Johnny Oxford

Q: ios8 3G disable no longer available

Hi, I have a problem. I live in the UK in an area where the 3G signal is weak. Ever since I have used iphone (since iphone 3G) - I have used it with 3G switched off when at home. That way it was forced to use the GPRS (or 2G) mobile signal from o2.

 

This worked fine, and I had 4 or 5 bars of signal always. If I enabled 3G at home that would drop to between 1 bar and NO SERVICE. This made using the iphone as a telephone virtually impossible as call quality was rubbish and often dropped out.

 

I used wifi for internet so it was never an issue, and I switched on 3G when out if I needed it.

 

Since the ios8 upgrade APPLE have taken away the ability to switch between 2G and 3G. Instead the button now switches between 4G and either 2G or 3G, this either is decided by the iphone itself depending on the strength of the 2G and 3G signals.

 

I have spoken to APPLE twice about this. The first time yeaterday they flatly blamed o2 and said it was nothing to do with them. So I called o2 and guess what; yes you got it, they blamed Apple. IT reminded me of when Steve Jobs got up on that stage and denied there was ever a problem with the iPhone 4 antenna a few years back.

 

So I called Apple back, and today the guy I spoke to did seem to understand my problem and sympathise with it. He said I was not alone and that hopefully it would be fixed by an update. I have since however read various blogs with people complaining about this since the beginning of the year with BETA verions of ios8, and in the past 48 hours many more, from Ireland, Argentina, South Africa, India......

 

Luckily for me I am only 3 months away from an upgrade, so if they dont fix it by then I am going to take the leap and jump to Android.

 

The short term solution - and you need to be quick if you have already upgraded to ios8, is to downgrade to ios7.1.2

 

This is not officially supported by Apple, but it you google it, it is quite easy, you have to download an ipsw file and then do a restore in itunes, but you will lose everything on the phone, and you cannot back up from a backup made with ios8.

 

I hope they sort this out, it has driven me mad over the past 2 days.

 

We need the Toggle between 2G and 3G to be re-instated

iPhone 5, iOS 8, cannot disable 3G

Posted on Sep 19, 2014 6:56 AM

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