guide now available, sorry about the wrong steps, I have confirmed N77 is working after the latest fix.
@intheb0x, @lbyinchina, @-4ndr01d- please do the updated mod, the previous mod is redundant, you can keep it how it is, or you can revert it back to stock, could be useful whenever Verizon fully launches N78.
EtherealRemnant
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My phone is still doing the same thing dumping 5G immediately for LTE. I didn't get to go to my partner's house today but I'm going tomorrow, I'll test then.
Yea, sorta the same thing at my house, it gets a weak N77 signal, around ~80-120 Mbps down, randomly it jumps to LTE, or 4G because of this ColorOS BS.
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How to enable N77/N78 5G on the LE2115/LE2125 OnePlus 9/9 Pro running Oxygen OS 11-13.1
Before we start, keep in mind the following:
Your warranty is now void. I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please do some research if you have any concerns about this modification before applying it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
Keep in mind:
This can dramatically affect your battery life whenever on 5G data, as this an unofficial mod, the phone will be constantly connected to 5G UW (without the 5G UW logo of course) in N77 areas, I have no idea how to solve this (other than turning off 5G until you want SPEEEEEED). Smart 5G does not seem to have an effect on this.
Update 5/8/23:
Thanks to @itsnebulalol, they have been able to enable N77 on custom ROMs on OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro, for anyone with a OnePlus 9/9 Pro running a custom ROM, you can follow their guide here, on Github.
Update 2/21/23:
On Oxygen OS 13 F.20/F.21 (maybe older) if you get a new SIM card from Verizon (cannot confirm about other carriers) post N77 launch, you will get a 5G UW icon in your status bar, thanks to @caseyr7 for pointing this out. (Sorry about the slow SpeedTest).
You will need these two items:
QPST, download it from here.
ADB (Obviously).
Since OnePlus officially enabled N78 in Oxygen OS 12, this is how we will be able to enable and connect to N77 on Oxygen OS 13. I myself cannot personally test if this works on Oxygen OS 12, I can only assume it does.
Great news! I have successfully enabled N77 on OnePlus 9 & 9 Pro running Oxygen OS 13 on the Verizon network! This would not have been possible without the help of @Rootk1t for showing me how to get Rndis,diag switch working, @sakun-ice, @jimmy123322, and @21prods for providing the necessary drivers needed.
Disclaimer:
Unfortunately, root is needed, so if you do not have root, do not continue reading.
If you do have root, without further ado, let's begin.
- Download the files provided below:
- Once downloaded, open the ZIP file, head to Qualcomm Drivers, copy the "Mi5_Qualcomm_Drivers" to your desktop.
- Once on your desktop, plug in your phone to your PC, make sure USB debugging is enabled.
- Open a Terminal window and type the following code one line at a time:
Note:If you have never done "adb shell" "su" before, you will get a Superuser request on your phone, press "Grant".Once you have pressed Grant then do:setprop sys.usb.config diag,diag_mdm,qdss,qdss_mdm,serial_cdev,dpl,rmnet,adb
Note2:If you get "error: device '(null)' not found" or you do not see your device when doing "adb devices" under "List of devices attached" in TerminalYou have to switch from "File Transfer / Android Auto" to "Photo Transfer" under the popup when you plug in your phone to your PC .This is what I have to do on my personal PC, but not on other PCs for some reason, it might be the same for you.- After doing the previous command you will hear a USB disconnect and reconnect sound, do not panic, this is intended.
- Open device manager.
Under "Other devices" you will see quite a few devices with no driver, we're only going to focus on 3 of them.- Double click on the first "SM8350-MTP _SN:E1B16ED0" device you see, once the properties window appears, press "Update driver...".
- When the "How do you want to search for drivers?" window appears, press "Browse my computer for drivers".
- When the "Browse for drivers on your computer" tab appears, press "Let me pick from a list of available drivers on your computer".
- When the "Select your device's type from the list below:" tab appears, press the top most "Show all devices" option and press next.
- When the "Select the device driver you want to install for this hardware" press "Have Disk...".
- When the "install from disk" window appears, press browse.
- When the locate file window appears, navigate to the "Mi5_Qualcomm_Drivers" folder you extracted to your desktop earlier and open the "qcmdm.inf" file.
- When you return to the previous "Install from disk" window press Ok. Once that window closes, you should be at the previous "Select the device driver you want to install for this hardware" window, on the left side, make sure to select "Qualcomm Incorporated", on the right, scroll down until you find "Qualcomm HS-USB Android DIAG 9018" click it, and press next.
- You might get a "Update driver warning" stating that updating this driver is not recommended because Windows cannot verify compatibility, press yes.
- Once Windows successfully updates your driver, press close, keep in mind windows might restart after you do so. You will have to do the command again.
"setprop sys.usb.config diag,diag_mdm,qdss,qdss_mdm,serial_cdev,dpl,rmnet,adb".- Now do the same to the other 2 "SM8350-MTP _SN:E1B16ED0", for me, QPST only worked with the second one, it could different for you.
- Once you have done the steps above, open QPST config.
- Once QPST is open, at the top press "Start Clients" > and press "EFS Explorer", once you press EFS Explorer, a "Phone selection" window will appear, be sure to select the one that is called "LAHAINA" and has your ESN on it, AKA do not select one that says "Unknown" and "No ESN", press OK.
- Once you press ok, it will take 20-30 seconds for the EFS Explorer window to appear, once it appears, on the left side press "policyman", and on the right drag and drop "policies.xml" to the desktop.
- Open "policies.xml", and remove the following 3 lines.
- Once you have removed the 3 lines, and ONLY those 3 lines, once you have saved and closed the file, just drag it back into EFS Explorer, once that is completed, do a reboot.
- Wala! Your OnePlus 9 or 9 Pro should be able to connect to N77 as seen below.
By doing this mod, it completely ignores the "generic_band_restrictions.xml" file, @ale_jenior this might even allow it to connect to LTE band 28. I however cannot test this.
Hopefully this tutorial helps all of those on Verizon and have a 5G UW plan.
Your warranty is now void. I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please do some research if you have any concerns about this modification before applying it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
Make sure you're on Oxygen OS 11 (11.2.10.10 preferably, as this is what I tested this on):
- Download this APK and install it.
- Alternatively, go to this website, follow the guide, and carry on.
- Once both the apk (unless you went the alternative route) and QPST are installed, open your phone dialer and dial *#801#.
- Press Engineering Mode, if it asks you, press "just once".
- Ignore if you went the alternative route, it should open engineering mode once you dial *#801# right away.
- Once engineering mode is open, turn on the last switch called "Rndis,diag switch" keep it on that screen and plug your phone into your PC, then open the QPSTConfig program on your computer.
- Only 1 device should show up, make sure it's selected.
- Press "Start Clients" in the menu bar and "EFS Explorer" in the sub menu.
- Again, only 1 device should show up, make sure it's selected, and press ok.
- On the left side click "policyman", on the right side find "generic_band_restrictions.xml" drag and drop it onto your desktop.
- Open it (duh lol)
- Look for the 2 lines shown in red boxes below.
- Change it exactly to how it is shown below (extra space after each 47)
- Once you've edited and saved the file, drag and drop it back into your "policyman" folder (make sure to not change the file name or extension, always make a backup of your original file!), congrats! It should be enabled, make sure to reboot to make sure the effects apply.
Here is a speed test I ran on my 9 Pro, and next to it, is Network Signal Guru showing it connected to N77.
Something important to keep in note is that I have not tested this on Oxygen OS 12, if someone has enough courage to try on OOS 12 and finds a way to enable engineering mode, feel free to let others know in a reply.
I have only tested this on the North American LE2125 OnePlus 9 Pro 5G on Verizon, it should work on the North American LE2115 OnePlus 9 5G on Verizon, and maybe work on the T-Mobile LE2117/LE2127 OnePlus 9/9 Pro. Unsure if international variants have N77 and N78 disabled (I doubt they would work on Verizon anyways), only try if you're willing to risk it! Let me know in a reply if it works.
Now I don't know if you need Qualcomm Drivers, but if your phone doesn't appear in QPST, download them from here.
If you have any more questions, feel free to ask me!
I cannot confirm whether or not this works on any other OnePlus 9/ 9 Pro model, do this mod at your own risk.
5Notice:
I did this on a U.S. OnePlus 9 Pro LE2125 running Oxygen OS 12.1 (LE2125_11_C.61)
I have not tested to see if N77 actually works after performing this mod, also, please keep in mind:
Your warranty is now void. I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please do some research if you have any concerns about this modification before applying it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
I will test to see if I get an N77 signal sometime today.
KEEP IN MIND THIS DOES NOT SURVIVE A REBOOT, OnePlus changed something going from OOS 11 to OOS 12, you will have to use QPST EFS Explorer every time you reboot to enable N77, I have no idea why.
It seems OnePlus has officially enabled N78 on the 9/9Pro, no idea why they didn't go ahead and enable N77 but oh well (maybe Verizon is unlocking N78 soon, no idea).
Good news! I have figured out a way to get QPST working on Oxygen OS 12! This means I could also enable N77 on the 9 and 9 Pro running on the Verizon network! This would not have been possible without the help of @Rootk1t for showing me how to get Rndis,diag switch working, @sakun-ice, @jimmy123322, and @21prods for providing the necessary drivers needed.
Disclaimer:
Unfortunately, root is needed, so if you do not have root, do not continue reading.
If you do have root, without further ado, let's begin.
- Download the files provided below:
- Once downloaded, open the ZIP file, head to Qualcomm Drivers, copy the "Mi5_Qualcomm_Drivers" to your desktop.
- Once on your desktop, plug in your phone to your PC, make sure USB debugging is enabled.
- Open a Terminal window and type the following code one line at a time:
Note:
If you have never done "adb shell" "su" before, you will get a Superuser request on your phone, press "Grant".
- Once you have pressed Grant then do:
setprop sys.usb.config diag,diag_mdm,qdss,qdss_mdm,serial_cdev,dpl,rmnet,adb
- After doing the previous command you will hear a USB disconnect and reconnect sound, do not panic, this is intended.
- Open device manager.
Under "Other devices" you will see quite a few devices with no driver, we're only going to focus on 1 of them.- Double click on the first "SM8350-MTP _SN:E1B16ED0" device you see, once the properties window appears, press "Update driver...".
- When the "How do you want to search for drivers?" window appears, press "Browse my computer for drivers".
- When the "Browse for drivers on your computer" tab appears, press "Let me pick from a list of available drivers on your computer".
- When the "Select your device's type from the list below:" tab appears, press the top most "Show all devices" option and press next.
- When the "Select the device driver you want to install for this hardware" press "Have Disk...".
- When the "install from disk" window appears, press browse.
- When the locate file window appears, navigate to the "Mi5_Qualcomm_Drivers" folder you extracted to your desktop earlier and open the "qcmdm.inf" file.
- When you return to the previous "Install from disk" window press Ok. Once that window closes, you should be at the previous "Select the device driver you want to install for this hardware" window, on the left side, make sure to select "Qualcomm Incorporated", on the right, scroll down until you find "Qualcomm HS-USB Android DIAG 9018" click it, and press next.
- You might get a "Update driver warning" stating that updating this driver is not recommended because Windows cannot verify compatibilty, press yes.
- Once Windows successfully updated your driver, press close, keep in mind windows might restart after you do so. You will have to the
"setprop sys.usb.config diag,diag_mdm,qdss,qdss_mdm,serial_cdev,dpl,rmnet,adb" command again.
- Once you have done the steps above, enabling N77 is somewhat similar to before, but I will repeat the steps again, start with opening QPST.
- Once QPST is open, at the top press "Start Clients" > and press "EFS Explorer"
- Once you press EFS Explorer, a Phone selection window will appear, select your phone and press OK.
- Once you press ok, it will take 20-30 seconds for the EFS Explorer window to appear, once it appears, on the left side press "policyman", and on the right drag and drop "generic_band_restrictions.xml" to the desktop.
- Open "generic_band_restrictions.xml" and edit the follow line to remove "77".
- Once you removed "77" as shown above, save the xml, then just drag and drop the "generic_band_restrictions.xml" file into EFS Explorer and N77 should be enabled!
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I actually "included" N78 in the "carrier_policy.xml" file as it was missing before, and it survives restarts, what doesn't survive restarts is the "generic_band_restrictions.xml" file, I remove the N77 exclusion from that but every restart/every ~12ish hours N77 reappears in the exclude section.
I am on OOS 13 (you can tell by the status bar icons), yes, I am rooted, this is not possible without root, and no this will take a new guide on how to enable it, it still requires QPST and most of the instructions, but it includes modifying new xml files in QPST.
I installed the Magisk Module you provided, and then the dialer code worked. Weird stuff haha.
However, how do you enable VoWIFI with the dialer command? I cannot find it.
