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Watch out unlocked Irish iPhone users on firmware 1.1.4, you might be leaking money

If you recently bought an iPhone or upgraded to 1.1.4 and are an o2 customer you might not realise that 1.1.4 has the settings for Edge built in and switched on. So basically you could unwittingly being forking out a fortune if you don’t have the 1Gig or 10Gig data option enabled on your account.

See, on a 1.1.4 firmware iPhone, you can’t get to the Edge settings under Settings/General/Network:
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The solution is to install an app via Installer.app called Boss Prefs which will allow you to disable Edge:
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This entry was posted on Saturday, March 15th, 2008 at 9:54 pm and is filed under irishblogs, technology. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

6 Responses to “Watch out unlocked Irish iPhone users on firmware 1.1.4, you might be leaking money”

  1. DingoPL says:
    March 18, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    Hi Damien, I tried your fix after forking out 60 euro on the first night of having my iphone, but when I try to install the application a pop up says:
    Error Package download failed: untrusted server certificate!
    I have tried accepting cookies etc. How do i fix this?
    Thanks In advance

  2. DingoPL says:
    March 18, 2008 at 4:54 pm

    Sorry I fixed the problem it was to do with the WIFI provider and not the iPhone

  3. Robert H says:
    March 24, 2008 at 6:34 pm

    Hey Man

    How u getting on with yours. Looking at brining one back from the US when on honeymoon. Cant really wait for Apple to bring out the 3G version….. i have everything apple and its really annoys me when i see young snacks with an iPhone and not me

  4. Cormac says:
    March 28, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    Hey Guys,

    This might work for O2 users but under vodafone, it turns it off but then back on again, it asks for the sim pin and then comes back on again… tried this and another application called Services, under utilities does same thing…

    Any Ideas?

    C

  5. Paul says:
    May 9, 2008 at 8:33 pm

    Hi,
    In Ireland with a jailbroken 1.1.4 iPhone. Have instaled the Bossprefs and I’ve Tried this. When I slide the EDGE switch to off, it will remain off but EDGE icon stays on screen. as soon as I exit the page it automatically switches itself back on again!! and EDGE is active. Can anyone help with this issue………please. )2 are crippling me with data payments, need to get this EDGE turned off

  6. Chris says:
    October 4, 2008 at 10:11 pm

    Hey, I am looking for a headset for this phone.. I still hear bad things about bluetooth not pairing up easily so am trying to go with a corded headset, does anyone know if these audio adapters really work to let me use a headset I can pick up at staples or my local phone store? http://thewirelessboysonline.com/iphone-3g-headsets.html thanks guys.

    Chris