Stopping iPhone from accessing mobile data

[p38arover]

My daughter bought a new Iphone 4 and gave me her old iPhone 3G. But the blasted thing seems to want to access data via the mobile phone network. I just checked my pre-paid balance and the phone has sucked up multiple hits of over $5 when I've done nothing with it.

I assume it has something to do with apps I've installed.

Is it possible to stop it accessing mobile data? I don't want to access the internet or other stuff via a phone.

I've reverted the phone from iOS 4.?? to 3.1.3

[incisor]

check all the settings for push data etc and turn them off.

[p38arover]

I've only found one place where push is mentioned.

It seems some of the data use is from "free" apps pushing adverts, especially Google video adverts. Also, I played a free version of Solitaire (now deleted) and that cost money in data charges.

I noticed my wife's 3GS running iOS 4.1 has an option the 3G running 3.1.3 doesn't, i.e., under:

Settings->General->Network hers has Cellular Data On or Off. iOS 3.1.3 doesn't.

I don't know if changing to iOS4 would fix the problem.

I think the iPhone might have to be turned off as a phone and only use it as a PDA. It's simply too expensive to use.

[miky]

I have the iPhone 4 running version 4.1 and as you say, I can (and do) turn data off when I don't need it.

I would assume that updating to 4.??? whatever the latest is would give you that option.

Someone hear must have updated and could confirm.


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[LOVEMYRANGIE]

Ron
Go to settings, select Mail, Calender etc. If there is an email account and you don't want it, delete it by selecting the account and then the big red Delete Account at the bottom.
Go back to the previous screen and then select Fetch New Data.
At the top is Push, turn it off and at the bottom select Manual for the frequency.
That should fix it.
It and the apps won't access data automatically unless you have set it up to do so, its aparently illegal to manufacture them to do so and is considered fraudulent income or something. It's not as if they domt make enough already......

Cheers

Andrew

[Reads90]

Need to do it when you go abroad

I went to Taiwan last year and came back with $1200 of Internet useage from my iPhone checking email and other stuff

Luckly for me it was a company holiday trip and my company paid it


Ali

[p38arover]

Ron
Go to settings, select Mail, Calender etc. If there is an email account and you don't want it, delete it by selecting the account and then the big red Delete Account at the bottom.
Go back to the previous screen and then select Fetch New Data.
At the top is Push, turn it off and at the bottom select Manual for the frequency.

Done. Thanks Andrew.

Another thing I've learned. I inadvertently pressed a name (or was it address) in Contacts expecting to be able to edit it (I'm used to Windows CE PDAs). The iPhone loaded Google maps to show me the location of the contact. More expense.

These "features" are not good when one is on a prepaid plan where data costs $1 per Mb.

I've moved all the useless in-built apps (which can't be removed and which cost money in data usage) for which I have no use , i.e., YouTube, iTunes, App Store, Mail, Stocks, and Weather to a third screen so that they can't be accidentally pressed. I'm sure I'll move others, too. Safari, Camera, and Maps may be next - they have already been moved to the second screen.

[LOVEMYRANGIE]

With the contacts thing, that's probably the Location Services function.
Go to settings, General and it should be in the same group as Network and Bluetooth. Turn that off as well.
Your getting charged high rates most likely a your prepaid possibly won't include any or very little data quota.

Cheers

Andrew

[p38arover]

Location Services now turned off.

I make so few phone calls, a $30 recharge usually lasted me over six months (I'm on a fixed $1 per call plan) - until I got an iPhone!

[350RRC]

I found it quite easy in an initial iPhone 4 set up to get it organised minimising data use and maximising battery life. Was a complete iPhone newb.

It would be hard to figure out how to do this on a phone that had a user's personal settings already on it. Push and Location Services would eat data usage if activated.

I only ended up with this phone because my last Motorola's glass got smashed (again) and then went missing, with all contacts. Also needed a bigger plan.

Just for info........... I'm on Telstra $79 plan ($750 calls, 2Gb data, free iPhone 4) If phone is lost or trashed I get a new one for 1/2 price, get SMS if and when I exceed 80% call or data plan limit.

So far have only got up to 120 Mb of data use in a month. Easy to monitor: Settings, General, Usage.

Pretty happy with it. The HD video capture is just awesome.

cheers, DL