Hey guys,
I know that the chipset is Exynos 9610 and capable of LTE-A CA 3Down/2UP according to this link: https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/exynos/products/mobileprocessor/exynos-7-series-9610/
However it seems Samsung has disabled this capability by default.
Any ideas how to activate this?
I think there is no way to enable more CA combos in Samsung Exynos devices, but i have listed all combos supported by this phone:
https://cacombos.com/device?model=SM-A505F (Global, EU)
https://cacombos.com/device?model=SM-A505G (Latin-America)
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I'm trying to use an S20 (G981U1) outside of US, but can't seem to do CA for LTE band 3 1800MHz (B3+B3). I'm currently stuck with LTE on that band, it seems that this version isn't capable of CA_1C for band 3. Does anyone knows if this can be activated somehow? I've seen that for the S8+ was a method to add new combos , but I'm not sure this will work for S20 and I really don't want to mess with the EFS at this moment.
Any heads up?
y3kt said:
I'm trying to use an S20 (G981U1) outside of US, but can't seem to do CA for LTE band 3 1800MHz (B3+B3). I'm currently stuck with LTE on that band, it seems that this version isn't capable of CA_1C for band 3. Does anyone knows if this can be activated somehow? I've seen that for the S8+ was a method to add new combos , but I'm not sure this will work for S20 and I really don't want to mess with the EFS at this moment.
Any heads up?
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You might be able to flash that countries firmware to the phone.
Samsung S20 5G (US) doesn't support 4G CA combos used in EU: https://cacombos.com/device?model=SM-G981U .
And because Qualcomm version used in US, you can't flash EU-version firmware because in EU networks use Exynos.
olkitu said:
Samsung S20 5G (US) doesn't support 4G CA combos used in EU: https://cacombos.com/device?model=SM-G981U .
And because Qualcomm version used in US, you can't flash EU-version firmware because in EU networks use Exynos.
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does Samsung galaxy S20 -G9810(HK) will support CA in india?
freeaac said:
does Samsung galaxy S20 -G9810(HK) will support CA in india?
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Don't know - free to test but I recommend global variant for Indian market not HK.
I want to get an asian variant of the s20 ultra so I can unlock my bootloader but those varients don't support the bands for T-Mobile 5G. Would it be possible to somehow enable the T-Mobile US bands on that variant?
600 MHz is low band and i think this device antenna or other RF-elements doesn't support such low band. 5G is too new also and you have to also somehow define en-dc combinations so i don't recommend buy this variant. If you like make sure 5G works, buy device from home market.
Hi all,
I'm wondering whether it is possible in some way to unlock additional NR bands on the S20. As far as I understand the Snapdragon 865 chipset, it comes as a fully-fledged 5G mobile platform which can be used in all countries and which supports all possible NR frequencies/bands.
So, it seems to me, that Samsung just locks off the majority of bands in the different models (for example, I got the G9810 and like to use it overall in Europe. However, Samsung only delivers the bands N1 and N78 but not e.g. N28).
Would be great if anybody could give me a hint about this.
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protonic_1
I think there is no way to add more bands because these are defined to hardware. But i'm very interested about your model 4G Carrier Aggregation Combinations. These can get from log file: https://mt-tech.fi/en/how-to-get-4g...ons-from-your-android-phone/#Qualcomm_devices . Could you please share to me this BandInfo file? You can send this to https://cacombos.com/contribute
check out the Samsung Band Selection app on the Play Store. Supposedly, it can unlock hidden bands.
I looked at it but I'm unsure which bands are available to Sprint/ T Mobile in the St. Louis area. I set to Automatic. Playing it safe I guess .
Also when I switch to 5G it doen't show any bands. The S20 + is capable of more 5G bands I hear
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check out the Samsung Band Selection app on the Play Store. Supposedly, it can unlock hidden bands.
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Only can disable/enable bands what hardware support. If it doesn't you can't just randomly unlock bands.
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I looked at it but I'm unsure which bands are available to Sprint/ T Mobile in the St. Louis area. I set to Automatic. Playing it safe I guess .
Also when I switch to 5G it doen't show any bands. The S20 + is capable of more 5G bands I hear
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What model Samsung S20+ you have? From modem logs you could export some data what your phone support: https://mt-tech.fi/en/how-to-get-4g...ions-from-your-android-phone/#Samsung_Devices
Samsung technical expert on chat said yes,
the modem the phone has seems to indicate it does (unless samsung disable something on the S20 5G specifically to limit it to Sub6 bands only),
https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/exynos/products/modemrf/exynos-modem-5123/
this webite seems to say no (no mmWave bands listed),
https://www.devicespecifications.com/en/model/f3e652f5
to add to my confusion the verison S20 5G originally didn't support mmWave until they released the S20 5G UW
I'm in the UK on EE. I just would like to know if the phone can or can't receive mmWave if it was transmitted to it?
Lothandyr said:
Samsung technical expert on chat said yes,
the modem the phone has seems to indicate it does (unless samsung disable something on the S20 5G specifically to limit it to Sub6 bands only),
https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/exynos/products/modemrf/exynos-modem-5123/
this webite seems to say no (no mmWave bands listed),
https://www.devicespecifications.com/en/model/f3e652f5
to add to my confusion the verison S20 5G originally didn't support mmWave until they released the S20 5G UW
I'm in the UK on EE. I just would like to know if the phone can or can't receive mmWave if it was transmitted to it?
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I think you're out of luck if you didn't purchase the 5G UW. There is no modem technology currently available that can leverage 5G signals in the sub-6 GHz spectrum and 5G signals in the mmWave spectrum at the same time. You can only get one or the other.
Lothandyr said:
Samsung technical expert on chat said yes,
the modem the phone has seems to indicate it does (unless samsung disable something on the S20 5G specifically to limit it to Sub6 bands only),
https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/exynos/products/modemrf/exynos-modem-5123/
this webite seems to say no (no mmWave bands listed),
https://www.devicespecifications.com/en/model/f3e652f5
to add to my confusion the verison S20 5G originally didn't support mmWave until they released the S20 5G UW
I'm in the UK on EE. I just would like to know if the phone can or can't receive mmWave if it was transmitted to it?
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S20 5G does not support mmWave, chart of supported devices here
https://www.androidauthority.com/5g-confusing-1084755/
*Detection* said:
S20 5G does not support mmWave, chart of supported devices here
https://www.androidauthority.com/5g-confusing-1084755/
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Not so, Verizon released 5G mmWave for the S20, Plus and Ultra devices on June 4th. They're labeled as S20 5G UW Models, other carriers to follow. A couple of drawbacks for the S20 Base Model, you're limited to 8GB of RAM and no MicroSD.
https://www.xda-developers.com/verizon-samsung-galaxy-s20-5g-uw-less-ram-no-expandable-storage/amp/
I bought a Galaxy S22 Ultra Model SM-N986UZKAXAA Is there a way to update it to have the n78 5G band?
The hardware doesn't seem to support it.
Some variants do.
Maybe it's firmware...