Set phone to WIFI only???

[bsticky]

Again thanks for the responses but looks like deleting the APN is the definitive solution.

Short of that, I might just edit the APN name and see if that works.

I won't bother tampering with Apps and how they synch etc as I dont want to affect the wifi side.

Oh...I didn't buy mine. It's a 1 year old phone I inherited from someone else and have access to wifi like 90% of the time so there is no need to pay for mobile data?

And if it is not a design flaw then what is the point of being given the option to disable mobile data (at the power button) but then it doesnt actually do the job?
No one has been able to explain why Samsung would do this? Or is this common to all smartphones?

Could it even be a phone fault to claim against the phone warranty?

Or being cynical, is there a conspiracy between the samsung and the network carrier to generate extra income? How much money are they making from people who are not on data plans and believe they have set the phone up correctly?

[greenman]

The advice to disable via the APN is just a belt and braces approach, as you have indicated that you will never want to use mobile data.
In Settings > Wireless and Networks > Mobile networks make sure 'use packet data' is not ticked. This is your mobile data.
The 'data network mode' on the power button will deactivate/activate this also, so easier to switch on and off when you want it.

[RichH]

I'm more than capable of turning data on and off my phone when I want to. There are no design flaws (again). Maybe is an education isuue?

[raysa]

I find it amusing that people buy smartphones but don't want the features a smartphone offers.

It's not a case of not wanting to use the features ... it's a desire to use them when I choose to rather than handing all the control to app developers. Some of the answers here are helpful in achieving that.

[RichH]

It's not a case of not wanting to use the features ... it's a desire to use them when I choose to rather than handing all the control to app developers. Some of the answers here are helpful in achieving that.

Well that told me, didn't it, LOL
.....but what do I know, anyway

[bsticky]

I'm more than capable of turning data on and off my phone when I want to. There are no design flaws (again). Maybe is an education isuue?

Nope it should do what it says on the tin.
If I hit the power button and then deactivate the Data network mode then surely that's exactly what should happen. It shouldn't come with the fine print that it could still be overridden by apps running in the background.

As an analogy again, if I switched on flight mode, would i still get certain calls because they have a way of overriding that setting?

Nothing to do with education just basic product behaviour...

[Tufftoad]

Lol, turning the data off should work but I just prefer to know that nothing will happen so delete the apn, I take out the simcard too. Besides, typing in Orange Internet and orangeinternet doesn't take too much time and keeps me busy when going back through p/port control.

[greenman]

Nope it should do what it says on the tin.
If I hit the power button and then deactivate the Data network mode then surely that's exactly what should happen. It shouldn't come with the fine print that it could still be overridden by apps running in the background.

As an analogy again, if I switched on flight mode, would i still get certain calls because they have a way of overriding that setting?

Nothing to do with education just basic product behaviour...

Hitting the 'data network mode' button does what it says on the tin.
What is the problem here??

If, like Tufftoad, you want additional reassurance then modify or delete the APN, but not necessary - your choice.

[bsticky]

Hitting the 'data network mode' button does what it says on the tin.
What is the problem here??

If, like Tufftoad, you want additional reassurance then modify or delete the APN, but not necessary - your choice.

Hmmm...that was the whole point why I started this thread???
It doesn't work! I still get charges for mobile data usage even though it is deactivated at the power button!

Unless you are suggesting there's a fault with the phone?

[Goots]

I know I'm running a custom firmware but it should be the same on yours, if I disable data packets on mine (using the toggle in the notification dropdown) then mine uses no data at all. Nothing syncs, and apps that need a data connection fail with a "no connection" error. If I want to keep the data connection alive for browsing or using navigation etc, but just disable all accounts syncing, I have a toggle to do that too.

If I untick the apps synching, won't that also stop them synching when on WIFI (which I am fine with)?

Yes you are quite right, there is no need to alter that as the syncing requires a data signal, and wifi will provide that.

I said that so you could keep the accounts, just deactivated as it were, rather than remove them completely.

I wonder if there is something wrong with yours if you are still getting data flow with this deactivated.

EDIT: This is what I mean by a sync toggle...



This is different to the data toggle which stops ALL data rather than just sync data