Unable to send texts to a foreign number whilst that person is in the UK

[Melchica]

I have a Samsung S2 and my friend is using a mobile with the Swiss code +41. He is now in this country and is texting me, I am receiving the texts but he is not receiving mine although it looks as if mine have been sent. Please help as this will be our only communication when we meet in London tomorrow Thankyou 🙂

[adamtemp64]

What phone do they have ? then we can offer advice on what to do to manually roam

[Melchica]

Well all I can do on that score is to send him a message to ask him for him to get when he returns to his hotel later on. I presume it is a smartphone as he used Facebook this morning, maybe he has the international roaming turned off. I noticed on my Samsung S2 that it has a roaming bit where you can search but you have to turn off the data network section first. I have to meet him in London tomorrow and am just imagining the drama of trying to find him at the arranged meeting place! I have a journey to get there first, nooooo, lol

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

Yes if he could roam onto O2 it would be ideal....
Turning off and on his phone might also help the text issue.
He would need to find "Network Selection" on his phone to choose to do a manual roam, but as Adam says it varies from phone to phone....

[Melchica]

Thank you so much for your quick responses, I will email this information and hopefully he will get it. Have a nice day everyone 🙂