Turning off 3G and EDGE Data

I'm considering buying an iPhone from Fido (in Canada) and would never need the data. I'm able to buy it for the $200 and pay $35 a month for just a phone plan, but even without data, you can still access 3G and EDGE at 5cents per KB.
I want piece of mind that I won't rack up a $5000 phone bill accidentally, and want to have my iPhone set so that it will never ever use 3G or EDGE. Is there a method to doing this?
I plan on calling and asking that they do it, but I can never trust phone companies, especially the reps on their 1-800 numbers.
Thanks.

Well considering the fact that my iPhone is on pre-paid, and i only use the internet programs (safari/maps/appstore/stocks/youtube/ etc) when it's really urgent, would I still end up with a substantial bill?
If you don't have a data plan and you are paying for data access as you go, then it depends on how much data is downloaded and uploaded when connected to the internet via the cellular network, and you will be charged by the KB uploaded and downloaded.
The only app that can run in the background accessing data via the cellular network is the Mail client - if you have an email account or accounts automatically being checked for new messages.
If you don't have Safari launched and running downloading a web page, Safari is not accessing any data. The same for the Maps application, Stocks, YouTube, Weather, etc.
Keep in mind that Safari downloads much more data than browsers available with other phones. If a website you are visiting doesn't have a mobile version of their website available, you will be downloading the full version of the website - graphics and all, just like accessing the website on your computer, except for Flash content. Many websites are graphic intensive, so the data downloaded when accessing a graphic intensive website can be substantial with the iPhone.

Similar Messages

  • I turned off documents and data in my iCloud setting on my iPhone. How do I turn it back on?

    I turned off "documents and data" from my iCloud settings on
    my iPhone. How do I turn it back on?

    If you're running iOS 8, it's on by default and you don't have the option to turn it off.  You can confirm that it's on by checking Settings>iCloud>Storage>Manage Storage and make sure you see your apps are listed under the Documents & Data setting.  (It will only list apps that sync documents & data with iCloud.)

  • Turn off documents and data

    I don't want to backup my documents and data on iCloud.  When I try to turn this option off, I see "If you turn off documents and data, all documnets stored in iCloud will be deleted from this Mac"
    Yikes! What the heck is that all about and how can I get around it?

    The documents and data will remain on the iCloud server and your Mac will no longer have access to them if your turn this off.  To keep a local copy, you'll need to save them first as discussed under "Documents" in this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4910.

  • Do I need to turn off Voice And Data Roaming On My iPhone 5 When I Am In The USA And NOT Travelling?

    Do I need to turn off Voice And Data Roaming on my iPhone 5 if I am NOT traveling  and I am in the USA?
    Also can it stay on if I am traveling just through the USA and not getting near any Borders of the Country?
    Thanks in advance.

    wifi is not something you can be charged for

  • HT1766 After IOS 7.0.4 Updation My ipad 4 started to turn off frequently and i cannot use the ipad morethan 5 minutes, how to resolve this issue.

    After IOS 7.0.4 Updation My ipad 4 started to turn off frequently and i cannot use the ipad morethan 5 minutes, how to resolve this issue.

    Try reset all settings
    Settings>General>Reset>Reset All Settings
    Note: Data will not be affected but settings will be reset.

  • Help! My iPhone 4 just turned off suddenly and I cannot turn it back on.

    I had just gotten off the phone and everything was working fine, then my phone turned off suddenly and it will not turn back on. My iPhone 4 is up-to-date with the latest software update, and it should have still been charged. I have tried to hold the power button and the Home button, but nothing is happening... Help! I need my phone!

    helooo....i have a iphone 4...suddenly phone turned off and wont turn on.....done with ur suggention but didnt work...please seggest me another way to turn on my phone...????

  • TS4268 hi my imessage isnt working so I turned off imessage and now its been saying "waiting for activation" and has been for a long while now? can you please help me!!! Also saying that my apple ID password is inccorrect when its not!

    Hi,
    My imessage isnt working so I turned off imessage and now its been saying "waiting for activation" and has been for a long while now? Also saying that my apple ID password is inccorrect when its not! Can anyone help me?
    Thanks

    While we all have MacBooks in this forum most of us don’t have Lion. There's a Lion Support Community where everybody has Lion.You should also post this question there.  https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/mac_os_x_v10.7_lion

  • I cannot change song order on playlist with highlight and drag. I have turned off shuffle and highlighted the far left column( up/down arrow) of playlist. My mac pro is running 10.5.8  and am using itunes 10.4.

    I cannot change song order on playlists (old or new) with highlight and drag. I have turned off shuffle and highlighted the far left column (up/down arrow) of playlist. My mac pro is running 10.5.8  and am using itunes 10.4. I can't drag and drop "music" to "playlist" but can right click and get the option to "add to playlist." No such option for moving song within playlist, only the up and down arrow which moves song from top to bottom list, so if it is #4 from top it will move to #4 from bottom. Stupid I know. I spent over an hour with Apple support, reinstalled itunes, restarted and rebooted computer. Networked with my laptop which is running 10.6.8 and itunes 10.4 and it can drag and drop. The final Apple support solution was to reinstall my operating system. I would prefer not to. Any other ideas?

    After looking at other people's posts, I think it's official: there is a bug. Itunes support said I should not have lost the drag/drop tool and I haven't on the laptop that is running itunes 10.4 and operating system 10.6.8. I chatted with someboby who lost both his drag/drop and side scroll and what we have in common is a wacom tablet for a mouse. My laptop is a wireless mouse. I reinstalled whatever updated driver that wacom has out there, shut the system down for night, hoping for magic, but alas none to be had. So if I want to change song order, I network the laptop and desktop, share the screen on the laptop, drag and drop to my heart's content and curse Apple for making me work this hard to find the tool that was once at my fingertips. Apple also let me know that if I want to share songs in household that the hundreds on songs that were purchased for .99 need to be repurchased for another .30. Maybe Apple is holding my drag/drop tool captive til I pay up the money or Maybe the next update will fix the problem, I for one give up for now.

  • Notifications for calls and text messages ONLY (turning off email and Facebook)

    Anyone one know how I can be notified for only call and text messages - How I can turn off email and Facebook notifications only?

    Does this help?
    http://crackberry.com/blackberry-101-how-set-and-edit-your-sound-profiles
    http://crackberry.com/blackberry-101-creating-and-editing-profiles-and-notifications
    Please click the Thumbs Up icon if this comment has helped you!
    If your issue is resolved, please click the solution button on the resolution!
    Every BlackBerry should have BlackBerry Protect, get it now! | Follow me on Twitter | Bring Back BBM Music!

  • I want to use Back to my mac. When I try to turn it on, it says "Back to My Mac may be slow because more than one device on your network is providing network services.   Turn off NAT and DHCP on one of the devices and try again." How do I fix this?

    Not sure if I am doing this right. This is my first time in the support community.
    I imagine what I put in my heading was supposed to go in here.
    I want to use Back to my mac. When I try to turn it on, it says "Back to my mac may be slow because more than one device on your network is providing network services. Turn off NAT and DHCP on one of the devices and try again. See the documentation that came with your device for information about turning off network services"
    Does anyone know how I do this? I contacted my ISP (Telus in Canada) and they did not know anything (not that they usually do).

    Why do ISPs insist upon making things so difficult for their customers?
    If you cannot get them to understand that you would prefer to use your own router over their piece of cheap junk, perhaps the information in the following will be useful:
    http://keithbalomben.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/telus-actiontec-v1000h-hacks-and-i nformation/
    Scroll down to DHCP Settings
    You will need to log in with proper "technician" credentials. They are provided in the above link as
    Username: tech
    Password: t3lu5tv
    ... but these may or may not work. Try it, and if you cannot get anywhere at least now you know what to ask Telus to do in return for your business.

  • Can't turn off iCloud and F'd up my Calendar

    I have an iPhone with my Work calendar Synced with my work computer (outlook Calendar). Also, I have iMac 27" i5 with my Home calendar (iCal).   This has worked fine and separetly for the last 3years.  My home calenders allow me to organise my life with payments and is very important. My work calendar, well that speaks for it's self.
    I install iOS5 on iPhone and Lion on the iMac which unbekownence to me have iCloud syncing on and doing stuff that has totally corupted my iMac Home Calendar.
    My home calendar has my work calander mixed in with my home calendar and reminders popup every few minutes that I have already dissmissed.  They won't stop popping up.  The same one over and over and they go back a month or more.
    Additionally, when I try to add an event it sometimes puts it in very day instead of a monthly re-ocurring event and then it won't delete the event when I try to fix it. 
    I've tried to turn off iCloud, and it does all the right things and appears to turn off but then when I go back in it is on again.
    The Work Calendar (Windows 7 Office 2010) doesn't show any symptoms and has kept working as it should on my work computer as on the iPhone. Neither appear to be effected
    I've tried all the delete files and reinsralls but iCal seems to just get more confused. It renames calendars and is totally out of control to the point of no return.
    I can't find any where which shows how to delete iCal and do a fresh install of iCal and not have iCloud sync.   I have searched Google for months and months with no joy.
    What I need is to stop iCloud and **** it off permently as it appears to be a problem for how I use my apps.  I do not want to use iCloud for calander or anything just yet.   I need to get my original .ics backup in iCal that I have and working on it's own and with out the cloud or syncing.
    Help anyone ... 
    P.S.   I have only one profile, Admin.
              I've tried another profile and it replicates and operated worse than the Admin account with iCal.
              Also I have time machine back to August 2011.  I've tried all the Google fixes and none have worked

    Hmmm!
    Sorry for taking so long to get back.  But the thing was none of the instruction where able to get the iCloud turned off. If anything it is for someone who moves between the Local and the iCloud than turnng off iCloud.
    I want to turn off iCloud syncing in my System Preference and iCal.  iCal is syncing with iCloud and I do not want that.  My iPhone is syncing with iCloud and I don't want that either. I never enabled these options and had to find out where they were before I could even start trying to turning them off.
    My iPads do not I’m unsure why
    Is it possible to un-sync and turn off all iCloud activities on my iMac with Lion 10.7.3?   
    I think I made up a word (Un-Sync) to re-turn back to the original state before the first sync

  • My iPhone 6plus will no longer connect to my Dodge UConnect system. Phone calls get a beep "phone call completed" message. Music will play though. Just can't make calls. Tried turning off iCloud and repairing but nothing works. It did work a few days

    My iPhone 6plus will no longer connect to my Dodge UConnect system. Phone calls get a beep "phone call completed" message. Music will play though. Just can't make calls. Tried turning off iCloud and repairing but nothing works. It did work a few days

    Hi Jpcbew,
    The article linked below provides a lot of great information and troubleshooting tips that can help you resolve the issue with your iPhone 6 Plus connecting to you car stereo system. 
    Get help using your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with your car stereo - Apple Support
    So long,
    -Jason

  • HT201415 i can only send text messages to one of my IPhone contacts. How can i change it back? ive tried restarting, deleting contact and adding back, turning off Imessages and then back on. not working

    i can only send text messages to one of my IPhone contacts. How can i change it back? ive tried restarting, deleting contact and adding back, turning off Imessages and then back on. not working

    I WANNA SAY IPHONE ONWER PLEASE FORGIGE US AND GIVE DEGRADE OF ISO 7 TO ISO 6
    ISO 7 IS BULLSHITTTT
    PLEASE DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE....,,,,.....

  • My stupid iphone turned off sundenly and now is saying i have to connect to itunes and it wont connect to itunes i need ur HELP please please please!!!!  whoever helps me u r an amazing person!!!!!

    help please my iphone 4 turned off sundenly and now is not working its says to connect to itunes but when i get to itunes it shuts offf or doesnt work!!! i am depley need help!!! if anybody can help that wuold be amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP

    The problem is your friend's music does not belong to you.  It is owned by your friend.
    I'm afraid you cannot do what you are trying to do.  Restoring the iPhone is what you would have to do.
    In the future, put your music on the computer and transfer it to the iPhone, not the other way.

  • When my phone is not plugged into the charger or computer, it will not turn on at all; even though it is not dead. When it's plugged into the computer, it will go to a white screen with a grey apple icon and then it will turn off again and repeat. IOS7

    When my phone is not plugged into the charger or computer, it will not turn on at all; even though it is not dead. When it's plugged into the computer, it will go to a white screen with a grey apple icon and then it will turn off again and repeat. IOS7 and iPhone 5.

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
    Try this step and if you cannot get your device into recovery mode there is a chance you have a hardware failure and you need to call apple to see what service options you have.

Maybe you are looking for