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| Started by | Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2024-06-09 14:37 +0000 |
| Last post | 2024-06-10 09:16 -0400 |
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Unable to call/text a family member Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-09 14:37 +0000
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2024-06-09 14:47 +0000
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-09 15:34 +0000
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2024-06-09 17:41 +0100
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2024-06-09 17:11 +0000
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-10 11:02 +0000
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2024-06-10 17:36 +0000
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-11 15:51 +0000
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2024-06-11 16:10 +0000
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-12 08:20 +0000
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-06-11 18:30 +0200
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2024-06-11 16:51 +0000
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-10 10:56 +0000
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-06-09 16:53 +0200
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-06-09 16:56 +0100
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-10 10:20 +0000
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-06-10 11:29 +0100
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-06-10 12:39 +0200
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-06-10 12:37 +0200
Re: Unable to call/text a family member badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2024-06-09 17:31 +0000
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-06-09 22:34 +0200
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Mark Carver <mark@invalid.com> - 2024-06-09 19:06 +0100
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-10 10:20 +0000
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2024-06-09 19:46 +0100
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-10 10:20 +0000
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2024-06-10 12:53 +0200
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-10 11:12 +0000
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2024-06-11 18:11 +0100
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> - 2024-06-09 16:38 -0400
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> - 2024-06-09 16:43 -0400
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-10 10:56 +0000
Re: Unable to call/text a family member Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> - 2024-06-10 09:16 -0400
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| From | Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> |
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| Date | 2024-06-09 22:34 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <v453k5$3p6de$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #187866 |
Am 09.06.24 um 19:31 schrieb badgolferman: > Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Really strange one I'm struggling with at the moment. I'm on a UK SIM and >> my family member is on a French SIM whom I'm visiting just now. They can >> call/text me, but I can't do either. Texts just disappear and calls go >> straight to voicemail. They can call other Uk numbers with no problems. >> >> I have both phones in my hands. Both are iphones fully up to date. >> >> Where to start troubleshooting this? >> >> > > First get out of France. You must be one of these brain dead trumpists. -- "Gutta cavat lapidem." (Ovid)
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| From | Mark Carver <mark@invalid.com> |
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| Date | 2024-06-09 19:06 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <lcm99mFkd7tU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #187857 |
On 09/06/2024 15:37, Chris wrote: > > Really strange one I'm struggling with at the moment. I'm on a UK SIM and > my family member is on a French SIM whom I'm visiting just now. They can > call/text me, but I can't do either. Texts just disappear and calls go > straight to voicemail. They can call other Uk numbers with no problems. > > I have both phones in my hands. Both are iphones fully up to date. > > Where to start troubleshooting this? > Has your France family member ported their phone number, (at any point in time ?) It might be a routing/database problem, though I think only the UK and India (?) use a really cack handed method for number ports, where you can fall victim to this sort of problem ?
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| From | Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2024-06-10 10:20 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <v46k0r$c9pm$2@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #187868 |
Mark Carver <mark@invalid.com> wrote: > On 09/06/2024 15:37, Chris wrote: >> >> Really strange one I'm struggling with at the moment. I'm on a UK SIM and >> my family member is on a French SIM whom I'm visiting just now. They can >> call/text me, but I can't do either. Texts just disappear and calls go >> straight to voicemail. They can call other Uk numbers with no problems. >> >> I have both phones in my hands. Both are iphones fully up to date. >> >> Where to start troubleshooting this? >> > > Has your France family member ported their phone number, (at any point > in time ?) Nope. They've had this number for forever. We did put in second UK eSIM last time they were in the UK. That doesn't work for me either. > It might be a routing/database problem, though I think only the UK and > India (?) use a really cack handed method for number ports, where you > can fall victim to this sort of problem ? >
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| From | Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> |
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| Date | 2024-06-09 19:46 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <86plsqkl8p.fsf@example.com> |
| In reply to | #187857 |
Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> writes: > Really strange one I'm struggling with at the moment. I'm on a UK SIM and > my family member is on a French SIM whom I'm visiting just now. They can > call/text me, but I can't do either. Texts just disappear and calls go > straight to voicemail. They can call other Uk numbers with no problems. > > I have both phones in my hands. Both are iphones fully up to date. > > Where to start troubleshooting this? Ask them to turn off all the spam blocking.
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| From | Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2024-06-10 10:20 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <v46k0r$c9pm$3@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #187872 |
Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote: > Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> writes: > >> Really strange one I'm struggling with at the moment. I'm on a UK SIM and >> my family member is on a French SIM whom I'm visiting just now. They can >> call/text me, but I can't do either. Texts just disappear and calls go >> straight to voicemail. They can call other Uk numbers with no problems. >> >> I have both phones in my hands. Both are iphones fully up to date. >> >> Where to start troubleshooting this? > > Ask them to turn off all the spam blocking. Like what? I'm not aware of any spam blocking affecting direct calls/sms.
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| From | Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> |
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| Date | 2024-06-10 12:53 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <v46lvl$cv8p$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #187913 |
On 10.06.24 12:20, Chris wrote: > Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote: >> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> Really strange one I'm struggling with at the moment. I'm on a UK SIM and >>> my family member is on a French SIM whom I'm visiting just now. They can >>> call/text me, but I can't do either. Texts just disappear and calls go >>> straight to voicemail. They can call other Uk numbers with no problems. >>> >>> I have both phones in my hands. Both are iphones fully up to date. >>> >>> Where to start troubleshooting this? >> >> Ask them to turn off all the spam blocking. > > Like what? I'm not aware of any spam blocking affecting direct calls/sms. Check your block list at least. -- "Alea iacta est." (Julius Caesar)
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| From | Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2024-06-10 11:12 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <v46n35$deka$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #187921 |
Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote: > On 10.06.24 12:20, Chris wrote: >> Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote: >>> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> Really strange one I'm struggling with at the moment. I'm on a UK SIM and >>>> my family member is on a French SIM whom I'm visiting just now. They can >>>> call/text me, but I can't do either. Texts just disappear and calls go >>>> straight to voicemail. They can call other Uk numbers with no problems. >>>> >>>> I have both phones in my hands. Both are iphones fully up to date. >>>> >>>> Where to start troubleshooting this? >>> >>> Ask them to turn off all the spam blocking. >> >> Like what? I'm not aware of any spam blocking affecting direct calls/sms. > > Check your block list at least. I don't have one.
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| From | Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> |
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| Date | 2024-06-11 18:11 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <86y17b9zgp.fsf@example.com> |
| In reply to | #187921 |
Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> writes: > On 10.06.24 12:20, Chris wrote: >> Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote: >>> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> Really strange one I'm struggling with at the moment. I'm on a UK SIM and >>>> my family member is on a French SIM whom I'm visiting just now. They can >>>> call/text me, but I can't do either. Texts just disappear and calls go >>>> straight to voicemail. They can call other Uk numbers with no problems. >>>> >>>> I have both phones in my hands. Both are iphones fully up to date. >>>> >>>> Where to start troubleshooting this? >>> >>> Ask them to turn off all the spam blocking. >> >> Like what? I'm not aware of any spam blocking affecting direct calls/sms. > > Check your block list at least. So close...
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| From | Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> |
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| Date | 2024-06-09 16:38 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <v453su$3pbui$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #187857 |
On 2024-06-09 10:37, Chris wrote: > > Really strange one I'm struggling with at the moment. I'm on a UK SIM and > my family member is on a French SIM whom I'm visiting just now. They can > call/text me, but I can't do either. Texts just disappear and calls go > straight to voicemail. They can call other Uk numbers with no problems. > > I have both phones in my hands. Both are iphones fully up to date. > > Where to start troubleshooting this? I'd begin by logging out of Messages on both and logging back in, coupled by that moldie oldie: restart both phones. See what changes (if anything). -- British writing about the US can be condescending, but that there is value in an outsiders’ perspective because they can “see the alarming cracks in the wall the resident has stopped noticing… but also see the grandeur of a room where the resident can only see the cracks.” Jesse Armstrong.
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| From | Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> |
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| Date | 2024-06-09 16:43 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <v4546d$3pbui$2@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #187857 |
On 2024-06-09 10:37, Chris wrote: > > Really strange one I'm struggling with at the moment. I'm on a UK SIM and > my family member is on a French SIM whom I'm visiting just now. They can > call/text me, but I can't do either. Texts just disappear and calls go > straight to voicemail. They can call other Uk numbers with no problems. > > I have both phones in my hands. Both are iphones fully up to date. > > Where to start troubleshooting this? Another thing - is one (or both) phone(s) eSIM capable and is one (or both) actually storing an electronic SIM? Setting check time... -- British writing about the US can be condescending, but that there is value in an outsiders’ perspective because they can “see the alarming cracks in the wall the resident has stopped noticing… but also see the grandeur of a room where the resident can only see the cracks.” Jesse Armstrong.
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| From | Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2024-06-10 10:56 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <v46m52$d3bo$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #187888 |
Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> wrote: > On 2024-06-09 10:37, Chris wrote: >> >> Really strange one I'm struggling with at the moment. I'm on a UK SIM and >> my family member is on a French SIM whom I'm visiting just now. They can >> call/text me, but I can't do either. Texts just disappear and calls go >> straight to voicemail. They can call other Uk numbers with no problems. >> >> I have both phones in my hands. Both are iphones fully up to date. >> >> Where to start troubleshooting this? > > > Another thing - is one (or both) phone(s) eSIM capable and is one (or > both) actually storing an electronic SIM? Yes. They have a second UK eSIM. > Setting check time... That's the problem. I don't know what to look for. My contacts settings look fine and I can contact others. Their SIMs look fine and also contact others.
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| From | Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> |
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| Date | 2024-06-10 09:16 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <v46ubc$fj66$2@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #187922 |
On 2024-06-10 06:56, Chris wrote: > Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> wrote: >> On 2024-06-09 10:37, Chris wrote: >>> >>> Really strange one I'm struggling with at the moment. I'm on a UK SIM and >>> my family member is on a French SIM whom I'm visiting just now. They can >>> call/text me, but I can't do either. Texts just disappear and calls go >>> straight to voicemail. They can call other Uk numbers with no problems. >>> >>> I have both phones in my hands. Both are iphones fully up to date. >>> >>> Where to start troubleshooting this? >> >> >> Another thing - is one (or both) phone(s) eSIM capable and is one (or >> both) actually storing an electronic SIM? > > Yes. They have a second UK eSIM. > >> Setting check time... > > That's the problem. I don't know what to look for. My contacts settings > look fine and I can contact others. Their SIMs look fine and also contact > others. ... then as stated in my other post, try the Message log out/in and re-start the phones routine. Many mysteries solved that way. -- "It would be a measureless disaster if Russian barbarism overlaid the culture and independence of the ancient States of Europe." Winston Churchill
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