gizmodo.com - 12/3/2008
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According to our tipster, taking your G1 abroad may not be financially wise. Apparently, his data roaming bill rang up at $102.85 even though data roaming, data sync and 3G were turned off. How could this happen you ask? Well, after returning home from the UK, he called T-Mobile customer ...
pocket-lint.co.uk - 12/3/2008
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pocket-lint.co.uk —
Early adopters shafted again T-Mobile has made some
dramatic price cuts for its exclusive Android-based G1 mobile...
phone. ... Read T-Mobile slashes G1 pricing "in light of recent launches" on Pocket-lint now
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engadget.com - 12/10/2008
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engadget.com —
Okay G1 owners, so here's the end-all answer
to your data roaming quandaries . For those not...
caught up, there has been quite the hubbub going around about the G1's inability to not suck down data whilst traveling aboard. Allegedly, the handset ...
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T-Mobile produces official statement regarding ...
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T-Mobile G1 Internet Access Can’t Be Turned Off
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... a bee in his bonnet. Naturally things didn’t go too well, and after a few conversations a supervisor finally revealed that the T-Mobile G1 always accesses the internet… Even if you are not making calls or sending messages… and even if the data roaming features are turned off. The advice given at the end of the conversation from T-Mobile? ‘The phone should have been left in the USA to avoid these charges’.
My word. I’m speechless.
[Via: Gizmodo]
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Going Abroad? Leave Your G1 At Home!
Android Phone Fans —
... to the article it was “almost as if the phone is pinging.”
Could this be from applications that check and alert you to updates, for example the “Homes For Sale” finder or the “Woot Checker”? Did T-Mobile refund this poor guy his money back? We want some answers!
In the meantime, we suggest you keep your G1 in your country of origin and hopefully some folks will share their own G1 travelling/roaming experiences here!
[Via Gizmodo]
Android T-Mobile G1: the always on internet eater
Phones Review —
... may end up costing you a packet.
Why is that you may well ask? Well that is because apparently a T-Mobile supervisor has revealed that the T-Mobile G1 always accesses the internet whether you are calling or sending a text, and even if the data roaming feature is turned to off!!
So there you have it, what to avoid obtaining hefty roaming bills on your return from abroad then throw your T-Mobile in a drawer until you come back, otherwise expect that bill.
Source – gizmodo
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T-Mobile G1 cannot disconnect from internet
PhoneReport v2.0 - latest news, specs, reviews, interviews, and analysis —
... that data roaming, data sync, and 3G were turned off.
A T-Mobile costumer care supervisor revealed to the distressed user that the device always accessed internet, regardless of what options are set off. This not only drains the battery, but also causes unnecessary costs, such as the one in this case.
T-Mobile USA, the only network in the US to offer the HTC Dream G1, the first handset based on Google Android, offers data roaming to the UK at US$10/MB.
[via Gizmodo]
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