Disable 3G and Use LTE Only when possible

Hi,


I have Iphone 5S and latest IOS update.


I want to disable the 3G and use only LTE in my phone. But when LTE is not available it use 3G and eats my credit as data carrier only provides 4G as free in package choosen.


How to disable iphone to not use 3G when LTE is selected and only connect to internet when LTE is available in that area.

iPhone 5s, iOS 9.3.1

Posted on Aug 12, 2016 4:24 AM

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Aug 12, 2016 4:27 AM in response to shanalikhan

From experience in the UK, the ability to turn off 3G/4G and 2G is controlled by the carrier settings. I have O2 in the UK, and they allow you to turn off 4G until a recent update to O2's carrier settings. People on the O2 support site mention O2 often do this.


All of the settings to turn off speed features are in Settings > Cellular.

Aug 12, 2016 4:41 AM in response to shanalikhan

I have not seen that configuration personally, but again Im not sure of what the operators can allow users to select, but these are controlled by the profile that is specific to your network operator. That is the only setting location to disable things like 3G or Data so there arent any other settings on the phone to turn off Cellular features.

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