T-Mobile G1 Still Uses The Internet - Even When You Tell It Not To

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One unfortunate Gizmodo reader has found out the hard way that apparently the G1’s internet access can’t be fully turned off.

During a recent trip to the UK, the unlucky G1 owner was hit with a $102.85 data roaming bill - even though he had turned off data roaming, data sync and 3G prior to his trip.

Upon returning home he contacted T-Mobile customer service and was informed by a supervisor that “the G1 always accesses the internet whether you are sending text messages or calls—even when the data roaming features are off. ”

As it turns out, he was charged approx $.15 every 3-7 minutes on average—but not all of it was from calls and texts. In his words, it was “almost as if the phone is pinging.”

If you’ve experienced any similar activity with your G1, let us know in the comments.

[via Gizmodo.com]

Original post: T-Mobile G1 Still Uses The Internet - Even When You Tell It Not To

[xphatxskillzx]

wow .. so now there are limitations on where you can go with the phone .. this is pretty bad .. really BAD customer service .. i guess they should of notified us of this ..

[hej]

Although the response the guy got was not a very good one (from what I've read), I suspect that this is nothing more than the unintended consequence of other functionality in the phone. I look forward to followups to the story in the future, since I expect this guy will have the charges removed from his bill and that this problem will be fixed with the phone.

Then again, maybe not....

[Andor]

Originally Posted by hej

Although the response the guy got was not a very good one (from what I've read), I suspect that this is nothing more than the unintended consequence of other functionality in the phone. I look forward to followups to the story in the future, since I expect this guy will have the charges removed from his bill and that this problem will be fixed with the phone.

Then again, maybe not....

I'm pretty sure if he complains enough they'll clear the charges - especially since he rang T-Mobile CS for advice before he made the trip.

I agree about other functionality causing the internet connection though, will be interesting to see what the outcome is.