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Message Time & Credit Draining

  • 01-09-2010 10:58am
    #1
    bizzo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84 ✭✭


    Can any one tell me how to find out what time a message was sent to my iphone. It comes up on some of the messages what time it was sent but other times it wont let me know. Any ideas.

    Also im on pre pay and so dont go on net every day. But some days when i check my credit it has drained without going on net or making phone calls. Any ideas how to turn off the internet connection settings. Its costin me a fortune.

    Finally, is it true there is no internet bundles available on 02 pre pay. Seems kind of harsh. Went on the net one day and looked at maybe 6 you tube vids checked sky sports and few other sites( not exactly downloading blockbusters) and my credit went by about 8euro. I though once you use the internet it costs 1euro for the day without over doing it. I would have thought i was over doing it at all.


    Is it just me? I am kind of thick at these things!

    Any advice would be great!


Comments

  • #2
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    bizzo wrote: »
    Any ideas how to turn off the internet connection settings. Its costin me a fortune.

    Settings > General > Network > Cellular Data - switch this off to disable 3G internet connectivity. You might be using data without realizing it, a lot of apps use different services (push, etc) that could be doing stuff in the background. And I think on PAYG, you are charged the 99c as soon as you use 1KB anyway... So that could explain the drain somewhat...
    bizzo wrote: »
    I though once you use the internet it costs 1euro for the day without over doing it. I would have thought i was over doing it at all.

    On Vodafone, it's 99c for up to 50MB a day (though you can get 100MB for less if you're on Vodafone 360 I think) - if you go over this, they start charging per KB which can add up fast. I think O2 has a similar structure in place for PAYG but someone else can confirm.


  • #3
    Four of a kind
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭Four of a kind


    Yeah with o2 you get 50mb for 99cents per day(on whatever days you use Internet) and with vodafone you can get 100mb per day for 39cents on the 360 PAYG plan.
    And for that reason alone I'm switching to vodafone from u2.


  • #4
    tigershould
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭tigershould


    its so annoying that there is not a simple "turn data off" switch.

    apple obviously dont want us to be able to turn it off (imo :))


  • #5
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,109 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    tigershould wrote: »
    its so annoying that there is not a simple "turn data off" switch.

    apple obviously dont want us to be able to turn it off (imo :))

    Settings>general>Network>Cellular Data = off?


  • #6
    bizzo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84 ✭✭bizzo


    Thanks for the help. Its really frustrating. I mean i bought the phone on payg so that i wouldnt be racking up massive bills , i paid roughly 250 euro more for the payg and and now find that im spending as much as ppl with bill ! Aggggh!


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  • #7
    tigershould
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭tigershould


    whiterebel wrote: »
    Settings>general>Network>Cellular Data = off?

    thanks, i swear that was never there before :)


  • #8
    rivalius13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭rivalius13


    tigershould wrote: »
    thanks, i swear that was never there before :)

    It was added in 4.0.


  • #9
    rivalius13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭rivalius13


    Time stamps aren't random in messages, even though they may initially appear to be. Once a timestamp has been set in a message stream it won't show another one for 15 minutes. So if you send and receive 50 texts, no time stamp until the first one that arrives 15 minutes after the first one. There's no option to change this time frame at the minute.


  • #10
    Four of a kind
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭Four of a kind


    Four of a kind wrote: »
    Yeah with o2 you get 50mb for 99cents per day(on whatever days you use Internet) and with vodafone you can get 100mb per day for 39cents on the 360 PAYG plan.
    And for that reason alone I'm switching to vodafone from u2.

    I see on their website that this offer is available until 30th September. So does that mean it will end or just that you have to sign up before 30th sept?


  • #11
    Savage Tyrant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,165 ✭✭✭Savage Tyrant


    rivalius13 wrote: »
    Time stamps aren't random in messages, even though they may initially appear to be. Once a timestamp has been set in a message stream it won't show another one for 15 minutes. So if you send and receive 50 texts, no time stamp until the first one that arrives 15 minutes after the first one. There's no option to change this time frame at the minute.


    Ahhhhh.... That was baffling me. Thanks for that!


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