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Is it possible to turn off 3G in iOS 8?

Xandros said:
I have the same issue with spotty 3 G coverage and would rather just switch it off when I'm around this area to stop it trying to connect to the network whenever it detects a signal.

I've read up on this before and seen people claim it's carrier specific, never once seen anyone actually provide proof though. So until they do I'll continue blaming Apple for being pig headed and trying to push 4G on the newer handsets.
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You are correct, it is not carrier specific, and is completely Apples' fault.

It's the way IOS is designed, you can have only 1 switch, used to be either 3g off or 4 g off, now in IOS 8 it appears Apple made 4G off default state so even if your carrier does not support 4g at all and never released any settings you will still have 4 off instead of 3g off in you network menu.
 
zerolight said:
Mine drops the 3G logo immediately.
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It drops logo not network itself.

It's even obvious on you screen - if you turn mobile data off you can see that signal level stays same (phone continues to use same network), whereas if you turn 3G off (if you still have that toggle) your phone will lose signal instantly (drops 3g) then starts searching for new network (2g).
 
same mistakes all over again by apple

Intell unfortunately you are talking nonsense! i am a telecoms expert!

Same problem apple had it before with the ios 6 and ios 7! for some stupid reason they removed the 3G on button!

People for over 2 months were forced to jailbreak and add third party from jailbreak apps to disable it!.

3G reduces the battery to more than 40% as apple was saying in gray letters under the enable button on 3G.

Carriers don't have complete coverage and most carriers have huge issues on antenna roaming voice over its antennas increasing exponentially the failed calls while moving!

Solution bring back Steve Jobs!!! or maybe his working methods so some people don't turn apple into the worse customer support and development company! They cannot keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again!

Repeating the same mistake while fixing it means someone is very stupid over at Apple!

Apple is not listening to its clients!

Apple will fix it as soon as it receive one of the fprobably biggest lawsuit against them for reducing the battery life into maybe more than half with the ios 8 upgrade!


I really hope apple will reintroduce the basic principle of development, as steve jobs did. to its development team ! do not repeat same mistakes over and over again! especially when you shamefully fix it in previous events!
 
alextr said:
Intell unfortunately you are talking nonsense! i am a telecoms expert!

Same problem apple had it before with the ios 6 and ios 7! for some stupid reason they removed the 3G on button!

People for over 2 months were forced to jailbreak and add third party from jailbreak apps to disable it!.

3G reduces the battery to more than 40% as apple was saying in gray letters under the enable button on 3G.

Carriers don't have complete coverage and most carriers have huge issues on antenna roaming voice over its antennas increasing exponentially the failed calls while moving!

Solution bring back Steve Jobs!!! or maybe his working methods so some people don't turn apple into the worse customer support and development company! They cannot keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again!

Repeating the same mistake while fixing it means someone is very stupid over at Apple!

Apple is not listening to its clients!

Apple will fix it as soon as it receive one of the fprobably biggest lawsuit against them for reducing the battery life into maybe more than half with the ios 8 upgrade!


I really hope apple will reintroduce the basic principle of development, as steve jobs did. to its development team ! do not repeat same mistakes over and over again! especially when you shamefully fix it in previous events!
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Plenty of people had a 3G toggle in iOS 7 and 6.
 
Yes.. Its Possible

First turn off cellular data.

Settings>Carrier..

Turn off automatic selection.. Select manually..your 2g network

Then turn on cellular data.

Now its on 2g network with 2g data.
 
lokesh2327 said:
First turn off cellular data.

Settings>Carrier..

Turn off automatic selection.. Select manually..your 2g network

Then turn on cellular data.

Now its on 2g network with 2g data.
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This isn't an option on some carriers. I don't have a manual/auto setting.

Either way, it's a carrier issue, not an Apple issue.
 
I contacted an apple representative yesterday and they said that there will
be no future updates to rectify this as 2g is an old technology and it was upto your carrier to release updates ( in my case airtel india)
 
lokesh2327 said:
First turn off cellular data.

Settings>Carrier..

Turn off automatic selection.. Select manually..your 2g network

Then turn on cellular data.

Now its on 2g network with 2g data.
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I only see list of 4 carriers which work in my area in that manual selection list, not their separate 2g, 3g networks, so not sure what you meant. Please explain.

Also, using your method, wouldn't you loose connection constantly while driving for example?
 
Where do you have that from?
Yet an app that can install without the need of the App Store.
Why can't we have other useful apps like that?
 
Matt7993 said:
Hallo I would like to ask if it is possible to turn off 3G in ios 8
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Yes, with the newly released iOS 8.0.1 you can now turn off 3G in iOS 8. Unfortunately this also turns off 2G and 4G and LTE in the process.

(Sorry... that was bad, but I couldn't stop myself)
 
I have installed the patch & it is working well .Will use it until apple bring back the 3g toggle.By installing the patch YOU ONLY CAN USE 2G & not option to use 3G or 4G
Anyway i am happy to get the 2g back
Works perfectly on Vodafone UK
 
jsphshinoj said:
I have installed the patch & it is working well .Will use it until apple bring back the 3g toggle.By installing the patch YOU ONLY CAN USE 2G & not option to use 3G or 4G
Anyway i am happy to get the 2g back
Works perfectly on Vodafone UK
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How does one install the patch?
 
I want to congratulate all of us.

Check out this screen grab from ios 8.1 beta 1!

iOS-8-1-chang-11.jpg
 
same here Vodafone India

Same problem with ios 8.0.2 vodafone India no option to turn off 3G.


zosokm said:
I contacted an apple representative yesterday and they said that there will
be no future updates to rectify this as 2g is an old technology and it was upto your carrier to release updates ( in my case airtel india)
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zosokm said:
I contacted an apple representative yesterday and they said that there will
be no future updates to rectify this as 2g is an old technology and it was upto your carrier to release updates ( in my case airtel india)
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Orka said:
Check out this screen grab from ios 8.1 beta 1!
iOS-8-1-chang-11.jpg
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Note that this means Apple representatives are lying.
We should remember this for the future reference. ;)
 
g-7 said:
Note that this means Apple representatives are lying.
We should remember this for the future reference. ;)
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Or not everyone really knows everything (even if they think they do), as is often the case with a lot of representatives from a lot of different companies.
 
its said to be carrier dependent but if thats true id like to know why previous iphones on my carrier still have their ability to go on EDGE yet my iphone 6 on 8.1 beta 1 doesnt have that, just enable data & enable lte, yet some others on the same ios same phone have the option. confusing much?

my carrier does have an EDGE network they are known & praised for it as one of the very few in canada that has the works (EDGE/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA/LTE 75mbps/LTE 150mbps)
 
Yun0 said:
its said to be carrier dependent but if thats true id like to know why previous iphones on my carrier still have their ability to go on EDGE yet my iphone 6 on 8.1 beta 1 doesnt have that, just enable data & enable lte, yet some others on the same ios same phone have the option. confusing much?

my carrier does have an EDGE network they are known & praised for it as one of the very few in canada that has the works (EDGE/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA/LTE 75mbps/LTE 150mbps)
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Well, what carrier service versions are being compared? Each update often has a slightly different carrier service version where some changes can exist. So a different carrier can have different options on the same iOS version and same iPhone versions. And also previous iPhones can have an older iOS version on them which has a different carrier services version which can have some differences in it.
 
rogers 17.0 on 8.1 beta1 iphone 6, on the 4 & 4s not sure i didnt look. i would of thought carrier versions build upon the previous not remove things
 
I wonder if having the ability to turn off 3G would save my god awful battery. My home base is forever going from 3G to mainly E to sometimes GPRS on the 5S. Am sure this forever searching drains the battery which is why I have to charge it twice a day and can rarely use apps these days because of it. Is 2G, the 'E' that is mostly there instead of the 3G? Also forever on 1 bar...
 
Peter Franks said:
I wonder if having the ability to turn off 3G would save my god awful battery. My home base is forever going from 3G to mainly E to sometimes GPRS on the 5S. Am sure this forever searching drains the battery which is why I have to charge it twice a day and can rarely use apps these days because of it. Is 2G, the 'E' that is mostly there instead of the 3G? Also forever on 1 bar...
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2G = E
o = GPRS (1 or 1.5G)
 
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