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International roaming / India - has issues
I have international roaming available as part of plan, but phone won't connect to internet. I am currently in a city called Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. The phone connects to a str...
Rthomas79 wrote:RESUELTO: Intl’l roaming add-on but no data (India)
this happens when the roaming partner selection is automatic and phone ends up selecting a partner that cannot extend roaming. I tried sim poping, restart phone, toggle airplane mode and each time phone selects Vi india while i am in Amrtisar. I found this because my wife's phone was somehow staying on the right one but mine did not. So, after i forced my phone on airtel with steps below, i got internet !! T-Mobile won't have roaming with every small operator in India or Internationally.
anyway an easy fix is —
On the phone goto:
Step1: Cellular data > Network selection : change from automatic to manual selection (or disable auto)
Step2: Wait for list of roaming operator's to populate
Step3: select a national operator in your area (airtel worked for me in Amritsar for example)
You may need to restart phone after step3 And recheck step3 to make sure correct operator is actually selected. Once set it should remain until next restart or airplane mode.
Enjoy Magenta !
This worked well for our recent trip to India (Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Coimbatore). We purchased an International add-on package and had to switch between VI and Airtel depending on location, however, it worked well, got 4G/LTE service.
