Voice and Data is gone after 15.1

Talk to your carrier. The menu setting that allows you to make changes to your cellular selections is controlled by the carrier file that is installed on your iPhone. Usually an iOS update will update the carrier file based on what the carrier sends to Apple, and the files are downloaded and installed together. This is not an iOS issue and is not an Apple issue. The fact that the technician did not call you back has nothing to do with his ability or inability to change your issue. There is nothing for them to fix.

“This is not an iOS issue and is not an Apple issue.” Well, there is one thing that I know for sure and that is… I did not cause the problem, therefore it’s one of their issue. In regards to the technician not calling me back, I will believe what I want to because either way I should have receive a call back per his response to me during our last conversation.

Ok thanks, I guess I’ll just be stuck with a poor connection then. I never had the option to switch to 4g (3g plus). I always used to switch to LTE and then my phone would work better so that’s why I was asking, but I do not want to pay more than I already do.

This happened to me too. Whether an IOS problem or my carrier issue, I got the shaft. My carrier is Cricket and don’t know where to go without paying premium $$$ to get good signal coverage. What I do know is this change happened as soon as I updated IOS 15.1. My husband hasn’t updated and I’m encouraging him now to. It’s just because LTE in rural Texas is bad really bad. At least when I had the option to switch to 3g plus I could stream an entire show on Roku tv now it just freezes and disconnects after a few minutes. Android 4g- 5G phones are so much cheaper than iPhone thinking about switching to one of those phones but would lose a whole lot of Apple apps and downloaded information. It wasn’t broke hate that whoever’s fault it is just messed up a good thing for me.

It is possible that it may be both the carrier and the recent iOS 15.1 upgrade that has caused this problem. But the option to use 3G is still available with the previous iOS version, iOS 15.02 with AT&T. I had the same problem and was fortunate to downgrade back to the 15.02 version in the two week window that Apple allowed before "unsigning" that version and eliminating that option. And I still have the 3G option for now. Apple does not approve of reverting to previous versions after that two week time frame. My understanding is that Crickett uses AT&T as their carrier and they will sunset the 3G in February 2022 so the iOS version issue may be moot. It is possible that after the "sunset" AT&T's LTE band will improve reception in your and my area?? One can only hope. You can consider switching to another MNVO that uses another carrier that will use 3G a little longer, although all carriers will eventually sunset the 3G network. The option to use 3G with the latest iOS version of 15.1 may still not be possible even with another phone carrier and I would check to be sure before a change. For those of us in this situation, I would advise not to upgrade to iOS 15.1 at least until AT&T's sunset of 3G in February of 2022.

This is Apple trying to phase out older phones…again. I have an iPhone X, where LTE never worked properly for voice. From day one of buying the phone new, just after launch, tech support told me to turn off LTE. Now that LTE is the only option, my phone is no longer usable for making phone calls. Apple has a history of forced obsolescence, this is just the most recent chapter.

My buddy has a iphone SE 2020, at&t.

as do i.

my phone is updated to 15.2 and it sucks at my house now that the 4G option is gone.

his phone ontheotherhand is still at 14.8 switch allows him to use the voice and data 4G option still.

he said he would be willing to trade me phones so i have access while homebound.

im down to trade but will his 4G option be takin away in Febuary since its supposedly 3G plus?

will everyones be takin away cone Feb? Please lmk

this update is ruining my life haha

I'm on iOS 15.1. I've done all of the updates since they came out. You need to contact AT&T support for help with this.

No. This is an iOS issue. I use to use 4G everyday at work because LTE doesn’t work great but doesn’t manually switch over. My coworkers who did not upgrade are still able to switch over.

If having the option to switch to 3G is important to you, I suggest downgrading back to iOS 15.02 until Apple fixes the update or 3G is no longer available.

Apple does not allow downgrading the operating system.