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davidliew21
post Apr 23 2017, 11:08 PM

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Hi everyone,

I would like to seek for help/advise on my U mobile Prepaid Plan.

1. On 2nd Apr 2017, I travel from Malaysia back to Singapore and my prepaid plan became totally no coverage instead of switch into roaming mode.
2. My account is active and I still have plenty credit balance in it.
3. on 22nd Apr 2017, I felt frustrated and I plan to visit umobile store to replace the sim card (I thought was sim card faulty), but right on the time I reached JB custom, the Sim card and coverage became back online and usable. On the same day when I travelled back to Singapore, It did switch to roaming status.
4. Currently, 23rd Apr 2017, the sim card status became No Line and services at all again.

Does anyone facing the similar problem or it's just me.
can someone advise and help on this.Thank you
davidliew21
post Apr 24 2017, 02:42 PM

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QUOTE(kit2 @ Apr 23 2017, 11:21 PM)
roaming on prepaid is enabled by default.

was your phone in 2g? singapore switched off 2g completely on april 18.

be careful when using your sim when overseas. you might lose your credit balance due to data roaming.
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Thanks for your kind assist.

My phone supports LTE and I didn't enable data roaming when oversea. Just let it remain under Starhub roaming coverage to receive OTP for bank transaction.

I wonder is it my sim card's problem because i have this sim card probably since 2012. hmm.gif Previously the LTE services for my sim card, I follow umobile instruction by SMS to activate but didnt physically change the sim card.
davidliew21
post Apr 24 2017, 02:48 PM

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QUOTE(dgboy @ Apr 23 2017, 11:30 PM)
Try setting your hp to 3G only, and if you're using dual sim phone make sure your UM sim is on the primary slot. You can also try doing manual network search and choosing Starhub. Data roaming costs RM10/day if not mistaken.
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1st of thanks DgBoy for your kind assist.

But I can't solve the problem as:

1) my phone can only switch among
i) 2G /3G/4G (automatic) - (which i choose this)
ii) 2G / 3G
iii) 2G

2) I tried to swap the U mobile sim card to primary slot but it doesn't respond as well.

3) I tried to search network manually but end up it shows no network ranting.gif

4) is it necessary to enable Data roaming to have the normal roaming services to receive incoming sms from malaysia?


davidliew21
post Apr 24 2017, 03:08 PM

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QUOTE(dgboy @ Apr 24 2017, 03:00 PM)
You don't need data roaming enabled for call and sms only, and better don't enable it if you don't plan to use data.

Which phone model you are using?
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I'm using One Plus 2 and throughout these years it was working well until recently early of Apr 2017.
davidliew21
post Apr 24 2017, 04:32 PM

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QUOTE(dgboy @ Apr 24 2017, 03:33 PM)
If you are using two sims in it, you need to make sure the UM sim is selected for data service, even you don't plan to use data roaming. Otherwise, it will get assigned to 2G radio and definitely won't work as mentioned by kit2.
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thanks dgboy for your advice.

Unfortunately, I encountered some situation also:

1) by switching mobile data to Umobile instead of Singapore sim card and enable data roaming features.
2) the signal bar manage to appear again with R icon. icon_idea.gif
3) in this situation, does it mean I can't use my Singapore sim card data plan?
4) But the most disappointing is , with full bar of signal, typing *118# to try to check and it show "Connection problem or invalid MMI code" icon_question.gif
5) I try to make IDD call from SG into this number but unable to reach (not even into voice mail) sad.gif
davidliew21
post Apr 27 2017, 01:36 PM

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QUOTE(dgboy @ Apr 24 2017, 05:27 PM)
You won't be able to use both sim at the same time in Singapore. You need to choose one sim and make sure that's primary. Nearly all dual sim phone, the second sim gets 2G only, which is no longer available in Singapore.

Long term, you need a second phone with at least 3G capability.

And for *118# problem, you can try roaming on a different Singapore network.
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thanks for the suggestion. Anyway after changing the usim to primary slot, the problem still exist, I believe is the hardware problem with the version of the sim card probably. No choice but to arrange sim card replacement.
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