J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Snapzzz

Tony_H wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:Oh, and btw i just installed an app to allow FaceTime over 3G so i can FaceTime my family from the top of the mountains. My gran is 85 and loves the Alps although she has never been there.....shes going to love it..... Wibble

Whats the app called?

It's called 3G unrestrictor.
It fools all apps into thinking they are on wifi when they are in fact on 3G.
It's available on the cydia store, you have to jailbreak your phone.

Oh, and btw i just installed an app to allow FaceTime over 3G so i can FaceTime my family from the top of the mountains. My gran is 85 and loves the Alps although she has never been there.....shes going to love it..... Wibble

billip1 wrote:To change the mood a little (to quote Squeeze), I personally find that one of the joys of being on holiday is that I can switch off my mobile and forget it for the week. But then I'm very old-fashioned.

To a certain extent i agree with you. I certainly leave my work mobile at home.
But my phone is much more than a phone.
I use it heavily for other things such as Facebook (not just being nosey) for sharing my holiday with my family back home. I used to have to ring my grandparents everyday (they worry) but now i post online or email a pic.
In ADH i used the livecam360 app to check the webcams at altitude to see where to go to escape the mist. That is awesome.
I also use the maps to follow my progress on transfers.

And of course writing my diary of shame on J2Ski......expect volume 2 shortly! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Far Queue wrote:

Nope. £1.25 will produce 25p VAT at current 20%. Therefore £1.25 plus 25p = £1.50 as quoted :-)

Sorry , you are quite right.....my maths is a little rusty

Far Queue wrote:

Cannot comment for the others, but the contracts all look similar. Orange specifically state that if you sign up to one of the roaming deals, the EU data cap is removed. Once you exceed the amount of your deal all data is then charged at full rate (£3+ per mb) witn NO limit and I doubt any warnings :shock:

I just spoke to o2 to clarify their position on this and this is it:

£1.50 a day for 15mb.

If you go over 15mb you are warned.

If you go over 15mb again you are moved to a £5 a day tariff for 50mb a day.

If you go over 50mb in a day you will be warned.

If you go over 50mb a day again you will be moved onto the standard tarrif from that point and charged at £3.07 per mb and this will be capped at a monthly spend of £40 after which data is suspended until the next billing cycle.

So for me, O2 is a winner. Its good to know that if all does go tits up you are capped at £40

Mekka wrote:I reset my statistics before every trip.

On the iPhone it's done by going to -

Settings - General - Usage - Cellular Usage. The Reset button is at the bottom of that page.

I will be resetting it every day under the plan Snappzz alerted us to.

A useful app is Onavo. It shrinks (don't ask me how) the amount of data you use whilst browsing. Within the app it will give you a rundown on how much data is has saved, quite surprising as I haven't noticed anything missing form the browsing experience since I've had it. It is now available for Android as well. www.Onavo.com

Whilst in Budapest at the end of December I received the usual welcome text giving me costs of calls, texts and browsing, £3 per MB. 2 Days later I got a text telling me I was browsing outside Europe and would be charged £6 per MB. A day later after 1MB of usage I got a text stating I had reached £20 worth of usage. I took screenshots of my usage after that to argue my case with O2. When I rung them ready for a fight I was told that these were a glitch in the system and my total charges outside the UK were £3.75. It has made me a little wary and I will definitely be watching what I use from now on.

Thanks for the iCloud tip Snapzzz. That could have caught me out.

I reset mine daily too.

iCloud:
If you go into Settings -> iCloud -> Documents & Data, there is an option to allow it to use cellular data. If you turn it off, it shouldn't be an issue.

boo_yay wrote:

HTC Desire HD is a substitute :)

Not in my opinion

Far Queue wrote:

Because the other 25p is the VAT and will probably be in a different total :lol: .

But that would be £1.20 then surely?

Far Queue wrote:
The one issue which bugs me with these add ons, is that once you sign up, your data cap is removed, potentially leading to horrendous bills if you are unfamiliar with the way your phone works.

That cannot really happen.
If you go over 15mb then they warn you, if you do it again they automatically move you to a £5 a day tariff for 50mb a day (thats a good deal) and on top of that everybody has a maximum cap of £120 for data in a month.

if you are using more than 50mb a day then you are not skiing enough!

randyrat wrote:O2 cap your data at £40, after warning you via text at £20.
Surf away!

That is Nearly correct.
The standard charge is £3 per mb and once you hit £20 you are warned. Then once you have used £50 you will not be charged anymore. But if you continue to use data they will switch it off.

So on the standard plan you would get about 19mb for your £50! That is crap.
Why wouldn't you sign up for the plan that charges £1.50 a day for 15mb?

Incidentally I checked my bill and they only charged me 1.25 a day...not sure why.. :-)

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Oh, and btw i just installed an app to allow FaceTime over 3G so i can FaceTime my family from the top of the mountains. My gran is 85 and loves the Alps although she has never been there.....shes going to love it..... Wibble

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boo_yay wrote: HTC Desire HD is a substitute :) Not in my opinion

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