iPhone 4S unable to turn off 3G?!

Matt NewBones wrote:

Yes Sir! Settings, General, Network, Enable 3G toggle as the first option on screen.

Not here... Strange.

Maybe there is no 2G support in my area..??

Jordan19s wrote:

same here its not there for my im using an Iphone 4s for AT&T

Same here. Hummmm.

All I have is 'turn off cellular data'.

Do you read what you want to read? Scroll up a bit and read my post.

Would you want to share what official source confirms this? Provide a link?

It would be appreciated (by me anyway, can't speak for others here that will just be mad anyway).

If it's true that AT&T customers don't have the switch in 5.1, at least AT&T's 4S customers now get a "4G" status indicator to impress their CDMA friends LOL!

No official source, but on every message board I've seen discussing 5.1, the only ones saying they didn't get the switch back have been AT&T customers. Everyone else has acknowledged that it's back on their 4Ss.

This could be the reason why: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/att-to-end-2g-service-offers-free-3g-phone-u pgrades/

I have a factory unlocked 4S that I use in the U.S. on Tmobile and after updating to iOS 5.1 I do have the seperate 3G on/off button, so of course I shut it off being that 3G is not supported by Tmobile for the iPhone. We'll see if it changes anything with the battery drain issue too.

LOL, I'm so glad I'm not on AT&T. They're so lame to request such a change. I'm sure it wasn't Apple's idea to use "4G". If I'm not mistaken, they were against it.

oh man this is so lame... great I get the 4G icon on my phone (which means nothing) and I STILL can't turn off 3G (or 4G)... what a crappy update, Apple please fix this, the toggle should be turn off 3G on 3G phones and 4G on "4G" phones... did this release even pass a QA process?

I do like how i can delete from my photostream now though

Slow down and educate yourself guey, so you do not post other comments and embarrass yourself as you just did! 😎

Allow me to edumucate you, homey. At this point you show us that you have an AT&T iPhone. No other punk a** iPhone would show fake 4G except the AT&T iPhone. True 4G is LTE and there are no iPhones with that technology on their comm chip.

The fact that most folks have the 3G switch and AT&T folks do not, means that it is now out of Apple's hands. It is an issue that you have with AT&T. AT&T is who is not allowing you folks to turn 3G on & off. Storm AT&T's Internet portals with your ire!!!!! We wid ju all da way, guey.

If you have the 4G symbol (HSPA+) at this time then AT&T has, or is about to update your towers to 4G LTE. This means they are probably soon going to turn off the EDGE network in your area so there would be no need for the switch.

Cheers!!!

Vodafone Portugal 3G switch available on ios5.1!!!

Battery improvement.......still testing....

YESSSSS

deggie wrote:

If you have the 4G symbol (HSPA+) at this time then AT&T has, or is about to update your towers to 4G LTE. This means they are probably soon going to turn off the EDGE network in your area so there would be no need for the switch.

You've got me a bit confused, deggie (not hard, I know). Are you saying that HSPA+ is the same thing as 4G LTE? My understanding is that they're two different things, requiring different types of SIM cards.

There are no iPhones that can provide LTE. The iPhones 4S that are showing 4G on AT&T are doing so with HSPA+, fake 4G or 4G light, if you will. LTE and HSPA+ are not the same. I do not know if they require different SIMs, but the comm chipset in the iPad 2+ announced yesterday is more sophisticated and includes the LTE technology not found in the comm chipset in the iPhone 4S.

At this stage, "4G" is meaningless in technical terms. The specification defined is not met by ANY carrier anywhere on the planet. It's now simply a marketing tool. Nothing more than a statement meaning "faster than 3G".

I think Meg was confused by deggie's statement. Deggie did not mean to imply that LTE and HSPA+ are the same, what I believe he intended to convey was that If you are in an area where AT&T has upgraded their service to provide HSPA+ coverage, they are planning to decommision their EDGE network in the very near future. I'm fairly certain this is thanks to a deal with regulators intended to free up that frequency range for other things.