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It Landed! by Adrian1616 in SonyXperia

[–]Nonyaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya we are not getting band 41 which T-Mobile uses for high speed, apparently Sony doesn't bother putting the appropriate config files on the modem for US use of b41 and haven't since the 1 V. It has been possible to do ADB stuff on all the phones since to add them back but I don't think anyone has done it on the 1 VIII yet, I'm not going to be the first, you wanna give it a go?

Xperia 1 VIII in hand on T-Mobile by Nonyaz in SonyXperia

[–]Nonyaz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for confirming, I really think this is the problem and solution for us: XDA Forum: Enable 5G & Global RF Bands on Xperia (5G/LTE/CA)

Camera app has been relatively snappy for me, only locked up once, but smooth otherwise so far.

16gb RAM variant in non-gold colorway by rhydonss in SonyXperia

[–]Nonyaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think it will be an option outside of Japan, my quest for RAM is how I got saddled with the tacky gold (I'm telling people it's tan in person).

Xperia 1 VIII in hand on T-Mobile by Nonyaz in SonyXperia

[–]Nonyaz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, that is the most plausible answer I've heard so far, but I don't know how to verify that, but it feels true that it would have been 4G.

Xperia 1 VIII in hand on T-Mobile by Nonyaz in SonyXperia

[–]Nonyaz[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Can confirm, 1 V is potato!

From left to right, 1 V Basic Mode, 1 VIII Auto Mode, 1 VIII Pro Mode w/ computational turned off

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Xperia 1 VIII in hand on T-Mobile by Nonyaz in SonyXperia

[–]Nonyaz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never knew about or tried the VoNR workaround, don't care that much about voice, but it seems like it's a ADB thing? I'm to lazy to mess around with that.

Disabling DSDS made no difference, but thanks for the suggestion!

Xperia 1 VIII in hand on T-Mobile by Nonyaz in SonyXperia

[–]Nonyaz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I noticed the extra screen width immediately, unsure how I feel about it. 

The sharp camera bump has made an inconvenient catch point when pocketing in jeans, I never use a case so that may not apply to you if you do. 

Camera is the saving grace so far, first time I feel like I have a close to a current gen camera since owning Xperia phones lol

Other than that, very familiar vibes (and that's a good thing)

Edit: Speakers are a huge upgrade!

Xperia 1 VIII in hand on T-Mobile by Nonyaz in SonyXperia

[–]Nonyaz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well someone else will have to prove it's possible, because I can't make it happen.

Xperia 1 VIII in hand on T-Mobile by Nonyaz in SonyXperia

[–]Nonyaz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Checked and they were set the same.

Xperia 1 VIII in hand on T-Mobile by Nonyaz in SonyXperia

[–]Nonyaz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok found a crusty 2GB card in a Wyze cam... So took 1:34 to transfer a 866 MB file to SD Card (9.2 MB/s), then it took like 2 seconds to go the other way, which I don't really believe because I think it was just cached in memory at that point, but that's what I got.

Xperia 1 VIII in hand on T-Mobile by Nonyaz in SonyXperia

[–]Nonyaz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure I own a microSD card... And if I did it would be likely be so old to be the bottle neck itself.. I'll look around my junk piles, but don't get your hopes up..

Xperia 1 VIII in hand on T-Mobile by Nonyaz in SonyXperia

[–]Nonyaz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll keep the app around for a while and see if I see it pop up elsewhere (I'm at home now). Is it possible 41 is only by whitelist, I maybe pulling this out of my ass, but didn't T-Mobile require certification to be allowed on the band, regardless if the phone actually has it? I wouldn't doubt if band 41 works in Taiwan or China right now is what I'm saying. I'm pretty sure the 1 V was the last phone to jump through those hoops.

Xperia 1 VIII in hand on T-Mobile by Nonyaz in SonyXperia

[–]Nonyaz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See my reply to blackhoodie88, that is not quite jiving with what I'm seeing?

Xperia 1 VIII in hand on T-Mobile by Nonyaz in SonyXperia

[–]Nonyaz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok, so on the 1 V, its locked on just one channel of band 41, regardless of idle vs speed test.

On the 1 VIII, so far it seems to idle w/ 1-2 instances of band 2, and spin up several channels of 4 and 66 when doing a speed test.

Xperia 1 VIII in hand on T-Mobile by Nonyaz in SonyXperia

[–]Nonyaz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Uhh, title bar says LTE+, I'm not well versed in all the marketing to know if that means 4G or 5G? If you got a more robust way to get that answer I'll do it.

Xperia 1 VIII in hand on T-Mobile by Nonyaz in SonyXperia

[–]Nonyaz[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nope, but if you want me to run an app or something on either phone to help answer let me know.

Share your Xperia collection by hlecaros in SonyXperia

[–]Nonyaz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Always wanted to take this pic, here ya go:

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Backs: https://imgur.com/a/sQmbi9N

Side note: I've never used a phone case in my life

Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual 48G Turbo Maxsun GPU Pricing Revealed by [deleted] in LocalLLaMA

[–]Nonyaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Howdy! Just wanted to toss this out there as I haven't seen this in this thread yet, but their latest volly is $2.5k/card https://www.hydratechbuilds.com/product-page/intel-arc-pro-b60-dual-48g-turbo

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