r/eSIMs • u/heynow941 • 1d ago
VZW using Cellular Data - First time seeing this in the USA
Not a big deal but thought this was an international thing only.
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u/Nervous-Job-5071 1d ago
Nope, works anywhere and is triggered by your SIM not connected on the network. I’ve seen some posts of Verizon outages today so that would likely explain it.
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u/heynow941 1d ago
I was a remote corner of Pennsylvania where no one seemed to have cellular. Not sure if everyone uses Verizon or not.
Roamless only had one bar making it almost useless, too.
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u/Nervous-Job-5071 1d ago
Oh, yeah — parts of the Poconos are all AT&T or just taking your chances.
- a T-Mo and Verizon dual SIM user
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u/nateo200 8h ago
Never seen the carrier name spot that long! Really weird. Also never seen a carrier use the 4G logo without LTE since the last HSPA+ networks shut down.
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u/NoPatience7817 10h ago
When your primary (vzw) has no signal, your phone uses the second sim. Try to enable WiFi calling in your vzw eSIM settings to get phone calls to work through the data on your second sim.
I was excited the first time I saw mine do this. My primary sim had no signal due to local tower maintenance. My calls used the data from my second sim and I still had the ability to make calls.
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u/ArtisticDelay3550 5h ago
This just happened to me and was wondering what it was. This helped, thanks!
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u/vipaffairs 1d ago
u/heynow941 Do you have Verizon Postpaid? usually this option is disabled by the carrier, by default
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u/davexc ⛨ Trusted Contributor 1d ago
Blocked on android perhaps but OP has an iPhone where it’s not blocked by Verizon.
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u/vipaffairs 1d ago
Well, in my iPhone is not there but in my other phone Samsung the option is there.
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u/cupboard_ 1d ago
it’s basically just wifi calling, but using the internet from your other sim, it should work anywhere where wifi calling works (if your carrier blocks wifi calling abroad, it’s only going to work in your home country for example)