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

I keep getting this message or one like it for every app with the cellular data turned off when I am not connected to wifi. Is there a way to make this message go away like the don't show message in the future option windows gives users? I understand it probably helps users that aren't very knowledgable when it comes to using their phone but I do and it is very annoying. It was less annoying a message like it for location services but now I have to tap away the message 10 or more times a day.

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.2

Posted on Oct 10, 2013 10:10 AM

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

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  • by morrispe,

    morrispe morrispe Sep 13, 2014 2:20 PM in response to Derrick24
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    Sep 13, 2014 2:20 PM in response to Derrick24

    This is getting very annoying. Sure hope it gets fixed in iOS 8.

  • by TheRealMoeJoe,

    TheRealMoeJoe TheRealMoeJoe Sep 22, 2014 8:33 AM in response to morrispe
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    Sep 22, 2014 8:33 AM in response to morrispe

    It didn't!

  • by DrBukk,

    DrBukk DrBukk Sep 22, 2014 11:03 AM in response to TheRealMoeJoe
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    Sep 22, 2014 11:03 AM in response to TheRealMoeJoe

    Didn't stop it on OS8 for me either. Still being asked if I want to join every wireless network I pass.

  • by sallenmd,

    sallenmd sallenmd Sep 25, 2014 5:44 AM in response to DrBukk
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    Sep 25, 2014 5:44 AM in response to DrBukk

    "Still being asked if I want to join every wireless network I pass." --That you can easily fix by turning off "Ask to Join Networks" in Wi-Fi Settings.

  • by AnthonyNC,

    AnthonyNC AnthonyNC Sep 25, 2014 12:06 PM in response to ThanePeters
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    Sep 25, 2014 12:06 PM in response to ThanePeters

    Ha.  All I had to do was upgrade to iOS8 and I lost ALL of my notifications across every app.  But I still get this annoying message that the OP mentions. That bug still exists..  Now I deal with another.

  • by jefpoi,

    jefpoi jefpoi Sep 25, 2014 7:09 PM in response to Derrick24
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    Sep 25, 2014 7:09 PM in response to Derrick24

    I still have this problem

  • by Sonicfx,

    Sonicfx Sonicfx Sep 28, 2014 11:27 AM in response to jefpoi
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    Sep 28, 2014 11:27 AM in response to jefpoi

    I ran into this bug today, indeed the repeated irritating popups defeat the purpose of being able to disallow cellular data on a per app basis.

     

    I see many apps that I would never suspect to go online pull substantial amounts of data, and the only options we have are to bite the bullet and contract a large data plan (while hoping no sensitive data, especially contacts, is being leaked by those apps) or endure the pain of constantly closing the popups.

     

    Despite having very low expectations of being heard, I submitted feedback to Apple.

  • by Sonicfx,

    Sonicfx Sonicfx Sep 28, 2014 11:46 AM in response to Sonicfx
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    Sep 28, 2014 11:46 AM in response to Sonicfx

    Interestingly, if you allow cellular data for an app that would otherwise show the popup and turn airplane mode on, the app/ios doesn't complain about unavailability of cellular data. By the way, if you turn off cellular data for an app that never even attempts to connect to Internet, the annoying popups still appear.

     

    Therefore the annoying alerts are really a reminder that you turned off data for that particular app.

     

    While I swore to never jailbreak my phone, I might reconsider this option.

  • by Sonicfx,

    Sonicfx Sonicfx Sep 28, 2014 12:03 PM in response to Sonicfx
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    Sep 28, 2014 12:03 PM in response to Sonicfx

    I keep trying, but from all the apps I have it seems that GoodReader is the only one that doesn't raise the nagging popups despite being disallowed from using cellular data. So maybe there is hope and we can ask developers to code in a way to prevent raising those alerts? Some may be just annoyed as us by those alerts.

  • by DrBukk,

    DrBukk DrBukk Sep 28, 2014 6:13 PM in response to sallenmd
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    Sep 28, 2014 6:13 PM in response to sallenmd

    Gulp. Knew that. My concern is "Cellular data is turned off...."

  • by Sterling Hill,

    Sterling Hill Sterling Hill Sep 30, 2014 3:46 PM in response to Sonicfx
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    Sep 30, 2014 3:46 PM in response to Sonicfx

    I am also complaining to apple - talk about a stone wall - as more and more apps that never asked for cellular now are... but I am also writing to app developers AND amazon (kindle is now asking for cellular) and audible - yeah I know they are the same but might spread to more and different people. And if you say you will quit using their apps...??? might get some action. I am using the built in music app and NOT using the audible app anymore as I am so sick of the popups. Complain everywhere you can AND to apple as much as possible.

  • by BourneBoss,

    BourneBoss BourneBoss Oct 2, 2014 11:19 AM in response to donoverby
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    Oct 2, 2014 11:19 AM in response to donoverby

    I am so Happy I found this thread.  So I'm not suffering alone.  Great.  This is still happening in Oct 2014.  Obviously Apple software coders don't ever turn off data for their apps.  Otherwise this would be fixed.

  • by Darklight96,

    Darklight96 Darklight96 Oct 9, 2014 7:11 AM in response to Derrick24
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    Oct 9, 2014 7:11 AM in response to Derrick24

    Every time I try to Shazam a song in the car I have to take my eyes off the road to try and click away this dumb message. Yea I know I shouldn't use my phone in the car but this needs to be fixed.

  • by Bruce Michel,

    Bruce Michel Bruce Michel Oct 14, 2014 5:01 PM in response to BourneBoss
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    Oct 14, 2014 5:01 PM in response to BourneBoss

    I was checking if I could safely update to 8.0.2 and have this message fixed, but apparently not.

     

    See my note from August 11.  I did send a feedback to Apple each day that I did encounter this problem, but finally stopped in hope that iOS 8 fixed that.

     

    The worst thing about this is that a fix should be so simple, adding something like this when deciding whether to  invoke the message: "if not wiFiIsInUse and ..."  This is junior programmer work, why can't it be done?

  • by dave_reed,

    dave_reed dave_reed Oct 16, 2014 11:07 AM in response to Derrick24
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    Oct 16, 2014 11:07 AM in response to Derrick24

    I went to the feedback page, filled out all required fields, but there is no way to submit.

    Oh the irony.

    Apple's 'care' of its customers is loooong gone.

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