I'm travelling abroad in a couple of days, and wondered if there was a way to stop the phone connecting to the internet without putting it in offline mode.

I still want to be able to make and receive calls, but I don't want the phone to start randomly finding updates for apps etc or using any data at all as it costs a damn fortune.

any tips?

thanks :-)

go to settings and internet connection, amend the connect automatically option to either wlan only or always ask.

Settings/internet connections/always ask - should do the trick

LOL - beat me by nanoseconds

How can he receive calls without a SIM?

Edit: Wow - that was a quick deletion?

this is a fast moving thread... thanks for the replies.

will 'always ask' guarantee that no apps connect without permission? I think I might go for WIFI only, as that way there is no chance of me accidentally pressing a button on the always ask menu which is a mobile network

yes, i only read the first line of the post and answer without reading the whole post

There is a specific setting for data roaming in settings:

i haven't tried on the n900, but after a £200 bill on an old phone on a weekend in ireland i haven't trusted that option...

It's been requested before, but anyone know of a good connection profile manager?
I would like to make a profile of allowed applications and assign this profile to a connection.
When on gprs I want to only allow the browser (preferably with pictures disabled).
But at home I want everything allowed. At a hotspot I want all applications to access, but not updates. And so on...

could anyone perhaps give a bit more info on data roaming setting?

how does it work? I'm on vodafone, and travelling to USA, and I think the network for me over there is 'rogers' - will the N900 know that rogers is a foreign network??