Q: iPhone 4S unable to turn off 3G?!

boocy wrote:

 

All we want is to have the ability to switch between 2G or 3G ourselves rather than relying on the mobile to make a poor decision.

 

We know it is possible to do because previous iPhone versions have that ability and apparently those who have jailbroken phones have that ability with the 4S.

 

With respect to your years of experince with radio resource management, talk of the phone having the ability to decide which cell tower to use, traffic shaping, networks managing radio resource and so on - is really outside the scope of this discussion.

And 5.1 should provide that switch.  On the other hand, I was reading recently that 2G will probably be phased out by ATT due to limited spectrum in favor of 4G services.  I guess that will leave some people with a choice of upgrading to 3G, or being without service in large areas of the country where 2G is currently the only level of data and voice service.

I wasn't trying to insult your intelligence so please, don't insult mine. I was simply attempting to politely point out that your technical regurgitation is off subject and irrelevant and therefore does not contribute to the discussion in any manner that is helpful.

I thought that it was very relevant and I thank him for taking the time to lay it out in English that even I could understand.

The original conversation died after five folks said I want this and five others pointed out that it was likely in the future as the beta being tested included it. Everything else is superfluous frosting.

Well, I just updated my 4S to 5.1, and if there is a 2G toggle, I didn't find it.  Not mentioned in release notes.

Sigh.

I got involved in this thread right at the start and I'm glad to say that it is back for me. iOS 5.1 iPhone 4S 32GB O2 network in UK. Woop!

I can turn 3G on, I can turn 3G off. They listened!

Tell rphunte42 exactly where you found the switch/toggle please.

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

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

At first glance I thought that said Yes Siri

Thanks for letting folks know where it is located. I am waiting for my iPad 2 to update to iOS 5.1, so I cannot yet update my iPhone or I would have looked for it myself.

Cool, I hope it's there for you. Judging by a few of the comments just now it seems there's further controls over who is getting it and who is not. I don't think I can deal with keeping up to date with another forum string like this one if that's the case!

Nevermind.

O2 network in the UK. I think it's owned by British Telecom.

The only cases I've seen where people don't get it are CDMA iPhones. It's not possible to turn off 3G on CDMA. Never has been.

Matt NewBones wrote:

 

O2 network in the UK. I think it's owned by British Telecom.

BT do not own O2. It was sold to Telefonica in 2006.