Hmm... I wish there are other alternatives to SBSettings. Did some Google-ing, and most list SBSettings as a battery eater due to its nature - running in the background.

edit: Didn't want to jailbreak and install SBSettings, so I did the easiest thing: call up Maxis and disable 3G/EDGE/GPRS for my line. Hoping for the best, in two hours' time.

This post has been edited by DFlo: Jan 1 2010, 12:45 PM

am not sure how battery can last w/o JB as mine is a locked set hence i'll need to JB out of the box in order to unlock. but been using my i3G for a year now and i don't actually think having SBSettings actually decrease your standby time.

normal usage can actually last me up to 2 days max. (minimal gaming + browsing + iPod, more on SMS/calls)

battery life has been slighly worse lately only due to the reason that i have ProSwitcher installed.

telling this from my point of view/experience.

Happy New Year, buddy! Well, I had a horrible experience last week when I JB'ed and installed SBSettings to disable EDGE. Idling at 9x% at about 2am and woke up at 9am to see only 7x% left. Rebooted the phone after JB + SBSettings, switched off WiFi, SSH, EDGE, 3G, Email fetch, Location settings, etc. before I left it idle. And for some reason, True North option on Compass doesn't work after JB.

Perhaps it only happened to me, glad to hear that yours is doing better.

IMO, background processes actually consumes more battery rather than SBSettings itself. since 3GS is reported to have higher battery capacity i assume it should able to perform better in terms of battery life than i3G.

well in my case, i did switched off SSH (a must, main culprit for weak battery life), WiFi, 3G, EDGE, Push, Location services in order to achieve optimum battery life on my phone.

anyway, our discussions seem to be a lil off-topic since it's a data usage thread.

oh ya happy new year to you and the rest of the iPhone community too!

All we've heard is that Maxis does not require cprrect APN settings to connect to EDGE/GPRS, DiGi and Celcom still requires correct APN settings to work. So yes, switching to DiGi prepaid will work.

If maxis is capable in doing this,dont think this will b a barrier to the other SP in doing this as well,the only reason others SP is not applying this might becoz iphone is maxis official device

hmm strange...i am using 017 prepaid which free me 500mb per month...till now i on my 3g everyday and my credit dint reduce and also i duno abt my free 500mb which i cant check but at my usage there the download is around 350mb from september from the 1st day i get my phone till now....is this accurate? but my credit dint reduce any sen....

then u are still within ur free 500m limit,nothing to worry about

the data counter is not tht accurate,but u still can use it as ur reference

Switch to digi pospaid, their 3gb data cost only RM45!!! this is cheap

how bout the coverage ?

i doubt will be as 'good' as maxis as maxis also not that good

very very limited....
imagine i can onli see EDGE in cyberjaya

until they expand wide enof...i don think they are a good choice yet
unless u r in the covered zone, which should hav PJ, subang, Cheras...etc all these hot spots

but it is FAST, faster than maxis...

maybee due to not much user yet at this moment

but still it is CHEAP!!!

dont check usage from iphone as it is not accurate..

guys, lol im damn worried about my iphone actually. 3 days in and the bill already naik and im not even on any plan

i just used sbsettings to disable 3G and EDGE. however, the 3G icon remains on my screen...
is that normal??

thanks!

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Added on January 5, 2010, 1:21 amUPDATE
hey guys, don't know if u all know this already
just wanted to add this here just incase!
lol even with SBsettings and the iphone settings, i notice GPRS is still active
what i did was i went to iphonenodata.com and installed a profile which messes up ure APN if im not mistaken... and i've tried it with safari and weather. 2.0kb sent. 0 received. if u wanna use back ure 3G, u gotta just uninstall the profile

if people already know this, lol sorry for the double info
just wanna help out

This post has been edited by thewayiam: Jan 5 2010, 01:21 AM

the 3G icon will be there but it does not mean it is enabled.

im on digi 3G now and all i need to do is change the APN to blank, and no data will be transferred.

lol yea mate the 3G is disabled now. but the GPRS is still running tho
for 3.1.2 i dont think theres APN settings
i think iphonenodata.com is good for those using 3.1.2

I'm on 3.1.2 as well. But when I disable 3G and also change the APN, all 3G/Edge/GPRS connections will be disabled (no way for me to get online).

But mine could be okay because I'm on Digi.

IIANM, like what people said earlier, the Maxis APN settings are hard-coded into Maxis iPhones? The newer ones at least...

yeap. my iphone is from maxis. and there is no APN. lol i was googling and most of them mentioned APN, but im guessing for maxis sets there are no APN settings.

so guys with maxis sets and no plan lol, www.iphonenodata.com aight!
...the iphone really sucks data. i dont even use anything and im up 10 bucks in 3 days. T-T
btw mate, thanks for the help

can still send/receive mms with that iphonenodata.com thing?

lol good question mate. i didnt check b4 this. i just sent an mms to my sis phone.
it works
so yea, mms works while GPRS 3G EDGE semua tarak
if u wanna use 3G, all u gotta do is go to settings>general> profile (new)
currently u wont have "profile", once u install iphonenodata.com then u will have one