Nokia 3120c randomly connecting the packet data

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nickb800

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#61582 19-May-2010 10:58

I have had a nokia 3120c since december last year which was initially on Telecom XT. I transferred over to slingshot during their XT not-work promotion.
I have noticed that the phone appears to be randomly connecting to packet data (shown by the '3' in white box logo at the top of the screen, and degrading the battery life accordingly. I cannot remember if it did this while on XT (i think it did not) but it has definately been happening regurlarly on slingshot.
Sometimes it is random, i just look at my phone and it is connected to packet data, other times it does it when i open the calender, or go to write a text message.
This doesnt appear to be using chargeable data, but i am concerned about the reduced time between charges. I only use it for txting and calling, so would be happy to completely disable data access.
I have tried switching it to GSM mode instead of UMTS; changing the data access addresses to invalid ones; selecting SMS to not be sent via GRPS, etc but none of this makes a difference.

1) Does anyone have this issue, or know what causes it?
2) How do i disable packet data??

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Nick

scheduler

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#331802 19-May-2010 11:37

Hi. I don't know if you've tried this or not. I would try going to Menu/settings/connectivity/Packet Data/ and select when needed. This should mean that your phone will only try to connect to the internet when you ask it to. No guarantees but It how I have my 3120c set up. Incidentally the best thing I did to extend batterry was set my 3120c to GSM only. No point in having it look for a 3G signal on 2 degrees.

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#331806 19-May-2010 11:43

scheduler: Hi. I don't know if you've tried this or not. I would try going to Menu/settings/connectivity/Packet Data/ and select when needed. This should mean that your phone will only try to connect to the internet when you ask it to. No guarantees but It how I have my 3120c set up. Incidentally the best thing I did to extend batterry was set my 3120c to GSM only. No point in having it look for a 3G signal on 2 degrees.

Thanks, but ive already done both of those things.
One of the perculiarities of this is that it still connects to 3g data when in GSM mode

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#331815 19-May-2010 12:03

On the handset under settings is packet data set to always online or when avaiable

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#331843 19-May-2010 13:05

It is set to 'when needed'. It appears the problem is the phone randomly decides that it needs packet data. It is not connected to packet data continuously, just at random times.

What i would like is a 'never' option! :)

Unsure if this is related, but i have never been able to get applications (such as Gmail, Google maps) to access the internet whilst on slingshot, but using the nokia browser does work. This is after i downloaded the configuration files from slingshot as instructed.

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#331851 19-May-2010 13:40

Where did you get the phone from? Is it a NZ new model?

Have you installed any applications on it?

scheduler

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#331873 19-May-2010 14:40

This is a stab in the dark. have a look at what your Gmail application is set to. ie is it showing on line. It may be that in your attempts to get it working you have left it in " connect Mode" This would mean that the application keeps trying to contact the G Mail server. It will never do this as the settings are incorrect causing it to keep trying. This could also explain why you don't get charged Data. The only basis I have for this I notice that unless I manually disconnect Gmail it keeps cheecking the Gmail server. This does cause the appearnce of random Data usage.

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Laurie

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#331886 19-May-2010 15:07

scheduler: This is a stab in the dark. have a look at what your Gmail application is set to. ie is it showing on line. It may be that in your attempts to get it working you have left it in " connect Mode" This would mean that the application keeps trying to contact the G Mail server. It will never do this as the settings are incorrect causing it to keep trying. This could also explain why you don't get charged Data. The only basis I have for this I notice that unless I manually disconnect Gmail it keeps cheecking the Gmail server. This does cause the appearnce of random Data usage.

This is the most plausable explanation so far! I have just uninstalled Gmail and Gmaps, the only applicatons i have added and will let you know how it goes. When i say it hasnt cost me data, i mean nothing noticeable - there have been some data charges ($0.50ish) but i assumed they were for the litte wap browsing that i have done.

@sbiddle: Yes it was purchased from noel leeming. It's the cheapest nokia for XT :)

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andrewcnz

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#331952 19-May-2010 18:45

If the network was trying to deliver a MMS message and could not. Would this cause the phone to start a GPRS/3G connection each time the network made another attempt to to deliver?

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#333282 22-May-2010 15:12

Thanks to scheduler - you put me on the right track. It still did it after i deleted the apps, but then i also deleted the email mailbox that i had set up (again, it had never worked on slingshot) and thought i had disabled. It appears that this was the culprit, problem solved.