6500 classic GPRS always connected?

I recently purchased a nokia 6500 classic on Three,
There is always a G in a box at the top of the screen.
Ive looked in the manual it means that there is a GPRS connection estabiashed, Ive looked through the settings i cant find any options.
how do i turn off the connection?

21-Apr-2008 10:15 AM
wade84stoke wrote:
the G is your mobile signal strength it just meens thesignal is good.. you can't turn it off.
What utter UTTER tosh!
Do you work for 3 or something? You're definitely toeing the company line. Read the [expletive deleted] manual and understand the error of your ways.
I'll explain my vitriol by way of a summary of my personal experience:
I've got the self same problem (same phone, same network).
You *should* be able to disable this (as per the manual included with the product, and based on every single GPRS enabled Nokia I've ever had -- several.) There's a handy menu option and everything, as stated by the first respondent, but it doesn't work (certainly not for me, anyway).
I've come to the conclusion that it's a fault with the firmware.
Don't expect a fixed version any time soon (if at all).
Be wary before engaging in the brick-wall vs head scenario that will likely unfold if you contact their *cough* customer services department regarding this. They've made me practically livid (and I'm generally a quite mild mannered person) by telling me all kinds of rubbish about why this connection is there. But before they tell me this, they tell me how to disable it through the menu (doesn't work), and asking me to factory-reset the phone (similarly ineffectual). If it's "meant" to be there, why not say that in the first instance? Contradictory advice? I've heard of it. I've been given it. I've become very angry because of it.
Only ONE telephonist has acknowledged that this sounds like a fault to him. It's been away for repair for this matter (and some other issues) but still the "[G]" persists.
To the Original Poster: I wish you the very best of luck, my friend. I'm working myself up to demand a new phone, or perhaps even a different one.

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