Cannot receive Texts while Roaming in Canada

Question

Hi all,
I'm not sure if this is the right place to be, but I'm having a hard time getting an answer or a solution to this.
I recently got a Samsung Galaxy 5. I spend a good amount of time in Canada and have had no problem sending/receiving texts while roaming there until I got this new phone. When I had my iPhone 4s, everything worked just fine. But upon "upgrading" to this phone, it doesn't allow me to send or receive texts unless I call someone. Is this normal? Is there a way to fix it where I don't have to call?
I set my phone to allow global data roaming, though I do not use it as my phone is always connected to WIFI.
Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

Answer 1

I have had no problem texting in the US. As I have said before, it is only
while I have been ROAMING IN CANADA. I have tried uninstalling and
reinstalling every 3rd party texting app I have on my phone, and even tried
to use both of the horrendous texting apps that actually came with the
phone. Also like I said before, it simply has a problem RECEIVING text
messages. I can send them just fine. If I do not make a call, I will never
receive texts. I type the entire number when sending a text, this includes
area code because I'm ROAMING and it would FAIL to send to the correct
sender if I was daft enough to not put the area code in front of the
number. I cannot call you for support because that would expend the
remainder of the Canadian minutes I bought specifically for this trip.
What is terribly strange to me, is before, when I was using my iPhone 4S, I
had NO problems sending or receiving texts while roaming, and even received
a message describing both texting and roaming data rates while I stay in
Canada. I did not receive any such message while on this trip with my new
Samsung Galaxy 5. Not that I have been able to receive any sort of text
lately...
On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Verizon Wireless Customer Support <