I am discovering over the last few days, that my new Note 20 Ultra Unlocked does not have some of the menu options of a provider branded phone. There is no menu setting to turn 5G on or off for instance.
Is there a code to get under the UI into settings? I used to know some stuff years ago but I forgot all the tricks, and likely they are old news now anyway. Or better yet, is there a stable, secure, and safe app that will allow me to access radio controls so that I could turn off certain modes, like 5G?
Why would I want to you ask. Well imagine living close enough to a tower where you sometimes got switched to 5G after hours in proximity to it, but were too far away to have any effective function from it. That is where I find myself. Rather than being 50X faster, I am 100x slower, and that is not an exaggeration. The data simply doesn't work on 5G. I haven't been close enough to a 5G source to actually test if it works well when close enough, but I know I don't want it switching over to 5G when I am at my home. The tower is either too far away, or something else is wrong. I am getting a new Sim card on Monday. Meantime, an app or code would be nice to just shut 5G off. I may just go back to my old plan. I invested in a new more expensive plan for speed, not frustration. Databyter
