30Oct/090
Switching between AT&T 3G and 2G networks
To battle a reception problem (can't send/receive calls or texts) I'm having with AT&T's 3G network, I had to force my iPhone to connect to their 2G (Edge) network while AT&T works out their local tower problems. To do that I touched:
- Settings
- General
- Network
- Enable 3G (turned off)
Lesson learned: If you're having reception problems and power cycling your phone doesn't work, try turning off the 3G before calling AT&T to see if you can connect to the 2G network. Normally, if 3G isn't available, the iPhone should default to 2G. In my case, the problem seemed to be intermittent so my phone was bouncing between both networks, unable to actually connect to either.