Turn off Data on iPhone?

[CKohkah]

Hello all,

I plan on giving my wife my iphone when I get the 3g version next month and wanted to know if it was possible to turn off edge/data, essentially making it just a phone that sends text messages.

She doesn't really use the internet and rarely checks email, but would like a new phone, as the one she currently has is an old Razr.

I wanna know if its possible to just turn off the data and put her sim card into the phone and let her use it that way....


or is this something i will require the phone to be jailbroken for??


Thanks.

 

[paintballer]

Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of having an iPhone?

 

[technojinn]

I think that if you put random data ( fake APN, fake username and password) in the edge settings within the network menu, then it effectively disables EDGE.

 

[Knolly]

Call your phone company and they can disable data on their end. By far the safest way to go about it.

 

[CKohkah]

Call your phone company and they can disable data on their end. By far the safest way to go about it.

Her Contract doesn't have data anyway, mine does, so i assume that'll work it out.

 

[onlycopunk]

Still if she is on contract it can still use the internet, it will just charge her a pretty penny. Just call the company and ask them to disable it on her line.