Is 4G+ = 5G

Imbroglius

Sorry,
i activated 5G in GrapheneOS on my Pixel 7.
It always shows 4G+ and not 5G on top.

What do I do have now? 5G? Is 4G+ just the way GrapheneOS shows the availiability of 5G?

Daniel

Murcielago

It always shows 4G+ and not 5G on top.

What do I do have now? 5G? Is 4G+ just the way GrapheneOS shows the availiability of 5G?

4G+ shows you're on LTE Advanced which offers some improvements in uplink/downlink speed through carrier aggregation (combination of multiple frequency bands), MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output - using multiple antennas on both the phone and the cell tower to send and receive more data simultaneously) - just to name two. But it's still 4G.

If you enable 5G in Settings> Network> Internet> Carrier name> Preferred network type> 5G (recommended) or 5G/LTE only and your carrier/plan support it, you should see a 5G icon in status bar.

area51

Imbroglius just a suggestion try the app privacy cell, it shows what connection you have. It shows that my 5g is nothing of the sort. Then once you used it you can then bin it if you wish.

avaluedcustomer

To my knowledge 4G+ is still "4G" (or "LTE"). It uses the same infrastructure and hardware as 4G. I think it achieves this by "bundling" multiple channels/bands which then leads to a higher speed.

My carrier just switched to 5G and Graphene does indicate it using a "5G" icon