I have my Epic set to not roam for data ("Data roaming" is un-checked), and have Data Roaming Guard enabled. Every now and then, I'll end up someplace where the phone warns me every 30 seconds or so that data roaming might incur charges if I click "OK". I click "cancel", and get asked the exact same question again ~30 seconds later. There's a checkbox for "don't ask me again".
The $3,000 question: if you check "don't ask me again", does the phone interpret that as:
a) automatically apply 'ok' or 'cancel', depending on which one you click to dismiss the warning after selecting the checkbox
b) don't bother to ask whether or not you want to let the phone data-roam, just do it silently and insidiously, regardless of whether or not "Data roaming" is (supposedly) enabled with a checkmark?
Common sense suggests that it would probably be 'a', but then again, common sense suggests that if you have "Data roaming" explicitly un-checked, it shouldn't be bothering you with "do you want to enable roaming?" in the first place -- it should just refuse to roam, and let the network connection fail. It's almost like they intentionally worded the options to leave you scratching your head screaming "WTF?!?" so you can't easily disable one of the few services left that isn't free, unlimited, and included with the normal billing amount.
I turned the roam guard off and I had the same popup every 30 seconds. Soft reset and it went away. I suggest that.
I don't know if you know this but I found this out last month if you are on one of the new sprint plans which if you have an epic I would assume you would have to be roaming data is free of charge so you don't need to have the roam guard on the plan includes unlimited roaming data usage.
Tried updating the PRL?
Have you tried going into settings>About Phone>System updates>Update PRL?
PRL stands for "Preferred Roaming List".
If you want to know more look it up on wikipedia. And no, it wont brick your phone
I thought roaming was "free", but ONLY if you use <200 minutes or 200 megabytes. I'm not sure about the exact cut-off, but I'm pretty sure I remember seeing it in Sprint's fine print somewhere.
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I tried updating the PRL, but got an internal unspecified error.
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You could just turn off roaming completely, until you actually need it.
I found that some places it would switch to roaming, but if I turned roaming off it would switch back to Sprint. Dont know why
How? That's what I'm trying to *do* ;-)
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Guys,
Leave roaming on and disable the warning. Sprint roaming charges are not applicable if you are in the
$69.99 unlimited package for smart phones such as the Epic. The roam option is still there because its part of the legacy infrastructure and, as a result, they ended having to incorporate into the code. No worries. You will not be charged for roaming unless you travel outside of the US territories covered in the contract. WARNING: If you go on a cruise and you are caught in international water navigational routes, roaming charges might apply.
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I second what littlepr just said. A month ago I was in the mountains of NC with almost no service and I kept having to roam in order to make calls. When I got home I talked to a Sprint Rep via Chat Support and they also said that with our plan roaming is free. It was at this point that I downloaded Roam Control so that if I am ever back in the mountains or somewhere else with crappy service, I can force the phone to roam so the signal is more reliable. Works like a charm!
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When you get the data roaming warning there is an option to tell the phone not to ask you again. It's not clear on what happens after that. If I deny data roaming and tell the phone not to ask again, will it always deny data roaming or will it just not warn me the next time I am about to data roam?
dewey1973 said:
When you get the data roaming warning there is an option to tell the phone not to ask you again. It's not clear on what happens after that. If I deny data roaming and tell the phone not to ask again, will it always deny data roaming or will it just not warn me the next time I am about to data roam?
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It will always deny it but it can be changed in the settings> wireless connections> mobile network
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Do I even need to be concerned about data roaming? Does it cost money or does the data plan take care of it?
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Do I even need to be concerned about data roaming? Does it cost money or does the data plan take care of it?
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My Sprint plan calls for Unlimited roaming data. So far I haven't been charged for any.
I shut the notifications (Roaming guard) off.
i make it roam when out of town i really dont care since it says unlimited if they wanna cancel me its ok
I have data on my atrix but I still cant get the data to work
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There was an error in the activation process with my wifes phone and she did not have data. had to get the store to fix it. just call or go in to a store.
make sure it has the hspa+ version of the data plan. Also, if you ordered online call the 800 number listed in the shipping packet to accept the terms and conditions. That would fix it.
I checked on my att account and my data package is there and I did accept the terms and agreements. Now i'm started to think I didn't enable it or something how do I know if its enabled?
Go to Settings>Wireless & Networks>Mobile Networks>APNs
See what's selected. I have a really old plan so I had to insert a custom APN...
I'd try calling... I had everything set up and had actually talked to AT&T a couple hours earlier to get everything sorted out. Sure enough, I go to try and use data and it's not there.
Yea I went to radio shack today to get mine and it took them a long time and they ended up calling ATT.
The data plan was causing problems but they got it sorted out on the spot.
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For my phone AT&T US HSDPA is selected
For the past couple days I haven't been able to make/receive calls or text so I go to a local sprint today and they say that they have been having a lot of complaints from people in my particular location. However, Sprint isn't acknowledging that there is an issue for whatever reason, so i'm left sol unless I force my phone to roam (which i'm currently doing through an app). Everything is working fine now, however i'm worried that I may incur unknown charges as I do not know sprints policy regarding this.
Also, I read a while back that there is a hack that allows us to default to Verizon's towers and I was wondering if anybody could point me towards that thread because I can't seem to find it, assuming it's still active.
Thanks for any help guys.
It depends on your plan. My plan includes roaming at no charge. Even with that though there is a danger. Sprint reserves the right to terminate your contract (and service) for "excessive roaming". I do not know if there is a hard limit that defines "excessive". I do know that I have hard of people being terminated if a majority of their voice minutes were roaming or if they used large amounts of roaming data. I sure fire way to get your service terminated is to use the hack to force your phone to roam on Verizon too often.
I believe most sprint customers can roam for data up to 300mb a month, and your voice calls can roam up to half of the amount of minutes you used on sprint. So if you have used 100 minutes on sprint this month, you could roam for up to 50. These arent strictly enforced, they arent going to charge you for using 52 minutes, but if you start to abuse it, they could charge you or force you to leave sprint.
I've been using the Verizon PRL at work because of horrible data reception. Been using roughly 200mb roaming a month with no issues and no charges.
As long as your plan has roaming...
Off-network Roaming: The primary use of your Device must be for domestic purposes within the Sprint-owned network. Domestic means use in the 50 United States and U.S. Territories (except Guam). Sprint reserves the right, without notice, to deny, terminate, modify, disconnect or suspend service if off-network usage in a month exceeds: (1) voice: 800 min. or a majority of minutes; or (2) data: 300 megabytes or a majority of kilobytes. The display on your device may not always be on and will not indicate whether you will incur roaming charges. You can monitor usage online through My Account. Roaming is not available with single-band phones, or to customers who reside or whose primary use is outside an area covered by the Nationwide Sprint Network. Sprint may limit or terminate service if you move outside of the Sprint owned-network.
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I just got booted for excess roaming. I told them there was something wrong with my evo months ago because it would be roaming even when it said it wasn't.
Either way though, now I go to boost. But just one last thing. I had 3 different reps at sprint tell me that roaming is "included in my bill", but no matter what, it still uses your anytime minutes or whatever they are called. I had it clarified several times by supervisors and everyone else... If you look on your bill, you will see that your total usage (in the downloadable excel file) will include any of the minutes that say "out of network".
So basically, even if they tell you roaming is included, what they mean is you aren't being charged cash for it... it simply uses up your anytime minutes. If you keep heavy track of that stuff with the nifty apps in the market or even by hand, you will notice if you have say 1200 minutes, use 100 anytime minutes on sprint during the day, and 100 roaming minutes at night, you will only have 1000 minutes left. Don't trust the vague answers sprint will give you, do the math yourself. It is scary how they can make a lie sound like you are not getting screwed.
Is anyone able to select roam guard in the roaming settings? ...all my options in that settings are grey out. Basically I can't turn on roam guard, 3g roaming data, court domestic or international.
I'm on the deodexed eh17 with the new kernel from Samsung
Can't help with your original question but are there Sprint plans that don't include free roaming?
I can turn it on/off fine, though I'm on RandomROM Phoenix (Froyo) w/nubernel.
Most of the GB leaks it is greyed out.
All GB leaks huh? Well that explains it thx
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Can't help with your original question but are there Sprint plans that don't include free roaming?
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Roaming is free, but only to a certain degree. During your night-and-weekend you can roam all you want - will not be charged for it. If you have free mobile-to-mobile during the day, however, and try to call another mobile # while roaming Sprint will use up your anytime minutes. I had to use RoamControl during the day due to having no Sprint service at my work location and went over my 500 anytime minute limit pretty handily
PS RoamControl market app has a selection choice of "Home Only" - I am running Froyo and am not sure whether it works with GB, someone else chime in.
So i only use sprint data roaming when i go to my hunting land, but i was tethering and used 3 gigs in one day watching football games on my computer and sprint cut off my data roaming until my next billing cycle starts. I know I have heard of those hacked PRLs that dont show the roaming icon when they are loaded, is there anyway to use one of those, or anything else so that sprint doesnt think I am roaming when i actually am roaming? Its another week before I can use roaming data again. Never had this problem before, so I am assuming sprint changed their data roaming limit.
Sprint always had a 300mb roaming data limit. They don't track everyone but if you get caught going over on multiple occasions your account can be terminated.
Its 100mb now I chatted with them lastnight
Or is there a way to hide tethering data usage? Maybe thru a VPN or something?