iPhone 4S, cannot turn off 3G?

[carl32]

I want to turn 3G and mobile data off to restrict data to wifi when i am at home on the orange uk network. When i switch my iphone 4S off then back on 3G enables itself automatically again for some reason. Is there a way round this ?

Anyone ?

 

[Gav2k]

Rather than turning 3G off turn off cellular data!

Setting> general > network> mobile data

 

[apollo1444]

Rather than turning 3G off turn off cellular data!

Setting> general > network> mobile data

which is not ok... they can perfectly add a turn off 3G feature

 

[carl32]

Rather than turning 3G off turn off cellular data!

Setting> general > network> mobile data

Yeah i do switch mobile/cellular data off but wondered way 3G is turning back on without me enabling it ?

 

[Gav2k]

which is not ok... they can perfectly add a turn off 3G feature

Apple has. It's wether the carrier allows it though

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Yeah i do switch mobile/cellular data off but wondered way 3G is turning back on without me enabling it ?

Have you tried picking orange only rather than orange/tmobile under carrier then turning 3G off??

 

[MattMJB0188]

AT&T doesn't allow its Android devices to force EDGE (2G) either so its not apple. Though one can flash a custom rom on Android that allows it but iPhone 4s users are left out to dry. I have no idea why its allowed on the 3GS and 4 but not the 4s?

 

[ddegrasse]

I have a jailbroken iphone and I looked around in the system... turns out there is a plist boolean in /var/mobile/library/preferences/com.apple.operator.plist called "Show 3GSwitchOnCat10HW" Turning it on and rebooting will give you the 3G switch back. This also give you the old 3G network indicator instead of the 4G one.

Personally, I think AT&T is holding back a 3G switch because they would have some confusion (and explaining to do) if there was a new "4G" switch in settings, considering that the iPhone 4S uses faux 4G (HSPA+)