How To Turn Off The Internet On The iPhone
No way, he tells me, I’ve only ever used the Wi-Fi while at home so there’s no way this bill should be that high. Well it is, and it’s all because the iPhone has a tendency to connect to the Internet, even when Wi-Fi is present.
In my search for a way to turn this stupid feature off I found that he is not alone in getting a huge phone bill. Anyway, even though this problem has been around since 2007, Apple in all it’s wisdom hasn’t included a setting to turn it off. Sounds a little fishy wouldn’t you say?
Still, they have made it possible to download a utility to help you solve this situation, but it was way over my head, and I couldn’t find any instructions on
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how to make the thing do what I wanted it to do.
Hours later after a lot of Googling I came across an extremely simple solution. It will require you to type into your iPhone’s Safari, the following url; Yeah, I know, it means connecting to the Internet, but it will be for the last time.
http://www.unlockit.co.nz/unlock.php
Click on the “Continue” tab. From there you simply choose the “Disable Data (Fake APN)” setting and choose “Install”. It’s pretty simple from there on. Now you will only be able to connect to the Internet via the Wi-Fi.
If you ever want to have the facility to connect to Internet, simply go to ‘Settings’ and remove ‘Fake APN’ from Profile.
For those of you that really want to help others who may be having this problem, the quickest and most efficient way, other than to verbally tell family and friends, would be to Stumble, Digg, Tweet or by using the many other forms of social interactive sites.
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Thanks for the tip! I don’t have an iPhone, but a lot of my friends do. Now I can help them. And if I help them they will owe me. Mwoah ha ha!!
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Sire Reply:
October 31st, 2009 at 5:11 pm
If they’re good looking Heather, just send them over here, maybe I could help them
Damn, I can’t I just remembered I’m married
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I always thought that my sister-in-law, being not so internet/computer savvy, just probably forgot to disconnect after checking her emails. Turns out this iPhone has indeed a ‘tendency to connect’ by itself. Yes, she also incurred an amazing internet bill the very first month after she bought her iPone.
I will be emailing her the link to this post so she’ll have an inkling as to how she got that high a bill.
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Sire Reply:
October 31st, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Thanks James. This isn’t the first post I’ve done to help iPhone/iPod Touch users. I did one ages ago called My iPod Touch Safari Won’t Work and that was the most popular post on that blog.
What is really surprising is that most of the commentators were just normal surfers, not looking for link juice.
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And all this after dropping a mint just for the dang phone itself…..hell no I don’t have one. LOL
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Sire Reply:
October 31st, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Me neither, but I do have the iPod Touch, and it’s a great little piece of electronic equipment.
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Damn, just another reason for me to hate the NaziPhone. Every day, I’m glad that I didn’t join the millions of people who bought one just because it had a cool commercial. Well, kudos to you Sire, for doing this public service and getting the word out. I am DEFINITELY retweeting this article.
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Sire Reply:
October 31st, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Good one Trey, I’ve never heard of it being referred to as a NaziPhone before.
I have my suspicions that Apple may have some affiliation with the big phone companies in this matter, because this has been a problem since 2007, and the fix is such a simple one it could have been applied ages ago. And as customers we deserve the right to choose what when we want to connect to the Net.
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This is one of the reasons I got an iPod Touch instead of an iPhone. I didn’t want to go on a plan. The only disadvantage to the iPod Touch is that it only works wherever there is WiFi.
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Sire Reply:
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:01 am
Yeah, I have the iPod Touch as well and I love it. You can even use it as a phone with the Skype app. Unfortunately my son wanted an iPhone and being his 21st and all we got him one. Too bad I wasn’t aware it had this little problem attached to it.
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Ever feel like you’re in the dark ages? Maybe it’s just me. ;) No iPhone here, but useful info all the same. I will most certainly digg, stumble, etc. etc. etc.
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Sire Reply:
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:02 am
Thanks Anne, if I was a dog I’d be wagging my tail with a stupid grin on my face, but seeing as how I’m not you will have to settle for the stupid grin.
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All though I don’t have an iPhone I have been considering getting one just to play with the apps :)
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Sire Reply:
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:05 am
Yep, and there are heaps of those John, and they don’t even cost that much.
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Hey Sire, thanks for the app…my first iphone bill was around $1200 for the data usage even though I figured I was watching Youtube using the wifi at work. Anyway, after screaming at my provider for 2 hours they got rid of the bill and turned off the data. If you aren’t tech savy like me, you can just call them up and tell them to turn off data usage when you hit your limit.
BTW, thanks for letting me know about the lack of “reply notification” on my blog, I just installed one so hope it works. Have a good day man :)
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Sire Reply:
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:08 am
That’s the thing Alan, we didn’t even know we had a limit or that we were using the phone provider instead of my home’s wi-fi.
No worries Alan about the plugin, it was as much for me as it was for you. Without that I’d forget to check up to see if anyone had replied to my comment.
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Hey sire,
Thanks for the info about this WI-FI topic related to the iPhone but it seems that after reading your post I am now going to cancel the iPhone in my Christmas & i am going to get The Google Android cause The iPhone has already a lot of problems associated with it!
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Sire Reply:
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Actually ajay, the iPhone is actually a great little unit. As far as I can tell this is the only problem I have come across and now that I’ve provided a fix there is no longer a problem.
All I can say is my son loves it. Also before getting the Google Android, you may want to check to see what problems comes along with it.
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Interesting, I didn’t know you could turn off the internet on the iPhone. But I thought that the data plan you have to get with the iPhone is unlimited. Why would there be extra charges on top of the $60 phone & data plan?
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Sire Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 12:22 am
I bought the phone outright so it didn’t come with a plan.
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Stick to a landline my friends.
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Sire Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 12:22 am
Landline has it’s drawbacks.
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Hey sire ,today i read the same problem in our city newspaper but the solution which i read from there was littlebit different hence i would ,like to follow the simple way of your idea!Thanks
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Sire Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 7:24 am
No worries George, glad to be of help.
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Damn, just another reason for me to hate the NaziPhone.
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Sire Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 2:29 am
Another one with the NaziPhone. Since when was it ever made in Germany?
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Now the iPhone has been launched on the Orange network in the UK i am about to get one. They tell you that you get all your wifi access included in the monthly cost but i will keep an eye on this. If i end up getting charged, at least you’ve helped me sort it. best to be prepared eh!? Thanks for the info, Allan
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Sire Reply:
November 12th, 2009 at 2:38 am
No worries Allan, I’m glad to be of some help, even if it does lie in the possible future.
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Good thing I’ve found this article first coz my wife is planning to buy one next month. Gotta fiddle with it for a moment before I hand it over to prevent huge bills.
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Sire Reply:
November 20th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Cool, looks like I posted it just in the nick of time.
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