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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] bonchiboy:
I did this,now n3 and n28 shows.

However, still no 5G! :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] shadowlight57:
5G area? Will this work on tyg?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] shadowlight57:
B3 and b28 showed.. but no 5g
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] bonchiboy:
ok mine now worked, placed my sim on sim2.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] shadowlight57:
So only 1 sim?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] shadowlight57:
Can anyone reconfirm I tried either sim, does not work for Globe or Smart. 9nly 4G CA on both Sims. One sim at a time slot 1 and 2, with b3 b28 enabled
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Andromeduh:
I'm in the Philippines, so not that much of a nuisance. But the 5G is just weird. I did a quick search, and bands 3 and 5 are the ones the telco have setup, but I can't still seem to get 5G.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] shadowlight57:
Same im also from PH no 5g either Smart or Globe, sim 1 sim 2, B3 B28 already activated. VoLte and VoWifi working.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] omicronity:
Hi guys, salamat that I found this forum. I have S20 FE 5G (Hong Kong) SM-G7810 variant too. Can't really detect any 5G network even in the metro 5G areas. I tried keying *#27663368378# but it didn't work even on google dialer. I don't know what other tweaks I can do, I'd rather switch to Oneplus 8 Pro that can easly detect 5G signals. I think this is hopeless, I'm never gonna purchase HK variant again.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Andromeduh:
Same here. But I feel sticking with the FE since it has DeX and couldn't find any other brands that can aid me in my productivity at work.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] kent800129:
As I know the Chinese version SM-N98x0 models don't have 5G access when the device is out of Great China Area.

The phone won't get roaming on 5G due to lack of PLMN settings.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1324488802254114816

This tweet explains why some phones won't get 5G in some carriers.

Same as SM-N98x0 phones.

Your SM-G9810 is Chinese model, too.

So it's the same reason why you can't get 5G in Phillippines.

I have 2 Galaxy Note 20 5G

One is SM-N9810 (HK model), another one is SM-N981B(Singaporean Model)

SM-N9810 won't get 5G access while I was in Australia but SM-N981 works.

Now I'm in Taiwan N9810 has 5G, but N981B won't get 5G access due to OMC check PLMN settings.

So if you want to get a fully functional 5G phone

Don't Buy Any Samsung 5G phones!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
Idk what I did on UE but I got 5G to work on TGY. I'll try to retrace my steps on how I enabled it. i just tried to remove whitelisting on stuff. This is awesome.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] shadowlight57:
Globe Smart 5G?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
Globe. Will be testing out Smart too. Unfortunately I don't have any Smart sim on hand. Will buy a prepaid sim to test out. Will keep you guys posted. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] shadowlight57:
Will send you one I've bought 5g Sims to test.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] shadowlight57:
You in qc? Will send you one I've bought 5g Sims to test. 09175218168
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] shadowlight57:
I'm with March security update
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
Yes bro. Don't worry about it. I'll just go to SM to buy a 5g sim in a while. Here's the speedtest of my current area. I'm just behind SM Sta. Mesa.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
I guess my theory was right about the whitelisting stuff of the software towards the PLMN outside China. Thanks to @kent800129. You gave me the idea to try to find the whitelist or blacklist for accessing PLMN outside China. Now 5G works on mine. Trying to recreate the steps now.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] shadowlight57:
Nice, this is smart 4G CA
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
Try this. On UE Settings>Protocol>GCF>Remove NR Whitelisting. Then reboot. That's the first step I did.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] shadowlight57:
Trying this now.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] shadowlight57:
YOU DID IT MY MAN! SMART 5G. But having a hard time locking into 5G, will drive around to double check, maybe just the icon appeared.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
Another thing I did was enable 4x4 MIMO. At UE Settings>System>Last page> 4x4 MIMO then enable. Last step is UE Settings>System>Diversity Control Menu>LTE Diversity Control>LTE 4RX ALL Enable.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
Hope this solution helps others on this thread. :) Thanks @kent800129 for the idea. We can finally enjoy 5G. Hahaha.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
Also take note that 5G might not be active all the time because the software wants to conserve battery life. 5g only kicks in when you are in need of data. On idle it stays on 4G+ on me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] shadowlight57:
Confirmed. Disabling whitelisting turns on 5G.

Tested both Smart and Globe 5G.

Only sim with data enabled will get 5G, tested on both sim slots.

Android 11 One UI 3.1

VoLTE and VoWIFI works both Sims.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] bocsta:
I thought with latest update we couldnt use Google dialer to get into Service Mode menu ?

How did you bring that up ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] shadowlight57:
*#*#276633683782#*#*

Still works google dialer
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] bocsta:
4x4 MIMO Enable was on

4x4 MIMO MSIM Disable is on............do you mean enable this ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
MSIM just means multi sim. So if you are using dual sim, enable that.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] bocsta:
xUtsumi and kent800129.....Greetings form the UK

Huge thank you to you both. :)(y):D:p:p:cool:

I had almost given up with this dam phone. Although it is my wife's , no 5g had stopped me importing one for myself.

In the UK this phone got 5g on networks Vodafone and Three but not on god dam EE, which is the biggest UK network.

I am going to link your post in the other thread!

Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
It was a consolidated effort. :) Also the only necessary part on enabling 5G is the first part. I just included the next 2 parts to increase signal strength and diversity stuff. Although I don't understand what they do fully, I've researched a little and enabling them will not hurt battery life while increasing the strength of signal. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] alixra:
Great job! Thank you so much
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] shadowlight57:
this is what i found on https://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/gigabit

thanks again my man.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
Just want to confirm is 5G also working for you now? If so then I'm guessing this method also works for other regions as well as long as the bands are supported. We just need to remove the said whitelist to make it work. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] alixra:
Yes I just tested this on EE UK and now 5G is working on TGY firmware :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] bocsta:
Yes 5g working on EE in the UK. Signal not too great where I am now....But I now see the 5G Icon!

Yes I think a stickied "SM N9860 - Whitelist Removal" thread is required!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
Awesome! Finally our problems are solved. We can finally fully enjoy our Snapdragon Dual Sim Note 20 Ultra. Why Samsung made it hard for us to do this idk but at least now we can fully enjoy all its features. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] kent800129:
I came back to Taiwan since last Nov. so I can't test this settings

Good to know that this setting works.

As I know the LTE 4x4 MIMO works if your carrier supports it.

It can speed up the 4G speed if both support.

As I know Samsung locks PLMN in different ways.

In Exynos version, the setting is OMC_BASED_NR_PLMN: Enable under ETC>>NR Setting

You need to turn it off to get 5G when you're out of the OMC region.

And the Exynos version cannot get into Service Mode settings menu after OneUI 3.0 update

So I'm not sure if this method will be locked some day or not.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Ed Law:
Just a quick post to say THANK YOU to those who have contributed to this thread. The most recent method and code in Google Dialer has fixed my 5G issue. Thank you very much!

Now I just need to find a way to get native call recording haha
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] tdodd:
EE 5G now confirmed on the outskirts of London. Speeds seem no different to 4G+, but maybe ping times are improved. The sample size is rather small though.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] cgyap2:
Finally 5G is working for my Note 20 9860 HK Variant thanks to @xUtsumi

Then I am on a Dual sim config SIM 1 is Globe & SIM 2 is Smart - I could not set "4x4 MIMO MSIM Enable" it jsut goes back to Disable?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] NPinUK:
Big Thankyou to you all for getting 5G working on our phones.

Thankyou to xUtsumi for the posts with clear instructions and linking all the information together i.e. getting to the service mode.

I can confirm 5G working on Snapdragon G9860 here in U.K. on O.2.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] erelchris:
Hi would like to also buy a snapdragon variant. Just curious, am i able to upgrade firmware updates (future android 12, 13) with the note 20 variant here in PH?

Direct upgrade from the phone or i will need to flash it?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Andromeduh:
@xUtsumi is the real deal! I was almost close to giving up and yes I can confirm it works also for S20FE 5G.

Perhaps the next step is how we can unlock all bands without needing to flash CSC?

EDIT: is there also something we need to play in UE Settings to enable VoLTE/VoWIFI? My A42 5G has it enabled when using DITO sim after upgrading to OneUI3.1, while it didn't had it when it was on 2.5 lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
Hi. So uhm I'm guessing support for all phone models. I guess DITO is still certifying phones. My guess is that it will work sooner or later if VoLTE and VoWIFI works on other networks like SMART or GLOBE.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
If it gets disabled then I don't think it can be enabled. Maybe the modem only allows 1 sim to 4x4 MIMO. Sorry I can't test it since I only have 1 sim currently. Maybe it can't be enabled for multi sim. Dunno. Can anyone test?

I'm guessing yes. As long as people will find the code to access UE Settings then yes. Upgrade as much as you can. But do take note that android 11 arrived super late for our SM-N9860 variant so the updates might be slow. Idk. Just keep that in mind. But if ever in the future a new android update arrives and the 5g gets disabled, as long as we can access the UE Settings, we can always re-enable it so no worries about upgrading to the latest firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Andromeduh:
Smart & Globe don't have VoLTE on both phones, which is weird. Must be something I need to call to their hotlines?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] erelchris:
thanks utsumi. excited to buy 5g. bgw how did you enable the 4g+? is it area based? my location is at baguio and im not receiving any 4g+ connections
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
You need to call your network provider to ask them to allow you to use VoLTE or VoWIFI. It's not activated by default. For globe what I did was just use the globeone app to request for activation. But currently only postpaid works with VoLTE and VoWIFi no prepaid.

For activating 4g+ you need to do the guide on the other thread to activate CA. Basically 4g+ is CA. CA = Carrier Aggregation.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] erelchris:
oks thanks! is it the one with flashing into odin? does changing csc void my warranty? tripping knox? and will samsung pass still available after?

i will be buying 5g sim today. will update today if this works. fingers cross
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] 77cats:
Note 20 ultra Hong Kong in the UK on EE (android 11, one ui 3.1), it worked.

Edit--

Thanks, utsumi.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
You don't flash it. You do it on your phone. Please read the guides on the forum for more info. It's all detailed there. :) Changing csc won't trip knox. Only unlocking bootloader and rooting will. Samsung Pass works depending on your region. Here in the Philippines I think there's still no Samsung Pay.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
No donations man. We do this because we want to help. :) If you wanna donate then put it towards a charity or maybe directly towards xda. Idk about others but being able to use my device's full potential with the help of the forum is more than enough for me. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] 77cats:
Will do. :)

Just a question then. How can we set or disable temporarily the 5G mode? When I try to select 4G/3G/2G (auto connect) in mobile network, it stays on 5G/4G/3G/2G (auto connect).

Disabling the NR/G SA mode doesn't do it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
What I do is use an app called Samsung Band Selection. It's on the google play store. What I use it for is actually the opposite of what you are trying to do. I set it up as 5G only to test which area has 5G. I think that will work too on temporarily disabling 5G just uncheck the NR frequencies.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] 77cats:
Edit- after all, Samsung band Selection doesn't seem to work to limit network to LTE 4G.

Network mode shows as global and then 5G still is on when there's a signal.

But... I'd rather lose some battery and have 5G than being stuck to 4G. I'll see if I find a way though. 😊

Edit 2- I've found something mightier than Samsung Band Selection, power saving mode seems to be working at limiting the network to 4G.👍

Edit 3-

Actually that doesn't work. Notification bar says 4G+ but speeds are still at 5G level. Very weird. Internally, it's still on 5G/4G/3G/2G. 🤔
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] erelchris:
i think this was before the update. currently with the newest firmware, samsung had blocked the method regarding the csc change. using the google phone dialer does nothing after dialing the code.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] tdodd:
I have a 5G on/off toggle in my quick settings menu. I assumed it would do as advertised. I'm not sure that it does anything except prevent the 5G indicator being displayed. It doesn't appear to change network connectivity or performance in any way for my phone.

Specifically, today I turned off 5G for testing coverage and speed using nPerf. With 5G "disabled" nPerf still identified 5G service exactly where I would expect to find it. On my return journey I ran speed tests every five seconds as I drove back home. The speed test identifies the connection type and reported 5G connections even though the phone displayed no better than 4G+. Actual speeds achieved were in line with the speeds obtained with 5G enabled (302Mbps max so far) , but not very different from 4G+ speeds (200+Mbps) before I had 5G working.

It all seems a bit smoke and mirrors to me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] 77cats:
I have the same thoughts so far. Impossible to disable 5G network mode (no matter what the phone or apps show) and the extra speed isn't much compared to 4G+ while it has an extra battery cost (when it can't be disabled).

I get about 90-160mbps with a good 4G+ signal, 110-320mbps on 5G. For browsing and 4K streaming, 4G+ is sufficient for me so far. 5G does give it an extra edge though, it definitely gives faster loading times and less buffering.

I won't do this yet on the phone I have coming today (I'll monitor my battery use first) but it was good to know we can. 😊
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Enki0:
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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] 77cats:
I moved from the Note 20 Ultra to a S21 Ultra today and most obviously, I've just enabled 5G. Once again it was a fairly easy process. The phone had the last updates, so Android 11 with One UI 3.1.

The astonishing thing is that this time, I can revert to a 4G networks mode as I want. Even the 5G switch works!

It's confusing (is it the phone or have I done something different?), but so satisfying.

Edit - -

Obviously, I've checked the connection speed, on fast.com.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
Weird. I just tried on mine and toggling 5G disables 5G for me completely. Idk let me check UE settings. I guess I did something else.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] bocsta:
Did you have to go in to UE settings using Google dialer to enable 5g ?

No 5g out of the box ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] shadowlight57:
Mine also. Toggling 5G at quick menu turns off 5G, double checked with reduced speeds.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] 77cats:
Yes. That's a Hong Kong version. It worked perfectly with the S21U, UK network. I can enable or disable 5G network mode at will.

On the N20U, it's stuck on 5G/4G/3G/2G mode after doing the UE manipulations. I think the only step I haven't done on this one was the enabling of all LTE bands on step 3 - but 5G still got enabled after that, after removing the NR whitelisting.

Yes, that works just as well on the S21U, which is great. 😄
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] bocsta:
Ok just to confirm, on the S21U, you used google dialer to access the UE service menu and remove whitelist which enabled 5g on the non whitelist UK networks (like EE I'd imagine) ?

Are you still using both the N20U and S21U ? Thoughts, comments, preferences ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Hazem Hani:
Any help please

In my ue settings after accessing from google dialer, only [5] is present no options else ? Any help ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Hazem Hani:
How do i get 4g+ to work ? in my country no 5G yet but 4g+ worked on my s7 edge before.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Andromeduh:
So just a quick update: my S20FE just got updated with April security patch. 5G no longer works (surprise!) and I can no longer access UE settings through Google Dialer. Is it the same for Note series after a new security patch?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] 77cats:
Yes, full steps from Google dialer to removing NR whitelisting. EE UK!

I prefer the S21, it's actually a nice step up for the camera, battery works well as well. I just prefer the square style of the Note but fingers crossed for the Note 22.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] cgyap2:
I have the Note 20 Ultra HK variant & have to do the 5g patch as well to get 5g in the Philippines, I recently got the April update as well & one thing that did happen after the patch is 5g stopped working again as it looks like patch had reverted back 2 settings

1 - SA is disabled again thus I have to re-enable both SA/NSA

2 - NR whitelist - have to disable it again

I did observe though that the patch did not touch the bands 3 & 28 as they remain to be active thus I do not have to re-configure that again.

Bottom line - yes it had reverted some parts of the 5g patch but I can still configure them back again through the CSC menu in google dialer & get 5g working again
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] shadowlight57:
Any changelog for April update?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] cgyap2:
It's always available on the same location see below

Notify Update

doc.samsungmobile.com
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] chrisaw:
Having some problems after the April patch getting back in to service mode. I can get the menu to open but it's literally an empty list.

Any ideas guys? :)

UPDATE: Please disregard - for anyone else facing this issue - I had "debloated" some "Test*" applications on my device which appear to be required. I re-added these APKs (were only disabled by "System Debloater" magisk module for me) and it works perfectly. Oops!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] xUtsumi:
Good day guys! There's a new software update for our devices. It is safe to upgrade. Mine saved the settings from before. You only need to redo this:

"1-Option 2-UE Setting and Info

2-Option 1-Setting

3-Option 2-System

4-Option 9-Next Page

5-Option 9-Next Page

6-Option 9-Next Page

7-Option 9-Next Page

8-Option 1-Set LTE Band Config

9-Option 1-Set Default LTE Band"

Got this from here

Google Dialer still works. 5G still works on the newest firmware.

Other than that, all seems to be working fine with the new firmware. If you encounter any issues please do share here so we can check if there's a need to redo the methods already posted. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] omicronity:
Guys it worked!!! (NR Whitelisting) Di ko alam paano pasasalamatan yung nag initiate ng thread na to and to all contributors. xUtsumi you're a genius bro. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

S20 FE HK

One UI : 3.1

Android : 11

Sim : Gomo 5G
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] Andromeduh:
How were you able to open the Service Mode from Dialer? Di na gumagana talaga sakin kahit anong restart/uninstall & reinstall ko ng Google Phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] tribalfs:
See below:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] ching2-o:
Hello guys, I know by default we have trouble enabling VoLTE of DITO SIM on TGY/BRI/CN. But I figured it out but we need to root G9860. If your interested please send me PM.. Don't worry its free. This thread is a big help to me I am sharing this also. In case i will post this or create other Thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] tribalfs:
Hi! I think it's best to share it here instead so everyone can see. :)