T-Mobile G1, a true always on connection

[talkbackdroid]

Users are finding out the hard way why T-Mobile says you need to have a data play in order to have the T-Mobile G1. One user traveled abroad and ended up racking up a $102.85 bill while data roaming. The big twist here is the fact that he had turned ... Read more

[95eg2mr]

can this happen in the united states if there is not data coverage

[GasBot]

There's no reason not to bring it overseas. Just swap the SIM card out for a foreign carrier using some prepaid minutes or something.

[VValdo]

This better not be true. I was in Canada for a few days, and if I get a $100+ bill, I'll be PISSED. I specifically turned off data so that would not happen, although I did receive a few text messages (not by choice). No way to use phone and not accept them that a I am aware of.

W

Update: I just checked t-mobile.com -- under "My Account"-->"Bills and Usage". Then on the right, under "See details of current usage", I didn't notice anything unusual. Five bucks or so over the regular bill, but I did make like one or two roaming calls from Canada.

Here's the scary thing though: Under the usage details tab, I can pull down "data services charges" .. I see no activity, but there are six pages of NOTHING. Choosing between the various pages doesn't show a thing.

We'll see what happens. But to be clear, I am not going to pay for "data roaming" that I specifically told the phone not to do.

[djdanska]

Want to make sure you don't access data overseas? Go in the settings and change the apn to something wrong. Wrong apn = no access to data usually. Not sure if it will work, but sounds like it will.

[goodfellabk718]

I like your tip on that DJ

and i hope they're not making him pay this amount. How would any customer know that the phone always "reaches out". Upon reading, it seems the CR didn't even know that. I hope they reverse those charges.

[jcsyiu]

Well I live in Hong Kong and I have an internet plan with my phone company but right now I turned off all my data because they already told me that I have $40+ HKD extra charge for 3G downloading...(it could be the inital setup with gmail account but not sure got the phone Nov 24th) but I do notice that the 3G icon on the phone do have some signal of downloading and uploading when I leave it on and alone. So I waiting to see what happen when my bill come probably next week. Because I am still trying to figure out the apn configuration on the damn phone for my carrier and see if they support the browser or not

[patuf4e]

Actually I tried to change my APN settings to something incorrect. However, the phone keeps connecting to internet, apprently using some internally stored configuration by the time I initially synchronized with my google account. Is anybody experiencing the same?

[fonzy]

no wonder the battery gets drained so fast

[WhoDat]

Funny it keeps a connection when roaming yet when i try to keep instant messenger on for more than 3 F$#!ing minutes it fails. Ok I'm done thank you