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Ultra 3 5G on EE UK

dannymcg

dannymcg

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Jun 7, 2011
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London, UK
Hi all
Loving the upgrade to my ultra 3. Anyone else find there’s no 5G connection when on EE. All I’m seeing is 4G in everywhere I have tried it across London.
Thanks.
 
Doesn't work for me but I've seen other people who say they are on EE with 5G working on their watch.

I wonder if Redcap isn't fully rolled out over the UK.
 
Broken Hope said:
5G Redcap is the form of 5G that the watch uses. Also requires you to be in a 5G standalone area.
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Seems you are not alone with no 5G. IIRC you have 5GSA in your area, but wanted to ask if your EE account is also 5GSA provisioned? EE and VF have been picky about which iPhones and account plans can access SA and was thinking this might also be a factor. This might also apply to @dannymcg

As you noted others have got 5G RC connected - great news - but I'm guessing they are in a larger urban location. Have you tried beyond your locale?

For me this launch has been poor. From mine and others experiences both Apple and EE have not adequately educated and trained their customer facing teams. You know it's a mess when one side suggests you contact the other and then visa-versa when you do.

Edit: Typo
 
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Can confirm the it's the same for me on 3 network - although I don't live in a city I do live quite close to a 5G antenna and get a 5G signal on my iPhone.
 
Kwozzii said:
Can confirm the it's the same for me on 3 network - although I don't live in a city I do live quite close to a 5G antenna and get a 5G signal on my iPhone.
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Regrettably I do not believe 3 have deployed their 5G RedCap yet and are now probably waiting on Vodafone, following their merger. I entered the following question into Google "Have EE UK deployed 5G RedCap" and it comes back yes, but does not confirm the extent of the roll-out. If you repeat that for the other UK networks, they come back as No, but either are about to or still trialing. As there have been no public announcements from VF, O2 or 3, then without the 5GRC, the watch is limited to 4G/LTE
 
Mind The Mac said:
Seems you are not alone with no 5G. IIRC you have 5GSA in your area, but wanted to ask if your EE account is also 5GSA provisioned? EE and VF have been picky about which iPhones and account plans can access SA and was thinking this might also be a factor. This might also apply to @dannymcg

As you noted others have got 5G RC connected - great news - but I'm guessing they are in a larger urban location. Have you tried beyond your locale?

For me this launch has been poor. From mine and others experiences both Apple and EE have not adequately educated and trained their customer facing teams. You know it's a mess when one side suggests you contact the other and then visa-versa when you do.

Edit: Typo
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I have 5G SA working on my phone, I’m in Nottingham so a large urban area.

Someone on a other forum said it could depend on if you’re in a Nokia or Ericsson area in terms of masts.
 
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