Has anyone successfully used their MXPE while on international travel? I have a Verizon sim. They tell me they can't set me up for it since my phone "isn't compatible". Just wondered what others have experienced.
Has anyone successfully used their MXPE while on international travel? I have a Verizon sim. They tell me they can't set me up for it since my phone "isn't compatible". Just wondered what others have experienced.
Just to clarify my prior response, I used my MXPE with the Verizon sim card in Europe and had no problems. It was the same Verizon sim card that I had taken out of my previous phone, a 2014 Moto X, and simply dropped into the MXPE when I purchased it. And I just did the same with the MXPE I gave my wife for Christmas. I don't understand what "they" told you about "setting it up," but unless something has changed since last July, if your MXPE is working on the Verizon network domestically, all you should need to do before you go is arrange with Verizon Wireless to activate an international data and calling plan.
Ok, so a follow up down a different path.....
My wife will be in Israel in June, and I *dont* want her phone to be able to work. (just wifi)
Is there anything I would need to do to make that happen?
There's no reason I'm aware of that would make the device incompatible. I didn't have my mxpe long enough to test this, but my Moto x 13, 14 and Nexus 6 all worked in Italy with Verizon's international plan.Has anyone successfully used their MXPE while on international travel? I have a Verizon sim. They tell me they can't set me up for it since my phone "isn't compatible". Just wondered what others have experienced.
Take the SIM out.
SIM surgery?!?! This is a simple paperclip 30 second fix, otherwise with the SIM in it is going to try to connect and could result in inbound calls and texts (at a potentially high cost, especially if you not on your carriers international roaming plan). Android devices always use some amount of data too, so having the SIM in and not completely disabling mobile data could result in charges and we know that even with mobile data disabled, it is possible to use minuscule amounts of data during a reboot, which in the US probably isn't a big deal but overseas this could be a significant charge.That's a great idea, but she will want to use it as soon as she lands stateside, *and*, there is no way she is going to be able to perform Sim surgery on this phone. Any other ideas?
SIM surgery?!?! This is a simple paperclip 30 second fix, otherwise with the SIM in it is going to try to connect and could result in inbound calls and texts (at a potentially high cost, especially if you not on your carriers international roaming plan). Android devices always use some amount of data too, so having the SIM in and not completely disabling mobile data could result in charges and we know that even with mobile data disabled, it is possible to use minuscule amounts of data during a reboot, which in the US probably isn't a big deal but overseas this could be a significant charge.
Ry's answer is the best one to ensure no use occurs.
Lol, Fair enough... Then the best answer is put the phone in airplane mode and turn on WiFi.Again, you have not met my wife....
Lol, Fair enough... Then the best answer is put the phone in airplane mode and turn on WiFi.
I fly a lot, I can tell you that once in a while when powered up Airplane mode will turn itself off at random, so you have to keep an eye on it.