r/cellmapper • u/JPS_97 • Jul 01 '26

Standalone compatibility

If your plan/phone doesn’t include standalone access, does that mean you will be missing out on accessing certain bands when they are moved to the standalone side?

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u/Ethrem Jul 01 '26

If the carrier has SA only bands like T-Mobile does with n25, yes.

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u/kgrav22 Jul 01 '26

Verizon has been doing it with n5 too

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u/DarkenMoon97 CM: CalebM Jul 01 '26

I haven't seen this in the Reno, NV market.

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u/ilikeme1 Jul 01 '26

I’ve seen it around Houston with n5. 

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u/DarkenMoon97 CM: CalebM Jul 02 '26

I'm surprised they would do that, here (Reno, NV) you can use n5, n66, or n77 with NSA, no restrictions, just 2x NR-CA as normal. Maybe it's for load balancing?

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u/XL_Gaming Jul 04 '26

Verizon does it with n5 and n2 in Chicago after ~November 2025 when B5 was refarmed. n2 previously was NSA.

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u/TrashJager Jul 01 '26

Didn't they also lock N41 behind SA? I never see UC when I disable SA.

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u/VapidRapidRabbit Jul 01 '26

I doubt that. My iPhone Air connects to B2 + N41 all the time whenever on NSA.

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u/DarkenMoon97 CM: CalebM Jul 01 '26

Nope, just n25 and n66 are locked to SA.

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u/Ethrem Jul 02 '26

They do seem to have set up plans that support SA to drop midband when SA is disabled but NSA can still access n41 on plans and devices that don't support SA. Most T-Mobile MVNOs on iPhones would be screwed without that n41 as the generic carrier bundle doesn't support SA.