Manually Switching Primary Towers

ReBootEverything wrote:

Metro by T-Mobile user here,

after having much difficulty and unable to use data from my primary tower, and only able to get data via Wi-Fi, I connected with my carrier via 611 and was told that cell phone users are unable to choose manually their tower with their cell phone. If this is done solely by the carrier.

Security told me my current tower was being upgraded to 5G from 3G and she switched me to another tower which was relatively close giving me four full bars. She then stated once the repairs were done on my primary tire I would be automatically switched back.

My question is, is there a way we can manually choose our home base primary tower?

No. Towers are chosen by algorithm, based on measured signal strength and network utilization. Your phone will automatically connect to the tower that has the strongest signal and that has available capacity for your phone. You many not connect to the same tower every time. But if you are home, do you have Wi-Fi calling enabled? It will route your calls over your Wi-Fi network.