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To hunt for n77 with US Mobile black sim, a Verizon MVNO, with the latest factory unlocked release, only allow for band 66 and n77 using the the Samsung Band Selector app or equivalent. if you allow n78 as well SCP and cellmapper will fail to see it.  Of course you can also tell by doing speed tests, which are basically needed to trigger it.  Open to suggestions on less data intensive methods.

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New security update on S21 Ultra factory unlocked today for April 1.

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24 minutes ago, mmark27 said:

Says there are Camera improvements too: Night mode enhanced and social media apps

Yeah, I saw that.  Good stuffs.

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Does anyone know what kind of CA the S21 will be capable of when T-Mobile deploys N77?  Could we see something like 100Mhz N41 + 60Mhz N41 + 40Mhz N77?

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6 hours ago, clbowens said:

Does anyone know what kind of CA the S21 will be capable of when T-Mobile deploys N77?  Could we see something like 100Mhz N41 + 60Mhz N41 + 40Mhz N77?

Not sure if it supports N77, I don't see it enabled.

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3 minutes ago, BlueAngel said:

Not sure if it supports N77, I don't see it enabled.

Yeah, it's not enabled.  But I think the phone supports it, after a software update.

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3 minutes ago, clbowens said:

Yeah, it's not enabled.  But I think the phone supports it, after a software update.

Correct, both n77 and n78 enabled on unlocked version, T-Mobile MVNO sims support both.

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This was a Verizon update:

Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G (SM-G998U1)


Build Number : G998U1UEU5CVE8
Android version : S(Android 12)
Release Date : 2022-05-27
Security patch level : 2022-05-01
· Device stability improvements, bug fixes.
· New and / or enhanced features.
· Further improvements to performance.
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24 minutes ago, Grabber5.0 said:

Warning: I'm reading that the June update breaks the Samsung band selector app. I've seen it w couple times.

 

 

This is correct, it appears that Samsung is disabling the menu that the app served as a shortcut to. It looks like on TMo models, *#2263# still works for band selection though. 

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2 hours ago, PedroDaGr8 said:

This is correct, it appears that Samsung is disabling the menu that the app served as a shortcut to. It looks like on TMo models, *#2263# still works for band selection though. 

Good to know. This actually looks nothing like the screen I remember. Is there a guide on here somewhere, or "just Google it"? 😁

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16 hours ago, Grabber5.0 said:

Good to know. This actually looks nothing like the screen I remember. Is there a guide on here somewhere, or "just Google it"? 😁

It is pretty easy to use, once you get the hang of it. For example, to select a specific LTE Band(s)

Click on [7] --Clear selected bands
Click on [5] LTE Band Preferences
Click on the specific band(s) you want to enable. 
Click on [F] Go Main
Click on [9] --Apply band configuration

The same holds for NR5G, just you would click on [5] NR5G Band preferences instead of [5] LTE Band Preferences

To re-enable all bands:
Click on [8] --Select all bands
Click on [9] --Apply band configuration
 

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6 hours ago, clbowens said:

July security update?

yup, i manually updated through computer.

hate that I cant use samsung band selection anymore. It forced the bands better than the dialer code way.
but I rather have the security updates anyway.

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