- RANT:
I called ATT today, about lack of an LTE off switch. I also mentioned that the rest of the world has one why did you disable it? And will it ever be re-enabled? His basic answer was “buy a different phone that has that option.” It kind of pissed me off. Why would Nokia and Microsoft let ATT the “exclusive” career (in the US) mess with any of these settings or options? It’s only going to shine a bad light on the hardware company or the OS (poor battery life). So now I will end my rant, here is the work around for LTE (in the US on ATT, everyone else has the option enabled in settings).
Here are the instructions:
Step 1
• Dial ##3282#
• Select (…) and Settings
• Select 2G and slide ENF to off
• Reboot (hold down power)
Go to Step 2
Now the phone is set up so you can switch it (step 2) as many times as you want until you reboot it, then you need to do Step 1 again.
Step 2
•Go to dialer and enter ##3282#, it opens the “Data Field Test utility”
•Tap the "three dots" … at the bottom of your screen and tap "settings"
•Change the Network type to:
Automatic = It will chose the best connection. (default)
4g = LTE
3g = 4g (Hspa+)
2g = edge
•The antenna picture will show “no connection” and then reconnect to the chosen option (automatic, 4g, 3g, or 2g)
•NOTE: You can play with the other two settings “at your own risk”.
•Back arrow out to the home screen, and you’re done.
I just made a contact called “AttLTEoff”
Added the ##3282# as the phone number
Then pinned it to my home screen
The original web site where I found this info is here:
How to toggle LTE on/off on your Nokia Lumia 900 ~ Nokia For Us
I hope this helps some people out.Last edited by TD_man; 11-14-2012 at 11:14 PM. Reason: Figured it out it works!!
11-13-2012 11:45 PMLike 0 - RANT:
I called ATT today, about lack of an LTE off switch. I also mentioned that the rest of the world has one why did you disable it? And will it ever be re-enabled? His basic answer was “buy a different phone that has that option.” It kind of pissed me off. Why would Nokia and Microsoft let ATT the “exclusive” career (in the US) mess with any of these settings or options? It’s only going to shine a bad light on the hardware company or the OS (poor battery life). So now I will end my rant, here is the work around for LTE (in the US on ATT, everyone else has the option enabled in settings).
Here are the instructions:
•Go to dialer and enter ##3282#, it opens the “Data Field Test utility”
•Tap the "three dots" … at the bottom of your screen and tap "settings"
•Change the Network type to:
Automatic = It will chose the best connection. (default)
4g = LTE
3g = 4g (Hspa+)
2g = edge
•The antenna picture will show “no connection” and then reconnect to the chosen option (automatic, 4g, 3g, or 2g)
•NOTE: You can play with the other two settings “at your own risk”.
•Back arrow out to the home screen, and you’re done.
I just made a contact called “AttLTEoff”
Added the ##3282# as the phone number
Then pinned it to my home screen
The original web site where I found this info is here:
How to toggle LTE on/off on your Nokia Lumia 900 ~ Nokia For Us
I hope this helps some people out.
EDIT: After a restart I can’t duplicate the same effect again. I’ll have to see what I did wrong and add it to the instructions.
http://forums.windowscentral.com/lumia-920/202396.htm
Strangely, when I first changed the settings, the antenna never updated. After toggling the settings a few times, it finally stuck. I've restarted my phone too and the 3G data is still on. Not exactly sure what I did to make it stick.11-14-2012 01:52 AMLike 0 - RANT:
I called ATT today, about lack of an LTE off switch. I also mentioned that the rest of the world has one why did you disable it? And will it ever be re-enabled? His basic answer was “buy a different phone that has that option.” It kind of pissed me off. Why would Nokia and Microsoft let ATT the “exclusive” career (in the US) mess with any of these settings or options? It’s only going to shine a bad light on the hardware company or the OS (poor battery life). So now I will end my rant, here is the work around for LTE (in the US on ATT, everyone else has the option enabled in settings).
Here are the instructions:
•Go to dialer and enter ##3282#, it opens the “Data Field Test utility”
•Tap the "three dots" … at the bottom of your screen and tap "settings"
•Change the Network type to:
Automatic = It will chose the best connection. (default)
4g = LTE
3g = 4g (Hspa+)
2g = edge
•The antenna picture will show “no connection” and then reconnect to the chosen option (automatic, 4g, 3g, or 2g)
•NOTE: You can play with the other two settings “at your own risk”.
•Back arrow out to the home screen, and you’re done.
I just made a contact called “AttLTEoff”
Added the ##3282# as the phone number
Then pinned it to my home screen
The original web site where I found this info is here:
How to toggle LTE on/off on your Nokia Lumia 900 ~ Nokia For Us
I hope this helps some people out.
EDIT: After a restart I can’t duplicate the same effect again. I’ll have to see what I did wrong and add it to the instructions.11-14-2012 05:03 AMLike 0 -
- Nice tutorial. Thanks! If I am ever in an area for an extended period of time I will utilize this.
Also, to be fair, AT&T seems to get their grips on all manufacturers in the no LTE toggle regard. Even the iPhone 5 isn't immune.11-14-2012 11:21 PMLike 0 - Is the goal of this trick improved battery life? How much improvement would it offer? Does it only make sense if you're in an area with spotty or no LTE?11-14-2012 11:36 PMLike 0
- It's tough to answer that question. LTE has been labeled as a battery drainer pretty much since it hit mainstream. Chips have gotten much more efficient, so I personally don't think it's as big of an issue as it was a few years back. I will say, however, that if you are in a place with spotty or no reception you may see a nice chunk of battery life restored since the phone isn't constantly searching for a signal that isn't there.11-14-2012 11:47 PMLike 0
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as far as how much it helps I don't know yet, I just figured out how to make it stick. I'll get back to you in a few days.11-14-2012 11:52 PMLike 0 -
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