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| From | The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | uk.telecom.mobile, comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: Still trying to use mobile data when turned off? |
| Date | 2016-07-15 08:06 -0700 |
| Organization | None, as usual |
| Message-ID | <nmau5q$7u7$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <nmabpg$hte$1@softins.softins.co.uk> <nmacbg$40n$2@gioia.aioe.org> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 07/15/2016 03:02 AM, Someone Somewhere wrote: > 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? >> > 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. I don't have a data plan and my phone doesn't work in Mexico, but I get these text messages from T-Mobile whenever I cross the border, except it tells me that I can make calls for $1.50/minute by blablablabla. -- Cheers, Bev Eat this, NSA: bomb assassinate Washington North Korea Iraq spy poison ISIS AlQaeda Bush Clinton Pelosi Reid
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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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