As it appears I am one of the few rockin' a Kyocera phone, I am posting here. Please feel free to move to a more appropriate forum (that I could not find).
Brief Summary:
- At my rural location, 3G works consistently well. 4G is intermittent. I cannot set the Duraforce Pro to use 3G CDMA *only*. Under Cellular Networks in Settings I have: 1) Global 2) LTE/CDMA 3) LTE/GSM/UMTS. On "LTE/CDMA" the phone tries to stay in 4G with slow/limited results, then toggles to 3G which seems to work much better consistently, but then decides that it wants to give 4G a try again (like a bad relationship you just can't seem to walk away from) and with not surprisingly the same bad results as the prior attempt.
Outside of the above I have tried the following, all unsuccessfully:
Again, my details:
Phone: Kyocera Duraforce Pro (E6810)
Android Version: 6.0.1
Software Version: 3.112VZ
First one to come up with the right answer wins my undying gratitude, and a date with my sister. Or brother, whichever.
Thanks!
drandersoninc,
We want to make sure you have the best coverage available. Let's look at the options. This device does not have the option to go to 3G only. You can adjust other options by going to Settings>More>Cellular Networks. You can adjust the System Select options, but there is not one for 3G only.
JenelleR_VZW
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Hello Jenelle,
Thank you for your reply. A simple question if I may:
Why is 3G only not an option?
Given the 4G LTE is not readily available in many rural areas and 3G remains a backbone for those same users, that seems to be a relatively easy accommodation to make to ensure the best coverage available for the entire VZW user base depending on where they live?
Verizon Wireless is already refarming the 3G network into the LTE network.
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Same issue. There's got to be a way to unlock it. Maybe in a new update.
Please Verizon/Kyocera - Give us the option to force 3G when we need to. This phone was built for use for the great outdoors where 4G signals are unreliable. So it only makes sense.
Also, I live in a VERY populates area. There are certain times of the day where the 4G tower here is bogged down. My old phone used to be able to force 3G which gave me a better data connection when that happened. Now I have to suffer. Sux.
Nope, never going to happen.
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