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Phone randomly switches to Media Net (data mode)

My service is AT&T. All of my data functions are turned off. My phone switches to Media Net (data mode) within in a minute or two of turning the phone on. I convert it back to AT&T using the communication screen and within minutes it converts to back to Media Net (data mode) on its own. This is a bad thing - AT&T charges me additional monies by the minute whenever a call is made, email checked or anytime the phone is used in the data mode. No matter what I do, I can't keep it in the non-data mode; the AT&T mode. The phone is unlocked and AT&T is not charging me the data service fee of $30.00 per month but they are killing me with kb/minute charges. Please help!!! I've tried turning of the WiFi and always have all the data modes off. How do you turn off Internet Explorer? An "E" that is bolded and is encased in a white box is on the top communication bar next to the phone signal strength. Plesse help!!! I even had the phone switch mid call from AT&T to Media Net and it charged me per minute data charges for the time it was in the data mode. It's killing me and driving me nuts.
Thanks in advance

Why dont you do a hard reset to see if it helps, otherwise go to Connections and delete all of them, so you dont go to internet.
EDIT: The best thing you can do is search for Nodata.cab file, with it you can enable/disable connections, it works great.

Is there anyway to shut off I.E.
Thanks for the info. I'm a new user (4 days) and no very little about hard or soft resets and I'm not sure what you mean about going to "communications" and deleting everything. Regarding the edit, I don't understand searching for Nodata.cab file. I'm new to anything but standard (5 year old) cell phones.
Thanks again!

Look, put search in Google for Nodata.cab. Find the file put it somewhere in your phone and touch it to install it. After that you will have an icon in Programs, start the program and you will see something like data connection enable/disable.

Here is nodata cab........

data roaming

Hi,
I've been using the HD2 for a couple of months now. Love the phone, esp after installing some of the cool tweaks from this forum.
i've also been reading about the tweak to stop data access, particularly when overseas, so as not to incur high data roaming charges. I tried to install one such cab but it slowed down the phone a lot and I finally uninstalled it.
My questions is this :
1. If I just wanted to use the phone to make calls and send sms (using 3G network) while I'm overseas, if I disable the auto update features in Weather, Stocks and Twitter, will the phone still access data automatically when data services is detected while I'm overseas ? What else should I disable or set to use the phone just for calls and texting ? I suppose i should not read MMS while overseas as well since it will incur internet charges.
2. What about disabling internet access ? how can i do that ?
3. I understand that if I see the 'H' sign at the top of the phone where the '3G' sign is, it does not mean that there is data access (it just mean that HSPA is avail). there is data access only when there is double arrow sign. is this understanding correct ?
Sorry for asking so many fundamental questions.
thanks
Ng

App to find out what's causing data connection to start?

Does anyone know of an app that would help me find out what application/process is causing my 3G connection to turn on randomly...... a lot?
I've gone through all the options i can, to stop any program that runs updates (Twitter, Facebook, Stocks, ActiveSync, Internet time etc) but the connection STILL randomly connects >.<
Any help appreciated!

Pooper said:
Does anyone know of an app that would help me find out what application/process is causing my 3G connection to turn on randomly...... a lot?
I've gone through all the options i can, to stop any program that runs updates (Twitter, Facebook, Stocks, ActiveSync, Internet time etc) but the connection STILL randomly connects >.<
Any help appreciated!
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Thank you for asking that.
Finally someone else who find that's completely "censored".
I give you official answers from my phone provider:
It's normal. To avoid receiving a big bill, you should buy a pack data download, so if it randomly connects, you are safe. Other users reporting the same and its normal and the data pack is perfect solution- No comments
I give you answer from HTC support:
Go into settings/submenu/megasubmenu... whatever, and check "phone usage" n(which only tells the calls usage by the way, not the data)- no comments
I give you answer from forums users:
Yes either try this wonderful application: x,y,z to know the usage : (its paying ones).
Or completely mess the configuration to connect to internet via your HTC HD2 "quietly brilliant" device (very quietly)...
Ok you understand, you're more or less screwed and have to accept that complete scam.
And apparently we are 2 in the world now, to find that's an essential feature, missing (another one).
Ho and to actually diagnose which one is using gprs... Hm we can't even control to say "NO never activate DATA", because the button automatically turns on (quietly stupid).

This cab allows you to disable all data connections...enjoy

My phone was starting data connections all the time when I first flashed a cooked ROM and had it set up with the SFR Always On data connection... On my stock SFR ROM it was called Full Internet but it used exactly the same settings but I didn't have the problem so I just tried changing the name from Always One back to Full Internet and it worked strangely enough... I don't know if that can help but it might be worth a shot .

Really need some help on data from people in the know

Hi guys
wondering if someone can help me with an issue im having regarding mobile data useage. I am in the UK and I live in an area where 3g is non existant so I have switched to GSM only in the settings. My problem is my phone is constantly using data and I dont know why or how to stop it.
I downloaded an app to show mobile useage, calls, text, data etc
My provider charges me £4 per 1 Mb (this is 1024kb yeah?)
Well I then went into the settings and edited the providers auto settings to stop it from connecting, and left my wi fi on. When I went to bed, my data was showing 0.24Mb, when I woke up this morning it was showing 1.23Mb (with a cost of over £4)
What is causing this? Far as I can tell I have manually stopped the phone from connecting but something is using data. I have the Gmail sync option enabled (but wi fi was on) but still, it went up 1 Mb whilst I slept.
Can someone help me out with this issue please as its starting to confuse me

As far as I know, push email doesn't work over wifi. So if you have google syncing enabled, it keeps a small mobile connection open at all times over which email notifications are sent.
I'm not an IT guy, so I might be wrong But just try to disable syncing and see what happens!

I opened the thread "strange bug" related to this. In my case it uses more 3g band only if it's attached to the pc via usb. When I must attach the X10 to the pc I disable the apn with apndroid.
Ciao Angelo
Sent from my X10i using XDA App

gmail does work on wifi as far as I can tell. However, I have now gone further into the internet settings and wiped all of the data and the phone now cannot connect. Now this will save me a bundle of cash, but also means that I cant get my internet connection when away from wifi. The APN apps looked good but a lot say dont work with CDMA networks, which I can only assume im on as the apps do nothing

I use WiFi too. But when X10 is attached to the pc it continues to use 3g band even if in the notification bar the WiFi icon appears.
Ciao Angelo
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well I didnt know that.
I can confirm that Gmail sync DOES work over wi-fi as I have completely deleted the phones internet settings now and am still getting my email.
So this means I will no longer be getting charged for data useage, but cant get internet other than wi fi

cybrid3, you didnt need to wipe the apn/internet settings, there is a simple tick box in /wireless controls /mobile networks/ MMS and data <<, unticking this will stop the phone from using any mobile data (sms/texting still works).
Turning off 3g doesnt make any difference as the phone still uses data over gprs or gsm.
These phones are real data hogs and its best to get a cheap plan if you can.

yeah, but if I disabled it all, then I would not longer have MMS and that is something I do use

Ask your provider to:
1. block data
or
2. give you APN settings for MMS only.

Theres also the possibility that wifi is set to disable itself after the phone goes to sleep.
I left my wifi settings on and let the phone sleep. Based on testing through the wifi active time on spare parts, the phone accessed data through the carrier.
Sent from my X10a using Tapatalk

ask your provider for wap access not data
its very cheap
this way u can send and get mms

Why don't you get a plan that includes unlimited data? Only cost me £5 a month extra for that on uk vodafone.. Well worth it.
Sent from my x10 using XDA and swype.

I have unlimited data, but they say I have gone over my fair use policy so something has been in the background. It used 1 MB whilst I slept. The plans with fair use of 1GB seem pretty useless now

[Q] Is it possible to completely turn off celular data?

Hi,
I like WP7 though I've heard that it sends a lot of information through celular data which isn't nice - i don't want to have an enormous bill later. I don't actually use it, and I'd like to completely turn it off to be sure that I won't pay anything.
I know a way to do this in WM 6.5, is it possible on WP7?
Thanks for help.

In Parameters -> Mobile network (or Network) there is an option to turn the data connection off.
Is that what you need ?

Wampirate said:
Hi,
I like WP7 though I've heard that it sends a lot of information through celular data which isn't nice - i don't want to have an enormous bill later. I don't actually use it, and I'd like to completely turn it off to be sure that I won't pay anything.
I know a way to do this in WM 6.5, is it possible on WP7?
Thanks for help.
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Dont worry about it, All the data leak/high usage was/is down to the Yahoo mail function, Just don't use that and you will be fine.

How is it done in 6.5? I have turned it off in connection manager, but it keeps coming on again.

jimbtruck said:
How is it done in 6.5? I have turned it off in connection manager, but it keeps coming on again.
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Dude, does this look like the WM6.5 forum???

The thing is that after turning data off in settings(actually i turned everything off wifi as well) I still was able to search the web so the data was obviously working.

Wampirate said:
The thing is that after turning data off in settings(actually i turned everything off wifi as well) I still was able to search the web so the data was obviously working.
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Disconnect the USB cable from your PC/Laptop

Lol i dont have it connected.