That only turn off 3G. For GPRS/edge need to disable through maxis. Their technician told me they can't disable GPRS/edge for iPhone. Other phone can be turned off but not iPhone.
I don't need data plan as I hv 24 hours wireless connection. I think the best way is to change telco n jailbreak LOL!

wow, i really need to think twice should i go to maxis center next week :-)

in that case, why not tell them to turn off the data since you are not gonna use it anyway ?

Malaysia Singapore and HK set do not need to jailbreak as it is open carrier.
Just switch plan when the contract is over

Just to confirm, the dataplan will reset every month with the statement date right?

If you refer back to my first statement, they did turn it off for me for the first 2 weeks. After that it auto activated back, which I called back to Maxis to check. Now they are saying they can't turn of (disable) data for iphone user. (but for other phone, it's possible to do so) I asked them why 2 weeks ago they are able to do that? (ie turn it off) they said they are not sure, ask me to pay a visit to maxis center to double confirm. I talked to 2 different technician and both gave me same answer. One of the technician told me, Iphone unlocked by Maxis and Iphone from other countries are different. So if it's from Maxis, they can never disable the data connection. I'm not sure how true is this, but I put back my simcard to my old phone, and try to connect using gprs/edge, there is no data movement at all. Once I transfer back to iphone, the gprs/edge works!

It is threads like this which makes it all worth while and thanks to all the gurus here for sharing. I bought my 3gs last week and i am using digi prepaid. At the begining i was puzzled why when i put in diginet on APN, immediately RM5 gets deducted from my balance. So i went back to settings and left APN blank and i got back my RM5.

Now after reading this thread, i guess it makes more sense. But the Edge sign still pops up on my screen. If i leave APN blank and off 3G, there should not be any data usage right? i do access IM and some websites using wifi.

Lastly, can i still receive MMS if i leave my APN blank but still have the MMS setting filled up? Sorry, i m still newbie at this.

I think they are lying or just clueless. There is ALWAYS a way to block the data connection from the telco side. I remembered some have successfully done it with Maxis.

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Added on February 21, 2010, 1:28 pmcheck your data counter, always a reliable to tell.

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Added on February 21, 2010, 1:32 pmthe correct term is unlock. You must jailbreak if you wanna unlock but most ppl jailbreak is because they wanna customize their iPhone, not unlocking.

This post has been edited by Mackiddo: Feb 21 2010, 01:35 PM

hi, is any plan out there cheaper than idata2 (500mb) or digi rm58 (3gb) ?
my ivalue 1 gonna end soon i am sourcing for new data plan

and whether it can be use with prepaid, as i plan to move back to prepaid XD

hi,
since,i also got the same prob with data thing.
last night i bought this 500mb internet data from maxis for rm68(per month).
im a prepaid user.it works all well.so,i started to remove the iphonenodata and also sbsetting and lastly i reset my iphone.

then,
i try to surf but it didn work and stated 'could not activate cellular data network'.haiss~
wat to do now?
i want that edge data thing back,since i alredi paid for a month.sob...

anybody out there know how?
thank you.

reinstall sbsetting n on the edge.

Latest update, I was in Maxis KLCC service center yesterday. They told me, they are able to disable the gprs/edge. But once you restart iphone or remove/put back simcard, iPhone will automatic enable the gprs/edge setting in maxis. This is the reason why I can use the iphone without any gprs/edge for the first 2 weeks (maxis service center disable it for me) and then it auto activated back after i remove my simcard and put it back cos wanted to copy some contact from old phone. They said other phone won't have such problem. Only iphone will override maxis setting.

thanks for the info. at least there is an option for those who don't want the data access. I am curious, for jb set, is 're-spring' consider as restart ?

This post has been edited by Mackiddo: Feb 23 2010, 10:27 AM

Actually I still can't believe Maxis cannot do anything to disable the gprs/edge. I double confirm with the service counter personnel to disable my gprs/edge again, she said confirm disable already, but until now my gprs/edge still active oh! feel cheated. But so far so good, as long as I don't click on anything that require internet connection (outside of wifi zone), my money is safe.

Don't know anything about JB, maybe will try it one day...

I have installed Data Toggle and previously it was on version 1.0 where they set your Data IP to 1.1.1.0, recently they have updated it to version 1.1 and now the Data IP is 127.0.0.1, anyone know why they changed it this way?. Thanks.

actually this problem only happens to maxis users only rite guys? digi is safe if i didnt set the vpn or apn?

Yup, so far for me no problems. I'm using digi prepaid and I leave apn blank.

well digi 58 is unlimited so save. dont care about it and keep using it .


btw i think edge and gprs can off by using the sbsetting?

well i never use any this yet since is quite expensive so i dont wanna use .

I'm facing the same problem, I just purchased my iPhone yesteday and today I found it drained RM5 from my prepaid. I youtube on how to disable it, the only way is do it in a jailbreaked iPhone. Go to Cydia and download BossPrefs. You can disable GPRS/EDGE from there. Yep, confirmed it worked. I tried it on my Facebook app and it says "No Internet Connection"

Weird, Maxis just deducted RM2 from my prepaid EDGE usage. As I check every 15 minutes the credit gained back from rm10.89 to rm12.26. I am confused.

This post has been edited by MR.Shiney: Feb 25 2010, 01:18 AM

since u gained back then should be ok i guess... im not sure how they count the data usage anyway