Paid 30 pound for roaming in Mexico and still 2 days into my holiday still.says

[Daveeddie76]

Emergency calls only

[Donnahole]

I got a message when I landed it Corfu to say I could use my plan as usual and then had a bill. To be told they have heard this as flying in the network connects to Albania and gets confused but I still had to pay... also in Portugal it took days to get connected to the plan arranged. Think I will stick to old ways of WIFI only!!

[XRaySpeX]

@Daveeddie76 : Often just rebooting the phone is the simple remedy. Also try selecting a network manually rather than auto.

Did you receive a Welcome text upon arrival?

Are you on contract or PAYG? Had you used that SIM for making calls or texts in UK before leaving to go abroad?

If you are on contract, did you activate roaming on your EE a/c before leaving 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.

Otherwise if you are on contract you need to call CS to get your roaming activated. Try calling CS on the Freephone no. in my sig. using a web-calling app over WiFi.