How-to: force Moto phones to use 3G/HSPA/UMTS only mode

How-to: force Moto phones to use 3G/HSPA/UMTS only mode

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     Hello guys, In India we have seen the snail's speed of 2G connection.. In my phone 2G speeds rarely cross 30 KBps and due to 3G prices getting cheaper, most of us prefer to recharge 3G. In last few days I have seen many users commenting that they can't use 3G even if they have set it to 3G mode in their Motorola phones (Moto G, Moto E, Moto X) by following these steps: 

Settings > More...(under Wireless & Networks) > Mobile Networks > Preferred network type > 3G.

 
      Actually the 3G mode selected by the above steps is "WCDMA (3G) preferred" which results in switching to 2G mode when we have weak 3G signal strength. I too faced this problem for first few days till I got the solution.

        For enabling 3G only mode follow these steps:

     Firstly we need to define in which SIM we want to enable 3G. For this go to- 
Settings > Dual SIM settings > Mobile Data > choose the desired SIM.

Now,

  • Open your Phone (Dialler) app{the one which you open while dialling a number}.
  • Enter this code: *#*#4636#*#*
  • An app known as "Testing" will be launched.
  • Touch the first option "Phone information".Don't touch other options.
  • You will notice a drop-down option above "turn off Radio" button. Tap on it.
  • Select the third option "WCDMA Only". Wait for a while...
  • You will see that network has changed to 3G mode in the notification bar. If network doesn't change, touch the "turn off Radio" button. you will see your phone's signal are lost. Now again turn it on by tapping on the same button.
         Your 3G/HSPA/UMTS must have been enabled now.

Screenshots of "testing" app.


CAUTION: Inside the 'Testing' app, don't touch the other settings unless you are sure about them or you will land up in trouble.

TIP: If you think remembering or dialling the code is difficult, then you can download the "Phone Testing" app from Play Store. It directly opens the "testing" options in 1 tap.
The device which I have used here is Moto G (1st Gen).

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84 comments :

  1. Unknown9 July 2014 at 12:06

    Thanks Anil!!

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  2. Unknown16 July 2014 at 14:06

    Thanks dude. It's wonderful piece of info

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  3. Unknown21 July 2014 at 07:09

    Though I have selected WCDMA it is going for GSM only.
    please help me in this - Karthik

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    1. Unknown21 July 2014 at 10:29

      Which SIM?? tried above procedure?

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    2. dibyendu13 August 2014 at 11:31

      use it for 1st sim.2nd sim not changing for network preferance.

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    3. Unknown12 July 2020 at 10:14

      My moto E 1st gen in lollipop 5.1 version this phone 2G & 3G network but not connected in 3G connect my Sim card Airtel how to connect 3G H+ Places help sir

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  4. Unknown30 July 2014 at 18:50

    The option is greyed out...pls any other way to do this

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  5. Unknown5 August 2014 at 02:11

    vodafone sim .
    does not work.please help,

    first option takes network away. second does nothing.

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  6. Unknown11 August 2014 at 22:09

    Only showing GSM only despite choosing WCDMA only, please help.

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    1. Unknown22 December 2014 at 14:05

      Really sorry for late replying.. tried rebooting? Hope it worked.

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  7. shantanubhartia15 August 2014 at 11:51

    I selected WDCMA option only, as my 3G network was slow but now I am recieving no signal at all.

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    1. Unknown22 December 2014 at 14:06

      Really sorry for late replying.. Are you sure your place gets 3g signals?

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    2. Unknown22 September 2015 at 09:29

      Dada off next on

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  8. Unknown15 August 2014 at 14:36

    great job thanks
    it works on sim 1

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  9. Unknown17 August 2014 at 12:19

    not working on sim 1 idea moto g kitkat 4.4.4

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  10. Unknown6 September 2014 at 01:54

    Thanks Man!!!:)

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    1. Unknown14 October 2014 at 22:29

      Love to hear this bro!

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    2. Unknown6 April 2015 at 11:07

      Hi,

      I have followed all the above steps and finally that E icons has not changed to H+ and signal strength not appear.wen am select wcdma prepared that time shows signal(network) and then select wcdma only its gone the network.please help me..awaiting for your suggestions..

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  11. Chinmay9 September 2014 at 19:12

    Hi,

    I have followed all the above steps and finally that E icons has changed to H+ but still there is no increase in speed. It looks like it is still using 2G network.

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    1. Unknown14 October 2014 at 22:28

      Are you sure you are using 3G plan?? If still facing the issue of speed contact your operator.

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  12. SHY29 September 2014 at 17:12

    not working on sim 1 moto g kitkat 4.4.4

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    1. Unknown14 October 2014 at 22:27

      Follow the steps in the same manner as written... it works...

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  13. Unknown29 October 2014 at 07:49

    Thanks a lot.. !

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  14. Unknown30 October 2014 at 23:09

    thanks alot man,,it worked..actually there is no NETWORK MODE option in moto g..so moto users are finding it difficult to switch to WCDMA only mode....motorola should enable this option in setting itself..

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  15. Unknown7 November 2014 at 09:56

    Thanks a lot man. But it's working only on sim1and not working in second sim

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  16. Unknown17 November 2014 at 16:01

    Thanks a lot bro !!!
    Finally the much hated ' E ' symbol got changed to ' H+ ' along with a smile on my face :)

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  17. Unknown6 December 2014 at 20:31

    Thanks a lot u solve such a serious issue.

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  18. Unknown12 December 2014 at 14:20

    I have tried above option to change from H+ to 3G connection under Phone Information of Testing menu, but when I did I was completely lost with nothing was enabled either H+ or 3G connection.

    I am real concerned about this issue.

    Please help me out of this problem.

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    1. Unknown22 December 2014 at 14:09

      try rebooting the device and then try again.

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  19. Vachagan26 December 2014 at 01:23

    Does anyone know gh how to start the Testing app on the Moto G second generation? The *#*#4636#*#* code does not work on it as well as the Phone Testing app from the play store. Thanks in advance for help

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    1. Unknown13 February 2015 at 23:42

      I m using same phone..
      And it works perfectly.
      I just did it.

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  20. Unknown13 February 2015 at 23:40

    Thank you a lot..
    U make a bigger smile on my face.
    Now tell some tips for battery backups and what about lollypop. I heard lots that after installing lollypop they got lots of issues.. Some lost ringtone some wallpaper some menu etc etc . suggest me :)

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  21. Unknown13 February 2015 at 23:49

    If I need 2g service I all select 2g and for 3g then again have I do to same steps ?
    I noticed no option is select in mobile networks option in setting.

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  22. Unknown23 February 2015 at 05:31

    please help me,i can not seem to get 3g on my phone. I have followed all the steps but when ever i change to wcdma only my data sim just goes off with no network,please what next can i do

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  23. Debasish Suaro1 April 2015 at 21:13

    my phone works on lollipop, the 2nd slot sim recognizes sims for some seconds then goes off. the network is not shown. the 1st slot is only working with a cropped relience sim. already tried other operator sims , original micro sims as well as cropped sims. nothing works. in addition to that i can only use the network if data is on and it does not work or recognize 2g network with the relience sim. please suggest effective solution as i am not near any moto care and i got this phone delivered from flipkart on 31st Jan, 2015. till when is my warrenty active ?

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    1. Unknown6 April 2015 at 12:43

      seems to be a hardware issue.. Better to contact Moto customer care.

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  24. Debasish Suaro1 April 2015 at 21:15

    forgot to mention that those sims work totally fine on other phones including the moto e.

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  25. Unknown6 April 2015 at 11:10

    Hi,

    I have followed all the above steps and finally that E icons has changed to H+ doesnt change.wen am tap the turna of ratio and wcdma prepared that shows network strength the after wen am tap wcdma only that time no network strength please sugget me..
    awaiting for your replay

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    1. Unknown6 April 2015 at 12:42

      bro.. this is because there is no 3G signal present in that location.. WCDMA preferred means that if you have 3g signals then the phone will pick 3g signals instead of 2g.. but if there is no 3g signal then it will take 2g... thats why WCDMA only fives no signal. Try using any other operator.

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    2. Unknown6 April 2015 at 13:02

      sir,

      wen am choosing WCDMA that time have network signal and not showing 3g or 2g singal..and also wen am choose WCDMA only that time no signal strength..and also asking SMSC ____Update Refresh.
      please suggest me..

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    3. Unknown6 April 2015 at 13:07

      bro..
      awaiting for your replay..

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  26. Unknown19 April 2015 at 19:56

    Hello,
    I just want to say, My phone is Moto g 2nd Gen xt1064 single sim running Lollipop 5.0.2 version. I can't connect with 3g but can connect from edge.but in the settings, there is option which we can switch 2g to 3g.but even though i select 3G,still i get connected with the E(edge) where we are in a 3G location.

    And these *#*#4636#*#* code is not work.
    Is there any possible solution which can sort this out.

    Thank you.

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  27. G Kumar25 April 2015 at 13:06

    In moto g 1st gen. It goes is previous state after restarting the phone. Shall this process done again every restart .pl help?

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  28. Unknown10 June 2015 at 08:59

    I was able to enable 3G but whenever signal is lost, it rolls back to 2G, the phone information also rolls back to gsm preferred..how to stop it from rolling back to 3G?

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  29. siba sankar patro11 June 2015 at 21:34

    thanx a lot

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  30. shruthi9 July 2015 at 20:47

    Hi evn I tried with that code n tried to chng it into 3g but still it's in 2g only
    I'm using motog2
    Really tired of trying it I tried al d possible ways but still it's not working :(
    Pls help me

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  31. shruthi9 July 2015 at 20:49

    Hi evn I tried with that code n tried to chng it into 3g but still it's in 2g only
    I'm using motog2
    Really tired of trying it I tried al d possible ways but still it's not working :(
    Pls help me

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    1. Unknown9 July 2015 at 23:12

      go to mobile network settings, choose 3g in 'preferred network type' and then enable data.. now go to dialler, dial that code *#*#4636#*#* and then do as stated in tutorial.. hope that will work. :)

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  32. Unknown9 July 2015 at 23:13

    thanks for feedback!

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  33. Unknown11 July 2015 at 13:44

    Just tried on my Moto G2.. Worked perfectly... Thank you for helping me get rid of this long time annoying problem. Cheers :)

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  34. Unknown29 July 2015 at 11:11

    I am using Micromax Canvas Doodle A111 mobile, Now a days its showing only 2G network, I cant switch to WCDMA mode, when I switch to WCDMA mode there is no network, I tried with other operator SIM, But problem exists. when I manually search the network it showing 3G Network and then switching to that 3G there is no network.Please help me to resolve my issue.

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  35. Satheesh R3 August 2015 at 12:33

    Thanks buddy...

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  36. Unknown14 August 2015 at 20:33

    Doesn't work.

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  37. YOGESH KUMAR PANDEY7 September 2015 at 11:58

    Nice post
    I got H but not H+
    Can someone tell me
    How can I get H+

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  38. Unknown15 October 2015 at 19:32

    I have a virgin Mobile moto e 2nd gen and 3g is always on and working although I didn't even register it...🙌

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  39. Unknown15 October 2015 at 19:33

    I have a virgin Mobile moto e 2nd gen and 3g is always on and working although I didn't even register it...🙌

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  40. Unknown30 October 2015 at 00:35

    Hi im using moto x in India the network automatically changed to 4g I'm not able to change it as 2g r 3g.I have tried everything but its not working. Please help me to sort out this problem

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  41. Paresh Dalal2 November 2015 at 10:20

    Hi, I have done as instructed above it worked when fine when I was using single sim but when i inserted another sim same issue appear.. actually the issue is i'm not able to switch the data subscription to the another sim.. everytime i try to switch the data subscription it says work in progress but nothing happen.. by default it take the same sim.. kindly help.

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  42. ZIYAD11 November 2015 at 08:00

    Really useful post @Anshumaan Gupta..

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  43. anubhansoo13 November 2015 at 18:34

    Thank you! Life saver!

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  44. hamza tanveer30 November 2015 at 01:12

    this code is not working in my Motorola droid mxx.....please do something for me......speed of 3g in my mobile is too slow......i am waiting for your answer....

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  45. Unknown7 June 2016 at 20:02

    Thanks a million!!! It worked on Moto G3.

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  46. Ajay Agrawal16 June 2016 at 21:16

    great thanks bro - this worked in totality...many many thanks for this ...

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  47. Unknown19 July 2016 at 16:17

    ये काम तो अच्छा कर रहा है भाई।

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  48. gr madhusudhanan12 January 2017 at 12:18

    is it possible that moto g2 to be convert to 4G?.

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  49. Unknown26 February 2017 at 06:10

    Thank you very much. For the past 3 months my device just switched to Edge. But with you post i have H+

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  50. BANINI22 March 2017 at 23:33

    Enter your comment... *#*#4636#*#* I use this code nothing via showing on the phone please help me out

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  51. Kogulan26 April 2017 at 13:42

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  52. Jarvis27 December 2017 at 19:21

    thats an awesome one tanq

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  53. Unknown18 February 2018 at 19:40

    i am using Moto M Mobile, in my mobile i am unable to set preferred network type, Suppose if i select (WCDMA only) as my preferred network when i come out automatically it changes to (WCDMA preferred. Plz say me how to set the preferred network at Constant?

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  54. shahin8 November 2018 at 23:55

    موزیک پرطرفدار

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  55. Unknown15 November 2018 at 15:20

    nice blog

    good and informative

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  56. Victor17 November 2018 at 18:07

    Thanks a lot man! Works like a piece of cake!

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