Yoigo Mobile Internet in Spain

Here's a neat one for you.

So you have found your Mobile Internet settings similar to those below but still can't get online ? Seems the answer may be with data roaming.

A friend had a HTC windows mobile phone and despite going to the Yoigo shop, he could not get online. I checked the settings and could see the shop had set up a data profile :
* Data bearer: GPRS
* Access point name: Internet
* User Name: None
* Prompt Password: No
* Password: Leave blank (shows as ****)
* Authentication: Normal
* Gateway IP address: 10.8.0.36
* Homepage: http://movil.yoigo.es
* Connection security: Off
* Session Mode: Permanent Under Advanced Settings
 * Phone IP address: Dynamic
* Primary name server: 0.0.0.0
* Second. name server: 0.0.0.0
* Server address: 010.008.000.036
* Port Number: 8080

But despite lots of attempts they couldn't get it to go. I was just as stumped, but whilst playing I decided to turn off the block on data roaming. Voilà !!! It worked.

Now, Yoigo services are few and far between and they basically piggyback off Movistar similar to 3 (Three) and O2 in the UK. My presumption is that the phone thinks that it is on a 'foreign' network and disables data. Anyway, simple enough, but you have to remember to turn it off when you go abroad or face a huge bill !