No. The alien invasion has started, resistance is futile.
this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2025
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It's just in settings on my S21
Not a samsung, but I have this option:
"Settings" > "Network & internet" > "SIMs" > > "Preferred network type"
Selecting anything less than 5G will cap it at that level.
5G seems to work fine for me while I'm at home, but it absolutely sucks for mobile use.
Try an app like activity manager to locate now hidden setting
https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/com.activitymanager/
Check in settings and in call services (com.android.phone) for a setting g like phone info or testing. No need for codes
Settings -> Connections -> Mobile Networks -> Network Mode
Works on my S23 Ultra, not sure if they lock this down by region or vendor though.
Not on mine, some carriers apparantly can make that option disappear somehow. (Idk why they want to do that, their 5G coverage is so bad)
That is not Andy but is a Samy thing. I can still turn off mob nonsense in Graphene/Andy and leave it off all the time because I can't control it as well and don't have a proxy setup. The SoC and modem are undocumented proprietary nonsense on all mobile devices so no one can be absolutely certain of what is or is not connected.
It's a carrier thing, you can disable 5g on Samsung phones aswell but for some reason they let the carrier force it
From the perspective of a whitelist firewall as your ultimate right to internet privacy, the inability to run all of your internet traffic through a select device is a major violation of privacy on par with forcibly removing the front door from one's home IMO.
I don't know how to do this, and you probably should be able to even though I can't see why you would want to, but why would you want to do this?
5G is flaky as hell, in my experience. When it works, it works great. But, it frequently disconnects and won't reconnect.
Network issues. Constant switching back and forth is annoying, internet disconnect, phone gets hot, battery drain, etc.