iOS 8.1 LTE / 3G / 2G toggle

rbrylawski wrote:

Hate aside, I'm curious why 2G/3G is important to you? Do you not line in the US, where LTE service is just about everywhere?

Kind of depends; for example, for AT&T there's a fair amount of area, especially in the Western US, that has no coverage at all and a lot is not LTE.

Not to mention LTE frequencies often don't penetrate buildings unless a tower is nearby, causing a fallback to 4G or below.

MMe too have the same problem on my iphone 6. Did the update to 8.1 hopibg that I can switch off 3G but no option except for enable LTE. I am using Airtel in India. But I did notice that the carrier update is the same for 8.02 and 8.1, "Airtel 18.0" does that have to do with anything.

I'm having a same problem. Unable to toggle between 2G/3G. No impact on carrier settings as they stated in iOS 8.1 update.

Network: Airtel

Location: India

iOS release: 8.1

Model: iPhone 6

Please help me here. I tried to reach my customer care for settings on this and they said its all depends on your handset and software.

Am also facing the same in Airtel. i thought it will be solved in iOS 8.1. but still the same, Unable to toggle between 2G/3G. No impact on carrier settings as they stated in iOS 8.1 update

Network: Airtel

Location: India

iOS release: 8.1

Model: iPhone 5S

Hi!

Is it possible for 8.1 to set "LTE or below", like it was on 8? Back there it I switched LTE on, but phone could not find LTE, it switched to 3G or EDGE. Now it seems that if I select LTE in Voice & Data, and there is no LTE nearby, phone doesn't downgrade and becomes offline. So I need no manually switch to 3G or 2G. Very inconvinient.Does anybody else experience this?

Same problem here

No 2G /3G option

Restarted/ hard reset my phone

Model : Iphone 5s

My other friends got this after ios8.1 update.... not me 😟

And those asking for why we need it, FYI , it saves battery whenever you need it. I dont want to use 4G when i am just chatting on whatsapp on go. 2G can serve well there and will save you from running out of battery............

I spoke to Airtel customer service and they seem to have no idea of such issues and told such LTE option in iphone has existed for a year now and wont change soon, so its better to switch away from Airtel for a while until they fix this. Im going to port my number.

Hello to all.

NO carrier update needed To see the 2g 3G and 4g selection.

i have got a blackberry as well and it has the selection for 2g 3g 4g. Same carrier same SIM card Same data plan. Just different device in the same place same area.

SO I think it's apple problem.

I'm also having the same issues with the options for selecting between 2g, 3g, and LTE not showing up. I reset Network Settings, updated PRL, reactivated my iPhone 6, and restored my iPhone and setup as new iPhone.

STOP!

I have 5S 64 GB, my friend 5S 32Gb, both updated to iOS 8.1.

He has 2G/3G/LTE switch, but my cellular menu wasn't even updated.

When he installed iOS 8.0 a "modem" line was erased from his menu, so he couldn't create an access point.

II've been having a rubbish signal on my iphone 6 since I bought it . In my house 2g has full signal. I get dropped calls all the time as it sits on 3 g one bar . I had hoped this new iOS 8.1 would do the trick and I could switch to 2g in the house, but it seems it might be carrier dependent....I think I'll wait and see if O2 UK decide to support it before I take the plunge....so if anyone is on O2 and the toggle works, please post!

That's why we need an option to select particular 3G band like UMTS900. Carriers are keeping us on UMTS2100 even when the signal is very poor (-120 dBm).

Same situation for LTE800 where carriers are keeping us on LTE1800 or LTE2600.

Can I just say I wish! My iPhone 5S spends most of it's time on 2G Edge even when the same signal strength is available on 3g.

And I also do not see the 2g,3g,4g switch which was the main reason for the upgrade.

Hi

I am using 3G Service from BSNL, India in iPad 4 update to iOS 8.1.

in iOS 8.1, Apple has announced option to select between 2G, 3G or LTE networks for cellular data. I have updated my iPad 4 OS to 8.1. but still do not see option to chose the Cellular Network type. There is no option even for enabling a HotSpot!!!

Any help will be highly appreciated.

I was really looking forward to this feature when I saw it on the update. After installing, I noticed it was not there. I tried everything from rebooting to reinstalling.....nothing. I hope they fix this.

iPhone 5

Tmobile

8.1