Roaming with a Pixel phone

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robfish

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#311016 6-Dec-2023 23:30

I am currently "roaming" with a Skinny roaming pack and my new Pixel 8 Pro

I have not been able to make the roaming data work on either this phone or my "old" Pixel 6 Pro no matter what I tried.

My painless solution was to find a good eSIM solution.

I settled on eSIM World (eSIMeurope) and found it easy to set up, it just works and when I asked a question via email (about when to top up) they answered within 5 minutes.

When I thanked them and explained about my "roaming with Pixel problem" they said that they knew about the problem in countries where pixel phones are not sold by Google.

Rob

openmedia

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#3169103 7-Dec-2023 06:31

Where are you roaming and have you tried forcing your phone to 4G or 3G?

Generally known online as OpenMedia, now working for Red Hat APAC as a Technology Evangelist and Portfolio Architect. Still playing with MythTV and digital media on the side.

robfish

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#3169108 7-Dec-2023 07:20

We are roaming in Ireland.
Yes I did try 4G and 3G.
Now that I have a working solution I am not going to waste any more of my holiday trying to get the roaming data working with Skinny (unless someone else has fixed the issue on their Pixel phone)

Rob

robfish

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#3177469 4-Jan-2024 00:14

Since my last post on this topic I have been to Vienna, Venice, UK Midlands and London and experienced the same problem with the Skinny roaming.
On New Year's Eve (here in Dublin) I got a message saying that my roaming data was not enabled on my phone. (The eSIM roaming was enabled and working fine)
I then re-enabled roaming data on my Skinny SIM and it has been working since.

I still recommend eSIMeurope though, especially if you don't need phone calls or texts:-
- It is cheap
- Top ups are an extension to existing periods (Skinny top ups start straight away, overlapping existing periods)
- Skinny roaming data is only 1GB for 7 days, eSIM Europe is 1GB per day on their Basic plan (2GB with Pro)

Rob