Force iPhone 6 to use 3G Only

I went to apple support cente and showed them the issue, they said that iphone tries to connect to the most stable or strong network

so if in my location 2g is more stable than 3g then it will automatically connect to 2g

they said forcing to select a specific network mode will be only possible if the software developers put an option of locking to a specific network mode in settings (like in android)

he took my complaint and said he will forward it

and yeah, meg is wrong, my network provider replied they dont control which network mode you want

they said if apple gives you locking network mode option then only you can do it.

Meg is correct.

Cheers

pete

shrikant211 wrote:

he took my complaint and said he will forward it

and yeah, meg is wrong, my network provider replied they dont control which network mode you want

they said if apple gives you locking network mode option then only you can do it.

Whoever you spoke to at your carrier either didn't understand the question or just gave you bad information. It is the carrier settings (provided by the carrier) that determines what options you have in cellular settings. If it wasn't carrier dependent, every iPhone user would have the same options on their phone. They don't.

actually it isnt like that here in india

we dont have carrier specific settings

no carrier locks

no extra charges for wifi tethering

here every iphone actually has same settings options

even apple genius accept that its not possible in ios

what rules applies in your country doesnt apply in the whole world

shrikant211 wrote:

actually it isnt like that here in india

we dont have carrier specific settings

no sim locks

here every iphone actually has same settings options

This has nothing to do with locked or unlocked phones. It has to do with which carrier you actually use once the phone is activated.

i wish i could actually make u understand

i know in your country the settings you can use on you phone depends on carrier and what package you choose with your carrier

but its not so here

shrikant211 wrote:

i wish i could actually make u understand

i know in your country the settings you can use on you phone depends on carrier and what package you choose with your carrier

but its not so here

Says who? All phones regardless of location need settings from the carriers in order to function correctly.

No point arguing with these chaps. Their mind is closed. The problem is with you/your network/your country etc, not the crappy policies that Apple implemented in its devices. And if you argue too much, your posts will be deleted without the courtesy of telling you why.

yes sir, settings required for function of phone i agree.

but here apple itself agrees that iphone doesnt have the feature of locking network mode

"All phones regardless of location need settings from the carriers in order to function correctly."

Just like every phone also tells the carrier a bit about itself. The carrier actually grants to the phone the requests or capabilities it advertises. It is called a handshake. If the phone advertises only 3g capability, the network offers 3g, if it is available or ignores the request if it is not available. Stop blaming the network for what is not its fault.

Adrusa wrote:

And if you argue too much, your posts will be deleted without the courtesy of telling you why.

Posts are deleted if they violate the Terms of Use or if they are a response to a post that was deleted. If your post was delete because it violated the TOU, you will get an email telling you why.

shrikant211 wrote:

yes sir, settings required for function of phone i agree.

but here apple itself agrees that iphone doesnt have the feature of locking network mode

Please provide a link that shows how apple "agrees" to that in your country.

cant provide a link i went to the apple store where i was informed that

they said me, apple doesnt provide this in order to save battery

so basically its like

you have 2g, 3g, 4g

if you set your phone to 4g

and suppose your area has a weak connection of 4g it will take lots of battery to keep connected to that spotty network, hence what ios does is moves to the next connection... i.e 3g or 2g

in android if you set it to force connect to 3g and if there is no 3g network your phone will show no service and will constantly try to connect to network which consumes lots of battery

but in ios it connects to 2g for saving battery..

thats what i was told

Meg St._Clair wrote:

shrikant211 wrote:

he took my complaint and said he will forward it

and yeah, meg is wrong, my network provider replied they dont control which network mode you want

they said if apple gives you locking network mode option then only you can do it.

Whoever you spoke to at your carrier either didn't understand the question or just gave you bad information. It is the carrier settings (provided by the carrier) that determines what options you have in cellular settings. If it wasn't carrier dependent, every iPhone user would have the same options on their phone. They don't.

This is false... "If it wasn't carrier dependent..." Generally it is NOT carrier dependent. Have you ever heard of Android? The important concept for you to understand is the same carriers serve Android and iOS, and the carriers do not care about the Android screen that was posted for you above. Therefore they would allow Apple to have the same setting on its phone.

Now then. The second very important concept for you to understand is that Apple is the same company that used to allow us to toggle 3g on/off. On the iPhone 4, you can turn off cellular data, and you can turn off 3G. This was useful for me. My workplace only has Edge frequencies that can reliably penetrate the building. So unless I turn off 3g/4g/LTE, the battery will fry itself in a couple of hours doing a bandwidth search. The Turn off 3g option in Apple iOS7 for example was very useful.

Now, in iOS9, on newer phones we only have "Turn off LTE" and turn off Cellular data. Now the phone will frantically search for either LTE or 4g all day, frying the battery when my workday is about half complete. Therefore my only choice is to turn Cellular data OFF, which is clearly a terrible option (I admit my case is not very common). But this would be an easy feature for Apple to add and learn from a competitor's clearly superior, and obviously relevant, implementation.

bwoko wrote:

Therefore they would allow Apple to have the same setting on its phone.

Not necessarily. Please provide documentation of that assertion.