I've been usin my 1st gen iphone since may...since then my maxis postpaid unbilled amount increased alot...i thought if i used wifi at work n home is free coz its under streamyx..then i called maxis n da person said it was GPRS charge n even usin internet at home incurs maxis data charges...1 month itself is almos RM 177...so can any1 giv any advice or explain my prob??

huh ?? With WiFi surfing net and downloading is free . I wonder whose the operator ..

mayb u din close some application that using ur maxis gprs in background....

da prob is i never used GPRS since i got my iphone....n i even tried to argue wif da maxis woman coz my fren was usin wifi wif his w960 at my house n his credit never dropped a cent...n she was sayin bout free n non-free wifi...n she even said im actually usin maxis network when im surfin at home...

y dont u subscribe a plan with maxis?its cheaper than being charged everymonth for it

i think the iPhone on an auto mode if you have enabled Wi-Fi the iPhone will access the internet through that, and then if you are not in a Wi-Fi zone it falls on the 3G/EDGE/GPRS.

Just get boss prefs and disable edge la..
Because even though you're not using the iphone will automatically use EDGE/GPRS for checking mail or new app updates..

hahahha, use wifi still have to pay maxis data....

Hahaaha I use wifi but Celcom not charged anything.

u hav to set the mail to fetch manually but not push data.
den it should be ok

thenemeanlion,

I had the same problem with my son's iphone. I forgot to use bosspref and he chalk about 75MB of download. The iphone would switch between the edge and the wifi depending on the quality of the signal. U can check out your data useage at the "settings", "General" and "Usage" then look at the Cellular Network Data and you would find that you indeed or rather you iphone is using the bandwidth. The iphone is design as a internet phone.

I would suggest that you do the following, try to download "Bosspref" as recommended and disable the Edge network. Also to be sure go to the "Settings" "General" "Cellular Data Network" you will find that it is blank and the iphone is smart enough to figure how to login. Key in a bunch of rubbish and that way your iphone would never be able to login to the Maxis Cellular network and you won't be bill. If you depend of Bosspref and the then someone itchy finger turn it on again the susah leh.

My son chalk about RM250/= of usage for 10 days because I forgot to turn it off.

jackdon

juz glad 2 kno im not da oni one...thx for da advice

Yes, just key in wrong settings such as sajlkjfalflskdjflak in Settings>General>Network>Edge or Settings>General>Cellular Data Network. Also, install Bosspref and disable Edge from it. Remember, Edge will automatically turn on and start sucking ur money when home wifi gets dc or connection lost. It sucked my RM45 within 20mins of using Maps application. Entering wrong settings will only block Edge from connecting and you will still be able to use other GPRS related services on your iphone.

Good Luck!!

Within 10 minute... my maxis already charge RM29.. and my balance RM0.09... Haaaa.

Just google it around.. and found out bosspref... disable edge..
and good to go...
Hehe...

call maxis sign up the unlimited data plan for RM99 and u can surf all day/nite
with or without wifi

Some confusing here.

Will I be charged if i get the message "Could not activate cellular data network: You are not subscribed to a cellular data service" ? with "E" icon on the status bar.

And the Cellular Data Usage shown both 0 byte in Sent & Receive.

Or i'll still be charged with GPRS?


This post has been edited by mONSTers: Sep 21 2008, 01:52 PM

seems like the iPhone is always forcing itself to go online whenever there are possible signals available may it be GPRS, EDGE or WiFi.
Just wondering if it does show any different icons in the iPhone when it's downloading via GPRS, EDGE or WiFi.

how is that possible bro? are there specific operator settings?

wifi is to a wireless network in ur area, same like notebooks or other wireless devices, how the hell can it charge to your phone?

yea thats exactly what i think/thought but how come ppl are still getting charged???im on the unlimited plan so i have no worries just that if i go roaming i can always be manually be using bossprefs right? what dya'll sifu's think?