How to disable 3G on your Samsung Omnia W

// December 30th, 2011 // Gadgets and Appliances Reviews, Saurabh's Tips and Tricks, Technology, Tutorial

This is another tip which I dug around for hours to get.
Posting it here so that it saves some people time.

So in my Samsung Omnia W Windows phone, it defaults to 3G out of the box and there is no visible setting to change it.
If you like me, don’t really want to switch to 3G and would rather prolong the life of your battery, here is what you need to do:

  1. Go into the phone dial mode.
  2. Type: ##3282#
  3. If the screen does not change to “field test”, tap the dial button.
  4. On the next screen which opens up, pop up the settings options from the bottom of the screen via the … button.
  5. Tap settings
  6. In the Network type, select 2G only
  7. Hit the back arrow and go to your home screen.
  8. Your phone will now work on the 2G network and consume lesser battery.

Hope this helps someone.

6 Responses to “How to disable 3G on your Samsung Omnia W”

  1. Sanjay says:
    January 9, 2012 at 1:44 pm

    Dear Saurabh,
    Last few days I have been talking to Samsung every day for a solution but have not been able to help so far. Interestingly, the phones which samsuung customer service (demo sets I guess) they have the enable/disable 3G option under the mobile network settings. I was talking to the Microsoft customer support yesterday and they have some ‘ease of access’ option wherer they can enable/disable 3G – not sure if there are various versions of the firmware floating around and in different countries. But coming back to point – your solution works Man !! Great show and thanks Much !! Keep this good work up !!

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  2. Manish says:
    January 19, 2012 at 4:57 am

    Dear Saurabh,

    I was going crazy loooking for solution to my texting problem as i can’t send SMS on My Tata DOCOMO 3 G Network. It’s a great relief for me as finally i can switch to normal EDGE connection and text normally with out any problem. Cheers to you.

    Regards,

    Manish

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  3. Biju says:
    February 4, 2012 at 11:25 am

    Tanks

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  4. Varun Jain says:
    February 14, 2012 at 12:27 pm

    Hahaha ! Guess which site popped up when i googled “how to switch off 3g on omnia w” :D

    Anyways thanks a ton…. awesomely helpful !!!

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  5. Harshad Pai says:
    February 20, 2012 at 5:59 pm

    Thanks Saurabh! really helpful. I was draining battery like anything and was beginning to wonder if its a phone problem!

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  6. Huzefa Husain says:
    February 22, 2012 at 8:40 am

    Thanks a ton Saurabh for the info. I was on the verge of giving away the omnia w because of no 2g option. You are a savior :)
    Keep up the good work

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