I Purchased the note 20 Ultra 5G in USA and shipped it to Australia.
I later found out that the US Note 20 Ultra 5G variant doesnt have band n78, which is the main band of Asutralias best 5g provider, Telstra.
I am wondering if anyone knows conclusively if the s7 5g or s7+ 5g has the n78 band, some websites denote it does, others say it doesnt, but i feel they might be reffing to the LTE version sometime which of course does not have n78 5G band. This is the US variant from Samsung.com website.
Thanks in advance
I had the S20 ultra G9880 in Australia and the 5G was blocked after an update in August 2020. I am wondering if anyone in Australia has the 9980 S21 ultra hong kong version and on Telstra or Optus and 5G is working?
Please help
I do not think it will work.
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cheetah2k said:
I had the S20 ultra G9880 in Australia and the 5G was blocked after an update in August 2020. I am wondering if anyone in Australia has the 9980 S21 ultra hong kong version and on Telstra or Optus and 5G is working?
Please help
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Same problem....I had the s20 Ultra and it stopped working on Telstra. Got a new s21 in the hope it would be fine and still nothing. Checked my plan with Telstra and they tell me 5g is enabled.... The phone has b78 band but still nothing. Just been a big waste of money
Mittesh said:
Same problem....I had the s20 Ultra and it stopped working on Telstra. Got a new s21 in the hope it would be fine and still nothing. Checked my plan with Telstra and they tell me 5g is enabled.... The phone has b78 band but still nothing. Just been a big waste of money
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Damn.... I really don't like the Exynos 2100. so laggy in games. looks like I'll just have to sell my Exynos S21 Ultra and get maybe the Xiaomi 11 Ultra or something similar
I recently purchased this model for the snapdragon processor and can confirm that Telstra 5G network does not work. This was also confirmed by Telstra who said it is not a supported model, but in future, it could be allowed. ETA is unknown on this. Disappointing to say the least.
I Installed the latest Samsung update today and now have a 5G connection!
Denno76 said:
I Installed the latest Samsung update today and now have a 5G connection!
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Great mate
Thanks for the info.
Give us some more details , like
Any other updates before this?
Change carrier?
Change CSC
Network configuration
Australia 5G bands
5G: Bands n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n66, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78,
But only N78 is in use
China 5G bands
5G: Bands n1, n5, n41, n78, n79
MAX 404 said:
Great mate
Thanks for the info.
Give us some more details , like
Any other updates before this?
Change carrier?
Change CSC
Network configuration
Australia 5G bands
5G: Bands n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n66, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78,
But only N78 is in use
China 5G bands
5G: Bands n1, n5, n41, n78, n79
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Hey @MAX 404
Previously installed the regular Samsung updates as they came through. I noticed I had a carrier update on my note 9, so manually checked for an update on my S21 ultra.
Carrier is Telstra in Australia. I've attached a screenshot of Software information for reference.
I believe Telstra use n78 band which was blocked on the SM-G9980 model when I initially got the phone.
Hope it helps for those wanting a snapdragon S21 ultra.
Denno76 said:
Hey @MAX 404
Previously installed the regular Samsung updates as they came through. I noticed I had a carrier update on my note 9, so manually checked for an update on my S21 ultra.
Carrier is Telstra in Australia. I've attached a screenshot of Software information for reference.
I believe Telstra use n78 band which was blocked on the SM-G9980 model when I initially got the phone.
Hope it helps for those wanting a snapdragon S21 ultra.
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Hi
thanks for the info it will for sure help other like you
Definitely had to be related with the N78 band , is the only band available "down under" for 5G
Great is working!!
Hi!
I want to buy an Lg v60 in ebay, to use outside of usa. In my country, 5g band is n78, but the usa version don't have this band. Can I unlock 5g bands or make a crossflash to european firmware to use 5g?
greetings
No hardware support for n78 band
Is there other way to use or activate 5g on my samsung s21 us variant here in philippines?
adam the.... said:
Is there other way to use or activate 5g on my samsung s21 us variant here in philippines?
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You have 5G in the Philippines? Assuming you do, then there are 2 protocols used with 5G, pretty sure the US version phone isn't compatible with international, but could be wrong on that.
but if you're carrier doesn't have it, it will never work
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You have 5G in the Philippines? Assuming you do, then there are 2 protocols used with 5G, pretty sure the US version phone isn't compatible with international, but could be wrong on that.
but if you're carrier doesn't have it, it will never work
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Yes there is, n78 band is available here
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Yes there is, n78 band is available here
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Follow this link for the S21 specs on gsmarena.
The important part to look at is the Neworking 5G bands. You'll see that the US phone u have uses mmwave technology for 5G. And that the international version, the SM-G991B uses Sub6. They are not interchangeable.
Sorry, after looking at this closer, the US version does actually do both MMWave and Sub6, but still won't help you as it doesn't have band 78. And, unfortunately, you can't flash a rom for one of the other devices to yours, as they have different chipsets; exynos vs Qualcomm.
Now that we all have the same chip, I was wondering if it will get 5G everywhere globally like the iphone does. It seems to have all the bands.
Anyone?
Yes it should work fine across Europe. Going the other way, the EU / worldwide versions are missing mmWave compared to the US version, but from the US you should have all the bands for 5G.