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T-Mobile 5G Connection Issues causing missed Texts, Calls, and Voicemail - NO DATA!
I just don't understand the disconnect or differences in the 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G wireless generations and why 5G seems to be so different. I never had to second guess what my status bar is indicating. ...
Glad to know it is not just me. Between my family we have Galaxy S21s, S20s, and the A32 5G, and all exhibit this horrible "silent no connection" issue on 5G (Slightly over from the previous poster in Austin, TX). I'll have 5 BARS at 5G UC, but can't get an SMS out, and Speedtest can't even find a server to start. I switch it to force LTE and I get 4 bars but 140 Mbps data. Seriously WTF.
It's really annoying though is that some of the 5G bands do better in dense areas or inside a building (walking around an outdoor outlet mall, perfect example of this), LTE in that environment is bad to non-existent, yet 5G will work albeit poorly. I wish I could change the connection priority around to LTE at the top and NR (5G) below it, so when LTE isn't working it will fall back to 5G which MIGHT actually work.
