Network mode not showing for 5G

AT&T blocks access to the Network Mode setting for all of their phones. It's just what they do. Your phone will automatically get the highest network type your SIM card allows. 

Also, it may take a while before you see 5G in the upper right side of the phone. When I first got my S20 FE 5G, it was about 2 months before I finally started seeing "5G" and not just "4G-LTE" or "5G-E".

did you get a new sim card when you got the phone?

yes I did, I went back to my old phone to make sure I didnt trransfer it. I still had my old sim in my old phone that I dont use anymore

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Can someone explain to me why I can't get 5g service on my unlocked s22 ultra I had a unlocked note 20 ultra 5g and it received it but my new phone doesn't and customer service couldn't give me answer why I can't get 5g

TO Los912:  My unlocked Samsung S22 Ultra shows 5G but I am not getting very high internet upload speeds (getting less than 200MBPS) standing near 5G antennas.  I recall not getting high speeds on my Note 20 Ultra 5G either but I had to use my own "Access Point" settings for better speeds and stability.  I am searching to see, if I need to have my own "Access Point" settings instead of using the default ATT Enhancedphone settings on the S22 Ultra.

To z_zk_z: what did you have to do to get 5g on your phone like I said previously I contacted customer service they tried 3 different things  and rest my service but still no 5g it only shows LTE not even LTE+

To: Los912:  I didn't have to do anything.  I just moved my AT&T SIM card from my Note 20 Ultra 5G to my Samsung S22 Ultra.  The upper right corner of the screen shows "5G".  You may want to go to a different area to see if it shows differently. I recall seeing mostly "5Ge" (aka LTE+) on my Note 20 because "5G" wasn't very common a year ago.  Anyway, FYI, I just ran a "speedtest app" and I got 35MBPS down / 2MBPS up, regardless of the fact that mine shows "5G".

To: z_zk_z: switched out my sim from my note 20 ultra too but it never changed to 5g it stay on LTE so I went and got another sim from the store and it says the same thing idk I probably called them back to see it they can figure it out 

Los912 We're you able to get it figured out? I'm experiencing the same problem.

To:slyasa: no its still only showing LTE  and its been almost 2 weeks and still no response from att to explain to me what's wrong and why 

Just got two new identical AT&T Samsung Galaxy S22 500GB Ultras on Monday as upgrades to a locked AT&T GS5 and a locked AT&T GS6.
One phone indicates network mode "5G"; the other phone indicates "4G LTE".
We have unlimited 5G service.
We used Samsung Smart Switch to transfer info and settings from our old S5 and S6 phones.

Spent a couple of hours in a chat this AM to resolve the problem. I was switched between three "experts", and the last one had me 1)do a network reset; 2) download and update the OS;  and asking for two device specific ID's (ICCD and IMEI). Update did not work and he said they would remotely increase the device's reception sensitivity by this afternoon.

Nothing has changed yet.

New SIMs were installed at an AT&T store, where info was copied from the older, physically incompatible SIMs.
Do anyone know how to remedy the problem since AT&T does not show "Network Mode" in Settings?

To test if one of the SIMS is defective (no 5G), can I swap them?

yeah you can swap them.

Thanks GLIMMERMAN76!

It was the SIM. Phone displaying 4G LTE immediately displayed 5G after the swap.

Wish I'd thought it before I went thru that huge exercise yesterday.

I think the AT&T sales tech inadvertently put the nanoSIM from the old GS6 in the new Ultra.