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   nospam to horace@horacealgiers.com   
   Re: Do you disable carrier diagnostic so   
   21 Sep 16 14:15:55   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Horace Algiers   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   > > what part of "it had quit supporting the application in iOS 5" is not   
   > > clear?   
   > >   
   > > ios is up to version *10* now, so apple nixed it *five* years ago.   
   >   
   > This thread is about recognizing and disabling *carrier diagnostics*   
   > reporting, and as such, it applies to both Apple & Google based phones.   
      
   no it is't.   
      
   it's about yet another troll.   
      
   > While CIQ first appeared in iOS 3.1.3, you have already said that *all*   
   > carriers perform the diagnostics, and presumably you meant on all platforms   
   > today, including both iOS & Android.   
      
   i'm talking about *today*, not what happened *seven* years ago.   
      
   > I have shown that T-Mobile uses specific software which, luckily, can be   
   > easily turned off, if you know how to turn it off.   
      
   not all of it, you can't.   
      
   > CIQ (which is now owned by AT&T) is only *one* of the software packages   
   > that Apple and the carriers (AT&T, T-Mobile, and SPrint - but not Verizon)   
   > used.   
      
   used, as in past tense. ciq hasn't been on iphones in five years.   
      
   > It seems, based on what Savageduck wrote, all it takes to disable *Apple*   
   > diagnostics is to jump into Settings/About/Diagnostics & Usage, and change   
   > the setting to ´Don˙t send.ˇ   
      
   that's ios diagnostics, not carrier diagnostics.   
      
   > But what about the *carrier* diagnostics? (e.g., T-Mobile, Sprint, AT&T,   
   > etc.)   
      
   that can't be disabled, nor should it, because it's vital for the   
   carriers to detect problems and fix them.   
      
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