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How to tell if your iPhone is 3G or 4G

Simple question, I cannot see if my network signal is 3G/4G (or worse). How do I see this? It was on the home screen of the old iP


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Posted on Feb 8, 2018 1:51 PM

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Posted on Feb 8, 2018 2:58 PM

James Weinberg wrote:


Simple question, I cannot see if my network signal is 3G/4G (or worse). How do I see this? It was on the home screen of the old iP


you should see at the top right on an iPhone X. right next to the battery life.

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Feb 8, 2018 3:11 PM in response to James Weinberg

James Weinberg wrote:


Thank you. I can now see that but the symbol disappears when WiFi is on. For example if I’m at home I still want to see if I’m on 3G or 4g to assess my phone call quality.


Turn off WiFi in Settings>Wi-Fi.


Also - I'm not sure that it's going to say 3G. Even with a 4s I remember it always said 4G because Apple contended that it could access 3G networks at "4G speeds". All I ever see on my iPhone 7 is 4G, LTE, or E (enhanced GSM, which isn't that fast).

How to tell if your iPhone is 3G or 4G

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