att 4g off option?

[chawski]

Im coming from sprint, so really dont know my way around gsm too much yet, but wanted to check if there is a way to toggle the 4g on and off on an att s3? I know it was a huge battery saver for phones like the evo, but i cant seem to find any option on the phone to turn it off.

 

[Stigy]

Does this post help you out at all?

http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/582411-all-lte-models-toggle-4g-3g.html#post4699331

 

[chawski]

somewhat, but not really. restarting the phone or the radio after changing the setting is somewhat of a PITA. I have a strange feeling they made it difficult to toggle in order to get you over your data limit faster

 

[jerofld]

Considering my Sprint LTE phone has the same disability (without the MSL, at least), I don't think it's so that you go over your limit faster. I appears to be a SoC problem. I have no idea if HOX/LTEvo users have the same disability or not, though.

This bit is offtopic:

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I also doubt that forcing you to use 4G will bring you over your limit is a revenue tactic. It's like the old trick question: What weighs more? A pound of lead or a pound of feathers?

They, of course, weigh the same, as it's said that they both weigh 1 pound. People will infer that the lead weighs more than the feathers, because lead is dense and feathers are not. Same goes here, it's all perception. 2 GB is 2 GB, no matter how fast it is transferred to you. It can also be argued that 4G uses less data, because there will be less time-outs and refreshes required to get the same data.

 

[chawski]

interesting way of looking at it. well i guess until an easy method comes along, its constant 4g. good news is my battery really isnt suffering from it too bad. With the exception of a few heavy days at work, ive easily done 10-12 hours pretty conistantly.

 

[Hogan773]

interesting way of looking at it. well i guess until an easy method comes along, its constant 4g. good news is my battery really isnt suffering from it too bad. With the exception of a few heavy days at work, ive easily done 10-12 hours pretty conistantly.

Yeah me too - I've had the phone off charger for 3 hrs (with very very light usage this morning) and I'm still at 96%. It doesn't seem that LTE standby is really any more of a hog than my old Captivate was.