Lebara VoLTE/VoWiFi for Google Pixel (2024)

snarpatroid said:

I might have found a bug. The preferred network options are 4g or 3g, 5g is no longer there and it was previously. If I enter *#*#4636#*#* I can change the preferred network to NR for 5g and then back in settings it suggests 5g preferred but it's still not an option that shows to be selected, anyone else experience this?

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On my Pixel 8 5G, the preferred network options remain 3G, 4G, 5G — all three options are selectable, and 5G is selected. And I can also confirm that WiFi calling now works, after the system update. (I did the test of turning on WiFi while in airplane mode, so the mobile signal is off but WiFi is on, and I successfully placed a phone call!)

snarpatroid said:

Interesting, I'm not in a 5g area right now so I'm wondering if that's why it's not in my recommended list. I'll check again when I'm in 5g coverage area to see if it appears in my settings, but I'm happy enough that I can enable it anyway in the diagnostic menu.

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That won't be why, is Lebara set as your primary data SIM?

insertfloppydiskhere said:

That won't be why, is Lebara set as your primary data SIM?

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Yes, I only have one SIM anyway, I've tried a couple of reboots, on my pixel 6 it definitely only lets me pick 3 or 4g but I can select the NR option in diagnostics and it then says preferred network type is 5g in settings, but if I try to change this I can only see 3 or 4. On the screenshot I've attached you'll see the options then in the background you can see 5g is enabled but only because I've selected it from diagnostics.

snarpatroid said:

Yes, I only have one SIM anyway, I've tried a couple of reboots, on my pixel 6 it definitely only lets me pick 3 or 4g but I can select the NR option in diagnostics and it then says preferred network type is 5g in settings, but if I try to change this I can only see 3 or 4. On the screenshot I've attached you'll see the options then in the background you can see 5g is enabled but only because I've selected it from diagnostics.

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Same here. PIxel 7 with Lebara sim and BNEsim (inactive currently).

Chosen 5G as preferred but only connects to 4G !

Any ideas? The same sim works on 5G in a different Xiaomi handset.

Getting frustrated.

snarpatroid said:

I might have found a bug.

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Same here. 6a on Lebara.

@sufferingsam @BarrieBear I'd recommend sending feedback in the settings -about phone section to say 5g has gone as the preferred network following June update.

As a workaround for now, have you both tried going to phone diagnostics menu *#*#4636#*#* and selected the mode as NR/LTE/CDMA/EvDo/GSM/WCDMA? This updated mine and now shows according to my screenshot a couple of posts above, only thing is I've still not been able to test a 5g call (which is NR setting).

snarpatroid said:

@sufferingsam @BarrieBear I'd recommend sending feedback in the settings -about phone section to say 5g has gone as the preferred network following June update.

As a workaround for now, have you both tried going to phone diagnostics menu *#*#4636#*#* and selected the mode as NR/LTE/CDMA/EvDo/GSM/WCDMA? This updated mine and now shows according to my screenshot a couple of posts above, only thing is I've still not been able to test a 5g call (which is NR setting).

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NR/LTE should suffice in most cases, especially if you don't want the EDGE issue.

5G calling isn't available for any UK network yet by the way.

snarpatroid said:

@sufferingsam @BarrieBear I'd recommend sending feedback in the settings -about phone section to say 5g has gone as the preferred network following June update.

As a workaround for now, have you both tried going to phone diagnostics menu *#*#4636#*#* and selected the mode as NR/LTE/CDMA/EvDo/GSM/WCDMA? This updated mine and now shows according to my screenshot a couple of posts above, only thing is I've still not been able to test a 5g call (which is NR setting).

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I'm using Lebara on a pixel 6 with no 5g signal within range. I can change the preferred network to NR/LTE/etc on the 4636 settings menu, but the setting changes back within a minute or so.

alan_b said:

I'm using Lebara on a pixel 6 with no 5g signal within range. I can change the preferred network to NR/LTE/etc on the 4636 settings menu, but the setting changes back within a minute or so.

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Never seen that happen, I have a 6 Pro on O2 and I have it set to NR/LTE (I'd set it to NR only but it doesn't help me map NR unfortunately, don't exactly lose signal on my SIM)

(edit: it happens to me when setting a SIM to NR only in my experience but not any other settings)

alan_b said:

I'm using Lebara on a pixel 6 with no 5g signal within range. I can change the preferred network to NR/LTE/etc on the 4636 settings menu, but the setting changes back within a minute or so.

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Try changing it to NR only, on mine if I do that then come out and go back into 4636 menu it then changes to the NR/LTE... etc. then stays on that.

snarpatroid said:

I've also just turned off 2g as good practice following the smashing story https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.p...-over-illegal-uk-phone-mast-and-smishing.html and it hasn't caused any problems with the other settings (I appreciate this alone won't stop smithing but may go some way to mitigate, others opinions absolutely welcome if you have a view).

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afaik 4G is vulnerable to attacks, nothing is fully secure, just some things take longer to crack

I'd turn off 2G anyways just to avoid the EDGE issue, but ideally you should just lock to NR/LTE regardless of what network you're using. Means O2 doesn't tend to drop to 3G 900 as often since there's a 4G signal.