How to disable the iPhone which cost him a millionaire sues Apple – BBC

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Image caption Many users spend their data rate thinking that are connected to your wireless network .

The surprise has been for users who upgraded the operating system of your iPhone in mid-September: the data rate began to fade without noticing.

Few understand why and many may have not noticed yet, but the reality is that 9 brings iOS functionality to enable this rate when connecting by wifi weakens.

And it comes enabled by default on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

That is why millions of people are being caught.

So while users download their confident of being connected to a content router, is the data that are hired who are running out.

How to disable

The problem is in the tool “Support for Wifi”.

This option is hidden in the iOS settings 9.

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Image caption A common Apple lawsuit asks five million dollars for the estimated costs for its customers.

If you do not want the iOS device to stay connected to the Internet when you have a bad connection Wi-Fi (avoiding the danger of the data rate), you can disable support for Wi -fi following steps.

You Settings

You select Mobile Data

A. then scroll down to the bottom of the list, and click Wi-Fi Assistance to disconnect.

millionaire Demand

The controversy has already jumped from simple complaints to court social networks.

An American couple has just introduced a a lawsuit against Apple, on behalf of all those affected, in which asks five million dollars.

The applicants consider that the costs for users even exceed that amount, and therefore believes that Apple must refund that amount to their customers.

After the commotion caused, Apple decided to make a note on their website warning their clients that “could use more data cell” if they leave the feature activated.

Something not considered sufficient nor the plaintiffs nor analysts.

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Image caption When the wireless signal weakens a bit, it automatically connects to the data.

“Apple could have put a pop-up in the cell to explain what had changed” in the update, Daniel Gleeson says analyst IHS consultancy.

And warns that the cost to users can be significant in some cases.

Gleeson believes that the number of bill shock “should be small” on those users they have hired a good service with a data packet.

However, believes that “could be a major problem at international level,” because there are many places where it is more common to use packages Prepaid data.