Disable EDGE/3G/GPRS Data On iPhone Using SBSettings Data Toggle

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A data toggle has now been added to the Cydia app, SBSettings, which lets you enable or disable EDGE/3G data connection. This data toggle seems to be working even on the latest iPhone 3.1.3 OS. By setting a bogus IP address of 1.1.1.0, SBSettings Data Toggle switches off your data connection, thus saving you bandwidth and keeping your iPhone running longer.

For the unaware, SBSettings is a jailbreak app available for free in Cydia. It lets you quickly toggle various iPhone settings such as 3G, EDGE, Processes, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, SSH, Brightness, and so on right from your iPhone’s Homescreen. You can enhance the functionality of this app by bringing in add-ons, such as Data Toggle. Considering that you already have this jailbreak app on your iPhone, below are the steps to install the Data Toggle, an add-on of SBSettings.

In order to install the Data Toggle, launch Cydia, go to ‘Sections’ tab and look for SBSettings Addons. Now choose ‘Data Toggle’ from the list. After you install the package, restart Springboard. Launch SBSettings menu and you can now toggle data connection on or off. When data is turned off the ‘E’ icon for the Data Toggle is shown in red, and green otherwise.

SBSettings_Data_Toggle_Cydia_iPhone_App

A drawback of this app is that when you re enable the data connection, your iPhone will hang for about 15 seconds, due to reloading of commcenter by the program. A future update may fix this issue, though.

In order to use SBSettings Data Toggle, you need to jailbreak your iPhone.

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7 Comments

  1. Rainer says:

    Hi,
    i think, i have a bug. If it shoes data ip N/A then the E Data button is GREEN. If i press it and it becomes red, then network changes and Data IP Address shows a number.

    What do i have to do differently?

    rgds
    rainer

  2. Gerry says:

    Page not visible on iPhone – what a laugh

  3. mohammed says:

    hi

  4. Pedor says:

    i have an 1g iPhone and i dont see this on my applications, where it’s supposed to be after i install it?

  5. Austin says:

    Just swipe left to right at the very top of your screen

  6. kate says:

    PLEASE HELP!

    I have a huge problem, i need to disable my EDGE asap since the cell company is charging me like crazy for data im not even using….i went to cydia, clicked on sections, went to SB settings addons, then went on data toggle but when i cliked on INSTALL, it said ” the requested modifications cannot be applied due to required dependecies or conflixts that cannot be automatically fixed or found….

    lower it says Depends- SB settings >=2.99

    what do i do??? is there a way going around this? I need to know ASAP. in meantime i entered some faked data in the cellular data so it doesnt connect properly?? PLEASE HELP

    • iPhone Apps Planet says:

      Have you first installed SB settings Cydia app, before installing the data toggle add-on?

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