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No service in Austalia
The Australian mobile networks have brought in changes in the last few months (mandated by the government there) that mean they now block phones connecting to their networks if they aren't confident the device will be able to make emergency calls over 4G, including tourist phones.
From what I've read, you may be able to get service if you manually select Vodafone in the network selection (instead of auto), but it's not guaranteed.
Here's a video with more info.
Thank you for the suggestion, however I am currently set (manually) to Vodaphone AU but it does not work. A few days ago i was in the outback and Smaty sprang to life, but has since stopped - maybe time, maybe location; I have used 15p of my credit (3 texts). I was aware of the 3G removal issue but did not think it would apply to an iPhone 15. My wife's EE phone is working fine so it is not a lack of signal
GrahamD_2857621 That 15p figure is definitely strange because texts sent are charged at 20p each according to the Price Guide.
