On vacation in another country? Knowing new frontiers is something that is in our DNA, we all dream of knowing many places and making the whole planet our home. For it, it is necessary to take several precautions before travelingamong which obviously is to enable a service that will allow us to keep the mobile phone operational in any country in the world.
As you well know, each country has a radio spectrum that telephone companies use to offer their different services. This entails agreements with the government of each nation, which means that in each of them there are different telephone access points. Roaming is the service that allows you to connect your mobile with access points in other countries without having to buy a new line.
This incurs additional costs, but it is extremely useful to stay informed with your loved ones once you land at your destination far from home. In this guide we will teach you how to activate data roaming on your Smartphone Android, iOS, Windows Mobile or Blackberryas well as answer some questions that arise in this regard.
Steps to turn data roaming or roaming on or off
Previously, this was a problem for many users since the first cell phones activated it automatically when you left your coverage area. This did not necessarily imply leaving your country; With a simple trip from one province to another, they would activate and begin to charge more than necessary for each call you made.
Fortunately, smartphones allow you to turn this service on and off manuallyso that if you prefer to acquire a new line in the country you are visiting, you can do it perfectly.
There are two ways to do it:
- The first is by contacting your phone company. Enter its official website and locate its customer service number to tell them that you are going to travel and want to have data roaming as the case may be.
- The second The way is to do it manually, which varies depending on the device you have. Below we show you the step-by-step process for the main operating systems of modern smartphones.
on android
In Android it is very easy to activate them, for this you must follow the following instructions:
- First you must go to the “settings” either “Setting“from the mobile and look for the option”Wireless Connections and Networks”. In it you can modify basically any aspect of your Internet connection and telephone network.
- You will find four sections:
- Wifi
- bluetooth
- Data Usage
- Plus
- By touching the last of these, you will be able to see many more options in the section.
- The next thing you should do is look for the option “Mobile networks”, which is the section for everything that has to do with your telephone service.
- The first two sections will be “Data Usage” and “Data roaming”.
- Check or uncheck the second of these to activate or deactivate Roaming as the case may be and you will have finished the process.
In case you have two telephone SIMs in your mobile and one of them offers more accessible rates, you can determine it as the main one by entering the option “Network Operators” found at the end of the “Mobile networks” which we just taught you to enter earlier.
*Note: Our recommendation is that if you want make sure you have completely turned off data roaming, it is best that you turn off mobile data and only connect from a Wi-Fi network, since in some cases Roaming can remain active even when you think it is not. It is better prevent.
on iOS
To carry out this process on devices with the iOS operating system, be it any iPhone phone or even an iPad tablet, follow the following recommendations:
- First you must go to the “Settings” which you can access from the main menu or by dragging your finger from bottom to top to break down the control center.
- Once in this section, you will find a series of options grouped according to their nature. The first correspond to the different connections of the mobile. In it you must look for the option “Mobile data” and make touch.
- Within this section you will find three switches:
- Mobile data
- Activate 3G
- Data roaming
- The first and last of these are the ones that will allow you to control Roamingthey are usually on, so if you want to turn them off you simply have to touch them both.
If you want to keep roaming active, you can scroll down to find the option “Data Usage” and determine which applications you want to keep active with your data usage, so that you can save on your bill when you return to your country.
On Windows 10 Mobile
On these devices you must do the following:
- Go directly to the “Setting”, which you can enter by sliding your finger down from the status bar at the top of the screen, and look for the option “Network and Wireless” and then “Mobile Network and SIM” where you will find a series of options.
- Locate “Data Roaming Options”and in it you can turn it on or off as the case may be.
Again we recommend that turn off mobile data in case you want to disable roaming as Windows Phone devices have had various issues in this regardgenerating multiple demands from its users.
To do this you must enter again in the section “Mobile Network and SIM” but this time you are going to deactivate the switch of “Data Connection” to turn off your internet connection.
On Blackberry phones
On Blackberry devices you must do the following:
- Get in “Setting” and look for the option “Network connections”
- Within this you must locate “Mobile Network” since in this section you will see a series of options.
- What we are interested in is “Roaming data service” which has a switch that we can turn this option on or off.
Is it still necessary to activate the Roaming service when traveling in Europe?
If you travel from a Latin American country to a European one, you will have to continue to be careful with this issue. But this will no longer be a problem if you are the owner of a mobile from a country of the European Union. Things have been made easier for Spaniards since last June 2017when the borders between countries were eliminated as far as telephony is concerned.
The end of roaming in Europe represents enormous comfort for Spaniards, especially for those who live on the border and should be careful not to connect to another country’s network. Although you have to be careful since not all EU countries are part of this agreement.
Andorra and United Kingdomwhich separated from Europe with Brexit, still have these rates, so when you travel to these countries you will have to be careful with this.
Does this apply to contract and prepaid customers alike?
In general, the answer is yes., but prepaid customers who do not have a data bonus in their rates will have to pay a surcharge of €7 for each extra GB consumed. It should also be noted that you can only use the data included in your rate, so if you run out of megabytes and want to use more, you will have to pay for the extra data at a rate of €1 per megabyte.
If you have a mega data rateThose with plans of 20GB or more, you will not have to worry either since you will be able to use all this data with total freedom, you just have to take into account that when these end and you need more, the extra megabytes will have to be paid with the aforementioned surcharge.
As for calls and messages, there is no problem., you will be able to spend your entire rate while roaming without problems. Although there is a limitation; If in the last 4 months you have used your plan while abroad more than in your country, you will receive a warning that if the trend continues for the next 15 days, you will have to pay a surcharge of 24 to 26 euro cents.
this last Does not apply if you justify with your telephone company that you are going on Erasmus or you will live for a while in another country for work or any other reason for a period of one year or more. Although in this case the ideal would be to buy a line from a local telephone company to avoid tangles.
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