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Re: Unable to call/text a family member

From Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups uk.telecom.mobile, misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject Re: Unable to call/text a family member
Date 2024-06-10 10:56 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> On Sun 09/06/2024 16:34, Chris wrote:
>> Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 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?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Can you use manual network select to put the French iPhone on another UK
>>> network? I’m assuming you are in the UK?
>> 
>> We're both in France. I've tried changing my roaming network with no
>> change.
>> 
>> I can contact other people just fine.
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> Are you by any chance using 3? 

Yes, via IDmobile. I'm regularly abroad/in France and this is the first
time I've had issues. 

> If so there are issues (and have been for 
> years) with text disappearing into the ether. IIRC it was worst on S 
> African SPs.

Never experienced issues previously. 

> 
> The fact that calls do not connect and texts get lost suggests you may 
> not have the apn etc set up correctly.

No options for setting an apn here. I can select a roaming network and
that's it.

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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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