I just recently bought a Rogers HTC Magic, rooted the phone, and unlocked it. Everything seems to work completely fine. At the moment however, I seem to be having an issue with a Bell Mobility sim card. Bell's HSPA sim works fine, and I seem to be able to use voice and data ok, but the problem lies in that their seems to be a roaming symbol ("R") on my reception bar. Im using the phone in my local calling area which is somewhat misleading to me.
Im using MyHero 2.0.5 ROM at the moment. Does anyone know why this is happening? Thanks in advance!
Agreed
I'm doing the same thing. I'm running cyanogens roms and I get the same thing. Best I can tell is that this is normal on the magic. Just be careful if you live near the border like I do.
I figured this was normal too. I guess i'll try other SIM cards to see what they say as well, thanks!
Ya I also have this phone running on Bell, wish I could get rid of the roaming. It also asks if I want to connect once in a while too.
Shouldn't the romaing be dictated by the sim? I have a bell sim, on the bell network, why do I get the roaming icon? is there a way to change the phone so it doesn't think it's a rogers and not roaming or something?
Are you sure you have the Bell APN Settings and not the Rogers Settings in the phone?
Settings -> Wireless Control -> Mobile Network Settings -> Access Point Names
If it says Rogers you're Roaming on the Rogers Network.
I put in the bell APN. I don't think we can even roam on rogers network, wouldn't work. Either way, it's the Bell APN.
I don't have a clue as to the differences between Bell and Rogers sims... but I can tell you that my HTC Magic, on Rogers, with a Rogers sim (duh), running Amon_RA's most excellent RAv1.6.2H only shows roaming when actually roaming.
I was in the US yesterday and watched it flip from a Rogers tower to ATT. I was watching to make sure it was not using any data when roaming on a US network. The symbol, lockscreen info and the carrier listed in the status pulldown all were updated correctly.
It might have something to do with the ROM you are running. However I bet that given the phone came from Rogers, it has some carrier info buried somewhere that it is comparing to the carrier you are on (Bell) and triggering the roaming status.
If you disable data when roaming in the settings menu, what does it do? If it disables data, then the phone thinks it is roaming, which would support my carrier data mixup theory.
I will try a different rom on the phone. Unless someone knows for sure what I can do to fix this.
If you disable roaming there is no data, because once in a while it prompts to connect, if you say no, you get nothing. Sometimes my wife must accidentally hit no (its her phone, she probably says no cause shes not sure what it does). I just want to make it so she does not get the prompt ever (settings are all set).
I have a rogers HTC Magic (unlocked) I'm using a fido sim, it thinks its roaming as-well but I have only fido apn settings. It only roams with certain roms and radio's. I can use alot of roms eg. cyanogen,Hero HOFO 308,GYD 2.1.1 without roaming but when I update radio and flash cursorsense roms it thinks it is roaming. I have to enable data roaming in order to get a 3G signal. as a fido user I dial *#123# to see if I'm in my local zone zone. A fido tech rep told me that most unlocked phones indicate roaming because of the phones hardware programing. The hard programing of the phones checks the sim and sees that it is using a diff sim card and starts indicating roaming when in fact you are not. A rogers salesman also told me the same thing. He said as long as your carrier is displayed on your phone homescreen then you are good.
I have the AT&T Tilt, not running the AT&T ROM. I've tested a few different SIM cards on my phone and here's what I've found:
Rogers: Roaming works correctly. In Canada, no roaming indicator, in the USA, roaming is indicated correctly.
Telus & Bell (HSPA): Roaming indicator always on.
I've heard that this may be due to the SIM card listing more than one Mobile Network Code: 302361, 302653, 302657 (original Telus CDMA networks, not compatible with the phone or any kind of SIM-based network so it's uncertain why it would be on the SIM card), PLUS the HSPA network code 302880. It's possible that the phone is not reading that far into the list on the SIM and therefore does not know that 302880 is a home network.
Tilt 2 Roaming Triangle and telus
I'm on Telus and have a Tilt2. The original ROM that came with the unit didn't show the roaming triangle. I have attached some screen captures of the ROM. I've attached a copy of the registry (Remove the .cab it was the only way I could get it to upload).
I'm now running Jackos rom and it does show the roaming triangle.
Hopefully somebody can find where the settings are located and hopefully it's contained in the registry.
Have the same problem on the Stocks ROGERS 1.5 Rom. Sales associate said you should not get roaming charges since you aren't actually roaming and if you do, just contact your phone provider.
rogers htc dream unlocked now on roaming?
i also have a htc dream from rogers unlocked not rooted and my bell sims card works like my phone calls and my text but i can't get my data to work and when i click on the apns theres not thing and i am not able to adjust anything in there, if anyone can help it would be great, so pretty much the bell sims card works but i cant use my data and it says im roaming
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Have the same problem on the Stocks ROGERS 1.5 Rom. Sales associate said you should not get roaming charges since you aren't actually roaming and if you do, just contact your phone provider.
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i also have a htc dream from rogers unlocked not rooted and my bell sims card works like my phone calls and my text but i can't get my data to work and when i click on the apns theres not thing and i am not able to adjust anything in there, if anyone can help it would be great, so pretty much the bell sims card works but i cant use my data and it says im roaming
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If you aren't outside of Canada and you get the roaming symbol; they can not charge you roaming fees.
Roger and Telus PLMN Compared
I'm not sure if this will help,
I have attached a picture of the PLMN from a Rogers sim and a Telus sim
Maybe someone knows how to adjust the information on these lists.
Dave778 said:
A fido tech rep told me that most unlocked phones indicate roaming because of the phones hardware programing. The hard programing of the phones checks the sim and sees that it is using a diff sim card and starts indicating roaming when in fact you are not. A rogers salesman also told me the same thing. He said as long as your carrier is displayed on your phone homescreen then you are good.
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The phone companies in Canada must be less uptight about unlocked/rooted phones
If you asked those questions to a t-mobile or at&t rep, they would straight up refuse to talk to you
American cell phone companies are still stuck in the "Ma Bell" mentality, where everything that touches their network must be under their control
anyone figure out a fix? I'm having these roaming issues as well on the bell network with unlocked at&t phone.
I have Same probleme Here, Bell on a AT&T Tilt 2 phone, Always get Roaming message.
any registry edit or mod available to make it work without these message ?
thks
BiOs2k said:
I have Same probleme Here, Bell on a AT&T Tilt 2 phone, Always get Roaming message.
any registry edit or mod available to make it work without these message ?
thks
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I searched around to a fairly moderate extent and I have found many people with the same problem, yet I can't find any resolution to this issue.
I'm not even sure where the issue lays. Is it with the hardware/firmware? SIM card? Windows Mobile? Is it the rilphone.dll? or maybe some registry entry. Maybe it's on the Bell network side?
Someone told me they put a Rogers SIM into their Fuze and it didn't show up as roaming, yet when they put a Bell SIM in, it's back to roaming. So what's the difference between Bell and Rogers?
Here's a question for anyone who has this problem, when you boot android does it still show as roaming?
I have a Rogers branded phone that is unlocked and is being used with Fido or a while. Everything works just fine, however I need to tweak the phone so it would stop showing the roaming indication on the desktop, it's always roaming because it sees that I'm on the Fido network and it probably validates against a registry or file somewhere in the file where it says home network = Rogers.
Hi I thought I just wanted to let you know that your usage doesn't count as roaming... as in your airtimes are always local as long as you are in your local calling area. That's based on the experience with my unlocked HTC dream on telus. Make sure you double check with display though.
On a side note, I'm using an unlocked x10 with telus and it doesn't have a roaming icon.
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Hi I thought I just wanted to let you know that your usage doesn't count as roaming... as in your airtimes are always local as long as you are in your local calling area. That's based on the experience with my unlocked HTC dream on telus. Make sure you double check with display though.
On a side note, I'm using an unlocked x10 with telus and it doesn't have a roaming icon.
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I know that I'm not actually roaming even though that r is showing on top the reception bars in the display panel. I just want to find out if there is a way to get the phone to think that fido is my home network and not Rogers.
hmm... i'm not sure what 'roaming' means but I bought the phone from Rogers, unlocked it and I'm using it with Fido right now too. I don't seem to have any problem with it. It detects Fido and displays it on my home screen. But I've also rooted the phone too, and I think that rooting process debrands the phone as well. Have you rooted your phone? if you haven't I suggest you do, and you can follow this guide for rooting the phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717949. Hope this helps
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hmm... i'm not sure what 'roaming' means but I bought the phone from Rogers, unlocked it and I'm using it with Fido right now too. I don't seem to have any problem with it. It detects Fido and displays it on my home screen. But I've also rooted the phone too, and I think that rooting process debrands the phone as well. Have you rooted your phone? if you haven't I suggest you do, and you can follow this guide for rooting the phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717949. Hope this helps
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Roaming is the r above your reception bars, does it show on your phone? I went ahead and I did the root thing however the r is still there
Hey you aren't alone with the always roaming issue...The new Bell Telus network seems pretty screwy with this roaming indicator and some unlocked phones, it's not just limited to android either.
My Fuze and another persons TP2 both always show roaming. Stick a Rogers SIM in and roaming is gone.
Here's some threads, no one can figure it out yet
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=777437
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=621652
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=641299
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683785
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583227
I had this problem before with my unlocked LG COOKIE with a rogers sim. it was always showing up as "ROAMING" but now with the x10, no more problems.. tried same sim on a blackberry, no roamin ether... its wierd
Well, I had this issue with an T-Mobile branded HTC Dream, unlocked and being used on Three UK, it always shows up as Roaming, what I do is this:
Settings > Wireless Controls > Mobile Networks > Network Operators
Let it check for an network operator, and the choose the correct one from the list, which in your case is Fido.
Hope it helps!
Hey. I just got a Galaxy S4 three weeks ago, last week I rooted and this week I cannot connect to network at all. I get full reception but I can only call emergency calls? Anyone knows why this happened?
karzan10 said:
Hey. I just got a Galaxy S4 three weeks ago, last week I rooted and this week I cannot connect to network at all. I get full reception but I can only call emergency calls? Anyone knows why this happened?
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Are u in uk?
If yes what network?
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Are u in uk?
If yes what network?
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Sweden. Tele2.
I have the same problem. Although I have meteor Ireland previously phone was branded to o2. The phone has latest update BTU region with locked bootloader. Phone was working fine until one day when I got up to find no service on it. Only can connect to internet 3g h e but cant call or text anyone. Tried to flash the modem but that didnot work so then I flashed all firmware but still no joy. Please help.
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I have the same problem. Although I have meteor Ireland previously phone was branded to o2. The phone has latest update BTU region with locked bootloader. Phone was working fine until one day when I got up to find no service on it. Only can connect to internet 3g h e but cant call or text anyone. Tried to flash the modem but that didnot work so then I flashed all firmware but still no joy. Please help.
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Do you have a carrier symbol that shows the phone is connected to the network. Maybe you need a new sim card?
im in the sameboat.. i live in finland. really would like to fix this
I've got my contract EE SIM and Three UK Pay as You GO. When I tried to connect EE with data it connected properly but my Three UK SIM lost the connection. When I switch to data from Three UK it connects and EE still works. Three UK is 3G,4G SIM only mode and it doesn't support GSM. I tried to swap the SIM slots but it doesn't change the situation. Anyone knows the solution?
I'm using this phone on Three UK. The data didn't work at first but that was because mobile data is disabled by default on the stock rom for some reason.
Does the Three sim work for you on it's own? Bizarrely, calls and texts still worked even though the internet didn't even though Three is, as you say, a VOIP only network.
Seems that the update in some way has problem on the radio especially for the 4G : on 4G provider only 3G network is used
did you checked in the engineer mode if some bands haven't been disabled since the last update ? I'm in France using the Orange network and it work on 3g and 4g. Also on the update you have to search for the mobile network once more and select the correct one. I have to say it didn't worked at first for me, switching airplane mode again and again did the trick !
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did you checked in the engineer mode if some bands haven't been disabled since the last update ? I'm in France using the Orange network and it work on 3g and 4g. Also on the update you have to search for the mobile network once more and select the correct one. I have to say it didn't worked at first for me, switching airplane mode again and again did the trick !
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Thanks, nn the engineer mode I have not see any problems, but in the build.prop in the system I have not saw any think related to the LTE network.
No chance I have tried to connect to Orange FR network setting only LTE as band , but the phone could not even to connect to voice network. Other user on the web claim that this happens after the upgrade to the new stock rom