charged for roaming, roaming turned off (iPhone 17)

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December 24, 2025
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Hi there,

I am using an iPhone 17 pro max with an eSIM and I regularly travel outside the UK. I always have my roaming turned off as my destinations are not in the 50 included nations, however, I still get charged for roaming. I also have a physical SIM card installed for another provider, who’s roaming is also turned off, and I do not get charged for travelling between countries.
I get the SMS notification that I have landed in xxx country and if I want to use my data etc etc blah blah, which is fine but I ignore it as I do not intend to use iD. Quite soon after, I get an SMS informing me that I am using chargeable data.

I don’t understand how this can happen. (I have just toggled the WiFi assist option to off). In terms of monetary value it’s not huge - like tens of pence, but it’s kind of annoying!

Can you please let me know how else I can avoid these charges?

Many thanks,

Samuel Man

Best answer by MZone

Hi @darkness_myfriend I have had the same issue when I was on Three directly where roaming off on phone but tiny amounts of data still used and billed. On iD I have added a £0 spend cap on my account to prevent any unexpected charges.

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Hi @darkness_myfriend I have had the same issue when I was on Three directly where roaming off on phone but tiny amounts of data still used and billed. On iD I have added a £0 spend cap on my account to prevent any unexpected charges.

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