I just had roaming turned on for my iPhone 4.0 on Orange and the person on the end of the line told me not to forget to disable Data Roaming when abroad.
When I said that I was well aware of this, they replied that I should also turn off Wi-Fi as well or I could run up charges.
I assumed I was dealing with a technically challenged person but made noises of agreement and ended the call.
It was then, as an afterthought, I looked up data roaming issues on the iPhone and have read all sorts of horror stories about the iPhone secretly switching to mobile data if a Wi-Fi signal gets too weak or synching Email/Facebook etc when receiving certain notifications, all this with Data Roaming off.
I am going to Thailand for a couple of weeks and I intend to use the Free Wi-Fi wherever possible, but now it has me worried that I am going to get stung for data.
I notice that IOS 4 has a Cellular Data on/off option, is this more reliable than switching off Data Roaming. Another option people have mentioned is removing the APN settings, but this doesn't seem to be an option with this Orange iPhone.
Has anyone experienced these issues and does anyone know if they are still present with IOS 4.1
When I said that I was well aware of this, they replied that I should also turn off Wi-Fi as well or I could run up charges.
I assumed I was dealing with a technically challenged person but made noises of agreement and ended the call.
It was then, as an afterthought, I looked up data roaming issues on the iPhone and have read all sorts of horror stories about the iPhone secretly switching to mobile data if a Wi-Fi signal gets too weak or synching Email/Facebook etc when receiving certain notifications, all this with Data Roaming off.
I am going to Thailand for a couple of weeks and I intend to use the Free Wi-Fi wherever possible, but now it has me worried that I am going to get stung for data.
I notice that IOS 4 has a Cellular Data on/off option, is this more reliable than switching off Data Roaming. Another option people have mentioned is removing the APN settings, but this doesn't seem to be an option with this Orange iPhone.
Has anyone experienced these issues and does anyone know if they are still present with IOS 4.1