How to disable 3G internet and allow only GSM

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bobbysleeba

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• Jul 24, 2007

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When i enable my phone with comm manager, my 3G data connection is also getting enabled and it shows the connection duration 1, 2 ,3....

Then i went to Phone settings --> Band and selected GSM insted of Auto.
Now "Edge" is getting connected the same way.

Please help me as i am not using my phone !! afraid of Bills !!

 

mrvanx

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• Jul 24, 2007

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EDGE is via GSM the only way to kill that is to disable you GPRS connection entirely by removing the settings.

GPRS and EDGE are via GSM

3G and HSDPA are via UMTS.

 

sergiopi

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• Jul 24, 2007

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I will suggest Bandswitch manager the freeware one (1.23) works great.

You can chose the band (UMTS/GSM), great to save battery life, and to enable/disable data connection, AUTO or just when needed.

Try to find it somewere...

 

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irus

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• Jul 25, 2007

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both of you are wrong, sorry no offense. go to phone then menu/options/band and under "Select your network type" select gsm. and the fastest you will get is edge. yup, found that out the hard way

 

mrvanx

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• Jul 25, 2007

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irus said:

both of you are wrong, sorry no offense. go to phone then menu/options/band and under "Select your network type" select gsm. and the fastest you will get is edge. yup, found that out the hard way

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going to phone>menu>options>band is the same as going to settings>phone>band.

Its the same thing.

But the OP seemed to say that EDGE was also unwanted so I advised the only way to stop GPRS connecting at all is to remove the settings.

 

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docraj

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• Jul 25, 2007

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or you could go to settings->connections->connections->advanced->select networks and choose "my work network" for both internet and work. this will ensure that your device will not seek a connection for GPRS etc.

 

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irus

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• Jul 25, 2007

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mrvanx said:

going to phone>menu>options>band is the same as going to settings>phone>band.

Its the same thing.

But the OP seemed to say that EDGE was also unwanted so I advised the only way to stop GPRS connecting at all is to remove the settings.

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ya your right i did not read the whole thing my apologizes

 

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bobbysleeba

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• Jul 25, 2007

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docraj said:

or you could go to settings->connections->connections->advanced->select networks and choose "my work network" for both internet and work. this will ensure that your device will not seek a connection for GPRS etc.

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Thanks a lot!! ... now it stops connecting automatically to t-mobile data connection and i have peace of mind!!

 

sergiopi

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• Jul 26, 2007

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Every solution is good, I just prefer to tap in a page like this and choose (what and when) band/connection... and enable/disable it

 

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MrHagen

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• Jul 26, 2007

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Bandswitch 2.0

It's already version 2.0 of Bandswitch software.

 

sergiopi

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• Jul 26, 2007

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MrHagen said:

It's already version 2.0 of Bandswitch software.

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Is it freeware?
My 1.23 release is freeware and I've seen also the 2.2 release but it isn't free anymore (and has the same band control I have on mine)