There should be a setting in the phone to select which type of network you want to use, however, somehow EE disable this setting. I don't know how they do this, I buy my phones direct from Google and that menu disappears from my phone when it's on EE, with a Vodafone SIM, the menu IS there!
There is another way though...
On the Dialler dial *#*#4636#*#* this opens a 'secret' settings screen.
Go to Phone information...
Near the bottom there is 'Set preferred network type' with a drop down arrow.
Now you should be able to select from a list of network types. Don't worry too much about what they all are, basically if it says NR its 5G
In all honesty though, in my experience, 5G is pretty rubbish, so I have it turned off most of the time.
There has only been a handful of times when 5G has been better than 4G, most of the time 5G is actually slower than 4G! This is because currently, most of the the 5G networks aren't 'true' 5G, they piggyback onto the 4G network!
Just realised the screenshots I posted had my phone number on them, they seem to have been deleted now. Whoops!
Here's it again (without my number!)
