Random Stuff About Software

Windows Mobile phones from AT&T come with GPRS enabled and there is no way to turn it off. Having it set up this way is fine if you pay for AT&T’s unlimited data plan. But since I have Wifi at both home and work it is not worth it for me to pay for a monthly data plan. I just use my 8525’s built in Wifi to get Internet access.

AT&T doesn’t want you to use Wifi exclusively so they force GPRS to be enabled even if you don’t plan on using it. This is really annoying because the phone pops up messages all the time telling you that it can’t connect via GPRS. The only way that I found to disable these messages is to use the Modaco Nodata program available here:

http://www.modaco.com/content/Pocket-PC-Software/246171/New-FREE-Utility/

Just install the program and run it. Select the GPRS connection and disable it. It is really simple to use and solves the problem. Plus you can always go turn it back on if you want to use GPRS later on.