> This is how Google provides support. They don't.
This is a completely unrelated issue caused by your carrier. Why are you posting it here?
This is a completely unrelated issue caused by your carrier. Why are you posting it here?
Technically, yes. One deals with AG, RIL and call app another deals with Notification management.
>>caused by your carrier
No, it's not. The carrier has to send the updates. It's upto OS on how to handle it and they ought to handle it the way other mobile OS do.
>>Why are you posting it here?
Because the nature of issue is same and so is the reason/origin. Left by google. OP's issue is old. Used to crop up in Galaxy Nexus too. I worked on an OEM work around for Europe model and it was there in S3 too.
I have the same issue sometimes with Airtel India, and I'm pretty sure this notification was turned off 2 years. [edit or maybe i just had a good data connection then]
Also, this issue is not consistent. I'm guessing what happens is: carrier sends usage alert when you "turn off" data + bad connection that keeps dropping => many notifications even though you never turned off data.
There are a few apps that convert USSD alerts to notifications - try these - but it would be nice if this was a built-in feature.
As I said the behaviour is present in other operators too. I've asked a friends on Idea and Vodafone too(with Android). I just called a friend(before writing this comment) and he confirms that he is not facing this issue on Idea+iPhone5(he faced the issue on Nexus S with Airtel and then Idea too).
I had asked a friend with a Lumia and on Airtel and he said he doesn't have to do this.
>>carrier sends usage alert when you "turn off" data + bad connection that keeps..
No, it sends whenever there's 3G transaction and the usage period ends. I've observed that when I am using browser, I usually get the alert after I close the browser.
Airtel technical team(I was told they were the tech team) also confirmed that it is based upon usage and usually many apps/features rely for background syncing/net-access solely upon 3G/data so that is what makes the number of pop-ups too much. They also confirmed that it happens even when the phone is continuously on WiFi(I concur).
>>There are a few apps that convert USSD
Tried. Actually the most famous one is developed by an Indian guy(makes me think he was a victim himself). Didn't work.
Planning to root it. Google will push probably the last upgrade with 5.0(if at all). Will see if there's any ROM that handles it.
- iPhone + Vodafone Bangalore - SMS notifications - inconsistent frequency
- Galaxy Y + Airtel Bangalore - SMS alert only
so it seems carrier/plan dependent to me!
> it sends whenever there's 3G transaction and the usage period ends
Sure - what I was guessing is that sometimes the phone is on a "single" 3G connection all day & there's no alert, and some days the phone makes "many" 3G connections & there are lots of alerts. (or perhaps it does not work this way & there's some other cause - not a telecom expert!)
[EDIT: oops both friends say they get SMS not USSD alerts]
I had this problem on a Whited00r-installed iPhone 3G with airtel prepaid. Never noticed with iOS 5 or 6 on my iPhone 4S.