Allow data access for specific apps while roaming

[Ichwardort]

I've got ICS 4.0.3 on my nexus s and would like to figure out if there's a simple way on granting data access only to specific apps while being abroad and roaming. Until now I had data-roaming turned off while being away from my home network and I was only allowing data access through WLAN hotspots.

Well as I've now got a 50 MB data roaming package included I want to make sure that not all of my data is being fed up by apps as e.g. updates from play market, etc. but only those apps I really want to use it for have access.

I know there's the possibility of disabling background data in ICS, but maybe there's a simpler way or even an app for managing this? It seems that certain apps don't really care about the background-data-turned-off-limitations as e.g. Spotify (the music streaming service) continues downloading data on 3G/4G when the download started in WLAN :-\

Thanks for your support,
kr Andrew (from Austria)

 

[Ichwardort]

I just stumbled upon a tool called DroidWall
It is based on the iptables Linux firewall and allows the user to restrict which apps can access the network. However this app requires root access?! :-\

 

[Ichwardort]

any ideas? anybody?