Comments on: How to set up your American iPhone when traveling in Europe to avoid a billing “surprise”

By: cay welch

cay welch — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 23:05:54 +0000

any words of wisdom for Italy? especially Pisa and Florence….

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:10:16 +0000

Leave the Airplane mode on, but turn on Wi-Fi ONLY

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:09:09 +0000

Phillip Simmons – NO! As soon as you turn off your airplane mode, the accumulated messages, texts etc will come – an avalanche!… You need to keep the airplane mode on and just turn WI-FI on, so you can text when on wi-fi

By: Phillip Simmons

Phillip Simmons — Sun, 29 Apr 2018 01:26:33 +0000

So, let me define my understanding of using an ATT I Phone 5, while we are going to and cruising for 13 days.: If I turn all the apps, cellular and roaming capabilities off and place my phone in airplane mode, no data or minutes will be charged against my plan. When I do decide to use my phone (for texting only), I simply turn off the airplane mode and connect to an available WI-Fi source. Still no data or minutes will be charged against my plan.

By: Ann

Ann — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 22:54:33 +0000

Can I use FaceTime with my iPhone while in Airplane Mode or does that have to be turned off?

By: Ro

Ro — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 19:42:16 +0000

I just came back from Europe and had my iPhone 6 with me. I had my phone in Airplane Mode over there so Cellular and personal Hotspot were disabled. Since I was visiting family, I was able to use WiFi without any issues, but I still received calls while I was there (in the middle of the night). I didn’t answer any of the calls, but eventually removed the SIM card until I returned back to the US. Why did I get calls while my iPhone was in Airplane Mode? Thanks.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 01:34:07 +0000

Worth noting that Sprint has updated their International Roaming since the article was written. Data and texting are free and unlimited at 2G speeds. You can buy faster data packages, but if you need to simply check email there is no need. Voice calls are .20 per minute. You just need to make sure you have the international plan activated. You’ll need voice and data roaming turned on and International CDMA off if traveling in Europe.

By: connie

connie — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 22:36:12 +0000

icloud back up – automatically back up data such as your accounts, documents, health data, home configuration, and settings when this iphone is plugged in, locked and connected to wifi so it shouldn’t have been using your cellular data

By: connie

connie — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 22:32:05 +0000

the best description of how to I came across and I read quite a lot. thank you!!

By: Lk

Lk — Wed, 25 May 2016 20:58:34 +0000

Good grief, why is this so complicated? I can’t wait for the day where you press “on” and talk/text from anywhere without any issues. Then you’re billed at the end of the month and the price is always the same. Better yet, free!