Why can I connect to the intermet without wifi or a data plan?

[Android Central Question]

In short, I can access websites with google.com as the domain even though my wifi is disabled and I don't have a data plan. I got a Samsung Galaxy S6 and a 4G LTE connection symbol appears when WiFi is off and mobile data is turned on. Everytime the wifi is off and mobile data is on, anything with google.com/(whatever here) works. How do I disable this?

I know I can go to settings and turn mobile data off, but I want a "permanent" and less accessible solution.

Ps: App blockers are not convenient for me and won't work.

Please and thank you.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Are you sure you're not just accessing webpages that Google search caches? Are you trying to prevent someone else from accessing the web?

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[mustang7757]

Is the device used as hotspot?

 

[NoPosition4798]

Hello I registered. I have T-Mobile as my carrier. I don't know if its one of those pay as you go plans but when I go into settings>connections>mobile data there is a 100 GB data warning. This might not have to do something with it

 

[NoPosition4798]

No it is not

 

[mustang7757]

Hello I registered. I have T-Mobile as my carrier. I don't know if its one of those pay as you go plans but when I go into settings>connections>mobile data there is a 100 GB data warning. This might not have to do something with it

Hi, welcome to AC!
plan include text and talk ?

 

[NoPosition4798]

Yes it includes it

 

[mustang7757]

If you received picture messages it uses data

 

[NoPosition4798]

Oh I see. So is there a way the data connection can be filtered? I know I can't block it, so what are my options?

 

[mustang7757]

Oh I see. So is there a way the data connection can be filtered? I know I can't block it, so what are my options?

If sending photos or attachment maybe try something like Facebook messenger or whstapp, telegram?
The 4g your going to see as you have a sim and connected to the network

 

[B. Diddy]

I'm not sure I understand -- you have a T-Mobile plan that's voice and texting only, without any mobile data at all?

 

[NoPosition4798]

Alright thanks

 

[NoPosition4798]

I do not have a data plan, only talk and text. The only website that works is google. I don't know why

 

[B. Diddy]

Try searching for current news on Google. If nothing from today shows up, but rather news stories from days ago, then you're probably just seeing cached webpages from the last time you happened to be connected to wi-fi.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Did you just get this plan, or is it something that you've had for a long time? Were you previously using a feature phone but switched to a smartphone?

Are you in the US? I don't think there are any carriers in the US that allow one to use a smartphone without any data plan at all.

 

[J Dubbs]

Did you just get this plan, or is it something that you've had for a long time? Were you previously using a feature phone but switched to a smartphone?

Are you in the US? I don't think there are any carriers in the US that allow one to use a smartphone without any data plan at all.

Good point Laura, I think you're right

 

[spARTacus]

I thought some unlimited talk and text plans provide also for mms (which essentially uses "data"), even though there isn't a data plan per se as part of the plan. If so, maybe something is messed up a bit with the carrier settings in terms of for some reason also allowing for this phone/sim to do cellular data/traffic to only google domain/urls, etc...

 

[NoPosition4798]

Yes I reside in the US. I haven't owned a feature phone, this is my first. And yes I've had this plan for a few years now.

Someone suggested it might be the pay as you go plans. In settings there is 100 gb data warning so it might be apart of it

 

[NoPosition4798]

It shows current news like you said. No old news so it is probably not cache

 

[Laura Knotek]

Yes I reside in the US. I haven't owned a feature phone, this is my first. And yes I've had this plan for a few years now.

Someone suggested it might be the pay as you go plans. In settings there is 100 gb data warning so it might be apart of it

It sounds like you do indeed have a data plan. I'd suggest contacting your carrier and asking them. You may not need to be concerned about data usage if that is the case, depending on what exactly you are doing on your device.