On my JP1 "Prefer 4G" in the network settings means that when 4G is
available and I'm not making a call/sending an sms I am on 4G.

I never thether WiFi though so don't know if that would work, usually use
USB tethering so that it's charging and not finishing the battery so fast.

2017-04-13 16:10 GMT+03:00 szopin <szo...@gmail.com>:

> check https://git.merproject.org/mer-core/ofono/blob/master/
> ofono/doc/radio-settings-api.txt
> it still says lte is for lte only, maybe a bug, or maybe a feature with
> callback switching, on j1 it used to block any call functionality, might've
> been undesired behaviour, no idea (I had a similar situation like you and
> wanted 4g only and it used to block any 2-3g connections, maybe it was
> dropped)
>
> On 13 April 2017 at 14:13, Claudio Campeggi <claudio.campeggi@studio.
> unibo.it> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> thank you for your replies but the command you provided doesn't work.
>> I do know that I won't be able to receive calls, but on 3G I barely get 5 
>> megabits whereas on 4G I get always 10 megabits or more, not to talk about 
>> the amazingly low latency on 4G compared to 3G.
>> I want to force JP01 on 4G as once I start wifi tethering it won't 
>> automatically go to 4G, and I do know that there is 4G coverage in that 
>> place (as I wrote, better walls penetration on 800Mhz)..
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> Yeah, ppl calling you would get busy signal (and no text from your provider 
>> to tell you about it), it doesn't work on jollac,and since radio switcher 
>> was mentioned as no longer working no idea if it still does
>>
>> On Tuesday, 11 April 2017, E.S. Rosenberg wrote:
>> >* The dialog in System Settings should be enough, it should be noted though
>> *>* that LTE did not usually support voice calls so when you are making the
>> *>* call the phone always needs to switch back to UMTS (things may have
>> *>* changed).
>> *> >* 2017-04-10 16:25 GMT+03:00 <szopin at gmail.com 
>> <https://lists.sailfishos.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel>>:
>> *> >* > This should force lte (calls will most likely be disabled, change 
>> 'lte' to
>> *>* > 'any' to switch back):
>> *>* >
>> *>* > dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.ofono /ril_0 org
>> *>* > .ofono.RadioSettings.SetProperty string:"TechnologyPreference"
>> *>* > variant:string:"
>> *>* > lte"
>> *>* >
>> *>* > (or at least this used to work in 2014)
>> *>* >
>> *>* >
>> *>* > On Monday, 10 April 2017, Claudio Campeggi wrote:
>> *>* > > Hi,
>> *>* > > in the past I used the Radio Switch app (on warehouse) to lock my 
>> JP01
>> *>* > > on 4G network (it seems that if 3G signal is low sailfish doesn't 
>> search
>> *>* > > for 4G networks, but in my area 3g is 2100MHz and 4g on 800MHz, so it
>> *>* > > penetrates the building walls way better), but a while ago the 4G 
>> mode
>> *>* > > stopped working because the bash command use was no longer working.
>> *>* > >
>> *>* > > I'm writing to know if it's still possible with a new bash command to
>> *>* > > lock the phone in 4G only mode, and if so how.
>> *>* > >
>> *>* > > I do know there is the "more network modes" patch but I would like to
>> *>* > > avoid to use patches.
>> *>* > >
>> *>* > > Thank you
>> *>* > >
>> *>* > >
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