The HTC Thunderbolt is a brand new 4G smartphone on Verizon and while 4G can be great it does also decrease your battery life and may interfere with your 3G connection. Somehow Verizon and HTC did not include a widget to switch off 4G / LTE on the HTC Thunderbolt but as usual someone found a way to disable it.
cdunn05 @ AndroidCentral was able to turn on or off LTE on the HTC Thunderbolt.
Note that we will not be responsible if you end up bricking your device, customizing your phone or tablet can be risky. If you follow the instructions carefully you will be fine!
You can follow these instructions to disable 4G on your HTC Thunderbolt:
- Open your dialer
- Enter *#*#4636#*#*
- Now select Phone Information and navigate to Set Preferred Network Type
- Finally select EvDo only or CDMA only, this will disable LTE / 4G
To re-enable the LTE radio on your HTC Thunderbolt:
- Open your dialer
- Enter *#*#4636#*#*
- Now select Phone Information and navigate to Set Preferred Network Type
- Select LTE Mode
- Go back to the menu and select CDMA+LTE/EvDO auto, this will re-activate 4G / LTE on your device
If you would like to root / jailbreak your HTC Thunderbolt, check out our article @ How To Root your HTC Thunderbolt.
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