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How To Switch An iPhone To 2G Mode

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Why Do It

Normally iPhone is configured to work in 3G or LTE depending on the country where you are using the device. When the signal of LTE is weak your phone will switch to 3G.

If 3G network coverage is poor iPhone will switch to 2G respectively. In some areas you can face the situation when the signal of 3G network is so weak or unstable that your iPhone will endlessly jump from 3G to 2G and backwards, causing a frenzied battery discharge.

In addition, you may notice a terrible quality of voice transmission. In such a case it is recommended to temporarily switch your iPhone to 2G to save the battery and at least be able to hear the person you are talking to.

How To Switch An iPhone To 2G Mode

Follow the steps:

Open Settings.
Go to Cellular.
Select Cellular Data Options:
Tap Voice & Data (or “Voice” if your Cellular Data is currently disabled):
Select 2G:

Done! You device is now using only 2G network of your carrier.

2G mode

Once you’ve switched your iPhone to 2G it will display E near your carrier name that stands for EDGE. Don’t be surprised if you discover that your Internet speed is too low. It’s okay in the EDGE mode and it’s normal when you are in the wilderness. But the voice transmission stability has great chances to improve.

You can select 3G instead of LTE the same way if your LTE coverage is weak at the spot where you currently are. In such a way you will prevent your battery from losing power because of constant jumping from 3G to LTE and backwards.

Tell us in the comments under what kind of circumstances do you switch your phone to 2G mode? How does it help you?

Adam Swift

Adam is a real tech maniac. He likes to spend time testing phones, tablets, laptops, as well as any other technical devices, and write practical manuals on their functions. He often sleeps all day, but always works at night. Adam bought his first computer in 1999, being an absolute beginner who never held a computer mouse in his hands. He began to study Windows, constantly experimented and often crashed the operating system. But six months later, he was able to reinstall Windows 98 from a scratch on his own, fix almost any software problem on a PC, he also did hardware upgrades and realized that computers, operating systems and programs are now his biggest passion. In addition, Adam has always been a big lover of phones. With the advent of smartphones with Android OS, he began to pick at them much more than in computers. Now Adam loves to study privacy issues in instant messengers, blocking unwanted calls and other nuances related to privacy and security on the network. You can follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tunecomp

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Tyke says:

2021-01-20 at 09:00

I need to test my SIM to be able to communicate via 2G only, as a prerequsite for using this SIM in a kid smart watch. Sad, that an iPhone in 2021 (uptodate OS) there is no such option to switch to 2G. 3G, 4G and such still exists however.