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#116405 28-Apr-2013 14:53
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Worth mentioning if you have a smart phone that you only use at home Turn off the data connection so you dont get caught with all those .01 charges I had scores of them over a month.




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  #806768 28-Apr-2013 16:33
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I wonder why people get a smartphone with no mobile data in accounts...





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  #806819 28-Apr-2013 18:39
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freitasm: I wonder why people get a smartphone with no mobile data in accounts...



LOL I use to and of course when i 'm in the uk I change chips and ive unlimited everything at 10pound a month I think.0 But here I rarely go anywhere these days that I need data outside of my wireless area




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  #807835 30-Apr-2013 08:37
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Yup - same here - am in wireless zone 99% of the time when I need to use my phone....so have data disabled. Am not on a plan, just pre-pay, so if I leave data on it just whittles away at my balance for no real gain.



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  #807837 30-Apr-2013 08:38
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Not really sure how this belongs under '2degrees', specifically?




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  #807844 30-Apr-2013 08:55
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It doesn't. It's not a 2degrees problem.




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  #808022 30-Apr-2013 14:45
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gnfb: Worth mentioning if you have a smart phone that you only use at home Turn off the data connection so you dont get caught with all those .01 charges I had scores of them over a month.


If you have an android phone you can also use an app called AutomateIt to do something similar, I have it set so that once the GPS gets within 200meters of my house that it turns mobile data off and then wifi on. then similar if I get to within 200m of my work it then turns off wifi and turns the phone onto silent, its a great app to have.




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  #808066 30-Apr-2013 15:59
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freitasm: I wonder why people get a smartphone with no mobile data in accounts...



Because they still can in this country..??




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