iPhone question
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My OH has just got an iphone on PAYG. She has loaded up a few of the free apps, Facebook, Skynews, Tv guide, Shazam, noughts & crosses and snakes and ladders, but over the course of the day there's been quite a few pounds taken off her credit.
She's got the wifi bolt on, which starts next month, I'm just wondering whether these free apps have to access the internet to work.
She also signed up to mobile message alerts on facebook but i've since stopped them wondering whether they were taking credit off the balance.
Would appreciate it of someone could shed some light on the cause of the problem.
Many thanks
She's got the wifi bolt on, which starts next month, I'm just wondering whether these free apps have to access the internet to work.
She also signed up to mobile message alerts on facebook but i've since stopped them wondering whether they were taking credit off the balance.
Would appreciate it of someone could shed some light on the cause of the problem.
Many thanks
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Most apps are just a front end for a webservice, FaceBook is FaceBook, Sky News is sky.com/news, Shazam have their song recognition service, TV Guide will be something like Yahoo TV Guide.
I've never noticed as I'm on contract.
Take it you get a monthly charge?
The best option in that case would be to call o2 customer services and see what they're saying. Most folks like myself are on contract with the iPhone so don't really see such oddities.
If you have a years internet and WiFi then you shouldn't really need to worry about it, or where you download apps for that matter. When I'm at home the iPhone will use my WiFi so it is sometimes as easy to use my iPhone to download apps as it is my MacBook. Connect it up to your WiFi and see if it still happens as well, all data will be routed via WiFi if it has a connection.
Yeah we've done that.....well the fella at the local o2 shop did....lol.
Just to answer someone's query re the wi-fi, as she's bought it off someone else and not upgraded or bought it new she doesn't get the free 1st years wi-fi, but she has changed her bolt on tarrif so she'll get free wi-fi from beginning of next month so told her not to access and internet stuff till november
http://www.o2.co.uk/explore/tariffs/boltons/paygoboltons/o2webwifi says:
If you're using an iPhone with a Pay & Go SIM card, you can add the O2 Web & Wi-Fi Bolt On for just £10 a month for unlimited internet and Wi-Fi access*. Then you can surf to your hearts content.
To set up O2 Web & Wi-Fi call 2425 free of charge from your Pay & Go mobile phone. Or, text www to 21300 free of charge.
*Data usage whilst roaming not included. Unlimited Wi-Fi is available at any of the 7,500 Wi-Fi hotspots from our partners The Cloud and BT Openzone.
It sounds like that's what the OP's OH is getting, as long as she's set it up correctly.
If that is the case then you need to be very careful between now and November otherwise you are going to go through your credit like running water. Most of those apps use the internet, so I would recommend not using apps until November. I would also recommend going the Settings > General > Network > and set Data Roaming to OFF. Also if you have set up email go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data > make sure Push is OFF and Fetch Manually. When you get unlimited web and wi-fi up and running in November then you can turn all this stuff back on and use any apps you wish without going through credit. These are also useful tips to keep in mind if you ever travel abroad as the unlimited web bolt-on does not apply abroad.
"Data Roaming" only matters when abroad (i.e. when roaming). I wouldn't bother turning it back on though when the Web & WiFi is up & running.