5G standalone (SA)

[UkzVortex98]

will EE Mobile get 5G standalone (SA) this year 

[Fatboy71]

Hi @chistery 

I have the iPhone 16 Pro Max. My settings are the same as yours. 

[chistery]

HI @Fatboy71 

As long as 5G SA is listed as an add on, and enabled on your phone I'd try a few different areas and see if it appears. Maybe try cellmapper and see where SA has been seen around your location too?

[Fatboy71]

Thanks @chistery  Yes 5G SA is listed in the add ons in My EE. 

I will keep trying in different areas, and see if SA appears in nPerf and also in the Field Test. 

I've just had a look on Cellmapper, but I'm struggling to understand the information shown. Where do I need to look in the Tower Info (or anywhere else) to see if that tower is broadcasting 5G Stand Alone. Appreciate the help 🙂

[chistery]

Hi @Fatboy71 

in cellmapper, set Provider to EE, Network to 5G - NR and band - all, and look for green dots, that's where SA has been reported by others.

[Fatboy71]

Thanks @chistery I can see some dark green and light green dots/squares in an area around 4 miles from where I live, but nothing nearer than that. I do go along that area from time to time so I will check nPerf and Field Test when I am in the area. 

There is also quite a lot of dark and light green dots in a city around 30 miles from my location too. If I put in a postcode into the 5G Stand Alone postcode checker, for an address in this city, it shows that 5G Stand Alone isn't available. But I did see someone mention on a thread on here that EE don't always show availability in the 5G Stand Alone postcode checker until they have a certain amount of coverage (95 percent ?). 

[Colstalex]

Not 95% as here in Edinburgh it isn’t available where I live but is common in the city centre and elsewhere. I think they mean they won’t say it is somewhere just because one mast has it. 

[Fatboy71]

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@Colstalex wrote:

Not 95% as here in Edinburgh it isn’t available where I live but is common in the city centre and elsewhere. I think they mean they won’t say it is somewhere just because one mast has it. 

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Thanks for the help @Colstalex .Thought I had read on a thread about 95 percent, I must have been mistaken. 

I will definitely try in other areas near me and see if nPerf and Field Test show that I am connected to SA.