Upgraded to ios 8 GM from ios7.1.2. Used itunes 11.14 on windows. My carrier does not support LTE. Now instead of the "enable 3G" option I have enable LTE. Is there a way to get the 3g toggle back? 3G on all the time really drains my battery. Thanks so much in advance.
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3G toggle on ios 8 GM
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Unless there's some bug in iOS its usually based on what is in the carrier settings bundle. In either case there's probably not much that you can do short of perhaps trying to reset settings or reinstalling to see if that might change that.
Thanks a lot for the replies. Unfortunately resetting my network settings did not work neither did reinstalling the GM. My carrier never released updates for the phone(not as far as am aware off). Only this that remains is a fresh install. Will try that. Hopefully its a bug in the GM. Will see. Thanks again.
Same issue for me. Had a 3G toggle on my iPhone 5 all the way through 7.1.2
Disappeared in iOS 8, hopefully a carrier settings update will change that. Currently having a 4G toggle makes 0 sense to me as my iPhone 5 is not compatible with my carrier's, Tesco Mobile, 4G spectrum
Disappeared in iOS 8, hopefully a carrier settings update will change that. Currently having a 4G toggle makes 0 sense to me as my iPhone 5 is not compatible with my carrier's, Tesco Mobile, 4G spectrum
Well, often the iOS updates will have newer carrier bundles in them already so the uodate would essentially be part of the iOS update.
My iPhone 4 still has a 3G toggle with iOS 7.1.2.
My iPhone 3GS still has a 3G toggle on iOS 6.1.6.
My iPhone 4S and iPhone 5S never had a 3G toggle, and that really pissed me off.
If you're in an area with bad LTE or HSPA coverage, dropping down to EDGE is a great way to save battery and get data working again.
Many carriers want to drop 2G/EDGE support so that they can refarm the spectrum for use with LTE. Apple has allowed them to disable the 3G toggle via Carrier Profile on iOS.
My iPhone 3GS still has a 3G toggle on iOS 6.1.6.
My iPhone 4S and iPhone 5S never had a 3G toggle, and that really pissed me off.
If you're in an area with bad LTE or HSPA coverage, dropping down to EDGE is a great way to save battery and get data working again.
Many carriers want to drop 2G/EDGE support so that they can refarm the spectrum for use with LTE. Apple has allowed them to disable the 3G toggle via Carrier Profile on iOS.
Ios dos not support two toggles (3g off and 4g off) at a time, you can have only one (theoretically) of these in your network settings so i think none of you will receive update that will bring 3g off toggle back (as long as your carrier supports 4g). Those carrier bundles were released to enable 4g in your phones, now it appears it's done by default in IOS 8 for most carriers.
It is completely Apple's fault and there is nothing cariers can do with it.
Your only chance is if your carrier does NOT support 4g, then may be there will be update (i doubt it still).
It is completely Apple's fault and there is nothing cariers can do with it.
Your only chance is if your carrier does NOT support 4g, then may be there will be update (i doubt it still).
easy solution, make backup and delete ALL SETTINGS and take out sim card
after this EDGE > 3G come back
can look in youtube (not english but understand clear) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdsd1HrF2Fw
after this EDGE > 3G come back
can look in youtube (not english but understand clear) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdsd1HrF2Fw
In that video it's IOS 7.0.4 , also that guy says in comments section that after he updated to 7. 1 that trick didn't work any more.
No, It will not.
If your phone is registered in 3G network after you switch cell data off it'll continue to use it (3G network) for voice calls/sms only.
I am on 3 mobile UK, and I had that toggle till 3 mobiles enabled 4G in my area, after that only option available is 4G.
It's all through a carrier update.
Three released one a while back that enabled the 4G switch. I have an iPhone 5 and have the 4G switch as Three's LTE network supports the iPhone 5.
App to install 3G toggle in iOS 8
Visit Apple Community forums - some folks are using a 3rd party App, have got the 3G toggle back. It's Chinese so don't know what kind of personal data it could be sending out. I downgraded to 7.1.2 & left Feedback for Apple under Feature request. Also wrote to Carrier & got a support ticket.
https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6537515?start=90&tstart=0
page 6,7
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6546123
Visit Apple Community forums - some folks are using a 3rd party App, have got the 3G toggle back. It's Chinese so don't know what kind of personal data it could be sending out. I downgraded to 7.1.2 & left Feedback for Apple under Feature request. Also wrote to Carrier & got a support ticket.
https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6537515?start=90&tstart=0
page 6,7
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6546123
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3G (UMTS) shouldn't drain your battery any more than EDGE does. That hasn't been a problem since the first iPhone 3G. UMTS is faster and will finish transfers quicker and thus use the radio less. Your battery life should be better, not worse, using UMTS instead of EDGE/GSM.
Doesn't this neglect the fact that 3G signal is more often weaker than 2G, either due to less 3G enabled masts or the higher wave frequency of 3G, which is less able to penetrate walls and so on?
An iPhone may cling on to a poor 3G signal in favour of a stronger 2G signal. Not only is this inconvenient if it means more call drops and so on, it will use more battery maintaining a weak signal.
I have disabled 4G for similar reasons: in my area it isn't much faster than 3G and is always weaker. (Don't worry, I don't pay more to get 4G!)