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How to disable 3G?

Is there a way to disable 3G? I don't use it and I know it used a lot of battery.

yes use advancedconfig
go to more settings to to comm manager and add the toggle to that

Alternatively, if you have the band tab enable in start>settings>phone>band, you can just choose "GSM" instead of "Auto" on the first drop-down list.

kareem9nba said:
Alternatively, if you have the band tab enable in start>settings>phone>band, you can just choose "GSM" instead of "Auto" on the first drop-down list.
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This is what I did last week and yet, my battery is much better... Thanks... will see how it goes with NAFT's v2.3 now

kareem9nba said:
Alternatively, if you have the band tab enable in start>settings>phone>band, you can just choose "GSM" instead of "Auto" on the first drop-down list.
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This works fine on my Fuze, but I would like to have the toggle in Comm Manager.
HOWEVER, when I use AdvancedConfig, the toggle shows up, but it (along with Data connection) is greyed out. Could anyone help? Thanks.

People should also note that setting it to 3G only ALSO saves a lot of battery. Not as much as 2G only, but it is definitely better than 2G+3G because only 1 radio is running instead of 2.
If your area is well covered with 3G and you use data a decent amount, I would recommend trying 3G only.

Disable all T-Mobile Dataplan radio activity?
I use my GSM phone with wifi only - I have no data plan.
Still, my phone looks for 2g and 3g connections when network activity happens and there is no Wifi connection.
Can I disable this behavior? Is there a way to disable both 2G and 3G, all cellular data activity - but still allow cellular phone activity so I can get calls in and out?
I have a 1.5 Cupcake-rooted-rom from haykuro (good stuff, BTW) ...
thanks,
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mattrophy said:
I use my GSM phone with wifi only - I have no data plan.
Still, my phone looks for 2g and 3g connections when network activity happens and there is no Wifi connection.
Can I disable this behavior? Is there a way to disable both 2G and 3G, all cellular data activity - but still allow cellular phone activity so I can get calls in and out?
I have a 1.5 Cupcake-rooted-rom from haykuro (good stuff, BTW) ...
thanks,
[email protected]
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yep, just use diamond tweak to disable the data connection altogether . just disable media net and at&t isp gprs or whatever options are there (if you're not att)

WM 6.5 disable 3G
Sorry for opening old theme but i cant find solution nowhere.
How can I disable 3G in WM 6.5 ?
There is no "band" and in Advanced Configuration Tools is nothing to disable it. I want use only GSM.
Thanks

skurakai said:
Sorry for opening old theme but i cant find solution nowhere.
How can I disable 3G in WM 6.5 ?
There is no "band" and in Advanced Configuration Tools is nothing to disable it. I want use only GSM.
Thanks
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Most chefs cook the option into the Com Manager. Check in there.

Thanks for the help
Disabled 3G by pressing the green phone button>Menu>Alternative...>Band (scroll down) and then select GSM rather than automatic!
Thanks for the help!

Just delete the connection settings from Start>Settings>Connections>Connections>Manage Existing Connections
No way for it to connect without settings

Not using 3G connection

Does anybody know if it's possible for the TD2 to download weather and stock quotes using the wifi only (if available), and not 3G connection (cause it's very expensive)?
Thanks

Its set up to automatically use WiFi when available. WiFi will always override 3G..

But you can't totally disable 3G, right?

You can, by using the Switch in the Comm Manager => Data Connection
Or you can go into All settings => Personal => Buttons and configure the End Button to disable Data Connection..

I know that, but the device turns this feature back on automatically if I try to send an e-mail or receive.

Go to All Settings>Connections>Advanced Network
In the drop down menu go to disable. That is all. Should be off for good till you turn it on/

heloooo~!!!1
i confirm that weather works with wify faster than 3G. Any application will lauch faster tahn 3G in wiffy.
Any who... i have T-mobile.....US...no 3G..just Edge but it works....actually i have the Touch pro2 and i can even stream video from my own home using Orb. Edge works perfect but wiify is way better than any band u are into.
Have a nice day guys.

HTC Touch Freak said:
Go to All Settings>Connections>Advanced Network
In the drop down menu go to disable. That is all. Should be off for good till you turn it on/
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HTC support said to go to Connections (in Connections tab) --> Advanced tab --> select networks --> create an empty profile and use it there

what about using NODATA.CAB???

If you're talking about Modaco's nodata.cab it didn't work for me....

loadstone007 said:
HTC support said to go to Connections (in Connections tab) --> Advanced tab --> select networks --> create an empty profile and use it there
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That was the method I used to prevent costly dial-up on my previous 2G phone, it works fine.

what I did so that my Topaz dowsn't connect to 3G: settings - all settings - connections - advanced network - and there: Enable HSDPA only
and this pretty much did the trick. I saw that instead of a 3G icon on the screen, I'd see an icon with an "E".

[Q] How to turn off 4g/3g speed?

Hi everyone, is it possible to turn off the 4g/3g for some battery saving? i have the stock rom, couldn't find the option anywhere! Thanks!

ayyada said:
Hi everyone, is it possible to turn off the 4g/3g for some battery saving? i have the stock rom, couldn't find the option anywhere! Thanks!
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Not there, another AT&T disabled feature.

i see... thx...
man... Att sux!!!!

So you can't turn off data.... if you just want to use wifi at home for example?

metaldood said:
So you can't turn off data.... if you just want to use wifi at home for example?
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You can turn data on and off. There is actually an HTC widget that toggles data on and off.

Go to the market there is an app that you can use to toggle on stock rom. Just search 3G.
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try *#*#4636#*#*
any1 have a shortcut or app for it?

Just uncheck "Mobile Network" under Wireless and Network in Settings.

I'm pretty sure my 3g/4g has yet to be turned on lol
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I found a way to turn off 3g/4g and have Edge enabled by going to Settings > Wireless & Networks > Mobile Networks > Network Mode > here you can toggle from WCDMA Only; GSM Only; GSM/WCDMA Auto (default). Selecting GSM Only switching my connection to Edge. How can we create a shortcut/toggle for this option?

invione said:
I found a way to turn off 3g/4g and have Edge enabled by going to Settings > Wireless & Networks > Mobile Networks > Network Mode > here you can toggle from WCDMA Only; GSM Only; GSM/WCDMA Auto (default). Selecting GSM Only switching my connection to Edge. How can we create a shortcut/toggle for this option?
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There is no such option on the Inspire 4g.

*#*#4636#*#* is the option. Dial it. Go to phone. Scroll down. Select gsm only.

sugardaddy1979 said:
*#*#4636#*#* is the option. Dial it. Go to phone. Scroll down. Select gsm only.
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Does it really work ?

Yes. I use it to keep mine on gsm. I also used the stock widget to keep data turned off

Turning off 4G speed is easy. Turn on the phone, it doesn't exist
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Sent from Desire HD or Inspire 4G or whatever this thing is called via premium XDA app.

good one

in cm7 theres a widget where you can turn off 3g and switch to 2g, is included in the power settings widget, any chance on getting it while using sense?

How do you turn off something that has not even been turned on?

calin75 said:
How do you turn off something that has not even been turned on?
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See my post a couple of posts above
Sent from Desire HD or Inspire 4G or whatever this thing is called via premium XDA app.

Using: *#*#4636#*#*
Then selecting GSM does not work for me..still reverts back to 3G "H+)
Any other suggestions? Do I have to root to get access to all the grayed out network options?
Thanks

[Q] WanHu ROM 2G/3G switching?

So I finally jumped in and got the WanHu ROM installed with M's v5 patch. This thing is really nice now, hopefully it will stay that way even after I reinstall some of my apps.
One thing that I've noticed is that the ability to use only 2G networks is gone. It used to be an option under Settings » Wireless controls » Mobile networks. Any chance that may be coming back?
I know some people would probably think I'm crazy to be asking that, but in my experience the batter life was pretty much double that of what I was getting on 3G, so I'd use that mode sometimes.
Thanks for all the good work on the WanHu ROM.

You can turn off the 3g at Settings >> Wireless networks >> Data Network settings & there is also a 3g widget.

Hi,
At this point you only turn data on or off. You cannot switch from 3g to 2g.
I would like to have this feature to, because the radio at my work is very poor and the battery last much longer in 2g.
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switch 2g , 3g, and 2g/3g
if i have to change the default network setting (3, which mean 3g/2g auto), i can from here:
1. from the dialpad dial *#*#4636#*#*
2. from the popued menu, choose Phone Information
3. from "Set preffered network type" You can choose several options including:
"GSM auto (PRL)" (this is usually default and means 3g and failback to 2g, depending on signal
"WCDMA prefered" (this mean 3g and if there is no 3g, then 2g), this settings seems to wotk, but if you exit and return to the same menu it is changed
"WCDMA only" 3g only
"GMS only" 2g only
hope that helps.
p.s. I use Battery monitor application, which has shortcut to the Phone Information menu.

peshovec said:
if i have to change the default network setting (3, which mean 3g/2g auto), i can from here:
1. from the dialpad dial *#*#4636#*#*
2. from the popued menu, choose Phone Information
3. from "Set preffered network type" You can choose several options including:
"GSM auto (PRL)" (this is usually default and means 3g and failback to 2g, depending on signal
"WCDMA prefered" (this mean 3g and if there is no 3g, then 2g), this settings seems to wotk, but if you exit and return to the same menu it is changed
"WCDMA only" 3g only
"GMS only" 2g only
hope that helps.
p.s. I use Battery monitor application, which has shortcut to the Phone Information menu.
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Thanks for the reply. I was messing around in those menus and could not find a "GSM only" mode on my phone. I will look again, but all I remember were an "auto" mode, a "3g only" mode, and a bunch of CDMA stuff (which doesn't apply to our phones).
But I will look again and try out the battery monitor application program as that would be nicer than typing the key sequence everytime.
And just to expand my (rather small) knowledge of the android OS. The option to select only 2G under Settings » Wireless controls » Mobile networks, is that a framework thing that has to be added?
-J

App\icon to toggle LTE\3G

Does anyone know of how i can set a direct activity to change the bubble settings of LTE, 3G and 2G located at Settings > More under Wifi > Mobile Networks ?
I want to be able to press a icon on my desktop that will toggle it from LTE and 3G

emerica243 said:
Does anyone know of how i can set a direct activity to change the bubble settings of LTE, 3G and 2G located at Settings > More under Wifi > Mobile Networks ?
I want to be able to press a icon on my desktop that will toggle it from LTE and 3G
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not a direct application but Power Toggles allows a direct shortcut to the network selection menu..so it's faster.. Even with root it can't change dirrectly. I had apps/widgets for this on my previous phone with 4.2 but didn't try them on 4.4.