Anyone daily driving the Nord N10 5g in USA?

oldbutndy

We have work a rounds for the things that are still in progress, it is daily drivable.

Is there a workaround for no WiFi calling ?
Openstore shows Telegram - says it can make calls, but it looks like only app-to-app -but not to PSTN.
I search using terms 'VOIP', and linphone shows up, but that says 'no longer available'.
Any suggestions ?

rocket2nfinity

@oldbutndy Waydroid has passthrough for the VoIP clients I tried. VoIP.ms app worked, and several other clients.

The only drawbacks being needing the app open and unsuspended to receive calls, and no notifications in the main navbar. So, it will drain battery having Waydroid open all the time.

oldbutndy

@rocket2nfinity
Thank you for a possible solution, but bummer on battery drain !
I need to research what effects of 24/7 charging would be on battery life.
Could do that while phone in home office, then Waydroid off for mobility / cell use.

vverve

@rocket2nfinity said in Anyone daily driving the Nord N10 5g in USA?:

Excellent camera, VoLTE works, SMS works on 24.04-1 daily.

So ? working volte got in 24.04-1 daily ?
might return to installer and switch bleeding edge to it then .

mark1250

@vverve I recently installed UT on my Nord N10 5g BE2026, and I am using a daily image which shows as 24.04-1.x (2026-02-17/2).

VoLTE works for me.

I'm using a Redpocket SIM on AT&T as my carrier.

alaskalinuxuser

Also daily driving the N10 on 24.04.1 daily channel. It works great for me, but there is one issue regarding if you are on WiFi and receive an MMS, your MMS may stop working. But I don't use WiFi very much, so it was not a big deal for me.

I bought the 2028 variant, and I had to hack the settings.xml, I wrote a little blog post about it, but you are probably smart enough to do it without my input. Still, if you want to see the step by step and the pitfall I ran into, here it is:

https://alaskalinuxuser3.ddns.net/Ubuntu Touch works on AT&Ts whitelist.html

Also, if you purchase refurbished models from Amazon, that seems to be confirmed to work with OnePlus to get the unlock token.

rocket2nfinity

@alaskalinuxuser There's a fix for that WiFi bug and the group MMS bug being tested now.

lsitongia

@rocket2nfinity said:

North American Issues Telegram channel

What is the link to that channel? Thanks.

I got one of these phones yesterday. After years of periodically testing on my Pixel 3a, Pinephone and a number of purchased-and-returned phones, this one is looking best.

I'm running the daily, 24.04-1.x from yesterday.

VoLTE calls are working and the sound is good. I notice that there's no ringing in the speaker on my phone when I'm calling another phone.

MMS (group SMS) appeared to work. It might go only to the first person in the group. Haven't received confirmation.

MMS of a photo works as long as WiFi is off.

This is great progress!

rocket2nfinity

@lsitongia The group MMS and WiFi bug fix is in testing now. Will be rolled out soon.

NA issues group - https://t.me/+Fvp5xF2fK-E2Yzcx

lsitongia

@rocket2nfinity
Will those patches also fix group messaging? When I send a message to a group of recipients it only goes to the first recipient in the group.

rocket2nfinity

@lsitongia yes

wally

@rocket2nfinity I hadn't heard of a pending fix for group MMS. That's incredible news!

chaosmaou

I gave things a spin maybe 5-6 months ago on my Nord N10 5G, and I noticed that calling didn't work at all with Cricket Wireless.

Has something changed in recent builds to make VoLTE work on more carriers, or am I still out of luck with my carrier?

wally

@chaosmaou VoLTE only landed on N10 in mid November, <4 months ago, so yes, it's worth trying again now that VoLTE is working.
Nobody is guaranteeing that it works perfectly / with all carriers, but so far results seem very good.

Leroy_Linux

@chaosmaou

T-Mobile works well for me. I tried Ting first, but had issues. I didn't bother to troubleshoot knowing from others that T-Mobile worked. So, I just switched and happy with the results.

Good luck!