Can you disable GPRS and Edge and FORCE the iPhone to only use 3G?
Can you disable GPRS and Edge and FORCE the iPhone to only use 3G?
I'm in the UK on O2. I have a perfectly decent 3G signal in my home, usually around 2 to 3 bars, sometimes dropping to 1. Not the fastest, but perfectly adequate for regular web browsing. This is my problem; my iPhone decides about every 5 minutes that this is not good enough and switches to the full strength, 5 bar GPRS (or occasionally Edge) signal. As a result web browsing becomes excruciatingly slow. Even a 1 bar 3G signal is miles faster than a full strength GPRS signal.
So this is my routine -
1. There i am browsing the web
2. iPhone suddenly decides i should be on GPRS
3. Browsing slows to a frustrating crawl
4. Go to settings and turn airplane mode on and off
5. Great! Back on 3G and web browsing as normal
6. A few minutes later iPhone decides i should be on GPRS
7. repeat ad-bloody-nauseum
It's driving me nuts.
I have tried putting in the wrong APN settings, as suggested on another thread, but I can't connect through 3G either when i've done this. I also can't disable it through my carrier as i do actually need GPRS when i visit my parent's home out in the country. So is there any way i can force the iPhone to use 3G only?
I'm in the UK on O2. I have a perfectly decent 3G signal in my home, usually around 2 to 3 bars, sometimes dropping to 1. Not the fastest, but perfectly adequate for regular web browsing. This is my problem; my iPhone decides about every 5 minutes that this is not good enough and switches to the full strength, 5 bar GPRS (or occasionally Edge) signal. As a result web browsing becomes excruciatingly slow. Even a 1 bar 3G signal is miles faster than a full strength GPRS signal.
So this is my routine -
1. There i am browsing the web
2. iPhone suddenly decides i should be on GPRS
3. Browsing slows to a frustrating crawl
4. Go to settings and turn airplane mode on and off
5. Great! Back on 3G and web browsing as normal
6. A few minutes later iPhone decides i should be on GPRS
7. repeat ad-bloody-nauseum
It's driving me nuts.
I have tried putting in the wrong APN settings, as suggested on another thread, but I can't connect through 3G either when i've done this. I also can't disable it through my carrier as i do actually need GPRS when i visit my parent's home out in the country. So is there any way i can force the iPhone to use 3G only?
iPhone, Mac OS X (10.5.5), IPhone
