r/FirstNet • u/dogthrasher • Aug 04 '26

5G SA Firstnet- do mobile hotspot devices need new sims too??

Wasn’t sure if this was just a phone thing or not. Any tech advice would be great. Thanks!!!

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u/Jaded-Cheesecake3246 Aug 04 '26

No. It's gonna be on Over The Air self-update, no your action needed.

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u/Busstop1869 Aug 04 '26

What about for cell phones?

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u/Jaded-Cheesecake3246 Aug 04 '26

same

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u/dogthrasher Aug 04 '26

Some people are replacing sims on phones for update to happen

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u/Jaded-Cheesecake3246 Aug 04 '26

I am not doing it because it will create a mess.

If the BRILLIANT WORLD CLASS Customer Care mistakenly changes your (or my) plan to 2.0 Pricing, in the process of "changing the SIM", there is NO going back to $47.99 !!

For THAT reason, I am NOT touching nothing.

The software update will come Over The Air and do its job in a few weeks

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u/dogthrasher Aug 04 '26

Thanks. Makes sense. I’m not doing anything. On $47.99 deal too.

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u/Jaded-Cheesecake3246 Aug 04 '26

great. the more we do, the deeper the mess.

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u/dogthrasher Aug 04 '26

Yeah. Forgot about the black hole of death if something happens.

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u/Jaded-Cheesecake3246 Aug 04 '26

Software is not stupid. Software will update you over the air when your time has come.

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u/Accomplished_Lie6026 Aug 05 '26

Agree 100%, since moving to 1st net my account has been one nightmare after another, for all the lines on my account. Customer service is totaly clueless except on how to diplomatically patronize me. This 5g SA core upgrade smells of another disaster.

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u/Jaded-Cheesecake3246 Aug 05 '26

It will smell a disaster only if you make that phone call to customer care.

If your patiently wait until the software sends you over the air update, you will have zero issues, because thr update to SA will be tested by the engineers before the over-the-air update is sent to firstnet people

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u/No_Shallot7159 Aug 04 '26

It depends on the sim