How do I turn off the "cellular data is turned off for "podcasts"" message?

I know this is an old discussion, but I think I may have found a workaround...

Settings

General

Scroll down to Restrictions, enter your passcode and select Enable Restrictions

Scroll down to the bottom of this list and click Cellular Data Use, select Don't Allow Changes

I have cellular data turned off for multiple apps including podcasts, and have not seen the alert popup even after quitting and restarting those apps. I'm still on iOS 7.1.2, can someone check if this works for iOS 8?

Hope this helps.

I have had this configuration for a while, as it was explained earlier, but it doesn't work. I also get annoying messages inviting me to join every wifi location that I pass by when walking my dogs. Some day, someone is going to wreck their car trying to cut off this cellular alert so they can continue listening to their podcast/other apps. I've had to pull over.

DrBukk wrote:

I have had this configuration for a while, as it was explained earlier, but it doesn't work. I also get annoying messages inviting me to join every wifi location that I pass by when walking my dogs. Some day, someone is going to wreck their car trying to cut off this cellular alert so they can continue listening to their podcast/other apps. I've had to pull over.

So why don't you just turn off Ask to Join Other Networks?

Awesome, thanks so much. I'm on 8.1.1 and before this fix the pop up was back (I think) to every time I'd open an app, I tried your workaround and haven't experienced a notification all day. So great.

Clever. Does not help me using 8.1.1. Still get the occassional message.

The worst thing about this is that a fix would only require an additional conditional clause in whatever code is originating this message, e.g., if WiFi is turned on, get out.

On August 10 the New York Times had a laudatory article about Apple University, the company's training site. I was amused by this quotation :"The idea: Apple designers strive for simplicity just as Picasso eliminated details to create a great work of art." considering that I was as frustrated as others by this unnecessary complication.

It appears that apple.com/feedback is not getting through to the proper people. What is the next step? Do they even read snail mail?

Hi Baroninkjet,

This is the post from "thecolorofbeef" which helped me:

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I know this is an old discussion, but I think I may have found a workaround...

Settings

General

Scroll down to Restrictions, enter your passcode and select Enable Restrictions

Scroll down to the bottom of this list and click Cellular Data Use, select Don't Allow Changes

I have cellular data turned off for multiple apps including podcasts, and have not seen the alert popup even after quitting and restarting those apps. I'm still on iOS 7.1.2, can someone check if this works for iOS 8?

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The key, for me anyway, is the revelation of the RESTRICTIONS section, where you tell iPhone "Don't Allow Changes" to Cellular Data use. This turns off the annoying modal that prompts you to go into settings. (This is far from the first time that Apple has 'hidden' a useful feature in Restrictions, Parental Controls, and Accessibility sections.)

hope this helps!

Yeah, I'm confused. I followed Beef's instruction to the "T," to no avail. I thought maybe it was because I was using 8.1 so I upgraded to 8.1.1. But it's still popping up constantly. Did I miss something?

dylanito wrote:

Yeah, I'm confused. I followed Beef's instruction to the "T," to no avail. I thought maybe it was because I was using 8.1 so I upgraded to 8.1.1. But it's still popping up constantly. Did I miss something?

Wish I could be of more help, but I can't imagine why its not working for you... unless: as you scroll down the list of restrictions (after you have provided your pin), individual turn off any app that is currently on (green). There are quite a lot down there. You might start (if you haven't already done this) by turning EVERYTHING off. Go through each setting and do that. If that works, then you can start turning access back on, one by one, until you are comfortable with the results.

Good luck and hope that helps 🙂

This issue is over once you upgrade to OS 8.1. The Podcast App disappears. It's not even for sale on the App store. So, I guess Apple WAS listening. Buy yourself a new app after reading some ratings. Wish I had done it sooner... much better!

1. The issue has nothing to do with which podcast app you use. I have the problem the Overcast Podcast Player.

2. The Apple Podcast app is not gone. It's just an integral part of iOS8, which means you can't remove it from your iPhone.

What do we have to do to get a response from Apple??? I've sent feedback numerous times though the proper channels as I know many of you have. Do they even look at these forums? For some evil reason, recently a couple of apps have been popping up the message TWICE (without closing out of the app)! It caused me to almost crash my car the other day. Unbelievable.

Do we need to start a new forum? I feel that the title, relating specifically to the "Podcasts" app, sends the wrong message. This is a systemic problem in the entire iOS interface!

PS...Apple clearly IS monitoring these forums as they removed a post placed by someone making a "non-traditional" recommendation that Apple is clearly against. If you don't want us to do that to our phones, then provide your own fix you Apple A***oles! I for one took a screen shot of that post and will be following the advice given. There is clearly no fix coming from Apple.

I got a response from them: They pulled my post because I suggested jail break ing the phone in order to install a tweak that does away with these annoying messages. I don't think they liked that someone else figured out how to solve the customers' problem. Then again, they will probably remove this post too.

My Podcast app completely disappeared when I upgraded to v.8. I couldn't figure out how to get it back so I bought an app for $2.99. I still get the notices, but it has been cut to less than 10% as many times as before. There are many out there. I bought one called iCatcher and it imported all my subscriptions & back episodes so it was very easy except I had to go into settings for each subscription.

I am using 8.1.1 and when I first tried the Enable Restrictions/Cellular Data Use/Don't Allow Changes, it didn't work for me at first. However, I noticed a couple days later that the Notes app wasn't bothering me all the time that Cellular data was turned off.

That was 3 weeks ago, and still no more annoying messages. Hurrah!