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

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In article <nmau5q$7u7$1@dont-email.me>,
The Real Bev  <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

Yes, I also received the general welcome texts for each country I entered,
but the ones about trying to use the internet were additional and puzzling.

Cheers
Tony
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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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