Using the phone internationally

I have the international plan, and I was told that once I get overseas, I just need to turn off my phone and turn it back on then I can start using it. It says, "No Service." What do I need to do to get it working? I obviously cannot call Verizon, and the live chat will not pull up for some reason. It's very frustrating!

Thanks for your reply. I have the 4 instead of the 4s. I'm very disappointed in Verizon for not asking the right questions before I left for my trip to France. Even worse, they went ahead and signed me up for the international plan which means that only calls can be made internationally from the US and not while traveling internationally and calling back to the US. I told that idiot that I would be traveling to France and needed to make calls while in France, and yet he signs me up for a plan that wouldn't apply to my needs and never asked which phone I have to make sure the plan compliments the phone. This was an absolute lose - lose situation with Verizon.

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hi!
my battery dies quicker than before, even without using the phone
aslo it shuts down unxpectedly (sometimes shuts down at 30% then i cant restart it until i blog it to the charger)
and sometimes jumps from 40% to 20% or from 20% to 3%
i have done many things people recommanded it for me like :
restore : i've done two restores and it gets better for the first 1-2 weeks then it gets worse than before.
also deleted my music list (19gb) in order to make this better (as recommended) but it still the same
my screen brightness is always ALWAYS low , almost the lowest.
i close the apps when i finish using them ALL OF THEM
i dont use the camera and flash , almost rarely. just to save battery.
i dont use the location service always.
i dont charge my phone until it shuts down and i dont unblog it until it reachs 100%
basically i have tried eveything.

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Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the
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taking my verizon 4S phone to italy and greece. can i safely recharge on their voltage?
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razmee209 wrote:
You would probably need to contact Verizon and see if you can use the phone there. You may need to add some international plans to your phone prior to leaving.
I think he was refering to charging the iPhone not a calling plan.
Here is what I found on a Google search:
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