Tips: How to Disable 3G/Edge on iPhone
Posted by Watson on Wednesday Apr 1, 2009 Under Tips
As mention in previous post:
“Maxis 3G/EDGE/GPRS Charge is Expensive!!!“
I found a way to disable the 3G or/and EDGE on your iPhone. You can enable it anytime you like if you need it.
Try out this application: BossPrefs 
(You may get it from Cydia for FREE.)
You can use this application to
- Disable/Enable 3G (Disable this to save you tons of money)
- Disable/Enable EDGE (Disable this to save you tons of money, since it charged the same rate as 3G)
- Disable/Enable WiFi (Any reason we need to do this? As far as I know, NO.)
- Disable/Enable Bluetooth (Good feature, why should I disable it?)
BossPrefs also has other useful features (tab on the More button on top) like:
-Fix User Dir Permissions (This will help to solve some application crash problem)
- Show Free Disk Space (To check your iPhone’s free space without go into iTune)
- Enable Numeric Battery (Show percentage of available battery instead of the green battry icon)
And, BossPrefs has shortcut to:
- Respring (restart the GUI of iPhone)
- Reboot
- Shutdown
Your iPhone (just tab on the Power Button on the bottom of the screen and you will get the menu).
I do feel this is a VERY useful tool. Let’s give it a try and see how good it is.
Thank you for reading.
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May 13th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
[...] Expensive!!! last month, if you’re not 3G unlimited package subscriber, I would suggest you turn OFF 3G and EDGE network. I would like to share more about data usage [...]
June 7th, 2009 at 2:24 am
hello,
I just purchased iphone 3g from maxis, and i heard a lot people keep complaining about the expensive maxis data charge and im bit confused.
1)Dont use the data charges, use WIFI???
Please explain to me if im wrong
June 9th, 2009 at 9:50 am
hi sidphaze,
Maxis package for iphone 3g included data transfer from 500MB to 3GB depence on the package you choose. As long as you don’t exceed the rate, you will not get extra charge.
July 1st, 2009 at 8:53 am
Hi there,
Just bought iphone with data plan 500mb from maxis last saturday (6pm) and yesterday morning (after days line activated), i got an sms from maxis telling me that i have reached 80% of my credit limit (RM130 of RM150 limit). How ridiculous the bill!!!my usage appeared on the phone is just 26MB!i dont really understand how maxis billing work!feel cheated!!
July 4th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
hi nye79,
Well, thay are. If you are not getting the unlimited package, try to off the GPRS/EDGE and 3G so you wouldn’t get charge for unknown usage. There are an apps called “SBSettings” in Cydia that can do this for iPhone 2.2.1 and Phone 3.0.
Good luck.
August 22nd, 2009 at 11:03 am
Thank you for sharing. I found this app really useful. when i use maxis as network provider i use app call iphonenodata (http://iphonenodata.com) to disable the data connection but it doesn’t work on celcom. Now it works after install BossPref for celcom.
August 28th, 2009 at 12:36 am
1 more solutions is to install a FAKE APN settings.
1: connect to wifi
2: connect to the internet using safari
3: enter url http://www.unlockit.co.nz/
4: select continue button
5: and press install
now try browse internet without connect to your wifi
all telco are sux dont worry this thing help alot!! good luck guys..(purba zx9-r)
September 6th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Hi,
I have a 2G iPhone and faced with horrendous ‘Edge’ charges on a PAYG sim I installed the sbsettings from Cydia and turned off Edge and 3G.
Unfortunately, repeated ‘balance checks’ with my provider showed my credit going down?
Now I don’t quite understand how this can happen.
If anyone could explain it would be appreciated.The only way I could stop it was deleting the mail app [process] via the Sbsettings ‘Processes’ function. But, if Edge & 3G are off, why do I have to do this?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Regards, Russ
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
which BossPrefs & SBSettings should i install?? how to use it?
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Further to my previous post, I contacted the sim provider ad asked them to turn off EDGE/3G for my sim card and they did.
No more problem for me
Thanks.
September 24th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
its weird….i’ve installed bossprefs but my credits still drainning~~~~ pls helpppppppppp. im a celcom prepaid user~
January 4th, 2010 at 8:31 pm
i use SBSettings only…. BossPrefs not work.. SBSettings a full BossPrefs replacement.. pls refer this link http://mytriniphone.com/blog/2008/10/iphone-sbsettings-easy-to-use-device-management/
January 5th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Hi everyone, I am using my iPhone 3G 3.1.2 on my Celcom line. I’ve tried iphonenodata and also Fake APN but both also doesn’t stop 3G/Edge on my phone. Is there any way to do this for Celcom?. I tried on Digi the iphonenodata method and it works fine but not for Celcom.
Thanks.
January 6th, 2010 at 9:59 am
try use SBSettings 3.0.5… phonenodata, Fake APN and BossPrefs 3.0.4 doesn’t stop 3G/Edge on my celcom prepaid.
January 12th, 2010 at 11:29 am
yaa rite…i just went to maxis complaint bout my 3g.i dont use it( they promise to turn off all the such thing) but i still have to pay for it.when i complaint it…they said ‘what u expect u use iphone’…so rude!
February 11th, 2010 at 6:34 am
Data Toggle: Kill iPhone Data Traffic Properly
http://xsellize.com/showthread.php?t=87092
February 14th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
mine non jail break iphone 3gs….can i able to install BossPrefs also….??
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:04 am
Hi thivakaran,
Sorry, this software not able to install on non jailbreak iphone. TQ.
March 13th, 2010 at 2:02 am
y need to turn off edge..edge is the network connection for the phone..
for iphone 2g user juz make sure fetch new data (go to setting) is turn off…if its turn on then any apps which been configured to fetch new data( e.g: new email. notification from facebook etc) will fetch or push new data onto the phone which result extra charges by telco company (will be quite expensive if iphone using edge,not 3g data plan)
for iphone 3g user same approach juz make sure push(check in setting) is off if not using internet or browsing via 3g data plan or wifi.