Chapter 20
Taking the Fire with You
In This Chapter
Understanding roaming
Disabling data-roaming features
Entering Airplane mode
Saving stuff for offline enjoyment
Contacting friends abroad
Texting to and from other countries
Going overseas with your phone
You’re in a land far, far away. The sun shines warmly upon your face. A gentle breeze wafts over crashing waves. You wiggle your toes in the soft, grainy sand. And the number-one thought on your mind is, “Can my phone get a signal?”
The vernacular term is bars, as in the signal bars you see when the phone is actively communicating with a cellular network. That network pretty much covers the globe these days. That means from Cancun ...
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