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N1 using 3 Mobile in UK?

I believe there might be a small chance your phone might do some mobile data bits without your knowledge. There are a number of apps you can download to ensure this never happens including Quick Settings and.. um.. is it PDAnet or something?

You can also get something similar like NetCounter which will allow you to set alarms for specific data usage to give you a warning if you do start using the data without realising.
 
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Yes, very easy to set up, I used the settings from the post in the 3 forum on this site and they worked immediately with no tweaking required.

And yes; as far as I am aware I've full access - certainly I've not not been able to find and/or load anything mentioned and from what I can see there seem to be thousands and thousands of them - when amusing myself by browsing thru' them I get fed up long before I reach the end :rolleyes:
 
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Yes, very easy to set up, I used the settings from the post in the 3 forum on this site and they worked immediately with no tweaking required.

And yes; as far as I am aware I've full access - certainly I've not not been able to find and/or load anything mentioned and from what I can see there seem to be thousands and thousands of them - when amusing myself by browsing thru' them I get fed up long before I reach the end :rolleyes:

thanks for that:)
 
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Apologies, soupy and soupdragon are the same person, I had log-in problems so created a "new me". Sorry for the confusion, I should have said.

Ahhh... identity crisis! Is this a side effect of the Android OS? ;)

I did a test on the train today while commuting in (was getting some strange looks from those with iPhones, possibly Android envy). The results were not what I expected. I switched on roaming and used a couple of Geo-aware apps, Geomondo and GPS Test. They both started working as soon as they tracked a few satellites. Then when I turned off roaming they kept on tracking the satellites and returning GPS info. I was a little worried by this so powered the phone down. When I came in and checked my data usage on 3, it showed no cost at all incurred! How is this possible?
 
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Ahhh... identity crisis! Is this a side effect of the Android OS? ;)

I did a test on the train today while commuting in (was getting some strange looks from those with iPhones, possibly Android envy). The results were not what I expected. I switched on roaming and used a couple of Geo-aware apps, Geomondo and GPS Test. They both started working as soon as they tracked a few satellites. Then when I turned off roaming they kept on tracking the satellites and returning GPS info. I was a little worried by this so powered the phone down. When I came in and checked my data usage on 3, it showed no cost at all incurred! How is this possible?
Roaming is about data use. If you go to where your provider (3) doesn't have towers your phone would connect to different companies tower (if roaming is enabled). Lots of companies charge insane amounts of money for using data while roaming. It has nothing to do with GPS. Turn roaming off (and leave it off) if you don't want a massive bill you weren't expecting.
 
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