Opt out of Starlink coverage on iPhone?

Well, you did not read anything more than the first post, did you?

Only T-Mobile has partnered with Starlink.

You have to Opt In at T-Mobile if you want the service.

You can't Opt Out at T-Mobile if you have not first Opted In

Buy an Android? Brilliant. They already have Starlink.

Do yourself a favor and get some facts.

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m_dwan wrote:

I’ll take my whole family of iPhone if this is not remedied

Are you on T-mobile? And part of the beta? Take it up with your carrier. Otherwise, this simply doesn’t affect you.

Starlink has partnered with a small group of select cellular carriers worldwide. Here’s the list,

T-Mobile — USA

KDDI — Japan

OPTUS — Australia

One BZ — New Zealand

Salt — Switzerland

Entel — Chile and Peru

Rodgers — Canada

Now what country are you in and who’s your carrier? If it’s not one of the above then what is your point?

Nothing is affecting you or your iPhone. The vast majority of the major carriers have already partnered with other satellite services.

DivineJ wrote:

I’ve been an Apple customer since iPods were first released and I will cancel everything if this happens. Absolutely horrible business decision. Read the room Apple.

If you had “read the room”, meaning the thread you just added a post to without reading it, you would know that Apple has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH T-MOBILE OFFERING ITS CUSTOMERS STARLINK. SHEESH, DOES NO ONE EVER READ ANYMORE?

Have you done the demo using the Apple’s (they’re part owner) Globalstar? It works in limited situations and can be blocked by obstacles much easier than Starlink and its competitors.

Personally, I don’t have a dog in the race. I’ve been with AT&T for 18 years. They’ll be competing with Starlink using their AST SpaceMobile service. Verizon is competing with their Inmarsat and Skylo services. Plenty to choose from.

They are not offering an opt out. I have called both Apple and T-Mobile. I don’t want Starlink on my iPhone and neither company seems to care.

IronWisp wrote:

The fact that it will be mandatory is ridiculous. Reconsider apple

It is not, nor will be, mandatory.

Currently the Starlink satellite connection is only for T-Mobile customers that joined the Beta testing.

T-Mobile has not come out with a way to unenroll the Starlink satellite connection, but I think it would be best advised to contact T-Mobile support.

Kkb062 wrote:

Not true. My son did the update on Friday on his iPhone and had a lot of trouble being able to call or text without WiFi. A few hours later when he texted me it showed “iMessage-Satellite”. We have at&t

Did you read the rest of the thread? There are other satellite services in use. Starlink is ONLY being used by TMobile. I believe that AT&T is using Global Star.

lobsterghost1 wrote:

Zachyy wrote:

Update: T-Mobile’s Starlink satellite feature is now in public beta, allowing anyone in the U.S. with an iPhone or Android to test it, even if they sign up for another carrier. It will be free until July.

I can't find anything supporting this, so can you please show us where you found this? I don't understand how this would work, since Starlink operates on the N51 band, which ONLY T-Mobile uses for Starlink.

Here you go: https://www.t-mobile.com/news/network/t-mobile-starlink-beta-open-for-all-carriers?clickref=1011lAeHygfB

It says in the first few lines: The beta is now open for absolutely everyone — yes, even Verizon and AT&T customers — to register for free access until July

Call TMobile and tell them you want to opt out of it. I just did and they told me that once service starts they will be sending me an email to opt out once they are done with the Beta.

mderb wrote:

I will leave iPhone quickly if this proceeds on my carrier and doesn’t have a guaranteed opt out. For now I’ve turned off updates until it’s clearer.

Why? Keep your iPhone up-to-date. If you're on T-Mobile, in the beta for satellite, your device is now compatible. Otherwise, there is nothing to fret about.

Poetrycat wrote:

I am highly disturbed by this news. We need a way to opt out to ensure our phones DO NOT have to be part of this. Where do we go for my details?!

Got feedback for Apple, send it here: Product Feedback - Apple

I contacted T-Mobile and was told we need to opt in for starlink connection on all current devices, but anything 17 or higher will have starlink compatibility built in. I still have not updated the iOS even though they assured me it was not going to connect me to starlink. If I can verify all of this, I will just buy out this phone at the end of my contract and cease upgrades. I like this phone.

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I don’t think you understand my sentence. I’m agreeing with, but my verbiage is confusing. What I was trying to say was, you can’t opt out of something you have to opt into to begin with. But T-Mobile has said that once their beta is over, their subscribers will have to opt out.