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Samsung: Turn Automatic Network Selection Back On

If your Samsung phone keeps losing signal or sticks to a weak carrier after you picked a network by hand, the automatic search feature is switched off. Once you select a network manually, Select automatically stays disabled until you turn it back on yourself. This mostly shows up while traveling or right after inserting a new SIM.

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Samsung phones pick the strongest available network by default. That changes as soon as you choose a carrier manually from the network list, for example while roaming or troubleshooting a weak signal.

Once a manual selection is active, the phone stops scanning for a better network on its own. This can cause dropped calls, slow data, or no service at all once you leave the coverage area of the carrier you picked.

Where to switch it back on

Automatic search sits in the mobile network settings, right next to the manual carrier list. Follow this path:

Tap on SettingsTap on ConnectionsTap on Mobile networksTap on Network operatorsEnable Select automatically

After enabling it, the phone searches again and connects to the best available network for your SIM. This usually takes a few seconds.

If Select automatically stays greyed out, turn on mobile data first or restart the phone, since the toggle needs an active mobile connection to run the search.

Frequently asked questions

This usually happens when mobile data or the SIM itself is disabled. Turn on mobile data under SettingsConnections and check that the SIM is active before opening Network operators again.

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