g-live and the k310i

this is quite irritating.

"g-live" is a free globe service that pops news and public service announcements on the phone (but doesn't save them in the phone memory -- supposed to be a "good" thing).

i'd never heard of it before (though web research indicates that's its been in existence since last year).

first indication that something was afoot was yesterday, when the phone popped up two "message sent" screens though i'd not typed anything up, nor had i anything in my outbox.

next thing i know, these info things start arriving; news, and stuff. several times a minute.

nothing on the globe web site mentions g-live and how to get rid of it, though g-live itself seems to give hints.

catch being this: you're supposed to go to the globe services menu, select g-live and select activate or somesuch.

well, the k310i, for something that globe sold, has no globe services menu.

i'd just charged the phone early yesterday, and now the phone's down to a third of battery capacity; all because the phone lights up (naturally) with the damned multiple messages per minute.

bloody hell.