IIn ios7 i had the toggle option for 3G and if I switched it off i was able to use 2g,but in iOS 8 the toggle option is for lte and in india we don't get lte band and my phone picks up 3G as default and im not able to use or switch to 2g,can someone help me here?
Mate there is something you got wrong here. I don't believe Apple did this intentionally. this is just a big bug that they didn't wanted to solve until ios 8.1 wait for another week and when they roll out the official 8.1 this problem like all bug eventually will be solved. I hope you see this before it gets deleted.
deggie wrote:
The cellular switch on the iPhone is defined within the carrier settings. This is how the iPhone works so despite what your carrier is telling you they had a hand in this. If you try to roll your phone back to iOS 7.1.2 you will also need to obtain the old carrier settings profile. Or you will have to switch to Android or Windows.
It is iOS and the type of iPhone that define how celluar network is configured, i.e., whether you can use 2g, 3g or 4g. The carrier has nothing to with the phone's settings.
If you have iPhone 4s with iOS 8, you have the option to toggle of 3g, but this is not the case with iPhone 5 and iPhone 6. I have recently bought iPhone 6, and I have no option to toggle of 3g; there is only option to use either 3g or 4g, but cannot choose 2g (edge), but with my iPhone 4s I can toggle of 3g. If it is the carrier that determines celluar network, why Android phones have the option to use both 2g, 3g and 4g within the same carrier netwok?
I do not have experience with iPhone 5s, but I believe that within the same carrier network, iPhone 5 with iOS 7 can toggle of 3g, while iPhone 5 with iOS 8.0.2 cannot. From this, it is obvious it is operative system and not carrier that deremines how celluar network is configured.
The problem with iPhone 6 using iOS 8.0.2 is that the phone is constantly looking for 3g network, even if I disable celluar. It does not look for 2g, but by default, looking for 3g. The signal is very weak because 3g is weaker than 2g in the area I live. On the other hand, iPhone 4s has strong signal, because it can use 2g, ignoring 3g.
I believe that it is iOS causing such behaviour. I hope that with the next update of iOS 8, this will be solved.
Best regards,
Aleksandar
Of course the iPhone model is taken into consideration as well. Not all models are LTE/4G capable, just because they do not have the required hardware installed. Apart from that ALL what you said is 100% accurate. I do hope iOS 8.1 will bring us the option to select network type and then it will be time for me to upgrade !
deggie wrote:
The cellular switch on the iPhone is defined within the carrier settings. This is how the iPhone works so despite what your carrier is telling you they had a hand in this. If you try to roll your phone back to iOS 7.1.2 you will also need to obtain the old carrier settings profile. Or you will have to switch to Android or Windows.
No Sir,
I have a 5C and always had the 3G toggle. After upgrading to 8, as everybody else experienced, that toggle disappeared & no Carrier update was downloaded indivisually. However, when i reverted back to 7.1.2 I got my toggles back & didn't have to download any carrier settings again.
I understand where you're coming from but in countries like India, Turkey etc. the situation is different. Incidently, many are reporting that in 8.1 all those are toggles are being restored. You may google suitably as links here get deleted by Admins. for some strange reason.
It is iOS and the type of iPhone that define how celluar network is configured, i.e., whether you can use 2g, 3g or 4g. The carrier has nothing to with the phone's settings.
Sorry Kalkas, this statement is absolutely wrong. Despite what you think, carrier settings control everything about how your iPhone communicates with the mobile operator network and also determine your available features and settings quite a bit. This includes, but is not limited to:
To prove it, try swapping your SIM with a friend on a different network and check for available updates. Soon you should get a Carrier Update for that operator otherwise the phone is useless. You can also read about how to iOS: Updating your carrier settings.
Kalkas wrote:
deggie wrote:
The cellular switch on the iPhone is defined within the carrier settings. This is how the iPhone works so despite what your carrier is telling you they had a hand in this. If you try to roll your phone back to iOS 7.1.2 you will also need to obtain the old carrier settings profile. Or you will have to switch to Android or Windows.
It is iOS and the type of iPhone that define how celluar network is configured, i.e., whether you can use 2g, 3g or 4g. The carrier has nothing to with the phone's settings.
If you have iPhone 4s with iOS 8, you have the option to toggle of 3g, but this is not the case with iPhone 5 and iPhone 6. I have recently bought iPhone 6, and I have no option to toggle of 3g; there is only option to use either 3g or 4g, but cannot choose 2g (edge), but with my iPhone 4s I can toggle of 3g. If it is the carrier that determines celluar network, why Android phones have the option to use both 2g, 3g and 4g within the same carrier netwok?
I do not have experience with iPhone 5s, but I believe that within the same carrier network, iPhone 5 with iOS 7 can toggle of 3g, while iPhone 5 with iOS 8.0.2 cannot. From this, it is obvious it is operative system and not carrier that deremines how celluar network is configured.
The problem with iPhone 6 using iOS 8.0.2 is that the phone is constantly looking for 3g network, even if I disable celluar. It does not look for 2g, but by default, looking for 3g. The signal is very weak because 3g is weaker than 2g in the area I live. On the other hand, iPhone 4s has strong signal, because it can use 2g, ignoring 3g.
I believe that it is iOS causing such behaviour. I hope that with the next update of iOS 8, this will be solved.
Best regards,
Aleksandar
Yes Sir - you are Correct & as is being reported on many internet blogs - 8.1 brings all the toggles back - fingers crossed 😁
To all who are concerned about this. Read this article, which states iOS 8.1 coming soon, will return the option to toggle between 2g/3g service:
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2014/10/ios-8-1-switch-cellular-data-2g-3g-lte.html
I have been using ios8 since beta 1 and 3g toggle gone since 8.1 beta 1 update. Where you are wrong is there is not and have never been 4g in mu country (turkey) whic is absolitely idiotic for my carrier to try to let me use lte network. Maybe you have not seen the deleted posts about the 3g toggles came back and there is still a lte toggle with 3g and 2g options first time in a turkish iphone. Please be sure about your ideas before saying someone is wrong.
Alfred DeRose wrote:
It is iOS and the type of iPhone that define how celluar network is configured, i.e., whether you can use 2g, 3g or 4g. The carrier has nothing to with the phone's settings.
Sorry Kalkas, this statement is absolutely wrong. Despite what you think, carrier settings control everything about how your iPhone communicates with the mobile operator network and also determine your available features and settings quite a bit. This includes, but is not limited to:
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To prove it, try swapping your SIM with a friend on a different network and check for available updates. Soon you should get a Carrier Update for that operator otherwise the phone is useless. You can also read about how to iOS: Updating your carrier settings.
Let me ask you one question. Have you the option to choose 2g (by toggling off 3g) on your iPhone capable of LTG, such as iPhone 5 or iPhone 6 running iOS 8.0.x with your carrier? If not, how do you know that iOS 8.0.x is not at fault here?
Good news is that with the the upcoming iOS 8.1 update, around the 20th October, iPhone users will have the option to choose between 2g, 3g and 4g.
Thank you rbrylawski for the link. 🙂
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2014/10/ios-8-1-switch-cellular-data-2g-3g-lte.html
Here is another link about the upcoming iOS 8.1
http://www.redmondpie.com/ios-8.1-will-let-you-select-between-2g-3g-or-lte-optio n/
It is obvious that it is an iOS issue and not the carrier's fault. My carrier have 2g, 3g and 4g traffic, but I cannot choose 2g with iPhone 5 and iPhone 6 running iOS 8.0.2.
Best regards,
Aleksandar
Let me ask you one question. Have you the option to choose 2g (by toggling off 3g) on your iPhone capable of LTG, such as iPhone 5 or iPhone 6 running iOS 8.0.x with your carrier? If not, how do you know that iOS 8.0.x is not at fault here?
I said nothing about whether iOS 8 played a roll or not. It may be, but that wasn't the point of my post. Your blanket statement that only iOS and the type of iPhone define how the cellular network is configured is wrong for the reasons I mentioned.
Hello,
I admit that my statement was not quite correct if considering it as a general statement, without considering the context of our discussion. Nevertheless, my point was that a carrier couldn't help iPhone users to have the option for choosing 2g with an iPhone capable of LTG (4g), i.e., iPhone 5 and iPhone 6, running iOS 8.0.x. The whole thread was about the problem to toggle off 3g with iOS 8 update, and some people insisted that it was not the iOS fault, but carrier's fault for not being able to toggle of 3g, which is absolutely wrong in this context of discussion. Your input in the discussion could be interpreted in that direction, which was why I stated that carrier has nothing to do with the option to toggle of 3g. I believe that my statement, in the context of our discussion, is quite correct.
It is still not clear for me what is your view about the iOS role in this context? Do you agree with me that a carrier cannot help iPhone users to have the option to use only 2g, if we talk about iPhones capable of LTG, such as iPhone 5 and iPhone 6 with iOS 8.0.2 (most updated iOS at the time of writing)?
Best regards,
Aleksandar
Hi all . . .
I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I posted b4 that I have donwgraded to iOS 7.1.2 due to this nuisance of always 3G in iOS 8.
Now iOS 8.1 has been released and I have updated my iPhone 5S and iPhone 6.
iPhone 6 => BSNL (Tamil Nadu, India) => 3G/2G/LTE toggle works like a charm => Problem solved
iPhone 5S => Airtel (Tamil Nadu, India) => No changes, same always on 3G problem => Problem remains
Hmmm good days are back. I am getting LTE, 3G, and 2G options back in my iPhone 5. Thank you Apple.
bobcandy wrote:
Hi all . . .
I am from Tamil Nadu, India. I posted b4 that I have donwgraded to iOS 7.1.2 due to this nuisance of always 3G in iOS 8.
Now iOS 8.1 has been released and I have updated my iPhone 5S and iPhone 6.
iPhone 6 => BSNL (Tamil Nadu, India) => 3G/2G/LTE toggle works like a charm => Problem solved
iPhone 5S => Airtel (Tamil Nadu, India) => No changes, same always on 3G problem => Problem remains
Yes - it's an Airtel India issue with iPhone 5c/5s and later as those phones have an additonal LTE band, which Airtel India uses. I checked with Vodafone India SIM on 8.1 & all reinstated toggles show up 🙂
This is a network dependent hassle, I was in Kolkata and was using Reliance GSM and I very much had the 2g/3g/lte toggle option on the iphone 5s working on i0s8.1, but the moment I inserted my airtel sim the option went away... Seems like Airtel and Vodafone have registered as LTE operators with Apple and hence the SMART ios8 is automatically enabling or disabling the options basis the SIM you are using. This must be immediately removed.
How do I use 2g on iOS 8?
