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	2024-06-12 08:20 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<v4blos$1ijkl$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:
> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 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? If so there are issues (and have been for 
>>>>>> years) with text disappearing into the ether. IIRC it was worst on S 
>>>>>> African SPs.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The fact that calls do not connect and texts get lost suggests you may 
>>>>>> not have the apn etc set up correctly.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> When voice calls are made to the French phone you say you get voicemail. Is
>>>>> the voicemail outgoing message generated by the French network, ie in
>>>>> French? 
>>>> 
>>>> Yup. I get through to their network's voicemail in French. 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Can another phone make a voice call to this French phone? If yes it seems
>>> to imply the network can reach that phone and your number is being actively
>>> rejected by the iPhone for some reason. 
>>> 
>>> Has your number been blocked on the French phone by accident?
>> 
>> Bingo!
>> 
>> I would never have found that. Many thanks!! :) 
>> 
>> 
> 
> Feeling of smug satisfaction :)
> 

Well deserved.

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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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