How to COMPLETELY and PERMANENTLY DISABLE DATA - Page 3

**nuguy** · #21 (**permalink**) 11-22-2008, 01:24 PM

adampeoples: you just beat me...

**guitardoc64** · #22 (**permalink**) 11-22-2008, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by adampeoples

I see the "Thanks" button. Is there a "You Are Wrong" button?

Yes, there is. The little triangle with the !

adampeoples · #23 (**permalink**) 11-22-2008, 04:44 PM

So today has been pretty frustrating. I got lucky getting my wifi connected last night, but I've had no such luck today.

I go to connection manager, turn on wifi and it looks for connections. It sees my network, shows "connecting" and then before it can connect, the wifi is disabled!! We're talking milliseconds here.

I cannot think of anything I did that would cause this delay to be so short. LUCKILY, I did an SPB backup shortly after my ROM upgrade. I was able to restore everything back and my wifi is up again.

...of course now I have to go back and restore all of my changes since the rom upgrade

EDIT: I finished reinstalling everything...and my wifi started disabling itself again. I uninstalled NoData and the problem seems to have gone away. I didnt realize NoData killed wifi connections AS WELL as Data. Looks like I'm back to square one. My registry changes didnt fix it, and the programs kill ALL connections, not just the Vz data connection

DaveTN · #24 (**permalink**) 11-23-2008, 08:12 PM

After getting a couple bills from sprint with data charges on them, I called and asked why I was being charged for data when I don't use it. They were actually able to tell me the time and date - but noth the content - of what was accessed. At 3:am, I am sound asleep so I wasn't using data for anything..but, my SPB mobile shell was going after tha daile weather forecast.

Anyway, this may actually answer your question for you, I just asked sprint to disable all data services on the phone except wifi. I still get the evdo icon but I do not have anymore unwanted data connections. And, I can still use wifi all I want.

Occasionally, my phone does try to dial 777 - usually when one of my gps programs connects but I just have to disable the "service not available" notification and I'm fine.

I know my problem applies to sprint, but surely Verizon can do that for you too.

David

friguy3 · #25 (**permalink**) 11-23-2008, 11:21 PM

Verizon can turn off data for you, but once you do that you can no longer send pic/vid messages (MMS).

Talon Pro · #26 (**permalink**) 05-04-2009, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by nuguy

and CrazyChef, you are nuts man, I don't care what some sprint rep told you:

If you have a wifi connection you do not need sprints/vzw/att/sumdumfonco data plans - and will not pay for it - if you think you are using wiwi, but an evdo connect is active - you will pay for that.

I have vzw's data plan, but I didn't always, and what I speak is the truth - You can have a pda phone and use the wifi you already pay for - no 'data plan' needed.

side note: vzw uses 777 also...

I think the main problem is people associate wifi as being at a hotspot, which you would need to pay for. Problem is, a LOT of people have wifi at home...like, duh. Man.