ChatterBank1 min ago
Using mobile phone abroad
Question 1
How do you get the uk from abroad? is it always 00 44 then drop the 0 from the number?
Question 2
Why won't my phone send or recieve Text messages while abroad? I have used "Roaming" this allowed me to make a call but not to text
Thank u
Answers
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Yes to the first bit. You also need to do the same for texting. Don't forget that this may mean changing people's numbers in your phone book in order to text them.
Also remember that they only pay up to Dover (i.e., to the edge of England, I somehow always think of that as Dover even though it's not!) - you pay the rest of the way. So receiving calls and texts can cost you a LOT of money.
When I moved to Hamburg this time last year, my phone didn't do that for me. I'm not saying anyone's wrong, just that things are obviously different with each model/network.
Your friends always have to add a 44 to get you when you're abroad though. If they have you as an 07 and you leave the country, they'll need to change it.
when putting numbers in your phone i alway use the full international codes +44 the "+" is usually next to the "0". this will tell the phone that u r making an international call when u r abroard and will automatically use the international code.. some countries do not use 00 they might use 010 for their international call, so u will need to chk that out if u do not use the "+" button.
this is the same for text msg,, u should be able to recieve and send them if phone is enabled to send and rcvd txt msgs.
For information on international access codes from other countries go to Time Dial
Dialing Codes for the United Kingdom
This link may also be useful
United Kingdom Time Difference