Hi there,
I have just bought my HD2 last week, and is now in Mumbai on a business trip. My HD2 is bought in Singapore (Starhub) and I am having a problem now that I am in Mumbai. My phone is constantly connected to Edge, which I think it will incur roaming charges. I have disabled all data services that are automatic (weather, location etc), but it doesn't help.
Can someone advise me what I should do to stop the phone connecting to GPRS or EDGE while I am on roaming?
Thank you very much
+1 here. I am travelling soon, and want to switch the data completly off. but keep wifi
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Is there any way of knowing in which countries GPRS will work in? I've got a T-Mobile MDA Vario and on one or two occasions I wasn't able to get GPRS up and running in order to browse the net. Just wondering if it doesn't work in some countries or if that was a coincidence.
Isn't there a list of countries/companies which T-Mobile have roaming agreements with on the T-Mobile website ?
Yes but this only indicates where you can use the phone. My understanding is that this does not necessarily include GPRS/data availability or access.
Yes, just because you can roam does not mean you can use GPRS. I do not think that info is on www.gsm.org either. Drop an email to T-Mobile customer service if it isn't on their site.
Must admit I always buy a local SIM for data usage now that many operators have pre-paid GPRS.
GPRS abroad..
T-Mobile do have partners abroad - for the preferred network to use and cheaper calls - but that doesn't mean you will get any of your GPRS allowance wheilst roaming.
I have the Web'n'walk tariff , but my mobile bill was still over £160 when I got back after a week in Eire.
I think the GPRS / MMS data usage was at their standard roaming tariff.,, whatever that is.
Charlie Grillo
Some examples
I couldn't use GPRS with O2 in UK (where T-Mobile wasn't available). I had no trouble with multiple carriers in Barcelona and always found T-Mobile itself in Frankfurt and Bonn. GRPS works in Paris (didn't note the carrier) and never worked with any of NINE partners in Taiwan last year.
prestonmcafee, thanks for the examples. Your visit to the UK must have been some time ago, T-Mobile exists here now, I think they initially came in the market a couple of years back when they acquired what used to be one to one, or whatever they were called.
Yesterday!
Sorry I wasn't clear, what I meant was that I couldn't get GPRS in the UK in the places where T-Mobile wasn't available; T-Mobile is usually available but not always. Victoria Station and Heathrow have places where T-Mobile's signal is so low that the automatic connection on a US T-Mobile phone connects to O2, and in this case, GPRS will fail.
Sometimes, but not usually, a manual connection would turn up T-mobile even when the phone had connected to O2.
I just returned from 5 weeks in the UK yesterday.
LOL
Seems like every time I wake up my phone, the data connection is messed up and i have to turn it off then back on through settings to get data working again.
I know its not my network as I have had 10+ phones with this sim card in this house. Just got the HD2 yesterday and this keeps happening.
Running stock T-Mobile USA ROM.
Any help?
Thanks.
Huge thread about this my friend. Check it out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614119
Hello All,
I'm with TMOUS and obviously have the HD2 and I'm going to be roaming in the UK & Spain in the near future so first off, I'm wondering what is the quickest and easiest way to disable the data on the phone. My plan is to either switch the data on infrequently or only when on a wifi connection.
Next, has anyone got any advice on any TMOUS product for roaming? Pre-Paid data or something like that? Anyone from the UK tell me if there is anything like a pay as you go phone/data plan available in the UK that would be more cost effective?
Same thing goes for Spain or would the same UK pay as you go sim be cheaper than US roaming?
Thanks all in advance for any pointers.
if you want to use the UK prepaid phone service, you would need to unlock your phone if you haven't already so you can use another cellphone provider's sim card. Im not sure how to completely disable the data connection other than tapping on the top menu bar, tapping on the phone signal bar, then going to the bottom and tapping on the data connection to toggle it on and off.
mobi said:
Hello All,
I'm with TMOUS and obviously have the HD2 and I'm going to be roaming in the UK & Spain in the near future so first off, I'm wondering what is the quickest and easiest way to disable the data on the phone. My plan is to either switch the data on infrequently or only when on a wifi connection.
Next, has anyone got any advice on any TMOUS product for roaming? Pre-Paid data or something like that? Anyone from the UK tell me if there is anything like a pay as you go phone/data plan available in the UK that would be more cost effective?
Same thing goes for Spain or would the same UK pay as you go sim be cheaper than US roaming?
Thanks all in advance for any pointers.
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I just got back from France and the UK and the phone (stock ROM) never once connected to data unless I responded yes to the roaming warning. When I did agree I was however surprised that it was able to connect to 3G when T-Mobile USA said that it cannot.
Hi,
I'm off on my hols soon and was wondering how to stop all data connections apart from sms/ mms and calls?
Cheers
Its not quite the same thing, but we live in the South East of England and had a trip to the coast yesterday. My phone picked up a French carrier and then I got a load of messages from TMobile (my normal carrier) telling me how much it was all going to cost.
I tried searching on available networks but couldn't find TMobile uk. So for a few hours I wasn't able to use my phone till we were a bit further inland again and I could reconnect to the TMobile service.
Any idea how to force the phone to stay on your providers network and if not how to avoid incurring silly charges when my monthly plan is all inclusive.
Well I know for SMS, if you go into Settings, there's a check box that says "Roaming Auto Retrieve", just leave that unchecked. Not sure if that's what you're looking for?
if you want stop everything but want use as PDA then just put in aeroplane mode, every communication will be stoped
ijob said:
Hi,
I'm off on my hols soon and was wondering how to stop all data connections apart from sms/ mms and calls?
Cheers
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If it's like mine, the phone should not roam on data while you're out of your own network. You can confirm this though by going to SETTINGS-Wireless Controls-Mobile Networks and check if Data Roaming is turned off. It should be, and if it is, your phone will not use internet while outside your carriers coverage area, but you can still receive calls and texts perfectly fine (and wi-fi will still work too for data without charge)
You can stop all data.. But it will also stop mms. Sms will be fine though. Settings, wireless control, mobile networks, un check MMS and data.
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SMS and MMS are free anyway to recieve as the OP already posted he doesn't mind these working abroad, i just got back from the dominican Republic and as long as you untick data roaming in "Mobile network settings" then your good to go
Hey guys. I am off on holiday for two weeks...
In terms of data usage we all know roaming is not a good idea unless you have deep pockets or find a suitable data roaming package...
I have asked t-mobile uk about data charges and they said I got buy a small 200mb bundle for £40... (not sure which package to take if any)..
what do I turn off to avoid roaming charges?
many thanks, look forward to your reply
My phone by default doesn't allowing roaming on the data connection (edge/3g). There's an option that you have to specifically turn on to allow it.
change the SIM card when you arrive locally to where ever you are going, and then you can use local rates.
that is the idea of having a GSM unlocked phone