Hello,
I too have the same problem, since November approximately, and searched far and wide for the solution, but possibly may have a solution that can help which I have mentioned at the end. For Vodafone Tech Support to understand the problem, I too had posted my own request for help on 6th December 2012 at the following thread:
http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Pay-as-you-go-Services/Automatic-Configuration-Texts-Can-they-be-disa...
Sadly, no reply on that thread, then came across this thread today. This info is to help others in the same position, as well as help Vodafone Tech Support.
Like others on this thread, my new Audi system uses rSAP (Remote SIM Access Protocol) to run the phone and data services in the car, and is amazing in how it operates. Especially Google Maps and Street View, but that is another matter...! :smileyvery-happy:
The rSAP is a better protocol than basic hands-free as it uses the car hardware and antenna to make phone calls, hence better sound quality and less drain on the phone handset battery enabling it to remain in the pocket without the need to use a phone charger all the time. In the case of the Audi system, the connection is also used to power the data services which provides Google Earth satnav images, google traffic to enhance accuracy of TMC, etc.
For those unaware of the rSAP technology, the car has a fully fitted GSM compatible phone, with its own SIM slot in case it is needed. This hardware has its own IMIE number. For those with phones with bluetooth that can support rSAP, the SIM inside the phone is "virtualised", and sent to the car phone hardware via bluetooth which "virtually inserts" that SIM as if it was removed from the phone and inserted in the SIM slot in the car. In reality, the SIM remains in the phone, but the phone also collaborates the story by behaving as if the SIM was removed, showing "No SIM" on the screen. When the engine is switched off, the opposite happens, where the SIM is "virtually removed" from the car phone hardware, and "virtually returned" to the phone handset.
Since Vodafone believes the SIM has moved from one device to another, it sends this configuration message. When moved back, it sends it again. And again, and again, and again...! :smileymad:
Irritatingly, I was getting about a dozen text messages a day from Vodafone telling me the same thing as RS3100 was saying plus configuration messages because Vodafone thinks I have moved my SIM from my phone to another phone when the rSAP goes active as I start the engine, and then back to the phone again as rSAP deactivates as the engine is turned off.
About a dozen times a day is normal, usually many more, messages. I now ignore the phone as it beeps all the time with new messages, and I now end up deleting all the messages in the evening only to find one or two important genuine messages that were not read earlier because the beep was ignored.
My contract is about to end so, in the absense of a response to my post on the other thread, I phoned Vodafone to move to another network who does not hound their customers in this way.
The operator was sensible and put it through to tech support, who assumed it was a bluetooth fault. I persisted and was put through to a second level tech support who was convinced it was a phone handset fault. I still persisted and they in turn referred it to yet a further level somewhere. My biggest surprise was how nobody could understand rSAP and they were all convinced my phone or bluetooth was faulty!
Still, eventually somebody with the patience to understand and investigate was then located. That person strongly believes they have fixed the problem. Apparently, the solution is for Vodafone Tech Support to place a block on my phone number in their internal "VDC" system which controls the sending of any Configuration Messages by Vodafone to a particular customer phone. As a result, they assure me that the hounding will stop, and other related messages like the one quoted by RS3100 will also stop as they are inter-connected messages.
I will be out in the car tomorrow and will be able to report back if this has fixed the issue.
I hope it has worked, as it will give hope to others like me who enjoy the benefit of the best on-board electronics the motor industry can provide, but otherwise flumoxxed by a mobile phone network that has not kept up with the pace of technology. The rSAP is not new, had it in a phone 9 years ago (Nokia 9500) but the value for data purposes is only now apparent.
If it is fixed, Vodafone will retain a long standing customer.
Hope this helps others, particularly Vodafone Tech Support, who can then stop telling customers that the fault lies in their bluetooth or phone handsets!
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