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Help How can I turn On and Off my 4g on the Lg Esteem?

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geetech84

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I was Just wondering how can I turn off and on my 4g? and I just updated PRL to 3019 over the phone..but I'm seeing ppl updating it to 3020..how can I update it to 3020 or do I have to wait..I live in Tampa/brandon
 
To turn off 4G: Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Mobile networks -> Data enabled
Uncheck Data enabled. The 4G icon at the top of the screen will disappear so I guess it's off. I'm trying this for hopefully longer battery life.

I was wrong here. This turns off ALL network speeds to the Internet. Talk and text only will work. Shouldn't have been so quick to post. However this will increase battery time somewhat, especially in standby. Wish there was 3G in the NYC metro area but I haven't heard such. 1x is a "little" slow. LOL
 
Download "LTE Switch" from the market. It's free and works great. Alot faster than the option given above.
 
1. Open the Phone app.
2. From the Phone tab, dial *#*#4636#*#*
3. Tap the Phone information menu.
4. Scroll down to the Set preferred network type setting and set it to CDMA auto (PRL).
5. Press the Home button.


Reboot.

should only have 1x or 3g speed now.
 
slashdotjeo said:
1. Open the Phone app.
2. From the Phone tab, dial *#*#4636#*#*
3. Tap the Phone information menu.
4. Scroll down to the Set preferred network type setting and set it to CDMA auto (PRL).
5. Press the Home button.


Reboot.

should only have 1x or 3g speed now.
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sounded like a good option up until the reboot part....
 
miallali said:
I suggest you download APN on/off Widget. Turns off my 4G and drops me to 3G without needing to reboot. If will also let you turn it back on right away.
Saves a lot of juice.
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Have you got data to back that up? Cause I compared battery usage with 1X vs 4G (using the Any Cut method which requires reboot), and there was no significant improvement...maybe 1 or 2% more battery life after 3 - 4 hours with 1X. Still went down pretty much the same.
 
MetroPOS said:
Have you got data to back that up? Cause I compared battery usage with 1X vs 4G (using the Any Cut method which requires reboot), and there was no significant improvement...maybe 1 or 2% more battery life after 3 - 4 hours with 1X. Still went down pretty much the same.
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Not "real" evidence besides my perspective.
 
MetroPOS said:
Have you got data to back that up? Cause I compared battery usage with 1X vs 4G (using the Any Cut method which requires reboot), and there was no significant improvement...maybe 1 or 2% more battery life after 3 - 4 hours with 1X. Still went down pretty much the same.
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MetroPOS that is actually a great idea. If someone can go a day on 4G alone and post the battery usage graph. Then the next day use the phone the same amount but on 1x and then post the battery usage graph for that then we can compare the difference.

I know WiFi uses very little battery compared to 4G by using just one graph alone but this could be very interesting.

Or you could use 4G in the morning and 1x all afternoon then it should be easier to tell the difference by the slopes since they will be on the same graph.
 
sealuva said:
Download "LTE Switch" from the market. It's free and works great. Alot faster than the option given above.
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I tried it and it doesn't work. There isn't any dropdown menu where you can select between CDMA and LTE as the App suggests.

My Esteem is rooted too. Have you tried this app on a MetroPCS esteem?

If I'm doing something wrong I'd like to know :)
 
Prime85 said:
MetroPOS that is actually a great idea. If someone can go a day on 4G alone and post the battery usage graph. Then the next day use the phone the same amount but on 1x and then post the battery usage graph for that then we can compare the difference.

I know WiFi uses very little battery compared to 4G by using just one graph alone but this could be very interesting.

Or you could use 4G in the morning and 1x all afternoon then it should be easier to tell the difference by the slopes since they will be on the same graph.
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I think you just volunteered for the job, LOL.

Problem is who wants to use the internet on this phone all day at 1X?

I already posted on another thread that on 3 hours and 45 minutes of standby and light usage, the battery life only went down 2% less on 1X than it did on 4G. But that was while the phone was in standby...not with heavy downloading/browsing.
 
chevere said:
To turn off 4G: Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Mobile networks -> Data enabled
Uncheck Data enabled. The 4G icon at the top of the screen will disappear so I guess it's off. I'm trying this for hopefully longer battery life.

I was wrong here. This turns off ALL network speeds to the Internet. Talk and text only will work. Shouldn't have been so quick to post. However this will increase battery time somewhat, especially in standby. Wish there was 3G in the NYC metro area but I haven't heard such. 1x is a "little" slow. LOL
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thank you for this post because some reason the 4g and 1x data turned off and i was able to turn it back on. i thought the problem was with metro and no the phone.
 
from what i know also is, 4g will not make the battery go faster, its the setting in the phone like, how bright the screen is, background data, and haptic feedback is uncheck to stop the vibration for the softkeys.
 
nuttmeg said:
from what i know also is, 4g will not make the battery go faster, its the setting in the phone like, how bright the screen is, background data, and haptic feedback is uncheck to stop the vibration for the softkeys.
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i have an extended battery and this is what i did i disable background data set the brightness to the lowest no animation no haptic feedback no vibrating keys and the battery lasts me more than the whole day and i use it for everything checking emails surfing watching videos playing games the extended battery does help a ton on my indulge i would have to disable the 4g to use it the whole day so theres definitely a big difference.
 
eljefe0000 said:
i have an extended battery and this is what i did i disable background data set the brightness to the lowest no animation no haptic feedback no vibrating keys and the battery lasts me more than the whole day and i use it for everything checking emails surfing watching videos playing games the extended battery does help a ton on my indulge i would have to disable the 4g to use it the whole day so theres definitely a big difference.
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yep, i have the same settings and my extended and stock battery last.:D
 
Ok it work so great , but the problem is after any call if turn back to 4g and it you already put it on CDMA only so you will not get the data back unless you reboot your phone ??? any easy was to turn from 4g to 3g or 1g with out reboot ??

slashdotjeo said:
1. Open the Phone app.
2. From the Phone tab, dial *#*#4636#*#*
3. Tap the Phone information menu.
4. Scroll down to the Set preferred network type setting and set it to CDMA auto (PRL).
5. Press the Home button.


Reboot.

should only have 1x or 3g speed now.
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Might just be easier to download data toggle or just go into settings and turn off data. If you are not using 4g just power that sucker down till you need it
 
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