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T-Mobile's G1 Can't Turn Off Data Roaming, Should Be Left In The U.S.
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... case, off doesn't really mean off. Remember the summer of 2007 when iPhone users brought their then-new toys on their Europe vacations? Because those users were unaware of the high cost of data roaming when traveling abroad (and the iPhone uses serious amounts of data), they were met with outlandishly high bills after returning home. Well, a G1 user thought he'd be avoiding roaming charges on a recent trip to Europe by turning off the phone's data features. It didn't quite work. Here's what he had to say : Before I left I asked about International calling & text to be ...
Android powered G1 calls home too much, racks up big bill in the UK
Android Authority —
... This one is a bit scary for any Android fans that plan on doing some international travel. AndroidGuys.com has received an email from a G1 owner who claims to have been socked with a $102 data roaming charge after having spent two weeks in the United Kingdom - even when he had the phone’s data roaming setting disabled. Staff from a T-Mobile store had told our poor victim that as long as he stayed away from internet services on the phone, he would be OK. According to the owner, he disabled data roaming, synching, and 3G on his handset before heading overseas. That seems to ...
G1 owner gets hit with $102.85 in roaming charges
Crave: The gadget blog —
... Android Guys has a story today from a T-Mobile G1 owner who got charged for $102.85 in roaming charges -- even after he turned off data roaming on his phone. The story goes that he was visiting the UK, and knowing that he ... ...
