Phone Calls and Data usage from Spain

[ITQs]

When I was in Spain in May I was unable to make Phone Calls or use Data (for Google Maps etc). Reading about my Bundle it seems that I should be able to do both. But Data Roaming was always greyed out so I could not turn it on. Why am I having this problem?

[MI5]

@ITQs 

Is data roaming still greyed out now in the UK?

I've never seen it like that before.

It could have been a local network issue, if so, manually searching for a different network may have helped.

[ITQs]

No, it is not greyed out now I'm back in the UK.
My wife is also on O2 (different package/contract) and she had no trouble the whole time we were there.

(Tried calling O2 support, but just held on for ages....)

Many thanks for the reply.

[MI5]

@ITQs 

Turn it on now (it won't make any difference when in UK) then see what happens next time you go away.

[Bambino]

@ITQs Should you encounter the problem again, keep in mind that you don't need data on to use Google maps:

Download areas & navigate offline - Android - Google Maps Help

Download areas & navigate offline - iPhone & iPad - Google Maps Help