T-Mobile deactivates Sprint’s legacy 2.5 GHz 5G ahead of re-deployments

Sprint’s legacy 5G service using 2.5 GHz has been deactivated as T-Mobile continues work to reconfigure, test, and re-deploy the coveted mid-band spectrum into its new integrated 5G network. Sprint’s 5G service is no longer available, except to customers who have a Galaxy S20 5G that works on T-Mobile’s 5G network. The 2.5 GHz Sprint network deactivations, while necessary, do present a change for some legacy Sprint 5G users. Namely, it's those who were early adopters and purchased first-generation 5G smartphones from the carrier, including a Samsung Galaxy S10 5G, LG V50 ThinQ, or OnePlus 7 Pro 5G. Those were built with support for Sprint’s 2.5 GHz 5G network but now instead pick up a 4G LTE signal, so users will need to upgrade if they want to access 5G on the new T-Mobile network.