Are you getting charged daily for something on your phone and your not sure why? Chances are your running a smart phone without a data plan. Bad idea! Carriers love this as it really is money for nothing.
If you see a set of of arrow symbols beside your phones coverage bars with a g or h beside them or anything that looks like its flicking every few seconds this is your indication that the phone is chewing up data and you can get charged for it, even if you think your not using it the device will wander off and check for updates, check mails etc.
So if your one of the few people still running a smart phone and can't be bothered paying for all that "internet stuff" case you only use it on wifi and why would you want the internet when your on the go... turn off your mobile data. you'd really be surprised how often this comes up.
NB: Multimedia Messages will no longer work correctly with this off, You will get a message from your carrier telling you you have a MMS to view and to go to their MMS Portal to view.
iPhone:
To Turn off Mobile Data on the iPhone go to the following and toggle the switch to off.
Settings - General - Cellular and set Cellular Data to Off. You might as well turn off 3G as well, it will improve your battery. (Could improve your coverage also.) iOS7 will make this more accessible.
Android:
The newer versions of Android usually have a On/Off switch in their "Notification Center" (That thing you get when you flick the top of your screen down, you know the one that shows your latest text,mail downloads...)
There is also a chance that if you hold the Power button to bring up the Power Menu that you have the option to turn Mobile data off there. If however this still is not an option then you will have to dig in to the Setting menu.
Generally if you go to the following menu you will find it.
Settings - Wireless & Networks - Mobile Networks and Uncheck Use Packet Data.
Some of the newer handsets have this stored else where but usually its very obvious to seem being marked as Mobile Data on/off, if however you have another location please leave it in the comments.
You can also check out the Play Store for Mobile data widgets that will let you switch it on and off quickly by putting the setting on your Android home screen so check Play for that.
As a side note if you want to be extra sure your mobile data is off you can delete what is called the APNs from your handset. I'm not going to go in to that method with this post as it dose mean you will have to reset those settings if you ever want to turn it back on and may mean going back to your carrier! but if you really want to go down that road head to your favorite search engine and search "Delete APN from *Your Phone Here*"
If you see a set of of arrow symbols beside your phones coverage bars with a g or h beside them or anything that looks like its flicking every few seconds this is your indication that the phone is chewing up data and you can get charged for it, even if you think your not using it the device will wander off and check for updates, check mails etc.So if your one of the few people still running a smart phone and can't be bothered paying for all that "internet stuff" case you only use it on wifi and why would you want the internet when your on the go... turn off your mobile data. you'd really be surprised how often this comes up.
NB: Multimedia Messages will no longer work correctly with this off, You will get a message from your carrier telling you you have a MMS to view and to go to their MMS Portal to view.
iPhone:
To Turn off Mobile Data on the iPhone go to the following and toggle the switch to off.
Settings - General - Cellular and set Cellular Data to Off. You might as well turn off 3G as well, it will improve your battery. (Could improve your coverage also.) iOS7 will make this more accessible.
Android:
The newer versions of Android usually have a On/Off switch in their "Notification Center" (That thing you get when you flick the top of your screen down, you know the one that shows your latest text,mail downloads...)
There is also a chance that if you hold the Power button to bring up the Power Menu that you have the option to turn Mobile data off there. If however this still is not an option then you will have to dig in to the Setting menu.
Generally if you go to the following menu you will find it.
Settings - Wireless & Networks - Mobile Networks and Uncheck Use Packet Data.
Some of the newer handsets have this stored else where but usually its very obvious to seem being marked as Mobile Data on/off, if however you have another location please leave it in the comments.
You can also check out the Play Store for Mobile data widgets that will let you switch it on and off quickly by putting the setting on your Android home screen so check Play for that.
As a side note if you want to be extra sure your mobile data is off you can delete what is called the APNs from your handset. I'm not going to go in to that method with this post as it dose mean you will have to reset those settings if you ever want to turn it back on and may mean going back to your carrier! but if you really want to go down that road head to your favorite search engine and search "Delete APN from *Your Phone Here*"
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