I think i found a way to disable edge without calling Att

[evoguru]

I logged into my AT&T wireless account on AT&T website, went into add/manage features, removed the data plan and Edge is successfully disabled!!

 

[chris200x9]

ok?..........does your plan rate go down? if it doesn't then why disable a function you pay for?

 

[aerospace]

it would be usefull for those going overseas to avoid the super high international rates.

 

[chris200x9]

it would be usefull for those going overseas to avoid the super high international rates.

true, I did not think of that.

 

[Eric Lewis]

it would be usefull for those going overseas to avoid the super high international rates.

just take out the sim

and its wifi and ipod...no phone features..and no roaming

 

[zap2]

just take out the sim

and its wifi and ipod...no phone features..and no roaming

true...but then you can't make phone call(maybe you don't want to do that outside of US, but for some then need/want/makes them feel safer)


I'd just put it in airplane mode or take out the sim, but then I wouldn't have a phone(fine for me)

 

[Canuck4]

It would be so much easier if we had and On/Off button to disable Edge like we have for wifi.....

 

[dangleheart]

It would be so much easier if we had and On/Off button to disable Edge like we have for wifi.....

That is the right solution.. and call it out explicitly in the instructions.

 

[bobznc]

Noooooooo

After a few minutes of thinking you were a genius, it hit me. You are canceling the plan, but not disabling EDGE. So, when you attempt to contact EDGE, you will be charged per whatever AT&T's policy is for EDGE use is.

 

[evoguru]

After a few minutes of thinking you were a genius, it hit me. You are canceling the plan, but not disabling EDGE. So, when you attempt to contact EDGE, you will be charged per whatever AT&T's policy is for EDGE use is.

My phone is giving me an error message saying there is a connection failure
so I'm pretty sure its disabled since I don't even get connected to the edge service.

 

[jersey]

This was posted in a comment over at TUAW, and may work as well.

"It's actually quite easy to turn EDGE off. If you can get access to the files on your phone (through any of the GUI tools available, or via TextEdit on the iPhone), do the following:

1. Open /var/root/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist in your editor of choice.

2. Look for the string "apn". This will be followed by "wap.cingular".

3. Delete the "." in "wap.cingular".

4. Restart the phone.

5. When you try to connect via EDGE, it will fail.

6. To reinstate EDGE service, open the file again and insert the "." between "wap" and "cingular", then restart the phone.

I'm sure some enterprising person could write a native iPhone app to do this for you."