Help Turning Off 4G and Message Counter

[ParishL31]

So I have two questions.

How can you toggle on and off 4G? I'd like to have it off to save battery life.

Also in Messages, is there a way to show how many messages are on each conversation? On the Vibrant it'd say "0/100" or whatever next to each conversation.

 

[Goliath27]

I too want to know the answer to this, but mostly because on my N900 I got better service from 2g than 3g. Now I have a phone that is Edge or 4g, so no clue what would be better in my area.

 

[Xerses]

Get Juice Defender Free version in the Market. It will automatically turn it off when unused and will manage other things. I have not seen a manual setting to manually turn off 4G alone. If you disable data it will essentially do it for you, but then no data. Juice Defender will manage things for you.

 

[Goliath27]

using juice defender now, and it works well! It turns off the wifi but it uses it when I need it right? I don't see the 4G arrows running when surfing so I assume it's on my wifi.

 

[ParishL31]

So apparently I read on T-Mobile's network that "4G" is just a supercharged version of the 3G network and runs the same signal. It essentially is the same signal, so you can't turn it off and use just 3G like say an Evo can.

I did pick up Juice Defender and it works wonders. I bought Ultimate and it sets it up so it'll automatically turn on and off WiFi based on location which is pretty neat.

As for the messaging, I found when you just go to the delete screen it'll show you how many messages are in each conversation. You can just back out if you're not ready to delete yet.

 

[John Jason]

So apparently I read on T-Mobile's network that "4G" is just a supercharged version of the 3G network and runs the same signal. It essentially is the same signal, so you can't turn it off and use just 3G like say an Evo can.

There is a way to turn it off. You can even turn off 3G. I have a MyTouch 3G that I use as an emergency phone on a $10 every three months T-Mobile plan. The kind saleslady at a local T-Mobile store turned off "packet data" (or something like that) and now it can't get on the net unless it is connected to wifi.

As for the 4G, you are correct for most places in the US. However, there are a number of cities (and more all the time) with T-Mobile's HSPA+42 system. I am in such a city and my Galaxy S2 regularly gets 15-20 Mbps down with the 4G data, and I have seen over 30 Mbps down.

 

[LunchBB]

I'm within city of los angeles. from speedtest.net app, always get about 3 to 4 mbps. The max I have seen is 11mbps. Still already happy with the speed.