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Jun 13, 2013 at 14:58 history edited t0mm13b CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jun 12, 2013 at 23:10 comment added t0mm13b My mentality for the above answer is this - I switch off data when switching over to 2G because its slow so what's the point anyway, that explains my answer in the above! Why would you want to access data over 2G/GPRS/Edge?
Jun 12, 2013 at 15:42 comment added t0mm13b Ooops! brain fart there - mea culpa! Just realized...
Jun 12, 2013 at 14:27 comment added Izzy I definitely can confirm what Sergey wrote: until recently, I had my phone set to "2G only", and still was receiving my mail notifications etc. fine. Also, the data xfer arrows in the notification bar gave prove of an active data transfer, in addition to the G/E symbol for the data connection type (so, that's the "practical proof" -- now for the "theoretical part"). "2G" stands for "second generation" of the GSM standard, using GSM/Edge for data. "3G" is "3rd gen", and uses UMTS/HDSPA etc. for data. "0G" would be "no data", if it would exist :)
Jun 12, 2013 at 13:22 comment added Sergey Vlasov “Use only 2G networks” does not disable data — 2G networks support GPRS and EDGE for data connections. The obvious difference from 3G is the connection speed; another difference is that GPRS and EDGE data connections are temporarily dropped during a phone call, while a 3G data connection can be kept during a call.
Jun 12, 2013 at 13:10 history answered t0mm13b CC BY-SA 3.0