Good evening.
Being a citizen of the not-so-great United States, I see all of our mobile providers here pushing for 5G networks. However, what they don't tell you is that by shutting down the 3G network, an entire generation of old, yet perfectly working electronics are essentially useless, so we can all get the same addicting glass rectangles. Even some 4G devices are affected by the lack of 3G in the nation, as my phone, the LGD486(blog about that) cannot connect to the network.
I don't know what I need to do to get the network working on the phone, but I will try everything short of getting another phone. I am determined to make this work by any means, so any suggestions are on the table.
As for the shutdown of 3G, I don't get why they would do this. I know it's outdated(the call tech is literally from the 90s!), and sure the towers probably cost some upkeep, but seriously? A whole generation of technology is now outcast, at least where I live. What I'd give to be somewhere with 2G and 3G networks... imagine the wacky phones I could get working properly.
Speaking of 2G, why haven't I mentioned it here? Well, from what I can gather, T-Mobile has yet to shut down all of their 2G towers. They made a statement that they were going to phase them out, but I believe there are still a small portion of them hanging around. Hey, if you are on T-Mobile's 2G network, let me know!
All of this to say, I just cannot stand abandonware and e-waste. What happens to all of our 4G phones whenever say 6G rolls out? Probably a similar fate. I don't expect much from the greedy overlords to care about old phones. You NEED the latest stuff or you WILL be left out, I guess. Was left out from the get-go after my old phone screen died.
Anyone have similar feelings? Suggestions for my LG phone? Leave a comment, I'll reply :)
Farrah_Day signing off.
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larpmaster5000
I'm not entirely sure about 3G but 2G is a security nightmare. A pretty sizable amount of scam texts over SMS are legitimate numbers unintentionally connected to mimicked 2G towers ("SMS blasters") which send texts out using the aforementioned legit numbers, since 2G connections are barely authenticated. It also isn't that hard to intercept call and text in roughly the same way for the same reason. This is why a lot of Android ROMs now disable it at an OS level by default too, especially in the last couple of years.
AFAIK, 3G is mostly getting phased out to open up space on the spectrum for other things, since it's taking up a lot of it for a relatively low number of customers.
Yeah, I came across that in my findings as well. I think it sucks that it renders so many devices useless when connecting to more modern networks, but I get that technology has to evolve.
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