A simple code used on your smartphone can force your mobile network to improve.
Although our smartphones are becoming more and more advanced, it is not uncommon for them to have difficulty loading a web page or online content. This can be explained in particular by the area where you are located, which prevents your device from having sufficient network coverage to access your content.
This problem can also come from a lack of connection between your mobile plan and the communication bands available around you. If your smartphone does not pick up a 4G or 5G network, it will be difficult for it to have a sufficient signal to display resource-intensive content.
But did you know that it is possible to force your smartphone to have a better mobile network? The trick is not new, but it remains little known to the general public since a simple secret code allows you to force your phone to switch to 4G or 5G. To type it, go to the basic “phone” application of your smartphone and type the following code as if you were dialing a number: *#*#4636#*#*. Note that on some devices this code is not valid so try it *#36446337#.
A secret menu will then appear and offer you several options. Choose your SIM card. In our example, we only have one so we choose “Phone information”. If you have multiple SIM cards, you should see other options available.
Once you click on “Phone information”, you will access a rather complicated menu. It must be said that the majority of smartphone users should not have access to this secret menu! To find what interests us, locate the line “Set preferred network type”. Then select the option “LTE only”. You will then be able to observe that your phone will force to switch to the communication network with the most data possible.
Congratulations, you have forced your smartphone to use 4G or 5G! However, we recommend disabling this option when you don’t need it. To do this, reuse the secret code to access the menu and select the preferred network “NR/LTE/GSM/WCDMA”.