help with sim use in Europe

[jenli]

I am traveling in Europe, unlocked two stock D2Gs in US,
bought two Bouygues sim cards in France, tried to use in
Austria under roaming, but...

phone A calls phone B, phone B shows incoming call,
when answered, no sound is heard on either phone.
Same if phone B calls phone A.

Calls to/from Austrian number has same problem,
no sound is heard.

Both A and B shows T-Mobile as roaming partner.
SMS works without problem.

Anyone seen similar problem ?

Thanks in advance.

 

[leobg]

Try switching to 2G (gsm only) mode. My D2g was also doing some freaky things wile on 3G in Europe. Switching to 2G solves all communication and sound quality issues..

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[silver6054]

I am traveling in Europe, unlocked two stock D2Gs in US,
bought two Bouygues sim cards in France, tried to use in
Austria under roaming, but...

phone A calls phone B, phone B shows incoming call,
when answered, no sound is heard on either phone.
Same if phone B calls phone A.

Calls to/from Austrian number has same problem,
no sound is heard.

Both A and B shows T-Mobile as roaming partner.
SMS works without problem.

Anyone seen similar problem ?

Thanks in advance.

Did things work OK when in France?

 

[jenli]

Yes...it worked in France. Here is an update, I followed the recommendation
of leobg and set to GSM only, not UMTS. One phone seems to work calling
local Austrian numbers, but the other phone still not working. I am now
wondering the second phone is defective...the second phone was a refurb
from Verizon about 6 months ago.

Heck of a time to find out...

 

[Byakushiki]

It most likely is. Refurbs tend to have horrible quality thanks to the company that refurbishes phones for verizon's poor quality control.

 

[leobg]

Yes...it worked in France. Here is an update, I followed the recommendation
of leobg and set to GSM only, not UMTS. One phone seems to work calling
local Austrian numbers, but the other phone still not working. I am now
wondering the second phone is defective...the second phone was a refurb
from Verizon about 6 months ago.

Heck of a time to find out...

Make sure assisted dialling is off. This is very important. Or phone will try to add prefix to the numbers you dial and sure enough nothing will work if you don't use Verizon's SIM (and you are not). This is one of the features to "help" users dial international numbers while roaming using the American standards (011+number etc). Switch assisted dialling off and make sure you dial the number the way operator your are using is expecting.

Settings, Call settings, Assited dialing - uncheck assisted dialing status.