Going to the Uk - what to turn off

magic roundabou

Hey , im off to the uk this weekend , just wondering what i turn off to avoide a huge bill when i come home - also if i hook into the wireless in the house i am visiting am i able to then surf with not cost to me

thanks in advance

clare

mad muffin

Just make sure Roaming is set to off and mobile data (cellular data) is set to off.

You can use wifi where ever you get a signal for free.

If you aren't going to use an map or sat nav apps you might as well turn location services off and you might as well turn 3G off to save on some battery life.

Gumbo

mad muffin wrote: »

Just make sure Roaming is set to off and mobile data (cellular data) is set to off.

You can use wifi where ever you get a signal for free.

If you aren't going to use an map or sat nav apps you might as well turn location services off and you might as well turn 3G off to save on some battery life.

thanks, going to Turkey at the end of the month too and dont wana run up a massive data/roaming bill.

Cyrus

magic roundabou wrote: »

Hey , im off to the uk this weekend , just wondering what i turn off to avoide a huge bill when i come home - also if i hook into the wireless in the house i am visiting am i able to then surf with not cost to me

thanks in advance

clare

what operator are you with,

i know for definate that with vodafone you can use your 2gb data nearly worldwide, in the past 3 months ive used it (without charge) in the uk, france, holland, croatia and kenya of all places!

Cyrus

see here

http://forum.vodafone.ie/index.php?/topic/2770-iphone-data-package-and-roaming/

Gumbo

Cyrus wrote: »

what operator are you with,

i know for definate that with vodafone you can use your 2gb data nearly worldwide, in the past 3 months ive used it (without charge) in the uk, france, holland, croatia and kenya of all places!

im with Meteor, no worldwide data service

muchos04

what would happen if i left cellular data on and turned data roaming off?? would i still be able to connect to the internet (not wifi) if travelling in uk with my irish iphone?

Gumbo

muchos04 wrote: »

what would happen if i left cellular data on and turned data roaming off?? would i still be able to connect to the internet (not wifi) if travelling in uk with my irish iphone?

it shouldnt no, but i still turn both off just to make sure.

irish1967

I with 02. I usually go into settings... Network.... Data network.... and change the apn 'internet' to any other word. That way there is no way anything can connect to data even an app doing a sneaky connect.
I can change it back if I get a wifi connection and change it back to blahhhhh when finished.

Cyrus

just to reiterate

anyone on vodafone can go as far afield as kenya and use data on their phone at no charge as long as they are within their 2gb bundle

muchos04

Hi Irish1967,

Just a quick one , why would you need to change it back if using wifi. I didn’t think an APN had any affect on use of wifi? A couple of other questions.

• Even if I’m not connected to wifi but wifi is turned on, does this decrease batter life?
• Even if I’m not connected to a 3G network and only GPRS is showing but 3G is turned on does this decrease batter life?

Regards

chrislad

muchos04 wrote: »

Hi Irish1967,

Just a quick one , why would you need to change it back if using wifi. I didn’t think an APN had any affect on use of wifi? A couple of other questions.

• Even if I’m not connected to wifi but wifi is turned on, does this decrease batter life?
• Even if I’m not connected to a 3G network and only GPRS is showing but 3G is turned on does this decrease batter life?

Regards

1. Depends. If it's on and set to search for networks, yes, as it is constantly scanning as you move around. If it's not set to scan, it would still have an effect on battery but not very much.

2. I wouldn't be 100% sure. I'd equate it to having parking lights on. You can barely see them but they're there but won't use as much battery as dims or full. I would again say the effect on battery would be minuscule, if any.

IamMetaldave

Cyrus wrote: »

just to reiterate

anyone on vodafone can go as far afield as kenya and use data on their phone at no charge as long as they are within their 2gb bundle

I too am with Vodafone and have been in Berlin and London over the last while and have left all settings as they are here and all data came out of my data add-on. I have a 1GB add with my simply plan.