Taking Smartphone abroad - stop data charges/hefty bills?

agrinnall

inmypocketnottheirs wrote: »

Is there not an option to disable data roaming, as per iPhone 4?

Yes, as indicated by the OP's earlier post.

Goodadvice75 wrote: »

Hi

I've found the bits on the phone for "use packet data" and "data roaming" so will ensure these are both unticked.

I haven't used a Samsung but on my HTC I have icons to turn on and off mobile and wifi data on my home screen, makes it very easy to ensure I'm not using the wrong one. You could also consider dowloading an app such as 3G Watchdog which monitors your data usage and allows you to set up an alert when you go over a certain amount, if you set the alert at a very low level it would tell you if you inadvertantly used 3G instead of wifi.

Im_just_careful

I've had various 3 SIMs and swapped them around quite a bit. I've never had to do anything to the settings (although they have all been PAYG).

I don't think you need a micro sim for the Galaxy S2 so any PAYG 3 PAYG SIM would do.

Alternatively, if you have another PAYG SIM but not a "3" SIM pay "3" the £15 or so it costs to get the phone unlocked and use that SIM instead. Then you have the option of buying a local PAYG SIM if you find that is useful.

In some contries they are really easy to get (Spain for example), in others less economic.

I use a Vodafone PAYG SIM abroad with data off unless I need it. When I do use it it costs £2 for up to 25MB on that day in Europe.

m5rcc

Not for everyone, but I use a BlackBerry on T-Mobile, and for £15/mth I have unlimited worldwide data, included tethering so that I can use it as a dongle on my laptop.

Richard_T_

m5rcc wrote: »

Not for everyone, but I use a BlackBerry on T-Mobile, and for £15/mth I have unlimited worldwide data, included tethering so that I can use it as a dongle on my laptop.

do you have a link for that deal/offer?
is it to customers on a contract, or available to pay as you go ( pre pay)?
all i have found with T mobnile is this
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-phones/price-plans/pay-as-you-go/boosters/

£1=3mb vaild 24Hr
£5=20mb vaild 7 days
£10=50mb valid 30 days

m5rcc

Richard_T_ wrote: »

do you have a link for that deal/offer?
is it to customers on a contract, or available to pay as you go ( pre pay)?
all i have found with T mobnile is this
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-phones/price-plans/pay-as-you-go/boosters/

£1=3mb vaild 24Hr
£5=20mb vaild 7 days
£10=50mb valid 30 days

They don't advertise it but it is still avaliable. Here is a third party mentioning it. Service costs £15.32 for 1 month - simply text BBROAM to 879

rdr

Richard_T_ wrote: »

One more thing, do you have access to a voip phone account? if you can access wifi abroad using your voip account on your phone will slash (outgoing) call charges to zero, or to noraml as if your in the UK rates.
my ISP offers 240 minutes of voip calls to 01/02 numbers per month, using this allowance i was able to cal the UK from abroad at an aditional cost of zero.

Viber is good for mobile to mobile VOIP and texts.

sheryldoc

m5rcc wrote: »

They don't advertise it but it is still avaliable. Here is a third party mentioning it. Service costs £15.32 for 1 month - simply text BBROAM to 879

This may sound daft but..

Will it only work with Blackberry? I have an Iphone 4 x