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data roaming has stopped in Germany

  • June 3, 2026
  • 4 replies
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my husband arrived in Germany yesterday. His roaming was working until about 4 hours ago now it has stopped completely, he has been through all the steps to reset but it still won’t switch on. He is on the Telekom network but nothing is working. I would really like someone to call him as he is there for work and this is a nightmare! I noticed someone else had the same issue and posted a few days ago 

 

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Gemma M
iD Mobile Employee
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  • iD Mobile Employee
  • June 4, 2026

Hi ​@alianex,

 

Thanks for getting in touch and we’re really sorry to hear your husband is experiencing issues with roaming in Germany, especially while travelling for work.

 

We understand how important it is to stay connected abroad.

 

As a reminder, the approved roaming partners in Germany are:

  • Telekom
  • Vodafone
  • Telefónica (O2)

 

If he is already connected to Telekom but service has stopped working, we’d recommend manually trying each of the other available networks as well, as roaming connections can sometimes drop and require a switch between partners.

 

Please also ensure:

  • Data Roaming is turned ON
  • Airplane Mode is turned OFF (then toggled on and off again)
  • The phone is restarted after selecting a network

 

We’re unable to arrange outbound calls from here, but as this sounds urgent and he is currently abroad, we’d strongly recommend contacting our Live Chat team so they can check the line and roaming status directly and assist in real time: https://www.idmobile.co.uk/live-chat

 

We really appreciate how frustrating this must be and hope it’s resolved quickly for him.

 

Regards,

 

Gemma M

The iD Mobile Social Media Team


Happened to me many times in the past.

ID mobile either didn’t pay the bill with German roaming providers or they have provisioning issues.

You can try manual network search and try Vodafone. 
 

It only happened in Germany, rest of Europe OK. 
 

The agents will keep you busy with some random company and paste troubleshooting which will do nothing except keep you busy. 


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  • iD Mobile Employee
  • June 7, 2026

Hi ​@t-mobile-support 

 

Thank you for your feedback. We will look into the roaming issue in Germany.

@alianex , could you please confirm whether you are still experiencing issues while roaming in Germany, or if you are now back in the UK?

 

-Michael Z


I had issues just Friday and Saturday this week when I was in Germany. It’s only in Germany.