Landed in Beijing yesterday, cannot get WeChat, WhatsApp or messages to work. I had a message from ID mobile on power on saying I’ve used 80% of my bill cap. I added £10 but still nothing. What do I need to do to be able to send/receive messages from my UK ID mobile SIM card in Beijing? 🤔
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China Beijing Roaming
Best answer by andewhite
En70uk wrote:
Hi Is there a bundle available that will let me avoid these charges, I fly on Monday
iD Mobile doesn’t offer any roaming bundles or add-ons for China,
The best option is probably a data-only eSIM or local SIM card, if your handset supports dual SIM use.
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+24Hi
Welcome to the Community!
Whilst in China, please try and connect to CHN-CUGSM.
Please also ensure that roaming is enabled on the iD handset and your iD Mobile account.
The roaming charges for China are below;
| Roaming | Pay monthly | Pay-as-you-go |
|---|---|---|
| Calls to UK* | £2.40 | £2.40 |
| Calls to China* | £2.40 | £2.40 |
| Calls received* | £2.40 | £2.40 |
| Texts to China** | £0.60 | £0.60 |
| Texts to UK** | £0.60 | £0.60 |
| Picture message (MMS) sent** | £0.60 | £0.60 |
| Internet and Data (per MB)*** | £1.50 | £1.50 |
Kash
Kash wrote:
Hi
Welcome to the Community!
Whilst in China, please try and connect to CHN-CUGSM.
Please also ensure that roaming is enabled on the iD handset and your iD Mobile account.
The roaming charges for China are below;
| Roaming | Pay monthly | Pay-as-you-go |
|---|---|---|
| Calls to UK* | £2.40 | £2.40 |
| Calls to China* | £2.40 | £2.40 |
| Calls received* | £2.40 | £2.40 |
| Texts to China** | £0.60 | £0.60 |
| Texts to UK** | £0.60 | £0.60 |
| Picture message (MMS) sent** | £0.60 | £0.60 |
| Internet and Data (per MB)*** | £1.50 | £1.50 |
Kash
Hi Is there a bundle available that will let me avoid these charges, I fly on Monday
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En70uk wrote:
Hi Is there a bundle available that will let me avoid these charges, I fly on Monday
iD Mobile doesn’t offer any roaming bundles or add-ons for China,
The best option is probably a data-only eSIM or local SIM card, if your handset supports dual SIM use.
andewhite wrote:
En70uk wrote:
Hi Is there a bundle available that will let me avoid these charges, I fly on Monday
iD Mobile doesn’t offer any roaming bundles or add-ons for China,
The best option is probably a data-only eSIM or local SIM card, if your handset supports dual SIM use.
Thanks
Will go Esim
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+25Hi
Unfortunately we don’t offer any sort of bundles like this, it may be worth exploring what
Tom
Many thanks all for the replies and apologies for the late response. Now back in UK. When in Beijing my phone never ever showed the CHN-CUGSM network. In the end I gave up with my ID mobile, and got the use of a local sim mobile while there. Now I see from the replies above that ID mobile do not have any bundles or add-ons for China. A shame really as if I had been totally dependent on my ID mobile then I would have been rightly “stuck”.
+24Hey there
Thank you,
Tyler
Hi will I be able to connect to hotel WiFi? I plan to use Microsoft outlook to contact home. I will be in China in a few weeks. Also got an ESim to use when I get there. Could I use WhatsApp from that?
Hi
Thanks for posting.
You should not have any issues connecting to WiFi whilst in China.
If you have roaming activated, you will be able to use WhatsApp but as China is not in our inclusive roaming, please be aware there will be charges for using the service whilst there.
Thanks,
Nat
Thank you that was helpful, I will try to avoid most cellular phone use. I plan to use WiFi mainly. A further problem is that Google is blocked, so I have set up my old Microsoft hotmail email which should work.
I have been advised to get an E SIM which will activate when I get to China. Plus I've downloaded Alipay to buy things in China with a travel card in reserve if that fails.
Let's see how it goes when I actually arrive,
Thanks
Pauline
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