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Fed up with 48 (not) roaming

  • 05-05-2024 8:49am
    #1
    Peckham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,545 ✭✭✭


    I have 48 for my son's mobile. Fed up with it not roaming without having to mess around with settings.

    If I switch to An Post, Virgin or one of the other MVNOs am I going to have similar issues, or is it unique to 48?



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  • #2
    mulbot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭mulbot


    Not sure about others but it takes literally 10 seconds to change the settings. Very easy.



  • #3
    Peckham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,545 ✭✭✭Peckham


    I can never seem to get it to work properly! Or I get calls, but no data.



  • #4
    muloc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭muloc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122099124#Comment_122099124

    Not on 48 myself so have no issue but have 2 in the family who are (1 apple and 1 android) and they do be trying to get it working for a good while after we land depending on the country.

    ....and this is following 48's guide😒



  • #5
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,709 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122099133#Comment_122099133

    Are you iOS?

    Try these settings.

    IMG_0488.png



  • #6
    Peckham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,545 ✭✭✭Peckham


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122099154#Comment_122099154

    No, Android



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  • #7
    Rows Grower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,331 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    Anyone know what the story is with 48 and roaming on visit to Isle of Man? Is it extra charges because not in EU/UK?



  • #8
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,892 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    My son is also on 48, and I have yet been able to get his mobile data to work in NI.

    Tried various settings.

    If anyone would know how we could fix it, I'd be very grateful.

    Its Android



  • #9
    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,570 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122099124#Comment_122099124

    Nah. Can take ages to get the roaming working for telephony services even using their toolkit 'hack' (which one of their customers developed, not them). Can also be similar on return to Ireland.

    Been abroad twice last few weeks and spent time incommunicado trying to get 48 SIM working.

    .....and this is before you even get to data services, which I don't need to worry about as I have a second SIM on Three in the phone.



  • #10
    SuperBowserWorld
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,328 ✭✭✭SuperBowserWorld


    Make sure you ask them for a new SIM (free). The new SIMs solve a lot of the problems. But you still may need to fiddle a bit with settings.



  • #11
    mosstin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,176 ✭✭✭mosstin


    Had this problem initially but it's easily fixed.

    Go to 48 Sim menu app

    Select 'When Abroad'

    Click 'Network Selection'

    Select 'Manual'

    Select 'International Roaming Profile'

    Give it a few seconds and you should be good to go. Works for me every single time and I use it a lot.



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  • #12
    mulbot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭mulbot


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122099579#Comment_122099579

    Exactly, takes 10 seconds.



  • #13
    mulbot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭mulbot


    Even after doing what Mostins post explains?



  • #14
    muffinhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 533 ✭✭✭muffinhead


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122099235#Comment_122099235

    Isle of Man is included in the free roaming:

    https://48.ie/charges/roaming



  • #15
    Peckham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,545 ✭✭✭Peckham


    Thanks all!

    Back to my original question. Is the requirement to change settings when roaming unique to 48?



  • #16
    babelfish1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 643 ✭✭✭babelfish1990


    There is no need to change settings on Eir, Gomo or Vodafone. It seems to be a peculiarity on some of the MVNOs that use the Three network.



  • #17
    gipi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,021 ✭✭✭gipi


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122099579#Comment_122099579

    I do this every time I roam (NI or GB mostly). It never works, I have to set the APN as another poster showed. The international apn defaults to proximus every time.

    And I got a replacement SIM....nothing changed!



  • #18
    PH0NER
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭PH0NER


    Went to Italy last month and had no problems roaming with 48. Used the SIM in an iPad too, worked great.



  • #19
    TheDriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,542 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122100754#Comment_122100754

    Yes is the simple answer. I've had vodafone, postmobile, gomo, tesco, eir and they all worked straight away when I landed in another country. 48, I couldn't get to work even with the messing around with settings (having said that, it was the test 1Gb sim and i didn't waste anymore time that going through the steps mentioned above).



  • #20
    beachhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,686 ✭✭✭beachhead


    I have no idea what's going with posters here.I use 48 roaming without any problems and have been for more than a year with their so called new sim.My phone connects automatically to the roaming network and resets itself on return here.No fiddling with setting anymore.Xiaomi,Nokia,Samsung phones.I won't list the countries I've been in,excpt for the UK and its been Vodafone or EE lately.



  • #21
    Peckham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,545 ✭✭✭Peckham


    Thanks all. Am going with Post Mobile.

    Fiddling around with the settings may be straightforward for some, but it seems like unnecessary faff. I just want the phone to do all that automatically!



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  • #22
    TheDriver
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122103215#Comment_122103215

    The only caveat I'd say with PM is data.

    In Ireland, it was far slower than VF. I was with then2020-2023 and it got worse over my time with them. Roaming, you are always stuck with Vodafone as roaming partner and I found roaming speeds rubbish. Grand for surfing the net but forget about a quick YouTube video.



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