Marine Mom Posted May 23, 2017 #1 Share Posted May 23, 2017 We sailed on the breakaway in March and Dawn last August and I was able to iMessage home and it didn't use the wifi, had the phone in airplane mode and worked perfectly. I heard that NCL just started blocking this. Anyone off the Gem recently that was able to iMessage without the wifi? Also, I see they sell the internet package but heard that NCL now offers a package for just texting. Would appreciate any feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted May 23, 2017 #2 Share Posted May 23, 2017 The tiered packages are being done as a pilot on a couple of the mega ships. The ability to imessage without paying was a bug in the wifi system. You were never entitled to do that. So if they fixed the bug in their system and block the unauthorized network usage, then it is working the way it should have worked all along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycarla Posted May 24, 2017 #3 Share Posted May 24, 2017 The tiered packages are being done as a pilot on a couple of the mega ships. The ability to imessage without paying was a bug in the wifi system. You were never entitled to do that. So if they fixed the bug in their system and block the unauthorized network usage, then it is working the way it should have worked all along. Yep... no such thing as a free text or phone call. Somebody has to pay for internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marine Mom Posted May 24, 2017 Author #4 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Thanks for your response. I always get the internet package just heard a lot of a new block so was wondering if they put a block in place or if they sold a message plan which I was hearing about. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jme4166 Posted May 26, 2017 #5 Share Posted May 26, 2017 We were just on the Gem and downloaded the Hub app and was able to to iMessage at no cost. It was awesome. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marine Mom Posted May 26, 2017 Author #6 Share Posted May 26, 2017 We were just on the Gem and downloaded the Hub app and was able to to iMessage at no cost. It was awesome. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Hmmm what is Hub app? I need to check that out. Let me know, thanks. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiLBxQt Posted May 27, 2017 #7 Share Posted May 27, 2017 I just got off the gem his morn. We were able to use iMessage but found that some times it worked and sometimes it didn't. Was unable to send pics but reg messages worked. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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