Disabling 2g and 3g, but not 5g

alci

Hi,

I would like to disable 2g and 3g, but not 5g. So 4g only mode is not exactly what I am looking for. My motivation is not exactly security, but rather performance, as switching to 3g or even 2g often kills my conversation while driving, and staying in 4g often is a better alternative. But when I am in town, 5g is fine for me.
Is this possible ?

treequell

alci An increasing number of mobile carriers are dropping support for 3G entirely, so if you use one of those you'll be able to use 4G and 5G only, without any changes to the network toggles on your phone.

matchboxbananasynergy

It is currently not possible. Your best bet right now is to use 5G and disable 2G which has a separate toggle, which would leave you with 3G, 4G and 5G. I know it's not exactly what you want, but the closest to it currently.

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treequell The phone could still be potentially connecting to 2g/3g to support emergency services I believe

somerandomdude

Up until a toggle like that would be added to the UI, you can set it up to 4G and 5G only through the hidden settings.
Go to the phone app, dial *#*#4636#*#*, click on Phone information. You should see a page with all the details about your SIM. In those settings, you should see one called set preferred network type. Set it to NR/LTE and you're good to go.

alci

Thanks ! I didn't know of thus possibility. This is perfect.

treequell

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