Can you turn off the 5G in Pixel 4a 5G

[robtani]

Hi there,

I have no interest in the 5G feature and mainly want this phone for the wide angle lens. For battery purposes would want to turn off the 5G feature and assume there's a way to turn it off in Network settings. Can someone confirm that it could be done?

Thanks.

 

[haris163]

Hi there,

I have no interest in the 5G feature and mainly want this phone for the wide angle lens. For battery purposes would want to turn off the 5G feature and assume there's a way to turn it off in Network settings. Can someone confirm that it could be done?

Thanks.

Yes, dial *#*#4636#*#* (copy paste might not work), then select Phone Information and you can select a network combination without 5G (shown as NR).

 

[hallux]

I have 5G enabled on mine and have been getting GREAT battery life. I wouldn't be horribly concerned about it.

 

[B. Diddy]

See if you can select LTE instead of 5G in the Network Mode menu: https://deviceguides.vodafone.co.uk...ndroid-11-0/connectivity/select-network-mode/

 

[mustang7757]

What Carrier you on ? My TMO pixel 5 has the option

 

[hallux]

Oddly enough, not an option on Fi...

 

[mustang7757]

Oddly enough, not an option on Fi...
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Oh wow, you don't even get these menus

 

[haris163]

Oh wow, you don't even get these menusView attachment 329702

I don't have them either. I am on AT&T.

 

[mustang7757]

I don't have them either. I am on AT&T.

been awhile since I had my Att sim in the pixel , but think your right .

 

[Mike Dee]

Every carrier is different

 

[mustang7757]

Every carrier is different

Yes

 

[Rukbat]

And coverage is different - you may be in a 5G area and not have any 4G coverage. So if you turn 5G off and lose service, that's why. (Eventually 5G will be used for voice and text and no one will have any 4G equipment on the towers. The same thing happened when we finally got 2G ... that's with the dodos now [in the US].)

 

[ccaros1016]

Hi, I just tried doing this to turn off 5g on my google pixel 4a5g:

[Yes, dial *#*#4636#*#* (copy paste might not work), then select Phone Information and you can select a network combination without 5G (shown as NR).]

I am using AT&T as my service provider. When I select the drop down to change the preferred network type, there are SO MANY options and I do not know which one to pick. I just want the regular 4g LTE I guess? Whatever was being used before this 5g came around. The 5g seems to make my service slower. Can someone help me? I'm just stuck because there are so many options on that drop down menu.

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

Not sure about AT&T. In the UK I just selected 4G under network options.

 

[haris163]

Hi, I just tried doing this to turn off 5g on my google pixel 4a5g:

[Yes, dial *#*#4636#*#* (copy paste might not work), then select Phone Information and you can select a network combination without 5G (shown as NR).]

I am using AT&T as my service provider. When I select the drop down to change the preferred network type, there are SO MANY options and I do not know which one to pick. I just want the regular 4g LTE I guess? Whatever was being used before this 5g came around. The 5g seems to make my service slower. Can someone help me? I'm just stuck because there are so many options on that drop down menu.

I also have AT&T and my plan doesn't have 5G so I selected LTE/WCDMA which should cover both flavors of 4G plus 3G.