Force Roam - Found!

[P90wn3r]

22hrs on Automatic-B and 40% batt left

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by P90wn3r

22hrs on Automatic-B and 40% batt left

you must be doing nothing on your phone at all.

[cpiman]

This is the settings I use on mine. I need the roam option for when I am at work. Battery life is fine.




Under HKLM\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting
Change AllowRoaming to 0 (not sure if this is needed or not)
Under HKLM\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting\NetworkService
Change ItemCount to 3 (instead of 2)
Create a new String called ItemName3 with the value of "Roam Only" (without quotes)
Create a new DWord called ItemValue3 with a value of 3
and
do the reg entries in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OEM\InitProv\PhoneSett ing
change ItemCount to 3
New string: ItemName3 Value- Roaming.
New Dword: ItemValue3 Value- 3

[nxtech3]

Originally Posted by Nagrom Nniuq

I can roam all I want and not get charged any extra. I've got friends who have done roaming only for years, no problem. Dunno what company you are with but they suck. If it's Sprint like your tag says I dunno what the heck they are doing with you but you are getting screwed.

Sprint did just change the agreement so they can terminate you for using over a certain amount of roaming minutes a month over a 3 month period. But I've never heard of anyone getting charged for roaming minutes lol. Kinda defeats the purpose of NO ROAMING OR LONG DISTANCE CHARGES.

I never said I got charged, a customer of mine came in with their bill in hand to show me they were charged for roaming because every minute used that billing period was a roaming minute. And that was just three months ago. Apparently now they will just terminate the contract, which in my opinion, is a better alternative than being charged a couple hundred dollars or more. And its 800 roaming minutes in a month, a majority of minutes of the month, or a majority of data roaming in a month. Then they will terminate

[ocbizlaw]

Originally Posted by P90wn3r

22hrs on Automatic-B and 40% batt left

I find this hard to believe. I can't get 22 hours with my phone turned off.

[ocbizlaw]

Originally Posted by Juggalo_X

Change these values to get 4 options in the network service settings

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OEM\InitProv\PhoneSett ing]
"ItemValue2"=dword:00000004
"ItemName2"="Standard"
"ItemCount"=dword:00000004
"ItemValue4"=dword:00000002
"ItemName4"="Automatic-A"
"ItemValue3"=dword:00000003
"ItemName3"="Automatic-B"
"ItemValue1"=dword:00000001
"ItemName1"="Home only"
"ServiceTitle"="Phone: Preferred Serving System"
"ServiceName"="Network Service"

Is my only option to force roaming or can I get my phone to just let go of Sprint and roam when the roaming signal is better?

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by ocbizlaw

Is my only option to force roaming or can I get my phone to just let go of Sprint and roam when the roaming signal is better?

that would be the "standard" option

[puff]

Juggalo... maybe the Sprint PRL is different than the Telus PRL

Originally Posted by P90wn3r

Phone has been configured this way for 13hrs, and I have 60% battery life after a few calls and playing with google maps for a while.

Your issue isn't present on my device.

I have noticed though, when I send a text message, the phone drops back to 1x until the message is sent and the reverts to EV again.

On EV I get 500kps down and 450kps up!

When sending SMS or making a call, that's normal behaviour on my 6700, 6800, and 6900

Originally Posted by Juggalo_X

thats the same issue we were having it just randomly drops EV and goes to 1x, signal is erratic. i didnt experience any issues until i moved to a different geographical location and then it started giving me a world of trouble. in my home network area i had no issues.

er, dont think its an issue or least not the same issue

Originally Posted by clockcycle

SMS and calls are all done on 1X part of the network.

-CC

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by P90wn3r

22hrs on Automatic-B and 40% batt left

Originally Posted by ocbizlaw

I find this hard to believe. I can't get 22 hours with my phone turned off.

I agree ocbizlaw, i smell

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by puff

Juggalo... maybe the Sprint PRL is different than the Telus PRL

I know it is lol, and so is the radio.