Data Roaming off yet data still being used.
The issue here would apply to people who Cross boarders or possibly leave their local area where roaming would kill your data.
I have a job that often takes me across the Canadian / US. Boarder. My data roaming has always been off and never turned on ever so this is not a user error.
Upon crossing the Boarder and switching cell towers I have found that my Oneplus has incurred slightly more data than my Passport resulting in a $30 charge from Telus. For years I have crossed with my Passport numerous times without any issues or care. I have had several months of charges removed with a warning that they will not be so generous forever. I can spend 12 hrs Cross Boarder and have no more charges unless I get a MMS which puzzles me why the system would let Yaata allow that to slip through. I had to go into Yaata and change the MMS settings so when I Cross I only get a notification of an MMS with the option to download. The data incurred was 2-4 MB only but if I was not proactive in trying to determine and limit the usage it might have been more. 2MB is the trigger for the $30 add on package charge.
For now I have been trying to remember to turn cellular data off and use Datally to monitor and restrict data when crossing. The only problem with that is if I forget only once I could get charged for the whole month.
This is yet another example of how ******** the world is by embracing android over BB10 but that’s another battle that has past and died. It frustrates me that I paid $670 cash for a brand new phone that by all means should be miles ahead of my Passport yet the base system OS let’s me down in this respect and others that I don’t care to get into in this thread.
Would like to know if this is isolated to select android phones or is it a widespread problem. Has anyone who crosses the Boarder found or had this problem with their android phone or BlackBerry android?