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Overseas Travel: How can I avoid incoming call costs but still use free text/data roaming while abroad?
We're planning to travel to Europe later this year and would like to take advantage of T-Mobile's free international text/data roaming. However, I saw that incoming calls are charged at one minut...
Great question. The easiest way to do this is to enable unconditional call forwarding. This will tell the network to immediately forward the call to a selected number without trying to pin you first which is where the charge comes from.
To enable unconditional call forwarding, you will need to follow these steps https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4041#secondheading
Dial **21*18056377249# from your phone to enable CFU and ##21# to turn it off when you are back in the states and want to resume being able to get calls.
The 18056377249 number is the same number that your calls are forwarded to when you do not answer the phone so that the people calling you can leave a VM. Since we are enabling unconditional call forwarding, the call will be automatically routed there instead of ringing your phone first.
Hello, so I understand that to avoid the one minute charge for incoming calls abroad that go unanswered, we can enable unconditional call forwarding. I'm travelling to Brazil in a few months and have the Magenta plan. So 3 followup questions for @tmo_chris :
1) Does T-Mobile charge for using the service of unconditional call forwarding? I looked online but found no info regarding prices or fees.
2) Per T-Mobile, "Calls from Simple Global countries, including over Wi-Fi, are $.25/min". Let's say I'm using WhatsApp or Google Voice for those Wi-Fi calls abroad. Will I still be charged the $.25/min?
3) Now let's say I try making calls over the 2G international data that is included in my Magenta plan. I know the call quality will be horrible, but would there be any charges incurred in that Call situation?
Thank you!!
