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M_GO_BLUE1
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Jan 03, 2015

IPHONE 6

The new IPhone 6...how do you turn off MOBILE DATA USAGE?
  • I have an iphone 6 and "YES" you can turn off the cellular data in settings and still make phone calls. Those stating otherwise are mistaken.
  • rk911 wrote:
    M GO BLUE wrote:
    The new IPhone 6...how do you turn off MOBILE DATA USAGE?


    I have an iPhone 5 running iOS 8. I can restrict my data use to WiFi only this way:

    SETTINGS
    CELLULAR
    CELLUAR DATA to OFF.

    should be very similar on the iPhone 6.

    I've been bugging Apple about not having a shortcut method for doing this for some time. Keep hearing that they're working on it, and will be upgraded in the future? For instance, if you swipe from the bottom of the screen, you get shortcuts to enable/disable functions such as WiFi, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, etc. But nothing for Data except by going into Settings. Very inconvenient, and way behind Android phones such as on my Samsung Galaxy which has had this functionality for a while.

    My Samsung also pops up Bluetooth paring/connectivity when enabled. Whereas on my iPhone, I have to go into Settings to do the same.

    Apple iOS is actually behind in many ways in regards to features already available on the Galaxy, which is why I have both phones.
  • rk911 wrote:
    M GO BLUE wrote:
    The new IPhone 6...how do you turn off MOBILE DATA USAGE?


    I have an iPhone 5 running iOS 8. I can restrict my data use to WiFi only this way:

    SETTINGS
    CELLULAR
    CELLUAR DATA to OFF.

    should be very similar on the iPhone 6.

    Same with my iPhone 4. Don't know why the gentlemanly above won't
  • 1492 wrote:
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    Apple iOS is actually behind in many ways in regards to features already available on the Galaxy, which is why I have both phones.


    Isn't that the nature or both operating systems - they have the habit of "ripping off" the best aspects of each other. (That's not a bad thing.)

    Although Google has made Android more modular, they still have been unable to overcome what I think is the biggest flaw - One can never know when or if their current device will be able to run the next version of the operating system. Kit-Kat was released in October, 2013. Yet, 65% of Android devices run version older than Kit-Kat - many with security flaws that will never be addressed. Lollipop was released in November, 2014 and currently runs on 1% of Android devices.

    In contrast, iOS 8 was released in September, 2014 and currently runs on 64% of iOS devices. Only 4% of iOS devices run a version older that iOS 7.

    (I usually state that have neither an iOS nor Android device. That is no longer true. My part-time employer has provided me with an iPhone 5S, which I'm required to use in some circumstances.)

    Tom

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