OK possibly a stupid question. I'm in New Zealand and using a New Zealand SIM to avoid roaming costs whilst abroad calling people within New Zealand. I assumed it was just a case of swapping the SIM out. It all seems to be OK but it shows a little "R" above the signal box so assume it thinks I'm roaming?

Is there anything else to do to get a mobile working abroad? Can I set it to a different country or do I need to try and find a NZ provider ROM and flash it to stop it showing as roaming?

I'm using a SIM free unbranded Galaxy by the way. I need to set up the Access Point data to test data usage, but I'd prefer the phone to just not think it is roaming when I'm using a local SIM card!

What network you using? It might be a network that simply roams on actual physical networks and so comes up as roaming.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...on#New_Zealand

Ahh OK that could make some sense. It is the new one called "2degrees" which my mate says uses the Vodafone infrastructure but I couldn't confirm that. On my Samsung it shows the network as "Vodafone NZ / 2 Degree" which confused me as their phones all just show 2Degree as the network!

Smart phones haven't really taken off here yet. 50mb download allowance a month so all widgets that use internet have been removed and I only use it for Gmail now

EDIT: Found this actually so the roaming thing could be an explanation so it's all good. I'm not in a city whilst in NZ:

The little "R" symbol usually means you're roaming but if you are using the local sim card, this symbol shouldn't appear, right? Double check your phone manual.