Droid 4 Flashed to Page Plus (3G) Keeps Losing 3G Data

[Its_Jahmezz]

How-To: Turn off 4g/lte, and only allow 3G max
open dialer
dial *#*#4636#*#* (when you press the last *, testing menu will open)

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select phone information
change LTE/CDMA/EvDo
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to CDMA auto (PRL)
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press home button to exit, may take a few secs to change.


Edit: marked up screenshots
also several apps in play store that will also do this search: 4g lte toggle
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just an option to try
tested on Verizon, no guarantee that it will fix losing 3g

I gave up on this months ago!!! I forgot about this thread and was dealing with it. I just happened upon this during a search of something completely different. I just tried this. My phone had cut off the 3G after making this change, it put the 3G back on. AWESOMENESS!! I wish I could thank you twice!!

I have not tried to see if it persists through a reboot, but even if it doesn't this is still awesome.

 

[Its_Jahmezz]

I want to take a moment and thank everyone who posted on this thread. I hope it helps someone else in the future also. I literally forgot about this thread, as I was just dealing with it (rebooting every time I wanted some data). I happened back on the thread today after searching for something totally different. I see other people sent options which I didn't try. I tried sd_shadow's option just b/c it was the first pics I saw. It appears to have worked. I thank all of you once again for continuing to post about this. Thank you! #DroidLIfe LOL!

**I have not tried to see if it persists through a reboot, but even if it doesn't this is still awesome and I'll try other peoples options.

 

[Its_Jahmezz]

Update: sd_shadow's solution did work, but it appears I was able to get a persistent result throught reboots from chattery's and fieldlab's suggestions. Thanks again all! Hopefully this will help someone. (Hopefully Page Plus steps their 4G game up in reality)

 

[Its_Jahmezz]

I have not yet updated using the OTA. I am still curious if others with this setup have done the OTA update because I'm getting annoyed hearing about it every 12 hours.

However, I believe I've fixed my "losing 3G" issue, as described by Its_Jahmezz above. Here's what I did:

1. Entered the programming menu (Dialer: ##7764726, send),
2. went to "06 Test Mode",
3. tapped NEXT twice and noticed Network Selection had changed to something with LTE in it. Peculiar - this was not how I had left it when I flashed to Page Plus. (LTE means 4G, right? And Page Plus is limited to 3G so that can't be the right setting) So...
4. changed it back to "CDMA and EVDO", as I remember it being to get it to work with Page Plus.
5. Once changed, pressed back twice and the phone restarted.

Upon reboot, 3G came up and has not gone away.

It worked and was persistent through the reboot! Thanks!

 

[Its_Jahmezz]

On page plus with my droid razr, I sometimes have to fix the issue of 3G dropping back to 1G, by using ##PROGRAM (##7764726) > "enter SPC password"= 000000, then "verify" > test mode (option 06) > network type = "CDMA and EVDO". It seems to reset itself occasionally to something including LTE and GSM/WCDMA.

Not only does the setting persist across reboots, my Droid Razr *forces* a reboot after changing that value.

I noted that dialing *#*#INFO#*#* (*#*#4636#*#*) and selecting "phone information" shows "preferred network type" is set to "CDMA (auto PRL)".

It worked and was persistent through the reboot! Thanks!