Anyway to turn off 3g in our cdma phones. Might save a lot of battery.
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turn off "mobile network" and just use wifi at home?
I've read that the phone constantly searching for 3G and/or using 3G is a big battery drain. Also that unless you require the bandwidth you can do just fine with 2g. There are apps on the market to let you switch 3g off but the ones I found don't work with cdma phones.
Turning mobile network off like said above will turn off 3g...
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Doesn't it turn off 2G or edge also. I want data when I don't have wifi. I also thought the phone switched off mobile network when connects wifi automatically.
If you hold the power button and turn off mobile network it turns off 3g. It goes to 1x and you basically receive text and phone calls..it helps turning it off in my house because I don't get great reception so its not always looking for that 3g
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Thanks. Is that only 1G? That's partially what I want. Better would be to be able to get 2G which would be ok for web browsing. 1x is painfully slow and useless. I'd like to be able to switch to 3x just for streaming video, downloading, or other high data needs.
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Thanks.
Is that only 1G?
I'd like to be able to switch to 3x just for streaming video, downloading, or other high data needs.
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Yes.
Hold power down.
I think ATT when you turn off 3g it goes to 2g.but if um not using 3g I keep it in 1x
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If you still have sense, there is a widget from the settings that you can add to do this instead of having to hit the power button. Make it a 1 step process!
So it is not possible to shut off 3G and keep 2G?
analog = 1Gen network
1X = 2Gen network
EVDO = 3Gen network
EDGE is GSM 2G, does not apply to this discussion.
patches152 said:
analog = 1Gen network
1X = 2Gen network
EVDO = 3Gen network
EDGE is GSM 2G, does not apply to this discussion.
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Well Verizon 2g is hella wack then cause I tested Facebook mobile site on my phone and a Iphone 2g and the iPhone got thru way faster. I thought it was cause I was on 1g but...
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So it is not possible to shut off 3G and keep 2G?
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No.
An easy way to see what you can and can't do is to install the HTC Widgets (found under "Widgets", then "Settings").
The one's relevant to the topic are:
Mobile Network and Wi-Fi.
I also use Bluetooth and GPS widgets, and between the four, manage battery consumption as best I can depending upon what I'm doing and whether or not I have wi-fi coverage available. If I'm just doing calls and SMS text messaging, I turn them all off.
OK. Thanks all
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My phone can turn off my 3g to 2g. What kind of phone do you have?
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My phone can turn off my 3g to 2g. What kind of phone do you have?
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I have an HTC incredible.
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My phone can turn off my 3g to 2g. What kind of phone do you have?
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Incredible. The OP is looking for wireless data (see his post #5) when 3G is off. If you can do that, post a how-to. When I disable 3G and wi-fi, I get 1x - which is 2G, as explained - but isn't what the OP is trying to ask for (but getting terminology mixed up).
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Does any sort of app exist? I'm rooted and for battery saving purposes, would it not be a good idea to switch to 2g automatically when the screen is off for more than a minute? Then when the phone is woken up switch back to 3g?
I'm not talking about turning data off completely as this would stop whatsapp messages coming through.
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Does any sort of app exist? I'm rooted and for battery saving purposes, would it not be a good idea to switch to 2g automatically when the screen is off for more than a minute? Then when the phone is woken up switch back to 3g?
I'm not talking about turning data off completely as this would stop whatsapp messages coming through.
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Dont know if it helps but I just made this post a few hours ago.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1765911
Not sure if that's what you need though.
It uses mobile data though... For 2g and 3g I'll try to create a new app for that
But for now yeah that's what I have
Would Tasker not be able to do that?
(I've only used it a few times recently but sounds within its capabilities)
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Would Tasker not be able to do that?
(I've only used it a few times recently but sounds within its capabilities)
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It is built using tasker.
I tried to use Tasker for this but not sure how to configure it. Anyone successfully configure please share the steps..
yltan said:
I tried to use Tasker for this but not sure how to configure it. Anyone successfully configure please share the steps..
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if you turn off the 3g while the screen is off, you wont receive any emails is this correct?
2g... Data is data. Psst, you can watch Youtube without 3g!
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Hi
kevz65 said:
Does any sort of app exist? I'm rooted and for battery saving purposes, would it not be a good idea to switch to 2g automatically when the screen is off for more than a minute? Then when the phone is woken up switch back to 3g?
I'm not talking about turning data off completely as this would stop whatsapp messages coming through.
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It's not that simple and probably not worthwhile. 2G and 3G on standby are pretty close in terms of power usage, the only time you usually find an advantage with 2G is where the 3G signal is weaker, so less power is used keeping in touch with the 2G tower. If you fix the phone to 2G, you also save some power if moving around as the phone is only talking/listening to 2G cells, and less likely to be swapping about. When you have "auto" selected and you are moving around the phone has to monitor both 2G and 3G cells to be ready to make a handover decision, so that is extra power.
If you have the phone constantly dropping 2G to go to 3G when you turn on the screen, then back again, that all takes extra power to negotiate with the cells. Also if you get a phone call and the phone switches to 3G, this will drop all connections when the setting is changed, as you can only have a smooth handover when the phone is in "auto" mode and has already established a handover strategy.
Then you need to factor in data usage. When any applications sync while your phone is in standby (screen off) if on 2G that sync is going to take longer, and the longer it takes the longer your phone has to stay awake to wait for it to happen, and the radio is on longer transmitting, so more power is used than there might have been on 3G.
The net effect of such a setting is likely to use more power overall.
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Phil
I live in area that does not have 4 g so it stays off, however today at airport I tried and no 4G toggle anywhere! Where did it go, I swore when I got s3 I tested 4G but now it's gone? Thanks for help.
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BiggieD said:
I live in area that does not have 4 g so it stays off, however today at airport I tried and no 4G toggle anywhere! Where did it go, I swore when I got s3 I tested 4G but now it's gone? Thanks for help.
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GS3 doent have a 4g "toggle" as you say...but you can make sure its enabled
settings-->more settings-->Mobile Network-->Network mode.
Preferred network mode should be set to "CDMA/LTE/EVDO"
If you have "CDMA/LTE/EVDO" enabled, anytime your in a Sprint LTE area your phone icon will switch from 3g to 4g.
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GS3 doent have a 4g "toggle" as you say...but you can make sure its enabled
settings-->more settings-->Mobile Network-->Network mode.
Preferred network mode should be set to "CDMA/LTE/EVDO"
If you have "CDMA/LTE/EVDO" enabled, anytime your in a Sprint LTE area your phone icon will switch from 3g to 4g.
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doesn't it chew up more battery?
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doesn't it chew up more battery?
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it shouldnt chew up ure bttery at all, as all it does is search the network for 4gLTE and if it doesnt find it, it will automaticly go to sleep and try again like 2 or 3 hours later or periodically as it tells u. .however u do need to have sprint automatic connention left on in order for that work. atleast thats what i got from reading the sprint connection optimizer information it gave me.
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it shouldnt chew up ure bttery at all, as all it does is search the network for 4gLTE and if it doesnt find it, it will automaticly go to sleep and try again like 2 or 3 hours later or periodically as it tells u. .however u do need to have sprint automatic connention left on in order for that work. atleast thats what i got from reading the sprint connection optimizer information it gave me.
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The optimizer isn't for the LTE. I hate that garbage so I always leave it off. As long as your preferred network is set as stated above, it will automatically switch between them. Side note though, it may switch back to 3g if you don't have a very strong 4 g signal. It likes to be weird.
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Sounds like your thinking of a wimax phone. I I had a Motorola Photon and you had to physically turn 4g on and off on it.... I think most wimax 4g phones are that way.
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Do any of the custom ROMS have a toggle for 4g/3g? I live in a 4g area but sometimes the signal isn't strong enough so it goes to 3g. Quite annoying. It would be great to toggle 3g off and force 4g.
So I had s2 before s3, so I assume the s2 was a 4 -g wimax? It had a toggle widget.
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So I had s2 before s3, so I assume the s2 was a 4 -g wimax? It had a toggle widget.
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Correct !:good:
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Do any of the custom ROMS have a toggle for 4g/3g? I live in a 4g area but sometimes the signal isn't strong enough so it goes to 3g. Quite annoying. It would be great to toggle 3g off and force 4g.
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Have you tried updating to the new radio? I believe they boosted the power to give slightly better LTE connectivity in those kinds of environments.
There is a way to force LTE on the GS3. I did it with mine so that I could map out the LTE zones with sensorly a bit easier while I was driving over the weekend. The way I was able to do this is you need to have Nova Launcher downloaded and installed.
Once you do this, long press on the home screen and go to "Shortcuts".
Next click on "Activities"
Next scroll down to "IOTHiddenMenu"
Then scroll down and click on "IOTHiddenMenu : HDR1X_Selection"
Doing this will allow you to force LTE only mode. Keep in mind you WILL NOT be able to make any phone calls while doing this. For some reason the GS3 requires the phone to be in LTE + CDMA + EVDO Mode to make calls even if you have a very strong LTE signal.
Another app I would recommend downloading is called OpenSignalMaps. Once you have the LTE only mode turned on or even the normal LTE + CDMA mode, you can use this app to refresh your network by clicking the little refresh button at the bottom left of the app in the Overview tab. What this does is pretty much turn your phones mobile networks on and off and then scan for LTE first before scanning for EVDO. I have been able to connect to many more LTE sites by doing this. Even ones that are fairly far away.
Hope this all helps. Let me know if you have any extra questions.
No data connection at all
I have the settings on GSM/HSPA/LTE, but lost data connection completely. Tried to restart and turned on/off flight mode - still no data. Voice in and out is OK. I finally managed to reconnect by repeating the process. Is there a better way to reconnect?
Thanks.
Check out "Network"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mangelow.network
It takes you to the network screen as well
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with the latest l13 radio my phone will not stay on 4g it is heavily biased to 3g and I do not know how to fix it. I am right next to the 4g towers.. ... any thoughts? Thanks
Thanks
Thanks. Unfortunately, the "Network" app would not run. So I followed a similar line, and found "3G Reconnect". It does not fix the connection issue. Any other thoughts?
I just want to save battery. Can my phone switch to 2g if I turn on Wifi?
Any mod or app?
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that question hurts my head.
wifi is wifi...it will connect to a wifi network if an open one is around. this does save battery over 3g.
however, this will have no effect on cellular data.
you may be able to go into settings>more>mobile networks>network mode and toggle through some of those options...one of them will probably witch to 2g mode.
FYI, those instructions are for the CDMA/LTE Gnexus....so your results may differ. but that is where i can toggle from LTE to 3g mode....assuming you would be able to toggle from 3g to 2g mode.
Your mobile network gets disconnected when you connect to Wi-Fi anyways. So who cares?
Thanks!
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The app tasker can do all kinds of things like this.
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Edit: also my phone gets better signal for phone calls while on 2g only inside of my house.
droidmakespwn said:
The app tasker can do all kinds of things like this.
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Edit: also my phone gets better signal for phone calls while on 2g only inside of my house.
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Thanks!
But tasker is damn expensive What about battery life? Does it consume much? I bet it does because app must monitor everything what is happening in th phone.
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Anyone else have this problem with T-Mo Note2? I get no data with 3G and lower! 4G runs great... but 3G, 2G, Edge, ect acts as if no data is flowing. Normally I wouldn't care since 4G is super fast, but the towers are rare around here so I'm connected to a 3G tower more often.
Yeah that sucks lol!! Thats happend to me too and i don find a soluyion yet
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Make sure your cell is set to auto in the *#2263# menu or whatever that code is. Youll have to ask around. I don't remember where to find that setting.
Guys where is that setting to set the cell mode?
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exalgopana said:
Make sure your cell is set to auto in the *#2263# menu or whatever that code is. Youll have to ask around. I don't remember where to find that setting.
Guys where is that setting to set the cell mode?
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Just go to settings > wireless and network > more settings > mobile networks > network mode ... auto
Network is set to auto. The phone connects to 3G towers (the statusbar 3G icon shows up with bars), and it does often, but there is no data flow. As soon as 4G (H+ icon) is available, the data sends/receives super fast.
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Network is set to auto. The phone connects to 3G towers (the statusbar 3G icon shows up with bars), and it does often, but there is no data flow. As soon as 4G (H+ icon) is available, the data sends/receives super fast.
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+1 same to me. Anyone happens the same?
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Hi all, seems that signal is pretty crap in my house for the EE network, 1 bars for 4G and then same goes for 3G, but gettin nearly full signal on the GSM(2 G) but there in no option to keep it in GSM mode only! either lte,wcdma,gsm or WCDMA only ... is connected to wifi anyway, so 2G would be perfect to receive the calls and i'll switch it back to LTE when leaving the house, i know the development is at the early stage for the phone... option like this would be life saver for me, still have 1 week to cancel the new contract,(waiting for the vodafone sim to arrive and test it for coverage)
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Hi all, seems that signal is pretty crap in my house for the EE network, 1 bars for 4G and then same goes for 3G, but gettin nearly full signal on the GSM(2 G) but there in no option to keep it in GSM mode only! either lte,wcdma,gsm or WCDMA only ... is connected to wifi anyway, so 2G would be perfect to receive the calls and i'll switch it back to LTE when leaving the house, i know the development is at the early stage for the phone... option like this would be life saver for me, still have 1 week to cancel the new contract,(waiting for the vodafone sim to arrive and test it for coverage)
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Is this what you're talking about?
Settings > Tethering & Networks > Mobile Networks > Network Mode
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Is this what you're talking about?
Settings > Tethering & Networks > Mobile Networks > Network Mode
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I wish i could do that on mine mate...
Here is mine-
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I wish i could do that on mine mate...
Here is mine-
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EE have got rid of their 2G signal, so cannot select any more AFAIK. - It's all about the 4G now with the carriers.
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EE have got rid of their 2G signal, so cannot select any more AFAIK. - It's all about the 4G now with the carriers.
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Any source on this? As far as i know, 2g signal is still here and they would rather get rid of 3G signal first...
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Any source on this? As far as i know, 2g signal is still here and they would rather get rid of 3G signal first...
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I meant the selection on the device. It'll only drop to 2G if the device cannot pick up any other signal. They want to prioritise their fancy 4G and push to when and where they can. - Also due to some 2G radios being turned off and switched to Digital Television.
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I meant the selection on the device. It'll only drop to 2G if the device cannot pick up any other signal. They want to prioritise their fancy 4G and push to when and where they can. - Also due to some 2G radios being turned off and switched to Digital Television.
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Sorry bud if i misunderstand you. I asked the dev in the development section to see if he can add this to xposed... Cause there is a way to turn 2g only for testing purposes through the hidden menu. I know EE is working on enabling calls through wifi... But dunno if that will work same way as the signal box etc
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Sorry bud if i misunderstand you. I asked the dev in the development section to see if he can add this to xposed... Cause there is a way to turn 2g only for testing purposes through the hidden menu. I know EE is working on enabling calls through wifi... But dunno if that will work same way as the signal box etc
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I thought there was an xposed mod that could enable 2G/3G/LTE toggle? - unless it's just for AOSP ROMs atm - Sidenote- I have O2 GO which is basically call/text via WiFi
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I thought there was an xposed mod that could enable 2G/3G/LTE toggle? - unless it's just for AOSP ROMs atm - Sidenote- I have O2 GO which is basically call/text via WiFi
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So i am guessing ee will work the same way as o2. Waitin for vodafone sim to arrive to test before 14 days cooling period. Ee seems to alright everywhere else but no home lol. There is a specific xposed toolbox in the dev section for G3 so defo it will get this toggle too
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