topic No signal in the USA in Mobile Services

No signal in the USA

Tom251 — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 22:27:11 GMT

I've just landed in the USA and I have no signal at all. I see many people have had similar issues before but none of the fixes offered have worked for me. I've tried restarting my device, toggling airplane mode, and I cannot find any of the menus in settings on myEE suggested for the other fixes. I can't access live chat as I don't have data, and when I go to settings it tells me to come back later as it won't load correctly. Is there anything I can do? I was abroad 3 weeks ago in Italy and it worked just fine

Re: No signal in the USA

XRaySpeX — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 22:55:16 GMT

Are you on contract or PAYG? Did you use that SIM for making calls or texts in UK before you left to go abroad?

If you are on contract, did you activate roaming on your EE a/c before you left UK by texting ROAMING to 150? Having a roaming add-on doesn't of itself activate roaming on your a/c.

Often just rebooting the phone is the simple remedy. Also try selecting a network manually rather than auto. Otherwise login to your MyEE account online & go to Menu > Account Settings > Parental and Data Controls > Roaming Abroad and also Call Abroad and Premium Rate. They will show as ticked if roaming and calling abroad is activated. If not ticked, can you activate these settings?

If you can't enable the Roaming Abroad and the Call Abroad & Premium Rate settings of your online MyEE, you will need to call CS. Try calling CS on the Freephone no. in my sig. via Skype over WiFi. It should be free.

PAYG is auto enabled for roaming. You won't see any of those settings & don't need to change anything. If outside EU, do you have enough credit for making calls & texts from abroad?

Re: No signal in the USA

Tom251 — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 23:00:18 GMT

I'm on contract and yes I'm using the same SIM as I was in the UK.

I've tried to go into the settings but it always tells me to "please try again in a while"

Is there any reason why this is not working abroad in the USA when it was Italy?

Re: No signal in the USA

James_B — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 06:56:59 GMT

Hi @Tom251,

Welcome to the EE Community. 🙂

Have you tried following the tips in EE Roaming - Help when abroad with your EE phone or device?

James

Re: No signal in the USA

Tom251 — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 08:22:14 GMT

Hi James,

Yep I've tried all of them, the issue is that I can't access anything within settings, it's all greyed out and tells me to try again later. I have a similar issue on the main page of my EE.

Re: No signal in the USA

Kirigaya_Kazuto — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 08:27:01 GMT

Are you able to manually select a network to connect to?

Do you have roaming set to ON, on your phone?

Re: No signal in the USA

James_B — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 08:36:40 GMT

Hi @Tom251,

It looks like you're registered as a user, rather than the bill payer in My EE.

If you're the account holder, you can switch from user to bill payer in My EE by selecting Account settings > Manage numbers.

Once updated, you'll be able to manage your roaming settings online.

James