Internet access when in USA on Blackberry Curve

[Anonymous]

I have a pay monthly O2 contract.  It works fine in UK.  I have 100mb of data. I am in USA and can't get internet thru WiFi.  WiFi is connected and shows up on screen, so that is OK. When I click browser, it says data services are turned off and I need to trun them on.

BUT i can't use my inclusive data allowance outside Europe, so I turned data off. I thought the whole point about WiFi was you can go onine without using data services if you are in a wifi area!

Why won't it work withouth data switched on? - that will cost me a fortune!  I'm new to smartphones so don't know how to get this to work.

[Liquid · Accepted solution]

Try this I found on another forum.

Go to Options >Advanced Options >Browser and change your default browser to WiFi Browser.

Apparently this will allow it to work with data turned off.

There appears to be a few apps that won't work via wifi I presume they need your data to verify your handsets number for example BBM.

Hope this helps?

[sheepdog]

Data services should be able to be left on with wifi but turning "whilst roaming" to off should prevent incurring a data charge whilst on the US network. Both are within the "mobile network" settings.