PSA - Samsung band locking and june update

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#298632 2-Jul-2022 22:44

just a heads up.

there is a bit of talk out there that after the june update from samsung, you are no longer able to do the band locking.

sadly i found this out the hard way and my new s22+ has been updated......joy. bit of a pain as i need the band locking day to day.

i know Samsung have been questioned directly and i would like to see it changed but im not holding my breath. tho i have heard that if your phone was locked to a freq then updated you can change that by uninstalling the band selection app.

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#2937714 3-Jul-2022 08:58

That is really terrible.

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#2937776 3-Jul-2022 10:10

Is this such a big deal?

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#2937836 3-Jul-2022 10:31

Sorry, what is band locking? I don't think I've ever used it.

My (parallel-imported) Samsung phone updated this week as well but everything still seems to be working.

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#2937840 3-Jul-2022 11:13

Technofreak: Is this such a big deal?

It can be in marginal areas where sometimes what the phone thinks is best is actually incredibly terrible and you want to hold on to dear life for those 4G towers.

Take my apartment for example. If you jump in the elevator despite it being in range of many B28 towers, phone logic dictates no we must go down to 3G! My old Oneplus and also my S20+ (when you could lock the bands until this patch) if you locked it at only 4G bands, it will stay ONLY at 4G bands and stay connected even in the elevator.

edit First world problems, it's a mystery why the logic behaves the way it does but taking away choices seems really dumb.

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#2937847 3-Jul-2022 12:01

Technofreak: Is this such a big deal?

Yes, when there are many places on 2degrees and vodafone where you can have excellent fast 4g with a couple of bars, but the stupidity of the network pushes you to a broken or very slow 3g because more bars. Sooner they turn off 3g the better, but too many dumbphones out there that would lose voice on 2degrees if they did that.

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