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iPhone 13 Pro Max TMo US 5G. Can’t hold signal
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Do you have a physical SIM in the device to test like an old SIM that receive signal or another active SIM card? I beta test the eSIM when it was out and I noticed this as well. Physical SIM had better signal and download/speed. I was not able to get short code and some apps shows no connection on eSIM. I thought about trying eSIM to see if it’s improved since then. I’ll follow this to see what others experience.
I only had the one physical card. It’s deactivated now. So I’ll have to go and get a new one. I’ll hold out until tomorrow and see if this improves. If not, back to the physical one. When I did pop it in at first, it was good. Now I’m sorry I did this.
Looking at Field Test, it’s either SA 156QAM or NSA 265QAM or just LTE.
13 mini with eSIM on T-Mobile and haven't had any problems thus far. Speed has been good and signal hasn't been vacillating like the OP has experienced.
Did you check the device about settings to see if there is a carrier update? It would pop up if it’s available or do a network reset?
Yea, and nothing. I’ll try reset network and settings now and report back.
still no UC we shall see.
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Sure. It’s a different modem, so the software versions are unrelated. By the way, a SIM is not a radio, and neither is software for the radio. The SIM just identifies you to the network.