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Roaming Charges when Cell Service Turned Off/Data Turned Off - Wifi Only
Turned off my Cell service and Data Roaming while in Mexico - Used WiFi only - Did not make any outbound calls on WiFi- Still was charged Roaming Fees when my phone rang - and there was no one ther...
- I set the VPN to either Toronto or Vancouver.
What do you mean by turning off your cell service? Unless you removed your SIM card or put your device in Airplane Mode before turning on WiFi and left it in Airplane Mode the entire time you were outside of Canada. Your device would still be able to connect to towers while roaming, causing the charges.
Syaoran Not true.
You can manually disable cellular in your phone's settings. You can keep the phone in Airplane and use Wi-Fi calling (with VPN set to a Canadian location). At this time, this works until Telus decides to block VPN ports (which is becoming more frequent now). For instance, Costco warehouses in Canada that now have Wi-Fi block VPN use.
Another "tip" to prevent your phone from roaming is to manually select Telus within the carrier settings. Should you accidentally turn-off Airplane mode, the phone will search for Telus. Along with this, you need to disable "data roaming" in the cellular settings of your phone.
