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Disabling 2G has been supported in Android since 12 - this is talking about the additional features on top of that.

Seems to be up to the manufacturers and/or the carriers. Samsung doesn't have this for example even on my S21 running Android 13.

Why shouldn't you be able to disable 2G in normal mode?

But you have to enable the whole thing right?

I like some of the settings of lockdown mode, and I wish you could enable them one by one. Enabling the entire lockdown mode is a bit too much

How? iOS 17 is not released yet.

Lockdown mode is iOS 16.

I think the Lockdown Mode will disable 2G only starting with iOS 17.

The press release [1] doesn't mention 2G directly but only "safer wireless connectivity defaults" but FastCo [2] is more direct "with iOS 17, Apple is not only beefing up Lockdown Mode (by blocking the iPhone from connecting to 2G cellular networks and from auto-joining insecure wireless networks) but bringing Lockdown Mode to the Apple Watch".

[1]: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/06/apple-announces-power... [2]: https://www.fastcompany.com/90904197/apple-ios-17-craig-fede...