How to turn on/off DATA programmatically without modifying APN (Gingerbread compatible)?

I only found during my research solutions that either involve a modification of the APNs, or are not compatible with Android 2.3 because of its enhanced security.

Nevert开发者_开发百科heless, I am pretty sure there is a faster/cleaner way than modifying the APNs to enable/disable mobile data connectivity. Indeed, one of the most popular widgets on the market manages to do the switch very quickly and claims it does not touch APNs.

-> Do you know which API/function I should use to get similar functionality in my app ?

It is not possible due to security reasons. The only alternative is to modify the APN, and it is not guaranteed to work in every device.