Hi all,
I have booked a data package for data roaming but the SGS3 (i9300MBDDBT XXLE8) won't connect. (germany -> france)
Data roaming is enabled of course, but all I get is the warning message, that data roaming has been disabled.
I have found very little information about this problem, only that some SGS2 or HTC Sensation users have been complaining about data roaming not working anymore after updating to ICS (from GB).
Is this an android bug of some sort or is anyone familiar with this problem?
BR
I have contacted my network provider, they had the gprs-roaming locked down for my contract for some reason...
Have you tried entering the network settings that you are roaming on to .
jje
Yeah, I guess the APN is set right to "web.vodafone.de", as it is stated in the service portal of my provider.
Althought I have read, that someone with a different provider had a similar problem and solved it by changing the APN...
I was just wondering, because the system tells me, that data roaming has been disabled, even if I have it enabled.
Try to manually search for some other network in France, maybe the one you are on right now does not offer data roaming (although I think all networks in the EU must offer it).
I can only connect to the "F SFR discoTel" network.
Since my home-network is discoTel (germany/vodafone network)
I guess this is their french partner network...
I have already contacted my provider via their service portal about this matter,
but they are quite slow and I think this problem might be connected to ICS, because all I can find about android not allowing data roaming on google is mentioning ICS.
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Hey there folks.
I'm going away to australia tomorrow and don't want to pay £7.50 a mb!
I think I have managed to disable the data connection by going into the settings:
Menu> Settings> Wireless Controls> Mobile Networks> Access Point names
And then geting rid of all except the T-mobile UK settings and then renaming the APN to general.t-mobile.uks (just added an "s").
The little data arrows have dissapeared from the top of the screen and nothing internet based is working but I can still send MMS and connect to and use wifi!!
Anyone else want to try this and confirm that it does actually totally disable the data connection?
Thanks
its very easy, change the name of you APN server, if you do it the phone can't stablish a data connection and force the data connection to 3G.
The phone dont use more the 2g or 3g.
If you want to do it better maybe you need to configure any iptables for deny connections or something
I agree. Easiest way to be to change the APN so it can't be used.
Not sure to what extent this would apply to you as you're apparently from the UK, but this is not good news for traveling abroad w/the G1, at least if you're from the states :/
bitbybit said:
Not sure to what extent this would apply to you as you're apparently from the UK, but this is not good news for traveling abroad w/the G1, at least if you're from the states :/
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It's been tested and proven that disabling the APN (e..g by misconfiguring it as the 2nd poster has mentioned) would prevent any data consumption, period. If you have an understanding of how telco network systems work, you would understand as well that this is not specific to any telecoms service provider -- if the data APN is incorrect, it simply cannot authenticate against the home data network, and hence data would not work. If roaming, incorrect login credentials would prevent the SIM from logging onto the roaming partner's data network and thus data service is unavailable.
if you download droidsan tweak lite, you can try to activate various apns until you see no 3g or 2g icon then you know you aren't receiving data
let me know how it goes!
hbguy
ghoonk said:
It's been tested and proven that disabling the APN (e..g by misconfiguring it as the 2nd poster has mentioned) would prevent any data consumption, period.
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Could very well be; I'm not versed in wireless tech enough to argue one way or the other. Someone in that thread specifically said changing the APN did not work for them however. Whether that's because they did it incorrectly or something else entirely, I have no idea.
From the thread I linked to:
by patuf4e
Actually I tried to change my APN settings to something incorrect. However, the phone keeps connecting to internet, apprently using some internally stored configuration by the time I initially synchronized with my google account. Is anybody experiencing the same?
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Hi Guys,
I just changed to another mobile phone operator and the HD2 gives me the roaming message with this operator yet I'm still inside the country. I believe its because this operator "uses" another operator's mobile infrastructure to provide their service and the devices thne think its a foreign operator and that you are in roaming as same thing happens with other operators that do the same thing.
The problem is that since I'm always in roaming mode, the push mail wonk work, phone will not update weather, RRS feeds, etc, etc. And if I allow autoamtic connections in the phone when in roaming, when I'm actually really outside the country (frecuently) it will connect and I will be charged for international data connections.
My question is, is there any application that will allow you to force the phone to take a especific roaming operator as national? i.e. to make it believe its not roaming when under that operator in particular? if it confuses that particular operator with a foreing one, to unconfuse it manually with an application?
Thanks in advance.
Hi!
I recently switched my mobile provider to Three Austria (Drei) and since their network is not perfect on the countryside they are allowing us to use another provider in there areas (T-Mobile Austria)
But since it is a different provider my Nexus 4 thinks that I am roaming and deactivates the data connection.
Is there another way than activating data roaming for all networks, so something like national roaming on stock rom?
Regards,
tailorian
tailorian said:
Hi!
I recently switched my mobile provider to Three Austria (Drei) and since their network is not perfect on the countryside they are allowing us to use another provider in there areas (T-Mobile Austria)
But since it is a different provider my Nexus 4 thinks that I am roaming and deactivates the data connection.
Is there another way than activating data roaming for all networks, so something like national roaming on stock rom?
Regards,
tailorian
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I'm on Drei too and I'm using the app "Roaming Control" which works perfectly (there is a trial version too). Seems to be the only solution so far since the "national roaming" option doesn't exist in the stock rom.
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I'm on Drei too and I'm using the app "Roaming Control" which works perfectly (there is a trial version too). Seems to be the only solution so far since the "national roaming" option doesn't exist in the stock rom.
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This is very annoying since the function for national roaming is included in CM.
I just wonder why this hasn't been pushed up to the android source code...
i also use 3 in austria.
is roaming control the only way until now?
my problem is that my phone sometimes connects to hungarian networks even if A1 is available.
remote control stops data roaming => this is good
but why did my phone not stay on the local provider?
how can i tell my phone that it should not connect to another operator aslong a national operator is available?
P7000 Problem with Data Roaming
I have huge problems with Data Roaming in Croatia, have already tested all the settings, all without success.
According to my provider (WinSIM) automatic network search should be active and the APN be adjusted to internet.victorvox. Unfortunately, this does not work with the P7000. The SIM card in another device (G2 mini) does it work Data roaming without any problems. I hope you can help me. Calls works without problems.
tomalu said:
I have huge problems with Data Roaming in Croatia, have already tested all the settings, all without success.
According to my provider (WinSIM) automatic network search should be active and the APN be adjusted to internet.victorvox. Unfortunately, this does not work with the P7000. The SIM card in another device (G2 mini) does it work Data roaming without any problems. I hope you can help me. Calls works without problems.
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You did check the "plus" options on your phone, under Vpn you have an option were you can choose which operator you will use. (sorry my phone is French so it's all in French lol) it must be call "network" if you click on it it will takes some time and list you all the operator. Out of the box, mine was wrong. If you did that, try to go on airplane mode multiple time (on / off) to see if the roaming work.
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You did check the "plus" options on your phone, under Vpn you have an option were you can choose which operator you will use. (sorry my phone is French so it's all in French lol) it must be call "network" if you click on it it will takes some time and list you all the operator. Out of the box, mine was wrong. If you did that, try to go on airplane mode multiple time (on / off) to see if the roaming work.
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did you mean available networks?
I have found it, I'm so stupid, in the bar to be drawn down there is still a function of mobile data, I thought however, that is data roaming On / Off overwritten that in the settings. It was not so. It works now.
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did you mean available networks?
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Yes that's what I meant, sorry xD" Good that your problem is resolved !
Hi! I have a problem with roaming, in particular with mobile data roaming.
Is there a way to whitelist or blacklist operators for roaming? I live a the bordes of Italy and France and I would like to avoid my phone to connect to certains french operators, this is because there are commercial partnership between my home operator and some foreign network and I want to use data mobile on certains foreign network but not on some other that are very expensive.
It will be ok to just disable Mobile Data when on certain networks or at worst to deny the roaming.
I am not rooted. I remember that at the time of old GSM mobile there was a preference list regarding roaming network, and now that we have phone that can make almost everything a lot of important feature are missing!
Any suggestion?
Many thanks!
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