No 2G/3G option in 7.1.0.342 Telnor

**hernanstafe** · 05-22-2012, 10:05 AM

Hello everyone, I've had a Blackberry 9860 for a couple of days now and i'm quite happy with it, but i'm concerned about battery life, which with a moderate/heavy use lasts about a day and a half. Anyway, the problem is that i don't have the option to switch between 2G and 3G and some people seem to have it with this firmware, can anyone confirm this? My phone is AT&T unlocked with the Telnor firmware. Thanks in advance.

**PHughes** · 05-22-2012, 06:33 PM

I didn't have it either. I am on AT&T as well. I downgraded the other day back to 576.

**hernanstafe** · 05-22-2012, 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by PHughes

I didn't have it either. I am on AT&T as well. I downgraded the other day back to 576.

How was your battery experience on that OS version compared to the 7.1.0.342?

**otacon** · 05-25-2012, 09:51 AM

Strange... I am on 342 Telenor and that option is available for me... Right under Mobile Settings...

**PHughes** · 05-25-2012, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by hernanstafe

How was your battery experience on that OS version compared to the 7.1.0.342?

Unfortunately while I was using 7.1.0.342 I really didn't pay as much attention to the battery life. Sorry. I was more concerned with other issues. I still want an OS that give me more reliable screen rotation without the need to do battery pulls all the time.

One issue I was having with 342 was the memory leak. I don't have that issue with 576.

**Klotar** · 05-25-2012, 11:53 AM

AT&T BB's have the 2G only option disabled in 7.1 OS's. Even if the phone is not on the AT&T network, does not have an AT&T sim, and/or is not running an official AT&T released OS. The disabling is done by detecting the hardcoded vendor ID that tells the OS that the phone is an AT&T device. This is why users using the same OS on different carriers on the same device but branded to a different carrier, etc. see different options or statuses (4G vs H+, etc.).

Don't shoot the messenger!

**hernanstafe** · 05-26-2012, 11:29 AM

Klotar is right. That's exactly what happens as i've found out a few days ago. Thanks for the help everyone!!

**Lord_Jareth_89** · 05-30-2012, 05:05 PM

And just to clear this for me.... There isn't a way that I could take my AT&T phone and have my carrier "re-brand" it? My carriers blackberrys come with 2g , 3g and 2g/3g