Turn off 4G LTE on AT&T Lumia 920

[premiumdude]

^^nailed it!!

 

[anon(5370748)]

That worked for me (latest phone updates as of 3/6/2013). Speed went from ~40/8.5 on LTE down to ~14/3.5 on 3G Only (which reads as 4G) using Speedtest.net.

This is the first time I'm spending any considerable time in an LTE environment and it sucks! My battery lasts about 2 days at home with my normal usage, and now I'm lucky if I can get through six or seven hours without having to plug in. Why would AT&T disable this option in the normal settings? Sure, it's nice that Facebook loads a touch faster than it does at home, but not at the expense of a day and half of battery life... :/ Charging now, and hoping the phone will last out the day.

*edit* - 3 hours later (mostly idle) and I still have 100% battery! Yesterday I had 70% under the same usage conditions.

 

[bakken66]

I am stuck on edge /no signal and didn't touch any of those settings.

Just type ##3282 and call without the extra # at the end. It'll take you back to the field test where you can reset to LTE.

 

[revfast]

Just type ##3282 and call without the extra # at the end. It'll take you back to the field test where you can reset to LTE.

this doesn't work on the 1308 update.

 

[SomeAudioGuy]

Confirming mine no longer works after 1308 update.

 

[Allen Durie]

Bump previous thread. Who's got the smarts to figure out the new codes?!

 

[anon(5370748)]

##3282# returns my phone number now, after the update. ##3282 gives a call can not be completed as dialed. Crap, why change that?

 

[GizmoEV]

The problem is that I had my phone set to 2G only and then did the update. Now I can't switch it back. Not sure what I'm going to do. I can't reliably make and receive calls at home unless I set 2G only and I have lousy data rates when I leave a WiFi area. Hopefully someone figures out the new codes soon.

 

[eortizr]

you guys don't get it, AT&T will keep trying to avoid user to be able to switch LTE to 3G, you know why? because they don't have a throttling policy set on the the 3G network if your account is on LTE. That means that if you go past 5GB on LTE (if you are on the unlimited plan), you can just switch to 3G only and you will still able to get at least 3-4 mbps down, instead of the 500kbps you get when you get throttled down. That's the reason they keep changing the code.

 

[anon(5370748)]

you guys don't get it, AT&T will keep trying to avoid user to be able to switch LTE to 3G, you know why? because they don't have a throttling policy set on the the 3G network if your account is on LTE. That means that if you go past 5GB on LTE (if you are on the unlimited plan), you can just switch to 3G only and you will still able to get at least 3-4 mbps down, instead of the 500kbps you get when you get throttled down. That's the reason they keep changing the code.

That's a good reason, I guess. Too bad it completely wrecks the battery life and causes people stress, but I suppose that's not their problem. What would be *really* nice is if they were able to disable it for people with unlimited plans, but allow it on capped plans like mine.

 

[jdriscoll636]

What I like about my work is I'm covered by Wi-Fi in all areas of the casino. So I just turn the mobile data off. Since I have Wi-Fi set only to connect when the screen is on. It never drains my battery. I've had it at one point in time just a little less than 1/2% battery drainage per hour doing this.

 

[jeffaz76]

This is not a good reason. You can turn off LTE on the IPhone. It should be the same on the Lumia. Let's make some noise about this. Post to Nokia US facebook page that you would like this feature.

 

[jeffaz76]

Nokia tells me to ask AT&T and AT&T tells me to ask Nokia. I had both techs on the line, but neither one knew anything about the codes or why we couldn't disable LTE from Cellular settings.

 

[GizmoEV]

The problem is that I had my phone set to 2G only and then did the update. Now I can't switch it back. Not sure what I'm going to do. I can't reliably make and receive calls at home unless I set 2G only and I have lousy data rates when I leave a WiFi area. Hopefully someone figures out the new codes soon.

Well...I turned off the phone, took out the sim, turned on the phone and acknowledged the sim error, powered off the phone, reinstalled the sim, powered up and got a message that the phone was switched to GSM mode but signal was lousy. I finally tried the Reset Phone option and the phone never got past the spinning gears screen. I left it all night and it was still going. I finally flashed the 1249 rom to get back the ##3282 functionality and my phone back. What a pain!

 

[CapnPauly]

Nokia tells me to ask AT&T and AT&T tells me to ask Nokia. I had both techs on the line, but neither one knew anything about the codes or why we couldn't disable LTE from Cellular settings.

This is indeed an AT&T issue. Other carriers in other countries allow users to switch to 3g via the Cellular option under Settings. AT&T didn't want it in their version of the firmware. Any other "Debug Mode" is technician use and they aren't going to disclose that (even though it leaks over time).

 

[jeffaz76]

It's on both AT&T and Nokia. If AT&T wants to limit functionality, Nokia could refuse. They are hurting their own product. The Iphone has this feature. That's about the only thing I like better about the iPhone but it is a big deal. My phone works much better with LTE off. I get 100% reception and data on 3G (4G on the phone indicator). With LTE on it's hit and miss. It can be insanely fast, inconsistent signal, or nothing at all. That was with the previous and ROM and the 1308. My options at this point are to flash back to the previous ROM, or deal with it and turn off cellular data when I'm at home or work on wifi so calls don't drop. That latter option stinks because I have to remember to it back on just to maybe get service. It's just frustrating because otherwise I love this phone. That something so simple is being denied to the user is unacceptable.

 

[atisho]

I followed RonnieJP's SIM card trick and it no longer stuck on 2G. Too sad I lost the flexibility after the update.

 

[atisho]

Nokia could refuse and we probably wouldn't see nokia on AT&T. This is the reason Nokia disappeared in the US market 10+ years ago.

 

[jeffaz76]

The reason Nokia disappeared is because of the iPhone and their lack of a competitive product. They have one now, except it is being rendered inferior by this compromise.

 

[CapnPauly]

It's on both AT&T and Nokia. If AT&T wants to limit functionality, Nokia could refuse...

I don't think so. Nokia could have said that and AT&T could have said "Fine, we don't want to carry/support your products". They can't do that with Apple due to the power Apple has in the handset market, also considering AT&T gave them so much power at the on-set by allowing them to have such a non-AT&T-branded OS.

Another example: the AT&T-branded software on the Lumia at purchase that isn't on the iPhone.