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Author Disabling internet key on K800i?
Gareth

2007-12-27, 3:33 pm

I've scoured the available manuals and online sources with no success.

Is there a way of disabling the internet key (the small key with the globe
symbol on the upper left of the key pad) on a SE K800i?

The key is too easy to hit by accident and can be quite costly (especially
when using the phone on Virgin given the default link to "Bites" and the 30p
a day minimum charge).

I can't find any setting for the key in shortcuts and the only workaround
I've found is to disable GPRS access completely by altering the connection
settings. Is there another way?

Gareth.

majogh

2007-12-27, 10:33 pm

Gareth wrote:
> I've scoured the available manuals and online sources with no success.
>
> Is there a way of disabling the internet key (the small key with the
> globe symbol on the upper left of the key pad) on a SE K800i?
>
> The key is too easy to hit by accident and can be quite costly
> (especially when using the phone on Virgin given the default link to
> "Bites" and the 30p a day minimum charge).
>
> I can't find any setting for the key in shortcuts and the only
> workaround I've found is to disable GPRS access completely by altering
> the connection settings. Is there another way?
>
> Gareth.


I don't have a k800i but I used this workaround on a k500i. It might
work for you.

If you change the APN of your default internet connection address to
that of a file on the phone it does not need to connect. Or just change
the address to file:/// which just briefly brings up a connection
error message.
majogh

2007-12-27, 10:33 pm

majogh wrote:
> Gareth wrote:
>
> I don't have a k800i but I used this workaround on a k500i. It might
> work for you.
>
> If you change the APN of your default internet connection address to
> that of a file on the phone it does not need to connect. Or just change
> the address to file:/// which just briefly brings up a connection
> error message.


Ignore the above. It should read change the default home page not APN

sorry about that.
Gareth

2007-12-29, 10:33 am



"majogh" <none@any.con> wrote in message
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> majogh wrote:
>
> Ignore the above. It should read change the default home page not APN
>
> sorry about that.


Thanks - I tried it and it worked! The phone didn't even try to make a GPRS
connection.

It's an odd place to put a GPRS connection key though.

Gareth.

alexd

2007-12-30, 3:33 pm

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:51:40 +0000, Gareth wrote:

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> It's an odd place to put a GPRS connection key though.


Odd [and annoying] from the users perspective, but very convenient if
you're a mobile network operator :-)

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