Guest RavemasterX Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Hi all, new member here, just bought myself a Pulse mainly on the strength of having stumbled across this forum. I've come from a Nokia N95 8GB, which I got cheap as a refurb from O2, and used precious little of its capabilities- FM radio, camera and MP3 player were pretty much all I used (though I did, eventually, get some Sat-Nav on it which was useful when my standalone unit went missing for a few months). Anyway my promo contract with 02 expired and they weren't in a hurry to offer me any other inducements, so I left and got myself a t-mobile sim for the unlimited texts and internet deal. Eventually I accepted that the Pulse wasn't going to be offered at £92 again any time soon and stumped up my £147 for one. I've just about managed to install the MCR 1.7- although the Amon-Ra recovery image is frinky on my phone- I have no luck doing nandroid backups, or upgrading the ext2 partition to ext3- it just freezes every time. In the end since the phone is brand new and I have, as far as I can see, nothing to lose, I just went ahead and upgraded to the MCR anyway, and it seems to have worked fine :) . As a total n00b to smartphones, I'm not quite sure what advantage I'm gaining from running the MCR but all the cool kids seem to have it, and so I want it too ;) . So, my first post was going to be about the finer details of installing the MCR, but I seem to have just about worked it out. Instead, it's a far more prosaic query- I'm off to Paris tomorrow for a three day city break, and I don't want to piss away my monthly £10 of credit on extortionate roaming mobile data rates (£10 per megabyte or something stupid, I expect). Is there a setting to make sure that whatever programs or widgets I've got installed don't go demanding location information, or downloading news updates etc. while I'm abroad? I don't think I've actually installed any that do this since I wiped for the December Update, but I'd like to be on the safe side. I assume Wikitude uses mobile data, so I won't be using that even though it would probably be quite cool in Paris ;) . Does Google Sky Map need downloads, or does it just know what all the stars and galaxies are? Not that I'm expecting clear skies, but you never know your luck:). Cheers for any replies, and cheers for the site and custom ROMs Paul B) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xangma Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Ok. No idea about Sky Map but! In my experience, the phone detected I was in a different country and asked me if I wanted data roaming turned on or off. If that's not there ... explore Settings -> Wireless controls =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RavemasterX Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Ok. No idea about Sky Map but! In my experience, the phone detected I was in a different country and asked me if I wanted data roaming turned on or off. If that's not there ... explore Settings -> Wireless controls =] Thanks, I'll do that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest le_lutin Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Thanks, I'll do that! Settings->Wireless Controls->Mobile networks->Data Roaming That's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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