Have a 3G data plan, but get charged by your operator when android switches to 2G? yeah, that burns a big hole in pocket...esp with the high adhoc data usage charges. Or maybe .. you are stuck with LTE and want to switch to 3G or other mode.
Anyway for me , it was the first reason - having a 3G data plan, but the operator charging heavy fess whever the network switched to the slower 2G . Talk about a rip-off and perhaps telecoms have mastered the art more than anyone else.
Anyway, luckily there is a way around and it worked for me. Before you get excited - this might NOT work on all the phones, primarily because your operator or manufacturer might have locked these settings.
Here you go :
http://siliconstation.com/how-to-force-android-only-3g/
This is the importnat extract from above link:
Anyway for me , it was the first reason - having a 3G data plan, but the operator charging heavy fess whever the network switched to the slower 2G . Talk about a rip-off and perhaps telecoms have mastered the art more than anyone else.
Anyway, luckily there is a way around and it worked for me. Before you get excited - this might NOT work on all the phones, primarily because your operator or manufacturer might have locked these settings.
Here you go :
http://siliconstation.com/how-to-force-android-only-3g/
This is the importnat extract from above link:
Access Android Testing Menu
- Go to Phone and type *#*#4636#*#*
- It will open the Android testing menu.
- There you have several category of information. Tap in phone information.
- Scroll down there and you can find set preferred network type.
- Set it to WCDMA only, same as in HSDPA USB modem.
Hope it works for you!!
