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[carl555]

Hi. I’m going abroad soon and would like to know how to temporarily disable the Internet Connections on the N900 when I’m away.

If I’ve got it right the charge is £3 for 1MB per day (outside Europe) so I would like to avoid this!

I’d like to be able to use WIFI though. I take it this would be free?



Thanks, Carl.

[welshrosco]

easiest way is to go into menu - settings - internet conections and select always ask on cellular data so u can atleast deny it. For a more definate block call 191 before u leave the uk as this can take up to 24hrs to apply properly as i have been told it is the normal time frame before any issue is escalated in the tech dept.

Yes u r right it is £3 per mb outside europe but can be the same in a lot of countries around the worl, i'd check first here http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatch/Portal/appmanager/vodafone/wrp?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=templateC... at the country ur going to also check cost of everything, calls, sms, etc

[George]

Hi carl555,

Thank you for posting, I can definitely understand your concern about unwanted roaming charges.

I can see that welshrosco has provided some excellent assistance, thanks welshrosco . If you do require any further assistance then don't hesitate to ask.

George
eForum Team

[neatheyc]

I recently went to Portugal. When I landed I received a text saying it's £3 per 1mb. Then without me doing anything, 30 minutes later I had received another text saying I had gone over the limit and would now be charged £5. I didn't even do anything! No browsing, no widgets were on.

So I disconnected all my internet connections by giving it a false password etc. That stopped the texts coming in.

2 words: RIPPED OFF.

[carl555]

Cheers for the advice welshrosco, I'll set it to always ask so I can use the WIFI when available. Thanks.

[Johnmcl7]

Which firmware release do you have? PR1.2 separate the counter for home and roaming data, I'm not sure if it also added the option to disable roaming data - I set this and also my data connection to 'always ask'. I also switched off my data widgets (OMWeather, Facebook etc.) and had no problems that I'm aware of, when I was in wifi reception e-mails came through and the phone functioned as normal but when I went outwith reception it went correctly back to its disabled mode.

John