Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off?

From	Someone Somewhere <nntpac@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	uk.telecom.mobile, comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off?
Date	2016-07-15 11:02 +0100
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID	<nmacbg$40n$2@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink)
References	<nmabpg$hte$1@softins.softins.co.uk>

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On 15/07/2016 10:52, Tony Mountifield wrote:
> I recently went on holiday from the UK to mainland Europe, and took
> my Samsung Galaxy S4 running Android 5.0.1 on the EE network.
>
> Before I went, I turned off Roaming Data, and also turned off Mobile Data
> completely.
>
> As I entered each country (France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany),
> I still received texts from EE saying "From EE: Your device is trying to
> connect to the internet. To get online abroad, choose a data add-on."
>
> So my question is, if roaming data and mobile data are both turned off
> (I checked again each time), why were these messages getting triggered?
>
> Cheers
> Tony
>
Did you actually consume any data?  If not, I suspect it's getting 
triggered by the handset accessing the SGSN and hence having access to a 
data channel even if it didn't use it.

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Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? tony@mountifield.org (Tony Mountifield) - 2016-07-15 09:52 +0000
  Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? Someone Somewhere <nntpac@gmail.com> - 2016-07-15 11:02 +0100
    Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-07-15 08:06 -0700
      Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? tony@mountifield.org (Tony Mountifield) - 2016-07-16 08:10 +0000
        Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? Someone Somewhere <nntpac@gmail.com> - 2016-07-16 10:20 +0100
          Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? Graham. <graham-usenet@mail.com> - 2016-07-16 12:26 +0100
            Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? Someone Somewhere <nntpac@gmail.com> - 2016-07-16 13:34 +0100
  Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-07-15 11:04 +0100
    Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2016-07-15 13:26 +0100
      Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-07-15 14:24 +0100
        Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2016-07-16 08:17 +0100
          Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-07-16 10:09 +0100
            Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2016-07-16 10:38 +0100
              Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? Hergen Lehmann <hlehmann.expires.5-11@snafu.de> - 2016-07-16 13:10 +0200
                Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? Optimist <v.meldrew@i.do.not.believe.it> - 2016-07-16 14:30 +0100
                Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2016-07-17 08:14 +0100
                Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2016-07-17 10:53 +0100
  Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? "Woody" <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2016-07-15 11:31 +0100
  Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? "R. Mark Clayton" <notyalckram@gmail.com> - 2016-07-15 04:49 -0700
    Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? tony@mountifield.org (Tony Mountifield) - 2016-07-15 13:42 +0000
      Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? "R. Mark Clayton" <notyalckram@gmail.com> - 2016-07-16 05:10 -0700
      Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? Mark Carver <invalid.invalid@gmx.net> - 2016-07-17 13:08 +0100

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