A user equipment (UE) may be in a standalone (SA) mode and start a timer associated with barring a first cell, based on a system information block type 1 (SIB 1) decode timeout failure. The UE may receive, from a base station, a first redirection instruction to connect to the first cell in a non-standalone (NSA) mode. The UE in the NSA mode may determine that the measurement for the first cell is greater than a threshold value, and receive, from the base station a second redirection instruction to switch to the SA mode on the first cell. The UE may pause the timer and perform an initial acquisition procedure on the first cell.