Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!panix!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marion Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: 4G or 5G? Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 17:18:33 -0000 (UTC) Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 17:18:33 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="33631"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i686)) Hamster/2.0.2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:lHZwx2FE/HaXJiPlxMWx/8DNcvA= sha256:uQhHGUZ1Sm4ZFKVqRM0kVBo5mNEGG0HNHHW5vPD5qVs= sha1:B8WPm4aBXcMb9yO4P8XJ0OckSwI= sha256:tnmVM36bSbhPi5tZgzgHxp6iomn5Jr1e7LWO180RYDw= On 06 Mar 2025 10:32:41 +0000 (GMT), Theo wrote : > Many phones come in different versions and the version for, say, China may > support different bands from the one for Europe or the US. Even if a phone doesn't support any particular band, there are public databases that tell you what towers are in any given area. Also, there's roaming, which enables data on multiple carriers I think: Turn on data roaming Check tower frequencies Anyone can also ask their phone what bands it supports like I did here: Hidden Network-Mode Activity Hidden Band-Selection Activity Band selection options T-Mo LTE bands San Jose