Using Palm Pre exclusively on WiFi

phillipmanuel · 05/18/2010, 12:14 PM

I have a contract with Bell Mobility and rates for data plans are outrageous. I have had my Palm Pre for 10 months and average only around 15MB per month of data usage. So I removed the $25/mon data plan that gave me 500 MB per month however now if I incur any data traffic outside of WiFi they are going to hit me with significant charges. So my question is, I want to set up my Pre so that the G3 network is disabled completely so it only uses WiFi. I have noticed if I have WiFi on but no networks available, it will still use the G3 network and I don't want that. Anyone have any ideas???

THL · 05/18/2010, 01:05 PM

I recommend http://forums.precentral.net/webos-p...-ultramix.html for that. You can turn off data usage right from your device menu, so it's always there.

zulfaqar621 · 05/18/2010, 01:20 PM

I think you can turnoff all data by going to the phone app --> phone menu --> preferences --> under network choose data roaming disabled and data usage off. I haven't tried this myself but this seems the most likely way.

05/18/2010, 12:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
phillipmanuel Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Using Palm Pre exclusively on WiFi I have a contract with Bell Mobility and rates for data plans are outrageous. I have had my Palm Pre for 10 months and average only around 15MB per month of data usage. So I removed the $25/mon data plan that gave me 500 MB per month however now if I incur any data traffic outside of WiFi they are going to hit me with significant charges. So my question is, I want to set up my Pre so that the G3 network is disabled completely so it only uses WiFi. I have noticed if I have WiFi on but no networks available, it will still use the G3 network and I don't want that. Anyone have any ideas???
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05/18/2010, 01:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
THL Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 150 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 20 Thanked 24 Times in 21 Posts	I recommend http://forums.precentral.net/webos-p...-ultramix.html for that. You can turn off data usage right from your device menu, so it's always there. __________________ 'til we meet again. THL
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zulfaqar621 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 608 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 126 Thanked 123 Times in 74 Posts	I think you can turnoff all data by going to the phone app --> phone menu --> preferences --> under network choose data roaming disabled and data usage off. I haven't tried this myself but this seems the most likely way.
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