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iphone eating credit! Help!

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davadada

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Aug 17, 2009
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hey,

Just wondering if someone can help me out on this one.

bought an iphone 2G recently, second hand. Have jailbroken and updated firmware to 3.0 and of course its also unlocked.

I use a Pay-as-you-go sim, in germany with 02. Last night i bought €30 credit, managed to send a couple of SMS (literally 2) and now this morning the credit is gone! I didnt even use the top-up card to call!

The previous owner of the phone, i believe, also used a Pay-as-you-go sim but they never mentioned this credit draining problem. Mind you, they only had firmware 1.1.4 installed so im wondering if the 3.0 firmware has new settings which I need to change in order to save my credit vanishing!?

Is there something i'm doing wrong, does 3.0 automatically try to connect to the internet all the time, im quite lost! how can i preserve the money i put on my phone?

I'm quite new to the whole iphone game,

if someone could help :confused:
 
p.s-

the internet works fine via wi-fi when i dont have credit, so wondering what my credit getting eaten by?
 
Since you are jailbroken, go into Cydia and install SBSettings. In SBSettings, turn off edge. This will allow the iPhone to still make calls but will turn off data for any apps that use it while the phone is sleeping.

When the iPhone sleeps, WiFi turns off after so long and this is why you are getting charged. Some of the apps still access the internet when sleeping such as email and push as well as notifications.
 
SpaceKitty said:
Since you are jailbroken, go into Cydia and install SBSettings. In SBSettings, turn off edge. This will allow the iPhone to still make calls but will turn off data for any apps that use it while the phone is sleeping.
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+1 for this. I had an Italian SIM card when I lived in Italy, and I went to Spain for about a week. I only used the internet when I had WiFi and the WiFi signal showed. Sure enough, I was actually using EDGE part of the time, and my Italian SIM actually went into a negative balance. This was when I was on 1.0.2 (before they made an option to have "turn off data when roaming" as a setting).

Needless to say SBSettings is an excellent tool, and you can turn of EDGE from that. If you are not on an unlimited data plan, and only plan to use EDGE occasionally, then you should keep it toggled off most of the time, and then just toggle it on when you want to use it.
 
davadada said:
I use a Pay-as-you-go sim, in germany with 02. Last night i bought €30 credit, managed to send a couple of SMS (literally 2) and now this morning the credit is gone! I didnt even use the top-up card to call!
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I'm sure its possible for you to go online and check out what exactly used up your credit, right? If so, I'd do that, just to see if it was internet use or something else.
 
ok,

i just realised im on 3.0.1 firmware. Which doesn't support sbsettings so i hear. Am i right?

Does this mean there is no way i can use my pay-as-you-go sim with 3.0.1 firmware?

Do i then have to downgrade to 3.0 in order to stop this credit eating problem?
 
Thanks for your help so far

right, so checked my account on 02. It says i didnt used any credit, but its definitely gone. It does show that throughout the night every 15-20 mins the phone is doing something, and thats about 25 times throughout the nnight. So i'm thinking its definitely the internet. But i'm always connected to wifi here at home and can't imagine why its doing this. So its probably the apps like you said.
Still, installed SBsettings on this but still can't locate it! Any ideas where i can find Sbsettings?
 
davadada said:
Thanks for your help so far

right, so checked my account on 02. It says i didnt used any credit, but its definitely gone. It does show that throughout the night every 15-20 mins the phone is doing something, and thats about 25 times throughout the nnight. So i'm thinking its definitely the internet. But i'm always connected to wifi here at home and can't imagine why its doing this. So its probably the apps like you said.
Still, installed SBsettings on this but still can't locate it! Any ideas where i can find Sbsettings?
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Swipe your finger across the top of the screen and SBSettings will drop down. This allows you to open it when any app is open at anytime.
 
davadada said:
It does show that throughout the night every 15-20 mins the phone is doing something, and thats about 25 times throughout the night. So i'm thinking its definitely the internet.
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Ha, O2 online said it was doing something, but didn't specify if it was data/internet/edge ..??

davadada said:
But i'm always connected to wifi here at home and can't imagine why its doing this.
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See thats the thing though, that I've learned, that even if you are connected to WiFi, you could actually be using edge or 3g.

davadada said:
Still, installed SBsettings on this but still can't locate it! Any ideas where i can find Sbsettings?
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Oh, just swipe your finger along the top:
http://theappleblog.com/2009/06/22/sbsettings-why-i-still-jailbreak-with-3-0/
 
superflush said:
Ha, O2 online said it was doing something, but didn't specify if it was data/internet/edge ..??



See thats the thing though, that I've learned, that even if you are connected to WiFi, you could actually be using edge or 3g.



Oh, just swipe your finger along the top:
http://theappleblog.com/2009/06/22/sbsettings-why-i-still-jailbreak-with-3-0/
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Again, WiFi shuts off after so long after the iPhone is sleeping. It will not turn on again till the iPhone is used meaning, you turn it on to do something. You will notice that when you turn it on after it's been sleeping for say an hour, there is no WiFi indicator at the top until after a few seconds, once it connects to your WiFi again.
 
Btw, did Apple get rid of the ability to go into Network settings and change your APN info???
Which, would mean that using SBSettings is the only way to actually turn off the mobile provider's internet (in the home country of the iPhone) ??
 
superflush said:
Btw, did Apple get rid of the ability to go into Network settings and change your APN info???
Which, would mean that using SBSettings is the only way to actually turn off the mobile provider's internet (in the home country of the iPhone) ??
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Yes they did with 3.0. They want to discourage people from using non approved sims in the iPhone.

I used something called the iPhone Configuration Utility that allows you to make different profiles on your phone. You can have one for an AT&T GoPhone sim, one for T-Mobile and then switch between them on the phone.
 
no its still possible to change the APN settings but seriously, as i said before, i am still a newbie to the iphone so you will have to bear with me. Do i need ti change the apn settings?

the 02 online didn't say what it was using, nope.

I've found SB settings, what a strange place to put them. i noticed 3g was on, Edge was off.

Is there anything else i should keep switched off if i want to retain my phone credit?! I just want to make calls, SMS, and use wifi. I dont even know if i can use edge or 3g, i haven't tried using the internet any other way than through the wifi. AS i have a 2g phone i didn't think it was possible any other way.
as i said before, i am still a newbie to the iphone so you will have to bear with me.
as i said before, i am still a newbie to the iphone so you will have to bear with me.
as i said before, i am still a newbie to the iphone so you will have to bear with me.
as i said before, i am still a newbie to the iphone so you will have to bear with me. :)

the more help the better. :D
 
davadada said:
Is there anything else i should keep switched off if i want to retain my phone credit?! I just want to make calls, SMS, and use wifi. I dont even know if i can use edge or 3g, i haven't tried using the internet any other way than through the wifi. AS i have a 2g phone i didn't think it was possible any other way.
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Just turn off edge & 3g
 
SpaceKitty said:
Yes they did with 3.0. They want to discourage people from using non approved sims in the iPhone.

I used something called the iPhone Configuration Utility that allows you to make different profiles on your phone. You can have one for an AT&T GoPhone sim, one for T-Mobile and then switch between them on the phone.
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Hm, that wasn't nice of them. That makes it harder to get on the internet with different SIMs. I took a look in Cydia, and there are some APN editing packages. Additionally, for some carriers they have 'carrier bundles' which looks like it takes care of it for you.

Whats the deal with the iPhone Configuration Utility. Thats just on the desktop. And that is something that Apple put out. Seems really odd, since they are trying to block you from doing this on the iPhone itself.
 
so now i can go and buy another pay-as-you-go card and safetly use my phone without feeling terrorized?

Are you sure?
 
what, what are APN settings? How would i find the right ones, what are the wrong ones? Explain if you wouldn't mind
 
Why not call to find out where your credit went. Most carriers dont give a **** if ure using unsupported phones as you did choose their network in the end. :D
 
davadada said:
so now i can go and buy another pay-as-you-go card and safetly use my phone without feeling terrorized?

Are you sure?
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Ha, I don't think you were terrorized. I think you just used up th credit by your iPhone accessing the internet to check your mail. Just keep the edge/3g off and you'll be fine.
If you're happy with O2, I'd just stick with them. It might not be worth the hassle of switching.
 
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