topic Force 4G in Android Devices

Force 4G

OldL — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:36:33 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I'm on Android and was forced to use 5G when I joined up with EE last week. On other phones the *#*#4636#*#* worked, but on my Honor M8 Pro it doesn't. But this does work, put your phone on POWER SAVING mode, it only means if your battery goes below 20% it will kick in, but it FORCES 4G! Problem solved, try it! 🙂👌🏻

Re: Force 4G

Northerner — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:54:25 GMT

Hi @OldL

Why would you not want to use 5G.

Is there no settings under connection.

Thanks

Re: Force 4G

OldL — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:00:07 GMT

I should've mentioned were not in a 5G area so we need 4G.

Re: Force 4G

OldL — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:05:06 GMT

We don't have 5G in our area so we need 4G. No there's no option under settings to disable 5G or change it to 4G.

Re: Force 4G

bristolian — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:48:42 GMT

You only need to reply once, you can edit posts if necessary.

5G phones will use 4G as a matter of course, anywhere that there's no 5G coverage. When in NSA mode, a 5G phone will also use 4G for calls by design.

You don't need a phone setting for this to work.