I have to say that it's (mostly) the carrier's fault.
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.
> 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 might be wrong but imo, this problem exists with prepaid connections only. Try a postpaid SIM in your phone and if it works, ponder switching to postpaid.
I had this problem on a Whited00r-installed iPhone 3G with airtel prepaid. Never noticed with iOS 5 or 6 on my iPhone 4S.
I & millions of others will be proving you wrong this winter.
Though I can afford a $500-700 device, but I can't justify it. Meanwhile, one of the big battery life tips for smartphone owners is to disable 4G. So, no Google has not screwed up.
"Tech press ignores expected next phase of ICANN's gTLD sales."
would be a more accurate title.
Like a public good, the dilution costs of issuing gTLDs is externalized and paid by everyone (other than ICANN).
ICANN has an exclusive license on this valuable virtual real estate, little accountability and a well demonstrated intention of making all the money they can.
Don't blame smart buyers who get in early - they're not the ones who created the situation.
showtime has pretty good content but i'd definitely pay less for it. have you seen hbo go? full seasons of all hbo content + great collection of new release movies.
For those who aren't aware, this is an adaptation of a quote from Abraham Lincoln, which went "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."
I've also seen it attributed to Mark Twain as well.
As the article says: "For now, a better option is to extract the log from a database" - i.e you use some tooling to generate a log from the db.
Indeed, you can now see tools that go in this direction usually by using the replication stream. (eg https://github.com/shyiko/mysql-binlog-connector-java and https://github.com/xstevens/decoderbufs)