South Africa - not receiving texts

[Barneyd]

I’m in South Africa and haven’t received any text messages since I have been here (7 days). Things I have tried:

- had test SMS sent from multiple senders including O2. None received. 

- airplane mode off/on

- phone reboot (multiple)

- manually selected different networks

- reset network settings

- multiple message chats with o2 support all of which suggested variants of the above but seemed unable to unidentify root cause. 

Any bright ideas?

[madasaf1sh]

Please see the response to your other post on the same topic here 

https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Tech-Support/Receiving-SMS-in-South-Africa/m-p/1695464#M45090

You can have a look also at these guides Guide: Text Message Tips (not sent or received) 

[Barneyd]

I checked that thread, I even replied on it. There’s no solution that I can see. 

[MI5]

@Barneyd 

I doubt O2 can influence what texts you receive when roaming.

It will be down to the receiving networks.