TuBitMittens
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I was wondering if there was any way for me to switch from my s4's 4g lte connection to a 3g connection? My sisters iphone 5 does this so I feel my phone should do the same. Just to save data and power. Thanks in advance
I use an App called Phone Info. It's on my phone, no longer in the Play Store. There have been other apps in the past. I think Verizon squashes them. 3G Connection is CDMA(auto PRL). I use it when out in the woods when no 4G is available.
So it wont use data slower? Back when I had my droid with 3g I thought I was using data less rapidly wheb checking thw usage. I figuree 3g was less demanding in data. I dont mean to say itll save me data completely like wifi does but are u saying it wont use it at a slower rate?I'd follow the advice in this thread: [Q] 3G/4G LTE switch - xda-developers
Also switching to 3g won't save you data, data is data. The only difference between the two is speed and the fact you can call and use data at the same time on 4g, otherwise 100mb on 3g is the same as 100mb on 4g.
So it wont use data slower? Back when I had my droid with 3g I thought I was using data less rapidly wheb checking thw usage. I figuree 3g was less demanding in data. I dont mean to say itll save me data completely like wifi does but are u saying it wont use it at a slower rate?
The reason that some people back in the day would have their phones switch from 4G to 3G, is for the times when they were in an area with no or poor 4G reception, that way they could switch to 3G and save battery life by not having the phone continuously searching for a 4G signal.
Mine is automatic, when signal is good, there's 4G, otherwise it revert back to 3G.