take the phone or get accustomed our modern society where 5 year olds are given cell phone and PDA's. Its a cuel/unfair world but who told you life was going to be fair to begin with

i honestly cant see this using some yahoo program... i really think its more an instance of the parental controls being screwed up and she is sending sms to fbook. 

 if there is a data block on the phone then yahoo im would NOT work, as it uses data to sign in and out... 

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Andy in NY wrote:

i honestly cant see this using some yahoo program... i really think its more an instance of the parental controls being screwed up and she is sending sms to fbook. 

 

 if there is a data block on the phone then yahoo im would NOT work, as it uses data to sign in and out... 

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That's for the instant messaging part. You don't need data for SMS. You can even sign in through SMS.

http://mobile.yahoo.com/messenger/sms/signin-phone

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ormom51 wrote:

Okay, please forgive me for being dense and tech-challenged.  Is SMS the same as a text?  It does not seem to be because my niece cannot send text messages during school hours but she can send these SMS.  I think yahoo mobile must be what she is using.  The blocks and parental controls on her phone worked fine until she discovered this yahoo ability to update her Facebook status.  I can see how sending a message to Facebook could possibly not use data, but I still can't see why the texting block won't stop this.  She did have her phone confiscated so the problem is solved until she gets it back....and she will.

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