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Disabling EDGE?

  • 27-03-2010 9:42am
    #1
    jamieh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    My younger brother got an iPhone but its costing the poor divil a fortune in credit, because of data use. He doesn't even seem to use it much in fairness to him.

    Is there any way of disabling edge so apps can't go online to use data?


Comments

  • #2
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭guil


    settings > general > network > cellular data network
    click apn and just add a letter or 2, that will diasable the net completely, to get it back just delete whatever characters were added to the apn


  • #3
    francie BradyII
    Closed Accounts Posts: 168 ✭✭francie BradyII


    whats the difference between edge and 3g?


  • #4
    Stuxnet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    edge max speed is around 135kbs
    3g up to about 1.5mb


  • #5
    Type 17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,731 ✭✭✭Type 17


    If it suits him to turn off all GSM/3G stuff (including voice calls), and just use Wi-Fi, then turn on Airplane mode, but then turn Airport back on.

    Editing the APN is good, but if you only want edge/3G off for a short time, it can get a bit tedious...


  • #6
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭guil


    Type 17 wrote: »
    If it suits him to turn off all GSM/3G stuff (including voice calls), and just use Wi-Fi, then turn on Airplane mode, but then turn Airport back on.

    Editing the APN is good, but if you only want edge/3G off for a short time, it can get a bit tedious...
    then it would only be a glorified ipod, some apps try to update every time they start and afaik ya cant disable that on all of them


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