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Phone says 5g, FTM dashboard doesn’t say 5g?

Bazza0

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Anyone know why I have 5g at the top but nothing showing here? BTW I’ve always had 4g around here, only just got 5G showing at the top today, but in FTM dashboard there’s no hint of 5G
 

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It is because the cell you are connecting is enabled for 5G but there is no 5G signal to use. This is a 5G NonStandalone deployment, reliant on the 4G network. In your case, fake 5G.
 
It is because the cell you are connecting is enabled for 5G but there is no 5G signal to use. This is a 5G NonStandalone deployment, reliant on the 4G network. In your case, fake 5G.
Vodafone doesn't generally do fake 5G though. I think I saw one report of it on Lebara a while back, but when the 5G icon appears on Vodafone, you're almost always connected to 5G.
 
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Vodafone doesn't generally do fake 5G though. I think I saw one report of it on Lebara a while back, but when the 5G icon appears on Vodafone, you're almost always connected to 5G.
Vodafone had fake 5G in Kilwinning for about 5 months. :rolleyes:
 
It could be that iOS18 FTM is not reporting corectly, but in the majority of cases, in my tests, I have the 5G icon with only LTE bands reported in FTM.
Interesting, I haven't really used Vodafone for an extended period of time but when I did use it (thanks to @.RajSandhu2k), I didn't see any fake 5G icon. O2 and Three definitely do it around here.
 
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An example now, London W3 in a park.

Try setting your iPhone to 5G On and see if the 5G info shows up a bit quicker in FTM. In my experience it can take a minute or so for 5G mast info to show sometimes especially on 5G Auto (by design). That mast in W3 is definitely 5G capable.
 
You are right. Even on 5G On I needed to start a speedtest for the 5G band to appear. Low signal though, even outdoors.
 

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