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Roaming in Europe

berndy — Sun, 12 May 2024 14:40:30 GMT

Hi, I’m currently in Berlin and my roaming isn’t working. This also happened to me last week when I went to Amsterdam. I’m using iPhone turned on Data roaming on cap limit off. Restarted my phone and all the troubleshooting done. I have 2.47£ roam in my bundle. Please help! It’s really hard to travel without data.

Re: Roaming in Europe

XRaySpeX — Sun, 12 May 2024 14:50:21 GMT

As 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 billing add-on doesn't of itself activate roaming on your a/c. Having roaming activated on your EE a/c, not just on your device, is crucial to using your contract SIM abroad.

Often just rebooting the phone is the simple remedy. Also try selecting a network manually rather than auto.

Otherwise you need to call CS to get your roaming activated. Try calling CS on the Freephone no. in my sig. on Skype over WiFi. It should be free.

Re: Roaming in Europe

bristolian — Sun, 12 May 2024 18:57:51 GMT

@berndy wrote:

turned on Data roaming on

Data roaming is simply a phone setting to allow data use whilst roaming. You still need to enable roaming on your SIM in the first place, to allow access to foreign networks.

On PAYG, this is auto-enabled once your phone is used in the UK first.
On pay-monthly, this needs to be enabled manually - usually by texting ROAMING to 150 before leaving the UK. Did you do this?

If you are on pay-monthly and now find yourself abroad without having enabled roaming, your only recourse will be to contact CS to request it activated. You can either contact +44 7953 966150 from another working phone, or +44 800 0798586 using a web-calling app such as Skype over WiFi.

Re: Roaming in Europe

berndy — Tue, 14 May 2024 07:01:14 GMT

Yes I did text ROAMING to 150 and received a text telling me my phone is set up for roaming. Thanks for the help.

Re: Roaming in Europe

Katie_B — Tue, 14 May 2024 07:06:15 GMT

Thanks for confirming @berndy.

Does your phone show a local network connection?

Katie