Idiot Iphone Abroad Question

[Dan_1981]

I'm sure this is a very basic question but i'll ask non-the less.

Heading to Turkey on Monday for a week - taking the iphone 4, primarily to use as an ipod.

However I'd also like to continue to recieve texts and calls if needed.

But I don't want my email to be checking its self every ten minutes and I don't want to be hit with massive data romaing charges because I keep looking at Pistonheads.

So what settings do I need to change etc - I know I coudl just bung it in airplane mode for just using the ipod but I want to keep getting texts etc

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[Silent1]

it'll do it automatically as data roaming is turned off by default

[Matt172]

settings, general, network and turn off data roaming I think I turned off cellular data too
you should still be able to get texts and make calls etc

[RichTbiscuit]

Settings > General > Network

Turn off 3G, Cellular data and Data Roaming

Then go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendar

And change 'Fetch new data' to off

That should be the main ones in order to avoid data charges abroad.

[NDA]

Dan_1981 said:

Heading to Turkey on Monday for a week - taking the iphone 4, primarily to use as an ipod.

There is also airplane mode - right at the top of settings. That turns everything off.

I was amazed at how expensive data roaming charges are when abroad, so do make sure you've turned them off!

Edited by NDA on Saturday 25th September 16:49

[AstonZagato]

Remember that it has wifi. So, if you can find a free wifi connection, then you can fill your boots with data.

[RichTbiscuit]

You can also run it in airplane mode and then switch on wifi to avoid any accidental data usage

[Loopyleesa]

I didn't turn my roaming off when I went away and got charged £4 per MB