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Re: I can't text people - on a trip

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On 10/09/2018 11.48, sms wrote:
> On 9/10/2018 7:19 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm on a trip, and before departing from Spain to Canada I chanced on
>> finding that Amazon sells prepaid American SIM cards (American Travel
>> SIM) on the T-Mobile network, valid for USA, Canada and Mexico.
>>
>> Fantastic!
>>
>> I'm happy with the service. Using my ISP roaming service would be
>> prohibitive, they charge several euros per day and megabit.
>>
>> One little snag was that I found a dozen voice messages waiting for me
>> from the previous owner of that phone number. Very confusing.
>>
>> Another is that the number is from Florida and calls/texts are non local
>> for the locals, and a charge applies for some of them at least,
>> depending on their mobile plan.
>>
>>
>> But the important one is that I can not text. I can receive SMSs on the
>> phone, but not send them. The phone is dual SIM, and if I remove SIM#1
>> (Telefonica) it works. Apparently (I can't verify) sending from a
>> different city worked once. But I can not remove SIM#1 for the trip,
>> needs to stay on.
>>
>> Ideas?
> 
> Have you tried swapping the position of SIM1 and SIM2?

No... it is tricky. The SIM folder is very delicate, then I need
reconfiguring things.

-- 
Cheers,
       Carlos E.R.

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I can't text people - on a trip "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-10 10:19 -0400
  Re: I can't text people - on a trip sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2018-09-10 08:48 -0700
    Re: I can't text people - on a trip "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-10 16:23 -0400
  Re: I can't text people - on a trip [SOLVED] "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-10 17:38 -0400

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