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On 10/12/2020 at 6:18 PM, mdob07 said:

If it works on your phone the easiest way to tell is to go into *#2263# and tap on NR5G band preference, then see if NR B71 SA is listed as an option. If you only have NSA then SA hasn't been enabled on your phone.

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The update to android 11 now gives me these options, except no mmw of course.

Thanks for the help.😀

Tmobile S20 fe 5g updated to android 11.  It appears to include SA access.

1 hour ago, JonnygATL said:

I guess I'm just surprised at how often I'm now on 2.5 on TMobile for LTE  (not 5G).  When My Note 10+ was first moved over to the Tmo network I never saw any Sprint bands for months.  Then band 41 began to appear now and again and now I'm pretty much parked on tmo B41 both at home and at work.  

Are you getting good speeds and service now?

On 1/1/2020 at 6:14 PM, Brad The Beast said:

Took a trip from Beaufort to Summerville on Christmas day. Sprint had coverage almost the entire way which was a pleasant surprise. My mum's iPhone XR was without service for a grand total of about 3 seconds. The less than pleasant surprise was how bad T-Mobile's coverage was. My T-Mobile line spent about a third of the trip without service. Luckily I had my Verizon line to pick up the slack.

Just curious if you have noticed any difference in the Beaufort area since the merger.

I have the S20 FE 5G.  SA is not turned on for the Fan edition yet.  SCP shows a 5G signal but I do not connect to it.

On 1/1/2020 at 6:14 PM, Brad The Beast said:

Took a trip from Beaufort to Summerville on Christmas day. Sprint had coverage almost the entire way which was a pleasant surprise. My mum's iPhone XR was without service for a grand total of about 3 seconds. The less than pleasant surprise was how bad T-Mobile's coverage was. My T-Mobile line spent about a third of the trip without service. Luckily I had my Verizon line to pick up the slack.

Just curious if you have noticed any difference in the Beaufort area since the merger.

I have the S20 FE 5G.  SA is not turned on for the Fan edition yet.  SCP shows a 5G signal but I do not connect to it.

59 minutes ago, mdob07 said:

Has anyone seen any of the former Sprint stores close down? Around here it seems that every single Sprint store was kept open and converted to T-Mobile no matter how close it was to an existing T-Mobile store. I've recently noticed several of the converted stores have gotten new permanent signage replacing the temporary banner signs from Day 1 conversion.

We have a Sprint store and a Tmobile store about two or three doors apart.  Both seem to be up and running so far.  I think they are third party or independent stores.  They may be negotiating to see which one to keep.  Can't imagine keeping them both.

It looks like the S20 FE is getting a software update G781BXXU1ATJ1 starting in Germany.

On 10/12/2020 at 6:54 PM, Dkoellerwx said:

I have a "Sprint" 20 FE, that code does not work for me.

I changed my sim to the R15 that came with my S20 FE.  The code still works ok.  Note, I am on Tmobile.  Looks like I might need the software update to enable SA.

I will change the sim card later and then try this again.  Thanks.

I may need to put the R15 sim in.  I still have my original Tmobile sim.

It gave me

(4)NR B71 NSA - Sub6

Just now, mdob07 said:

Yes, if it works it will open up as soon as you type the last #. 

*#0011# is the other code i use all the time. 

How do I exit those routines once I get there?

2 minutes ago, mdob07 said:

If it works on your phone the easiest way to tell is to go into *#2263# and tap on NR5G band preference, then see if NR B71 SA is listed as an option. If you only have NSA then SA hasn't been enabled on your phone.

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I have never gone into the engineering screens.  Is that where you open the dialer and enter those codes?

Just now, mdob07 said:

Since that phone just launched it might have SA support out of the box. 

Any idea how I could tell?

Does the s20 fe need an update to get Standalone 5g?  I see where the other s20 versions did get an update for that awhile back.

3 hours ago, Terrell352 said:

Got the r15 sim and it has not been a good experience. 

Once you have that sim tmobile throttles your video. YouTube is the only exception for some reason.

Also you will lose the ability to roam on att or sprint and Tmo B41 will not aggregate bands vs Sprint sim that would aggregate both bands.

You lose a lot to get standalone and its not worth it. 

I'm switching back to the Sprint sim.

Can you switch sim cards back and forth easily?  Are they both active or do you have to reactivate each one each time you change them?

I was on Sprint for years and years and years.  Loved it most of the time.  My retirement lot even had a Sprint tower nearby that had gave me good single.  That is until my house went up.  I couldn't get a good signal inside so I switched to Tmobile.

2 minutes ago, Dkoellerwx said:

I would have used the SIM that came with the phone. Since you already had a T-Mobile line, I'm not sure it makes much difference. That SIM swaps going on are for Sprint customers moving over to T-Mobile.

I have another LG G7 that we are not using, so I thought I would let her do it her way.  If I decided to return the S20 FE, then I could just put my sim card in the 2nd G7 while the return process was going on.

5 minutes ago, BlueAngel said:

Without an R15 sim you won't get 5G SA.

 

So the One UI 3.0 Beta is out, I signed up for it but when I go to check for an update it says I am up to date. Hmm.

I am not sure if we have any SA 5G around here yet.  Just thinking if we travel out of town somewhere, it might come in handy to have the new sim in my phone.

Just now, Dkoellerwx said:

Old T-Mobile SIM? Have you had a T-Mobile line previously?

If your S20 activated and is getting service you should be okay. However I would have expected a SIM to come with your S20 already installed if it was indeed new.

I switched to Tmobile a couple of years ago.  Sprint wouldn't work inside my house when we retired here.

A new sim was in the box but she just put my old one in the new phone.

On 10/5/2020 at 5:38 PM, Dkoellerwx said:

Got one on launch day from Best Buy for $200 off, working pretty nice so far. Found some N41 in the Omaha metro.

Careful of the 5G indicator, it doesn't always mean 5G is actually active. It means the LTE channel you're on is set to be an anchor band for 5G. Check SCP to see if NR is actually active.

Do you recommend that I use the new R15 sim instead of my old Tmobile sim card?  When I traded in my old LG G7, they just put my old sim card in the new S20 FE.

Back off of WiFi and the 5G is back.  Of course, I am actually on B2 lte, LOL.

22 hours ago, mmark27 said:

Have you guys been seeing the network (either 5G or LTE) being displayed even when on WiFi? I haven't been able to narrow it down to a specific app and it's not from a weak WiFi signal or the wifi switching setting. Not sure if it's adversely affecting anything. So I have currently my WiFi symbol, the WiFi-calling icon, and "5G",  the signal bars and battery icon. Started for me after the last update that fixed GPS.

I just connected to WiFi and the 5G indicator went away.

Looks like I am on 1900.  Was not expecting 5G here.

Just picked up the FE from Tmobile today.  Working great so far.  Shows 5G in the house with 5Bars.

4 hours ago, Paynefanbro said:

Dish acquired Ting. That's another 286,000 people on the Dish network.

https://ting.com/blog/ting-mobile-its-a-dish-thing/

Ting did a really good job back when I was on them.  The customer service was the best I have ever encountered.

Note, they are actually post paid, unless they changed recently.  They bill you at the end of the month for your Actual usage.  Only problem for me was data cost.