How do I use 2g on iOS 8?

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?

Posted on Sep 17, 2014 2:19 PM

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Oct 5, 2014 7:07 PM in response to deggie

Deggie, can't you see the point we all love Apple for its high quality services like Siri, iCloud, iMessage, but most of them are subject to having an internet access. So for me it's a dead end, either I will use all these remarkable features and have my battery dead in several hours or I do not use them at all and then what will be the difference between iPhone or android for me. And as I posted earlier both android and windows phone let you to switch easily from 2g to 3G and even 4g if you need. In my country neither authorized reseller nor my carrier could fix the issue and both of them said it was from Apple

Oct 5, 2014 7:11 PM in response to askarfromkz

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.

Oct 6, 2014 7:32 PM in response to askarfromkz

These all features were working so accurately on 2G also. Well, we had an option to turn on 2G whenever we would want to save the battery life. But 3G mahn its just useless to have 3G 24/7 on a phone which has battery of 1500mhz only. I use wifi at home, no probz, but what if I am travelling? And my all businesses are on emails, I can not even turn off my data. Apple has gone too far to think that disabling 2G will work with all the countries. I believe a phone should be such that is flexible to be used in all networks, whether its 2G, 3G, or 4G plus networks. Users must have freedom in phone to select any of these, which android gives. Mahn I really love apple, but not anymore after iOS 8. Lets see the next update, if it is not resolved then I have no option but to say good bye to my iPhone.

Oct 6, 2014 7:55 PM in response to deggie

Deggie, you are not getting the point here. The question is, why the toggle of 2G and 3G, even 4G plus networks in android is possible but not in iOS8? Why in android there is no need to have carrier update for turining off and on of 2G and 3G and only in iOS? I am sure apple had something in mind while designing this new iOS, but lets accept the fact that it becomes the inconvenience for many apple user across the world. I really love apple products, I would prefer apple products for sure in future, because I find no other products can come in comparison with apple, but I would not prefer iPhone until and unless this problem is solved by apple itself. We are just trying here to bring this issue in highlight that iOS designers can see it and fix this issue. If this problem is permanent, then I am sure apple has to lose many of its' users all over the world.

Oct 6, 2014 8:53 PM in response to salman88

I do get the point. iOS has always had only one cellular toggle. Back when i had my iPhone 3G I could turn off 3G and go the 2G. With the iPhone 5 I could turn off LTE and revert to AT&Ts "4G". Same with my 6 Plus. This is set in carrier settings. If your provider is now offering 4G/LTE then the carrier settings set the single toggle from 4G/LTE to 3G. It has always been this way with iOS and iPhones.

Oct 7, 2014 10:40 PM in response to Satanatos

It is not true, the option of changing the signal was introduced with the new ios 8, and not by the operator, I guess Apple thinks 3g netvork everywhere in the world is well covered as it is in America, Western Europe and other developed countries ... I am few days used ios8 and then I went back to 7.1.2 and now I use it and will be used until not officially return option 2g / 3g ...

Oct 8, 2014 7:29 PM in response to deggie

No my friend, you are not getting my point at all. Sitting in USA, having access to accurate WiFi, and all LTE networks, you cannot understand the difficulty of a user who lives in a small town of India, where we don't have access to proper 3G even. Why shouldn't i be so much concerned to my battery in this case now, this poor 3G network drains my battery badly. I don't understand what apple has in mind. It is surely not carrier fault. As I have already suggested, why android has the flexibility of switching any network - please pay attention to my words "any network" whether 2G, 3G, and 4G plus - and why not iOS? If apple doesn't fix this, I am sure it will lose billions of it's customers. Because apple makes changes in keeping mind the circumstances of USA only, while android keeps the whole world in consideration while designing. I am sure apple is more capable of android, and this is the reason I am so stubbornly arguing this point again and again that they should enable the 3G toggle. iOS 8 is no doubt very good, but only disaster it has is missing 3G toggle.

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