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frenchie0101

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Jul 3, 2009
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why is it i cant facetime to the USA i have tried 3 different numbers now and it just dont connect
 
why is it i cant facetime to the USA i have tried 3 different numbers now and it just dont connect

I don't know but I hope they either resolve this or that the api is available to Skype and others so we can do this via third-parties.

I want to Facetime with my brother in london.
 
Hmm. Does it work locally for you? I've had no problems with FaceTime at all, but I haven't tried it overseas yet. None of my friends in the UK have an iPhone 4 yet.
 
just had the guy call me and it appears from the number what came up you have to put +1 at the front first and then the number which is given. Managed to finally FaceTime a fellow user in Texas
 
Hmm. Does it work locally for you? I've had no problems with FaceTime at all, but I haven't tried it overseas yet. None of my friends in the UK have an iPhone 4 yet.

yeah locally its fine, but as my above post says i think i found what the issue was
 
I can't seem to get this to work from the UK to USA. I tried calling the Apple FaceTime test number in both formats 001 888 3223846 and +1 888 3223846 but both tell me FaceTime is not available, any ideas?
 
I can't seem to get this to work from the UK to USA. I tried calling the Apple FaceTime test number in both formats 001 888 3223846 and +1 888 3223846 but both tell me FaceTime is not available, any ideas?

Make sure you enable face time it the settings -> phone.
 
My wife and her mother in the UK have been on facetime almost 24/7 since they got their iPhone 4s. They haven't had any problems at all. In fact, it seems to work better than on the laptops.
 
Well +1 does the same thing as 001 when international dialing as far as im aware. I can't find the international dialing setting you are referring to but I would assume that if it was disabled then it would give me an error about making an international call rather than a FaceTime error.
 
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