There's a thread going on over in the OP Community where they reckon that O2, even though that has 5G, won't support 5G on the OP8.
This is weird to me because the OP8 is advertised as being '5G ready'. One reason I bought this is that I live in the UK which is rolling out 5G. I have a vodafone contract (SIM only) which includes 5G and I now have a 5G compatible SIM. So, I would expect that, when this lockdown is over, I can go into Manchester (near me and which has 5G) and my phone would start to use it.
But am I wrong in this assumption? If so, what is reality? What do I need to look for and who do I ask? If this is not going to work, I need to send it back before my 30 days are up.
Cheers
Alan
So u buy 5G to go to a 5G area to use 5G?
Vodafone use 5G NR n78 (3500MHz), like o2, EE and Three.
OnePlus 8 Pro (EU version) support only N78 for now and will get N1, N3, N7 and N28 with next updates.
The chinese version of the OnePlus 8 Pro support NR N41, N78 and N79, will also get N1 and N3 with next updates.
The US version (from oneplus dot com) N2, N5, N41, N66 and N71.
Linuxkek said:
So u buy 5G to go to a 5G area to use 5G?
Vodafone use 5G NR n78 (3500MHz), like o2, EE and Three.
OnePlus 8 Pro (EU version) support only N78 for now and will get N1, N3, N7 and N28 with next updates.
The chinese version of the OnePlus 8 Pro support NR N41, N78 and N79, will also get N1 and N3 with next updates.
The US version (from oneplus dot com) N2, N5, N41, N66 and N71.
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Ah, so if I've had the update which supports Three (which I have), then it will also support Vodafone. True?
Alan
do all note20ultra have Verizon 5g mmWave?
what about unlocked version?
or only Verizon note20ultra has 5g ultra mmWave?
I have the same question. I ordered the Unlocked US version, I hope it has all of the same bands but I can't find confirmation anywhere. I did chat with Samsung and they stated that the US Unlocked version will support Verizon 5G, unlike the unlocked 20 5G which did not. I guess I'll see when I get the phone.
Edit: Tom's Guide says The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra supports both flavors of 5G, so you should be able to hop on both sub 6-GHz networks and mmWave networks where they are available.
I believe all U.S. models support mmWave. No need to buy a Verizon one.
I was just curious if Wi-Fi calling would work and LTE 4G on the unlocked version versus the Verizon one?
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I was just curious if Wi-Fi calling would work and LTE 4G on the unlocked version versus the Verizon one?
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Yes it does.
Verizon just announced there low band 5G network to compete with at&t and tmobile. Will our ultra 20 support this network?
Yes. You will need a software update from Verizon to enable N5.
Verizon N20U variants already got the update for activating low-band 5G.
The unlocked variants are waiting for Samsung to release the update. Shouldn't be too long though.
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Verizon N20U variants already got the update for activating low-band 5G.
The unlocked variants are waiting for Samsung to release the update. Shouldn't be too long though.
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I hope so. When called Samsung yesterday I got the huh? response. But I didn't go up the support tiers to get someone who knew what I was talking about. Does the unlocked Note20 Ultra 5G out of the box work if you happen to be in one of the select places that has UWB or does that require an update too.
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Does the unlocked Note20 Ultra 5G out of the box work if you happen to be in one of the select places that has UWB or does that require an update too.
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If you have a 5G SIM card, then yes. When I used my older Verizon SIM card it wouldn't connect to 5G UWB, but once I picked up a new one from a Verizon store (that does say 5G on it), it started working on my unlocked Note20 Ultra. Incredibly fast when you have a signal...
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Verizon N20U variants already got the update for activating low-band 5G.
The unlocked variants are waiting for Samsung to release the update. Shouldn't be too long though.
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Verizon has a list of compatible 5G phones that will work on Nationwide 5g. On their site it says it could take weeks to a couple months to update these devices. I have a couple unlocked phones. Looks like the OnePlus 8 pro is excluded. That's messed up! Same chip set as the S20 phones. Guess I'll call and try to get a for sure answer.
I have an unlocked note 20 ultra. And am supposed to be living in an area of nationwide 5g. I'm not getting it. So I called Verizon, and tried to see if there was something that needed to change for me to get it. At 1st I was told it wasn't in my area. And then I was told I needed to wait for an update for it to happen. I'm totally confused
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I have an unlocked note 20 ultra. And am supposed to be living in an area of nationwide 5g. I'm not getting it. So I called Verizon, and tried to see if there was something that needed to change for me to get it. At 1st I was told it wasn't in my area. And then I was told I needed to wait for an update for it to happen. I'm totally confused
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There will be an update pushed to your phone that will allow you to connect to Verizon's nationwide 5g. The unlock model will just take a little longer to get the update versus the Verizon model.
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There will be an update pushed to your phone that will allow you to connect to Verizon's nationwide 5g. The unlock model will just take a little longer to get the update versus the Verizon model.
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The only question/worry I have, is, does this require a specific sim card? Such as a 5g sim card? Or does any newer sim card work?
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The only question/worry I have, is, does this require a specific sim card? Such as a 5g sim card? Or does any newer sim card work?
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Yes, you need to get a Verizon 5g sim card. I just called Verizon and asked for one and they sent it to me for free.
I ordered one and am waiting for it to arrive.
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I ordered one and am waiting for it to arrive.
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Nice.. I wish this update would get pushed to our phones already.
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I'm going to Verizon to see if I can get my 4G sim from my old Note 8 reactivated. There is 5G in this area but the signal where I'm at is marginal. It's strong enough to keep my phone from falling back to 4G but weak enough to be essentially useless. 4G was never that great around here either, but it's better than the 5G. And Verizon disabled the ability to just shut 5G off.
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I'm going to Verizon to see if I can get my 4G sim from my old Note 8 reactivated. There is 5G in this area but the signal where I'm at is marginal. It's strong enough to keep my phone from falling back to 4G but weak enough to be essentially useless. 4G was never that great around here either, but it's better than the 5G. And Verizon disabled the ability to just shut 5G off.
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Just curious if the app called Samsung band selection would help? What I did was lock the phone to bands 2,4,5,13,66 and it would stay on 4glte+ vs the 5g.
Note 20 Ultra 5G Verizon UltraWide and NationWide 5G
It's November 29. 2020. Was there an update for the Unlocked Note 20 Ultra 5G to use either the UW or Nationwide 5G band using Verizon as the carrier?
Does Samsung's unlocked Note 20 Ultra 5G cover both Verizon's 5G UW and Nationwide signal.
Thank you so much.
History: I bought the Note 10 Plus 5G from Verizon about a year ago with the promise (I know I know) of their 5G reaching my San Diego off-skirt area within the year. Well, come to find out that my Note 10 Plus UW 5G isn't supported by their alternate 5G Nationwide. Nationwide IS in my area whereas the UW is not. So, I bought out my phone contract to get the new 5G Nationwide support, which apparently the Note 20 Ultra 5G has. I bought this from Verizon yesterday and have 14 days to decide if that was the right move. In the meantime, Samsung has a like deal with a few extras that I might want to cancel the Verizon Note 20 Ultra 5G and get Samsung's Unlocked variant. I'm wondering if the Samsung Unlocked variant will support BOTH Verizon 5G networks, being UW and Nationwide.
Have a great day!
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It's November 29. 2020. Was there an update for the Unlocked Note 20 Ultra 5G to use either the UW or Nationwide 5G band using Verizon as the carrier?
Does Samsung's unlocked Note 20 Ultra 5G cover both Verizon's 5G UW and Nationwide signal.
Thank you so much.
History: I bought the Note 10 Plus 5G from Verizon about a year ago with the promise (I know I know) of their 5G reaching my San Diego off-skirt area within the year. Well, come to find out that my Note 10 Plus UW 5G isn't supported by their alternate 5G Nationwide. Nationwide IS in my area whereas the UW is not. So, I bought out my phone contract to get the new 5G Nationwide support, which apparently the Note 20 Ultra 5G has. I bought this from Verizon yesterday and have 14 days to decide if that was the right move. In the meantime, Samsung has a like deal with a few extras that I might want to cancel the Verizon Note 20 Ultra 5G and get Samsung's Unlocked variant. I'm wondering if the Samsung Unlocked variant will support BOTH Verizon 5G networks, being UW and Nationwide.
Have a great day!
o/
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The UW 5g is already supported on the unlocked model. As of now the unlocked does not support the nation wide 5g but in the s20 forums they said that one of the betas enabled the nation wide 5g for them. So I'm sure we will get it with the next big update.
I've tried both the Verizon firmware and the unlocked firmware and i prefer the unlocked way more. If you can return it and get the extra stuff then i would do it.
Or if you want the 5g now then still get the unlocked note 20 but then flash the Verizon firmware into it.
But the best thing about the unlocked firmware is caller id on both calls and text for free. And nation wide 5g is not faster at this time so i can happily wait.
I am contemplating on buying a Note 20 Ultra 5G to use on the Metro's 5G network. I want to get the unlocked version but wonder if it is fully compatible with Metro's 5G signal or I should get the Tmo version instead.
It would be great if any existing user could shed me some light by sharing their experience. Thanks.
Hello!
I purchased a Pixel 7 Pro on amazon in the USA and the model phone I received is a GFE4J Japan region phone. I was having trouble activating it on my network Tmobile formerly sprint. Am I going to have to return it and get the US Variant version GE2AE?
I would