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    Oneplus Nord N10 5G (T-Mobile) MSM Difficulty

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        RuaNYC
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        Hello all; thank you for everything you do for worthy fighting-Big Tech cause.

        So, I am trying to install Ubuntu Touch on a OnePlus Nord N10 5G I bought. I am stuck at the MSM Download Tool step. However, this forum's Akismet keeps flagging my full post as spam. Therefore, I link to it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iv68VnArROE4XOlmndnq7vfon7fJv8Na/view?usp=sharing

        Please help me if you can. Thank you in advance for your time.

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          wally @RuaNYC
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          Hi @RuaNYC,
          Welcome to the forum!
          First, in case the NYC in your name means you're from New York City, please note that at present VoLTE doesn't work on this device using UT. Maybe this will change? But at present, if 3G has been sunset in your area, you can't make calls on this device.

          Your writeup was good, I'm not sure why it got flagged as spam.
          I've only been through that MSM process once, and it just worked for me, so I may not be of a lot of help.
          This said, a good place to start is always to make sure you're using a decent quality / newish USB cable.
          @MrT10001 mentions also cleaning the USB ports you're using. And make sure you're actually in EDL mode.
          He also said that sometimes he's found that either the global or the EU firmware would work where the other didn't.

          The gitlab page for this device lists the 10.5.8 T-Mobile as "Unsupported Device/versions/firmware", but the porter has said that you can install and it will work. What's unclear to me is whether you should use the 10.5.8 firmware or install 10.5.7 firmware on your phone even though it would've normally had 10.5.8.
          Maybe someone else is more clear on this.

          Good luck!

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            RuaNYC @wally
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            Hi @wally , thanks for your welcome.

            That is right, that is my locality. Hmm, the picture darkens for my chance of using the device (and, really, Ubuntu Touch in general) then. I had already made peace with the fact that the "5G" in the device's name would not be reflected in its performance. But, I assumed with the phone on AT&T's supported devices list, it would use either 4G (though from what you're saying it sounds like LTE is the only version of 4G available here) or I didn't even think about 3G. I guess that their list was just if you stick with iOS or Android.

            This particularly complicates my decision, not because of needing to use this particular phone (luckily, I only sunk $100 in buying this used model), but because I'm not aware of any other options that meet my needs here in the U.S. anymore. The only other phone I noticed on both the Ubuntu Touch-supported list and the AT&T-supported list that was even a mid-range model was the Pixel 3a. All phones made to explicitly work with Ubuntu Touch seemed to be only available in Europe (where I understand there are more people up for a pro-privacy tech mission).

            I appreciate your input on call (lack of) possibility, so I don't waste my time on a futile task. I also appreciate your suggestions for how to work with the MSM issue I've had, though I don't think I'll try again if I can't actually use the phone as a phone.

            I guess my next plan is to look into the feasibility of GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, etc. However, this was definitely my less-preferred plan, as I think it's naive to think that de-Googling a Google OS is fully fighting the behemoth; if you're using Android of any form, as far as I can tell you're buying into an open-source OS that really is there to serve the tyrant, and which they can have (and seem to be gradually doing) a tightened, more-closed process.

            Therefore, if you @wally or anyone else knows of a way I can get Ubuntu Touch on a call-able phone in the U.S., I would appreciate your suggestions (I was looking to at least have a mid-range few generations old phone, but at this point I'd consider lower than that). Otherwise, I just want to say I support what you're doing, and hope the Ubuntu Touch mission can continue to expand and grow across the world in the future.

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              Ida_ @RuaNYC
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              @RuaNYC Hi! Have a look in this thread. https://forums.ubports.com/topic/10889/working-volte-reports-share-your-experience?_=1746276170589

              And search the forum for VoLTE. Maybe some of the phones that pop up are available to buy used in your country?

              Also do a quick search in the four latest Q&A write ups, they sometimes mention specific phones that are well supported or are likely to become well supported in the future.

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