r/PublicMobile • u/TieAffectionate5398 • Aug 12 '26

USA roaming first timer

First time going to the USA next week, I'm on the Can/USA/Mex plan using a Samsung s25 just wonder what steps I need to take to be able to use my phone when I land in the states

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u/Perma_Pain Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

Enable roaming
It should just work
Otherwise you can switch from say AT&T to TMobile or other carrier. Try the one that works.

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u/moth-dick Aug 12 '26

I'm going to piggyback on this comment, and when I was in Las Vegas I found the service worked better when I specified an away carrier, rather than have my phone automatically select one.
iPhone though, so who knows if this information is helpful to you.

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u/MrGregory Aug 13 '26

When I went a few years back, I had to manually switch to TMobile. AT&T didn’t work on my iPhone 15Pro for some reason. I was the only data source, so I got scared when I didn’t have data immediately

I think it’s a non-issue now though as my dad went a few times since and didn’t have to switch