How To Get The 4G Indicator On Your iPhone 4S

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If you have an AT&T iPhone 4S then you will have the 4G indicator but if you don�t have an AT&T iPhone 4S this post is for. When Apple rolled out iOS 5.1 one of their updates was one that was only available to AT&T users and this was the 4G indicator in the status bar that replaced the 3G symbol.

There has been a lot of talk about 4G connectivity recently. The iPhone 4S is using HSPA+ and the 4G indicator is relevant as the International Telecommunications Union ITU recognizes this as true 4G. The AT&T network is currently the only network in the US that is actually allowed to use the 4G symbol due to licensing agreements but it has managed to confuse a lot of people when the indicator started showing up after the iOS 5.1 update.

If you are confused the bottom line is that the display of 4G rather than 3G is really nothing more than a visual replacement. The updated symbol doesn�t give you any additional speed increases and all that has happened is that with iOS 5.1 the indicator has been changed for AT&T users. If you want to benefit from this update but you aren�t an AT&T subscriber then you can now download the 4G for iPhone theme from the Cydia store.

The 4G for iPhone package is a WinterBoard theme and once it has been activated and the device has been respringed the status bar will display the 4G indicator whenever the device has UMTS data connectivity. 4G for iPhone is available from the ModMyi repository free of charge and in order to install it you must have a jailbroken iPhone.