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This is handy. You have been able to disable 2G by dialing *#*#4636#*#* > phone information for a while, but thats not well known
Is there a downside to disabling 2G?
Depending on where you live, 2G may be the only option in some places due to much better range than all other generations. Also while driving for example, your phone may need to connect to a 2G base temporarily if there is a gap between the range of the 5G ones, so you may get calls dropping randomly
But it's worth noting that any emergency call that requires 2G to go through will still work.
Emergency calls will use any network they can reach, even if you disable it.
If somehow you are in a place with no better signal than 2G, you cannot make calls/send SMS if you cannot join 2G cells.
But it is very rare to end up in such a situation these days.
Noted, thanks!
I would say there is. Many providers are disabling 3G nowadays and 5G is not available for all yet, so your phone essentially uses 2G and 4G. Now, imagine disabling 2G and calling someone on a moving vehicle...
No major U.S. carrier gas used 2G for years. Well, at least Verizon and AT&T. Sprint did as well before merging with T-Mobile. That are shutting down 2G this year. So, not really a big deal.
Huh, that's interesting. Then again the US networks differ from the rest of the world anyway.
Sprint sold off their 2G infrastructure before Y2K.
Which is why VoLTE is a thing. Well, unless you're on a custom ROM or something and VoLTE isn't working for you..
Nope. As long as your phone is using VOLTE your fine. You can enable LTE/NR if you have a 5G phone or LTE only if its just an LTE device
Thanks!
My Motorola phone has been able to disable 2G (running Android 13) since at least a couple of months ago, when I got it. Anything else interesting in the update?