Help data usage when roaming abroad

[greatsnoring]

I have a new HTC Desire. I am going abroad to France and Italy. I have a data roaming package of just 5MB per day. I am happy to only check emails when away and avoid using maps etc which would take me over this limit. There are no wifi hotspots where I am going. I have worked out how to switch data roaming off, but then I presume I wont be able to receive emails. If I switch data roaming on briefly to get emails, sometimes I find I have sent/received close to 5MB of data, presumably from other apps. Is there an easy way to prevent data transfer without affecting emails? Apologies if this is a bit basic!!

 

[oldtimer47]

I also have a Desire (2.2) and I'm interested in this as well - I'm concerned about the connection charges that can rack up when the phone 'auto syncs'. My plan was to turn off auto sync and turn off mobile internet - hopefully that will stop all mobile data but leave the phone working as a phone. When I need to check email I can just turn mobile data back on and manually check for emails. I'm not sure if this would still allow wi-fi access if it was available. It's kind of difficult to test any of this while on the home network !

I'd be interested in any feedback from people about whether this will work, whether there are any better suggestions or whether there are any apps that do it for you.

Thanks.

 

[SUroot]

Turn off background data and untick all the accounts and sync's you dont want. go through all your apps that sync / connect to the internet and manually change them to not to.

Try this at home first to get an idea of what is transferring. You can fine tune it.