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network selection list

Hi to all,
i live on the border between countries, and i have the following problem, terribly annoying: i have a swisscom subscription, and as soon my telephone goes into roaming, especially SFR, it doesn't leave it.
I can of course set "network selection" to manual, and "set networks" to a restricted subset, not including SFR and with Swisscom as a first network. It almost works...up to the first soft reset, when everything is restored to the original configuration and..SFR!
Do you know a way to load onto the phone a different list of networks, so not to have to tick 20 networks every time i soft reset? I am afraid this list come from my SIM card, and apparently my SIM doesn't keep the manual selection in memory.....

"No Service"

I just bought a fido sim card and I get the msg: "cannot register on this network. choose another network, or disconnect your data connection and try again" when i try to manually connect to the network. I have using this phone with at least two sim cards back in my outcry and i bought it independently from my previous network from an eshop in Ireland..
Any thoughts? Could be the ROM and radio installed?

Vrasidas said:
I just bought a fido sim card and I get the msg: "cannot register on this network. choose another network, or disconnect your data connection and try again" when i try to manually connect to the network. I have using this phone with at least two sim cards back in my outcry and i bought it independently from my previous network from an eshop in Ireland..
Any thoughts? Could be the ROM and radio installed?
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maybe you just need simunlock, to get it go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Blackstone#SIM_Unlocking

I have tried to unlock the sim but the text file doesnt contain any 8-digit number.. So i assumed that this is not the problem..

changing the sim does not change anything in your system settings so maybe you need to adjust some settings to get it working. go to phone settings and look at the band and network settings. once you did that your sim should be able to register with the network, then run the connection wizard to set up your 3g and mms settings.
some settings are also stored on the sim card itself (including call barring, call waiting, sms service center...). eventually you should have a look into that as well.
if it isn't in the settings, you should post more information on your device. what rom/radio rom/spl are you running?

I have already played around with the band settings but nothing. I also have run the network wizard several times, but nothing either..
My ROM is 1.59.23148 SL7.1 WWE and the radio 1.13.25.24

I flashed the official rom:RUU_BlackStone_HTC_WWE_1.56.405.1_Radio_52.62.25.34_1.13.25.24_Ship
and when I try to set the network type to GSM (from auto selection) or/and band to 850/1900 I get the msg: "Warning: Unable to change the GSM/UMTS Band, Please try again later."

Trouble with Vodafone UK data connection

My nexus has trouble connecting to Vodafones hsdp network. I have to reboot or select another operator...then reselect Vodafone for it to register.
2g is fine. I had this problem on stock...and it remains despite now running aokp and franco kernel. it's not limited to just one mast. Can anyone offer any suggestions. doI need new APN settings or a new radio or something? thanks

Mine is working fine.
I have two APN's showing:
Vodafone UK - wap.vodaphone.co.uk
Vodafone UK Prepay - pp.vodafone.co.uk
The WAP one is selected.

[Q] National Roaming on Stock Rom on Three Austria

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.

DerFremde said:
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?

[Q] Manual operator selection on RAZR M (unlocked for GSM)

Really strange case:
I got a RAZR M that I hacked to work with US GSM carriers using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2166542
I am using my corporate ATnT card with it.
I am currently in roaming (Russia first, now Kazakhstan). Only GSM/UMTS networks here.
I have another simcard with me which is from Russian operator (Beeline). This network is present in Kazakhstan, however simcard is Russian, so in Kazakhstan this Beeline simcard is also in roaming.
Status:
On ATnT card, my RAZR wont connect properly to local cellphone networks. To explain better - it will occasionally connect to one of local operators (KCELL, MCC/MNC 40102), but it takes A LONG time to connect, easily disconnects, and it is very unreliable and erratic.
Moreover, in Mobile Network Settings menu there is NO OPTION to select operator (i do have GSM/UMTS mode enabled, not global).
On BeeLine card, my RAZR happily connects to any of chosen networks, AND operator selection option is available in Mobile Network settings.
I have another phone in my pocket - old Nokia S40 based. This one works perfectly with Beeline simcard. With ATnT simcard it wont automatically connect to a network, but manual operator selection dialog is accessible, and I can select any network and connect to it.
So, for some reason, with ATnT simcard in my RAZR, mobile networks settings menu disbles (completely removes!) operator selection dialog.
Any way to get around this? I have scraped around every possible search criteria, but I cant find any way to force that menu item to appear!
However, I accidentally stumbled upon a weird workaround:
I put Beeline card in
Manually select operator (Beeline)
Turn off the phone
Put in ATnT simcard
Turn the phone on
In this case on startup phone throws in notification (from motorola phone app) saying "selected preferred network not available".
If i click that notification, it takes me directly to network scanning menu, happily displays available networks and allows me to connect. From that point on, it stays fixed to the network I chose.
This means that this is not a problem of simcard or radio or ROM directly. It is some weird trigger built into ROM that reacts to ATnT simcard and removes "operator selection" option from setting.
Any idea how to force Operator Selection option to appear, or invoke it otherwise? Or maybe solve the issue alltogether? My workaround is really inconvenient.