How to rid this annoying Oreo 8.1 notification?

[Android Central Question]

TIM is my carrier and I suspended my data plan temporarily when I still had Android 7x. After I upgraded to Oreo 8.1.0 this notification about the carrier being not present started to appear. I don't know and couldn't find how it reads in English, so I'll try to translate it from Brazilian Portuguese the best way I can for you to get what I'm talking about. It says:

Smartphone services
No service
The selected network (TIM) is not available

If I tap this notification, it shows a Mobile network page with all options grayed out. If I swipe to the side, it shows two icons: a gear and a clock.

If I tap the gear, I get the message: Smartphone Services - Notifications - Notifications of this app cannot be turned off.

If I tap the clock, I can choose to snooze the notification for 15 minutes, 30 minutes and 2 hours, the default being 1 hour. I always choose 2 hours, but obviously it comes back after that.

I wonder if there's any way to get rid of this annoying notification. It's the kind of thing that developers do not seem to consider in terms of user experience. Of course I know the TIM network is not available, I have requested to suspend it myself, I do not need a notification telling me this permanently!

I suppose this notification should serve other situations, like when the network becomes unavailable because the device is outside the coverage area. But to make a notification that cannot be turned off only for this seems like an exaggeration.

I was thinking: if I remove the microSD card, will I end it? But if I do this will I lose other features of the smartphone or the system?

Is there some third-party solution for this?

TIA.

 

[Rukbat]

Turn off mobile data. The phone has it enabled, it's looking for it, and it's not finding it. If you turn it off, it won't look for it.

 

[Paultx]

Turn off mobile data. The phone has it enabled, it's looking for it, and it's not finding it. If you turn it off, it won't look for it.

As I said, all mobile data options are grayed out. And they're all already disabled.



Or do you mean somewhere else?

 

[Javier P]

As I said, all mobile data options are grayed out. And they're all already disabled.

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Or do you mean somewhere else?

Welcome to the forums. You can disable mobile data in different places, one of them under the data usage settings (see screenshot).

I'm not sure if I completely understand your situation. Do you mean that the TIM network is not available at all, even for calls and texts? If that's the case you can disable it in the SIM card settings or you can switch airplane mode on and enable WiFi or any other radio when needed.

 

[Paultx]

Welcome to the forums. You can disable mobile data in different places, one of them under the data usage settings (see screenshot).

I'm not sure if I completely understand your situation. Do you mean that the TIM network is not available at all, even for calls and texts? If that's the case you can disable it in the SIM card settings or you can switch airplane mode on and enable WiFi or any other radio when needed.

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Yes, it's temporarily suspended for a 120 days period by my request.
The data usage settings are also grayed out:



I suspended it temporarily because I'm now unemployed and doing some freelance work at home, where I have Wi-Fi, which is the only connection I'm using.

 

[Javier P]

I'd recommend you to disable it in the SIM card settings then. Or airplane mode as I said before.

 

[Paultx]

Solution found: I moved the SIM card to the other slot. Phone working as usual. Annoying notification gone. Case closed!