iPhone users in India - Airtel Carrier Settings LTE issue

[wannabelean]

I was repeatedly getting the update carrier settings prompt and finally hit update and now I see that I cant go back to non 3G mode aka EDGE mode. 3G always has more call drops and kills the battery sooner than EDGE mode for me and I would like to downgrade. Do anybody know how I can do this? I dont know why Airtel is talking about LTE when they cant even get their 3G services right.

 

[869639]

I was repeatedly getting the update carrier settings prompt and finally hit update and now I see that I cant go back to non 3G mode aka EDGE mode. 3G always has more call drops and kills the battery sooner than EDGE mode for me and I would like to downgrade. Do anybody know how I can do this? I dont know why Airtel is talking about LTE when they cant even get their 3G services right.

I don't think you have any option without jailbreaking -- Installing SB Settings [unless its been updated as I have not used it since june 2013] - It was the only option here in north america to turn off 3G.

I feel bad for you as India has the poorest networks in the world, the companies / government has not put any resources towards building evolving networks for the past 10years, 2G/EDGE is the absolute best service offered in 2014 in India.

I was there for a couple months recently and it was a sad situation with 3G...I used Reliance in my area as that was the only 3G available [the experience was poor as the phone would loose service in my pocket and in village areas....at times even on the highway....only in major cities I got 3G. Airtel 2G was great as it offered fast speeds for a 2G network and a stronger signal than its competitors [no 3G was available anywhere in Punjab]

Sad they are giving LTE settings to their iPhones when their 3G is not even readily available throughout all of India.

 

[rit]

I was repeatedly getting the update carrier settings prompt and finally hit update and now I see that I cant go back to non 3G mode aka EDGE mode. 3G always has more call drops and kills the battery sooner than EDGE mode for me and I would like to downgrade. Do anybody know how I can do this? I dont know why Airtel is talking about LTE when they cant even get their 3G services right.

Hi
Could you get the solution to this problem? Yet?

 

[wannabelean]

Nope

 

[karan.k]

You need to jailbreak first and delete a file in the carrier folder. That's how I got back the 3G toggle

 

[wannabelean]

You need to jailbreak first and delete a file in the carrier folder. That's how I got back the 3G toggle

yeah? more detailed instructions please. Thanks