There are 2 specific areas in CT where I really don't have good Sprint service at all and the signal cuts in and out. I really don't have a problem anywhere else. I was wondering if it was possible to manually the tweak the PRL on my HTC Evo so that it roams in certain areas. I know Verizon has much better service in these areas. If so, Is it possible that I would have 3G service while roaming?
I've read up on the disclaimer that if I roam too much Sprint can void my contract, but I'm only at these areas on occasion. If not, maybe its possible to use Tasker and another program to automatically switch me to roaming based on my GPS location? If that's the case, I wasn't sure if I would be stuck with 1x or 3G
Any thoughts would be great,
~J
Check out the app Roam Control in the market. It's the only one I know of that can force you into roaming and hold you there. Also if you're a locale or tasker user, he included a plugin for them, so you can automate the roaming.
I couldnt believe it......I was roaming in my own damn house 2day! In the middle of Los Angeles.......they must be backed up like crazy aver since AT&T had to stop stealing from Verizon's towers......lol :\
skylar.sutton said:
Check out the app Roam Control in the market. It's the only one I know of that can force you into roaming and hold you there. Also if you're a locale or tasker user, he included a plugin for them, so you can automate the roaming.
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Hey does that app control roaming and non roaming?? Because sometimes Ill be roaming in a location I know has service, so Id like it to search for that service consistently instead of just going into roaming......thanks!
skylar.sutton said:
Check out the app Roam Control in the market. It's the only one I know of that can force you into roaming and hold you there. Also if you're a locale or tasker user, he included a plugin for them, so you can automate the roaming.
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So is this different than just going into the options on my phone and changing to affiliated networks? Also when roaming is it only 1x speed for data or is it 3G?
Thanks,
~J
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Hey does that app control roaming and non roaming?
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It lets you switch between Home (e.g. Sprint), Roaming (e.g. Verizon), and Automatic (e.g. Sprint until the signal is gone)
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So is this different than just going into the options on my phone and changing to affiliated networks?
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Never seen the config screen for affiliated networks, so I'm not sure. The issue with the built in 'Automatic" roaming option is that it ranks ANY Sprint signal above ANY Verizon signal. So if you have 0.001 bars on Sprint and 4 bars on Verizon... it's going to pick Sprint... and then it's going to drain your battery because it will keep losing the signal.
Whatever voodoo the app is doing, it let's you pick Verizon and lock onto it until you change it back. My office is in a dead zone and I was walking out at the end of the day with 20% battery, now that I force myself on to Verizon at work I can leave with a solid 70% or more left on the battery.
hey heres a link to do it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696073
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At my work I get 0-1 bars of Sprint service, and my phone often roams onto Verizon (we have dozens of Verizon repeaters in our building). The problem is that quite frequently lately it will get stuck in roaming mode and never switch back to a Sprint tower. I have 6 bars of Sprint service at home, but it will remain in roaming mode. I have the newest PRL (60670), and the old PRI (1.34_003).
Anyone else ever experience this? Any idea what I can do to fix it?
I have had this happen in the past as well. What I did was go into settings and change the roaming option to "Sprint Only" which forces the phone to switch back to the Sprint network. Then you can change the roaming option back to "Automatic".
I get this a lot as well. I've started to make a habit of turning on airplane mode, then turning it back off... when it scans for signal it will go back to Sprint.
Sorry if i'm stealing this thread. Is it pretty bad if my phone has to go in roaming to get signal in most my house? I've seen the threads about people getting a airwave because they get dropped calls, but since i have to roam in more than half my house, does it seem possible i could get one from sprint?
And my house is in the middle of town, if you go outside there's 4g, but not inside.
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I get this a lot as well. I've started to make a habit of turning on airplane mode, then turning it back off... when it scans for signal it will go back to Sprint.
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Same here, I just toggle airplane mode on and off.
Same thing on my EVO. It'll roam when it should but it won't switch back to Sprint when it should.
I chatted with Sprint asking why this happens. They just said I have free roaming. No reason why.
Yep, My Evo has been doing this as well. Been doing the airplane toggle trick. Thought about just leaving it, but was thinking that it may burn my battery faster? Anyone have any thoughts on that..
My PRL is also 60670, but I have the 1.71_003 PRI.
Guys if you have any type of active data connection the phone will not drop the roaming.
I roam at work too and if i turn on Aonline radio, tjen get in my car and drive, so long as the radio streaming is going iy will never drop the roaming.
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Messed with the phone again tonight. Got stuck roaming again. I was not transmitting anything, and even ATK'd everything to make sure. Who knows, not really a big deal, unless I am eating more battery.
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Guys if you have any type of active data connection the phone will not drop the roaming.
I roam at work too and if i turn on Aonline radio, tjen get in my car and drive, so long as the radio streaming is going iy will never drop the roaming.
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That makes perfect sense. I sync with my Exchange server at work and the way EAS works is a constant connection between the client and server. One question though. Has your phone switched back to your carrier with no data connection?
Yeah just disable always-on data or cycle airplane mode to make it switch back. As long ad its maintaining a data connection it will wait to switch back from roaming so it doesn't unnecessarily disturb your connection if you're in a poor service area. It shouldn't be using any more battery.
Also, atk is bad.
I googled and can't find a download for verizon 2010 PRLs. Anyone have a link or can rip it from their phone??
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I googled and can't find a download for verizon 2010 PRLs. Anyone have a link or can rip it from their phone??
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This is the Sprint Evo forum. Maybe try a Verizon forum?
I was thinking someone here already had it ripped out of a verizon phone for their use on the Evo too
HERE are a few Verizon PRL's I keep around. There is a 51926 in there, I think from June or July of this year. Also some 65 series PRL's, but I haven't used any of them. I can verify that at least in Vancouver, WA I get great voice and 3G signal with the 51 series PRL's, cant really tell the difference between them, 518, 516, 517, 519, all good for me. Roaming triangle taunts me the whole time though,
Also, link in my sig for some other PRL's for the VZW 3G hack.
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HERE are a few Verizon PRL's I keep around. There is a 51926 in there, I think from June or July of this year. Also some 65 series PRL's, but I haven't used any of them. I can verify that at least in Vancouver, WA I get great voice and 3G signal with the 51 series PRL's, cant really tell the difference between them, 518, 516, 517, 519, all good for me. Roaming triangle taunts me the whole time though,
Also, link in my sig for some other PRL's for the VZW 3G hack.
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Thanks but i've tried 25 roams through out the month with altel/verizon and I always get 1x with 1 BAR. the only difference is some PRLs show the roam sign and others don't. This one even gave me the Roaming symbol.....What could the problem be????
I really don't know what the issue could be. I know that all the PRL's I linked will roam on 3G, so ???
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I really don't know what the issue could be. I know that all the PRL's I linked will roam on 3G, so ???
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Well they jump back and forth from Evd and Evdo_A when I sit the phone with 1 bar. But if I try to use the phone it jumps back down to 1xrrt with 1 or 2 bars at times. I'm kind of new to the hacking scene but I think everyone thing is good on my end. Unless there are other things you suppose to do after changing your PRL?
I'm no hacker myself, so at this point I don't know what else to look at.
Whenever I run any of these PRL's, I always have my network set to Sprint only, I turn off data roaming and make sure always on mobile data is enabled. But, even at the worst, I get intermittent data loss, but never get anything other then 3g. Have you tried the 00001 and 01337 prl's from the roam hack thread?
For me, on CM6.1, if I run any of the verizon PRL's, and select Sprint Only in the wireless networks menu, I roam on VZW 3G. If I switch to Affiliated Networks setting, I will drop all signal cause it gets confused I guess. If I change back to a Sprint PRL, and Affiliated Networks, I get good voice signal, but show 1x for data. As soon as I put it back to Sprint only, my data returns to 3g.
On any new froyo sense rom, it's almost impossible to tell. A bug that seems like it may be intentional has popped up. My phone will not show 1x, but only 3g. Even when I'm on a sprint prl, and confirmed to be roaming, which would be 1x, It still shows 3g. I dug into the rom, and the icons are there, they just don't show up on a lot of sense rom's
How are you able to tell what evdo ur on? Are you on an Evo?
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I'm no hacker myself, so at this point I don't know what else to look at.
Whenever I run any of these PRL's, I always have my network set to Sprint only, I turn off data roaming and make sure always on mobile data is enabled. But, even at the worst, I get intermittent data loss, but never get anything other then 3g. Have you tried the 00001 and 01337 prl's from the roam hack thread?
For me, on CM6.1, if I run any of the verizon PRL's, and select Sprint Only in the wireless networks menu, I roam on VZW 3G. If I switch to Affiliated Networks setting, I will drop all signal cause it gets confused I guess. If I change back to a Sprint PRL, and Affiliated Networks, I get good voice signal, but show 1x for data. As soon as I put it back to Sprint only, my data returns to 3g.
On any new froyo sense rom, it's almost impossible to tell. A bug that seems like it may be intentional has popped up. My phone will not show 1x, but only 3g. Even when I'm on a sprint prl, and confirmed to be roaming, which would be 1x, It still shows 3g. I dug into the rom, and the icons are there, they just don't show up on a lot of sense rom's
How are you able to tell what evdo ur on? Are you on an Evo?
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Theres a app called Cellumap and Phonestatus in the marketplace. It tells you the network your phone is on and cellular provider.
I'm using the sprint lovers CUSTOM rom. I guess I'll switch to cm6 custom rom like you are using and set it up like you mentioned. so I'll give this a try tommorow(sunday) and report back. but I think it's just the RURAL area I live in but then again Verizon has full coverage according to their map...
yeah, probably just ur area. You should call Verizon and tell them about the issue
You could say something like, "hey, I'm trying to use your expanded 3g service for free, but all I get is 1x. Can you give me an ETA as to when this will be fixed?" That would be fun!
I'll give those apps a try on my end and see what I get.
Well, I'm getting EVDO rev a on most of these. Provider shows digital roaming but still says Sprint. Confirmed speed tests at just under 1mbs and dialing a number without area code sends me to Verizon error message.
That is with the 51 and 41 PRL's.
Hey... This thing makes phone calls too!
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Well, I'm getting EVDO rev a on most of these. Provider shows digital roaming but still says Sprint. Confirmed speed tests at just under 1mbs and dialing a number without area code sends me to Verizon error message.
That is with the 51 and 41 PRL's.
Hey... This thing makes phone calls too!
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Aw great for you ... well I'm installing this cyanogenmod6.1 custom rom and see what it does on a different rom I guess. If not I don't know what else I could, probably no roaming agreement with Verizon(altell had my area covered before Verizon bought them so Verizon really never had towers here....)
Ah, so that's why you were looking for the newest PRL. I would think you could get it to work with the right PRL.
Hey... This thing makes phone calls too!
I'm running CM7 7.1-RC1 (and earlier nightlies). In Settings, under Wireless & network settings, Mobile networks, Network Operators, I selected the one available where I currently am ("ROAMING"). I got the R above the cellular signal strength bars. Below the quick action icons when I swipe down Notifications is "ROAMING".
Now I want to turn off (voice) roaming but can't figure out how to do that. I don't want to pay roaming costs (any idea if T-Mobile will charge roaming costs? I want to be able to control it regardless.). Also, is there a way to turn off the cellular radio but leave GPS and WiFi on?
I'm not talking about data roaming, but in the Mobile network settings I have everything unchecked (Data enabled, International data roaming, National data roaming, Use only 2G networks).
In Notifications is a bang in a triangle "International data roaming" and "You have lost data connectitivity because..." (I can't read it all, tapping doesn't show anything making the notification a bit useless).
Under APNs I have the choice between Simple and T-Mobile US, the later is chosen.
When WiFi calling is active, the radio strength shows just gray bars (no x, no R). Of course that is only good if I'm at the hotel!
Airplane mode isn't a good option, but thanks for suggesting it.
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...any idea if T-Mobile will charge roaming costs?
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I finally got through to T-Mobile (40 minutes wait time? They must be preparing for the purchase by AT&T by lowering their standards). The rep (who was OK) had to put me on hold twice and check on things, but eventually he came back and let me know that if there is no T-Mobile service, then there are no roaming fees (note: inside the US for a US customer). So I just have to make sure that T-Mobile is preferred. I hope this helps someone!
All my other previous questions still stand, but add these: How, in CM7, do I make sure that my provider is preferred for voice? For data?
I find these areas a bit weak, which likely is very stock Android, so would I file a feature request against Google or Cyanogen or both? Or maybe someone has (please provide the # or URL!)?
Your phone will always default to the most powerful signal, whether that's with a stock MT4G or one with a custom ROM. T-mobile has no charge for roaming, data or voice, in the US. You're making making a mountain out of a mole hill.
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Your phone will always default to the most powerful signal, whether that's with a stock MT4G or one with a custom ROM.
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Although you carefully didn't answer any of my remaining questions, by implication you are saying that I can not have control over the signal. Which doesn't match my experience where it would not choose roaming until selected the first time.
T-mobile has no charge for roaming, data or voice, in the US.
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Which is what I said in my second post.
You're making making a mountain out of a mole hill.
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Typically that idiom means you are making a mountain out of mole hill knowing the facts, which I didn't til the time of my second post, so really it sounds to me like an unnwarranted slam.
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Although you carefully didn't answer any of my remaining questions, by implication you are saying that I can not have control over the signal. Which doesn't match my experience where it would not choose roaming until selected the first time.
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Alright, I'll answer them. You asked how you can set to not roam on voice or data. Voice, there is no way to keep it from roaming. You can go in and do a manual network selection, but the next time it comes to a roaming tower that has a more powerful signal then it will jump to it. On the data, you can only tell the phone to not roam on other's towers but you cannot set it to where it always chooses a lower signal T-mobile tower over a stronger signal roaming tower. Which means that if you set it to not roam on data then if your phone connects up the stronger signal that happens to be a roaming partner then you won't get any data connection, even if there is a T-mobile tower available. The phone just chooses the strongest symbol.
I didn't know how to title this so here is my question and scenario.
The nexus 4 I have is great except for the erratic signal issues. Used to have the T-Mobile S3 and sinal was way better than this phone, but I digest. My phone company Solavei (Runs on T-Mobile) allows me to Roam on AT&T for free whenever I'm out of range with T-Mobile. The first time i checked this out, I went to the middle of nowhere and my phone automatically went over to AT&T, had Full bars, Edge network speed. everything was great. However I find myself in school without signal 98% of the time and odd enough, my phone is able to see AT&T but it just doesnt connect to it.
Is there an app that I can force my phone to roam If not, is there a setting that I can indicate when the phone should roam?
Basically what I want to do is edit roaming values so whenever my phone doesn't find signal from T-Mobile towers, it searches for 15 seconds and if it doesn't find anything, It is forced to Roam. Is there anything like that if possible?
Sorry for the long story and thanks for the patience lol.
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I didn't know how to title this so here is my question and scenario.
The nexus 4 I have is great except for the erratic signal issues. Used to have the T-Mobile S3 and sinal was way better than this phone, but I digest. My phone company Solavei (Runs on T-Mobile) allows me to Roam on AT&T for free whenever I'm out of range with T-Mobile. The first time i checked this out, I went to the middle of nowhere and my phone automatically went over to AT&T, had Full bars, Edge network speed. everything was great. However I find myself in school without signal 98% of the time and odd enough, my phone is able to see AT&T but it just doesnt connect to it.
Is there an app that I can force my phone to roam If not, is there a setting that I can indicate when the phone should roam?
Basically what I want to do is edit roaming values so whenever my phone doesn't find signal from T-Mobile towers, it searches for 15 seconds and if it doesn't find anything, It is forced to Roam. Is there anything like that if possible?
Sorry for the long story and thanks for the patience lol.
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Do you have the Data Roaming checked in the mobile network setting?
Yeah that's checked. Both for data and voice
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Are there any hacks or mods out there to force data roaming?
When Roam Control is turned on to "Roam Only" it does so for only about a second but the phone then reverts back to the Sprint network.
This would be very helpful in areas where there is a sprint data signal but speeds are unbearably slow. (ie LTE at under 1Mbps)
MANDROIDS said:
Are there any hacks or mods out there to force data roaming?
When Roam Control is turned on to "Roam Only" it does so for only about a second but the phone then reverts back to the Sprint network.
This would be very helpful in areas where there is a sprint data signal but speeds are unbearably slow. (ie LTE at under 1Mbps)
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This is in the wrong section. Should be posted in the q&a....
Can anyone help?
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MANDROIDS said:
Are there any hacks or mods out there to force data roaming?
When Roam Control is turned on to "Roam Only" it does so for only about a second but the phone then reverts back to the Sprint network.
This would be very helpful in areas where there is a sprint data signal but speeds are unbearably slow. (ie LTE at under 1Mbps)
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How did you get Roam control working on the G2?
Additionally disable both qualcomm and connection optimizer apk's that may help.