gmail app on N95

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sqlpro

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#18244 3-Jan-2008 13:25

Hi
i installed gmail mobile app on N95 and it works fast and very nice. but i noticed its using vodafone network and am being charged for data usage.
But i set it to use WiFi connection and that's what it seems to be using. any ideas on this please ? any other setting i need to use.

btw i set it so that it'll ask me always what connection to use and it does ask and am selecting my wifi connection.
any ideas much appreciated. Thanks.

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#102700 3-Jan-2008 14:07

Thats sounds like a weird one, I don't use the mobile gmail application (I was using the inbuilt email part of the mesages app, but now I'm using Emoze, which is fantastic as I have a data plan now - thanks bigal for that recommendation!).

Perhaps someone else can help, but it sounds like you've set it up correctly...

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sqlpro

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#102702 3-Jan-2008 14:12

btw it asks me everytime a question "allow application gmail to use network and send or receive data" and i've to select yes then only i'll be able to fetch email !

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#102719 3-Jan-2008 14:54

Ah, thats why you're being charged then - you're giving it permission to utilise the network. You should be able to get your emails without that happening - the only reason I could think of that you would have to allow the network traffic is if your handset is branded.

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#102722 3-Jan-2008 15:00

My N95 is a generic version and I don't get charged for data using the Gmail app, even though I say "yes" to "allow application to use network data... etc". After I click on that, it asks me to choose whether to use the Vodafone network or wifi.

sqlpro

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#102741 3-Jan-2008 16:41

heavenly_wild
the process exactly same for me too but getting charged .(20c i think lasttime).
i made sure that i sent no txt msgs or any calls after checking gmail and checked my account and its 20c less !

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#102746 3-Jan-2008 17:00

sqlpro: heavenly_wild
the process exactly same for me too but getting charged .(20c i think lasttime).
i made sure that i sent no txt msgs or any calls after checking gmail and checked my account and its 20c less !

Usually data charges are quite random and aren't perfect figures like a nicely rounded 20c charge.

Hmm, are you subscribed to podcasts? Perhaps they are updating themselves automatically?

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sqlpro

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#102747 3-Jan-2008 17:01

what does it mean dudes,
i set phone profile to offline and accessed gmail and it asked me whether i want to create offline WLAN connection and it created and was able to browse fine !!
i checked my account and there was no charge!! or should i wait couple of hours for my vodafone account refresh ?

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#102748 3-Jan-2008 17:03

no i've not subscribed to anything.

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#102752 3-Jan-2008 17:17

Data charges are not in real-time. They may charge you later.

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#102827 4-Jan-2008 07:27

just checked again no charge yet !