Iphone & data roaming in Spain

Hi, i've just set up a syncyourmail account and configured the web interface. However the person with the iphone is out in Spain currently, and is getting the error message “ it could not activate edge”
Is the handset not being given the correct network protocol from the spanish airtime provider or is it a simple setting on the handset?
The phone is on contract with roaming enabled.
TIA

" if I simply buy a simcard and put it in will this work?"
If it is unlocked, then yes. If not, then no.
Did you buy it as locked or unlocked?
Ask your carrier if it is locked and if they offer unlocking.

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I am going on a long holiday (3months) to various countries from Canada and I will be using my phone only for the first leg of the journey for 15 days just to keep in touch with my family to say I'm safe and all. I dont want to unlock or jailbreak my phone.
Is there a way to disable the 3G to avoid roaming charges ( Since I am on a contract I cant ask my provider to block it) I turn on the data roaming option but the 3G sign is still shown and its still connecting to the network
Is there any other way

"I turn on the data roaming option but the 3G sign is still shown and its still connecting to the network"
Are you out of the country when you do this? It won't disable data when you are in your home network.
From the manual:
"Data Roaming turns on Internet and visual voicemail access over a cellular data
network when you’re in an area not covered by your carrier’s network. For example,
when you’re traveling, you can turn off Data Roaming to avoid potential roaming
charges. By default, Data Roaming is turned off. "
BTW, I'm not sure how helping you avoid a roaming bill is urgent. Some have much more "urgent" problems, like crashes, unresponsive iphones, etc.

Info re: iPhone data roaming Europe??

Hope this is right forum for this question.
Getting an iPhone (US) and wondering what roaming charges are for data usage (Safari/internet) in France.
Also, it it is unreasonably high, can you use iPhone as phone only?
Would be nice to have internet access there, but can't find rates on ATT site.
Thanks for any info.

http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/popups/international-iphone-tips.jsp
There's a link to data packages from that page.
If you set Data Roaming to OFF (Settings > General > Network), you can still make voice calls and use Wi-Fi. If you activate Airplane Mode you can still turn on Wi-Fi - that's the only way to have NO charges when roaming internationally.
Note also that you'll need to call AT&T to have them activate international roaming in the first place. It's off for new accounts by default, and unless they turn it on you cannot even connect to a non-AT&T carrier network.

BT Fon wifi and iphone data roaming

Hi
I am travelling to Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore for three weeks from December 30th this year.
I was hoping to take advantage of FON wifi hotspots in each of these cities- of which there are many! In order mainly to avoid the notorious "bill shock"- so to use my iPhone 4 and iPad 2 apps only when within these hotspots and only with the wifi part of the devices (3g turned off).
However a colleague of mine reckons that I will still be charged for wifi use of FON hotspots if I am updating iAPPS etc.
I was under the impression that *ALL* FON usage was free to BT Broadband customers just like access to BT openzones in the UK is.
Can anyone clear this up for me please? If I do have to pay for FON usage on these devices in the se cities where can I fins a price list?
thanks
Rob

Hi rjs200, and welcome.
Wi Fi via Fon is free for BTBB customers. There will be 'open' wi fi in cafe's, bars and hotels etc..........
What you need to watch out for to avoid the killer bill is that you dont connect to data use. Disable the data connection for all functionality on your phone before you leave the UK, and you wont geta nasty shock when you return home.
There are apps. which you can install, such as "wi fi analyzer" which can alert you to available wi fi connections.
There is also the possibility of using VOIP for phone calls back to the UK, on Android it is the Sipdroid app., there will doubtless be an i phone equivalent for you to use. VOIP uses your BTBB huphone number.
Check out the Fon website for locations and partners abroad etc.
AQ.
"Welcome to Royston Vasey - You'll never leave."

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For info:
I mailed below message to AT&T Customer care: [email protected]
Am sure for many international travelers this will be a nice customer service improvement.
Send them a mail as well. It may help all of us traveling overseas.
"I do have following concerns on AT&T's iPhone International Data roaming service.
I voiced them as well to your service center reps.
The feature is a nice useful service.
But I encountered a number of flaws:
- Long time for service calls.
- Misrepresentation of costs (overcharge of 150%), and
- Resulting in excessive costs.
I am fully aware of all stories on international calls/data roaming with iPhone (ref suggestions on AT&T FAQ)
No need to fill me in on that.
Here is what happened:
- before a month of overseas travel (mid Dec - mid Jan), I had the service activated:
it took me 1/2 hr waiting at the phone before I got to speak a AT&T service rep.
- I was told the service will be charged pro rata (ie days of usage) and for a month travel that would be 25 USD.
and I had to call back upon return to disactivate/cancel service.
- Upon return I called back AT&T service center , again a long on hold waiting time,
and I was told I needed to wait for my next invoice statement to see the my completed overseas period on the bill, and could only cancel the service then.
- This week I received this next statement, called back AT&T service center , again a long on hold waiting time,
and now I was told the service would be cancelled only as from this very day, and no retroactive cancellation.
I was told the reason is to allow bills from overseas carriers to be taken into account for the invoicing and the international feature.
In other words, if I had cancelled immediately upon return, overseas charges booked into my bill after my cancellation call (but incurred before) would be hitting me at full charge.
Thanks for doing so, but all this results in a 2.5 months service period for this feature, while I had only wished a 1 month service period and was told I would incur only a 1 month service charge !
A number of suggestions,
- make the feature true pro rata charges, now it is a misrepresentation and an excessive overcharge.
- AT&T has a nice individual account profile online, why can one not activate/disactivate the service there ? Will be much faster.
- or have the service activated with a separate credit card purchase/billing ?
Hey, and advertise it on iPhone/Apple.
Loads of people who are traveling overseas will be interested ! "
Cheers
Tom

DexGtr,
If you go to Settings -> Network, there is an option to turn off data roaming.
However, if she hasn't updated her firmware since she purchased it that option may not be available.
iPhone Firmware updates are downloaded via iTunes. Connected the iPhone to iTunes, and if it doesn't prompt you to update, then click on "Check for Updates" in the iPhone Summary tab.
Hope this helps,
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My wife got a new iPhone 4S from Verizon a few weeks and and she's been using it with no probolems since then. Yesterday we crossed the board into Canada and I tried to turn "Data Roaming" off on her phone but the "Data Roaming" setting does not exist in Settings->General->Network. On my Verizon iPhoen 4S it has the optios "Voice Roaming" and "Data Roaming" but on hers only "Voice Roaming".
I was able to turn off all cellular data but that's actually inconvenient because we're right on the border and often go in an out of US cell converage areas, so with data roaming off it lets me use data whenever there's a US cell signal and otherwise prevents me from using data on a Canadian signal, but with all cellular data off, you have to constantly be toggling the setting when you think you go from a cell tower in the Canada to one in the US.
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HT1807 I have an iPhone 3s. How do I turn OFF data roaming?

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Why doesn't my iPhone automatically connect to AT&T service? Sometimes I have to go directly to Carriers in the Settings to connect to AT&T 3G. Thank you in advance.

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AT&T does not own all the towers in the areas where they have coverage in the U.S. AT&T calls this "off net usage"
The following was copied from AT&T's wireless service agreement.
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I had great difficulty setting up a VPN link to my university server. Even with identical settings to those on my laptop(s) the iPhone persistently produced the immediate message 'the server does not exist' (Oh! yes it does!). This applied on the EDGE, and more than one WiFi network. (And of course I checked the name very carefully!)
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Erroneous data roaming on iPhone 6

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Queen_TheHeard,
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"Are there settings on the iphone 6 that could assist with data consumption?"
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I am travelling overseas and want to transfer photos from my iPhone to the iPad using iCloud. will this incur data roaming costs?

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