3GS Mystery Data Usage

[robert222]

I have to agree with mikectza, this is very strange!

I have two cellpone contracts, the iphone is on a business top up 500 at vodacom and after reading this thread i decided to log my airtime usage for a few days, today is day three and my airtime is still exactly where it was, not one cent missing, so i honestly believe that your problem lies somewhere else.

PS: everything is switched off on my phone that uses internet, push notification, mail is on manual, etc.

I'm thinking of buying an iPhone and using it on Pay as You Go. I just want to check, before I buy. Is it possible to configure the phone not to use any data (airtime) without me knowing? ie only allowing apps to "get updates etc" when wireless is available. I don't want to spend $$$ because the phone is updating the weather forecasts every minute. I'm not planning on jailbreaking etc

Thanks

 

[fxit_man]

I'm thinking of buying an iPhone and using it on Pay as You Go. I just want to check, before I buy. Is it possible to configure the phone not to use any data (airtime) without me knowing? ie only allowing apps to "get updates etc" when wireless is available. I don't want to spend $$$ because the phone is updating the weather forecasts every minute. I'm not planning on jailbreaking etc

Thanks

Nothing will update unless you open the app OR unless apps support PUSH (which can be turned on and off) which allows data use even when the app is closed. That's why we are all so baffled as to why the OP's airtime is diminishing without any good explanation..

 

[MikeCTZA]

I'm thinking of buying an iPhone and using it on Pay as You Go. I just want to check, before I buy. Is it possible to configure the phone not to use any data (airtime) without me knowing? ie only allowing apps to "get updates etc" when wireless is available. I don't want to spend $$$ because the phone is updating the weather forecasts every minute. I'm not planning on jailbreaking etcThanks

Yes this is very possible. I used to do the same, ie only want to use my iPhone on wifi. What I did was set the APN to be something totally wrong then there is no way for it to connect to the cellular data network.

 

[robert222]

Thanks for the answers Fxit_man and MikeCTZA

Really helpful!

 

[subojac]

I had a 150 meg databundle vanish in 2 days, did a restore and now everthing is grafting again. (second time that it happened) Also disabled all the push notifications.