I'm in an area with somewhat spotty 3G coverage. I used to leave my old iPhone on 2G/Edge most of the time, and when I needed data would turn on 3G. This saved my battery life quite a bit. However with the 4S (AT&T) I can't seem to find any sort of option to turn off 3G. Does anyone know if its somewhere else in the settings or if its been disabled?
Thanks!
iPhone 4S-OTHER, iOS 5, AT&T
When I was using iPhone 4, I always turned off 3G and only let the phone running on EDGE, which is enough for me to receive push notification and checking tweets, and the battery can last for ~1.5 days with everything on. But with 4S, due to there is no option to toggle off 3G, the phone can barely last for half a day, and I have to charge it twice a day.
Apple said they are working on the remaining battery draining issue which couldn't be fix on iOS 5.0.1 and it's been 3 weeks since the release of iOS 5.1 beta 2. Hopefully Apple is working with Qualcomm to release the firmware update to restore the 3G on/off switch.
We can now turn off 3G on iOS 5.1 beta 3, yay.
Yes, the ENABLE 3G button is available on 5.1 beta 3. It should be there in the final 5.1.
When will released the 5.1 with switch 3g/2g?? We need it 😢
AGREE!!! But even more I need the iPhone 5 ... still waiting!
I just did the update and I don't have the enable 3G button back. My phone will still be a paperweight for 8-10 hours a day.
What carrier are you on and where are you located?
Tucson, Arizona and I'm on AT&T.
Unless it will require a carrier update, which is possible but not likely, it may be as others have said, that AT&T is turning off the EDGE frequencies so they asked that it not be included for their phones.
We all know by now that the ENABLE 3G button is intentionally removed by Apple, it's not due to hardware constraint and poeple who need the ability to turn 3G off should avoid the 5.1 until tool that can not be named becomes available.
Hey guys! I have the enable 3G button back!! I live in Lima, Peru; my carrier is Movistar (Telefónica)!
It's safe to update to 5.1, ENABLE 3G is back.
What carrier do you have? I updated and I don't have the button.
I am on Mobifone in VN, a GSM operator having 3G and 2G.
If you haven't read through this already, it might help:
How do I turn off 3G on the iPhone 4S?
