For my first official post on PPCGeeks, I will finally be able to contribute something to the community from which has taught me so much in such a short period of time since I became a member.
I'd like to be the 1st one to post the fix to the
ROAMING issue with the new ROM, or I guess I should say the lack of Roaming. As some of you have already noticed, the Roaming Setting no longer has the "Roaming Only" option. It appears they are trying to cut back on all of the Roaming. Well after looking at the programming and the registy, I quickly learned that the Roaming Only option will work if you put the proper registry settings back on. Well, I have those settings for you ...
Before you can do any of this, you will need a Registry Editor. If you are unsure of what a Registry Editor is or have no clue about the registry, you should probably not be attempting this ... LOL
First thing you will need to do is go to ...
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OEM\PhoneSetting\Netw orkService
After highlighting ...\NetworkService, you will see the list with the first line saying "ItemCount". You will need to highlight this line and go into changing the value. You will want to change the
Value Data from 2 to
3. After clicking OK, you should see under
Name: ItemCount and
Data: 3 (0X000003).
The second thing you need to do is create a
New String Value. Once you have done this, you will see Value Name and Value Data. Under
Value Name, enter "
ItemName3" and under
Value Data enter "
Roaming". After finishing this, you should now see this entry under
Name: ItemName3 and
Data: Roaming.
The last thing you need to do is create a
New Binary Value. Once you have done this, you will see Value Name, Value Data, and a box that says
Base with Binary, Decimal, and Hexidecimal as options. Under
Value Name enter "
ItemValue3" and under
Value Data enter "
3". Make sure that under the
Base option box that
Decimal is checked. After finishing this, you should see another new entry under
Name: ItemValue3 and
Data: 3 (0X000003).
That is it !!! You will now be able to force Roaming whenever you need to without having to put up with dropped calls when you are between service areas. Anyway, I am glad that I could contribute something as I have gained lots of knowledge from PPCGeeks. I hope this helps and if you have any further questions, please PM me. Good luck ...