topic Re: Roaming in Roaming

Roaming

Donna444 — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:01:00 GMT

I’ve arrived in Spain. I can’t get onto the app to check my data roaming. When I went onto the app at home it says data roaming £2.47 a day was on my add ons. Should I have had a text message when I arrived in Spain to confirm?

Re: Roaming

bristolian — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:04:39 GMT

Data roaming simply means using mobile data whilst roaming.

Regardless of any billing add-on, your ability to get coverage abroad (which calls, texts & mobile data rely on) is dependent on roaming being activated - which allows your phone to connect 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 9566000 using a web-calling app such as Skype over WiFi.

Re: Roaming

XRaySpeX — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:08:25 GMT

@Donna444 : Yes, if you had the ability to roam activated on your a/c.

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.