Re: Iphone4: mobile data OFF, 3G ON

On 21/08/2012 17:44, Peter wrote:
> What does this do?
>
> What is the point of the "3G" setting at all?

3G setting uses more battery power, so presumably with a device which so
badly compromised on battery life, it's to enable you to turn it off if
you don't need it, to maximise time between charges. If I'm out and
about away from a charger and running out of juice, I tend to to do it
myself (along with turning off mobile data, bluetooth, wifi etc).

> The phone has run up a £15 bill in 1 month (Virgin PAYG) despite never
> having been used for data.
>
> I know an Iphone calls up the Church of Jobs a number of times per
> day, but with mobile data = OFF that should not be happening except on
> a wifi connection.

Sounds very odd - if data is off and you're not making calls or texts,
then it shouldn't be using any credit. Have you checked the "Usage"
menu option to see how many Mb are being up/downloaded? Can you get
itemised bills to see what you're being charged for?

David