I have a pixel 6 on Google Fi. The cell coverage at my new home is not great. If I have my preferred network type set to 5G I have no Internet connectivity. If I manually change it to LTE I get connectivity (albeit slow).
Shouldn’t the phone try this on its own? If not, is there a legitimate app that will do this for me transparently and effectively?
the phone does it when you set it to automatic. but you haven’t set it to automatic, so it sees 4g and 3g and says “nope, my user would rather have no service than 4g or 3g service”.
you may want to get a UPS for your modem and wifi. a nice 1000watt UPS should give you a few hours of internet when the power goes out.
Again, there is no ‘automatic’ option. My only options are 5G, LTE, and 3G. It’s also not possible to leave the setting unconfigured. The default is 5G.
I have my modem and WiFi on a 1500va backup, but we have had several extended outages recently.
maybe then you want to try manually falling back to LTE. from the docs:
Yeah, that’s what I’ve been doing. It’s annoying though because I have good 5G coverage in other parts of the city and I don’t want to have to remember to switch back and forth manually 🤷🏼♂️